The Reel Rejects - BRIDGERTON 2x03 REVIEW – THAT BEE STING SCENE ALMOST KILLED US! – FIRST TIME WATCHING

Episode Date: March 14, 2026

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That's me deflecting for my own shortcomings So yeah man that was that was crazy ending That was that was intense I was kind of worried oh like after what I liked one and two But I wasn't like enthralled when I was I was like, everyone said the season's like great and better. And I wasn't like quite captivated. And I was trying to express my, like maybe what some of my resistance was because of like trying to acclimate to the fact that we don't really have our leads now.

And it's a completely different shift. Yeah. Um, but this one like kind of removed all that. I think actually having Daphne around kind of softened the transition blow for me. Yeah. On my own subjective level. But even before she showed up, I was very much like, oh, this is like the Bridgetton show I love. Yeah.

I was really fucking hooked into that, man. That was gripping from the flashbacks to learning about the dad and the mom and understanding how Anthony became to be who he is to everything going on with Kate and Edwina and even down to the Featherington. That was all amazing, man. Yeah, every day, every plotline was fascinating. And yeah, it's like after having Anthony as a prominent one of your main supporting characters of season one, but not the main, you know, character, not one.

of the main couple of season one, you know, to expound upon him here in ways that also incorporate like Lady Bridgerton, I thought were really, really fantastic because, yeah, you watch this transition of like, oh shit, you are just like a boy in way over your head after this freak occurrence. Yeah. And now you're not only having to like learn about the world and make those adult decisions, but now you're also having to like take on way too much, you know, harsh, grieving nuance all at once. Yeah. And yeah, it just is really tempered is it just, yeah, it does nicely.

You can already tell what might be lurking under the surface and they've hinted at the history of, you know, the great love between Lady and Edmund Bridgerton. But yeah, to like finally witness that here was very impacting. And then, yeah, you start to see, especially knowing then what Kate Nadwina's history a little bit is, you know, there's like so much

connective tissue there. And, uh, and it's really fun to watch because it's like, him courting Edwina is like you can see the plan you're like yeah they're having fun together

like these two could be like contentish but she deserves freaking love and like and Anthony and Kate are so clearly made for each other

in ways that neither of them can see yet and so like that's a great classic romance game and I think this season especially as of an episode like this is really like drawing it well

I wonder if in the book if they were actually by a lot of sisters yeah I wonder I think it softens the blow when they're not it's like when I say softens a blow I mean like maybe 5% softens the blow yeah yeah yeah you're when you're like pure biological it's like so you're switching from yeah yeah it's a little funky but uh but yeah it softens the sort of context a little bit for you so you can be like oh yeah they're two they're they're they're sisters by circumstance yeah you know but but yeah the

the lines of etiquette seem a little less rigid there if they're not like full sisters. Well, similar to season one when we got Simon's flashback where we understood why he's such a hard ass. It's like we kind of knew why Anthony was a hard ass, but we didn't quite get the details or get the chance to feel it

outside of knowing the information that he became head of the family, but understanding specifically the point in time of when that occurred does add so much new. nuance to the situation. And now, I don't, were the bees in the season one opening credits, or they just really heavily emphasize them here now? Because, yeah, that's like, they're the same opening credits, right?

Sort of. I think so. I think the bee shows up. I remember if season one had a couple moments where the bee would appear in episodes as like a motif. Yeah. But I think it shows up in the intro card. I like the bookend of it of how the bee takes life in the beginning.

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for partnering and supporting our show yet once again something something nuance there yeah man the bees are the cruel architects of the universe here yeah they could show up one instant kill your dad show up another instant gets you dangerously close to a romance that we know should happen but right now is messed up yeah well the dramatic half of the flashbacks to feels sincerely dramatic and sad where like the the cruelty of Simon when we're comparing flashbacks the cruelty of Simons felt like

soap opera evil you know even though people like that definitely exist there was something about the execution that felt a little hammed up it's so extreme it was so circumstance is very extreme and it was the capturing of how they did it

were there was none of that in these flashbacks yeah and In terms of the present-day storyline with the game that they were playing and the way they built up the tension leading to the ending moment, I thought they earned it quite well. And I'm so glad they didn't get because I was like, I mean, it's a bad. It was, yeah, great, great kiss tension. It really was, yeah. Great, like all the little looks and all the like, oh shit, they're starting to feel it. They're both starting to feel it.

It's like the body, the instinct is taken over. And then, yeah, interrupted and saved by the bell, saved by the nay. well the game of season one is just a weird debacle of like you too clearly like each other just say it just got to get out of your own ways a little bit like this weird like we're just pretending you know we're just pretending we don't really but they really do we're really good at pretending really selling this shit it's like it awesome it's exciting yeah i'm down playing it but this is like such real there's something more real of terms of this consequences because they're sisters and the heart brick that i ween is going through like that it really feels steak heavy it feels really precarious and like anything could go very wrong in a number of ways any second yeah you know yeah and it's such high stakes because all three of them you know deep down want to experience that love and each and only adwinah is like really fully open to it right now yeah so that all of that is like high stakes because these are like

three hearts in the balance and the diamond of the season but also Yeah, these two sort of gatekeepers of their own families. Yeah. You know, yeah. It's great. Lady Bridgetton was amazing. It's terrific. I loved Benedict so much.

That was so fun. I love him. Congrats on art school, buddy. I mean, I've seen the season four, like, main wallpaper images, and it's clearly season four is going to be his season, and people have loved it. Don't know anything specific outside of an image I've seen because you open up Netflix It's the first fucking thing you were seeing is, oh, it's Benedict. And so I'm like, I'm liking how, because I enjoyed him in season one, but this season, I've been getting way more endeared to him.

So it's nice, it's interesting watching the series being aware that four will be his season. Yeah. So kind of paying more attention to him than I probably would have because of that. Because now you're collecting the early details. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's making for like an enjoyable ride. And Penelope and what's going on with the... Adam Dellaquant. That's a cool team up.

Forming an alliance. Love to see it. But even the Featherington stuff. Like, they found a way to make it fun. That's what I mean. This episode was fun. This was a very fun one. But it's the kind of drama fun that I really enjoy.

Because while it's dramatic and there's intensity to it, there's great character beat moments. I like the scene with El Luis and Kate quite a bit too when they're bonding with each other. Danbury and Lady Bridgeton, the way they're kind of like scheming. together but then Danbury I mean Lady Featherington not fucking out so many people Lady Bridgerton and Lady Sharma the way they're bonding

with each other there was a lot of great like interactions and what this did for Anthony this episode really because I've always enjoyed him but they it's essentially like really like a character but then oh my God I really feel like I get him now yeah they really this episode was so crucial for that

maybe something me guys already did prior to this, but I didn't quite feel. I was like, you know what? If I mean totally honest, I might have been some of my apprehension now that I think about it was like, I'm not as into Anthony as maybe the show wants me to me. So maybe I'm having a hard time like, get like, I like him more in the supporting role. Yeah. And now I'm like, oh shit, now I'm really fucking invested.

And then having that panic moment at the end, I thought it was a great way to get their, their, their, like it's a, they put a wall up in the heart. their walls are fucking breaking down in that moment and they're literally touching each other's hearts It was a really well-ridden and fucking exciting episode I really love that one That was great

That was invigorating Well because it's like it's there's greater There have been emotional depths across the show But this episode deftly balanced Like a great amount of heartbreaking emotional stuff With like kind of a hangout episode At points like you're like more so than

others in a way especially when you're watching them play this game and they're just kind of out and around on the grounds and stuff. And then all the stuff with the Featheringtons. And yeah, I don't know. I think that, like, one thing that has gotten me increasingly excited is sort of seeing now in these episodes a better sense of, like, what the grander game of the show might be,

which is like, yeah, each season will have different members of the ensemble shuffling out, making room for new ones to take center stage. And so, yeah, I might have felt like, yeah, you know, like I like Jack. I like the actor whose name I know. Jonathan Bailey. There we go. I like Jonathan Bailey a lot.

And yeah, in the first season, I'm like, cool. I thought he was going to be like a more focal character, but he's part of the ensemble. Great. And then, yeah, here I'm like, oh, yeah, I am now locked into this guy. I get him. Or at least I feel for, you know, his unique set of baggage. And yeah, I'm looking forward to that now for other characters potentially. I've seen the wallpaper for season four, too.

I don't know what season three. I have no idea what season three. Yeah, so yeah, like those things now I'm like, oh, cool. What's Queen Charlotte about? What is her deal? But, you know, the idea that, yeah, we'll have these different characters who provide one function proportionally in a season that's not all about them will then take on a new shape when the season is about them. It seems cool. Yeah.

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