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A Minute-by-Minute Breakdown of the Nightmarish Bridgerton Balloon Disaster


If these Regency hotheads weren’t so hopped up on sexy swelling metaphors, this never would’ve happened.

Why does Cressida Cowper wear hairstyles and neckpieces that could, with zero alterations, fit in perfectly on Star Trek: DS9?But above all else, the Bridgerton fandom has been rocked by this season’s sudden turn into a high-stakes, high-octane action thriller. Children are dancing around the Maypole, visitors gather in the exhibition tent, and, as is required in the world of Bridgerton, a variety of stalls have been set up, ostensibly to sell kites and snacks, but actually so that couples have something to walk around and look at while they flirt. A dozen men pull on the guide ropes to stop this weirdly heavy balloon boat, but on and on it drifts, staying at all times just far enough off the ground that Penelope could just lie down flat and be perfectly fine.

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