It\u2019s almost like Netflix knew they\u2019d put Bridgerton<\/a> fans into a tailspin by only releasing<\/a> half the season this week and leaving us to wait for another month for the next four episodes<\/a>.<\/p>\n Many fans have already torn through the first part of Bridgerton<\/a> season 3 and after the breathy sexual tension of that final episode<\/a>, part 2 can\u2019t come soon enough. But it\u2019ll all be worth the wait, according to showrunner Jess Brownell<\/a>.<\/p>\n Chatting exclusively to RadioTimes.com<\/a> about what we can expect in part 2, she revealed: \u201cThe drama definitely notches up in the back half.\u201d<\/p>\n She continued: \u201cI think Penelope\u2019s secret is weighing really heavily over her and I think you\u2019re also going to see a lot more romance in the back half. You know, Pen and Colin are figuring things out and there\u2019s some time to just live in that for a bit.\u201d<\/p>\n The last we saw of Penelope (Nicola Coughlan<\/a>) and Colin (Luke Newton<\/a>) was after they finally kissed in the back of a carriage, only to wind up parked in front of the Bridgerton household. Colin surprises Penelope by asking for her hand in marriage and that, dear reader, is where it all left off.<\/p>\n But why on earth has the season been split in half? After all, since debuting on Netflix back in 2020, this is the first time that a season of Bridgerton has been cut in half.<\/p>\n Posing the question to Brownell, she told us: \u201cSo actually, we had finished writing the season and thought that it was going to air straight through and Netflix approached us and asked if we\u2019d be willing to split it at the mid-point and we were excited about that.<\/p>\n \u201cBecause, as you said, there\u2019s a really big moment at the end of episode 4 and it\u2019s a natural point I think to let people regroup and speculate about what\u2019s to come.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n As of now, we\u2019ll just have to wait and see what becomes of Colin and Penelope in the second half of season 3 but something tells us that Colin\u2019s sister and Penelope\u2019s former bestie Eloise (Claudia Jessie) won\u2019t be too pleased \u2013 especially because she knows all about Penelope\u2019s double life as Lady Whistledown.<\/p>\n Despite previously vowing to stop publishing her anonymous pamphlet, season 3 sees Lady Whistledown back in the thick of everything and continuing to publish damning observations about those in the Ton, Colin included.<\/p> ![\"Bridgerton.](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2024\/05\/BRIDGERTON302Unit02707R-c03ebf4-e1715767947491.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"BRIDGERTON_302_Unit_02707R\\"\/")
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