Bridgerton Season 2: Book vs. TV Show Differences
9 Major Differences Between "Bridgerton" Season 2 and the Books
Watch out! This post contains spoilers.
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Watch out! This post contains spoilers.
One of the slowest-burning storylines on "Bridgerton" (and in the book series as well) is Penelope's seemingly unrequited love for Colin. They're close, but he only sees her as a friend in the beginning. In the books, there's a heartbreaking moment near the beginning of the fourth book, "Romancing Mr. Bridgerton," in which Pen overhears Colin heatedly telling his brothers that he would never marry her.
That scene does still happen in the Netflix version, but it's moved up to the end of season two, rather than waiting until the season based on the fourth book. After sharing a sweet dance, during which Penelope starts to hope that maybe Colin is seeing her in a different light, she overhears his friends teasing him and him bro-ily asserting that he's not courting Pen and never would. This puts Penelope in a situation of double heartbreak, having been hurt by the man she secretly loves and "dumped" by her BFF Eloise after she was revealed to be Whistledown.