FIRST-TIME WATCHING *Bridgerton S3x03* and there's a BALLOON! 

Yess!! So loving and comfy

Same! I love them so much 😊

That autistic finding fellow autistic vibe ❤❤ They’re my favourite couple in the show so far. I hope we get more more focus on them in the second half (yes I know).

Her storyline gives me hope I may one day be able to find someone. 😊 She is the one I see myself in the most in Bridgerton so far.

Yes! It made me so happy. They’re so sweet.

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Ohh my Godddd 😂😂me too

Omg I am doing literally the exact thing. My disseration can wait :D

ME TOO

​@@samirabouyachi4432Me too!!!!

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I KNOW! 😭

Seriously she does and all for nothing lol

I feel sad for her❤ it makes me want to forgive her for Daphne at least. That girl is playing games with the Dukes heart (but also, trying to secure her bag, which we've established we support in the show 😁)

She’s in her third season just like Penelope. They’re already looking at her like she’s past her prime (🙄) and it leaves her in a pretty desperate spot.

They know each other too well 🤪

It was such a "seriously?" "I know" moment.

Eloise's look screened "I know!!! But I was given my lines!" And she's shown she's a faithful friend, even if she disagrees

13:11 bisexuality hitting hard for me 🫣 damn she’s sexy.

Hahah yes!

Seriously! I have heard that Austin Powers reference before as well but I love that the scene was edited and added to this reaction. I have seen a couple of clips that have cracked me up on tiktok as well.

@@lucentaunisage Yeees, I laughed so much during this video 😅

It’s so cringe

It’s so cheesy but I love it because of all the character dynamics that are going on.

Lolol exact opposite reactions

Lolol I guess he never fantasizes about kissing his friends 😄

wait the color of Colin's clothes thing is so cool! Plus it makes the fact that his vest in the balloon scene is brown with blue stripes super interesting, bc he's talking to his friends and trying to be cool but also completely mesmerized by Penelope the whole time

@@forgemakesstuff2734 i rewatched some clips to make sure I wasn't outta my mind and here are some other examples: 1) ep 2: when they're in the drawing room at their 1st "lesson" Colin isn't wearing ANYTHING dark. Just that silvery blue. 2) ep 2: post-brothel at the market he had his brown coat & at least the light blue cravat= talked about how overseas he could be the "real" him (bs of course) but then fondly talks about their first meeting. Nighttime scenes are frustrating because everything looks dark but in the daytime, I think the pattern is there :) Edit: I focused on Pen's dresses and in scenes where she has a focused interaction with Colin, its always some pastel green (yellow+blue) & when she talks to Debling or Colin isn't there, its a different color.

I love reading about costume symbolism!

Yeah, I think Luke Newton himself confirmed that Colin is supposed to be 22/23 this season and Pen 19/20 so I’m also really surprised that people don’t consider this element to their relationship

Oh snap you’re right!

@@notevenfunny_ she's considered a spinster at 19 😭😭

Totally agree with this. Most wouldn't be looking at their little sister's best friend like that! Not at that age, anyway. It probably didn't even register as an option until it was staring him straight in the face haha.

@@niy._. Yeah, the regency world is brutal😭😭😭 I think she’s especially considered a spinster when Cressida is not is because she’s never had prospects, we’ve seen men taking up interest in Cressida (the Prince etc.), but not Penelope.

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I feel like it's both this and that the balloon was "innovative new technology" so they're all just like "we don't know what this balloon could do!"

@@jessiehogsed True.

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My girl froze. Whether it was because of the fear of the balloon or....because of..Colin, we may never know.

"including my horse!" ❤

It's hard to not be in love with Nicola!

The should of edit the balloon scene better by have dramatic shots of colins muscles and a shot on pen intranced and the sound fading to her heart beat or something. So that eveyone not like girl y just standing there MOVE

And just moved in with the actor who plays Lord Debney! Prudence's actress that is.

Woah! This show’s a romance making machine for the actors 💌

That's wild, I didn't even know that Imelda Staunton and Jim Carter were married... 🥰

Phillipa is actually dating Perry Fitzpatrick they attended the BAFTAs 2024 and the Bridgerton NY premiere together

Yeah I’m also pretty sure Harriet is dating Perry Fitzpatrick. He flew to New York just to attend the premier with her. I think that speaks volumes. Not sure what’s happening with her and Luke. Probably just close friends, it seems like.

Oh I noticed almost all of that EXCEPT the heartbeat 🫀

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Oh that scene was soooo good!! And he played it so well! I wish Colin's awkward phase lasted longer.

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Gonna?!

Ha I know a New Girl reference when I see it 😂👀

I’m fully immersed 😄

It's giving pride and prejudice lol

He should’ve bought her some flowers lol

exactly my thoughts. I'm a sucker for men turning into mush the moment they fall in love Dx ♥

Nope we definitely have some good autism representation this season

yesss. felt so seen with francesca.

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"Our" Queen 😂

This 👆🏽all of this 👆🏽 - Rizzo

to me i don't think he's perfect or anything but i feel he's rather realistic for what was considered a "good" man at the time. many many many men were abusive and also constantly with their wives, so many women (at the time) would've loved to have a relationship like this where they just have their privacy and hobbies and their husband is off doing whatever. i'm sure many women might have also dreamed about love, but it just wasn't realistic at the time, so someone who allows you some alone time in a patriarchal society (and it seems, no forcing you to have children) was considered great. again, he's not considered incredible by today's standards, but back then women did what they could etc.

GO OFF, OP! Preach 🙌

​@@kairosvt3000. Most marriges would give a person alone time. A lot of couples didn't even live in the same house and most matches were about economical transactions. So while husbands and wives didn't necessarily love each other, they're lives were mostly ok. And most would 100% have alone time. Except for once a month when trying to concive. And if you think Debling wasn't making Pen have his children, you're crazy. He is a lord, if he didn't want children, he wouldn't marry. He was fully expecting to return to a 3yo when back from his travel.

@@Ana_Paula.Frasson please don't call people that you simply may disagree with crazy, it's a very stigmatized word. and yes, many people lived in different rooms but they would still interact often. and sex once (or more) a month with someone you don't like is worse than 3 years never seeing them at all. as i said before, i'm not saying he's incredible. just that in the realistic situation (that you pointed out), many women would have preferred the situation that he proposed. hope this makes sense!

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@@PinkPopcasti rewinded to watch it again!

Same hahaha

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I know I know she was apparently distracted by Colin’s beauty but STILL, it was goofy AF 🥴

Ah, me too! The pacing was too sluggish and came of comical. :D

That, followed by " they jump the shark"

PLEASE do a rewatch of Austin Powers, guys!! Not sure if it aged well but lets find out 😂

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I genuinely hope they end up together because then maybe she’ll stop being mean to/sabotaging Penelope

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I read somewhere that Colin pulling the rope for the balloon is supposed to equate to Anthony fallen into & getting outta the water in season 2…they’re not the same 😅 🫠 no offense whatsoever to Mr.Newton, but uh…I don’t think the scenes have the same effect

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I don’t blame her! She didn’t grow up with Twitter or the internet to tell her she’s being a c**t. She grew up in a time period where women are discarded and treated like cattle (not everyone has a mother as loving as Violet Bridgerton) so again, I don’t blame her for how she learned to cope - she should just try a different tactic lolol

@@PinkPopcast definitely!! 💝💝

Agree!

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He’s looking at her, then looks down at the cake and eats/savors it, and then looks back at her…we all know what he was thinking. 😉🤣

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Haha I feel it

Totally. Not only in this episode, actually. His rom-com persona is very Grant-inspired.

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I like that Penn gave him like a moment to speak before taking Lord Deblin's hand to dance, but he didn't, so she moved on.

@@roxirock5455absolutely

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Yeah it's part of the character. She likes her grandson Gareth in the seventh book. Her kids however.. she's not really a fan of them😅

I mean... Considering what she had to endure for so many years... Yeah I can't quite blame her for being less, maternal than others

Hahaha you’re obsessed 🤩

@@PinkPopcast Quite Indeeed My Lords😂😂😂🫶🫶

You don’t have to convince me! 🙃

I don’t think Violet has been raising him to believe that the best foundation for love is friendship. That line is supposed to be a callback to season 1 when she tells Daphne that love can blossom from her friendship with Simon. Colin is just in the room and he obviously heard it and now that he’s gotten feelings for Penelope, he’s realizing the importance of her words. Violet tells him how rare it is that both parties develop love from friendship, that her and her husband were the exception if you will, so why would she be raising them believe that that’s the way to love. Most relationships start with an initial attraction and the friendship develops as you explore that attraction and fall in love, like Anthony and Kate.

Hahah seems to be going that way

Lolol we’re passionate about how we want our friends to lovers tropes to go apparently 😄

Haha goofy! Ask Story wise it’s mid 😂

Ooo I’ll keep an eye out for that next time thank you so much ☺️

@@PinkPopcastthe original opening of each season also has easter eggs for each season. Can’t remember the first 2 seasons but Season 3’s has a writing pages, piano keys, the balloon, and carriage. Someone made an edit of all 3 stacked, but I can’t find it.

@@AuthorZaraHoffmanI noticed for season two they put the beehive and the bench I believe, there’s probably more though lol

@@Fwtbn true! I think they also did Pall Mall for season 2 with the wickets now that I think about it

Right🙌

Yes!

I didn’t even realize Lord Debling could be on the spectrum. Then I thought maybe he is. He is obsessed with a few things like Francesca is with the piano.

I appreciate that perspective but I feel like they might have done a better job conveying the danger cause it just seemed like the stakes weren’t very high

​@@PinkPopcast to be fair, i don't think the stakes were supposed to be high. It was obvious the danger wasn't life-threatening, no one was going to die, but the fact that someone could be hurt - that Penelope could be hurt - is what we're supposed to focus on here. Colin is only just now realising the depths of his feelings for Penelope, and then suddenly she's in a situation where she could be injured and his only thought is to save her. We're not supposed to fear for Pen's life, but to see the panic and fear on Colin's face when he saw she could be hurt.

Ooh hot lol

Omg I didn't know that

I love that dance because of that so much, it was so cool to see! Made me invested in Lady T and Ben's relationship and what her impact on him will be

I'm sorry, but friends just don't look at and talk about other friends the way Colin does with Penn. Like, I can understand why she got the wrong idea 2 times. Also, it probably has to do with the way Penn put him on a pedestal for most of her life so it took her stop trying for him to realize, sh:t, I like being Penn's 1 priority and that's not a given? Also can't really blame Penn for that, Colin was hardly mature himself.

I definitely don’t blame Colin for not realizing sooner and those are good points about using the scene narratively.

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Thank you!

Lol like we say girl get yo bag, I think they all have to be a little selfish in this world

She read up, but yet can’t seem to retain the information of the name of the actual bird. 🐦 she did a shit job studying 📚

“You guys got any more of them… reactions…?”

He was guarding his woman!😄

His woman or potential house keeper 😏

​@@PinkPopcasthe was giving her a hug If balloon would be closer it would hit them both and penelope first Debling saw his moment and was like "yes i will lay with you here"

🤣"Lord Veggie!

I would have kicked him off if I was pen. Like get off me dude wth you playin at 😂

At least they’re starting to communicate

Right? 😂

We’d definitely love to see more there ❤️

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I'm convinced we are meeting Sophie this season, just probably like the last episode.

@@__twoshoes I figured that's what was going to happen but I was just excited 😆

Benedict is my favorite male character in the show & books. I will revolt if he doesn't get his own season!

We’ve been editing all week 😅😮‍💨

Glad they didn’t embarrass Pen

Also, I'm living for the romance between Rizzo and his lemonade lol

Yay I got the artists right!

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@@PinkPopcast You sure did! I was strangely proud when you got it 🤣

@@PinkPopcast Anthony and Kate *DOES* come back, in part two! They're in the trailer for it :D also, and I've said this before but i feel like it should be mentioned, you had some questions about Francesca, so I'll copy-paste it here for ya. - Francesca is, through fans and some publications, thought to have autism and therefore be neruodivergent. Nobody from the show has said anything about it, but as the show is known to be very inclusive, and we see in ep1 a girl and her mom use Bristish Sign Language *like Benji and Rizzo mentioned* , and in ep2 a guy in a wheelchair, it would fit right in to have a neurodivirgent character. *I'm, myself, diagnosed with autism* (late diagnosis, 'high performing', and all about those small details that's usually overlooked when you otherwise seem 'normal') and, though it didn't register with me at first, when I rewatched the first 4 episodes, there are definitely traits I can recognize. She feels overwhelmed with her big and loud family even though she's used to them. She enjoys and prefer silence even when in company. She is very observant of other people before trying to be socially part of a group. She expected conversation when on the _marriage mart_ but not to "be inspected" as she says - so she knew logically it was part of how the system worked, but didn't think how it would be when she herself was part of it. Her mindset for finding a husband and a marriage is based on his morals, "being kind" she says, and otherwise she's very pragmatic and logical about what she wants and is looking for. She is uncomfortable in big gatherings, and especially when the focus is on her. She is hyperfocused on _the piano forte_ and music to the details most others aren't, and when she's talking about it she has a hard time knowing when to stop and how direct and honest it's 'acceptable' to be. She has a hard time being social with people she doesn't feel like she knows what to expect from. And she feels a really intense and intimate connection with people who *gets* her and her way of thoughts. I'm not saying this is enough to totally convince me of it, but there are definitely traits there, and it depends on how the show continues to showcase her.

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Could you mark your comment as a (book) spoiler for future seasons? Maybe it will protect future comment readers 🥲

@@fuzzyapple i’m so sorry,should have thought of that

Obsessed! 😍

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So many unfinished stories lol

He tells Anthony that he is leaving art school. It's there in the last episode of season 2 I think

Yess! 😂😂

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I’m pretty sure Lord Debling is picking the way that everybody else in the tom who isnt a Bridgerton picks 😄

Picking a life partner should be calculated.

@@PinkPopcast Sure, but not as a simple foreman. lol

I agree. I had been friends with my first husband for years, then an unexpected wtf kiss happened and it surprised me. Then within the next two weeks I realized I loved him. I was attracted to him. I had just put hi. In a certain box an closed my mind on that. He'd apparently loved me all along and other people knew but I was clueless. So I can see the trope playing out realistically for me. Especially, in a time when I like the way your neck curves or your super hot ankles was enough to snag a proposal.

Thank you 😅 if only she had time to move 😂

​@PinkPopcast perhaps she was struck by Colin's manly arms wrenching away at the rope and didn't realize she should move until it was too late? ..... yeah... I know I'm reaching......

@@keilatenshi5910actually you’re not reaching as Nicola herself confirmed this theory in the comment section of a fan’s video (that Penelope was too…taken up by Colin and his muscles to notice that a balloon moved to her.) Safe to say I’ll be avoiding this hot air balloon scene like I avoid the season 2 wedding scene

@@notevenfunny_ Ahhh! I'm so happy! Thank you!

Yeah I love that 🥰

But it’s not rolling it’s floating so i feel like it wouldn’t crush her… also she just needed to take 3 steps to the side, and she had like 5 whole minutes to do it 🤷‍♂️

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Best pair of reactions in the episode

You’d think they would have watched all the friggin interviews where Luke clearly adores and loves being around her. She’s gorgeous regardless and we should DEFINITELY be passed that 😤

I agree. I came out of the first part sobbing, but once I'd stopped I felt like overall something was missing. I thought it was really strange considering I loved every single storyline, & Colin/Penelope are my favourite. Took me a bit of time to work out that it was the Part 1/Part 2 bs. Hopefully once Part 2 comes out and is able to be watched altogether, the weirdness will disappear and we'll just be treated to a beautiful season!

@@KitAE0 that is legit the same thing with me. I watched part 1 four times the first day and loved it but then heard people say that it seemed weird. And I was thinking about it because I changed my Netflix to the cheapest plan with ads before the season started and Netflix was not built for commercials (which I ended up changing back 2 days laters) A show like bridgerton isn’t made for an intermission, it’s made to be binged. So by breaking up the viewing experience that was originally planned something gets lost in translation.

Gurl get your bag!!!

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That's why Eloise and Benedict scenes are always the best...those 2 and their facial impressions are everything 😊

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I only watch Bridgeton through their reactions and had no idea Hannah was in this, so just now jaw dropped went, Eleanor! Black Sails! I would LOVE for them to watch Black Sails if they haven't already. Such a high quality show! And queer too 😌

They’d save her too if she ever fell out of a plane ✈️

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😂😂 omg so true

Yeah, that analogy turned out well 😄

“I need a heroooooo” 🧚‍♂️

Thank you 🥰

Sorry I’m taken *starts kissing lemonade*

Rizzo you're giving that 'taken' energy fs! But still teasing us with those SHORT SLEEVES of your shirt - I hope there's no hot air balloon close by, otherwise I'll most defintely will die by balloon.

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it 😄

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Haha aww he’s sweet but he’s simple 😝

That. Exactly that..😂

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