Tis The Season

[Mothers]

Tis the season!

It’s a season for elegant ladies!

Reputations dictated by the queen!

Must be perfectly perfect

Must meet every expectation

May God save all our souls!

[Lady Whistledown]

Grosvenor square, 1813

Dearest reader

The time has come to place our bets

For the upcoming social season!

Consider the household of the baron Featherington

3 misses foisted upon the marriage markеt

Like sorrowful sows by their tastelеss and tactless mama

[Penelope]

Is she to breathe mama?

[Lady Featherington]

When I was your age I could fit my waist into an orange and a half and so shall you!

Tighter

[Prudence]

Tighter?!

[Lady Whistledown]

Far better odds might exist

In the household of the viscountess Bridgerton

A shockingly prolific family

Noted for its bounty of perfectly handsome sons

And perfectly beautiful daughters

[Eloise]

Ugh, I'm boiling in this dress already

[Hyacinth]

Are you to complain the entire time, Eloise?

[Eloise]

Well, what else am I good for?

[Hyacinth]

I feel like a princess

Do I look like one?

[Benedict]

Hyacinth, you wish to know what I think you look like?

[Hyacinth]

Benedict!

[Benedict]

And where's the lovely Daphne?

[Eloise]

She's only been getting ready the whole evening

[Benedict]

Only her whole life

Well, I'll go fetch for her

[Colin & Hyacinth]

No, I'll go fetch for her

She likes me better than you anyway

[Benedict]

And who says that?

[Colin & Hyacinth]

Everyone says that

[Eloise]

Ugh, daphne! You must make haste!

Should you think she heard me?

[Lady Whistledown]

How very perfect indeed

[Daphne]

This is only the beginning

Of the life that I'll be living

I'm dreaming of a match for life

Just like mama and pa had done

So father, if you're looking down from above

I'm marrying for love

[Bridgerton Sisters]

Tis the season, tis the season for elegant ladies

Must be marvelous down to every seem

Must be perfectly perfect, must be kept up with reputations

So may she save us all!

[Mrs. Bridgerton]

Where is he?

If your eldest brother is to be obeyed as lord Bridgerton

He must act like lord Bridgerton!

Benedict, where is Anthony?

[Benedict]

I do not know

[Sienna]

Just hold me closer now

Our time is running out

[Anthony]

Sienna, you know it's half-past nine!

[Sienna]

My lord, just add the time!

Just put it in your pocket, and lock it away

[Anthony]

You know I can't this day

Sienna, my duties they await

I'll see you Saturday

[Sienna]

Okay

[Bridgerton Sisters]

There's a reason, there's a reason for all of this crazy

The only word that matters is the queen's!

[Lasy Whistledown]

Today is a most important day

And for some, a terrifying one

For today is the day

London's marriage-minded misses

Are presented to her majesty, the queen

[Bridgerton Sisters]

To the queen!

[Herald]

Presenting

Ladies prudence, Philipa, and Penelope Featherington

All presented by their mother

The right honorable Lady Featherington

[Featherington Sisters]

Your majesty

We're as perfect as we seem

Not the cake but with the cream

Think I forgot how to breathe!

[Lady Whistledown]

A glimmer of displeasure

And a young lady value plummets to unthinkable depths

[Herald]

Presented by her mother

The right honorable viscountess Bridgerton

Miss Daphne Bridgerton

[Daphne]

Don't trip, don't falter

Just make it to the altar

Don't break, don't crumble

Make certain you're perfectly humble

Show her majesty, the queen

That you're more than worthy

Don't you let it show that you're more than nervous

Finally, I'm living with a purpose

Must be calm and cool, collected at the surface

Must be perfectly perfect

She's perfectly perfect

Must be perfectly deserving

She'll be the diamond of the season

[Daphne]

Don't trip, don't falter

Just make it to the altar

Must be perfectly perfect

It's a season, it's a season for all of the ladies

It's a season, ah

[Daphne]

Perfectly perfect

Must be-

[Queen Charlotte]

Flawless, my dear

[Daphne]

Did that really just happen?