'Bridgerton' Season 1 Review: 'Downton Abbey' meets 'Gossip Girl' in this fun, sexy take on Regency romance
Spoilers for 'Bridgerton' Season 1
It's Christmas Day, a great day to spend with family, yet it is 2020, which means many of us are in isolation as the Covid-19 pandemic rages on. But worry not: Netflix's latest release is just the right watch as you spend Christmas without any plans. Shondaland's adaptation of the first book from Julia Quinn's bestselling 'Bridgerton' novels is finally out on Netflix, with the first season being based on the first book 'The Duke and I'. The 'Bridgerton' novels follow the Bridgerton siblings — all helpfully named in order from A to H as they were born — as they get ready to get married and settled down if only such a pesky thing such as love was not in the way.
In the first season, we meet the Bridgerton siblings, with special focus on Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor), who is now out in society and looking for a reputable husband. While she is declared the most beautiful woman in the town by the queen herself, her meddlesome older brother, Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey) can't help but be overprotective and reject every match that comes her way. And so, Daphne finds herself at the center of unwanted attention from a man who is desperate to marry her, but whom she is not interested in.
