“When I wake up, I see you, your face makes my day. At night I dream about you. I think about you all the time. I am yours. I was from the beginning.” This is how the Duke of Hastings announced his love for Daphne Bridgerton in the first season of the Netflix series Bridgerton. Daphne finally answers with the famous sentence: “I burn for you” – in front of a flickering fire. Both fall for each other and usher in a new era of romantic costume dramas. A mix of pandemic blandness and a more inclusive and sexier look at the Regency period helped the series achieve record-breaking viewing figures – to this day.
