

Season 2’s romance centers around Kate, Edwina, and Anthony. Now, onto the bad stuff.įor starters, what is this romance? In Season 1, “Bridgerton” featured marital rape, glossed over it, and then painted over it with the birth of a child. Phoebe Dynevor’s appearance can be classified as a cameo, and she stays long enough to satisfy the hearts of Daphne fans.Īnd that’s about it. Shelley Conn, who plays Ashley and Chandran’s mother, is impactful in the few scenes she is in. Their love, their hatred, their compassion, their forgiveness, it all seems very organic and felt.

Although they share the frame with most of the cast, the show significantly livens up when Ashley and Chandran interact. Simone Ashley and Charithra Chandran are the scene-stealers of this season. While Bailey, Coughlan, and Jessie get to dive a little deeper into their respective characters, the rest get to take theirs forward. The returning cast, i.e., Bailey, Luke Newton, Luke Thompson, Coughlan, Claudia Jessie, Harriet Cains, Bessie Carter, Ruth Gemmell, Florence Hunt, Will Tilston, Polly Walker, Rosheuvel, Adjoa Andoh, Kathryn Drysdale, Martins Imhangbe, slip into their roles like they had never left them. Let’s cover the good aspects of “Bridgerton” Season 2 first, shall we? Every single actor in this show is immensely talented. And while the plan is to get Anthony to wed Edwina, he and Kate fall in love with each other, and drama ensues. After a long search, he is introduced to Edwina Sharma (Charithra Chandran) and her elder sister, Kate Sharma (Simone Ashley). It seems like this season is based on Book 2 in the Bridgerton Series, “The Viscount Who Loved Me,” which is about Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey) opening himself to the prospect of marriage. All this is documented by an anonymous writer called Lady Whistledown (narrated by Julie Andrews), who was revealed to be Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan). The Queen chooses a diamond, and she becomes the most sought-after woman during the season of marriage. Based on Julia Quinn’s novels set in Regency-era London, Bridgerton follows the titular family along with several others as they navigate the season when debutantes (a young woman from an upper-class family who’s ready for marriage) are presented in front of the Queen (Golda Rosheuvel).
