Bridgerton Fans Are Divided Over A Distracting Season 4 Detail
You can judge the popularity of a show by the level of detail with which it’s dissected – and for the most recent season of Bridgerton, that evidently means a whole discourse about an errant plaster.
Fans have been devouring the latest episodes of the Netflix series – set in Regency era England, and which follow the second Bridgerton son, Benedict, on his search for romance – since they premiered last week.
As well as the usual sauciness we’ve come to expect from the show, people are now honing in on a plaster that found its way into some scenes.
The tiny band-aid appears on the upper ear of Katie Leung’s character Lady Araminta, and some viewers have quite gleefully been pointing out that this invention wouldn’t have existed in the early 19th century, when the series is set.
@chelsi_or_yesi dearest gentle readers...it appears this might be Cho Chang after all.. bandaids in this era?! ???? The ton want to know. @Bridgerton #bridgerton#bandaid#netflix
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While some fans in the TikTok video’s comments have shrugged off the plaster, insisting Netflix are “putting on a show” and that people should “just watch things for fun”, others are frustrated that editors couldn’t just remove the piercing that the plaster was presumably covering digitally.
Band-aids as we know them today didn’t come into being until the 1920s.
It’s worth stating that Bridgerton never set out to be a historically sound period piece, and has instead gained popularity for its unique take on the genre featuring a diverse cast, gender swapping and a soundtrack that features orchestral covers of modern artists like Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus and Olivia Rodrigo.
For that reason, it’s highly doubtful that anyone’s going to lose sleep over an ear plaster.
Viewers will likely be far more preoccupied waiting for the second half of season four to arrive later this month, which will answer burning questions about how Benedict’s romance with Sophie develops after the cliffhanger at the end of episode four.
There’s also the small matter of a much-awaited steamy bathtub scene between the pair to plunge into.
Bridgerton returns with four new episodes on Thursday 26 February.