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Bridgerton - Season 4 - Episode 08: Dance in the Country
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00:00:22Please, there has been a misunderstanding.
00:00:24The woman who had me arrested, she did not pay me wage for seven years.
00:00:26She is not to be trusted.
00:00:27I am not the magistrate, sweetheart.
00:00:30Can you send word to someone for me, please?
00:00:33Alfie Burrow. He works under the new Lady Penwood at Penwood House.
00:00:36Your working friend, or anyone who might speak on your behalf,
00:00:40besides the fact that they are unlikely to be believed,
00:00:42if the lady who sent me after you has anything to do with it,
00:00:45she will make sure anyone who does speak for you faces personal ruin.
00:00:50So, I can send for anyone you want,
00:00:53but you'd better make sure you're well worth the trouble to them.
00:00:58No, you are right.
00:01:01Take the blanket.
00:01:03If you are convicted,
00:01:05it's life behind bars.
00:01:07The best.
00:01:10The best.
00:01:10The best.
00:01:26The best.
00:01:34The best.
00:01:37The most.
00:01:46The beck's.
00:01:49thrown by your Queen are the grandest night of the year full of spectacle
00:01:58glamour delights that sort of thing
00:02:05your presence is requested your style is required your absence without reason
00:02:11will be noted the season offers some hope at least with us in mourning at
00:02:17least we will not be expected at the Queen's fall
00:02:23apologies I was simply trying to cause I am relieved avoiding events was one of
00:02:29my and John's most favorite shared activities
00:02:35oh yes do note that this is an event in honor of Lady Agatha Danbury she has
00:02:43chosen to depart from London to go elsewhere
00:02:51does it not seem a slight to Lady Danbury this part of the text is so small I can hardly
00:03:00read it
00:03:01now that the Queen does not have whistle down to antagonize perhaps she has shifted her animosity
00:03:08do you know anything about Lady Danbury and the Queen I cannot say that I do
00:03:18no of course you do not
00:03:26Ray is a good housekeeper just because you miss Varley does not mean you could speak to her
00:03:29miss Varley where would you get such a strange idea
00:03:32do not think of her
00:03:40I have considered leaving every morning until this one the dowager was rather pleasant on waking
00:03:49that is because she had that former maid of hers apprehended last night and this very moment
00:03:58I believe Lord Stotter may be behind these doors about to propose to Miss Lee
00:04:10my wife to be then I shall see you soon and with luck every day after that
00:04:20you have surely made the match of the season
00:04:22look at my ring
00:04:23both of you must begin planning what you will wear to the Queen's Ball
00:04:26surely the perfect place to announce your betrothal
00:04:29where are you going Mama?
00:04:31to the jail naturally
00:04:33do you not know?
00:04:34I heard you were quite helpful in guiding Mama to say
00:04:37Rosamond
00:04:39did you have Sophie arrested?
00:04:41a thief should not evade justice
00:04:43Sophie is not a thief Mama
00:04:45she was never anything but good to us
00:04:47I do not wish to hear from you on this matter any further
00:04:49I shall return soon
00:04:51you have done very well Rosamond
00:04:57are you not going to congratulate me?
00:05:02congratulations sister
00:05:08she is where?
00:05:09it is my fault
00:05:10I thought you were a thief and helped the dowager Lady Penwood find her
00:05:14but Miss Posey made it clear I was gravely mistaken
00:05:17this Sophie worked in this house when it was under the dowager's oversight
00:05:22yes but does she have any family?
00:05:23less words please
00:05:26I know who we should speak to
00:05:38oh is that an automated roasting spit?
00:05:45these two have a most urgent matter to discuss with you
00:05:50perhaps you could let Hyacent show you her ribbon collection
00:05:53she has made quite a few additions lately
00:05:54oh it is not so impressive
00:05:56I am thinking I might delay going to Eton for some time
00:05:59to spend time with you Frank
00:06:00no please do not do that
00:06:01I am so grateful to all of you for your support and attention but um
00:06:06I believe that your sister would like us all to act normally
00:06:09if only for a time
00:06:10yes
00:06:11thank you
00:06:12perhaps we could
00:06:14talk about someone else instead
00:06:16how are you mother?
00:06:18oh
00:06:18how is your friend?
00:06:20Lord Anderson
00:06:20Lord Anderson
00:06:21well he
00:06:22well
00:06:22mother
00:06:23I need to speak to you about Sophie
00:06:24oh
00:06:28forgive me for interrupting
00:06:30Francesca
00:06:32impressive or not I should like to see that ribbon collection
00:06:35come along
00:06:35you as well Gregory
00:06:38did you ask her?
00:06:39ask her what?
00:06:40ask who?
00:06:40no she had gone before I could find her
00:06:42do you know where she is going?
00:06:44excuse me my lady
00:06:44sorry who are we speaking of?
00:06:45Sophie
00:06:46she has gone to the Americas
00:06:47I tried to catch her ship but there were two leaving at once
00:06:49and I could not find her in the crowd
00:06:51you chased Sophie to the docks
00:06:52what is going on exactly?
00:06:53your brother is in love with your lady's maid
00:06:55only she has left us
00:06:56in the middle of the night without saying goodbye
00:06:58ma'am
00:06:58I am sorry
00:06:59what?
00:06:59please do not write about this
00:07:00I am no longer Lady Whistledart
00:07:02I cannot lose her to the Americas
00:07:03I need to know how one might charter a boat
00:07:04if she'd just left this morning there may yet be time
00:07:06it will be alright
00:07:08will you all be quiet a moment?
00:07:13please
00:07:14Hazel has something to tell you
00:07:16I am so sorry to interrupt
00:07:17but
00:07:18I have
00:07:19good news and bad news
00:07:20the good news being
00:07:22Mr Bridgerton will not be needing a boat
00:07:29someone is here to see you
00:07:39hello Sophie
00:07:40how rude
00:07:41you should be grateful
00:07:42the lady has even come to such an undesirable place
00:07:45especially as I have come to help you
00:07:47help me?
00:07:48yes
00:07:49I want to be generous
00:07:50you could avoid a trial
00:07:51your public humiliation
00:07:54any possible damage to the Bridgerton household for harboring you
00:07:58how?
00:07:59a confession
00:08:01of course
00:08:01it would make all this far easier
00:08:04if you admit you impersonated someone you are not
00:08:07that you stole from me
00:08:08I did not
00:08:09you did
00:08:11you
00:08:12you
00:08:12have stolen everything
00:08:14from me
00:08:16and I will not give you what is left by confessing to make your life easier
00:08:21you have always made poor choices
00:08:25at least now
00:08:27you shall get what you deserve
00:08:29guard
00:08:29I am finished here
00:08:32this will not go well for you
00:08:38without any witness to speak on your behalf
00:08:41and based on the sworn testimony of the dowager lady Penwood
00:08:44sir please
00:08:45Miss Beck
00:08:46I must remind you that you are not to speak
00:08:48at this time I have no choice but to sentence you
00:08:52sir
00:08:52I must ask you to release this woman at once
00:08:54what is the meaning of this?
00:08:55who sir are you?
00:08:57Benedict Bridgerton
00:08:58son to the late Viscount Edmund Bridgerton
00:09:00and brother to the Viscount Anthony Bridgerton
00:09:02and brother to the Duke of Hastings
00:09:04Mr. Bridgerton is a second son
00:09:07the girl is accused of stealing from a count
00:09:09you besmirched my honour over a pair of shoe clips
00:09:11they must have been tremendously valuable
00:09:13sir
00:09:14Miss Peck has been in my employ for months now
00:09:16and we can attest based on her character
00:09:18that these charges are certain to be unfounded
00:09:21they are certainly not
00:09:21do you have any proof?
00:09:23please
00:09:23I urge you all to maintain decorum
00:09:26and act in accordance with your rank and dignity
00:09:29Lady Penwood
00:09:30if this family were willing to pay you the cost of your shoe clips
00:09:34would you retract your accusations against Miss Beck?
00:09:37yes we are happy to pay
00:09:38that will be insufficient
00:09:40as she also stands accused of impersonating a lady
00:09:44a lady in a silver dress at the very masquerade ball
00:09:46held by the dowager Lady Bridgerton
00:09:49I will have justice
00:09:50then we shall need time to mount a defence for Miss Beck
00:09:52what kind of defence can there possibly be
00:09:54except that she has clearly clouded Mr. Bridgerton's judgement by seducing it
00:09:57I did no such thing
00:09:58how dare you imply that my son is
00:10:00Order!
00:10:01I will have order!
00:10:03Magistrate Byrton
00:10:04we will provide Miss Peck with a barrister
00:10:06until then
00:10:06I wonder if you would be so kind as to save me from distress
00:10:09she is a ladies maid in my employ and I cannot manage without her services
00:10:13I must beg for your aid
00:10:15might you release her into my custody until things are set to rights?
00:10:21we would be so grateful that you indulge my poor mother
00:10:26I will release Miss Beck on bail
00:10:28on condition that she remain in the Bridgerton household
00:10:31and you will guarantee she does not leave such household
00:10:35but might I suggest
00:10:38talk with one another
00:10:40unless you are able to reach an agreement amongst yourselves
00:10:43we will meet again in a week's time to determine Miss Beck's fate
00:10:53there is to be no agreement
00:10:55she is going to prison
00:10:56oh we shall see about that
00:10:58what do you think the Queen will say when she finds out you are harbouring a criminal?
00:11:02one you allowed to step outside her station and seduce your son
00:11:06do you think she will allow you to remain in society?
00:11:10shall we find out?
00:11:32I cannot thank both of you enough
00:11:34I am grateful but you should not have gone to the trouble
00:11:36I will not hear of it
00:11:37why did you not send word to us?
00:11:39would the constable not let you?
00:11:41no I thought perhaps I had done enough to push you all the way
00:11:45escaping in the night as I did
00:11:47I did not wish to burden you any further
00:11:48well it is a good thing we were allowed
00:11:50you have a great many people who care for you Sophia
00:11:53I hope you see that
00:11:55our trials are not over though
00:11:56if the dowager Lady Penwood does not win her case in court
00:11:59she may try to win it in public
00:12:00and if the Queen finds out about your attachment
00:12:04well it could create a scandal so large
00:12:06that even your leaving for the country
00:12:07would hardly dampen the effects you might have
00:12:09on your younger siblings prospects
00:12:10there is no easy solution to that
00:12:13I am glad you are here
00:12:14safely with us Sophie
00:12:16welcome home
00:12:21your room is all made up and ready
00:12:23but do let us know if there is anything we have forgotten
00:12:25I do not understand
00:12:26my room is upstairs in the servants quarters
00:12:28not anymore
00:12:29Lady Bridgerton has informed us that you are to be our guest
00:12:33until all this with the trial blows over
00:12:35or until you formalise your attachment with Mr Bridgerton
00:12:39why did you not say
00:12:41they have no attachment Hazel
00:12:45though Lady Bridgerton has made it clear that her son
00:12:47is not to cross this hall to your room for any reason
00:12:51or you to his
00:12:52of course
00:12:53I have eyes everywhere
00:12:58come along Hazel
00:13:00come along Hazel
00:13:17how long have you known?
00:13:20I found your necklace in my bedroom last night
00:13:23the lady in silver
00:13:25she wore this very same pendant
00:13:27I never wished to lie to you
00:13:29I only
00:13:31I could not stand to think of your disappointment
00:13:33upon learning that the woman you searched for all that time
00:13:36would turn out not to be an enchanting young lady
00:13:38but
00:13:40me
00:13:41the very last thing I feel knowing it was you is disappointment
00:13:46I spent so much of my life feeling
00:13:48alone
00:13:49in a crowded room
00:13:52I fell for you at the masquerade because
00:13:56you saw me
00:13:59just me
00:14:02what kind of a man would I be if I only ever saw you as the lady in silver
00:14:07and yet
00:14:09all this time
00:14:10you did not believe that I could handle the truth
00:14:13perhaps because
00:14:14your love for me is not what I thought it was
00:14:25Benedict
00:14:28forgive me
00:14:29Mrs. Wilson has sent me to keep watch
00:14:31and ensure that both of you keep to your separate rooms
00:14:35I could use a light arm
00:14:44we should hope at the very least to keep Sophie out of prison
00:14:48I hesitate to ask something of you so close to your departure
00:14:51but in a perfect world
00:14:54while the Queen's blessing their union might protect us all from a scandal
00:14:58it is quite the fantastical tale
00:15:02the maid
00:15:03the gentleman
00:15:04in love
00:15:05and Babs too fantastical for Her Majesty to accept
00:15:08the Queen has waged a great deal on Benedict's getting married this season
00:15:14it is unlikely
00:15:16but I am happy to try
00:15:18also I believe her father to be of nobility
00:15:21does that help our case at all?
00:15:24not if the mother was a maid
00:15:26even if Sophie had not been relegated to the position of maid herself
00:15:29the ton would never accept a gentleman
00:15:32marrying a girl of illegitimate origins
00:15:36and I am afraid
00:15:37the best they can hope for is to slip quietly away to the countryside together
00:15:46I can delay my trip
00:15:48stay
00:15:49make sure that if any scandal erupts that I am here
00:15:52Agatha
00:15:52no
00:15:53no
00:15:54it is your time
00:15:55I appreciate you trying with the Queen
00:15:57but no
00:15:58no you must go
00:16:00Violet Bridgerton
00:16:06I will miss you
00:16:07no
00:16:08I will miss you too
00:16:11very much
00:16:22may I help you in this bag?
00:16:24Sophie will do John
00:16:28did anyone call for me?
00:16:30no
00:16:31I do not believe so
00:16:44you look handsome tonight John
00:16:48are you being quite serious?
00:16:49of course I am
00:16:52because I have not been certain if you are interested
00:16:56you do have something of a reputation
00:16:58that was all before I met you
00:17:00that was all before I met you
00:17:05I thought perhaps
00:17:07I have been trying to figure out how to sneak into yours as well
00:17:13I was furious when you did not recognise me
00:17:16I know
00:17:18I am sorry
00:17:20I was furious at first
00:17:21but then I realised it does not matter Benedict
00:17:24you have shown me a tremendous amount of love
00:17:27more than I have felt in a very long time
00:17:29and my inability to believe in it
00:17:32the only other person in my life I was sure loved me was my father
00:17:37he was the 6th Earl of Penwood
00:17:39Richard Gunn
00:17:40he promised he would always take care of me
00:17:42and I trusted that
00:17:44I trusted his love
00:17:46but after his death it became clear that I had been mistaken in both cases
00:17:50is it because of him you became a maid?
00:17:54he provided nothing for me in his will
00:17:57Araminta made that very clear
00:17:58did you see this will for yourself?
00:18:02no I did not wish to be further crushed
00:18:08Sophie
00:18:10it is clear that woman despises you
00:18:14from the very day she met me
00:18:16what reason would you have to believe her about your father?
00:18:22I...
00:18:24I do not know
00:18:28I simply believed her
00:18:32believed that my father would have forgotten me
00:18:37believed that the love I felt in my head was made up from the beginning
00:18:41that I should not expect you to recognise me or love me or commit to me
00:18:45Sophie
00:18:47of course I love you
00:18:51do you believe me now?
00:18:54I did not help
00:18:55I should never have asked you to be my mistress
00:18:57I am forever sorry
00:18:59last night I came back here for a reason
00:19:01to ask you the question I should have asked you all along
00:19:04do not
00:19:06not now
00:19:07I have my family's blessing
00:19:10Sophie
00:19:12not with the trial hanging over us
00:19:14your family's reputation at stake let us wait
00:19:21I love you
00:19:23I love you Benedict
00:19:34you
00:19:36you
00:19:46you
00:19:49you
00:19:51you
00:19:58Will you join me?
00:20:51I'll see you next time.
00:21:08I'll see you next time.
00:21:50I'll see you next time.
00:22:06I'll see you next time.
00:22:21You do not have to do that anymore.
00:22:23Miss Bridgerton, I hope you are not cross with me.
00:22:25Oh, I am positively outraged.
00:22:29The most interesting thing ever to happen in my home happened right under my nose and I was blind to
00:22:34it the entire time.
00:22:37Good. Because I would like to ask you a favour. I would like your help getting into Penwood House.
00:22:47I am delighted you have come to call. A little surprised, but delighted. I am all for putting the past
00:22:54in the past.
00:22:55Yes, as am I. Well, we do have a good many things to discuss that should occupy us for a
00:23:02good many minutes.
00:23:03I am all is.
00:23:04Yes. I had heard you repaint it with pink. And I wanted to tell you how splendid it looked. It
00:23:12is so... you.
00:23:19Alfie.
00:23:20Alfie. What are you doing here?
00:23:22My father's will. I believe it... I believe it is in the study.
00:23:26Aramint is trying to put me behind bars and I must know what it says before she succeeds.
00:23:38You should sit before you wear a line in that rug.
00:23:42Apologies.
00:23:43I know that Lady Danby was not optimistic, but I am certain everything will work out.
00:23:48We will find a way. We always do.
00:23:56So, Sophie was the lady in silver.
00:23:59Well, I think the Earl of Penwood's daughter deserved to attend a ball at some point.
00:24:07If we survive this chapter, what if I cannot do it?
00:24:12Moving permanently to the countryside.
00:24:15Being a husband.
00:24:16Do you doubt your feelings for Sophie?
00:24:18No, I doubt myself.
00:24:20Why, Benedict?
00:24:21Have I not been disappointing you my entire life?
00:24:25I am never disappointed in my children.
00:24:30Oh, well, maybe I have been hard on you at times, but there is a reason for that.
00:24:36It is because in many ways I was most like you as a child.
00:24:41What do you mean?
00:24:43Children have an easier time imagining a ghost in a darkened hallway than they do imagining their mother as a
00:24:48youth.
00:24:49In fairness, I have mostly forgotten that girl myself.
00:24:54What was she like?
00:24:56She was impulsive, passionate, wild, carefree, filled with a burning desire to experience all that life had to offer,
00:25:05and constantly wishing to do the opposite of what her parents wanted.
00:25:10Antony is just like your father.
00:25:13But you, you are my son, through and through.
00:25:18What happened to her?
00:25:20Well, I fell in love.
00:25:22A love that made all my wild rebellion grow quiet, and still, I did not need it anymore.
00:25:27I was just happy.
00:25:30That is what I feel for Sophie.
00:25:32Then your love will make you capable of anything you put your mind to.
00:25:37I hope you have not left that wild, carefree young girl behind.
00:25:43She sounds delightful, in her own right.
00:25:49She won.
00:26:16It has to be in here.
00:26:27Lily thought she saw you walking up.
00:26:29I had to see for myself.
00:26:30Emma.
00:26:31Do you know where the key for this is?
00:26:33We're looking for her father's will.
00:26:35I have seen his lordship open that, with a key from this drawer.
00:26:46Which one is it?
00:26:48Your guess is as good as mine.
00:26:56And will you be using this shade of pink for your country state as well?
00:27:03Eloise.
00:27:04I find it most difficult to believe that you came here today to
00:27:08compliment my taste in colours.
00:27:10Oh, why?
00:27:11I, can a young lady not simply wish to discuss the colour pink?
00:27:15I know why you are truly here.
00:27:20You have finally succumbed to the mania.
00:27:24The marriage mania.
00:27:26It is clear you are at last imagining what it would be like to have a husband one day.
00:27:31And you wish to know what it is like.
00:27:32Oh, yes.
00:27:35I am quite overcome with the madness.
00:27:40It was difficult last season, not having a shared dream for the future between us.
00:27:45I do understand your view of things.
00:27:47How marriage steals independence and liberty.
00:27:49Mary Wollstonecraft and all that.
00:27:51You read Mary Wollstonecraft?
00:27:52You would not stop talking about her last season.
00:27:54And, er, what else was I supposed to do in Wales?
00:27:59She has some good ideas.
00:28:01The truth is, she does not sufficiently value love.
00:28:04It has the power to change one's life, Eloise.
00:28:09Yes.
00:28:10I am starting to see that.
00:28:21Well done.
00:28:27This is the one.
00:28:37Richard Gunn, the sixth soul of Penwood.
00:28:42He bequeaths an additional £4,000 to Araminta for every year she houses me.
00:28:47Oh, my goodness.
00:28:48That's why she kept you on.
00:28:50She was profiting off you.
00:28:55Sophie, what is it?
00:29:01I can see that marriage has been of great benefit to you.
00:29:04At the very least, it has had the power to give me the drawing room of my dreams.
00:29:09It is quite an improvement on Cowper House, is it not?
00:29:13You never belonged in that house.
00:29:15Or with your parents.
00:29:18I should like to apologise.
00:29:20All that business with you nearly having to marry a man three times your age last season.
00:29:25I was far too self-interested, really, to appreciate how difficult that must have been.
00:29:32And how much your success on the marriage mark mattered to you.
00:29:39And all is well.
00:29:41Everything has worked out exactly as it should.
00:29:47It has indeed.
00:29:51After all that, the shoe clips turned out to be fake.
00:29:58Is this what passes for gossip these days?
00:30:01I do not care about shoe clips or maids.
00:30:05No matter what I may think of the dowager Lady Penwood, if the magistrate sees fit to charge the girl,
00:30:11So be it.
00:30:14The dowager also means to impress upon your majesty that this maid seduced a gentleman.
00:30:25Benedict Bridgerton.
00:30:28The most eligible suitor of the season.
00:30:32Seduced by a maid.
00:30:36Is it true?
00:30:37No, it is not true.
00:30:40She did not have to seduce him because he loves her.
00:30:45Against all reason and expectation, they have formed an attachment.
00:30:51She saved his life in the countryside and he fell for her as she nursed him back to health.
00:30:56A man, once thought, never able to commit, moved by the simple grace and beauty of a girl of humble
00:31:03origins.
00:31:03Your majesty, you were right all along.
00:31:08Benedict Bridgerton is ready for marriage after all.
00:31:14It is unfortunate.
00:31:15I was right all along, casting my wager.
00:31:19But I will lose still.
00:31:21Your majesty, Benedict Bridgerton cannot marry a maid, can he?
00:31:27I had hoped we could make one last great match together, Lady Danbury.
00:31:32It is a shame for us to go out on a loss.
00:31:35Tell me, Brimsley, how is the ball coming along?
00:31:39Extremely well, your majesty.
00:31:46What do you know about what is going on with Benedict Bridgerton?
00:31:50You've been spending a great deal of time together this season.
00:31:52What do you know?
00:31:53You know something.
00:31:55You have been withholding from me.
00:31:57If you know I've been withholding something, then you have been withholding something as well.
00:32:05All I know, there is a lower class girl, someone he knows he should not be with.
00:32:08It is a maid at Bridgerton House.
00:32:10I overheard them.
00:32:11They are in love and the Dowager Lady Penwood is trying to send her to prison.
00:32:16This morning, I spent four hours helping the Queen decide on florals for her ball.
00:32:23Yesterday, there was a debate over whether the Pomeranian should be shaved to resemble lions.
00:32:28The day before that-
00:32:28Alice.
00:32:29Alice.
00:32:31We can move to the country if you're unhappy with your position.
00:32:34No. No, we cannot.
00:32:36One does not simply walk away from the Queen.
00:32:38And I do not wish to, but I wish to do something of meaning, Will.
00:32:42Lady Danbury helped the Queen reshape our society.
00:32:44I am decorating.
00:32:47I'm not even decorating. I am saying yes or no while the servants decorate.
00:32:52You and I, we were given this life out of thin air.
00:32:57And it has been wonderful.
00:32:59And we are enjoying ourselves at last, but I should like to help others enjoy it as well.
00:33:04If I involve myself in trying to help this maid, either it will finally earn me the Queen's close
00:33:09confidence or it will ruin this family. I should like to do it either way.
00:33:15You have my full support then.
00:33:23She hasn't been gone that long.
00:33:28Oh, we say some hundred.
00:33:30Good day.
00:33:30Alice, unfortunately now is not an ideal time.
00:33:32Yes, I know. Lady Danbury had little success with the Queen.
00:33:35But I have an idea for another approach.
00:33:48My mother and I have been so worried for you.
00:33:50Forgive me, the new Lady Penwood insisted on Miss Bridget and staying for tea.
00:33:54How did it go?
00:33:56I saw my father's will.
00:33:58What is it?
00:34:00My father.
00:34:03He kept his promise.
00:34:06Posey, Rosamond, myself.
00:34:09He left a siege in equal portion dowry.
00:34:13He loved me.
00:34:19Of course he did.
00:34:21How could anyone not?
00:34:26You were not going to prison.
00:34:29The dowager Lady Penwood stole your dowry.
00:34:31That makes her a liar and a thief.
00:34:33She has not already spent at all.
00:34:35I have a dowry.
00:34:37It still does not make me legitimate or an appropriate match for a gentleman.
00:34:40I do not care about the money.
00:34:42And I do not care about whether you are appropriate or not.
00:34:44Mrs Mondrich came to call.
00:34:46She is one of the Queen's ladies-in-waiting.
00:34:50She has a plan to help us.
00:34:52What is it?
00:34:54We will have to find you a dress.
00:34:56Because you are going to the Queen's Ball tomorrow.
00:35:07It is a game for two.
00:35:10Forgive me.
00:35:12It is my family.
00:35:13There is a scandal brewing.
00:35:16A scandal?
00:35:18Do you tell?
00:35:23Benedict, my brother, is in love with a maid.
00:35:28My family, we are all supporting them.
00:35:32But everyone else in the town will surely be up in arms if they find out.
00:35:35Which I confess does feel rather trivial compared to.
00:35:45Now is when you choose to hold your tongue.
00:35:50I am only surprised.
00:35:52You're family is surprising.
00:35:56I would not blame you for distancing yourself from us.
00:35:59From me.
00:36:00No, I meant surprising in a good way.
00:36:03Love does not always look how one expects, I imagine.
00:36:07I'm not one to judge the happiness of others.
00:36:12I am relieved to hear you say so.
00:36:18I had hoped, if you were not concerned by our continued association,
00:36:23that you might consider staying here in London until a new heir is found.
00:36:28I am here.
00:36:29I know.
00:36:31But I suppose I am feeling a suspense about when you might leave again,
00:36:37as you so rarely stay in one place for long.
00:36:39You are the only other person who truly understands.
00:36:45If you would like it, I shall stay.
00:36:49It would mean a great deal to me.
00:36:52I feel very close to you, Michaela.
00:36:56As do I.
00:37:14Look what one of the maids helped me rescue from the bin.
00:37:17Slightly rumpled, but I think it gives it character, no?
00:37:21You need not have bothered.
00:37:24Ah, I take it you are still planning not to debut.
00:37:32I must say, I think that would be a mistake.
00:37:36You cannot be serious.
00:37:39After you incessantly mocked my lesson.
00:37:41In my defence, they were extremely mockable.
00:37:44I thought you would be thrilled.
00:37:48Now you are not to grow old alone, we can be Spencers together.
00:37:57As wonderful as that sounds, I know it's not genuinely what you want.
00:38:04It is all right to be frightened.
00:38:06What happened to John, it is beyond awful.
00:38:08It frightens me too more than I care to admit.
00:38:11Some things are out of our control.
00:38:14What is in our control is our ability to support one another.
00:38:17And ensure that we do not allow fear to keep us from experiencing something that could be truly special.
00:38:22Now you are a proponent of marriage.
00:38:25Proponent is far too strong a word.
00:38:27But after spending a season by your side, I can see that on occasion, marriage might have its advantages.
00:38:35Companionship, family, a prime-seater soiree.
00:38:39And then, if not for mother and father's marriage, we would not all have each other.
00:38:45Which seems a rather large reward.
00:38:48Most of the time anyway.
00:38:53I suppose your points have some merit.
00:38:56Though, if I am to one day find the right husband, I think I should like to get to know
00:39:02myself better first.
00:39:06An excellent plan.
00:39:27The season will not be the same without you, Lady Danbury.
00:39:30Well, I have no doubt you will still find ways of enjoying yourselves.
00:39:36You will be missed greatly.
00:39:38By the Queen, most of all.
00:39:47Well, he's to us.
00:39:59Tonight is our night, Rosamund.
00:40:01Let us greet Lord Stotter, and then we shall speak to the Queen and settle the matter of Sophie.
00:40:11We can do this.
00:40:13We can do this.
00:40:15Are we certain we can do this?
00:40:17Would it not be better to wait until we see the magistrate?
00:40:19It may be too late by then, if the dowager gets to the Queen tonight.
00:40:22Mrs Mondridge will arrange everything.
00:40:26You will just have to tuck in close as we sneak you in.
00:40:30Hopefully, the last time.
00:40:35Your party.
00:40:36Violet Bridgerton, the dowager lady Bridgerton.
00:40:40Yes, plus three?
00:40:41Er, something like that.
00:40:43Yes, so many children.
00:40:48Richardons, come with me.
00:40:56Wait, what are we meant to do now, then?
00:40:58Well, it's strange not to be at the very centre of scandal for once.
00:41:01Let us enjoy it, then.
00:41:04May I have this dance?
00:41:16Miss Posey.
00:41:18Miss Bridgerton.
00:41:21Oh, no.
00:41:22I am...
00:41:23I do not know if you know, but I was not part of...
00:41:26No, I assumed not.
00:41:27I was simply greeting you.
00:41:29Though perhaps I should not.
00:41:30Your mother may disapprove.
00:41:36But do not let her dictate what you do.
00:41:38A friend of mine has a mother not too dissimilar to yours.
00:41:41And that friend has done very well for herself now.
00:41:43Truly.
00:41:51You have the interest of Lord Barnaby.
00:41:54He does ask me to dance from time to time.
00:41:57But my mother's efforts are concentrated on my sister this season.
00:42:04Oh, I should not let her dictate the matters of my heart like that.
00:42:10Lord Barnaby is most eligible.
00:42:12And your mother and sister are occupied.
00:42:19Very well.
00:42:31Miss Posey.
00:42:33Will you at last accept my offer of a dance?
00:42:43Lady Penwood.
00:42:45You are being summoned.
00:42:47Am I being summoned by the Queen?
00:42:51It's easier than I thought.
00:42:57Come along, Posey.
00:42:59Now.
00:43:02Excuse me.
00:43:12What is this?
00:43:13I thought the Queen was to join us.
00:43:15I believe you will be glad she is elsewhere for the moment.
00:43:19Sophie?
00:43:20Ma, what is she doing here?
00:43:23Seven years.
00:43:26Seven long years I spent serving you in my own home.
00:43:29I asked you the day you kicked me out why you kept me so long.
00:43:32And I know now it was never out of any goodness.
00:43:35But only because my father promised you an extra stipend for every year you kept me on.
00:43:39But you were never meant to keep me on as a maid.
00:43:41How did you know that?
00:43:42I saw the will.
00:43:43And I also saw that my father left me a dowry.
00:43:46Mother.
00:43:47Quiet, Posey.
00:43:47Three equal parts.
00:43:49One for Rosamond.
00:43:50One for Posey.
00:43:51And one for myself.
00:43:53Yet I venture to guess that what you have promised Lord Stutter is double what you have told Posey she
00:43:57is to receive.
00:43:58Doubled by the embezzlement of my portion.
00:44:01This is preposterous.
00:44:02How dare you accuse my mother of such a thing?
00:44:04Eighteen thousand pounds.
00:44:10What is yours?
00:44:14Did you not believe my beauty and charm were enough on their own to make a match?
00:44:19You believed I needed thirty six thousand pounds.
00:44:21This is all beside the point.
00:44:23She stole from me.
00:44:24I was the one who stole the shoe clips, Mama.
00:44:29It is not about the shoe clips.
00:44:33The money for your dowry.
00:44:34It was our money.
00:44:36It should have been our money.
00:44:37But you stole it from us.
00:44:39You stole him from us.
00:44:42My girls needed a father.
00:44:44They needed his love.
00:44:45I needed his love.
00:44:48But instead you were there.
00:44:52Araminta, he loved you too.
00:44:54I saw it.
00:44:55And you have the love of your daughters.
00:44:58Both of them.
00:44:59Do not take it for granted.
00:45:00Trust me, it serves no one.
00:45:04Richard was a good man.
00:45:06But he lived in a dream world.
00:45:08He thrust his greatest mistake upon me with no notice or warning.
00:45:11And left me to face the consequences of harbouring an illegitimate child.
00:45:15I have done nothing but try to protect both of my girls.
00:45:17But Mama, we've never been in jeopardy because of Sophie.
00:45:25And I am tired of talking about her.
00:45:31It's still the matter of you impersonating nobility.
00:45:33Oh, that I think we can settle ourselves.
00:45:36As you have committed a far greater crime.
00:45:39Embezzlement of a dowry.
00:45:41Dishonouring the late Earl's will and estate.
00:45:44I will not go to prison.
00:45:48If you ruin me, I will ruin her.
00:45:51And vice versa.
00:45:52It is simple.
00:45:54We shall all agree to a more mutually beneficial recounting of events.
00:46:15It is a beautiful evening.
00:46:18Yes.
00:46:24Your Majesty.
00:46:25Mrs Mondridge.
00:46:27Are you quite well?
00:46:28Your Majesty, I have prepared something for you.
00:46:30The maid Benedict Bridgerton is in love with.
00:46:32She is here.
00:46:35What do you mean, she is here?
00:46:36I have arranged for her to be here so that you might see what is between her and Mr. Bridgerton.
00:46:41Because I believe if you were to witness it in person, you will see the love they show.
00:46:45No, Mrs Mondridge.
00:46:47Get her out of here.
00:46:48Oh, Your Majesty.
00:46:49Perhaps I...
00:46:51I will not.
00:46:55Once upon a time, there were royals living in a palace who wished for you to go away.
00:47:00But you stayed.
00:47:02And you are the most fascinating woman to have sat on the throne in a very long time.
00:47:06You are a patron of music, of the arts.
00:47:10You have zebras in your gardens, and you love gossip.
00:47:13You are a woman of many interests.
00:47:16But you are missing the largest portion of what is amusing in the world by ignoring those of the
00:47:20lower classes.
00:47:21Because with all respect to you, Lady Danbury, not every maid is humble or graceful or simple.
00:47:27The woman Benedict Bridgerton is in love with?
00:47:30A woman capable of making that man settle down?
00:47:33That woman is sure to be full of vim and vigor.
00:47:36A spitfire so full of life that she has a countess setting foot in a prison because she is so
00:47:41obsessed with this woman.
00:47:42Your Majesty, you are missing all the good gossip.
00:47:57That is too far.
00:47:58I will not do it.
00:47:58You will.
00:47:59And you will retreat to your country estate for the remainder of the season.
00:48:03Well, Mr. Bridgerton.
00:48:06I am told you are in love.
00:48:09Yes, Your Majesty.
00:48:14May I present Miss Sophie Gunn.
00:48:19Gunn?
00:48:21As in the late Lord Penwood?
00:48:23She is the daughter of his cousin.
00:48:25Were you not just saying how much they resembled each other, Lady Penwood?
00:48:35I was.
00:48:36She has spent most of her life in the country and has only just come to town.
00:48:40I thought you said.
00:48:41I was mistaken, Your Majesty.
00:49:02Do you speak?
00:49:04Yes, Your Majesty.
00:49:06Is what they say true?
00:49:08That you are a relation of the late Earl?
00:49:15I can say with complete conviction, Your Majesty, that I am by birth and by education a daughter of
00:49:21Penwood House.
00:49:31You would have made a wonderful diamond.
00:49:37Very well, then.
00:49:39Was there something of interest about shoe clips?
00:49:44No, Your Majesty. I do not believe so.
00:49:46I think there was.
00:49:48But carry on.
00:50:15We're cousins, then.
00:50:19We are sisters.
00:50:24I think young Violet would be quite impressed by you today.
00:50:29I think she would.
00:50:35That was quite a risk you took.
00:50:38Yes, Your Majesty.
00:50:39You're lucky I went along with it.
00:50:41Yes, Your Majesty.
00:50:43Run along.
00:50:51Did you hear?
00:50:53Apparently Lord Stotter is not content with Miss Lee's now an adult at dowry.
00:50:59Well, he has always been known to be a fortune hunter.
00:51:01Miss Lee is not my favourite, but I imagine the family rather needed one of the girls to make a
00:51:06match this season.
00:51:09Something tells me all will be well.
00:51:15Oh.
00:51:25What are you doing here?
00:51:27Oh, my lady.
00:51:28Forgive me for coming so late.
00:51:29I hope you've not come to bed for your position back, Varley.
00:51:32Because if you have, I'm afraid I must tell you that we are more than satisfied with Ray.
00:51:37No, certainly not.
00:51:39I am headed to the country for a new position and I have come for some of my things before
00:51:45I leave town.
00:51:46I left behind a few books in my rush to depart.
00:51:51Did we not tease Penelope about her reading together?
00:51:54I do not remember you picking up a single book.
00:51:57Well, I also came for an apology.
00:51:59I never got one.
00:52:00An apology?
00:52:01From me?
00:52:02About what?
00:52:02For taking me for granted.
00:52:04For treating me like family and then working me like a dog and paying me worse than that.
00:52:09I think that is highly unfair.
00:52:12You will not be getting an apology from me.
00:52:15Very well.
00:52:24Perhaps, perhaps I could possibly be apologetic about
00:52:31one or two things.
00:52:39Those, er, dresses that I offered you, they were clearly out of season.
00:52:44I should have found you something nicer.
00:52:49Or paid you more.
00:52:52That will do.
00:52:54I forgive you.
00:52:55Oh, Varley.
00:52:57I have missed you.
00:52:58Oh, I cannot begin to tell you.
00:53:01That Penwood woman, she made work in here seem like a holiday.
00:53:04I was only going to the countryside because she came home tonight in a foul mood and dismissed me.
00:53:08Dismissed you?
00:53:09Yeah.
00:53:09What sort of a fool would do such a thing?
00:53:15Well, we cannot have you going to the countryside.
00:53:18Oh, but you have Ray.
00:53:19Yes.
00:53:20But it is a very large house.
00:53:27Yes, he has formed an attachment, Miss Sophie Gunn.
00:53:31A relation of the late Lord Penwood.
00:53:54Miss Gunn, may I have your first dance?
00:54:00You may, Mr. Bridgerton.
00:54:03Oh, well, I have a wonderful offer.
00:54:05Will you...?
00:54:18He has hands-on.
00:54:22To say it's the morning so good.
00:54:23What Is so good?
00:54:24Either you and I may be here.
00:54:28Or you may have a zit-uh, let me pray.
00:54:31But I may be here today.
00:55:00MUSIC CONTINUES
00:55:01It was a truly mad plan.
00:55:06She's certainly full of new energy, that Mrs Mondridge.
00:55:09Though I do not know if her plan worked because she planned it well
00:55:13or because of the sheer lack of a plan.
00:55:15Well, she was right about one thing.
00:55:17You do enjoy being amused.
00:55:21MUSIC CONTINUES
00:55:28RIDICULOUS
00:55:29It is the best thing to happen all season.
00:55:31No, the best thing to happen all season
00:55:33is that you are sure to win your wager with Mrs. Bridgerton.
00:55:39Oh, yes.
00:55:42The bet shall be settled.
00:55:45MUSIC CONTINUES
00:55:55That was fun, Lady Dambry.
00:56:06We have such fun together.
00:56:10Yes, we do.
00:56:13I will miss you.
00:56:15MUSIC CONTINUES
00:56:19Oh, brother.
00:56:23My command is to stop.
00:56:26MUSIC CONTINUES
00:56:27To stop.
00:56:37MUSIC CONTINUES
00:56:39How does it feel to be officially recognised as a penwood?
00:56:43Strange.
00:56:45But good.
00:56:46Would you mind if I cut it short, then?
00:56:48Because I would very much like to make you a Bridgerton.
00:57:04MUSIC CONTINUES
00:57:05Will you marry me?
00:57:09Yes.
00:57:11Yes, I will.
00:57:15MUSIC CONTINUES
00:57:16I
00:57:18I
00:57:18I
00:57:20Vibrant
00:57:20I
00:57:20Oh!
00:57:21I
00:57:22I
00:57:22I
00:57:22I
00:57:23I
00:57:24I
00:57:24I
00:57:33I
00:57:34I
00:58:00I'm overjoyed at how things have worked in your son's favour.
00:58:02Oh, as am I. The two of them can marry properly and stay here in town now if they wish.
00:58:09They are a legitimate pair as far as anyone is concerned.
00:58:12That's very good. And now we may at last make our announcement joyfully and without concern.
00:58:18Shall we tell your children tonight?
00:58:22Something the matter?
00:58:32I, um...
00:58:36It has been our other event for evening. Are we not perhaps rushing things?
00:58:41I do not see any reason we should delay. Unless you see one that I'm not aware of. One I
00:58:49should be made aware of.
00:58:51I have been hesitant because of my children. Because of my late husband. Because of Francesca.
00:58:58But today I came to understand another source of my hesitation.
00:59:02Which is?
00:59:04I have been a wife and a mother for so long. I have lost perspective entirely on who I was
00:59:11before that.
00:59:11I am only just starting to get reacquainted with that part of myself. My carefree, wild self.
00:59:18I am afraid that if we are to wed, then I would lose that opportunity. And yet I do not
00:59:24want to lose you either.
00:59:26I do not understand then.
00:59:28Would it not...
00:59:31Could we not continue as we are?
00:59:37Seeing one another, still having our independence?
00:59:46Violet, I want so much for your happiness.
00:59:50But I want for my own as well.
00:59:53Our time together has been a gift.
00:59:55I want to share a life with you.
00:59:58And I would wait if I believed you may one day want the same.
01:00:03But I am starting to doubt that you do.
01:00:05Please, Marcus, please. I... I care for you deeply.
01:00:13I know. I feel that you do.
01:00:25Dearest gentle reader, are you perhaps feeling a little shock?
01:00:36Have you seen Miss Sterling tonight? Has she gone to bed already?
01:00:40Did Miss Sterling not inform you?
01:00:41Of what?
01:00:42She has packed her belongings and left.
01:00:45You thought I was gone for good.
01:00:56But far too much transpires for this author to remain silent.
01:01:13And so we are reunited.
01:01:16What are we doing?
01:01:17I desire to dance with my betrothed.
01:01:39You are rather skilled, even with no music.
01:01:42It's all the more remarkable if you knew who my first dance tutor was.
01:01:46I had so much to overcome.
01:01:49It is assuredly a reunion rooted in care and love.
01:02:03I thought you were done with Whistledown.
01:02:06I am. I am working on my novel.
01:02:11And who in the devil wrote this?
01:02:13Though this time with a very different author.
01:02:24It is midnight.
01:02:26Must you flee?
01:02:31I can stay.
01:02:33As long as you like.
01:02:41I was hoping you might stay forever.
01:02:47But for now, my new identity shall remain a secret.
01:03:07Dear Reader, we are going to have so much fun.
01:03:14Bye.
01:03:15Bye.
01:05:16Do you think you'll ever do it again?
01:05:18Me? A wedding? No.
01:05:20I have had my great love.
01:05:22One time is enough.
01:05:43One time is enough.
01:05:45One time is enough.
01:05:51One time is enough.
01:06:03One time is enough.
01:06:04One time is enough.
01:06:15One time is enough.
01:06:26One time is enough.
01:06:27Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here in the sight of God.
01:06:30One time is enough.
01:06:32One time is enough.
01:06:44One time is enough.
01:07:10One time is enough.
01:07:20Until next time is enough.
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