This whole time, Benedict’s been anxiously waiting to hear about his application to study art at the Royal Academy Schools. Anthony copies and pastes everything she just said: Yes, this is how he feels. She doesn’t have any objections against Edwina per se but wants to make sure Anthony weds someone he loves passionately - someone he burns for, to borrow a phrase. Meanwhile, a skeptical Daphne prods Anthony about his impending proposal. Later that night, Edwina gushes about the chat to Kate, whose face reads wistful. He and Edwina share a sweet, flirty, and honest conversation where she references poet Mirza Ghalib he admits he only has time to balance books, not read them and they discuss how their dynamic might play out long-term. Thankfully, this episode isn’t all doom and gloom for Anthony. I feel bad for laughing at him last episode. It’s no wonder he’s so counter-dependent and disconnected from his needs. The man has experienced and stifled a whole lot of trauma. Later, another memory surfaces where he’s asked to choose whether his mother or her baby should be saved during labor (thankfully, both survived). Throughout the episode, Anthony’s haunted by more memories, each one conveying how he’s had to grow up too fast - making his father’s funeral arrangements and being thrust unwittingly into the role of viscount. Kate goes to retrieve the ball and finds a memorial monument for Edmund. When he sees where it lands, though, his face falls and he trudges back toward the house, where Daphne’s won the game. A truce is called, though only when it comes to Edwina Kate playfully hits Anthony’s ball farther away. Kindly, she explains she’s not being spiteful, just protecting her sister - as he does for the women in his family. And I’m not sure we’ve ever seen Anthony laugh like this?Ībsolutely filthy but in good spirits, Anthony asks how he can finally win Kate’s approval. She holds out her hand, asking for his help, and after a few tugs, they both go tumbling into the sludge and eventually succumb to laughter. After an indignant Anthony rescues his own ball, Kate realizes she’s stuck. Kate wades in ankle-deep and whacks hers out, mucking up her dress in the process. But then Colin knocks Kate’s ball in the same direction, so she and Anthony storm toward the wooded area alone together while Daphne watches them with intrigue.īoth balls land in a muddy marsh. Adding salt to the wound, Kate jumps at the chance to send Anthony’s ball sailing deep into a thicket, much to the delight of his siblings. Kate chooses the ominously titled “mallet of death” - Anthony’s usual go-to. While the goal is to send your ball through every wicket, players can choose (and, at chez Bridgerton, are encouraged) to knock an opponent’s ball off course instead - an allowance that bewilders Edwina but fires up Kate’s competitive streak. Outside, Daphne gives the Sharma girls a crash course on pall-mall, a croquetlike game that the Bridgertons play with warlike intensity. By the end of your stay, your opinion of me will be much improved.” Daphne interrupts this scheduled foreshadowing to introduce herself, thinking Kate must be Edwina, which Anthony hastily corrects. “I see my plan to win you over is already working,” he says, noting her smile. When they arrive, Anthony first approaches Kate, who admires the picturesque estate and its climbing plants. A possible proposal to Edwina is in the air, and Kate has promised to be amiable. Anthony’s invited them to stay over before the rest of the ’ton arrives for a party. The Sharmas and Lady Danbury are en route to Aubrey Hall, the Bridgertons’ ancestral home out in the country. Anthony’s mother yells at him to make sure his siblings don’t see the traumatic scene he just experienced firsthand.įlash-forward to a much happier present day. Anthony shouts for help, a super-pregnant Violet runs out, and Edmund dies in her arms. Suddenly he’s gasping for air and on the ground. He clearly worships his dad and suggests nothing fazes him, but Edmund says his wife would disagree - and that “you cannot show someone your best without allowing them to see your worst.” Food for thought, Anthony!Īs they head home, Edmund decides to pick lilacs for his wife from their garden but is stung by a bee - a seemingly innocuous occurrence unless you’ve seen My Girl. It’s prime father-son bonding, and we’ve never seen Anthony this happy and at ease. Teenage Anthony, who sports curly hair that looks like a Regency e-boy’s haircut, is stag-hunting with his dad, Edmund. We start with a flashback to ten years prior. Traumatic flashbacks, pall-mall(!), and a final scene that strays considerably from the book (and in my opinion, for a good reason).
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