Bridgerton season 4 has finally hit Netflix and if you binge-watched all of part one this weekend, you’re probably left feeling some major frustration.
Not sexual frustration—actual genuine frustration at this season’s lead Benedict Bridgerton, the free-spirited second son of the Bridgerton family. Up until this point, we’ve watched him skip through each social season with his silly antics and flirtatious charm. He’s partaken in orgies and dabbled in some art. But we haven’t really seen him challenged by anything or anyone until he falls in love with the masked Lady in Silver at his mother’s masquerade ball.
But just when you think the ton’s eternal bachelor is about to settle down, poof! The Lady in Silver disappears without a trace.
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Most of Bridgerton season four, part one sees Benedict on a mission to find this mysterious lady and, when his effort come up empty, drinking his sorrows away. While attending a party in the countryside doing just that, he ends up saving a lowly maid named Sophie Baek. Something about her is familiar to him, though Benedict can’t quite put a finger on it.
If, at this point, you jumped up from your seat like Leonard DiCaprio in that couch pointing meme, it’s because we as an audience know that Sophie is the Lady in Question he’s been searching for. However, Benedict ultimately (and epically) fails to recognize her. Even worse, he ends up taking Sophie to his country estate, My Cottage, where the two develop a romance. His obsession with the Lady in Silver is at complete odds with his feelings for Sophie, resulting in a love triangle consisting of two (2!) people.
Thoughts I had while watching Benedict gaze longingly at Sophie included, What’s not clocking to you? and Baby, I need you to rub your two brain cells together and think real hard!
I was hardly alone in this reaction. Fans flocked to X to share similar frustrations. “I can’t believe Benedict hasn’t realized Sophie is the Lady in Silver. Sir, you are looking but you are not SEEING!!!” one wrote. Another suggested what we’re probably all thinking, “Benedict, buy some glasses pls.”
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By Ariana Yaptangco
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