Bridgerton S4E6 Recap: Love Faces the Price of Family Duty

In Bridgerton Season 4, Episode 6, Benedict pursues a life with Sophie—sketching a shared cottage and arguing for a future beyond convention—while Sophie wrestles with her status as a maid’s daughter and the impossibility of being Benedict’s mistress. Anthony and Violet push back against the plan as Sophie’s day spirals from a tense visit with the Penwood circle to fears of pregnancy, ultimately revealing she is not pregnant and choosing a professional path by interviewing at Penwood House. Sophie burns the Our Cottage drawing, and Benedict watches their dream unravel as she departs for a new life, underscoring the season’s ongoing critique of class and tradition with plenty of royal-society intrigue alongside.