If you’re reading this, then you’ve probably finished binging Bridgerton, Netflix’s very horny Regency drama. It’s basically Gossip Girl with gloves and corsets, where a mysterious Lady Whistledown reports on the ongoings of London’s elite as they waltz, promenade and stumble their way through the marriage season.
It stars Phoebe Dyvenor as Lady Daphne Bridgerton, the diamond of this year’s season, and Regé-Jean Page as Simon Basset, the devilishly handsome duke who may or may not be wooing her.
More than 63 million households have watched Bridgerton since it dropped on Christmas Day, according to Netflix, making it the fifth largest Netflix series of all time. Call it the Shonda Rhymes effect: of course the woman who made Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and How To Get Away With Murder would gift us a will they / won’t they romance you’ll watch to the very end. (Although it’s not always perfect.)
And since Bridgerton is dominating Twitter (and TikTok) right now, why not do a cheeky round-up of some of the best?
Let’s start off with this very horny one:
Me: “I watch #Bridgerton for the plot”
The plot: pic.twitter.com/SfAnVzvL9n— M (@ym_sm_nm_rm) December 26, 2020
I mean, it’s a classic:
@kimad21##greenscreenvideo this man. Wow. Shonda really know how to pick em ##fyp ##netflix ##bridgeton ##simon ##Hyperfixated ##theplot ##greysanatomy ##shondarhimes♬ careless whisper – lotgadel
The plot is very hot, I mean good:
I’m watching #Bridgerton for the plot
The plot : pic.twitter.com/Ci1XeKyAUc
— 𝑚𝑛𝑒𝑟ℎ✨ (@MnerhAlbloushi) January 4, 2021
Because it’s important you know this Regency drama fucks:
Simon and Daphne’s neighbors watching him crack her back like a glow stick outside #bridgerton pic.twitter.com/WnlTWSzCrE
— lindsay (@richeclipsee) December 27, 2020
Quite a lot:
Me distracting my mom with fun facts about the actors during all the #Bridgerton sex scenes pic.twitter.com/hok8X4Cnav
— claire🐧 (@Claire_W1234) December 28, 2020
Particularly episode six:
https://twitter.com/_sarahahaha/status/1343911672789000194
A major plot line is about how Simon has mastered the pull-out game, which – reminder – is not a 100% effective birth control method.
Simon Basset, the Duke of Hastings, King of strong pull out game, Protector of all WAPs, Breaker of backs and the Defender of self pleasure… long may he reign! #Bridgerton pic.twitter.com/swgYjKCkWZ
— Nọ́lá Thee Journalist (@NolaMarianna) January 3, 2021
https://twitter.com/torilovesatp/status/1343731884027748353
(I mean, I’m pretty sure no one in Regency England touched themselves but okay. If they did, then HOW do you explain everyone going all chaste in the Victorian era. They’d already discovered masturbation, there’s no going back. Please do not message me with answers to this question.)
But other things happened, too! Like, courting:
Man and woman in a period piece: meet
The rest of the cast and me watching from my couch:#Bridgerton pic.twitter.com/uhPI2ywyQp
— Arushi Agrawal (@corgarushi) December 30, 2020
And overly protective brothers:
My one an only contribution to the greatness that is #Bridgerton pic.twitter.com/4eMxHs4Wq9
— Jess Lynn (@jess_lynn6) January 4, 2021
And other romantic shit:
https://twitter.com/alexwideeyes/status/1344515768378130437
And a few teeny, tiny plot holes I can’t stop thinking about:
Quick Bridgerton question: Daphne left the Prince’s necklace on a bridge & no one ever mentioned it again?? Did some lucky cater waiter cash it in and make a run to Italy?
— Emily Nussbaum (@emilynussbaum) December 27, 2020
So many hot takes on #Bridgerton, but no-one’s asking the obvious: How long is that wisteria going to stay in FULL bloom?
— Joanne Harris (@Joannechocolat) December 28, 2020
But mostly it’s about yearning, boning, and figuring out how babies are yonder made, or something.
Nobody
Absolutely nobody
eloise bridgerton #Bridgerton pic.twitter.com/bIR7tksBKi— hoe Sharma (@_pranjalsharma) January 4, 2021
Oh, and also covering up that a baby was made.
When Lady Featherington found out Marina was preggers in #Bridgerton pic.twitter.com/6G7w9IqLGY
— Danielle Pinnock (@bodycourage) January 5, 2021
We have no confirm on a Bridgerton Season 2 yet, but like…. it’s a shoe in. Be still my beating heart.
