‘Bridgerton’ Showrunner Teases “Juicy Conflict” In Season 4: “The Easiest Book To Adapt”

With Bridgerton Season 4 making its ballroom debut on Netflix in the new year, showrunner Jess Brownell is teasing an installment chock-full of “juicy conflict” in what has been the “easiest book to adapt” to television thus far.

With the new season — which will bow its initial four episodes Jan. 29, followed by its latter four Feb. 26 — audiences will see Julia Quinn’s third Bridgerton novel An Offer From a Gentleman come alive on small screens. It will trace the romance between the bohemian Benedict (Luke Thompson) and level-headed maid Sophie (Yerin Ha), whose arc follows a reimagined Cinderella story.

“It lent itself really closely to television structure for a love story,” Brownell, who also serves as executive producer and writer, told Entertainment Weekly in a new interview. “There are just a lot of rich set pieces that gave us juicy conflict and high stakes. I think fans will be happy to…