Bridgerton Watch Diaries S1E1
Welcome back to an unemployed, out-of-touch, charlatan watching Bridgerton for the first time. I am not part of the fandom. I haven't read the books. These are my first impressions, thoughts, and maybe even predictions about the show as I watch it. (I do know some things just because I'm chronically on Pinterest).
I appreciate every outside shot we get of the Bridgerton home! Gorgeous.
Why must we always have a torture-like tight-lacing scene🙄🙄 Corsets are not the enemy people. They were normal, everyday undergarments just like bras are today. They were not torture devices. You could breath just fine. Some bodies are better for tightlacing and others are not.
Favourite Bridgerton daughter: Eloise, right off the bat
Favourite Feathering daughter: Obviously Penelope, but I like how Philippa talks, she makes me smile.
2:56 caught me off guard😳 Not that I am not down for some spicy content but before watching this show, I genuinely thought it was very tame, very PG. Now that I know it's not, I am a little more excited to get into it.
The use of CGI in this show is VERY obvious to me. Not wholly distracting, but noticeable nonetheless.
The queen is weird, right? Like... the queen is weird... Right??
Are we meant to be guessing who Lady Whistledown is? Am I meant to be making predictions?
I CANNOT FOCUS with the classical covers of modern songs happening in the background of the ball scenes... Why? It is so cringey to me. I don't like it at all because it really abolishes the immersion of it being the Regency Era when all I can hear in my head is "Thank You, Next"🙄
Lord Berbrooke is the best character in the whole show. What a gentleman. What a considerate, compassionate, kind-hearted man. I can't see how he is not yet married when he has so much to offer. Daphne would be one lucky girl to land a man like him....😒😒😒
The relationship between Daphne and her maid is quite sweet. They do seem like friends and I like that a lot!
I love how HAPPY Penelope looks when her cousin is getting all the suitors and gifts. She is such a supportive sweetheart. What a queen.
I love Lady Danbury. She really is that bitch and I adore it. And her teaming up with Lady Bridgerton is just juicy and I love it.
I'd like to have a bit of a closer look at comparing Lady Bridgerton and Lady Featherington and how they approach motherhood. Because it is SO obvious how different their motives are. Lady Bridgerton wants what's best for her daughters and she is willing to make it happen, whatever means necessary WHILE always looking out for her girls. Lady Featherington, on the other hand, is only concerned with what will benefit her image. Sure, this is likely to end up beneficial for her daughter's as well but her motivations are solely selfish.
But then, look at their husbands. It seems like Lady Bridgerton had a good marriage and wants that for her daughters while Lady Featherington can't seem to stand her husband and she is making no effort to offer her daughters any better.
Both mothers are approaching with "You will have what I had." For Bridgerton, that's happiness and love. For Featherington, that's bottled up resentment and perfection.
And now, OUTFIT OF THE EPISODE:
This beautifully textured dress Daphne wears in the dinner scene with the Duke and the Bridgertons.
Honorable Mentions:
Daphne's dress for the first ball of the season.
Prudence's dress on the morning after the first ball of the season.
Next, MOMENT OF THE EPISODE:
Eloise immediately picking up on her sister's discomfort and this just comedic delivery of these two lines between Eloise and her mother.
Lady Bridgerton telling Anthony off for being such a prick. Go off, Queen.
