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Bridgerton season 3 episodes 5 and 6 review: After weeks of anticipation, Penelope FINALLY gets her way with Colin... but how much longer can she keep him in ignorance? CHRISTOPHER STEVENS writes

Stars Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton have been promising for weeks that this time, in two newly released episodes, Bridgerton goes all the way.

But as Bridgerton finally reached its climactic moment, Lady Whistledown was completely naked – while her lover still wore his riding boots. And then, as she quivers in expectation, he reverts to the more traditional metaphors of Dame Barbara Cartland: 'Your eyes shine like two blue pools, the firmness of your lips parted just so, the softness of your skin...' Compare this to the moment in Poldark when Cap'n Ross bursts into the bedchamber of his arch-enemy's wife Elizabeth, and ravishes her despite her half-hearted attempts to refuse him.

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