As marriages go, it's certainly civil. What Happened To Lord Featherington? This makes him realize that he loves her more than he hates his father. In the book this scene was a bit different as she was taking advantage of him while he was drunk and half asleep, in the show she climbs on top of him so that he can not withdraw himself, as he usually does when they make love. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. By David Opie. LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX © 2020. Over at the Featheringtons’, Sir Phillip Crane arrives bearing the news of Sir George’s death. Modiste Genevieve Delacroix does not appear in the books. Eloise (Claudia Jessie) is not looking forward to her debutante season, but we are. I find it hard to believe that these two carried on a successful affair for any length of time given their whole Ross-and-Rachel-in-hyperdrive dynamic. However, she is the very same person – Penelope Featherington. I think one is Corjorie), but the Featheringtons' fortunes are in quite a state due to Lord Featherington (Ben Miller), Marina (Ruby Barker), and Penelope (LATER, WE'RE GETTING THERE). BRIDGERTON (L to R) BESSIE CARTER as PRUDENCE FEATHERINGTON and HARRIET CAINS as PHILLIPA FEATHERINGTON in episode 106 of BRIDGERTON Cr. From Shondaland and Creator Chris Van Dusen, Bridgerton follows Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor), the eldest daughter of the powerful Bridgerton family as she makes her debut onto Regency London’s competitive marriage market. Despite proclaiming that they want nothing the other has to offer, their attraction is undeniable and sparks fly as they find themselves engaged in an increasing battle of wits while navigating society’s expectations for their future. OK! In the show, he knows nothing of it. Ben Miller plays Lord Featherington. They corner him at the Hastings Ball, after which he is pronounced dead and the Featherington fortune is once again depleted. When Simon decides to join her in London, he sees her fall of a horse. Lord Featherington (Ben Miller), who we first meet as the stoic and silent newspaper reader sitting in ornate chairs, is revealed to have a dark secret: a … At the Featherington house, the Lord is dead, his money is gone, and Portia Featherington is finally broken. Lord Featherington is gone As Lady Featherington returns home, she learns that her husband is dead. In the first book, Mr. Featherington has already died, however we see him in Netflix’s show. Something to think about.). ), treating it as a classic misunderstanding and not a top-tier example of the potential perils of this relationship. This series is based on a series of books, and there are actually quite a bit of differences between the Bridgerton show, and these books. Congratulations to the Duke and Duchess on the birth of their son, and here's to spending all of Season 2 fighting over his preschool or something. the guy from Paddington 2, a.k.a. He won't have kids — but now he will! Marina looks thoroughly miserable at the prospect, and we'll chalk that up to grieving her boyfriend's death in combat. While Marina Thompson is in the books, she isn’t to this extent. In the season finale, it was revealed that Lord Featherington’s crippling gambling addiction had finally caught up with him when he was murdered by some displeased bookkeepers. Email me at Tessa@MamasGeeky.com! The young Lord Bridgerton ends his affair with Siena (Sabrina Bartlett) after way too many ups and downs for an eight-episode season. And there is no guarantee the new Lord Featherington will be willing to take on the ladies once he arrives in town. After the death (murder) of reckless gambler Lord Featherington (Ben Miller), the fortunes of the Featheringtons have been thrown – yet again – into question. That money of course came from ol' Lordy betting big on Will (Martins Imhangbe) losing a big fight, but the men handling Featherington's money are smarter than he, uh, gambled for (sorry). The latest Netflix craze is Bridgerton, which is an 1800s drama filled show that will have you hooked from the very beginning. Lord Featherington is ultimately successful and wins a large sum of money by placing a bet on Will's opponent. NICK BRIGGS/NETFLIX © 2020, BRIDGERTON GOLDA ROSHEUVEL as QUEEN CHARLOTTE in episode 102 of BRIDGERTON Cr. Bridgerton Easter egg you may have missed explains mystery death and sets up season 2. He does eventually die in the show as well, but not before a storyline about his gambling debt in introduced. Let's catch up with the show's central families after that steamy final episode. Mr. Featherington. Powered by its own proprietary technology, Mashable is the go-to source for tech, digital culture and entertainment content for its dedicated and influential audience around the globe. The series is inspired by Julia Quinn’s best-selling novels. The Queen never appears in person in the books, while she is a major enough character in the series. Delamere? Aw, come on man. Lady Whistledown’s identity is not revealed until much later in the series. But there is something that can save them. Also Benedict (Luke Thompson) is basically chilling and did not get nearly enough screen time this season, presumably because the writers are saving his great bisexual awakening for Season 2. Baron Featherington was killed at the end of Bridgerton season one leaving it unclear who will inherit has estate Credit: Netflix Who inherits the Featherington Estate? Meanwhile, Colin (Luke Newton) is off on his European travels, likely nursing the remnants of a broken heart from his canceled betrothal... but he'll bounce back. In some ways it's not a total stretch; yes, this could have been resolved in episode 6 with but a modicum of communication, but the Hastings' are not known for being loquacious. They're literally ready to spend their entire lives apart, wed only in the eyes of the law, when Simon has a change of heart after one heartfelt conversation. It could end up being the same person in the show. The family patriarch seemed mostly uninterested in the goings on around his household for much of the season, and it … Based on Mrs. Featherington’s reaction, someone bad. This does happen, but Featherington has angered the wrong people and he ends up dead. Hoping to follow in her parent’s footsteps and find a match sparked by true love, Daphne’s prospects initially seem to be unrivaled. Later, Lord Featherington was led to a room where a prostitute was meant to be waiting for him. The reconciliation between Simon and Daphne is much different in the books than in the show. This is subtle change, but a change nonetheless. The Featheringtons. He’s also starred in the Johnny English films, Death In Paradise and Paddington 2. Opera singer Siena Russo was never in the books. This, of course, is completely … They called him to join them in the room. They corner him at the Hastings Ball, after which he is pronounced dead and the Featherington fortune is once again depleted. Feel free to read this in the voice of Julie Andrews as Lady Whistledown. His departure is devastating for Penelope's love (Nicole Coughlan), but their friendship remains intact for now. can u two just hold it in for like one second while I write this article. This is pretty clear when she searches Lord Featherington’s desk after learning of his death and finding nothing. However, she is based off of Maria Rosso who is briefly in the book, only to make Anthony’s future wife Kate jealous. Corjorie? Let's start with the eldest: Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey) may have experienced his first inklings of self-awareness now at the age of 30-whatever (I don't understand how white people age) — and that's self-awareness, not self-righteousness, because he had plenty of that to be getting on with. They don't like each other — and then they do! Lord Featherington, a serial gambler, hopes to win back his lost fortune by making the biggest bet of his life. Now that Lord Featherington died and the family's estate was transferred to a new man, the sisters' fates are uncertain. The hive mind explains all. Bridgerton season one is streaming on Netflix now and the second series begins filming this spring. You really needed to mention the name of Anthony’s future wife? In the Netflix series the two return to London together after learning of the scandal involving Colin, while in the books Daphne returns alone to visit her family. Do Penelope And Colin Still Have A Chance At Love? In the books, Phillip becomes Eloise Bridgerton’s love interest. After her mother tells her to treat the Hastings Ball as a rehearsal, Eloise (Claudia Jessie) is on a terrifying track to her own debutante season and will inevitably create a gorgeous mess of it. Lord Featherington — now in huge debt, which leads his daughters to lose their suitors because of a lack of dowry — manipulates Simon's friend, Will Mondrich (Martins Imhangbe) into losing the match, so he can be assured of winnings. Later, his family was informed that he'd died. Netflix’s Bridgerton is a drama that is based off of a series books — and there are a lot of differences including the ending. Much like the Netflix show, the couple were unsure if she was pregnant or not after she had her way with him. Bridgerton's first season is uneven, and a significant portion of that is because the show never quite grasped the conflict between Daphne (Phoebe Dynevor) and Simon (Regé-Jean Page). He does eventually die in the show as well, but not before a storyline about his gambling debt in introduced. This realization comes to him in a rainstorm in the show. He proposes to Miss Marina Thompson, who is pregnant with her dead brother’s baby. We discover that the baron has a gambling problem after he bet against the opponent of Simon’s friend Will in a recent boxing match. Often dressed in bright gowns, they're just trying to secure money and save face like everyone else in London's high society, although Lady and Lord Featherington … The horny holiday treat of Bridgerton is upon us, and this author has thoughts on that finale. Now that she knows she's an enemy of the crown, we suspect the author will become a little incendiary, a little reckless, less concerned with titillating the "ton" than with leaving it utterly shattered. Given that the last we saw of Lord Featherington was very much alive and dressed in his best at someone else's house, we're a little hesitant to believe reports of his alleged demise. Featherington was noted for his poor decisions - not least in the wagers he placed - and his final error of judgement was in engaging the sinister bookmakers in a bet on the fight that Will threw. Lady Featherington demands to know what he said though he refuses to say. The sinister men who handled his money might have murdered him for the fraudulent bet, but we're more inclined to believe that they blackmailed him. Lord Featherington (Ben Miller): Despite being the head of the household, this … However, she falls into a depression and attempts suicide in a river, before catching illness and eventually dying. After a torturously drawn-out primary conflict, Daphne and Simon manage to compromise with ease. Personally, this author would love to see Penelope end up with someone who likes her the first time instead of proposing to her houseguest, but we'll get to Penelope later. For we learn in the final moments of episode 8 that Lady Whistledown is none other than Penelope Featherington, the most underestimated and underrated debutante in the ton, whose acerbic quill can make or break anyone who crosses her path — and indeed it has. Learn how your comment data is processed. Bridgerton arguably didn't make the most of Lady Whistledown's power in its first season, but perhaps they were saving that for after we knew her true identity — dramatic irony certainly is a treat unto itself. This seems to tie in with Mr. Feathington’s gambling problem, so it serves a purpose in the show. At the Featheringtons, Sir Phillip Crane arrives with the news of Sir George’s death. Instead, he was surprised to see Reggie and Tom, the men he'd placed the bet with. Not cool . ©2021 Bridgerton is a romantic, scandalous, and quick-witted series that celebrates the timelessness of enduring friendships, families finding their way, and the search for a love that conquers all. For most of the season, Whistledown is a salacious manifestation of the most bored and privileged in London society, but wields little noteworthy influence until dropping the bombshell about Marina. We're using cookies to improve your experience. Mashable, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Halfway through a PhD in physics at Cambridge University, Ben met Alexander Armstrong (who was also studying there) in 1992. The show's central couple spend large swaths of most episodes unable to reiterate the known fact that they love each other, but we bear with them and their flimsily-written marital troubles because the sex scenes could set even a rain-soaked gazebo aflame and Simon would probably even have chemistry with that lord who was obsessed with cheese. Instead of finishing his PhD, Ben chose to scrap science for comedy and started … Ben Miller, Actor: Johnny English Strikes Again. After all, what does she have to lose? Mashable, MashBash and Mashable House are among the federally registered trademarks of Ziff Davis, LLC and may not be used by third parties without explicit permission. Meanwhile, Lady Featherington’s money woes are given absolutely no time to progress either, eventually leading to an off-screen death for Lord Featherington and not even a sniff of remorse following his death. She is very nervous about trying to find a husband, as she doesn’t want to have to deal with a third season. This complicates Pen as a character significantly; on the surface this is one of the only good and pure people in the ton, but rewatch the season knowing Whistledown's true identity and you'll find it nothing short of The Count of Monte Cristo, with her presence and observation imbuing every scene with sinister potential throughout. This, of course, is completely different from the book series. Madame Delacroix is not stranger to being messy, petty, and salty about the ton — but she's also no Lady Whistledown. The possibly-late Lord Featherington was caught gambling away his family's fortune this season, but in episode 8 he managed to win back a large enough sum for his wife to immediately schedule the girls' fittings for new dresses. (Side note: Will Delacroix abandon her silly accent in Season 2 after Marina's suggestion that it's fake? Want to collaborate on an idea or discuss my freelancing availablity? Perhaps a small solace for the grieving Featherington women at this time may be that they finally have some security for Marina, who accepted Philip Crane's proposal (Chris Fulton) and left to live at his estate. He is killed, for the avoidance of any doubt. She has no desire to marry or so much as engage in pleasantries with suitors, and her season will be a spectacular train wreck we'll cheer on from the sides. Either the good lord absconded with his own dirty money or he took it to pay the men off and also made himself scarce to protect his family. We won't pretend to know the names of the elder two Featherington girls any more than you do (Felicia? In the books, however, her older brother and Simon’s dear friend, Anthony, is in on the scheme. She is wed to Phillip Crane because her love George, died in the war, much like in the show. When Simon sees Daphne fall off the horse he realizes how sad he would be if she lost his child. Better Business Bureau Accredited Business. Simon and Daphne have a daughter first, not a son. But just as the Featherington's social woes appear to … In the Netflix show, this is Daphne’s premiere season, and in the book, this is her second season. She enters her office to see all the money is gone and she sobs. We should soon find out more about the heir to the Featherington estate, after the untimely death of Lord Featherington (Ben Miller). Enter the highly desirable and rebellious Duke of Hastings (Regé-Jean Page), committed bachelor and the catch of the season for the debutantes’ mamas. The bareknuckle boxing that we see in the Netflix show is actually nowhere in the first book. Lord Featherington, we hardly knew ye! Do we even want her to? If you haven’t yet watched the first season, read my spoiler free Bridgerton review. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. BRIDGERTON (L to R) NICOLA COUGHLAN as PENELOPE FEATHERINGTON, HARRIET CAINS as PHILLIPA FEATHERINGTON, BESSIE CARTER as PRUDENCE FEATHERINGTON and POLLY WALKER as PORTIA FEATHERINGTON in episode 101 of BRIDGERTON Cr. LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX © 2020. Space Jam: A New Legacy: Every Character Spotted In The Trailer, Them Series Review: Amazon Prime Video’s New Thriller Is Intense, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Episode 3 Review, Spike’s Pollen-Nation Exploration Epcot Flower & Garden Hunt 2021, Godzilla Vs. Kong Movie Review: A Visually Stunning Battle For The Ages, A Collection of the Very Best Godzilla Vs. Kong Quotes, Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ Original Series Cast Announced, Cursed Season One Review: Serious Game Of Thrones Vibes, Cobra Kai Season 3 Ending Explained (Heavy Spoilers), 20+ Series to Summer Binge on Netflix, Amazon Prime, & Hulu, Netflix’s Behind Her Eyes Series Ending Explained Vs. Book Ending. Sure, Philipa caught Mr. Finch's attention, but Lord Featherington, so deep in debt that he was unable to pay his daughters' dowries, drove the suitor away. Lady Portia, the Featherington matriarch, is determined to marry off her daughters. However, Lord Crane seems perfectly kind and completely uninterested in consummating the marriage or doing anything besides providing for his late brother's lover and child. Cressida Cowper has a much larger role in the series than in the books. Simon’s boxer friend Will does not appear in the books. The Featheringtons, at first, regain their footing in society after Lord Featherington (Ben Miller) brings home a bunch of money following his betting win at Will's match. In what was by far Bridgerton’s most tedious plotline, Lord Featherington (a.k.a. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. Bridgerton season 1 ends with several twists, including the tease of a mysterious heir to the Featherington estate, but who is the mystery character that will inherit Baron Featherington's fortune? He refuses the marriage — and then he doesn't! But as her older brother begins to rule out her potential suitors, the high society scandal sheet written by the mysterious Lady Whistledown casts aspersions on Daphne. Besides, her business with Whistledown isn't finished — after warning the author away from the Queen's trap, Eloise realizes that Whistledown isn't Madame Delacroix (Kathryn Drysdale) after all and that The Author isn't keen on enemies. After a highly eventful debutante season in London, the families of Bridgerton are going back into hibernation (I assume this is what Regency-era socialites do during the winter months), but not without a fresh crop of scandals and secrets to keep them company. Either way, the Featherington estate is now in new hands, and from the looks of it, that should terrify us. The show also takes a pass on interrogating Daphne's nonconsensual attempt to get pregnant (! Please. Death in Paradise star Ben Miller portrayed Lord Archibald Featherington in … She's doing fine. Serial gambler Lord Featherington hopes to recover his lost fortune by placing the biggest bet of his life. It is because of this that her and Simon come up with the scheme to fool everyone and get her a suitor. However, she already knew she was not pregnant at this point, but he did not. And fans … One of the most adorable (yet sad) flirtations … As noted in Mashable's review: If Season 2 is the Eloise and Penelope show, then we have no choice but to stay glued to the screen. The series also stars Golda Rosheuvel, Jonathan Bailey, Luke Newton, Claudia Jessie, Nicola Coughlan, Ruby Barker, Sabrina Bartlett, Ruth Gemmell, Adjoa Andoh, Polly Walker, Ben Miller, Bessie Carter and Harriet Cains and Julie Andrews as the voice of Lady Whistledown. This also provides a cliffhanger that isn’t in the books: Who will inherit Lord Featherington’s estate after his death? is a global, multi-platform media and entertainment company. [Netflix] Ben is most well known for his sketch shows Armstrong & Miller and The Armstrong & Miller Show. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. He proposes marriage to Miss Marina Thompson, who is pregnant with his late brother’s baby. In fact, after another ball, Lord Featherington seems to have said something to Mr. Finch that has scared him away from Philippa. In the first book, Mr. Featherington has already died, however we see him in Netflix’s show.

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