Why Is 'Bridgerton' Season Three Split Into Two Parts?

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Spoilers ahead for Bridgerton season three, part one.

For the first time, a season of Bridgerton will be split into two parts.

Part one, which premiered on May 16, ends on a major cliffhanger—Colin (Luke Newton) asks Penelope (Nicola Coughlan) if they should get married, after they have a steamy moment together in a carriage. Thankfully, fans won't have to wait too long for part two: It will drop on Netflix on June 13, 2024. There are four episodes in part one, and there will be four more in part two.

"We had actually written and produced the entire season before Netflix approached us to split the season into two," showrunner and writer Jess Brownell tells T&C. "We did have a choice of where we wanted to split it, and it really worked perfectly to split it into equal parts. We always break the season with a midpoint at the end of episode four, which turns the action on its head for back half."

She adds, "That moment where Colin asks Pen to marry him is in many ways the completion of the first arc: Pen has achieved her goal in many ways, which was to find a husband. She got a proposal. However, there is a much larger arc hanging over her, which is that she is still Whistledown and Colin doesn't know. So that's something to be explored in the back half."

While we wait for Bridgerton season three, part two to premiere, read ahead in Julia Quinn's Bridgerton series:

The Duke and I

The Viscount Who Loved Me

Romancing Mister Bridgerton

An Offer From a Gentleman

To Sir Phillip, With Love

When He Was Wicked

It's In His Kiss

On the Way to the Wedding

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