We know who Lady Whistledown is … do we care?

polygon.com:

Through all the pining glances across ballrooms, steamy dalliances in gardens, and pointed barbs whilst promenading in Bridgerton, one fearless writer sees all.

Lady Whistledown is high society’s very own Gossip Girl, the author of an anonymous gossip column who isn’t afraid to call it like she sees it. Throughout the first season, Lady Whistledown’s quippy voiceover (done by the ever regal Dame Julie Andrews) cut through the drama and provided some delicious plot fuel of its own. The Queen of England was bent on discovering the identity of the writer who dared question her choices, while headstrong Eloise Bridgerton was determined to find Lady Whistledown and share her own scathing critiques of high society. The gossip itself was just one source of pressure in Bridgerton. Lady Whistledown’s anonymity and all-seeing eye tension feel like it was coming from anywhere, maybe even everywhere.

[Ed. Note: This piece contains major spoilers for the end of the first season and Penelope’s plotline in season 2 of Bridgerton]

But in the last few moments of Bridgerton season 1, the mystery is revealed: wallflower Penelope Featherington is actually the ton’s most scandalous gossipmonger.

The question is … do we care?

The biggest element Bridgerton loses by having Lady Whistledown’s identity out in the open is the drama that comes from her anonymity. It’s a game not just for Eloise, Queen Charlotte, and the other characters, but for us as an audience. By revealing that hand all too soon, so much of that tension is zapped out and replaced by a tedious plotline about Penelope trying to run her gossip pamphlet.

Aside from the main romance at hand, there are many working plots inBridgerton. (One could even argue that there are too