Bridgerton ahead. “Do not forget to bid Prudence, Phillipa, or even Penelope farewell as you go," Lady Portia Featherington says to a group of male suitors in an early episode of , which tracks the drama, scandal, and intrigue of London's 19th century marriage market. The even in Lady Portia's sentence is a thinly-veiled dig at her daughter, Penelope, and shows just how little she views her—especially in comparison to her other daughters, Prudence and Phillipa.