Best of 2024: Performances

Here are our Best of 2024 TV Performances.

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Scene Breakdown: Colin, Penelope, and the Effortless Exchange in Bridgerton’s “An Affair of Honor”

There is a long way to go until Colin and Penelope find their happy ending, but in its first season, Bridgerton gave us quiet moments amidst loud chatter so effortlessly with these two, I might never be over it. No, Colin is not exactly the character we meet in the books, but he is getting there, and ultimately, we see most of that version when he is around Penelope. It is so easy to appreciate this particular scene in “An Affair of Honor” because their exchange is so effortless, it’s overwhelming. There is no one else outside of his family

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Scene Breakdown: Colin and Penelope Dance on Bridgerton’s “Diamond of the First Water”

“On the sixth of April, in the year 1812 — precisely two days before her sixteenth birthday — Penelope Featherington fell in love. It was, in a word, thrilling. The world shook. Her heart leaped. The moment was breathtaking.” Romancing Mister Bridgerton, Julia Quinn What other scene breakdown would be appropriate today other than Colin and Penelope’s first (on-screen) dance? The correct answer is none. There’s absolutely nothing that would have been more appropriate today and thus, we’re revisiting the moment we all fell in love that day. There is a tremendous amount to appreciate about this scene starting with

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