The long awaited third season of the beloved show, Bridgerton, is set to release in 2024. In December, Netflix announced that the third season of the series will contain eight episodes and it will be dropped in two parts.
The first four episodes will be available on Thursday, May 16, 2024. After that, on Thursday, June 13 – four weeks later – Episodes 5-8 will conclude Season 3.
The most recent installment of this renowned love story is set to be released on Netflix streaming service.
Episode titles
Brigerton season 3 has also dropped the title of each episodes and as we all know, there is always one episode which will be titled same as the book. All the episodes’ name are mentioned below:
Episode 1 – “Out of the Shadows”,
Episode 2 – “How Bright the Moon”,
Episode 3 – “Forces of Nature”,
Episode 4 – “Old Friends”,
Episode 5 – “Tick Tock”,
Episode 6 – “Romancing Mr. Bridgerton”,
Episode 7 – “Joining of Hands”,
Episode 8 – “Into the Light”.
Essence of this season
Season 3 will come back with the Season 1’s essence of candy coloured and feather strewn glory and we absolutely cannot wait to swoon over new romances. The period drama, which follows the Bridgerton family as they navigate the complexities of love, was inspired by Julia Quinn’s enduring romance novel series.
Bridgerton is based on a series of eight novels written by Julia Quinn and adapted for Netflix by Shonda Rhimes’ Shondaland productions. The story follows the Bridgerton family consisting of widowed matriarch Violet (Ruth Gemmell) and her eight children. The children seek marriage matches in the high society of New England.
Change in order of the volumes
However, this will be the first time the series has skipped a volume to focus on a single story.
According to Variety, Bridgerton Season 3 will focus on Penelope, aka Lady Whistledown (Nicola Coughlan), and Colin Bridgerton’s (Luke Newton) romance, Coughlan first confirmed during the FYSEE panel on May 2022, per Variety. This is where the series takes a different turn than the books. In the books, the next lead is Benedict (Luke Thompson), who takes center stage in An Offer From A Gentleman.
Jess Brownell, the showrunner for season 3, explained the reason behind the change of chronology to Variety in 2022, “I really feel like it’s Colin and Penelope’s time. Because we’ve been watching both of these actors on our screens since season 1, we’ve already invested in them a little bit. We know who they are as people,” she said.
“I feel like, especially in the last season, there are these moments of tension between them where it’s like, Colin walks up to the line of almost realizing that Penelope has feelings for him but doesn’t quite get there. Instead of treading water on that dynamic, we wanted to push it into their season. It really felt like the perfect moment to tee it up.”
Reprising roles of the Viscount and Viscountess
There is another good news for Bridgerton fans is that Simone Ashley confirmed that she and Johnathan Bailey will be reprising their roles in seasons 3 and 4. She said, “In season two, there was a lot of push and pull between Kate and Anthony, there were complications with the family, and then they find each other towards the end. I think everything is just starting. I’d like to see Kate just let go a bit more and play more in season three and kind of swim in that circle of love together. I think they both deserve it.”
She also said that she would love to see her character have a child in the future. Ashley stated, “I’m excited to see Kate become Viscountess and head of the household. I think she has much to learn from Anthony. They’ll be two little partners. I’d love to see them have a baby, to put it simply. Maybe that will happen, maybe it won’t.”
Recasting for this season
Francesca Bridgerton is the first major character on Netflix’s hit Bridgerton to be recast. Hannah Dodd will be taking over the role from Ruby Stokes starting in season three. Stokes was unable to commit to future seasons because of her leading role in Netflix’s Lockwood & Co., and the scheduling of filming both were in conflict. During season two, showrunner Chris Van Dusen had hoped she would be in more of the season, but it wasn’t possible.
Fans have been eagerly anticipating this upcoming season for over two years since the last one. Fans now know when to expect the return of Bridgerton on Netflix with the official announcement of the third season.
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