Fans Tear Into Bridgerton Season 4 on Rotten Tomatoes

Netflix's Bridgerton returned with a fourth season that centers on the characters played by Yerin Ha and Luke Thompson. The season was released in two batches, with the final four episodes debuting recently and driving the show back to the top of Netflix's viewership charts.

Critics have been generally positive: the season holds a "Certified Fresh" 82% critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes, whose consensus reads, "Taking a page out of a fairytale, Bridgerton season four excels at selling a fantasy that, no matter how predictable, is as sweet, steamy, and engrossing as ever." Audience reaction is more mixed.

The season's audience score sits at 67% on Rotten Tomatoes, below the audience scores for previous seasons, which all exceeded 70%. Some audience members have targeted the show's color-blind casting and commented unfavorably on Thompson's character, echoing review-bombing patterns seen in other franchise controversies such as Scream 7, Batwoman, the 2016 Ghostbusters reboot, and Kelly Marie Tran's casting in Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

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