London’s Leicester Square was once again transformed into the ‘Ton as ‘s season three castmembers, including and , teased an even raunchier part two. premiered on May 16 and followed the love story between Penelope Featherington (Coughlan) and Colin (Newton). execs decided to split the installment into two parts, with the second airing on Thursday.
Episode five, shown to the audience at the Odeon Luxe theater, delivers even spicier scenes and more tense interactions between the beloved characters of the Regency-era hit. According to Netflix’s internal rankings, the racked up 45.05 million views (total hours watched divided by running time) worldwide.
That’s about 165.2 million hours of viewing time. Coughlan commented on the fan reaction ahead of the premiere.
“I’m going to take a stab in the dark and say I will never experience anything like this again,” she said to adoring fans who, of course, matched the actress’ elbow-length gloves and extravagant headwear. What makes this season so successful? “You can never really predict why, but I think there’s been a growing love of Bridgerton,” executive producer Betsy Beers told . “I think that there’s something about this season that people waited a bit – there’s something about getting to see it with a lot of anticipation.
There’s also something about these two characters, and the fact that we love them, and we’ve been rooting for them.” Other castmembers who made their way to the red carpet .