Episode 6, The Passing Winter, finds Benedict doubling down on his cottage solution, convinced he has found a way forward for himself and Sophie. Sophie, meanwhile, is forced to reckon with the practical consequences of their intimacy, and the two of them begin confronting what their future might actually require.

Elsewhere, Penelope faces renewed pressure over Whistledown, Alice continues learning the realities of court life beside the Queen, and Anthony returns to London to dominate proceedings as the Bridgertons adjust to life with a new heir.

Featuring:

• Organisational queens

• Several consecutive character spirals

• Sibling rivalries

• A lot of unwelcome reality checks

• Cressida apologism

• Unrecognised power imbalance

• Kate apologism

• Actual and metaphorical cross-class cosplay

• Bridgertons always choose themselves

• A bummer of an ending

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

• Bridgerton, a television series

• An Offer from a Gentleman, a book by Julia Quinn

• When He Was Wicked, a book by Julia Quinn

• ‘A Husband for Fanny’, included in Snowdrift and other Stories, a short story by Georgette Heyer

• Heated Rivalry, a television series by Jacob Tierney

• Married at First Sight, an Australian reality television series

• The Beckham family feud

• The ‘Firm’, a description of the British Royal Family

•  Mean Girls, a film by Mark Waters

• Romancing Mr Bridgerton, a book by Julia Quinn

• ‘Just What I Needed’, a song by The Cars

• ‘Fields of Gold’, a song by Sting

• Jurassic Park: Rebirth, a film by Gareth Edwards

• Gosford Park, a film by Robert Altman

• Les Miserables, a novel by Victor Hugo

• Schitt’s Creek, a television series by Dan Levy and Eugene Levy

Our guest host this episode is the luminous Mirandi Riwoe. You can hear more from Mirandi on instagram or read her beautiful novels. 

Mirandi has brought something for your (heaving) TBR pile: Check out The Mission House by Carys Davies on her recommendation! 

Mirandi also asked us for recommendations. We suggested Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston, Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid, and The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love by India Holton. 

We also talked about The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley. 

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This episode was recorded on the traditional and unceded land of the Kaurna, Jagera, Turrbal, Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung people.

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