Heated Rivalry vs Bridgerton (The K.O.)
Have you watched? Spoilers for everything up to season 4.
Now, obviously M/M is my favourite and Rachel Reid is someone who grew up reading (maybe writing) fanfic, like me, so there is a definite biased. But even without that… the gap in quality here is huge.
I think it’s down to the quality of the directing more than the original writing—assuming, I haven’t read the Bridgerton series—and a great deal due to Jack Tierney’s (HR producer/director) talent and sensibilities.
Regardless, what a mess Bridgerton 4 was. Like, season 3 was somewhat lifted by Penelope being a pretty interesting character, even more of a protagonist than everyone else in her role as the narrator of everyone else’s stories. Even then, the weird panning of to random characters. Sure, we love the idea of the Mondrichs… but this is a romance, the focus and tension depend on the main couple. Having…