Kanthony nation, we rise. Netflix has finally dropped the teaser for Bridgerton season four part two and yes, Kate (Simone Ashley) and Anthony (Jonathan Bailey) are back, in bed, and there is a baby between them like the world’s cutest chaperone.
And don’t forget, fellow gentle-readers, there will be many a spoiler in this article, you have been warned!
Explaining the ending of Bridgerton season 4 part 1
Season four is Benedict’s turn in the barrel, with Luke Thompson finally taking the lead and diving into a Cinderella‑coded situationship with Sophie Baek (Yerin Ha), based on Julia Quinn’s An Offer From A Gentleman.
Across part one’s four episodes, the show leans hard into that “Lady in Silver” mystery, class tension and masked‑ball energy while the rest of the Ton continue their messy little lives around him.
If your brain has already wiped half the plot, here’s the shorthand: Benedict hooks up with Sophie on a staircase, confesses his feelings, then promptly asks her to be his mistress instead of proposing, so she understandably walks away to get drinks with her mates. I honestly needed to do the same after witnessing his bafoonery.
He still hasn’t clocked that Sophie is the same masked woman he’s been obsessed with, despite sketching the lower half of her face like it’s a full‑time job.
Elsewhere, Violet Bridgerton (Ruth Gemmell) and Lord Marcus (Daniel Francis) finally sleep together after months of shy glances and stolen kisses, setting them up for a very sweet (and slightly spicy) back half of the season.
Francesca (Hannah Dodd) and John (Victor Alli) get a surprise visit from John’s cousin Michaela (Masali Baduza), which is a massive deal if you know where Francesca’s love story goes in the books.
So, what’s actually in the Bridgerton season 4 part 2 teaser?
After finishing episode four of season four, Netflix treated us to a little sneak peek for part two that finally answers the “where the hell are Kate and Anthony?” question that’s been haunting Kanthony girlies all season.
In the teaser, Jonathan Bailey’s Anthony and Simone Ashley’s Kate are shown lying in bed, making very loving, very married eye contact, before the camera cuts to reveal their child snoozing in the middle of them.
If you’ve been yelling at your TV because they were completely MIA in part one, you’re not imagining it — Anthony and Kate are absent from all four of the first episodes.
Within the show, they’ve been off in India, where season three left them heading so Kate could give birth there, and where they reportedly welcomed a “little heir” off‑screen.
We also get flashes of Benedict still tangled in his feelings for Sophie after that extremely charged staircase hookup, with their whole “be my mistress” disaster clearly hanging over them as the Lady in Silver mystery looms. The teaser leans into that Cinderella‑inspired tension — will he actually see what’s right in front of him, or keep spiralling in true second‑son fashion?
There are also glimpses that hint Francesca’s quiet little world is about to be deeply shaken by Michaela Stirling, whose arrival at the end of part one is treated as a massive turning point for her future love story. Violet and Lord Marcus’ late‑in‑life romance looks set to keep unfolding too and Eloise (Claudia Jessie) is shown continuing to chart her own path away from the Ton’s expectations, which lines up with part one’s focus on her figuring out what a life outside the marriage market actually looks like.
When PEDESTRIAN.TV asked Claudia Jessie, who plays Eloise, whether her character is naive or brave for going on this path, she clarified that it is not Eloise that is the naive one. “I think we all go into things with great hope a lot of the time, right? And it can end up that you were naive, but I wouldn’t name any of [the things she’s tried] naive because she’s trying, isn’t she?” she said.
“What’s naive is the setting that sort of made the decision for her. So actually, I’d say all of the time she’s been courageous. I think it’s actually the surroundings that’s probably the most limiting thing as opposed to her ideals being limited or naive.”
When is part 2 of Bridgerton season 4 dropping?
Bridgerton season four is being rolled out in two drops, with eight episodes total split into chunks of four.
Part one landed on Netflix on 29 January 2026, and part two hits on 26 February 2026.
Netflix has been leaning into this staggered release model since season three, presumably to stretch out the chaos (and keep us all paying for at least two billing cycles per season).
In the meantime, the official trailer and teasers are doing the heavy lifting, selling Benedict and Sophie’s masked‑ball love story while dropping tiny crumbs of what’s coming for the wider Bridgerton universe in the second half. And this gentle-watcher is sat!
