In the show’s second season, the tragic death of a character shocked fans, who praised the actors’ performance on social media.
Season 2 of The Bridgerton Chronicle is available on Netflix since Friday, March 25. And this, to the delight of viewers, who had been more than 80 million to watch the premiere. As always, new episodes rhyme with new surprises. And fans eager to experience strong emotions should be delighted : a flashback sequence, at the beginning of the third episode, allows us to witness the death of one of the characters, as reported MetroUK.
Spoiler alert! “I had no idea the scene would hit me so hard”, “Oh boy, these flashbacks are hard to watch – I can feel in my bones all the pain, suffering, grief”or “Performances [des acteurs] are phenomenal!”, can we read among the reactions left on social networks; proof of the enthusiasm of the fans. And now, the latter better understand the reasons why an enormous pressure weighed, since the beginning of the series, on the shoulders of Anthony Bridgerton – carried by Jonathan Bailey – as head of the family. Indeed, it is since the death of his father Edmund Bridgerton (Rupert Evans), which we therefore witness in the second season, that the eldest brother of the siblings is forced to take on this rolesince he inherited the title of Viscount.
The Bridgerton Chronicle: a character killed by a bee
In detail, at the start of the third episode, a flashback sequence shows us a young Anthony Bridgerton, in an excellent mood, who goes hunting, notably accompanied by his father. And this, shortly before events take a tragic turn. It was after bending over to pick flowers to give to his wife that Edmund’s character was targeted by a bee who, the next moment, inflicted a fatal sting in the neck.
The young Anthony, witness of the scene, looks up and sees his dad unable to breathe. He only has time to catch up with it before it collapses… After which, Violet Bridgerton (Ruth Gemmell), Anthony’s mother, pregnant, rushes towards her husband, who will end up dying in her arms. Grief-stricken, Violet bursts into tears, before ordering Anthony to make sure the other children don’t see their father’s body. A dramatic event that allows us to better understand the trauma suffered by young Anthony, and the repercussions it could have in his adult life…