Dearest Listeners, dust off those giant white feathers and get ready to party like it's 1814 as we welcome in a brand-new social season during our Polin rewatch of S2E1, Capital R-Rake.

We'll be sneaking around London with our favourite Irish maid, trailing through daffodils with BFFs-'til-episode-8 Peneloise and musing on just how lovely Penelope looks in candlelight.

Elsewhere, our fangirl hearts squeal with joy as we stumble upon the Holy Grail of Polin lore: the scandalous thirdborn love letters - uh, we mean platonic correspondence. Right, Colin?

Speaking of, if anyone happens to see a guilt-ridden 6 ft tall gentleman with a newly-developed penchant for baby blue jackets, can you let him know we're looking for him?

Ways to support strikers during the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes

⁠Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund⁠

⁠Donate to Emergency Financial Assistance and Disaster Relief Fund for SAG-AFTRA Members⁠

⁠Donate to The Union Solidarity Coalition ⁠

⁠Donate to the MPTF Emergency Fund⁠

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

⁠Deadline: Information about below-the-line workers petition⁠

⁠Business Insider: How to support SAG-AFTRA/WGA strikes⁠

⁠Blog: What can fans do while WGA & SAG-AFTRA are on strike?⁠

⁠Variety: Info on SAG-AFTRA strike⁠

⁠Huffington Post: Ways to support writers and actors on strike⁠

⁠Deadline: Strike Talk Podcast⁠

⁠IATSE Petition to Disney ⁠

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Show Notes 

Reddit post by u/Valuable-Benefit-166 about Flora Paulita tweet

Twitter/X: Original tweet by Flora Paulita

Hello! Fashion: Interview with Banita Sandhu

CAPRICHO: Interview with Julia Quinn

Deadline: The Last Repair Shop feature

The World of Bridgerton jigsaw puzzle

Deadline: Entertainment Community Fund update

Deadline: WGA and SAG-AFTRA rally

Spotify: Reprise III, Duomo

Filming Leaks: Francesca's presentation, August 2022

Filming Leaks: Penelope returns to London, January 2023

IMDB: Golda mentions S3 and Diamond of the Season

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

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