Bridgerton Season 4 Reveals First Look at Luke Thompson as Steamy Lead

In Netflix's version, Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) becomes our heroine, deciding that astatine lone 19 years old it's clip to springiness herself a afloat makeover successful an effort to shed her wallflower ways and find a husband. To that end, she nixes the yellows and oranges she's worn for astir of seasons 1 and two, alternatively opting for much flattering dresses and colors—oftentimes wearing the famed Bridgerton blue. Pen besides gets assistance from Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton), whom she has had a crush connected for years, on however to amended her flirting techniques.

The circumstances are precise antithetic for publication Penelope, who is already 28 years old in Romancing Mister Bridgerton, since the story is acceptable in 1824, 10 years after Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey) married Kate Sharma (Simone Ashley). Book Penelope is considered an aged maid and her manner translation stems much from her parent yet leaving her unsocial aft she doesn't get married. While publication Pen is besides stressed astir being stuck with her parent for the remainder of her life, it does not prompt her to find a husband.

Another major difference? No one—not adjacent the reader!—knows that she's town gossip Lady Whistledown astatine the opening of the book, a secret that lone comes to airy until astir halfway done the fourth book; Netflix viewers, meanwhile, were treated to that bombshell successful play one. 

Colin is our dashing young suitor successful play three, and arsenic has been the lawsuit for his quality passim the show, publication Colin's trajectory is antithetic from amusement Colin.

In the book, helium is 33 years old and has been traveling extensively for years—as opposed to conscionable a fewer months in the show—rarely leaving him astatine home. He besides finds himself struggling to find his purpose, which he's somewhat little acrophobic astir connected the show.

Much like on Netflix though, helium finds his attraction to Penelope dilatory increasing passim the publication and spends overmuch of his clip marveling astatine conscionable however kind, comic and stunning Pen is—all qualities he's shocked that he and the remainder of the ton ne'er noticed before.

In some the publication and the show, emotions truly come to a head for Colin and Penelope erstwhile she accidentally connected intent reads his question diaries. Book Pen was visiting the Bridgertons due to the fact that she's inactive champion friends with Eloise Bridgerton (Claudia Jessie), while amusement Pen was astatine their location successful occurrence 2 for backstage flirting lessons with Colin.

In some versions, Colin cuts his hand, though successful the publication it's connected a missive opener and successful the amusement it's due to the fact that of a breached candle holder.

Regardless, it's arsenic she is wrapping his manus that Colin really notices Penelope.

For Polin, successful the publication and show, their archetypal kiss comes when Penelope directly asks him to lock lips, telling him she'll unrecorded her beingness having ne'er been kissed if helium doesn't bash it.

On our TV screens, the infinitesimal occurs astatine the extremity of occurrence two, conscionable aft it's been revealed to each of the ton that Penelope asked for Colin's help successful uncovering a suitor.

In the book, the buss occurs successful the Featherington drafting country erstwhile Colin visits Penelope to explicit his distress implicit the information that helium thinks his sister Eloise is Lady Whistledown (voiced by Julie Andrews).

Yes, successful some the novels and the surface adaptation, Colin and Penelope's 2nd buss happens successful a carriage conscionable before he FINALLY proposes.

Netflix decided to make the buss and connection hap successful the Featherington carriage astatine the extremity of occurrence four, conscionable aft Colin has ruined Penelope's chances with Lord Debling (Sam Phillips).

He doesn't yet cognize that she's Lady Whistledown, fundamentally the Regency epoch DeuxMoi. In fact, occurrence 1 ends with Colin expressing his hatred for Lady Whistledown aft she wrote immoderate not-so-nice things astir his "new" property pursuing his travels, telling sister Eloise that helium volition ruin whoever Whistledown truly is.

In the book, Polin's carriage buss and engagement occurs successful Colin's coach after he's followed Penelope into municipality and learned her shocking secret: that she is, successful fact, Lady Whistledown, meaning helium goes into their matrimony afloat alert of her treble life.

Francesca Bridgerton (Hannah Dodd) is unluckily sometimes considered the forgotten Bridgerton child, not because her household doesn't emotion her, but because—as she does connected the show—the sixth Bridgerton sibling prefers quiescent and calm.

In the publication series, it's casually mentioned that Francesca recovered her hubby 7 years before we prime up with Penelope and Colin. However, enforcement producer Shonda Rhimes and squad person decided to harvester immoderate of the book plotlines with Francesca, Colin and Benedict Bridgerton (Luke Thompson) all searching for emotion successful play three. That leads america to…

In the TV show, Francesca becomes Queen Charlotte's (Golda Rosheuvel) "diamond" of the play and finds herself being courted by the Queen's prime Lord Samadani (David Mumeni), arsenic good arsenic by her preferred suitor, John Stirling, Earl of Kilmartin (Victor Alli). (Sadly, Queen Charlotte is not a quality successful the books, meaning the monarch—and her genuinely fantastic headpieces—never anoints a "diamond" of any season.)

But luckily for her, she and John find the perfect spouse successful 1 different and bask a tiny wedding astatine home, thing publication readers don't get to experience. The mates past determination to Scotland, wherever their communicative volition proceed to play out. We'll debar immoderate spoilers astir Francesca's future, but if you are interested successful spoilers, her communicative is expanded upon successful the sixth Bridgerton book, When He Was Wicked.

Those who person lone watched the amusement mightiness beryllium amazed to larn that by the clip Colin and Penelope get unneurotic successful the books, Benedict has already been joined for 7 years and is rather a palmy creator (book three, An Offer from a Gentleman—which Netflix skipped successful favour of publication four—tells his emotion story).

On the show, however, helium is inactive trying to find his mode successful beingness arsenic the 2nd Bridgerton son, avoiding matrimony and alternatively hooking up with a sassy widow, Lady Tilley Arnold (Hannah New) and her person Paul Suarez (Lucas Aurelio). Viewers volition person to spot however his plotline unfolds in a potential fourth season.

Eloise has a precise antithetic storyline connected the show, namely that she is nary longer friends with Penelope aft she recovered out that Pen is Lady Whistledown. Eloise is alternatively BFFs with the ton's biggest bully Cressida Cowper (Jessica Madsen) aft they bonded successful the countryside. And erstwhile she learns that Colin and Penelope are engaged, she's upset, reasoning that Pen utilized their relationship to get to Colin. It's not until the extremity of the play erstwhile she realizes however overmuch she misses Penelope's relationship and the 2 are capable to travel unneurotic erstwhile again.

As for publication Eloise, similar publication Penelope she is besides 28 years old—but dissimilar her treble cause friend, Eloise has turned down six matrimony proposals. And erstwhile she learns astir Colin and Penelope, she could not beryllium much thrilled for the 2 of them. Throughout Romancing Mister Bridgerton, there are besides hints astatine Eloise's future, which gets its owed successful publication five, To Sir Phillip, With Love.

As for her caller champion person Cressida, portion the amusement sees her inactive unmarried, successful the book she is already a widow and inactive a nuisance to Colin and Penelope. But much connected her successful conscionable a moment.

One of the biggest changes for the Featheringtons is that the amusement has done distant with Felicity, the 4th Featherington daughter, who is the sister Penelope is closest to, and besides Hyacinth Bridgerton's (Florence Hunt) best friend.

In the books, Mrs. Featherington (Polly Walker) considers Felicity her past accidental astatine a large lucifer for 1 of her daughters, adjacent suggesting that she should wed Colin. The publication Featheringtons are besides dealing with little wealth troubles, arsenic Penelope has been secretly pulling from her Whistledown funds for the household with the assistance of their solicitor, who, interestingly enough, was the idiosyncratic successful the books who encouraged her to constitute her file and helped acceptable up everything she needed with the steadfast and a slope account.

As for sisters Prudence (Bessie Carter) and Phillippa (Harriet Cains), while connected the amusement they are successful a contention to spot who tin person a babe lad archetypal and proceed the Featherington line, successful the books they're little involved and are joined to wholly antithetic characters.

Show Prudence is joined to Harry Dankworth (James Phoon), portion successful the publication she is married to a antheral named Robert Huxley. As for Phillippa, she is joined to Albion Finch (Lorn Macdonald) successful play three, whereas successful the books she joined Nigel Berbrooke (whom you mightiness retrieve arsenic 1 of Daphne's ill-mannered suitors successful play one).

In some the publication and the show, Violet Bridgerton (Ruth Gemmell) is engaged uncovering partners for her unmarried children. Book Violet has besides agelong moved retired of the Bridgerton house, and present lives astatine what the household loving calls Number Five (as they gag they couldn't travel up with a amended name). And while author Julia Quinn never gives a glimpse of Violet's beingness aft each her children are married, play 3 hints astatine a imaginable romance for the Bridgerton matriarch with Lady Danbury's (Adjoa Andoh) member Lord Marcus (Daniel Francis)—who does not beryllium successful the books.

Another quality successful the Bridgerton family? Youngest siblings Hyacinth and Gregory (Will Tilston) are overmuch older successful the 4th novel—with Hyacinth enjoying her archetypal play and Gregory finishing his last word astatine Cambridge University—while the amusement finds them inactive successful the inheritance arsenic their older siblings person the play for the clip being. However, we mightiness beryllium proceeding much from them successful aboriginal seasons, arsenic Hyacinth's emotion communicative is told successful publication seven, It's successful His Kiss, and Gregory's is publication eight, On the Way to the Wedding.

A tiny alteration from publication to surface is that, in the book, following Colin's proposal, helium and Penelope really spell to the Featherington family's location to stock the quality with her loved ones. Hilarity ensues arsenic Mrs. Featherington assumes he's determination to spot her girl Felicity, earlier Colin doubles down connected wanting to wed Pen and adjacent defends however fantastic she is to her parent (something with obviously makes Penelope swoon).

On the amusement however, the mates archetypal marque their mode to the Bridgerton household wherever everyone is thrilled—except for Eloise, who is upset that Penelope hasn't told Colin she's Lady Whistledown.

As mentioned, in Romancing Mr. Bridgerton, Colin learns Penelope's concealed earlier helium proposes to her. And portion helium is furious she kept it from him, helium is some impressed and somewhat jealous that Pen has done thing so extraordinary with her life. However, helium does genuinely privation her to halt writing, a occupation that comes to a caput erstwhile Penelope's contented saying Cressida is not Whistledown is published during her and Colin's engagement ball. But publication Colin is capable to marque bid with Penelope's secret, and really instrumentality an progressive relation successful helping her uncover it (more connected that successful a moment).

Show Colin, however, has a overmuch much hard clip reconciling the information that helium loves Pen, but genuinely hates Lady Whistledown. In fact, the mates walk overmuch of the second fractional of the play isolated arsenic Colin deals with his emotions connected the matter.

Throughout Romancing Mister Bridgerton, Lady Danbury is trying to fig retired who Lady Whistledown is and adjacent offers a £1,000 reward to whoever finds her. In the show, the reward comes from Queen Charlotte herself, who alternatively offers a £5,000 reward.

In some cases, earlier Penelope's individuality is revealed, Cressida comes distant claiming to beryllium Lady Whistledown successful bid to unafraid the reward. In the book, Cressida has been near without overmuch funds pursuing her husband's death, and is hoping to instrumentality the prize money.

As for amusement Cressida, her circumstances are a spot different, with her parents readying to wed her disconnected to an aged nobleman. She believes that coming distant arsenic Whistledown volition unafraid her the £5,000 truthful that she tin debar marriage.

The mode Penelope's concealed is revealed differs wildly from publication successful the screen, nevertheless successful some versions Cressida is capable to fig retired the information and hopes to blackmail Penelope into giving her £10,000, oregon she'll uncover the concealed to everyone. In the publication she finds retired it's Penelope due to the fact that Pen uses the aforesaid crook of operation successful existent beingness arsenic she does successful her contented of Whistledown decrying that Cressida is the author. On the show, she learns Pen's concealed from a printing store apprentice.

But however does the ton find out? In the book, Colin takes implicit sharing the quality and does truthful astatine sister Daphne and her hubby Simon's elephantine ball. He makes a expansive amusement of telling the guests however overmuch helium loves his wife, earlier revealing Penelope's identity. But arsenic helium planned, some Anthony and Simon instantly propulsion their enactment down Penelope and the guests person a hard clip staying huffy astatine her.

On the show, however, Penelope takes matters into her ain hands, inviting Queen Charlotte to her sisters' shot earlier going earlier the ton and pleading her case, successful the hopes that the Queen volition amusement her favor, which precise luckily, she does.

The eldest Bridgerton sibling Anthony and his woman Kate had their emotion communicative told past season—based connected the book The Viscount Who Loved Me—and the biggest changes for the caller mates from publication 4 to play 3 is that they're recently married, inactive surviving with Anthony's parent successful Bridgerton location and expecting their archetypal kid together, dissimilar the books in which they've already been joined for 10 years.

And the newlyweds are besotted with each other, which is luckily thing recovered some connected the amusement and successful the book.

Fans of the amusement whitethorn beryllium amazed to larn that publication 4 is the last clip we perceive from Lady Whistledown successful the Bridgerton series. After her individuality is revealed, Penelope decides that penning arsenic Whistledown for astir 12 years is agelong enough, truthful she officially retires.

On the show, however, Penelope continues writing, but does truthful nether her ain name.