The music sheet has got to be the most romantic gesture in this entire series. Cause it's a gift saying "I see you. I hear you" and for women that's the most beautiful thing you can do for us.

Queen Charlotte's face when she said "she's not drinking the lemonade" was SO funny 😂

I appreciate that they're giving Francesca more time to shine this season. Hannah Dodd is doing a fantastic job at stepping into Ruby Stokes' shoes.

My husband and I are both cats. We don't really want a lot of direct attention, we just want to be in the same space together and sometimes bring each other snacks/gifts.

I think her family adored Lord Samadani simply because he was the choice from the Queen - much like in season 1 Daphne was set up by the Queen with her nephew. Francesca even told her mother that she would marry whomever the Queen chose for her. I think John was very bold in showing up without a formal introduction and asking to sit with Francesca. Her family obviously didn't see it that way but all of his actions - obviously as the audience we see more - were very bold for someone who is so introverted and avoids society unless necessary (showing up without a proper introduction, the music he had redone for her, asking her to dance and Penelope and Colin's wedding).

as an autistic person, i don’t think it’s necessarily that it’s popular to say something is autistic coded so much as it is simply that autistic people want to see themselves represented the same way neurotypical people do. so we will point out when we see ourselves in characters. what is upsetting is that neurotypical people will get territorial and offended by this and insist that everyone must be neurotypical by default unless it is explicitly stated that the character is autistic (even when the diagnosis may not have existed at the time and even when many people go undiagnosed). the reactions we often get from neurotypicals where people come for us in our comments (where we truly just want to celebrate with other autistic people that we feel seen) just reinforce the discrimination we face. like it truly feels like every time we dare to say, “this character feels autistic to us; i’m happy for us,” a chorus of bullies come for us instead of just scrolling past. it’s really disheartening. meanwhile, neurotypical people have practically the entire catalogue of all characters ever made to feel seen in (as if we were even stealing from them, as if that is possible), but our simple joy in feeling represented triggers them to come at us. it’s honestly so demoralizing to not be able to just experience and relate the same as most of you guys, without someone always raining down on our joy.

Francesca and John are definitely my favorite. I agree with bridging where you are at to meet your partner’s needs. My husband is more extroverted and enjoys outings and social events whereas I am more reserved. I encourage him to go and have fun and he plans ahead of time to make sure there’s a place I can go be by myself for bit or have a bag of de-stressors to help me make it through if the event is long. ❤️

John bonded with Francesca over her special interests. Autistic people often bond over our special interests. So even though John's special interest is most likely not exactly the same as Francesca's he understands how important it is to her. He is speaking her love language. As an autistic person when someone listens to me talk about the things I love it lights me up inside. Francesca is obviously obsessed with music to the extent she can pinpoint exactly what is wrong with that song (at least in her opinion). Most people would not be that obsessively interested in music to intuit that. I have a brother who is also autistic and his special interest is music, has been for decades. He talks about music the same way Francesca does. I hope the writers of this show come out and express that Francesca and John are meant to be coded as autistic. There are lots of introverts in fiction. We could use some outward representation for ASD1 individuals. We are so stigmatized, so marginalized. Most people do not understand what autism looks like, Francesca, with her charm, musical talent (without being a savant), is a wonderful representation of what autism can look like.

Probably your next Bridgerton video is (and, if not, please consider it!) about Pen's secret, the strain put in her and Colin's relationship, and her big reveal at the end. I think it's very interesting how the storyline tackles issues of trust, confidence, expression and freedom, and the radical change it will mean for future seasons.

I like plots that have reasonable social misunderstandings, instead of the wacky unrealistic plots of 'fake engagements' that this show sometimes has

I fell in love with my husband the first time we met. We met at a comic bookstore. He talks with his hands and he launched into a fully detailed description and analysis of the dogfights in Top Gun, using his hands to mimic their manoeuvres. He is the son of a pilot and I am the grand-daughter of a pilot. It was a conversation I had never been able to enjoy with anyone outside of my family before that day. We then segued into discussing Superman’s flight sequences in live-action and TAS … I am a massive Superman fan and I realised that day that I want to talk to him every day for the rest of my life. 10 years in and the best part of every day is our conversations, be they 5 mins or 5 hours. Quality time and acts of service are very important to him, quality time and words of affirmation are very important to me. We meet at quality time to connect, bridge gaps and repair ruptures.

My giving and receiving love languages are actually very different. Gifts and service are at the bottom of my list (this has been a big point of contention over the year with my parents because they have always been generous in their providing for me and my dad would always get me small things here and there and it took me a long time to see that they were showing love in their own way) but I love giving gifts to other and serving others. But receiving is quality time because I’ve had a lot of people brush me off or abandon me so it means a lot when someone takes the time to just be with me.

Please do Queen Charlotte and the "therapy" that King George experiences

I receive love with acts of service and I give it with acts of service or gift giving. I love giving to the people I care about

My now husband knows my love is coffee. He noticed and started making mine every morning for me. I asked him why and he said it was something he could do that made me happy every day

I think John and Francesca's story is so cute! 🥰 A bit funny too, bcause I can relate to certain things here. 🤣As for the question at the end: I was more an acts of service mixed with words of affirmation type of girl, but now physical touch entered the chat not too long ago. Nowadays I like to hug the people I love for more than 10 quick seconds a bit more often (quick hugs or no hugs at all, used to be the norm for me. Yes, that I used to do with my *very small* circle.😅). I have not found love yet, no one has reciprocated my affections thus far, but I know now this is how I give and like to receive love at least with my close friends and family. Loved this video! ❤

As a child, I receive gifts from my parents, whether I want them or not. I give back with words and acts of service: thanking them and doing some of their chores for them. It's a cycle. I switch gears with my siblings, I give them everything, from quality time to physical touch (this I find the hardest to give in a conservative upbringing and my feeling/emotion of disgust). I also switch unknowingly whenever performance strikes or a truly endeering thing or person moves me to hug them or be nicer to them. I love to give and receive love. It's priceless.. mostly. Romantic genres seem to be a talking point for these

Good morning, and a wonderful July to all. Not sure if it means anything that there are movies and shows I won't watch, but I'll watch the Internet Dads tackle their topics. 🤔 I feel like that Drake meme: Watch or read Bridgerton? Nah, thanks. Cinema Therapy did a video on Bridgerton?! Lemme go get popcorn.

I’ve heard that people speculate that Francesca is neurodivergent. I can see it in these scenes but I love to know what you think

It was so cute the way she gets excited for him It’s so sweet he gets her the music What is happening? She’s is not drinking the lemonade lol

I think the discussion about the music was missed. John left after Francesca told her how she would prefer the music (and that she didn’t like it).

I like acts of service, but give gifts to show love. Some say love languages are nonsense, but it can be helpful

I would see you do a video about Colin and Penelope's relationship season 1 to 3.

My 2 main love languages are touch and quality time. I never seemed to get enough of either, except with my kids when they were very young. I hold out hope that one day I'll find a someone that has those same love languages, and wants to share them with me.

Can you do an episode (or several) about the The Bear. A lot to unpack in there.

completely unrelated but i NEED you to therapize challengers!!

When will we be getting a new Gilmore Girls Gets Therapized??

I'd rule out autism because he DID register her meaning and successfully adjust within the same conversation... It takes my husband hours, days or weeks to respond to my ques... If he catches them at all. Sometimes, I explain myself and he just restates his position unchanged because he can't see my point as logical as all.

As an ace (and maybe aro too) women, I've never "courted" and never been in a romantic relationship. The closest I came to was at college with a male friend that felt like some kind of "soul-mates" friendship. Anyway, I guess you are right about giving love the way one would like to get it. For me that would be really listen to the other one, take them seriously, learn to know and respect their boundaries. And at the same time, coming from a toxic family system, these are what I crawe(d) for and never really got. That special friend was the first person I really felt receiving that from. And I still can't understand how on earth he was so good to me. I have severe mental health issues, lots of self-hatred and nearly no self-esteem. I genuinely don't understand.

Oh my goodness, I love them more than whatever is happening with Colin and Penelope.

When I took the quiz online, my results were a three-way tie between Quality Time, Words of Affirmation, and Acts of Service. 😐 Not totally sure what to make of that.

8:39 she’s so tired of the bridgertons not accepting her matches😂😂😂

Love your videos! Would you ever consider reacting to the new Percy Jackson show? It seems like something you could pull a lot out of, especially to do with kids and family relationships, and it has some things in common with other fantasy series you have reacted to like Harry Potter or LOTR. :) And you seem more likely to react to shows on here than on Cinema Therapy, but doing it with Alan would also be really cool, kind of like the exception that was made for Avatar which was great!

Does a bitds nest count as artificial. And neurologically what are instincts? Often i hear consciousness debunked by explaining the mechanism of consciousness. It isn't feeling pain its response to negative stimulus it isn't thinking its put point data together with other points of Data. Ok then instincts don't exist . Its all reflexes senses urges witch are pressure points cravings witch open cell receptors and reason and learned behavior and memory. .

Does a birds nest count as artificial. And neurologically what are instincts? Often i hear consciousness debunked by explaining the mechanism of consciousness. It isn't feeling pain its response to negative stimulus it isn't thinking its put point data together with other points of Data. Ok then instincts don't exist . Its all reflexes senses urges witch are pressure points cravings witch open cell receptors and reason and learned behavior and memory. .

Frankly ............. the way I like to receive love as owner of an ADHD brain, chronic illnesses and "gifted" with a mess of a family .... 😢 is to have my boundaries accepted without having to fight for every damn bit. Which SHOULD be basic decency level in general public. But reality doesn't run on "should/could/would/might". It's pathetic that my bar is on level with the ground and yet, there's ridiculously few ppl at all managing just that. And the moment we're talking "men and romantic relationships", it's barely happening. And if it is, then that man is partnered and thus, no candidate at all. Life is particularly rough for some of us. Still thriving within my tiny means and the help of radical acceptance of things as they are. 🌱🍃 yay?

I feel autism vibes from both Francesca and John right now. She has a hyper focus on music which she struggles to shut up about, "disobeys" rules like not randomly stopping people or disappearing from balls, is flustered and anxious in social situations etc. He is literal minded, vaguely socially awkward and doesn't really see subtext. And they've found eachother 4:38

Good sir, what’s your thoughts about Michael being changed to a Michaela?

please therapise bojack horseman they’re all very in need of it

Was that Bruce Willis from Moonlighting? Nice. It's high on the list of 'things I'd rather watch than Bridgerton'. [No shade to Julia Quinn, Shonda Rhimes, or the talented cast. It's just not my cup of tea.]

Please do on Michaela Kill Martin

Oh boy, not reading the books is a mistake Jono, but at the same time... don't do that to yourself at this point

>.< not all social awkwardness is "autism coded."

I can prove goodness justice are made up by the and depend on the humans in dominace. Just because something was cinstructed doesn't mean it's not real just because something is artificial doesn't it doesn't work and wasn't actually intelligently designed . Fairness compassion second chances Marcy is all against nature so im against nature. Why does everyone want appeal to our abusive mother Nature. We blame capitalism for stuff caused by nature. Starvation Freezing sickness stuff reduced by capitalism and patriarchy. We blame partryarchy for stuff caused by feminism devaluing Men silencing male issues if it put women in s bad light. . But if we're constant hold ourselves to our own standards some fare important tyen accountability is holding yourself to your own standards. We can give Truth to the lies we were told . Jt be like sci-fi. It maybe true sime like love Justice doesn't exist abs say if it doesn't exist invent it🔩 nature

Doesn't the fact that stolchome syndrome happens means compassion and empathy was never real. It was all based fear and power

While I typically like your videos, I don’t think you answered the question you started with in this video. How to decide whom to be your life partner. I hoped you’d draw a parallel with real life and come to a conclusion that could help us in our own relationships

This season completely ruined Francesca's story line. I'll I will say is read the book and watch the end.

And then they decided Francesca must become a lesbian. 😕

Sorry, Johno, but in the book, Francesca and John have a loving relationship. But, spoilers, it doesn't last long in the end. Don't worry she still gets a happy ending.

My now husband knows my love is coffee. He noticed and started making mine every morning for me. I asked him why and he said it was something he could do that made me happy every day