For three seasons now, "Bridgerton" has traded on sumptuous fantasy — the bodice-ripping romance, the lavish ballroom dances, the progressive rewriting of English colonialism and even the perpetually in-bloom wisteria winding its way along the Bridgerton family residence. It’s altogether a dreamy bit of escapism, where love ultimately wins (after some drama-drumming act two misunderstandings, of course), the monarchy is occupied by nothing more than matchmaking, and all the men look like Jonathan Bailey.
And all of that luxurious aspiration is still certainly at play in the fourth installment of the Regency-era Netflix hit. "Bridgerton" season 4 premieres its first four episodes today (Jan. 29), and then sticks to its split-season model, with the final four eps to arrive on the streaming service nearly a month later on Feb. 26.
