Goodbye, Dan Humphrey.
When we took a seat to view Bridgerton, we were totally prepared to wait lots of seasons to discover the identity of its Julie Andrews-voiced chatter woman, however the brand-new Netflix struck just chosen to provide us what we desired in the season one ending—rather of making us wait till the series ending, a la the real Gossip Girl. Spoilers ahead, certainly.
Lady Whistledown was, naturally, none aside from Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan), the more youthful Featherington sibling who was naturally dismissed by her household and her crush, Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) and who was frequently required to listen to her BFF Eloise’s (Claudia Jessie) unlimited theories about who Lady Whistledown might be.
We began to believe it was Penelope when LW unexpectedly learnt about Marina’s (Ruby Barker) pregnancy, however the expose at the end, with Penelope being in a carriage with an entire brand-new ambiance, was still definitely awesome. For Penelope’s friend and informal chief Lady Whistledown detective Eloise, it may be a little less thrilling.
