Bridgerton Season 3, Part 2 Trailer Teases Tension

The gossip is spreading throughout the ton, Penelope and Colin are set to be betrothed.

Netflix released a new trailer for Season 3, Part 2 on Monday, teasing plenty of drama to come in the second half of the season. The fourth episode ended on a cliffhanger, as Colin essentially proposed to Penelope on the spot after a steamy encounter in his carriage after a ball.

But, Penelope is still holding a big secret — she is Lady Whistledown. And Colin has no idea. The tension is palpable in the trailer, which focuses on Penelope’s struggles to find a way to tell Colin the truth, and wondering whether she should do so at all.

Watch the full trailer above. Part 2 lands on Netflix June 13.

Season 3 — which is actually based on Romancing Mister Bridgerton, the fourth book in Julia Quinn’s series — finds Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) as she’s finally given up her crush on Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) after hearing him disparage her to his friends last season. Instead, she’s focusing on finding a husband who will respect her independence so she may continue her double life as Lady Whistledown, away from her mother and sisters. Due to her lack of confidence, however, her search doesn’t go so well.

Meanwhile, Colin is back from his summer travels with a new look and major swagger. He is disheartened to learn that Penelope, the one person who always appreciated him as he was, is giving him the cold shoulder. Eager to win back her friendship, Colin helps Penelope boost her confidence so as to attract the perfect husband. But when his lessons start working a little too well, Colin is faced with figuring out what his true feelings for his friend really are.

Complicating matters for Penelope is her rift with Eloise (Claudia Jessie), who has found a new friend in a very unlikely place, while Penelope’s growing presence in the ton makes it all the more difficult to keep her Lady Whistledown alter ego a secret.