Bridgerton, Episode 2: The Danger of Not Being Chaperoned
"SHOCK AND DELIGHT"
So the Duke did vow to not get married or have a child after all, thanks to his relationship with his asshole of a father.
Anthony tells Daphne of the fact, but it's not the time to panic yet because Daphne and Simon are just fake-dating.
On the other hand, the very popular among suitors Marina Thompson might have to, considering she's now pregnant with one Sir George Crane's child, which was triggered by a wrapped bundle of cake and biscuits, and considering the guy is thousands of miles away in Spain right now, fighting the war.
Apart from a look at a life of flash mobs at balls, buying new gowns, picnics, soirees and promenades, we have other things to unpack, too, this episode, like:
The Queen hates to be wrong.
It doesn't sit well with the Queen that her glowing review of Daphne is disputed by Lady Whistledown and, most importantly, has yet to result in an enthralling betrothal. True, Daphne and the Duke have danced, not once, but twice, at the ball. Still, something is amiss. It shouldn't take this long for Daphne to receive the best proposal.
So the Queen invites Lady Violet for tea to remind the Dowager Viscountess that when she extends someone a favour, she expects them to make good on it. She also offers Violet an important tidbit: that it was her who made Mozart. So Daphne better marry the Duke, which brings us to another problem:
If you are a woman, you are putting yourself in a precarious situation, being alone with a man unchaperoned. It could land you a marriage with the said man.
*Gasps*. So that's all it takes??
Because he's the big brother who knows what he's doing, Anthony makes an executive decision and promises Daphne to Nigel Berbrooke, to her and their mother's horror, until Simon tells him how Daphne had to punch Berbrooke to defend herself. That takes the arrangement off the table, which is not great for Berbrooke. Berbrooke threatens to tarnish the Bridgertons' reputation with a rumour of a compromised Daphne, being alone with him unchaperoned. To add to the mess, the only other way the Bridgertons can get themselves out of this is by Anthony going on a duel with Berbrooke.
I'm not sure if that's a less appealing alternative compared to Lady Violet's suggestion to Daphne, whose number one marriage goal is to do it for love: that Daphne can still have a fulfilling life without love by raising children, or gardening, probably 💆🏻♀️.
The world belongs to men, but women have gossip.
The Duchess of Hastings' task was only to produce the next Duke of Hastings. As Daphne depressingly sums it up: her life's value lies in her securing a good marriage. And she has close to zero expectation for her brother to ever listen to her, simply because she's a woman. Never mind that these young women can't go to uni, but when marriage and producing heirs are their only purpose, they are not even told on how they could get pregnant.
And I don't know how gossiping is remotely a consolation here, but it's mildly ok, I guess, considering it does get Daphne out of the disaster. So the tea with the Queen gives Violet the idea to invite Nigel Berbrooke's mother to their home, so the helpers can dig for scandals. Apparently, Nigel does have an illegitimate child with a maid, whom he does not care to support for. So the women get to talking, spreading the news far to the gentlemen's club and Lady Whistledown's papers, forcing Berbrooke to leave town.
You know what, women with brains and teamwork, I think that's super great.
Image: Netflix
So the Duke did vow to not get married or have a child after all, thanks to his relationship with his asshole of a father.
Anthony tells Daphne of the fact, but it's not the time to panic yet because Daphne and Simon are just fake-dating.
On the other hand, the very popular among suitors Marina Thompson might have to, considering she's now pregnant with one Sir George Crane's child, which was triggered by a wrapped bundle of cake and biscuits, and considering the guy is thousands of miles away in Spain right now, fighting the war.
Apart from a look at a life of flash mobs at balls, buying new gowns, picnics, soirees and promenades, we have other things to unpack, too, this episode, like:
The Queen hates to be wrong.
It doesn't sit well with the Queen that her glowing review of Daphne is disputed by Lady Whistledown and, most importantly, has yet to result in an enthralling betrothal. True, Daphne and the Duke have danced, not once, but twice, at the ball. Still, something is amiss. It shouldn't take this long for Daphne to receive the best proposal.
So the Queen invites Lady Violet for tea to remind the Dowager Viscountess that when she extends someone a favour, she expects them to make good on it. She also offers Violet an important tidbit: that it was her who made Mozart. So Daphne better marry the Duke, which brings us to another problem:
If you are a woman, you are putting yourself in a precarious situation, being alone with a man unchaperoned. It could land you a marriage with the said man.
*Gasps*. So that's all it takes??
Because he's the big brother who knows what he's doing, Anthony makes an executive decision and promises Daphne to Nigel Berbrooke, to her and their mother's horror, until Simon tells him how Daphne had to punch Berbrooke to defend herself. That takes the arrangement off the table, which is not great for Berbrooke. Berbrooke threatens to tarnish the Bridgertons' reputation with a rumour of a compromised Daphne, being alone with him unchaperoned. To add to the mess, the only other way the Bridgertons can get themselves out of this is by Anthony going on a duel with Berbrooke.
I'm not sure if that's a less appealing alternative compared to Lady Violet's suggestion to Daphne, whose number one marriage goal is to do it for love: that Daphne can still have a fulfilling life without love by raising children, or gardening, probably 💆🏻♀️.
The world belongs to men, but women have gossip.
The Duchess of Hastings' task was only to produce the next Duke of Hastings. As Daphne depressingly sums it up: her life's value lies in her securing a good marriage. And she has close to zero expectation for her brother to ever listen to her, simply because she's a woman. Never mind that these young women can't go to uni, but when marriage and producing heirs are their only purpose, they are not even told on how they could get pregnant.
And I don't know how gossiping is remotely a consolation here, but it's mildly ok, I guess, considering it does get Daphne out of the disaster. So the tea with the Queen gives Violet the idea to invite Nigel Berbrooke's mother to their home, so the helpers can dig for scandals. Apparently, Nigel does have an illegitimate child with a maid, whom he does not care to support for. So the women get to talking, spreading the news far to the gentlemen's club and Lady Whistledown's papers, forcing Berbrooke to leave town.
You know what, women with brains and teamwork, I think that's super great.
Image: Netflix
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