Justice for Bridgerton's greatest romantic foil

by Petrana Radulovic

In the new season of Bridgerton, it's Colin's turn to get the leading man treatment. He returns from his time abroad with a newfound swagger – and a sexy coat – and all the ladies in Ton notice. (And his brothers tease him for his newfound "stability.") He's not the baby-faced idealist of Season 1; no, now he knows how to get down and dirty, and that makes it even sexier when he realizes he's actually in love with his longtime friend Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan).

But Penelope, realizing that she can no longer bear to live under the thumb of her controlling mother, has her eyes set on what she believes is a more attainable marriage: Lord Debling (Sam Phillips), a reclusive lord intent on find a wife this season.