Rejoice! It’s time to let mirth abound as we celebrate the end of the 1813 social season during our Polin rewatch of S1E8: After the Rain.

We’ll be clapping along to Colin’s astonishing performance of a fan-favourite tune, consoling Penelope as she receives some bittersweet news and assuredly, fervently, loudly declaring our love for all things Hastings Ball.  

And then, to mark the end of our Season 1 Polin rewatch, all-out war breaks out as we furiously debate the meaning of a certain goodbye glance from our beloved pirate-in-training. Since Obvs is the one to write these episode descriptions, I’m here to tell you that I’m right and the others are delusional.

Farewell, Season 1. You’ve been one hell of a (carriage) ride. Altogether now: And let the catch, and let the catch, and let the catch and toast go rouuuuuuund…

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Show Notes 

Reddit post by u/CardiologistUsed394 about Romancing Mister Bridgerton TV tie-in

WH Smith Romancing Mister Bridgerton TV tie-in product page

Twitter post by @chaoticguitar about Netflix NL

Fellow Travelers release date article

Othello at Riverside Studios, London

Deadline: Update on WGA-AMPTP strike talks

UK petition for income replacement scheme for affected crew members

⁠Change.org petition for below-the-line strike workers⁠

Strike fund for production assistants

Shondaland: A Day in the Life of a Bridgerton Sound Operator

Available Internationally: Inside Bridgerton by Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers (Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 9781668001073)

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