Bridgerton season 4 unveiled some major developments in the final episodes of the Netflix show.
Yerin Ha experienced plenty of twists as Sophie Baek in Bridgerton season 4
The final episodes of Bridgerton season 4 on Netflix were full of dramatic twists.
**WARNING: THIS STORY CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR BRIDGERTON SEASON 4**
Bridgerton season four has now come to an end on Netflix with the final four episodes offering plenty of unexpected bombshells.
The second half of the season picked up with Sophie Baek (played by Yerin Ha) finally rejecting Benedict Bridgerton’s (Luke Thompson) proposal that she become his mistress.
However, as much as she tried to distance herself, the pair’s undeniable chemistry appeared to get in the way at every given opportunity.
Away from the lead couple, Lady Araminta Gun (Katie Leung) did her best to get Sophie out of the picture once and for all, while Eloise Bridgerton (Claudia Jessie) attempted to rebuild the broken bond with her sister Hyacinth (Florence Hunt).
Elsewhere, Anthony (Jonathan Bailey) returned with his wife Kate (Simone Ashley) to give Benedict some stern words of advice, while their mother Violet (Ruth Gemmell) was having relationship issues of her own. Here are just a few of the major revelations in the latter half of the season.
Cressida Cowper returned
Cressida Cowper (Jessica Madsen) was unveiled as the new Lady Penwood following her emotional exit in season three. After surprising Penelope Bridgerton (Nicola Coughlan), she revealed Lord Penwood was an old friend of her aunt Joanna’s, and had taken a liking to her when he was visiting the family in Wales.
Cressida had formed friendships with both Penelope and Eloise Bridgerton (Claudia Jessie) for her own gain and had even threatened to unveil Penelope as Lady Whistledown if she did not help her restore her reputation.
Cressida had been forced to leave society after her father took away her dowry, and she did not have enough money to attract a suitor.
She and Joanna moved to the countryside in the hope she would be able to find someone outside of the ton. Thankfully, things seemed to work in her favour and she even reconciled with Eloise.
Penelope gave up Lady Whistledown
After realising she was holding too much power as Lady Whistledown and felt like she was destroying people’s lives, Penelope asked Queen Charlotte’s (Golda Rosheuvel) permission to give up her column.
At first, the Queen refused, saying she enjoyed the gossip too much to see Lady Whistledown buried once and for all.
However, the Queen had a change of heart towards the end of the season, realising she needed to let society live their lives, and allowed Penelope to step down.
Penelope unveiled Lady Whistledown’s final pamphlet at the Queen’s ball, but it transpired it was not the end of the gossiper after all.
As the season concluded, someone else had decided to step up to the plate, although their identity is yet to be revealed.
The Queen set Lady Danbury free
After denying Lady Danbury (Adjoa Andoh) the right to leave society and visit her homeland, the friends were both left in an unhappy place.
However, the Queen eventually learned she could not trap her friend for the sake of her own contentment, and with a nudge from those closest to her, she agreed Lady Danbury could leave.
While Lady Danbury stressed she would not be gone forever, there were a lot of emotional goodbyes as she had forged some priceless friendships over the years.
Fans will have to wait and see whether she appears in season five.
John Stirling died
For those who have read author Julia Quinn’s novels, they will know the ultimate fate of Francesca Bridgerton’s (Hannah Dodd) husband was drawing closer.
After spending some leisure time with his wife and his cousin Michaela (Masali Baduza), John said he wished to have a nap as he had a headache.
He had asked Francesca to wake him, but when Francesca went to stir her husband, he did not respond and she quickly realised he had died in his sleep.
A funeral was held, followed by a celebration of his life at their family home.
While the series does not say how John died, Quinn explains in the books he had a brain aneurysm.
Sophie discovered the truth about her inheritance
Some major revelations came about for Benedict and Sophie after the second Bridgerton son finally realised the maid he had fallen in love with was in fact the Lady in Silver all along.
He made the connection after finding Sophie’s mother’s necklace, which she had lost, and realised the mysterious woman from the ball had been wearing the same piece of jewellery.
Believing Araminta had been lying to Sophie about her inheritance, Benedict urged her to locate her father’s will so she could find out whether Lady Gun was telling the truth.
After locating the will, Sophie learned her father had left equal portions of the dowry to Sophie and Araminta’s two daughters. She was also able to use this to confirm she came from nobility and could therefore marry Benedict without being shunned.
At the Queen’s ball, Benedict and his mother Violet forced Araminta to come to an arrangement with Sophie, so neither of them would need to go to prison.
Araminta’s allegations were dropped and in return, the Bridgerton’s did not reveal she had lied and stolen Sophie’s inheritance.
A post-credit scene saw Sophie and Benedict finally tie the knot after he proposed to her at the Queen’s ball.
Bridgerton season 4 is on Netflix
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