All Seven Bridgerton Romances, Ranked by Chemistry

Bridgerton thrives on gossip, orchestral covers and vividly drawn characters, but at its center is the romance. Each season focuses on one Bridgerton sibling’s courtship, following the pattern of Julia Quinn’s novels, and across four seasons and the Queen Charlotte spin-off the show has explored seven main couples.

The series still has four love stories left to tell: Eloise Bridgerton and Philip Crane, Francesca Bridgerton and Michaela Stirling, Gregory Bridgerton and Lucy Abernathy, and Hyacinth Bridgerton and Gareth St. Clair. Francesca’s first marriage to John Stirling was quietly loving rather than passionate.

John’s sudden death from an aneurysm was tragic on its own and especially painful because he had been the person Francesca called her “truest friend,” the one who took the time to understand her in ways her family had not. Their relationship showed a deep, meaningful bond even without electric chemistry.

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