Bridgerton Recycles a Major Character Arc, Teasing Potential S4 Lead

Summary:

• Even though Bridgerton is based on Julia Quinn's novel series of the same name, the show brings enough change to keep things exciting.
• However, it seems that the crew behind the Netflix hit is also running out of ideas, recycling the same arc for the third brother in a row.
• Because of this arc, fans think they know who will be the lead in the next season.

Although Bridgerton is first and foremost the blueprint for all future period romances, it has its own intrigue. While all the characters in fictional Regency London are haunted by Lady Whistledown and her endless gossip, viewers on the other side of the screen have their own mystery to unravel.

Officially renewed for 4 seasons so far, Bridgerton guarantees at least one more love story for another Bridgerton sibling. And even though the show's creators are keeping the upcoming storyline a big secret, fans have their own theories based on the character development suggested by season 3.

Who Will Bridgerton Season 4 Be About?

After season 3 skipped the book that told the love story of Benedict and his novelist wife Sophie Beckett, An Offer From a Gentleman, and went straight to Colin and Penelope's story, Romancing Mister Bridgerton, fans were hoping that Benedict would be in the spotlight next. Now it looks like that's more than wishful thinking.

Before getting their own season, both Anthony and Colin Bridgerton went through a heartbreak, which now seems mandatory for a Bridgerton brother to move on to his true love. For Anthony, it was the opera singer Siena, who rejected him at the end of the first season. For Colin, it was Miss Marina Thompson, who he tried to reconnect with in season 2.

Looking at all the clips and stills that Bridgerton is releasing as part of the season 3 promotion, Benedict will get another love interest this season. Lady Tilley Arnold, a widow who doesn't have a husband but is well known in the ton, seems to attract the second son's attention, but it won't last long.

So far, Benedict Bridgerton has had a romantic partner every season, but none of them have lasted long, and fans don't see any way for Lady Tilley to break the cycle. Instead, it feels like a perfect opportunity for Benedict to be broken up with and put in a state of heartbreak for the beginning of his season.

Whether this theory is true, and Lady Tilley Arnold will have to cruelly reject Benedict's advances, or whether she has been given another role that fans can't yet comprehend, we'll have to wait and see. Bridgerton season 3 part 1 premieres on May 16, so be sure to tune in to Netflix to not miss a single new episode.