The Netflix show's third season takes on the 'friends to lovers' romance trope.
is many things — successful, uneven, entertaining — but it is, critically, obedient to the requirements of particular romance tropes. In the first season, when Daphne married Simon, that was a"fake relationship." In the second season, when Anthony married Kate, that was"enemies to lovers." And now, in the first half of the third round of the show, we arrive at Colin and Penelope's story, the inevitable and durable"friends to lovers.
We have known since the first season that Penelope Featherington has a powerful crush on her good friend Colin Bridgerton . And Colin was, how do we say ..."." As these episodes get underway, Penelope has white-knuckled her way through a couple of marriage-market seasons, but she's beginning to fear that the vagaries of inheritance will leave her at the mercy of her awful sisters, so she's eager to find a husband right away.
As they try to reconcile, the two hit upon a plan in which Colin will help her learn charm in order to appeal to men, although everyone is very vague on what this actually means, and we don't really ever see him do it. Penelope also gives herself what every romance watcher or reader will recognize as the eye-opening makeover, which has turned so many alleged mousy wallflowers into bombshells. Will Colin begin to see her differently? Will seeing other men respond to her differently awaken ...
It can all feel a tiny bit shaggy, no pun intended. But on the whole, the cast carries it off, and it is impossible not to root for Penelope. We may wonder occasionally if she could do better, but she clearly does not believe she could. And that's what her happy ending is all about.
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