{"id":51547,"date":"2024-05-16T13:00:29","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T11:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2041064"},"modified":"2024-05-16T14:27:26","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T12:27:26","slug":"bridgerton-season-3-part-1-ending-explained-spoilers-as-we-talk-about-the-carriage-scene","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/bridgerton-season-3-part-1-ending-explained-spoilers-as-we-talk-about-the-carriage-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridgerton season 3 part 1 ending explained: Spoilers as we talk about the carriage scene"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pitbull’s Give Me Everything somehow managed to work in the episode’s final moments. <\/p>

By Morgan Cormack\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 16 May 2024 at 11:00 AM<\/p>

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*Warning: This article contains full spoilers for Bridgerton season 3 part 1.*<\/strong><\/p>\n

Talk about keeping us gripped with a slow burn, right? Bridgerton season 3<\/a> may be all about Penelope (Nicola Coughlan<\/a>) and Colin (Luke Newton<\/a>), but it\u2019s only in the last episode of part 1 that the pair finally admitted their feelings for each other.<\/p>\n

Across the season\u2019s first batch<\/a> of four episodes, we\u2019ve seen the pair navigate their post-summer awkwardness, jealousy and, finally, have the romantic scene we\u2019ve all been waiting for \u2013 with the backing track<\/a> of Pitbull\u2019s Give Me Everything reimagined as a typical Bridgerton classical rendition, of course.<\/p>\n

The third season saw the pair undergo some aesthetic transformations<\/a>, but really, having been friends forever, they needn\u2019t have bothered \u2013 because it was really what was on the inside that mattered the most. Queue the gushing.<\/p>\n

Those final minutes of the finale were purely dedicated to Penelope and Colin, and you know what? Give us more immediately. Unfortunately, we\u2019ll all have to wait until part 2 is released next month.<\/p>\n

But how did the pair end up in that steamy carriage scene together? What happened in the rest of that finale? Read on for our full breakdown of the Bridgerton season 3 part 1 ending.<\/p>\n

Bridgerton season 3 part 1 ending explained and spoilers<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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The final episode of part 1 kicks off with Lord Debling visiting the Featherington home to gift Penelope a plant, much to her family\u2019s surprise.<\/p>\n

Everyone else is also in good spirits, as we see Benedict (Luke Thompson) call on Lady Tilley Arnold (Hannah New), and even the queen is in a happy mood as she reads Lady Whistledown and sees she is in good favour with the anonymous writer.<\/p>\n

To celebrate, the queen vows to throw a lavish ball in celebration of Francesca and her impending relationship with Lord Samadani.<\/p>\n

Back at the Bridgerton home, Violet\u2019s (Ruth Gemmell) preparations for Lord Samadani\u2019s (David Mumeni) arrival are paused when Francesca gets a surprise visit from John Stirling, Earl of Kilmartin (Victor Alli).<\/p>\n

The pair obviously met briefly at the Hawkins Ball and seem to have hit things off, much to Violet\u2019s confusion. But when Lord Samadani eventually arrives, it\u2019s clear Francesca is left thinking of Kilmartin as he makes a hasty exit.<\/p>\n

Will Mondrich (Martins Imhangbe) is also faced with the dilemma of whether to keep his club or not, now that his family is in good standing and the question of owning such a business brings their name down.<\/p>\n

Later that day, at the opening of Lord Fuller\u2019s collection with the rest of the Ton, Debling and Penelope get speaking, and Debling talks of how he is searching for a \u201cpractical\u201d match so that he could go off for months for his research. He\u2019s happy that Penelope is clearly someone who can be kept preoccupied with her own passions. During their chat, however, Colin spots the pair talking and leaves.<\/p>\n

At the Cowper residence, Cressida (Jessica Madsen) is left in silence, as no men have visited her during calling hour. Eloise (Claudia Jessie) visits to check on her new friend, but is interrupted by Cressida\u2019s father, who tells Cressida she is no longer allowed to hang around with Eloise.<\/p>\n

At the ball, however, Cressida tells Eloise that will ignore her father\u2019s request, clearly very happy that she has found a new friend in Eloise.<\/p>\n

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As for Colin, he\u2019s clearly going through a reckoning of sorts, talking to his friends about loneliness and seeming to struggle with the idea of finding a wife.<\/p>\n

The next day, Lord Debling asks Portia (Polly Walker) for Penelope\u2019s hand in marriage, and she is obviously very happy at her daughter\u2019s prospects, which means the Featherington family will also rise up the ranks of society.<\/p>\n

But Penelope simply wants a love match, something her mother can\u2019t understand as she wants her daughter to be sensible and think of the benefits of marrying a man like Debling.<\/p>\n

That night, on the eve of the queen\u2019s ball, Violet has a conversation with Colin that skirts around the true topic of conversation: his growing feelings for Penelope. In a bid to get him to act despite his desire to stay home that evening, she mentions Debling\u2019s impending proposal.<\/p>\n

At the ball, Violet and Lord Marcus Anderson (Daniel Francis) get to chatting and discover they are both widows, clearly having a lot of chemistry as Marcus describes his jealousy at Violet having had a love match. He intends to find one for himself the second time around.<\/p>\n

Although Marcus tries to tell his sister, Lady Danbury (Adjoa Andoh), of his fondness for Violet, she will hear nothing of it and dismisses him as simply wanting to find a fleeting relationship.<\/p>

Francesca also makes a hasty exit from the ball after receiving a gift from Lord Kilmartin, and her exit only ruffles the feathers of the queen, who is taking a vested interest in Francesca\u2019s affairs as her sparkler this season.<\/p>\n

But back at the Bridgerton house that evening, Francesca is busy playing the piano, and tells her mother that Kilmartin had gifted her sheet music that he got rearranged from the music they\u2019d heard in town earlier that day, but this time as Francesca had imagined it to sound.<\/p>\n

Violet simply smiles as she realises that Kilmartin has won her daughter\u2019s affections through such a thoughtful present.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, it\u2019s clear that the Featherington sisters, Philippa (Harriet Cains) and Prudence (Bessie Carter), are both displaying pregnancy symptoms having been tasked with producing an heir by their mother over the course of the season.<\/p>\n

What happens to Colin and Penelope in the Bridgerton season 3 part 1 finale?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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On the dance floor at the ball, Penelope quizzes Lord Debling about whether he could ever imagine falling in love with each other, and he doesn\u2019t seem as keen as she is.<\/p>\n

Interrupting their dance \u2013 much to the surprise of onlookers \u2013 Colin takes Penelope to dance with her, and tries to dissuade her from marrying Debling. Cressida swoops in to dance with Debling, telling her about how close Penelope and Colin are, which only angers him \u2013 and he quickly leaves the ball.<\/p>\n

Penelope and Debling have a frank conversation about the fact that Penelope clearly has feelings for Colin, but Penelope swipes away the accusations, saying that Colin would never fall for her. He bids her a good evening and leaves her tearfully there when Portia comes over to see what\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n

Penelope\u2019s carriage is riding away when Colin halts it and asks if he can come inside. Once Penelope allows him to do so, Colin says she cannot marry Debling and that he\u2019s not right for her. But Penelope tells Colin that Debling actually rejected her because he thought she had feelings for Colin, an idea she finds preposterous.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat if I did have feelings for you?\u201d Colin asks Penelope and he kneels before her, telling her that he\u2019s been trying \u201cto feel less\u201d for a while now but he can\u2019t stop thinking about Penelope and the kiss they shared.<\/p>\n

Penelope admits that she\u2019d \u201cvery much like to be more than friends\u201d and the pair eventually kiss, going on to share quite the steamy scene together<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

But just as they\u2019re getting into the throws of everything, they arrive at the Bridgerton house. After Colin fixes Penelope\u2019s dress and hair, he steps down from the carriage and puts out his hand to Penelope to ask whether she\u2019s coming with him.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor God\u2019s sake, Penelope Featherington, are you going to marry me or not?\u201d Colin says, and the camera pans to a very happy \u2013 but surprised \u2013 Pen, who is left somewhat breathless by the big question.<\/p>\n