s04e04 — An Offer from a Gentleman

@elmoretti: Finally, at least one Bridgerton had a baby girl.

@elmoretti: Ooo! Will they really be shown after all?🥹🥹🥹

@elmoretti: And where did this frame come from? I've watched all the episodes, but I haven't seen them.

@Nevedimka: Does she still have this glove? After all, from her last job, when she was fired, she left at night without any clothes at all.

@Nevedimka: Yeah, I wanted to say how lucky Sophie was to forget her purse, but after being offered to become a lover, Benedict wanted to wash his mouth with soap.

@Nevedimka: in their understanding, it is absolutely impossible for the servants to be at the ball, so he cannot even imagine that it could be Sophie

@K2isOn: in his understanding, this is the only way they can be together. If he marries someone not from high society, he will bring shame on the family, his sisters will not be married. He doesn't know that she's the illegitimate daughter of someone with a title, which is probably the only thing that will make their marriage possible in season 2.

@sofklemen: So far , I've seen only one comment on them with outrages for the first episode , the rest of the comments are just on the topic of this season.
And above, someone posted a comment with them, but there are no outrages, just a collage with them.
Why exaggerate?

@sofklemen: What does disrespect have to do with it? The absence of Kate and Anthony, as well as Daphne and the Duke, is simply illogical: they play a huge role in the family and at court, in the books they have strong ties with their brothers' wives, beautiful and organic lines. Excuse me, I'd rather look at Kate and Anthony's family more than once a season than at the useless arches of the Mondrich or Featheringtons, who don't move anywhere at all, and only steal time from the Bridgertons, about whom the series was filmed!

@sofklemen: Daphne shouldn't be there, she got married and went to another family (like all married people in principle). And this is Anthony's house! He's a viscount, it's literally his duty by title to be present and handle all their cases. the fact that they were sent on a journey through the story is OK, but they have to come back)) they're forever gone in status as the head of the Bridgertons (who the series is about), time is never wasted on them)
but this season is cool, I'm not devaluing, but we can worry about the case :)

@sofklemen: No wonder, really. except for the second season, everything else is the slag of this series.

@madeleine: She doesn't find out, mostly because she doesn't expect the servants to be invited to the ball, so she doesn't even consider her an option.

@madeleine: This is the effect of Sailor Moon, wearing a sailor mask, and no one will recognize her.

@dbeskrovi: I'm betting on the death of Francesca's husband, since his sister came to London for the finale of the first part of this season.

I read books right after the first season and even then I prayed that there would not be THIS offer from a gentleman, but after seeing a bad idea, right? I immediately realized in the soundtrack that my prayers had not reached Shonda Rhimes. 🫠

You couldn't say it better...☠️

@Toruviell: and what are the chances that the creators can turn off the line of Franchaela? As far as I'm concerned, they rush there like a moose through corn: in two years of married life, Francesca has never reached her "peak", she only manages to have heart-to-heart conversations with her husband, but with just one glance at Michaella, Francesca immediately looks like she's worth it. and look, he'll faint))

@NKVD: He doesn't look closely enough, it doesn't fit in his head that one can compare a maid and that Silver Yizhen🤷🏻♀️

@terpsixora666: in 4 Chinese birches

@Scheusalwirt: Oh, what a great guess! Of course, because she will immediately gain status and nothing will interfere with the wedding, it's brilliant!
Sophie has a pendant and it will obviously play a key role, since Sophie's mother herself does not know. Someone will see

@Anya_Blake: I had the same train of thought 🤣 well , how he didn 't understand anything when we kissed , well , at least some flashbacks should have flashed by 🗿
Now I wonder three times how it will come to him in the end .

@Anya_Blake: I've already been sitting for two episodes in a row and shouting at the screen, "Fuck you, Benedict, I'm going to grab your leg!"

@Annie10792: Eloise picky girl )

@Annie10792: and it seems to me that this season she wants to find someone and maybe even go out, but she can't admit it to herself, so she just grumbles and resents others so as not to betray this desire. Violet seems to have taken this tactic on purpose, when Eloise has to keep an eye on her sisters like an old maid. But in fact, Eloise watches their lives and realizes that she is missing something and feels lonely with her thoughts.

@Annie10792: I subscribe! Honestly, I just decided that they would make Eloise go against herself and run into unpleasant suitors.
But in reality, she really pushes everyone away because of worries that her family will force her, even though she could be busy being a good sister to all her sisters and brothers.

@lady_kana: The image is simply a delight!

@ah_egorova: And preferably with a climax.

@zamizami: Anthony himself had a mistress in season 1, so he would most likely have expressed 0% condemnation, 100% understanding.

@midorika: why did Francesca marry the wrong man, she chose him herself, they have a great relationship, but there is no chemistry in the bedroom, and this happens. Especially at a time when sexual education wasn't something they hadn't heard of, they couldn't even imagine. In fact, she would like to talk to her husband with words through her mouth, but apparently she won't have time to do this)

@nattimos: Alice Mann, but I didn't find any famous show or movie on imdb with her, she also seemed familiar.

@scrappydo: 🤝🤝🤝 I'm also a fan of season 2. But the 4th one is also pleasing 🤌🏼

@scrappydo: and I liked 3 the most for some reason))

@sandy_kil: in the first season, the Duke and Daphne were almost having fun on the grand staircase))

@dreamimperio: I would also like to add that by the time he began to fall in love with Sophie, and the idea of comparing them becomes not impossible, he no longer remembers the face of this stranger, he says it himself.

@ValeriiaBielaia: but he's better in character than all the other men combined.

@ValeriiaBielaia: Oh, and Marcus (who's courting Violet). He's not handsome either. And, to be sure, Anthony is not a model of male beauty either. But they are pleasant characters due to their words and deeds. Women love with their eyes more often than with their ears. Emotional intelligence is hot.

@ValeriiaBielaia: and the actors, by the way, have been dating since the premiere of season 3 for sure, most likely they started even earlier.

@lucrisse: I'll support you, it's too much for me too! But I'm not complaining, everyone has their own way.

@lucrisse: all these scenes are very chaste. They're even in bed, sometimes in a dress, sometimes in a corset. Well, the men's cap is shown at the maximum

@vitrea: Running past Benedict twice up and down would be comical 😂😂

@SabinaKurmalieva: Above, they put forward a magnificent assumption that she could be the daughter of the queen's maid of honor, as we were shown at the beginning of the season. And I'll add that that gold pendant will also play a role...

@loremipsum: It's probably true about the inheritance, but it all seems so stupid...Wasn't there something like a notary public that could so easily deceive everyone?..And Ben disappoints with his offer. I understand that Sophie's kind of not his status, but so unceremoniously offering such stuff is a nightmare...

@QueenOfGems: I agree about society. For some reason, everyone abruptly forgot what time is shown in the series. Yes, the Bridgertons try not to touch the historical part too much, but they keep everything else. And the division into classes is also present in their world. By the way, in the book Sophie herself discusses the topic of his proposal quite adequately. It's very interesting to see if such a moment with her will be shown in the second half.

@fialenas: Yes, this riddle with the fact that no one recognizes her really infuriated me
. She's like Superman, once you put on your glasses, no one will know)
Benedict drew it a bunch of times, he could have already put two and two together))

@fialenas: she was forbidden to call him father, it was within the family, she did not go out into any light (and children, in principle, are rarely taken with them to receptions, there are servants for education).

Well, I finally found this comment! I totally agree! The second lines are much more interesting. It was very long and boring, despite Benedict's love! A kiss with a man in the first episode caused more emotions than their entire story for the entire 4 episodes!!
Only episode 1 and the second half of the 4th came out well!
It's very boring somehow((

The only hope is for the second half of the season((

@_dakota_1: I fully support (despite the fact that it seems that this opinion is one of the most widely liked), the couple is just about nothing, the actress and her heroine are the most boring, Benedict's sudden love cannot be believed from the word at all

@mokky: Yeah! And how did her experiences show? Generally fire 🔥

@books_lover: she feels a physical attraction to her, which should be felt for her husband, and not for another woman. Anyone would be scared in her place.

@SpringSpark: "The suffering Benedict in fluffy shirts", 5 points

@aridolka: Sophie either hid the pendant under her clothes or took it off. Benedict couldn't see her

@SofieW: By the way, yes. Whistledown writes about the search for Benedict, the entire female part of the caste is looking for this girl, the servants should gossip about it - for the first time Benedict became interested in the girl so much that she does not go out of his head, but Sophie alone is not aware. A very tough scenario failure.

@fb1313417: I would say Jane Eyre + Downton Abbey + 50oc

@maria_krukova: Francesca 's husband 's sister , he had a brother in the book, here they made a sister instead of a brother.

@maria_krukova: Francesca's future crash is))

@Chillibilli: Why is it like nonsense? In those days, cohabitation of a widowed woman with a companion or relative was considered an absolute norm. Society didn't give a damn what they were doing to each other behind closed doors. No scandal, everything is decorous and noble. That's why Francesca was chosen to promote the inevitable agenda in this series. It would have been much more difficult to pull off such a line with other Bridgerton children.

@Chillibilli: Why don't any of you understand the essence of the conflict?.. Benedict cannot marry Sophie because she is a maid. Their society will not accept such a marriage because of class inequality. Everyone will get there, including the remaining Bridgerton children. They simply will not be able to get married properly, as the reputation of the whole family will suffer because of such a scandalous marriage. Violet literally asks her son in the first episode that he would think about the family and find a good girl of noble origin. Then he says himself (in the promo for the second half) that he can't love Sophie (because she's a maid), but he can't help but do it. That's why he offered to become her lover. This is the only way they can be together within their time. And he saw his friend with the actress. I saw that everything was fine with them, so I decided that such an offer was the way out. He also still doesn't know that for Sophie, this whole topic is a childhood trauma. He'll find out later, he'll apologize again. Benofi's story is not only about Cinderella, but also about forbidden love. And there is no need to evaluate it using the example of the 21st century. The series shows a completely different era and its rules, which were dictated by society. Again, if Sophie hadn't been so burdened with the past, she would have accepted his offer. Because she loved him the whole book and understood that only through becoming a lover could she be with him.

@aleksssandra: Described, but very superficially. Julia Quinn (the author of the books) has a very simple and banal narrative.
Read it. Books fly in an evening in one breath.

If you like it, you can safely go to a higher level - another author Lisa Kleipas. Her characters and stories are written more deeply (including 18+ scenes).

@Alex_Zorin: It's funny that you only noticed this on season 4..

In general, it's not Netflix's fault (although this channel is famous for releasing bold and outspoken series, as well as hbo, but there is more drama).
The series is based on novels, with elements of eroticism. The screen version does not deviate far from the original book version.

@Olga_cat: I also found myself thinking that I don't understand why I should hide it if I can go the way of official relations.
She seems to be afraid for her reputation, to harm her children, but wouldn't it be worse if people found out her secret?
Unless for her it's really just satisfying needs.

@Olga_cat: Ruth said in an interview before the season that she agreed to such a line with Marcus, but on the condition that her character would not remarry. Because she wanted to preserve this moment in the books, where Violet remained a widow. Therefore, perhaps your assumption is quite correct.

@captain_kotikov: rather zumerov) millennials just understand everything, I'm talking about millennials)

@faircat: Oh, she'll find out and screw it up, but otherwise

@eternal___flame: It 's really funny about the 37-year-old man of the young ladies ' man . I kind of like him , but on the other hand , I can 't help but agree that he looks shabby for this role , to put it mildly .
That's all, initially they had to hire someone younger and fresher for this role, especially considering their huge breaks between seasons of 2 years.

@eternal___flame: So what if he's 37, he shouldn't be very young, at least not in the book, handsome, charismatic, rich, yes..
I agree, the chemistry between the partners is not very good, apparently the age difference also plays a role, they have had it for 10 years. And the actress looks very young.

@eternal___flame: It was removed from the tongue. Benedict's season should have been the second, at most the third, where he is still fresh and looks quite decent, one of his favorite brothers. But why is he so rumpled in his season, and he's only 37, it seems like he's young. Somehow their couple looks very difficult, intimate scenes generally cause Spanish shame, I felt something like that from the first time Pen and Colin))

@Sprat: tell me that you're lying, but don't take it seriously, please)

@Sprat: Should I have married her, in your opinion, or what? At that time, it was not normal to marry a maid, but it was normal to have a mistress from the lower strata, so to speak. So what is he brave about? A reasonable offer to be with your beloved, considering the circumstances, alas.

@SvetlanaBitanova: So that's the joke!! You can look at respectable Caucasians in any Jane Austen film adaptation (which is also incomparable, Mr. Darcy Vanlove))

@080585: It's called objectification of women and racism, I wouldn't admit to that.

@id8025004: I thought it was Peng who would be trained to replace Danbury through the confrontation with the queen. That they will be able to make friends through conflict, because despite the queen's authority, she needs someone who can object to her in moderation. But it didn't work out, it's a pity.