>>213041695 (OP)I watched it. It's more enjoyable if you understand that it's supposed to be like Sharknado.
So, Bridgerton steals the most famous plot lines from the most famous romance novels; and thrown them into a mish-mash of characters also openly stolen from famous romance novels.
So, you're not really supposed to watch this as an independent work which rises or falls on it's own value; but as a fun overdose of campy and kitschy tropes known by everyone.
It's like when a TV show does a reunion show; or a famous celebrity shows up on a small-rated TV show and says/does something that is an obvious reference to their own famous movie, a wink at the eye of the audience