NB: due to family commitments this is a day late, my apologies for that.
On the Eighth day of Bridgerton Netflix gave to me.... some random football ad and three stills.
So today's offering is partially better than yesterday's. Initially Shondaland and Bridgerton posted a random American Football ad with Benedict, which made no sense in the context of Bridgerton, but it did seem to hit at something coming on Christmas Day, perhaps a trailer, though we still haven't seen any passing the Torch Videos (which is a different matter altogether). An hour after that posting they posted three stills, one of Sophie, one of Posy with Sophie, and one of Benedict. So let's look at them each separately.
Image Credit: Netflix
This still shows Sophie standing in front of a mirror, she appears contemplative as she looks at her necklace. Attention is brought to her necklace through her hand placement. This suggests that the necklace contains some importance to Sophie, possibly a gift from her mother?
Sophie is dressed in the same costume that she wears for the promotional shorts, which is believed to be the maid's costume for the Cavendar (or Cavendar stand in). We get a better look at the colours here and see rather than burgundy the colour is more purple, with what appear to be dark green, or grey, stripes.
This still has been reported as being from episode 3, so potentially at My Cottage, or just before she ends up at My Cottage.
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This still shows Posy and Sophie in what could be a bedroom in Penwood House. We see Sophie side on from behind, and Posy from the front. Posy is looking excited while Sophie looks alarmed. They are in the sitting part of the room, with a cabinet of shoes behind Posy.
Sophie is in her maids uniform, which I have discussed previously, Posy is in a pink dress with what appear to be blue dandelions. This is significant for two reasons, the first is the meaning behind dandelions. A dandelion is often dismissed as a weed, but symbolises hope, strength and transformation, perhaps symbolising these qualities in Posy. The second thing of significance is that the dandelions are blue, and not any blue, but rather a shade of Bridgerton Blue. In the books Posy ends up living with Violet, so could the blue in her dress reflect that happening in the show as well?
This still is being reported as being from episode 2, which leads me to speculate that perhaps one or more of the Bridgertons are calling on Penwood House, leading to Posy's excitement and Sophie's alarm, and being the reason for the blue in Posy's dress.
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This still doesn't show us Benedict very well so there won't be discussion of him, but rather the overall aspect of the still.
This is an overhead shot of Benedict, possibly in either the library or study. Benedict is standing by a desk that is covered in drawings of the Lady in Silver. What this shows is that Sophie, as the Lady in Silver, is the one that drew Benedict back to drawing, and back into art. In the books the Bridgertons didn't know that Benedict was an artist, something that is not the same in the show, however, in the show we saw Benedict give up his art in season 2, so this aspect of the story could be that the family don't know that Benedict has begun drawing (and painting) again.
This still is reported as being from episode 2, which aligns with Benedict going back to art in the days after meeting the lady in silver.
