Bridgerton

Can't understand the entertainment value Americans get out of bad scriptwriting for shows that take place in Europe. This is on par with Emily in Paris, complete crap and forgettable.

This is not a quality Jennifer Ehle/Colin Firth Pride and Prejudice type series, or downton abbey. This show is an exaggeration of those kinds of tales and it is pure fantasy, using the back drop of victorian english high society. Do not take it seriously and enjoy it for what it is. It really highlights the absurdity of that time period as well. I love the pride and prejudice series I mentioned above and to me this movie was like a guilty pleasure version of that kind of genre. Costumes are beautiful and they threw in some modern music played classically, so really, this show is not taking itself seriously as a period piece, and is clearly just having fun. Have fun with it and enjoy the eye candy.

I absolutely love love Bridgerton, but what on earth happened this season? Polin didn't feel like the main characters AT ALL; they seemed more like secondary characters, with their screen time limited to just a few minutes per scene. Also, why was the season divided into two parts? It felt unnecessary, and by the time I got to the second part, my interest had waned and I felt disconnected from the plot, character development, and storyline.

Finally, the drastic changes they FORCED on the characters were abysmal. While it's normal for a movie or series based on a book to have some differences, changing the ENTIRE story is way too much. It loses the original purpose the author intended. This isn't an adaptation from the books; it's a completely new story. Not bad if they want to go that route and be inclusive but they shouldn't use the book titles, doesn't make sense.

Claudia Jessie played Eloise with extreme class. Hope she continues to "stun the stage" in her future acting career!

The costumes, settings, music are all beautiful, but we've seen them before. This season lacks the substance and intrigue that led so many to bingewatch the first. A gaping hole is left with the resolution of Simon and Daphne's romance. The love triangle between Anthony, Kate and Edwina feels forced, with none of the actors particularly charismatic. The heightened focus on Eloise is detrimental, with the actress' eyerolls, overreaction, and unrealistic conduct reminiscent of Anna Chlumsky as Vivian in Inventing Anna. The other subplots are so redundant that they could have been crafted from film left on the editing floor in Season 1 and weren't enthralling on the first go-round (e.g., Penelope's unrequited infatuation with Colin).

My rating of 6 is the average of a 7 for Season 1 and a 5 for Season 2.