What a Barb! A Polin Podcast What a Barb!

(The alliteration is a little overdone, we admit.)

 

Dearest Gentle listener, you may think we have been enjoying a much-needed respite from discussing Season 3 Part 2.

 

Alas, we have instead spent the week on the sofa, awake with thoughts of planned entrapments, secret dealings and sad rainbow fish.

 

Not to worry, we are back. The tree of Tu-doom may still be shaking in the Polin winds but we are on hand to raise a toast to no-longer-nameless judgy mamas, the music licensing gods and the succubus of the first water.

 

So grab the last chocolate macaron and lie down. This most anticipated love story is finally complete and we're skipping to the final chapter.

It's the final crumbdown.



As we prepare to hang up our archaeology tools for the last time, we take one more walk down crumbs memory lane during the fabled, long-awaited, highly-unanticipated Block 4 Part 2.



Yes, the Prodigal Block has returned at last as we sweep up the few remaining crumbs from Season 3 filming and lock in our final predictions for Episode 7 and 8 with mere hours to spare. We'll be scattering blue and yellow confetti in celebration of some very special nuptials, pondering the future with Eloise on the garden swings and stopping by the kitchens for a salaciously instructive installment of Baking with Legumes.



So join us as we wave goodbye to the years of waiting, reminisce over fandom days gone by and strain our eyesights one final time on this hallowed Part 2 eve.



Were they blurry? Yes, but they were our blurs. And they're about to get their happily ever after.





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Show Notes

Vogue: Interview with Nicola Coughlan

Mirror: Queen Charlotte’s Pomeranians

Daily Telegraph: Interview with Julia Quinn

Cat Quinn: Interview with Production Designer Alison Gartshore

InStyle: How Bridgerton Costumes Were Made

Recipe: Mary Peaches’ Iced Lemon Pound Cake

Crumbs Tribute Video



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Out, damned inkspot! out, we say!

Fluff up those pillows and get comfy on the sofa. The Part 2 trailer has arrived and it looks like we're in for a rough night.

But there's no time to dwell. With all eyes on the upcoming blurry nuptials, we're busy confessing our love in churches, hiding our secrets in drawing rooms and taking a late night carriage ride for an impromptu rendezvous.

We'll also be helping Colin rearrange furniture and popping the kettle on for the most tragic cup of tea since...uh, Colin's previous most tragic cup of tea.

The yellow sheets have officially been unpacked; Pen's made her bed and now she's gonna lie in it.


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SPOILER TIMESTAMP

We discuss everything seen in the trailer for part 2. Main spoiler not from the trailer is at 57:58 - 59:13


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Show Notes

YouTube: Bridgerton Season 3 Part 2 Trailer

L'Beaute Homme: Interview with Luke Newton
@mgnbee28 on Twitter/X: Albion Finch Drabble

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Tick tock on the clock, but the bounty don't stop, no...



As our carriage pulls up outside Bridgerton House, it's time to carefully adjust our dresses and head inside to face the music (3/4 is far sweeter) as we react to the Season 3 Part 2 teaser trailer.



While we wait for Pen to hurry up and tell Colin a tiny piece of information, we decide to kill a little time by taking a trip across town to pull down dust sheets and corsets alike.



And as the hunt for Lady Whistledown finally gets underway, we’ll be dancing at a flowery ball, squinting at some dodgy printing and pulling out our cow-culators to figure out just how much the Monarchy has been impacted by the cost-of-living crisis.



Time to make haste, Penelope. The clock on the mantlepiece is ticking and midnight is fast approaching.



And if all else fails? Well, there’s nothing quite like the good old art of the swoon.



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SPOILER INFORMATION

This episode was compiled using the Season 3 Part 2 teaser trailer, behind-the-scenes footage from Shondaland and stills released by Netflix Latin America. No unverified rumours or spoilers are shared or discussed in this episode beyond the hosts' own speculation.

Spoilers from the Netflix Latin America reel will be preceded by a short spoiler warning. Listeners can skip ahead 30 seconds if they wish to avoid these brief spoilers from Episodes 5 and 6.



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We have not been able to sleep. Not been able to eat. We can barely speak these days. Our entire thoughts consumed by Polin.



Okay, so that speaking bit is a lie. Because, old friends (and very good acquaintances), it’s time to leave the drawing-room window, clear our bottle-weary heads and battle it out over Season 3 Part 1.



We’ll be slipping into studies to caress a pirate’s coat, sprawling ourselves over the yellow sheets of a very Pensive man and following a redhead into *checks notes* tents, gardens, ballrooms, trees, carriages and uh, you get the idea.



And as our oldest friends face crushing-by-slow-moving basket on a picnic blanket and crushing-by-fast-moving-friendzoning under a willow tree, we finally get the long-awaited answer as to which Mayfair family will have that carriage cleaning bill dropping on their doorstep.



Thank God for Great Aunt Petunia, eh?



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ad|invite With thanks to Priority from O2 for inviting us to an exclusive reward screening of Bridgerton Season 3 Episode 1 “Out of the Shadows”



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Looks like we made it, dear listeners.

As Season 3 Eve falls upon us like a tiny redhead tumbling from the skies, we head back into the circus tent to partake in a little last minute Part 1 clowning. 

As we discuss oblivious double handholds and suspicious swoons, we tip our bonnets to all the weeks that never came in honour of the one that finally did. So fill up a plate of jammy dodgers and strawberry shortcake, lay yourself back on the chaise longue and rest your headless jolly pirates upon the biscuit cushion.

The season of Polin is here at last. And it is glorious.







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Show Notes 

CinemaBlend: Key Moments Adapted 

Available Internationally: Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn (Pikatus, ISBN: 978-0349429458)

YouTube: Bridgerton Season 3 Trailer  


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