The only relationship that really matters is that of Daphne and Simon. Having been heartbroken by Anthony before, Siena tells her pompous paramour to let her go because she has to protect herself from him and his well-heeled world. At first Siena agrees but later when Anthony comes to pick up Siena looking like a slightly paler Prince in Purple Rain, she’s back with her other boo.

Anthony gets so wrapped up in his post-coital bliss that he invites Siena to be his date at the Hastings ball. And an ever-amorous Anthony and Siena hook up at the match beneath the stands and again at her home.

Burn! Meanwhile, Daphne finds Simon’s letters to his father and finally understands her husband’s grudge. The boxing match is also significant because Simon chastises Will for taking a dive and Will tells Simon to focus on his own life and marriage. That’s when Marina, who is still pregnant after all, decides to marry Phillip and get the heck away from her struggling cousins. The Featherington girls get new dresses for the Hastings ball but sadly come home to learn they are fatherless and penniless. And while the Baron quickly collects and disperses his newfound riches, the bookies realize what he’s done and eventually take his life. Simon’s friend Will helps clinch the fix and gets his cut. He also offers to marry Marina but she turns him down because she doesn’t think she’s pregnant anymore.Īdding to the Featherington wildness, the family’s gambling degenerate of a patriarch decides to fix a boxing match and use his house as collateral. Marina tearfully tells Daphne she is sorry she ever doubted George’s love for her. Before Portia can celebrate, she learns that Phillip Crane is at her house to inform Marina that George, his brother and her boyfriend, died in battle. Violet rebuffs Portia but Daphne is more merciful and agrees to forgive the Featheringtons so they can attend. Daphne explains to Violet why she’s having a hard time forgiving Simon but is unable to discuss the issue further because Portia Featherington interrupts their conversation to beg her way onto the invite list for the Hastings ball. Later that day, Daphne and her mum, Viscountess Violet, shop for flowers. Maybe Fran will have more to do in Season 2. Who is Francesca, you might ask? She’s the third oldest Bridgerton sister that the writers presumably shipped off so that we could better focus on Daphne and Eloise. Ben shoots down Eloise’s inquiries just in time for news that Francesca will be returning home from Bath. Over at the Bridgerton abode, Eloise presses Benedict for intel on Madame Delacroix because she thinks the dressmaker is none other than Lady Whistledown. But the moment is fleeting, and as soon as Henry comments about the look of devotion in their eyes, Daphne and Simon quickly return to their despondence.īridgerton Premiere Recap: Netflix Period Drama Sets the Stage for a Red-Hot Regal Romance The couple does as they’re told and, for nearly a minute, Simon and Daphne realize they’re still in love. Simon and Daphne tersely discuss their plans for their upcoming ball while posing for the painting but don’t bother to touch or look at each other until Henry asks them to do so for the sake of the portrait.

This is juxtaposed with the Duke and Duchess of Hastings sitting acrimoniously for a portrait painted by the secretly polyamorous Henry Granville. The installment opens with Lady Whistledown declaring the near end of social season by noting a barely memorable noble couple’s shocking decision to court, marry and move away rather quickly. With the relationship between our favorite married lovebirds, Daphne and Simon, feeling oh so stormy, only a perfectly timed act of nature could wash away the sorrow. The title for the eighth and final episode of Bridgerton Season 1, “After the Rain,” could not be more apt. The following recap, by the very definition of the word “recap,” contains spoilers for all of Bridgerton Season 1.

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