Portia Featherington deserves her own love story in “Bridgerton”!

Occasionally, a villain goes through some sort of redemption arc that makes viewers sympathize with him even after he has done bad things. In BridgertonIn the case of Portia Featherington (Polly Walker) had the opportunity to show her true colors at the end of the third season and prove that behind all her scheming lies a character who wants the best for her family. Although the way she expresses her love and care for her daughters often seems disturbing, especially when it comes to her interactions with Penelope (Nicola Coughlan), Portia has learned from her mistakes and broken many of her bad habits.

Given the major development at the end of season three, viewers can’t help but wish the best for Lady Featherington, as she is finally free from the stressors that have plagued her since season one. With her finances under control and no more daughters to marry off, it’s time for Bridgerton to give the character the true love she never had. Unlike Violet (Ruth Gemmell) and even Lady Danbury (Adjoa Andoh), Portia has never fallen in love, and She deserves a little romance in her life, on the right terms.

Bridgerton

Set in the glamorous world of Regency-era London, the Bridgerton family navigates the opulent and treacherous landscape of high society. Daphne Bridgerton, the family’s eldest daughter, enters the marriage market and sparks a whirlwind romance with the mysterious Duke of Hastings.

Release date

25 December 2020

Creator

Chris Van Dusen

Main genre

theatre

Seasons

3

Studio

Netflix

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Portia’s marriage was loveless and financially unstable

In season 1 of BridgertonPortia is presented as a pushy and manipulative mother who pressures all her daughters to enter the marriage market at the same time. She is also married to Archibald Featherington (Ben Miller), a man more interested in gambling than in the kindness of his own wife. Lord Featherington is anything but what a young girl wants in a suitor, but as Portia later admits in Season 3, She decided to be with him for safety reasons and he was not even able to achieve thatAfter his debts lead to his death, Portia is left alone with three daughters awaiting marriage and no money. She worries about what will happen to the family estate and just hopes that her husband’s distant cousin is better at handling finances than he ever could.

The character’s intrigues show that she only wants the best for her daughters

Once again, Portia is attacked by another man and sees Jack’s (Rupert Young) arrives as the new heir to the Featherington estate. Unsure of what might happen to her or her daughters, Portia resorts to what she does best, intrigue. She decides to marry Prudence (Bessie Carter) into Jack’s arms, hoping that if he married within the family, she would be protected from losing everything she had. When that doesn’t work out, as he was also broke, the character manipulates the situation by teaming up with him to get people out of the ton to invest in his mines and thus raise money. Through their devious plan, Jack begins to feel attracted to Portia, who is not at all interested in being with someone she does not trust and who does not care about her daughters. In a way, the cousin becomes the love object that Portia has ever had in the series.and their relationship is entirely one-sided. Lady Featherington was not interested in him and remained his ally only until she could bribe him into fleeing and leaving behind some of the fortune they had made by deceiving high society.

Through continued attempts to maintain her status in society, Portia begins to put pressure on Prudence and Philippa in Season 3 (Harriet Cains) to produce a male heir who will vociferously advocate for Penelope to settle down with Lord Debling (Sam Phillips). These actions are later shown to be the characters’ way of caring for and protecting the family. As flawed as they may be, their actions were, in their opinion, the only way to get through these struggles as a woman. In a candid conversation with Penelope later in the season, it became clear that all Portia had ever done was make sure her daughters did not suffer the same fate as her when she married Lord Featherington for security rather than love.. She is overjoyed to know that all of her daughters have found partners who are genuinely interested in their well-being and love them with all their heart. Her children have been luckier than she has been, and Portia is proud that she has spared them the hardships she herself endured in a loveless and financially troubled marriage.

Since her daughters are happily married, this is the perfect moment for “Bridgerton” to imagine a love marriage for Portia

Like in the Bridgerton Season 3, Part 2, Finale: All Featheringtons are now mothers and Penelope’s son is the one who will carry on the family legacy and inherit the estate. Since there is no longer any reason to make plans, Portia is finally free from stress and deserves a happy ending. Violet finds a second chance in love through her relationship with Lord Marcus Anderson (Daniel Francis), it seems only fitting that Lady Featherington falls in love for the first time with a loving and responsible man. After so many years of ensuring that her daughters would marry and have a better future than she did, Portia deserves to relax and find romance that will not get her through all the challenges she has gone through in the past. Although Bridgerton Season 4 will likely be a few years away from being released, and will focus on the wedding of another Bridgerton sibling. It would be nice to have a subplot where Portia could indulge in a loving, even passionate, relationship.

Seasons 1-3 of Bridgerton can be streamed on Netflix in the US

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