The Shonda Rhimes-produced hit returned in all its candy-colored, feather-strewn glory – with the spotlight, this time, on the slow-burning romance between Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington—on May 16, with the final four episodes set to land on June 13.
Is there a trailer for Bridgerton Season 3, Part 2?
Yes! Watch it in full below.
Is Bridgerton Season 3 based on a book?
Yes. The Netflix sensation’s first season, which centered on Daphne and Simon’s romance, was based on the first novel in Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series, The Duke and I, while Season 2, which followed Anthony and Kate, took its plot from the second book, The Viscount Who Loved Me. As a result, fans had assumed that Season 3 would track Benedict’s path to wedded bliss as laid out in the third book, An Offer From a Gentleman, but in May 2022, Variety reported that this would not be the case. Instead, the show would be skipping ahead to explore Colin and Penelope’s relationship further, as Quinn does in the fourth book, Romancing Mister Bridgerton. Nicola Coughlan herself confirmed the news during a Netflix panel discussion in Hollywood, adding, “I have kept that secret since two weeks into season two.”
More details were revealed by Coughlan and her co-star Luke Newton, who plays Colin, via Netflix shortly after the event, including the reason for the change in the running order. “I feel like if you see Penelope fawning over this boy for another season, you’ll be like, ‘Get it together! Come on, move on and get over it,’” said Coughlan. Of what she knew of their story so far, she said, “I think people are going to be really obsessed. I think book fans are going to be happy.”
Meanwhile, Newton acknowledged that many viewers were, of course, unhappy with Colin after the Season 2 finale, in which Penelope overheard him telling a group of friends that he would “never dream of courting” her. He believes this was just a “throwaway comment” from Colin, but says that what really matters is “how important it is to the audience and how important it is to Penelope.” The press release then adds that, “It’s possible Colin’s willful obliviousness is the biggest obstacle to romance heading into season three. After all, Colin isn’t currently pursuing anyone at all.”
