Warning: This article contains spoilers about season 2 ofBridgerton.
Bridgertonis back in all its corseted, luscious, romantic glory.
Season 2 follows eldest son, Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey) in his quest for a wife.
Charithra Chandran as Edwina Sharma, Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma, Shelley Conn as Mary Sharma, and Jonathan Bailey as Anthony Bridgerton.Liam Daniel/Netflix
The rest of the Bridgertons also have plenty to do.
Could this be setting us up for his love story in season 3?
It is a different story this year; we are followingnew characters.
I wanted to change it up.
I wanted to do something different this season.
But our approach to the intimacy on the show, it remained very much the same.
And that was using our intimate scenes to tell a story.
We never do a sex scene for the sake of doing a sex scene.
All the intimate scenes, they have a larger purpose.
That was true for season 1.
It’s certainly true for season 2.
That’s something I challenged my writers to do in our room.
It’s something I challenged myself to do in my writing.
That’s what makes really good, riveting compelling television.
Can you walk me through how you arrived at that?
It’s a full circle moment.
You meet Kate Sharma in episode 1 of season 2 on her horse.
She’s riding astride through those woods.
Across the course of the season, Anthony and Kate have their spot in Hyde Park.
This is where they meet multiple times.
When Eloise discovers Penelope is Whistledown, we think that that might be it for her column.
But then we see, in those final moments, her picking up her pen again.
This season is so fascinating for Penelope Featherington.
We get to see that there’s this entirely other side of the Lady Whistledown Operation.
Eloise Bridgerton is at these balls with her, which makes Penelope’s life that much more difficult.
It’s one of my favorite scenes, that fight because it is a ride in of itself.
Nicola and Claudia give performances that are just out of this world.
A the end of the season, Penelope’s been stripped of everything.
She’s lost her best friend.
She’s lost her crush in Colin Bridgerton, after overhearing him and his buddies.
She’s lost her alter ego.
It was fascinating for me to figure out what Penelope was going to do next.
And that’s answered in the final moments of the finale.
The voiceover of Lady Whistledown is literally the voice in Penelope’s head.
You just usually hear it as Julie Andrews.
You’re moving on, and this was your last season to show-run.
What is your wish for Benedict in season 3?
What do you hope his journey is going forward?
Benedict’s key to that idea.
He’s been afforded some special freedoms and privileges because he is a second son.
He doesn’t have the pressure of carrying on the family mantle like Anthony does.
I’ve always loved seeing what Benedict chooses to do with that freedom.
We’ve seen what he chooses to do in the first two seasons.
I hope he carries it on after this season.
This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
