Netflix Bridgerton Season 4: Part 2 Sets Feb. 26 Premiere as Stars Attend BFI Southbank Photocall
Netflix Bridgerton Season 4 moves toward its second half with a Feb. 26 release and a London photocall that brought lead actors and creative staff together days before the drop. The forthcoming four-episode block promises to resolve the cliffhanger that left Benedict and Sophie at a fraught crossroads.
BFI Southbank photocall with Luke Thompson and Yerin Ha
On Tuesday at BFI Southbank cinema in London, Luke Thompson, 37, and Yerin Ha, 28, posed together at a photocall for the final part of season four and embraced on the red carpet. The pair, who play lovers Benedict Bridgerton and Sophie in the new series, shared laughs and later joined a stage Q&A about the episodes set to follow. They were photographed alongside TV presenter Alison Hammond, 51; showrunner Jess Brownell; and director Tom Verica, 61. Wardrobe details highlighted the event: Yerin wore a gold double-breasted metallic mini dress with black leather knee-high boots and pearl statement earrings, while Thompson appeared in a grey double-breasted blazer with peak lapels, matching shirt and tie, and tailored trousers. Alison Hammond wore a leopard-print dress; Jess Brownell chose a black jumpsuit; Tom Verica wore a black bomber jacket with grey-and-white striped panels.
Netflix Bridgerton Season 4 release time and episode count
The streamer will make Bridgerton Season 4, Part 2 available on Thursday, Feb. 26 at 3 a. m. ET / 12 a. m. PT. Part 2 comprises four episodes, matching Part 1’s count and bringing the season total to eight episodes. Viewers will need an active membership to watch: the platform’s current subscription tiers include a Standard with ads option at $7. 99 per month, a Standard (no ads) tier at $17. 99 per month, and a Premium (no ads) tier at $24. 99 per month.
Trailer and Q&A highlight Benedict and Sophie storyline
A first-look trailer released earlier this month focuses on the escalating, forbidden romance between Benedict and Sophie. The footage follows their reunion after a staircase encounter that left Sophie fleeing when Benedict asked her to 'be his mistress. ' The trailer shows Benedict continuing to pursue Sophie by sending letters and shadowing her in the Bridgerton house, while a Lady Whistledown voiceover opens with: 'There are moments in our lives where we arrive at a crossroads. ' At the photocall Q&A, the cast and creators discussed those developments and the episodes that pick up after Part 1’s finale.
Character revelations: Sophie Baek, Sophie Beckett, Mrs. Varley and the Featheringtons
The narrative arc at the heart of Part 2 follows Benedict’s search for the masked 'Lady in Silver' he calls 'the most intriguing person I’ve ever met. ' That woman is revealed to be Sophie, identified in some materials as Sophie Baek and in others as Sophie Beckett—unclear in the provided context which surname is definitive. Sophie’s backstory is explicit in the series: she is the illegitimate daughter of a lord whose death leaves her forced into servitude by a cruel stepmother and stepsisters. At the end of Part 1, Benedict confessed that Sophie has consumed him and, instead of proposing marriage, asked her to be his mistress; that request deeply upset her and prompted her to run off. Showrunner Jess Brownell has characterized the mistress proposal as a devastating affront to Sophie. Episode 4 revealed that the stepmother and stepsisters are the mysterious family moving into the neighboring house on Grosvenor Square, and that the Featheringtons’ longtime maid, Mrs. Varley, resigned after Lady Portia refused a raise and later went to work with that family.
Promotional context and an unrelated web blip
The photocall and trailer drop have been timed to concentrate attention on the Part 2 premiere, with the final four episodes arriving on Feb. 26 to conclude the season’s eight-episode arc. What makes this notable is how the publicity has emphasized both the romantic high stakes and the social tensions that drive the plot—Benedict’s public search for a masked stranger and his private entanglements with a woman whose status complicates a conventional match. In an unrelated digital appearance, an online page displayed the header 'IGN Error 418 - I am a teapot' and carried the line 'Short and stout, this is my handle, this is my spout. ' The anomaly stands apart from the series’ promotional rollout and does not intersect with casting, plot, or scheduling details.
With Part 2 arriving in the early hours of Feb. 26 ET, the cast appearances and preview material set the stage for how the Bridgerton storyline will resolve the personal and social conflicts left hanging at the end of Part 1.
