Bridgerton Season 2 Ending: How Season 2 Ends and Who Discovers Lady Whistledown’s Identity
How does Bridgerton 2 end? Did Anthony have his happy ending? And above all: who discovered the true identity of Lady Whistledown, aka Penelope?
Bridgerton Season 2 brought Anthony Bridgerton and Kate Sharma’s love story to Netflix . Although it did not really follow the plot of the book from which it is based, the second novel of the saga written by Julia Quinn entitled The Viscount Who Loved Me in the end the eldest of the Bridgertons had its happy ending.
The spark between Anthony and Kate had already struck in their first meeting, but it took eight episodes before the two became a couple. In fact, the viscount has decided to marry the delightful and beautiful Edwina Sharma, Kate’s younger sister, who on paper corresponds to everything he wants in a woman. Yet Kate is an irresistible attraction and, for some reason, Anthony can’t take his eyes off her.
Their love story isn’t Bridgerton 2’s only focus. Someone has discovered Lady Whistledown’s true identity, and for Penelope, things will never be the same again. So let’s find out how the second season of the Netflix series ended.
Bridgerton Season 2 Ending: Did Anthony And Kate Have Their Happy Ending?
In the season finale, Anthony rescues Kate who has had a bad fall from her horse and takes her home to Sharma so she can get all the necessary care. Edwina’s older sister, however, does not know the viscount’s true intentions: in fact Anthony wanted to ask for her hand. When she learns why she is, Kate thinks he intends to marry her only because she feels compelled – in the penultimate episode, the night before her fall, the two had spent the night together.
The couple in love then avoids each other for a while, at least until Kate recovers completely. However, they have reason to meet at the Featherington’s prom. Kate is still determined to return to India after the scandal caused by her forbidden love for the viscount promised to her sister. However, the eldest of the Bridgertons asks her for one last dance: impossible to resist.
The eyes of the room are all on them, and Edwina is now aware that the two love each other and even have the approval of Queen Charlotte. On a magical night, away from prying eyes, Kate and Anthony reveal their feelings and kiss passionately. We get a taste of their life together in the last scene, where we witness a time jump: Kate and Anthony are married and in between love scenes, they prepare to play Pall Mall with the rest of the Bridgerton family.
Who Discovered Lady Whistledown/ Penelope’s Identity?
Not just Anthony and Kate: Bridgerton 2’s ending is significant for Lady Whistledown’s storyline. Throughout the second season, Penelope tries to hide her double identity of her from everyone, but above all from the intelligent Eloise, still determined to find out who is hiding behind her the queen of London gossip.
The young Bridgerton household realized that her best friend is actually Lady Whistledown when she watched her step aside during the Featherington dance and gossip about those present using the same witty and mischievous language of the mysterious figure.
So Eloise went to Penelope’s room, discovering her writings and a secret stash of money. The two have a bitter quarrel in which the young Bridgerton accuses her friend of ruining her life and that of others through her words. The two blame each other for their worst malice: Eloise cruelly mocks Penelope for her cowardice in hiding a false name behind her; Pen replies that Eloise is actually jealous because she has discovered she has a talent for writing. At that point there is a deep fracture between the two: Eloise breaks their friendship and declares that she never wants to talk or see Penelope again.
