If ‘Bridgerton’ season 4, part 1 felt emotionally exhausting, part 2 looks ready to completely undo us. What started as a dreamy, fairy-tale flirtation between Benedict Bridgerton and Sophie Baek has now become one of the most painful and complicated love stories of the show.
And according to reports about part 2, it is only going to get messier and messier. The second part of the season does not cool things down, according to Yerin Ha, who portrays Sophie. It intensifies everything.
‘Bridgerton’ Finally Puts Class Divide At The Center Of Its Love Story
Part 1 ended, leaving viewers in shock. The fact that when he asked Sophie to be his mistress, Benedict’s impulsive request that Sophie become his mistress may have come from love, or at least desperation, but for Sophie, it landed like a betrayal. As Benedict struggles to make a future with the woman he loves, Sophie is agonizingly conscious of the fact that a single misstep would ruin her completely.
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This is the first time Bridgerton has centered a romance so firmly on class divide, and it shows. Sophie is not only protecting her heart, but her life. Yerin Ha has referred to part 2 as a larger whirlwind, with more battles, more susceptibility, and, of course, more tears. “I remember even reading after episode four, I was like, how are these two going to figure it out together? But I think you can see a bit more walls coming down, a bit more fight, and a lot of tears,” she told THR.
Walls start cracking, but they do not fall. Sophie and Benedict are orbiting around each other, attracted to each other but not able to meet halfway. “I think for Sophie, Benedict truly thinks that this is the solution for these two people, that society says they can’t be together, and he’s a little bit blind in that sense,” she added. It’s romantic in the most tragic way because both of them believe they’re right, and both are wrong in different ways.
Secrets Won’t Stay Hidden In Season 4 Part 2
Complicating everything is the mountain of secrets Sophie is carrying. Benedict still doesn’t know she’s the mysterious “lady in silver” who captivated him at the masquerade ball, nor does he know the truth about her parentage. Sophie is not being manipulative; she is just protecting herself. In Benedict’s eyes, providing a discreet arrangement is like a solution. He’s seen it work for others.
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Society will not permit them to be on the same side, and thus, he thinks that love can exist in the shadows. Sophie, though, feels like she is reliving history, her mother’s suffering echoing loudly in that moment.
To make the time bomb even worse, Sophie’s former stepmother, moving next door to the Bridgertons, threatens to unravel everything. The truth is coming, whether Sophie is ready or not. Part 2 will challenge the fact that Benedict can actually see Sophie not as a maid, not as a secret, but as an equal.
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