In just four episodes, Nicola Coughlan - who plays Penelope Featherington - cements her place as the period romance's true star
In just four episodes, Nicola Coughlan - who plays Penelope Featherington - cements her place as the period romance's true stargoes. Boy meets girl – invariably a sibling of the high society Bridgerton family – and, despite the gossipmongering of the “ton”, the competing suitors and meddling mamas, they fall in love. It’s beautifully lurid, gracefully written and has plenty of shagging.
Except that this time around, it’s not a fresh-faced new arrival – a downcast Duke or a no-nonsense spinster from India – whom we watch fall truly, madly, deeply. No, the sweethearts are both already fan-favourites: Colin Bridgerton , the youngest of the family’s eligible bachelors, and shrinking violet Penelope Featherington .
Those who have read Julia Quinn’s novels, upon which the series is based, have been so rabid for the turn of “Polin” as’s central lovers that creator Chris Van Dusen decided to change the order of the adaptations and skip ahead to the fourth instalment. It’s a smart move and one that pays off by the end of the second episode, when Colin and Penelope share their first kiss. Listen carefully and you might be able to hear the entire country swoon.
So, it’s not exactly the most imaginative plot – but Newton and Coughlan’s chemistry burns through the screen, making even Polin’s most platonic moments crackle with fiery possibility. Coughlan is particularly wonderful this series, embodying Penelope’s anxieties about her future spinsterhood with delicate understanding and without turning her into a self-interested sap. Followingseries three is yet another sign that the Irish actor is set to be one of the biggest stars of her generation.
But perhaps the most heart-wrenching – and consequential – thread picks up Penelope’s fallout with her best friend Eloise . The pair’s fast friendship was once a constant of the ton and without it, Penelope is rudderless. Add in Eloise’s newfound friendship with bully Cressida andThe final episode of the four ends with an intoxicating cliffhanger, with Penelope and Colin’s future hanging in the balance.
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