Warning, gentle reader: Spoilers ahead for Bridgerton season three, as well as plot points from the novels. Showrunner Jess Brownell previously told Vanity Fair that she isn’t beholden to the books, using them as a creative guide rather than gospel. “My approach is to adapt the emotional spirit of the book, and then also some of the key moments,” she says. “Because TV is a different medium, we have to fill in the plot a bit more and create more turns and twists.
At one point, Colin is even convinced that Eloise may be the column’s culprit—a prediction he has yet to make in the series. Cressida and Eloise’s Friendship One particularly eye-raising development that didn’t originate in the books is the surprising new alliance between Eloise and Cressida. With Eloise and Penelope on the outs, their once shared sworn enemy has cozied up to Penelope’s former best friend.