Overview
- Netflix released Season 4, Part 1 at 3 a.m. ET on Jan. 29 with four episodes, with four more arriving at 3 a.m. ET on Feb. 26.
- This chapter centers on Benedict Bridgerton and Sophie Baek in a Cinderella-inspired, cross-class romance drawn from Julia Quinn’s An Offer from a Gentleman.
- The season widens its lens to the lives and labor of household staff, foregrounding upstairs–downstairs class tensions across the Ton.
- Anthony and Kate are largely absent from Part 1, with cast and production indicating both return in later episodes.
- Early reactions note the sharper class focus, while opinions vary on the chemistry between the new central couple.