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Bridgerton - Season 4 - Episode 01: The Waltz
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00:00:11You
00:00:53The platter's more to the left.
00:00:54No, those flowers off to the side.
00:00:56Yes, ma'am.
00:00:58Um, Mrs. Wilson, I...
00:01:00There is another batch in the oven.
00:01:02Girls will need something warm after a fortnight in a carriage.
00:01:05Precisely. Thank you, Mrs. Wilson.
00:01:21Very well, then, I need scones and the napkins.
00:01:24The gonds are just out and napkins are pressed and ready for you.
00:01:34Our princess hyacinth has risen.
00:01:37I noticed a boot print in the entry hall.
00:01:59They're here.
00:02:21Welcome home, Mrs. Wilson.
00:02:23Good day, John.
00:02:25Oh, it is good to be home.
00:02:27Have you forgotten Scotland so quickly?
00:02:30I am sure we all miss Hillmart and Castle Great View.
00:02:37Oh, I am glad to be home as well.
00:02:45Is that Daddy? Is that Daddy?
00:02:47Oh, thank you. That's perfect. Just like you.
00:02:50Oh, you're not perfect, Elliot.
00:02:52I'm just like his mother.
00:02:54Oh, I shall hold, Lord Featherington.
00:03:00We do not want anyone spilling tea on the air to our great men.
00:03:05Oh, Penelope, I have missed you.
00:03:13Oh, El. Oh, how is Scotland?
00:03:17There are not nearly enough people in Scotland
00:03:19that I had to take to talking to sheep.
00:03:22Could you not just eat his cheeks?
00:03:24They're sweet as long as you are not the one
00:03:26who has to look after them and mind their cries.
00:03:29I, for one, am glad the Viscountess had her baby in India.
00:03:33Mrs. Wilson.
00:03:34I cannot wait to meet the little heir when they return.
00:03:36We've certainly needed more boys.
00:03:39It's getting rather girlish around here with Gregory off at Eaton.
00:03:42If you mind.
00:03:44Well, I would not count on Miss Bridgerton to have any young men around,
00:03:47but if Miss Hyacinth has her way, she shall make her debut any day now.
00:03:52Mama finally let me lower my hands.
00:03:54Did she?
00:03:57Oh, did you hear me?
00:04:00Say hello.
00:04:02Dear Louise, hello.
00:04:04Hello.
00:04:08Is, is everything well, Mom?
00:04:10Oh, everything is perfect.
00:04:12It should be perfect.
00:04:13It would be perfect if, where is Benedict?
00:04:26Please fetch my carriage.
00:04:29Of course.
00:04:36Oh, oh.
00:04:37Oh, Lady Bridgerton, are you sure you would not prefer for me to fetch him for you?
00:04:52You've had to fetch him for me one too many times these last months, John.
00:04:55Perhaps if he is awakened from his inebriated slumber by the face of his mother,
00:04:59he will learn to be on time for once.
00:05:01Lady Bridgerton.
00:05:02I require an audience with my son.
00:05:04Unfortunately, the room is in a state of disarray,
00:05:07Ma'am.
00:05:07Perhaps we should send a maid in first.
00:05:10I assure you I have often witnessed Benedict's disarray.
00:05:13Move!
00:05:19On second thoughts, do fetch a maid.
00:05:22Or two.
00:05:24Benedict Bridgerton.
00:05:25Oh, my word.
00:05:27Where is your chaperone, young lady?
00:05:29Mother?
00:05:30How are you here?
00:05:31Good Lord.
00:05:31Hatch, draw back the curtains.
00:05:32It is time for my son to wake up.
00:05:34No, no, no.
00:05:34Please, please do not.
00:05:35Oh, that is so bright.
00:05:38Dear God.
00:05:40Who are you?
00:05:41I am.
00:05:41We really should not.
00:05:42No, no, no.
00:05:42It does not signify who I am because I am leaving.
00:05:45Mother.
00:05:45That is your mother.
00:05:46We shall have a discussion later.
00:05:48John.
00:06:18We shall have a discussion later.
00:06:24We shall have a discussion later.
00:06:26We shall have a discussion later.
00:06:31We shall have a discussion later.
00:06:32We shall have a discussion later.
00:06:33We shall have a discussion later.
00:06:34We shall have a discussion later.
00:06:35We shall have a discussion later.
00:06:35We shall have a discussion later.
00:06:36We shall have a discussion later.
00:06:36We shall have a discussion later.
00:06:36We shall have a discussion later.
00:06:37We shall have a discussion later.
00:06:38We shall have a discussion later.
00:06:40We shall have a discussion later.
00:06:40We shall have a discussion later.
00:06:43We shall have a discussion later.
00:07:10A letter from the solicitor asking
00:07:12if you should like to continue the family's investment in copper.
00:07:16I remember the Viscount was quite insistent it was a wise investment.
00:07:20Very well, then.
00:07:22Letters from the tenants.
00:07:23Mr Boyle writes to ask for a loan to reinforce his cattle fence.
00:07:27Of course.
00:07:28Are you certain, Mr Bridgerton?
00:07:29The Viscount would not usually grant such a request
00:07:31until the finances for the tenants are on secure footing.
00:07:42I shall be elsewhere.
00:07:51Mother.
00:07:55I apologise.
00:07:58For what?
00:08:00For constantly missing family events or turning up late?
00:08:04Usually smelling of liquor?
00:08:05For taking advantage of my forgiving nature?
00:08:07Or for debauching yourself so much so this summer
00:08:10that you apparently have ended up with not one, but two mistresses?
00:08:15Benedict, what happens if one of these mistresses gets with a child?
00:08:18They are not my mistresses.
00:08:19They are simply acquaintances.
00:08:20That is even worse!
00:08:21Mother, I am careful.
00:08:23Oh, the fact that you find this a laughing matter.
00:08:26You still have two sisters who must marry
00:08:29and their fate depends on the family reputation.
00:08:32Do you not even consider it?
00:08:34Antony must consider it.
00:08:36Antony is the Viscount.
00:08:37His reputation secures the Bridgerton name.
00:08:39I am merely a second son.
00:08:41Who also must marry someday?
00:08:42Who will need to seek approval of the father of an eligible young lady?
00:08:47Which requires you to be a gentleman and not a...
00:08:51a rake.
00:08:51Youngeridge mother.
00:08:52You will make yourself unwell if you carry on as you have.
00:08:55My health is my concern.
00:08:56And you needn't worry about my reputation.
00:08:57It is unlikely that I will ever marry.
00:08:59Benedict Bridgerton...
00:09:00I am only saying,
00:09:01the eligible ladies of the tom,
00:09:03many of them are lovely,
00:09:04but they all have the same dream of marriage.
00:09:07They display no true animation,
00:09:08no zest for life,
00:09:09no personality.
00:09:11I am charting a more venturesome course
00:09:13outside good society.
00:09:14In doing so, I am being true to myself.
00:09:16Is not that the point?
00:09:17Should not that be enough for you?
00:09:23Please.
00:09:33No, absolutely not.
00:09:34You simply have not met the right young lady yet.
00:09:36And you never will
00:09:37if you do not settle down and join society.
00:09:40Enough is enough.
00:09:41Enough, Benedict.
00:09:43You wish to be true to yourself,
00:09:45then be who you are.
00:09:47A member of this family.
00:09:50All the eyes of the tom will be on us
00:09:53hosting the first ball.
00:09:54So, please,
00:09:56do not humiliate me.
00:10:00And, um,
00:10:02be on time.
00:10:03Be on time.
00:10:33Where is she?
00:10:34You have only just sent for her,
00:10:37your majesty.
00:10:38Have you yet decided
00:10:40whether you will attend
00:10:41Lady Bridgerton's ball?
00:10:42It is a masquerade.
00:10:44I have no interest
00:10:45in dressing as someone
00:10:46other than myself.
00:10:47How long does it take
00:10:49for one to arrive at the palace?
00:10:51She is late.
00:10:53Well,
00:10:55your presence
00:10:56would mean a great deal
00:10:57to Lady Bridgerton
00:10:58in confirming her
00:10:59as the new hostess
00:11:00of the season's first ball.
00:11:02Why is Lady Bridgerton
00:11:03hosting the first ball
00:11:04instead of you?
00:11:10Lady Whistledown,
00:11:11your majesty.
00:11:33Mrs. Bridgerton,
00:11:34you are late.
00:11:36You have only just sent for me,
00:11:37your majesty.
00:11:38Late!
00:11:40My
00:11:41deepest apologies.
00:11:45Well,
00:11:47we begin another season.
00:11:49This time is great friends.
00:11:51And it shall stay that way
00:11:53as long as you bring me
00:11:54great gossip.
00:11:55I shall certainly try.
00:11:57Very well.
00:11:59I should like a foretaste
00:12:01before your first issue
00:12:03is distributed today.
00:12:06I...
00:12:09Of course,
00:12:11your majesty.
00:12:15I...
00:12:15Tomorrow night,
00:12:17the social season
00:12:18shall begin,
00:12:18but things might look
00:12:20a little different.
00:12:20No, no, no.
00:12:21Mrs. Bridgerton,
00:12:23you must begin
00:12:24how it begins.
00:12:27The proper way.
00:12:31Oh.
00:12:33Yes,
00:12:34your majesty.
00:12:37Dearest Gentle Reader.
00:12:41Dearest Gentle Reader.
00:12:44Tomorrow night,
00:12:46the social season begins.
00:12:49But it might look
00:12:51a little different
00:12:52from what our fair Tom
00:12:54has come to expect.
00:12:55Because tomorrow night
00:12:57is Lady Bridgerton's
00:12:59masquerade ball,
00:13:01an event sure
00:13:03to transport its guests
00:13:04into fantasy.
00:13:09And the Luton footman
00:13:10told me that Lord Harley
00:13:12has a weekly rendezvous
00:13:13with Lady Luton
00:13:14every Friday.
00:13:15Oh, the Queen
00:13:16will relish that.
00:13:17And if I print it,
00:13:18Lady Luton's daughters
00:13:19will be ruined.
00:13:24Am I interrupting?
00:13:26No, not at all.
00:13:28Oh, my dear son.
00:13:36How was the Queen?
00:13:39Terrifying.
00:13:40She made me recite
00:13:41my column from memory.
00:13:42Hmm.
00:13:43I'm certain you were superb.
00:13:45Now,
00:13:45can I help you
00:13:47take your mind
00:13:47off Whistle down
00:13:48for a little while?
00:13:50That is most kind of you.
00:13:54behind the cover
00:13:56of a mask
00:13:58we are free
00:13:59to be
00:14:00anyone
00:14:00we so choose.
00:14:03I'm feeling
00:14:04rather powerful tonight.
00:14:05Hmm.
00:14:06Perhaps I shall go
00:14:06dress as the Duke
00:14:07of Wellington
00:14:08tomorrow.
00:14:09Well, then,
00:14:10I shall have to
00:14:10overpower you
00:14:11and go dressed
00:14:12as the Queen.
00:14:13Which Queen
00:14:14could possibly
00:14:17overpower
00:14:17our great war hero.
00:14:19Hmm.
00:14:20Perhaps Queen Margaret,
00:14:21the one who set
00:14:22off with his head.
00:14:23And free
00:14:24to make the acquaintance
00:14:25of anyone
00:14:26we so desire.
00:14:41All that is certain
00:14:44is that a masquerade
00:14:47is like no other event.
00:14:53Prepare yourself,
00:14:55gentle reader.
00:15:04for anything
00:15:06can happen.
00:15:17for anything
00:15:19to be
00:15:29well,
00:15:36I'm going to
00:15:37Yes!
00:16:01Louis!
00:16:03Hmm. You look well.
00:16:05Of course I do.
00:16:07As do you.
00:16:09Mm-mm.
00:16:10I cannot tonight.
00:16:12Of course.
00:16:14You are meant to attend some sort of shocking society event, surely.
00:16:19My mother's shocking society event.
00:16:21I've only come for a dose of merriment to sustain me.
00:16:24I cannot stay long.
00:16:26Well, I do not need you for a long time.
00:16:29Much merriment can be had in a rather short time.
00:16:51Oh, those bouquets upstairs flanking the musicians.
00:16:54The navy linens on the small tables and...
00:16:57Oh, dear.
00:16:58Where the devil is that going?
00:17:00On the dessert table by the door.
00:17:02The one I told you not to put so close to the...
00:17:05Why have the dance cards not been laid out upstairs?
00:17:07Oh, we decided not to bring them up.
00:17:09We thought the point of the evening was concealment.
00:17:12The point of the evening is to try to hide one's identity by costume or mask.
00:17:17Not that many succeed, but they still must dance.
00:17:23But...
00:17:24Will they stay masked all evening?
00:17:26Until the clock strikes midnight.
00:17:28Sounds thrilling.
00:17:29Thrilling for them.
00:17:31Chaos for us.
00:17:32What you see.
00:17:35That's good.
00:17:53to make it a picture of a book.
00:17:57Yes, yes.
00:17:58Oh, nice.
00:17:58Oh, nice, nice.
00:18:00Yeah.
00:18:01Oh, nice.
00:18:01nemat, beware.
00:18:01Oh, beware.
00:18:02Oh, nice.
00:18:23I can do this.
00:18:25I can do this.
00:18:58We have arrived, my lady.
00:19:17There is a large group arriving.
00:19:19Just conceal yourself behind them.
00:19:22We'll just be out by midnight.
00:19:45We'll just be out by midnight.
00:19:54We'll just be out by midnight.
00:20:17My lady.
00:20:20My lady?
00:20:23Yes.
00:20:24Forgive me, I came in with that rather large group.
00:20:29Of course.
00:20:30I am certain we have given them their dance cards as well.
00:20:33Oh.
00:20:34Yes, of course.
00:20:38Would you like me to tie it on instead of your chaperone?
00:20:42Oh, no.
00:20:43I have lost them.
00:20:46There are many but I will.
00:20:56Is this what a ball is like?
00:20:58I did not expect so many shoulders.
00:21:01How many balls exactly do we get to attend this season?
00:21:04I think I shall like society.
00:21:05Young ladies are not meant to ramble on, Posey.
00:21:53Thank you so much for coming. Please, enjoy yourself.
00:22:05Violet Bridgerton.
00:22:08This is a very fine party.
00:22:11You made it down, Ray.
00:22:14Are you certain you have no regrets?
00:22:16Not one bit.
00:22:17Hosting the first ball of the season has always meant a great deal to me, but I am looking forward
00:22:22to stepping back.
00:22:24Who is missing?
00:22:26Benedict.
00:22:27Seems he is late again.
00:22:30Ladies.
00:22:32Are we?
00:22:33You are matching.
00:22:34Who exactly do you think you are?
00:22:37I'm Zeus.
00:22:39Are you a hero?
00:22:40Most certainly I'm not.
00:22:41I am Zeus.
00:22:43Perhaps the Greek gods would still be in charge up there if Zeus had been a woman.
00:22:49I think we look rather good.
00:22:51I could not agree more.
00:23:06This will be an amusing night.
00:23:08Indeed.
00:23:10Though, if you see any vipers, let us make haste for home.
00:23:20Are those Bridgertons I see behind those masks?
00:23:24Pardon me.
00:23:25I am fortunate they must find my son.
00:23:35Her Royal Highness, the Queen.
00:23:49Bring her to me.
00:23:58Your Majesty.
00:24:14Bridgertons, where might I locate the Honourable Mrs. Colin, Bridgerton?
00:24:32Mrs. Bridgerton, I am here.
00:24:35It is so generous of you to grace us with your presence tonight, Your Majesty.
00:24:39Well?
00:24:40Your Majesty, the season has only just begun.
00:24:43But I am sure we will find a debutante or two tonight for you to champion.
00:24:48I tire of debutantes.
00:24:50They have been so unreliable in the past.
00:24:52Let us turn our attention this year instead to offering up a leading suitor to fire the competition.
00:24:59Oh.
00:25:02Certainly.
00:25:05Oh, Lord Napier has said he will marry.
00:25:08He is rather handsome.
00:25:10But also exceptionally dull, unfortunately.
00:25:14Who else?
00:25:15Mr. Fry might be eligible.
00:25:17If one squints.
00:25:19What of him?
00:25:20Baron Hamilton.
00:25:21Not really rich enough, I fear.
00:25:24Is there anyone here worthy of my interest?
00:25:29Um...
00:25:36Has anyone seen Mr. Bridgerton?
00:25:47Good evening, ladies.
00:25:49Good evening.
00:25:54Mr. Bridgerton.
00:25:58Mike.
00:26:00One more.
00:26:02One more.
00:26:04One more.
00:26:05One more.
00:26:05One more.
00:26:10Yes, that's right.
00:26:18Benedict.
00:26:20Hello, Mother.
00:26:21You are two hours late yet again.
00:26:25You were meant to chaperone Eloise.
00:26:27I have been here.
00:26:28Perhaps you did not recognize me in my mask.
00:26:29You know, I do not believe that we are serving gin this evening
00:26:32and yet I can smell it all over you.
00:26:34Good to see nothing has changed here.
00:26:36Eloise!
00:26:38How is it you are the one late in Rumpel
00:26:40when I traveled all the way from the Highlands?
00:26:42I've had to go to my bachelor lodgings to change.
00:26:45And our timeliness and neatness, not rather old-fashioned.
00:26:47Same old Benedict.
00:26:48Perhaps not tonight.
00:26:49Tonight we can be anyone we want.
00:26:51Oh, well, if by anyone you mean someone
00:26:53who will speak to those debutantes over there...
00:26:55Mother!
00:26:55I have planned this carefully.
00:26:57Your very presence here implies Sutherton
00:26:59that you're back in society.
00:27:01Now you must make it a fact for them
00:27:02by speaking with the debutantes.
00:27:04I've only just...
00:27:04Debutantes!
00:27:05Now.
00:27:11Good evening, ladies.
00:27:13You all look exceptionally lovely tonight.
00:27:14Mr Bridgerton, your disguise tonight is superb.
00:27:18Is it?
00:27:18And yet you recognize me immediately.
00:27:20Well, I could discern the Bridgerton bill from anywhere.
00:27:23You brothers do all look so much alike.
00:27:25Ah.
00:27:27Yes.
00:27:28You are number two.
00:27:31Yes.
00:27:31That is my name.
00:27:33And yet you are the last unmarried.
00:27:35Have you any thoughts of that ever-changing?
00:27:37You must not forget about Gregory.
00:27:39In fact, are you quite certain I am not him?
00:27:45There is Mr Lewis.
00:27:47He might be a catch, but he tends to smell, so...
00:27:53Lady Bridgerton.
00:27:59Lady Penwood.
00:28:01Welcome.
00:28:02It is a fine evening.
00:28:04Oh, indeed.
00:28:09We have not seen much of you lately.
00:28:12No.
00:28:13I have absented myself from society since my husband's deaths.
00:28:16The first and the second.
00:28:19Husbands, that is.
00:28:20Of course.
00:28:21By Count Lee and then the Earl of Penwood.
00:28:23I am so sorry for your losses.
00:28:30And are these your daughters?
00:28:32They are.
00:28:33They have recently made their debuts.
00:28:35May I present my daughter, Miss Rosamund Lee.
00:28:39It is a fine evening.
00:28:41And this is Miss Posey.
00:28:44I am very much enjoying your party.
00:28:46You are most kind.
00:28:48How are your children?
00:28:49Oh, very well, thank you.
00:28:51Anthony is off in India with his bride.
00:28:52When Colin and Penelope...
00:28:54Do you think you will succeed this season?
00:28:57Excuse me?
00:28:58In persuading your second son to take a wife.
00:29:02I cannot say.
00:29:05Well, you know how young men are.
00:29:07So unpredictable.
00:29:08Well, please.
00:29:10Enjoy yourselves.
00:29:15Did you study your miniatures this morning?
00:29:18There he is.
00:29:21He is so handsome.
00:29:23Do not be shallow.
00:29:25What matters most is his surname.
00:29:27There are rumours of rakish behaviour.
00:29:30But everyone knows reformed rapes make the best husbands.
00:29:46Do you think the fairy with Lord Arliss is his mistress?
00:29:50It would have to be rather bold to bring her right under the nose of our majesty and his wife.
00:30:16I have thought that the news of Lord Arliss bringing his mistress would be the most scandalous gossip I would
00:30:21overhear from the wall.
00:30:22But Miss Eloise Bridgerton eagerly chatting with debutants is the most scandalous news of all.
00:30:28Then why is Penelope Bridgerton keeping to the wall to begin with?
00:30:31Penelope Bridgerton is not, but Whistledown is.
00:30:33The Queen insists on great gossip this year.
00:30:35Then I am surprised we've not had Lady Whistledown write about Benedict.
00:30:39She is looking for a gentleman to champion this year.
00:30:42The last thing this family needs is for her to choose Benedict.
00:30:45She will never win, which will outrage her.
00:30:47And your mother...
00:30:47Well, my mother will explode and burst into flames at the feet of an outraged monarch.
00:30:51For your sake, I do hope you've overheard something better on the wall.
00:30:56I have thought that after last season you had had your fill of pretending to be engaging with debutants.
00:31:00I do not pretend.
00:31:03Pen, there may not have been enough people in Scotland,
00:31:06but time spent amidst so much astounding natural beauty did give me considerable time to reflect.
00:31:12And what I realise is that there is no need for me to antagonise suitors or debutants.
00:31:17I can be entirely pleasant to all.
00:31:19It matters not because I have made a decision.
00:31:23I am on the shelf.
00:31:24You?
00:31:26On the shelf.
00:31:27Oh, here we are.
00:31:29Why, thank you.
00:31:31Here.
00:31:32Yes, honey.
00:31:35It's wonderful.
00:31:38What if we were to do?
00:31:51What if we were to stay for the season?
00:31:55What about Scotland?
00:31:56What about your cousin?
00:31:59Yeah, I noticed the two of you kept your distance from one another this summer.
00:32:05Which is understandable.
00:32:08We are newlyweds, and yet we began our married life together in a home that Michaela considers hers as much
00:32:15as ours.
00:32:17Perhaps I should have thought of that before suggesting it.
00:32:22We will eventually return to Scotland, but I should like to make a contribution to Parliament this year.
00:32:27We could set up Kilmartin House, make it just ours, and you could be closer to your family.
00:32:34Yes, I would love it.
00:32:41Benedict Bridgerton's here.
00:32:42He is?
00:32:43Oh my, I think it's my Benedict.
00:32:45All the problems.
00:32:45Wait, which one is he then?
00:32:51Mr. Bridgerton?
00:32:52Oh, Mr. Bridgerton.
00:32:53Mr. Bridgerton?
00:32:54Over here.
00:32:55Mr. Bridgerton's here.
00:33:23How to meet, young lady.
00:33:24Could I trouble you for the next dance?
00:33:27Uh, sir, you see, I would love to, but I have misplaced my dance card.
00:33:34Oh, that is unlucky.
00:33:37Lord Napier, forgive me for interrupting.
00:33:39I have just found this young lady's dance card.
00:33:41But, unfortunately, my name is next.
00:34:06What is your name?
00:34:08Why did you rescue me?
00:34:10It is rare to see someone beaming with joy at one of these things.
00:34:14It is positively spilling out of you.
00:34:34But I will have you know I was doing rather well fending off the gentleman on my own.
00:34:37Does he not possess the qualities you seek?
00:34:41Qualities?
00:34:43I'm a suitor.
00:34:45Oh, I am not looking for a husband.
00:34:48You are not?
00:34:50No.
00:34:55Uh, excuse me, I, I meant to be somewhere.
00:34:58Have I offended you?
00:34:59Oh, no.
00:35:00I did not mean to cry.
00:35:00No, do not concern yourself.
00:35:01Have you lost your chakra?
00:35:02No, she...
00:35:03Is it that we've met?
00:35:03No, I cannot dance.
00:35:06That is the truth.
00:35:07I cannot dance.
00:35:11A lady who cannot dance?
00:35:16Huh.
00:35:18Is this a part of the character you're playing tonight?
00:35:21A silver ingenue.
00:35:23You have seen through me.
00:35:27Clearly, this is my first masquerade.
00:35:29And what role are you playing?
00:35:31Uh, evidently, that of your dancing master.
00:35:34As much as we are all pretending here tonight,
00:35:37I think that Ton might be bewildered
00:35:38by the sight of us conducting dance lessons
00:35:40in the centre of the ballroom.
00:35:42Well, there's always the private terrace.
00:35:44I mean nothing untoward.
00:35:45I'm simply avoiding my mother.
00:35:47Of course, I could ask for a chaperone
00:35:49if it would make you more comfortable.
00:35:50Surely there is a maid nearby.
00:35:52I shall have to trust you for tonight.
00:36:03What of him?
00:36:05Um, must he be kind?
00:36:08Of course.
00:36:10Then no.
00:36:28He is a fine choice.
00:36:31Oh, no.
00:36:33That is a Benedict Bridgerton, Your Majesty.
00:36:36Excellent.
00:36:37He is rich, handsome, and a Bridgerton.
00:36:40But perhaps there are other gentlemen...
00:36:43We have talked enough.
00:37:02Pardon me a moment.
00:37:11Ow!
00:37:13That is my arm.
00:37:17You are mistaken.
00:37:19Right.
00:37:20Excuse me.
00:37:22A clever attempt,
00:37:24but I would recognise my busybody little sister anywhere.
00:37:26No-one else will ever know who I am in the mask.
00:37:29Please.
00:37:30Can I have just one dance with the suitor?
00:37:31One dance will be your last
00:37:33if my mark gets so much as an inkling
00:37:35that you are in attendance.
00:37:37Upstairs.
00:37:39I wish you had stayed in Scotland.
00:37:56Oh, no.
00:37:57That's funny.
00:37:59Phew.
00:38:12Looking for me, I hope.
00:38:16It is certainly a pleasant surprise to find you.
00:38:43Lord Anderson, thank you for attending.
00:38:46Pleasure to be had, Lady Bridgerton.
00:38:48Mm.
00:38:55Shall we approach?
00:38:57She did make quite the compliment for our ball last season.
00:39:00Do you remember what she said?
00:39:03Not bad.
00:39:04Not bad.
00:39:05She likes us, and Lady Danbury is there.
00:39:09Let us present ourselves.
00:39:16Mr. and Mrs. Mondrich, your majesty.
00:39:20Your majesty.
00:39:22Where is that Bridgerton boy?
00:39:32Are you enjoying the party, your majesty?
00:39:35Like the Greeks, your torch has been passed.
00:39:39Lady Bridgerton has hosted the first ball, and I have graced it.
00:39:43You are welcome.
00:39:45Indeed.
00:39:46And I am most grateful you chose to attend.
00:39:49I hope next time, Mr. Bridgerton will show more of his face.
00:39:54Well, the other gentlemen need to be more interesting.
00:39:57Where is the fun?
00:40:00I would like for you and me to enjoy ourselves this season.
00:40:04In fact, on that, your majesty, I have been meaning to speak with you.
00:40:11There is a reason I handed over the first ball of the season.
00:40:18I am...
00:40:20I'm considering playing less of a part in society this year.
00:40:26As you know, I have contributed much to society and to our young couples, and I have enjoyed it deeply.
00:40:36And your friendship.
00:40:40It has been the honor of my life that you chose me.
00:40:46I treasure every moment.
00:40:52But, it is time.
00:40:57I long to travel.
00:41:02To visit my ancestral home.
00:41:06I have not been there since I was four years old.
00:41:13So, I would like to leave at the end of this season.
00:41:19Of course, you and I shall write, and I will be back for visits.
00:41:22But, I am leaving.
00:41:25I...
00:41:28should like...
00:41:29to leave...
00:41:32for a time.
00:41:40No.
00:42:07Are you laughing at me?
00:42:09No.
00:42:11No, it is all just so...
00:42:16It is a spectacular night.
00:42:22You are not like the other young ladies, you know.
00:42:24It is a relief.
00:42:26And what is wrong with the other young ladies?
00:42:29Well...
00:42:32I'm only...
00:42:34They are...
00:42:35Constantly pursuing you.
00:42:38While I can imagine that is taxing for you,
00:42:40you must remember that those young ladies have spent their entire lives preparing for the pursuit.
00:42:45Hundreds of hours acquiring their accomplishments.
00:42:47Endless fittings.
00:42:48Not to mention the three hours alone it takes to do up their hair.
00:42:51For the five or six hours they will be at this ball.
00:42:53All in the hope that you might simply notice them.
00:42:56Them?
00:42:57Are you not also hoping to be noticed?
00:43:01Truly?
00:43:03Truly.
00:43:06I am merely hoping to enjoy myself.
00:43:09When you seem to be very much.
00:43:17Or...
00:43:18not.
00:43:18It is a lovely evening, but in truth, I...
00:43:23cannot help but feel a little out of place at a society function.
00:43:26How can that be true?
00:43:31Perhaps I...
00:43:33feel more comfortable appreciating the details of an event than I do participating.
00:43:39Well...
00:43:39do not worry.
00:43:41I will not tell my mother.
00:43:43Your mother?
00:43:47So this is your home, then, which makes you a Bridgerton.
00:43:53But...
00:43:54you really did not know who I am.
00:43:56Not until now.
00:43:58Well...
00:43:59if I cannot have your name, then you cannot have...
00:44:01Benedict, I presume.
00:44:02You are just as Whistledown describes, both in appearance and nature.
00:44:06You know me from Whistledown, but not from society.
00:44:09You are at a ball but cannot dance,
00:44:10and you are singularly self-possessed, and yet you do not feel as if you fit in.
00:44:16Who are you?
00:44:17Where did you grow up?
00:44:18Here.
00:44:19In England.
00:44:20In the city or countryside?
00:44:21Between the two.
00:44:21Who are your parents?
00:44:22Mother and father.
00:44:24You know, you have managed not to tell me a single thing about yourself.
00:44:28Is that something you do?
00:44:30Put all of the attention on others so that no one might see beneath your surface?
00:44:36Sometimes it is easier to stay in shallow water.
00:44:40Warmer.
00:44:41More pleasant.
00:44:43I like warm and pleasant.
00:44:45Well, it is dull to swim in the same waters day after day, even if they are warm and...
00:44:50pleasant.
00:44:53Will you not wade out deeper with me?
00:44:58Well, while your point is well taken about the efforts made by tonight's young ladies,
00:45:05I cannot help but feel that their pursuit has very little to do with me.
00:45:10So, perhaps the reason I stay in shallow water
00:45:16is that I too feel like an imposter.
00:45:21This is your family home.
00:45:29Even more so, here.
00:45:35I believe I still owe you a dance lesson.
00:45:39Why me?
00:45:40Why is it that you wish to dance with me?
00:45:41Because I am a mere mortal.
00:45:44And I do not question what the dance card tells me to do.
00:45:51Very well.
00:45:52First, we bow.
00:46:00Then,
00:46:03you put your hand in mine.
00:46:17Now, you move a little closer.
00:46:46Then, a simple box system.
00:47:07one, two, three.
00:47:12One, two, three.
00:47:18One, two, three.
00:47:39One, two, three.
00:47:44One, two.
00:47:45Three, two, three.
00:47:48One, two, three.
00:47:51One, two, three.
00:47:53Hmm, impressive.
00:47:56Dancing already with your eyes closed.
00:47:59I am trying to remember this moment exactly
00:48:01so that if I wish, I can escape here.
00:48:11You are perhaps the most intriguing person I've ever met.
00:48:14If I cannot know your name or where you live,
00:48:18how am I meant to call on you tomorrow?
00:48:23That will not be possible.
00:48:27A silver ingenue who can never be seen again.
00:48:46Oh, we should not.
00:48:49We should not what?
00:49:01We should not know your name or your name or your name or your name or your name or your
00:49:02name or your name or your name or your name or your name or your name or your name or
00:49:05your name or your name or your name or your name or your name or your name or your name
00:49:05or your name or your name or your name or your name or your name or your name or your
00:49:05name or your name or your name or your name or your name or your name or your name or
00:49:05your name or your name or your name or your name or your name or your name or your name
00:49:05or your name or your name or your name or your name or your name or your name or your
00:49:05name or your name or your name or your name or your name or your name or your name or
00:49:06your name or your name or your name or your name or your name or your name or your name
00:49:06or your name or your name or your name or your name or your name or your name or your
00:49:06name or your name or your name or your name or your name or your name or your name or
00:49:15your name or
00:49:35Please tell me your name.
00:49:40What does it mean?
00:49:42Well, it is midnight.
00:49:44Time for everyone to reveal themselves, including you, at last.
00:49:48I must go. My shepherd will be looking for me.
00:49:52Please, do not leave.
00:50:11Wait!
00:50:39I can whisk you out of here if you would like.
00:50:40I shall have to face everyone eventually.
00:50:43That's all right.
00:50:44Oh, no, no, no.
00:50:45Richard's in there.
00:50:47Oh, excuse me.
00:50:51Watch where you are going.
00:51:01That is Lady Whistledown.
00:51:03Go and make it known that there is a diamond here tonight.
00:51:10Mrs. Bridgety.
00:51:11Mrs. Rosamund Lee.
00:51:12I am pleased to make you acquainted.
00:51:14Wonderful to meet you, ma'am.
00:51:15Hello.
00:51:16Oh, hello.
00:51:19Benedict, how are you?
00:51:21It's been an age since I've seen you.
00:51:24I must go.
00:51:25I can look.
00:51:25Okay.
00:51:25Sorry.
00:51:39Bye.
00:51:42Bye.
00:51:44Bye.
00:51:44Bye.
00:51:45Bye.
00:51:47Bye.
00:51:48Bye.
00:51:52Bye.
00:52:10Well, how was it?
00:52:13Well, tell me everything.
00:52:15Something.
00:52:17Did you enjoy yourself?
00:52:20It was the most extraordinary night of my life.
00:52:24It was...
00:52:25They are here.
00:52:29I've said everything exactly as you would have done it.
00:52:31You've nothing to worry about.
00:52:35Sophie, pay.
00:52:40Both of you, I cannot thank you enough.
00:52:50How horrible it is to be on one's feet all night.
00:52:54There is nothing so taxing as being a debutante.
00:52:57It is better than sitting at home.
00:53:03Sophie, you must have had a pleasurable evening.
00:53:08My evening was like any other, Mum.
00:53:09Then why is it that you are not waiting here with our tea?
00:53:13My apologies, Mum.
00:53:14Your beds have been turned down, your hairbrushes cleaned, your nightwear readied, and the tea is here for you now.
00:53:20Please forgive the delay.
00:53:27And how are your evenings?
00:53:30Have you heard of such a thing as a toga?
00:53:32I wish you could have seen...
00:53:33Mr. Bridgerton showed considerable interest in me.
00:53:38Did he?
00:53:41Oh, he will.
00:53:44Once his time is not monopolised by that woman he was with.
00:53:48I would not worry, Rosamond.
00:53:50You are my daughter.
00:53:51Whomever he was talking with tonight, she cannot possibly compete.
00:54:04You are excused, Sophie.
00:54:07You are excused, Sophie.
00:54:27Your Majesty, I really must tell you, I do not think Benedict Bridgerton is your pick for the season.
00:54:35But he is.
00:54:35Of course, it is just half of the young ladies I observed tonight had their eyes on him,
00:54:40and the Mars are wondering about his intention for the season, but I know Benedict.
00:54:45Are you saying I do not?
00:54:46Oh, I'm saying that of all the men of the ton, I would wager that Benedict Bridgerton is the least
00:54:53likely to marry.
00:54:54The very least?
00:54:56And you would wager on that?
00:55:00Oh, well, I did not mean...
00:55:04When I said wager...
00:55:05We have a wager.
00:55:06Yes.
00:55:07How thrilling for us all.
00:55:11Now, how much are you willing to settle on this bet?
00:55:20Looking for Benedict, I see him.
00:55:23Well, unfortunately, yes.
00:55:25I feel he may have left early.
00:55:26But you seem to enjoy yourself tonight.
00:55:29In fact, I did.
00:55:31And I should continue to do so, now that I can enjoy it from, well, the shelf.
00:55:36Which shelf, exactly?
00:55:37The shelf.
00:55:38I've decided to be a spinster.
00:55:40Oh, Eloise, that is not something you simply get to decide.
00:55:43Mama, it has been three seasons since I've been out with absolutely no prospects.
00:55:47Yes, it is true.
00:55:48There are certain young ladies who would be considered on the shelf if they have no prospects of your age.
00:55:52But you would surely have no trouble securing a husband if you simply tried.
00:55:56I do not want to try.
00:55:58Well, you will once you meet the right gentleman.
00:56:01I gave you and Benedict free reign last season because I had my hands full with Colin and Francesca.
00:56:07But this season, you are both at the very top of my matchmaking list.
00:56:14I think I should go to bed now.
00:56:32There you are.
00:56:34Mother.
00:56:37Thank you for speaking to the deputants.
00:56:41I could do with the rest myself.
00:56:45There was so much enthusiasm at the start of the season.
00:56:49It was a tremendous evening.
00:56:52Was it?
00:56:54Have you taken an interest in a young lady?
00:57:02No.
00:57:03Oh.
00:57:04But I can now respect what they were all up against.
00:57:09I mean, hundreds of hours of preparation, all in the hope of simply being noticed.
00:57:20You sound as if you have been made a new man.
00:57:25I'll not say that.
00:57:27In fact, I'm going out for a few drinks tonight.
00:57:30But I promise to be in bed before the sun comes up.
00:57:34Hyacinth, Bridgerton.
00:57:35Go to bed this instant.
00:57:37What harm can it do for me to simply observe?
00:57:41Did Eloise speak with you?
00:57:43About what, exactly?
00:57:45If anyone were holding out hope...
00:57:48You come here, young lady.
00:57:49...that Benedict Bridgerton would take a wife this season,
00:57:54this author should make it known that she does not wager it will happen.
00:58:06But, believe what you might wish, dear reader.
00:58:11This author knows best that a small amount of make-believe often has the power to remake reality.
00:58:22To lift us up from the drudgery of a humdrum existence.
00:58:28To lift us up from the drudgery of a humdrum existence.
00:58:32With a little imagination, the impossible seems possible.
00:58:42Dreams seem tangible.
00:58:46And yet, gentle readers, one must eventually wake up.
00:58:58To lift us up.
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