The titular episode! Embarrassingly, I just realized that each of the Bridgergton novel titles are a riff on a previous romantic text. This one, obviously (to me, now) is a reference to The King and I, the musical and film that is very, very problematic in terms of settler colonialism! Would be nice to see some explicit commentary on that, Bridgerton show! Like a Virgin This episode highlights how a purity mandate and compulsion to marry harms relationships between (aristocratic) women. Because Marina is pregnant and unwed, she must marry before she starts to show. That’s really the only reason …