Penelope struggles to put herself out there in society to find a husband, but Colin is determined to help her in season 3 episode 2 of Bridgerton.
Diamonds: A girl’s best friend, or her worst enemy? This season on Bridgerton, it could go either way. Queen Charlotte (Golda Rosheuvel), who has yet to pick a young lady to be her “diamond” of the season, feels challenged – threatened, really – by Lady Whistledown, who has written that the Queen is afraid of making a poor choice. However, it seems like Francesca Bridgerton (Hannah Dodd), piano player extraordinaire, might be her best hope for diamond status. Meanwhile, Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) is out there in these streets trying to charm the young men of London (with Colin Bridgerton’s help), but she’s struggling to sparkle.
Let’s start with Colin Bridgerton, a man who is trying to be a friend to women: not only is he advising Penelope on all things charm-related, but he’s out in the world engaging in threesomes and trying to please as many ladies as he can before he has to settle down with just one.
Colin has offered his help to Penelope find a husband, but there’s a catch: he wants to keep these charm lessons secret, so he doesn’t ruin his own chances of finding a woman. If he were seen in close contact with Penelope, people would talk, and not kindly. The one person who does know about these lessons is Eloise (Claudia Jessie), who is still angry with Penelope and wants nothing to do with her, but finds Colin’s charity to be kind but still probably a bad idea..
While Penelope is trying to find a husband, her sisters Prudence and Philippa seem to be shirking their one duty, producing an heir. Their mother Portia is desperate for one of them to get pregnant in order for the child to inherit the family money, but neither of the sisters is all that interested in having sex (and, as it turns out, Philippa doesn’t even know how. This is what happens when you teach abstinence-only sex ed!). It’s an interesting element to throw into Penelope’s storyline because, while she wishes to get married so she can leave the family home and gain some independence, wouldn’t it be something if she actually were the one the marry and produce the first heir?
During Colin’s first lesson with Penelope, he tells her that she’s not innately awkward, she just needs to get into a comfort zone so she can be herself.
