Bridgerton is finally back! Among the many reveals, twists, and surprises fans can look forward to in Season 2 is the chance to unravel the meaning of the bees discovered at the end of Season 1. What's going on with the bees in Bridgerton ? We've got everything you need to know below. Major spoilers for Bridgerton and Julia Quinn's Bridgerton novels follow.
Bridgerton is a Netflix original series produced by Shondaland and created by Chris Van Dusen ( Grey's Anatomy ), based on Julia Quinn's Regency romance series of the same name. The book follows the eight Bridgerton siblings - Anthony, Benedict, Colin, Daphne, Eloise, Francesca, Gregory and Hyacinth - as they navigate London in the early 19th century. The story of finding true love in a highly competitive marriage market.
Bridgerton Season 1 is adapted from the first Bridgerton novel , The Duke and I , and tells the romance story of Daphne and Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings. At the time, fans took the final shot of the season - a close-up of a bee - as a reference to the second Bridgerton novel, The Viscount Who Loved Me. In the book, young Antony, Viscount Bridgeton, finds himself forced to marry the protective sister of his crush as he attempts to suck the venom from a bee stinger on her breast, putting them in a scandalous situation. But is that the whole story of Bridgerton Bee? Here's a look at how bees have appeared in the Netflix series so far, along with some thoughts on what it might mean.
Edmund Bridgerton dies
Quinn's readers already know what happened to Edmund Bridgerton, Lady Violet's late husband and father of the Bridgerton children. About 10 years before the events of The Duke and I , Edmund died from an allergic reaction to a bee sting. At the time, Anthony was just a teenager.
Yet instead of evoking one of the family's greatest tragedies, the bees featured in Netflix's "Bridgerton" seem to represent something more hopeful. Bee usually appears when the Bridgerton family gathers and things are on track, suggesting that perhaps the former Lord Bridgerton is still with them.
anthony bridgerton angst
The death of his father forced Anthony to become Viscount Bridgeton before he was ready to take on the responsibility. This completely changes the course of his life, causing him to make decisions based on his sense of duty to the Bridgerton name rather than his own happiness. Because he believed he would die young like his father—perhaps even in the same way—Anthony refused to fall in love, let alone marry for the sake of it.
Well, you can imagine how the responsible Lord Bridgerton felt when a young lady was stung by a bee in front of him. In "The Viscount Who Loved Me," Anthony insists on trying to save Kate's life by sucking out the venom from the bees. When they see what appears to be a sticky situation, Anthony has no choice but to marry Kate, despite his original intention to marry her sister Edwina.
However, things are slightly different in Bridgerton Season 2. Anthony panics when Kate is stung. She needs to calm his anxieties, and this scene makes the two young bachelors realize just how much they love each other. No, there's no drug-flu scene - sorry to anyone who was expecting things to go that way in the Netflix version - but, there's still a long way to go, bee, isn't there?
Benedict Bridgerton's artistic pursuits
Eagle-eyed Bridgerton fans who spotted Benedict Bridgerton with a bee embroidered on his shirt collar in season 1 will be pleased to learn that his bee shirt is returning for season 2 , and a vest embroidered with bees. Crucially, the appearance of shirts and vests in season two marks a turning point in Bridgerton’s middle son’s relationship with art.
Being the second son of a wealthy family during the Regency era meant two things. First: Barring some disaster, you will not receive an inheritance equal to that of your brother. Second: You have more freedom to pursue your wishes and ambitions because you are not nearly as constrained by your last name.
In Bridgerton Season 1, we saw Benedict Bridgerton grab the second point and keep running. After befriending a professional artist, Benedict falls into a hedonistic, bohemian lifestyle—a lifestyle he appears to have largely abandoned by the start of season two.
Leave it to Bee to get Benedict back on the path to art.
When bees reappear on Benedict's clothes, he is in a cheerful mood at a family dinner thanks to some herbal refreshments that Colin has brought back from the mainland. Later, Benedict became obsessed with his artwork, painting with his hands. Just as he was stressing to anyone who would listen that he would pursue art on his own terms, a letter arrived: he had been accepted into the Royal Academy.
Based on what we know about Edmund Bridgerton, it's likely that he would have supported Benedict's artistic pursuits. Antony seems to think so, because we later learn that he paid for Benedict's admission to the Royal Academy—not particularly shocking at a time when you could buy military rank for your son. The show has already made it clear that Anthony is very committed to fulfilling his father's wishes for his family, so it's not a stretch to say that these bees could indicate the late Lord Bridgerton's continued influence, at least for Benedict.
Eloise Bridgerton Qualifications
The Bees didn't spend much time with the Bridgerton younger siblings, but one Bee did appear in Eloise's band in Bridgerton Season 1. When she dressed up for her sister's wedding reception, Eloise wore a bee hairpin, possibly to mean, as Screen Rant's QV Hough pointed out, "that she was the next to get married."
Although Eloise isn't the next Bridgerton sibling to marry after Daphne - she didn't tie the knot until the fifth book , "To Sir Philip, With Love" - she is the next to marry Daughter making her debut on the market. Although Héloïse may have hated going out, as the eldest of Madame Violet's unmarried daughters, she was entitled to some image-conscious perks. That is, she is now known as "Miss Bridgerton" rather than "Miss Eloise" as Daphne was before she became Duchess of Hastings.
Kate Sharma's future
Kate Sharma literally brought the bee to Kate Sharma in Bridgerton Season 2. While Bridgerton-born Eloise only wore the bee accessory on one occasion (as mentioned above), a large portion of Kate's colorful wardrobe appears to be devoted to abstract patterns. , bee patterns and designs. She wore bee-shaped jewelry when she competed with her sister, and was later seen wearing a dress that incorporated a stylized bee pattern into the design. After Edwina and Anthony's disastrous wedding, a different set of bee jewelry appears and Kate finally gets a chance to discuss her relationship with Viscount Bridgerton without her sister being alarmed.
Kate's relationship with Bridgerton 's bee imagery extends beyond her own wardrobe, however. Benedict wears his bees vest to a family dinner where Anthony abandons his proposal to Edwina - a move taken by his more suspicious relatives as proof that his feelings lie elsewhere.
Bridgerton Family Harmony
While the presence of bees doesn't mean all is well in the Regency world, they seem to appear whenever the Bridgertons are at peace with each other. As was the case with season 1, the Bridgerton season 2 finale featured a friendly bee, as Anthony and his siblings gathered with his bride for another ultra-intense game This friendly bee takes flight during a game of cards.
A better example, however, might be the Florence bee that graced the dance floor at Lady Violet's ball in season two.
The breakup of Edwina and Anthony's engagement infuriated everyone, who snubbed the Bridgertons, Sharma, and even Lady Danbury in the aftermath. To prove that there was no bad blood between her family and Lady Danbury's consorts—although there certainly was, to Edwina at least, quite a bit—Lady Violet held a ball to honor their wealthy Peers show that everything is okay. great. To complete the look, the Bridgertons added a Florentine design in the shape of a bee to the dance floor.
What begins as a lavish ball turns into an intimate gathering, although Lady Violet's plan backfires when no one shows up. This is when a lot of old wounds start to heal, and it all starts with the biggest bee-friendly dance around the series yet.
