The scenes that live rent-free in your mind and in your My Netflix tab.
Much like the gentle readers who obsess over Lady Whistledown’s latest dispatch, here at Netflix, we have our own devoted clippers: fans who use the Moments mobile feature to save the quick hits of each episode they want to return to over and over again. And Bridgerton has plenty of memorable moments to choose from. Whether you want to highlight one of the queen’s impressive hairdos, a shocking confession, a gorgeous ball gown, a favorite classically styled pop song, or a swoon-worthy kiss, Moments makes it as easy as spotting a scandal in a ballroom.
Among the many scenes Bridgerton fans have saved to their accounts, here are 13 popular standouts from all four seasons that members like to revisit again and again. Did your favorite make the list?
Season 1, Episode 4: 34:00
It’s the tipping point of Season 1, and certifiably squealworthy. When Prince Friedrich (Freddie Stroma) is clearly about to propose, Daphne (Phoebe Dynevor) retreats to the garden, overwhelmed. Simon (Regé-Jean Page) appears to say his goodbyes, but when he questions Daphne’s happiness with the prince, she storms off. The duke follows her, catching up and grabbing her arm. In such close contact, their attraction cannot be ignored, and Simon kisses Daphne passionately. A kiss that will either propel them into scandal … or marriage.
Season 1, Episode 5: 30:09
Eager to marry quickly before gossip can circulate around the ton, Daphne and Simon must appear before the queen (Golda Rosheuvel) to plead their case for a special marriage license. It seems for a moment as if the duke will ruin it all with his forthrightness until he launches into an earnest speech on how their love bloomed out of genuine friendship. This convinces the queen and buys her favor. It’s the sort of thing any girl would swoon to hear her fiancé say — though for Daphne, she’s still not sure any of it is true.
Season 1, Episode 5: 49:46
Daphne and Simon stop at an inn on their way to Clyvedon on their wedding night. They’ve not had a moment to talk and sort out their complicated situation and feelings. When the duke gets a separate bedroom, Daphne loses her cool and confronts him. They each admit that they believed they were trapping the other in a marriage they did not want, but in fact, as the duke admits first, they “burn” for each other. Confessions of love don’t often come after a wedding, but this one is all the sweeter and more romantic because it’s overdue.
Season 2, Episode 3: 62:45
It’s a catalyst moment in Season 2: Anthony (Jonathan Bailey) fails to do what everyone expects the first evening at Aubrey Hall, and does not propose to Edwina (Charithra Chandran). The next morning, he runs into Kate (Simone Ashley) in the gardens, and she accuses him of toying with her sister’s affections. In the midst of their heated exchange, a bee flies near Ms. Sharma and stings her. Traumatized by his father’s death by a bee sting, Anthony has a panic attack, and Kate calms him, placing his hand on her heart. The closeness brings out the simmering attraction they’ve bottled up thus far, but they flee separately when someone approaches, both of them reeling from the intense moment.
Season 2, Episode 5: 42:50
“You are the bane of my existence, and the object of all my desires.” It’s a quote Bridgerton fans know well. After a disastrous dinner party, where the Sharmas’ extended family cut off the financial agreement they had with Kate should Edwina marry a suitable husband, Kate begs for a word with Lord Bridgerton. She asks why he would call off the engagement now, because he certainly doesn’t need a dowry. He is driven to admit that Kate is the reason. India isn’t nearly far enough away to escape the tormented feelings she elicits in him. A marriage to Edwina would tether them to one another, where he’d spend all his time wanting Kate until the day they might give in to their forbidden feelings.
Season 2, Episode 7: 46:46
It seems that, despite their best efforts, the Bridgertons and Sharmas have not avoided scandal after the canceled wedding. Kate finds Anthony in the garden, each of them feeling defeated that they cannot make amends for their family. They exchange barbs, blaming each other for bringing out the attraction they feel, and for ruining their efforts to provide for their families. When Anthony orders Kate to go inside, she stands her ground, refusing. Each of them is drawn in more by the other’s obstinate challenge. The attraction builds, and the romantic tension between them reaches a breaking point: Finally, they give in and spend the night together.
Season 2, Episode 8: 60:10
It’s the happy ending that these headstrong, soft-hearted eldest children deserve. At the Featheringtons’ end-of-season ball, after bravely dancing in front of the ton and gaining back the favor of the queen, Anthony finds Kate outside. When she confirms her plan to return to India, Anthony explains why he didn’t visit her while she was injured: The thought of losing her was too unbearable. He admits his love for her, and Kate returns it. With everything out in the open, Anthony tells her he wants them to share a life that suits both of them. Kate says that, of course, there won’t be a day when he doesn’t vex her, but for once, they see eye to eye on something: spending the rest of their lives together.
Season 3, Episode 2: 46:11
Colin (Luke Newton) bribes Penelope’s (Nicola Coughlin) maid to bring her to him so he might ask how she is in light of Lady Whistledown’s latest report. The ton now knows Penelope asked Colin to help her find a husband. Penelope believes she was a fool to think she could have a chance at love. Colin tells her not to say such things. Resigned to her fate and thus emboldened, Penelope asks her old friend if he might kiss her, to give her an experience she fears she’ll never get. Hesitant as he is, Colin obliges, and the two share an ardent kiss. As Penelope flees back to the house, Colin seems quite affected.
Season 3, Episode 4: 45:00
Who knew a declaration of love in the confines of a carriage could be so romantic? Penelope flees from the queen’s ball, feeling the weight of having lost her chance at becoming Lord Debling’s (Sam Phillips) wife. Colin catches up to her carriage, insisting she speak with him and immediately declaring she cannot marry the man. Penelope berates him for having ruined her chance at marriage by scaring the Lord off, not to mention the preposterous accusation that Colin has feelings for her. “What if I did have feelings for you?” he says, changing their relationship forever as he admits just how much she has infiltrated his heart and mind over the past few weeks. When Penelope admits she’d very much like to be more than friends, there is no going back.
Season 3, Episode 5: 14:01
After giving Lady Featherington (Polly Walker) a proper dressing down for her insinuation that Penelope entrapped him into a proposal, Colin leads his new fiancée to the home where they will live once married. Still dazed by what just happened, Penelope tells Colin just how much his words meant to her. Determined that she should see herself as he sees her, Colin has Penelope look in the mirror. Not only is she the bravest and cleverest woman he knows, but also her eyes, lips, and skin all captivate him as well. It’s the sort of adoration every woman deserves and is exactly what Penelope needs to hear to give herself over to Colin completely.
Season 4, Episode 4: 54:50
At the end of this midseason episode, a few romances heat up around Mayfair. Violet Bridgerton (Ruth Gemmell) invites Lord Marcus Anderson (Daniel Francis) to “tea” in her boudoir, giving us an iconic line: “I’m the tea you are having.” Then Benedict (Luke Thompson) and Sophie (Yerin Ha) reach a breaking point in their mutual yearning. Benedict goes looking for Sophie in her room, but finds it empty and heads back down the stairs. Sophie heads up to retrieve her forgotten coin purse. When they meet in the middle, alone together for once, their passion fully ignites — that is, until Benedict utters three little words that Sophie doesn’t want to hear.
Season 4, Episode 5: 54:30
Benedict chases after Sophie when she ducks out of Hyacinth’s recital. Despite Sophie’s insistence that he leave her alone, Benedict asserts that he cannot: He thinks of her “every moment of every day.” He’s aware of the societal obstacles standing in their way, but Benedict admits, “the thought of spending a single day without you torments my soul.” In his fervor, he also lets slip that he is, in fact, in love with Sophie, explaining that he knows he cannot be, according to society, and yet here they are. He’s willing to do whatever it takes to spend his life with her. With such a romantic confession, what else can Sophie do but admit her love for Benedict in return?
Season 4, Episode 8: 18:50
Despite Violet’s insistence that the two lovers stay separated until after the trial, Sophie sneaks across the hall to Benedict’s room. She explains why she was “furious” he did not recognize her as the woman from the ball, but she has realized Benedict has shown her more love than she has felt in years. Benedict apologizes for having asked her to be his mistress, saying there’s another question he should have asked her all along. Sophie stops him before he can propose, wanting the trial — and the threat to his family’s reputation — to be over first. But as long as Sophie is in Benedict’s room, the couple decides they might as well take advantage of the bath that’s already been drawn.