Conflict abounds in the penultimate episode of season 3: Colin confronts Penelope about her scandalous secret, Eloise is torn between her brother and her best friend, and Cressida discovers some information that could ruin everything. 

And, of course, there’s a wedding to attend.

Featuring:

• Pathetic fallacy

• Primary v Secondary characters

• Scandal v gossip

• Romance v friendship

• ‘intimate’

• Before

• Seasonal oral fixation

• Love is not finite

• Sex is not finite

Here are is the media we talk about in this episode:

• Bridgerton, Season One

• Bridgerton, Season Two

• The Bridgerton books, a series by Julia Quinn

• Romancing Mr Bridgerton, a novel by Julia Quinn

• Sex Education, a tv series

• The Cynster series, a series by Stephanie Laurens

• Devil’s Bride, a novel by Stephanie Laurens

• Beverly Hills 90210, a tv series

• Taylor Swift, a singer

• Gilmore Girls, a tv series

• RuPaul’s Drag Race, a tv series

• Pitbull, a singer

• ‘The Black Dog’, a song by Taylor Swift

• ‘Yellow’, a song by Coldplay

• Crazy Rich Asians, a film by John M Chu

• Jurassic World: Rebirth, a film by Gareth Edwards

• ‘You Belong to Me’, a song by Taylor Swift

• ‘Invisible String’, a song by Taylor Swift

• ‘Daylight’, a song by Taylor Swift

• ‘King of My Heart’, a song by Taylor Swift

• ‘Lover’, a song by Taylor Swift

We were joined for this episode by the thoughtful and witty Nadine J Cohen. You can hear more from Nadine on instagram, read her book, or on her podcast.

Nadine has also recommended Painting Portraits of Everyone I Ever Dated by Joseph Earp. Buy a copy from your favourite independent bookstore. 

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This episode was recorded on the traditional and unceded land of the Wurundjeri, Boonwurrung, Gadigal, Bidjigal, and Birrabirragul people.

Our editor is Ben McKenzie of Splendid Chaps Productions. If you need production work completed, you can find them here: splendidchaps.com