While her sister, Daphne Bridgerton, searched for the perfect husband and found him in Season 1, Eloise Bridgerton was searching for Lady Whistledown (voiced by Julie Andrews). Lady Whistledown is a 19th century gossip columnist penning her pamphlets with everyone’s dirtiest secrets under a pseudonym. After Queen Charlotte (Golda Rosheuvel) commissioned her to find Lady Whistledown, Eloise went through a number of suspects, but finally gave up. Little did she know, she spent most of her time with Lady Whistledown because viewers learned she was really Eloise’s best friend, Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan), at the end of Season 1.
However, towards the end of the season, fans got to see a little bit of Eloise’s inner character and conflicts when she had a chat with one of her brothers, Benedict (Luke Thompson). As they sat on the swings outside their house one night and smoked, Eloise confessed what it was like living in the shadow of her older sister. “I watch Daphne prepare for these balls and I’m exhausted,” she said in Episode 3, while also acknowledging that one day she would have be the one going to the balls, something she did not feel ready for at all.
While Eloise will take the backseat to another sibling in Season 2, at least we know her a little better thanks to one small, quiet scene from Season 1.
