Bridgerton Season 3: Penelope’s Romance and the Farewell on Phoebe Dynevor’s Daphne Character

Pauline Nicole Sael
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Dear #Polin supporters, your season is getting closer by the day. We now know more about what to expect from Season 3 of the highly popular Regency-era romantic serial Bridgerton, which was first announced back in May 2022. Season 3 will follow Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) and Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan).

According to pictures sent on Twitter by journalist Meghan O'Keefe, Netflix has posted the official Season 3 summary on the back of a tea box with a Bridgerton motif. In fact, Lady Whistledown would be pleased with such a cunning approach to deliver the most recent and sought-after information regarding Miss Featherington and Mr. Bridgerton.

Bridgerton Season 3 Official Synopsis and What to Expect

In contrast to the first two seasons, Bridgerton season 3 will concentrate on Colin, the third Bridgerton son, and is based on the fourth book in author Julia Quinn's trilogy, Romancing Mister Bridgerton (Luke Newton). Although Penelope (Nicola Coughlan), the youngest Featherington daughter, has had a crush on the Bridgerton boy since they were young, Colin and Penelope have always been acquaintances.

The official Season 3 summary, which was included in the box Netflix mailed out, is as follows:From Shondaland and new showrunner, Jess Brownell, Bridgerton is back for its third season and finds Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) has finally given up on her long -held crush on Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) after hearing his disparaging words about her last season. She has, however, decided it's time to take a husband, preferably one who will provide her with enough independence to continue her double life as Lady Whistledown, far away from her mother and sisters. But lacking in confidence, Penelope's attempts on the marriage mart fail spectacularly. Meanwhile, Colin has returned from his summer travels with a new look and a serious sense of swagger. But he's disheartened to realize that Penelope. the one person who always appreciated him as he was, is giving him the cold shoulder. Eager to win back her friendship, Colin offers to mentor Penelope in the ways of confidence to help her find a husband this season. But when his lessons start working a little too well, Colin must grapple with whether his feelings for Penelope are truly just friendly, Complicating matters for Penelope is her rift with Eloise (Claudia Jessie), who has found a new friend in a very unlikely place, while Penelope's growing presence in the ton makes it all the more difficult to keep her Lady Whistledown alter ego a secret.

There are a few important storyline developments from the future episodes that are revealed in the thorough Bridgerton season 3 description. Penelope will give up her lifelong crush on Colin and decide it's time to find a decent husband in the upcoming season after overhearing Colin confess he has no interest in pursuing her during the Bridgerton season 2 finale. Marcus Anderson (Daniel Francis), Lord Debling (Sam Philips), and Harry Dankworth (James Phoon), all new characters joining Bridgerton season 3, are a few prospective marriage suitors.

As feared, Penelope's efforts to select a perfect husband would be unsuccessful, and just as Colin is about to come home from his official summer vacation, he is dismayed to learn that Penelope, his longtime friend, has turned against him. The attractive Colin promises to mentor Penelope, who lacks confidence, and assist her in finding a suitor during the social season in an effort to win back her friendship. Naturally, this will make Colin wonder if his emotions for Penelope go beyond platonic, laying the groundwork for their romance to develop in season 3. Bridgerton will change one of its fundamental dynamics with Colin now the one falling as Penelope rejects his affections.

Penelope will also be struggling to conceal her secret existence as Lady Whistledown throughout Bridgerton season 3 as she continues to struggle with her fallout with Eloise from the season 2 finale. The Bridgerton season 3 summary anticipates a strong season overall, with an intriguing center romance between Penelope and Colin as the standout feature (which has been appropriately dubbed 'Polin'). As Bridgerton season 3's launch, which is most likely this year, approaches, more information regarding the plot will be made available.

Dynevor won’t be returning in Bridgerton Season 3 as Daphne

For the forthcoming third season of Bridgerton, Phoebe Dynevor announced that she will not be returning. In an interview with Screen Rant, Dynevor was questioned about whether her character Daphne would encounter any 'interesting dynamics' in the upcoming season. She answered, 

‘Sadly not in season 3. Potentially in the future. But season 3, I'm just excited to watch as a viewer.’

Dynevor explained the scenario in more detail to Variety. 

‘Well I did my two seasons,’ she stated. ‘I’ve done what I wanted to do with that character and she had a great arc. If they ask me back in the future, who knows? ’

There's a tinge of sadness in that quote—was it Dynevor's decision to leave the program permanently, or Netflix's? —but despite how much We adore Daphne, we must understand why she would leave.

She is now the second actor to leave the show as a result of her departure. In the first season of 'Bridgerton,' Regé-Jean Page played Simon, Dynevor's love interest. He exited the show before the second. The focus of the first season of the show in 2020 was on the two actors.

The story of Daphne and Simon ended happily

Although Daphne does not become a princess at the end of season one—the show teases that this honor would eventually belong to Edwina Sharma (Charithra Chandran)—her narrative has a happy ending. Daphne and Simon reconcile their disagreements, get married, have a kid, and live happily ever after as duke and duchess while engaging in endlessly fantastic sex in their enormous manor mansion.

Regé-Jean Page supporters were upset when Simon didn't make an appearance in Season 2, but Daphne and her son did make a few cameos during London's social season. As the oldest sibling, Daphne hit the correct note by using her knowledge to mentor and advise her younger siblings.

But without Simon by her side, her guest appearances seemed a touch forced and weird. Daphne and Simon underwent their adventure together, so it seemed as though the writers were unsure of how to handle her. After watching Season 2, I had the impression that it would have been more gratifying to just see Daphne and Simon away on their estate taking care of their responsibilities.

What if Simon and Daphne made another appearance together in the future? That would be something we'd be interested in seeing, but only if the plot makes sense.

The third season of Bridgerton has yet to be released. This Spring marks the debut of a new story arc Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story. Below is a sneak peek at the spin-off series: