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Will the thrill that awaits those addicted to the escape of the Bridgerton family be reduced by the discovery of the events of Knight of the Moon or by the escape of the detectives of A slow horse ? That’s the whole point of this week’s episode.

“The Bridgertons”, season 2: two doses of whipped cream

Of course we would have received the version of the 2nd season of Bridgerton online in a different way if it did not coincide with the end of the most important festival in the world, which closed its doors on Friday March 25. In addition, the first episodes of the season were previewed for the attendees of the Lille Séries Mania festival, who must have found this continuation of the adventures of the Bridgerton heirs, taken from the “young people” books by Julia Quinn, very empty. Just as the first season, with its young flower girls, its “colorblind” acting and its continued favoritism made the series a costume, this season 2 can already be too much.

Fixed in decorations, decorations, British accent and old-fashioned words, the series shows very quickly (but in length: several episodes exceed 60 minutes) its small plan: basically, capitalize on the success of the first season and repeat almost the same dishes. Unable to rely on Regé-Jean Page to revive on screen the couple Simon Bassett/Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor), the series shifts its focus to Anthony, the older brother who will get married, and Eloise (Delicious Claudia Jessie), the youngest who makes him enter the world. Not to mention young Penelope, the secret author of the scandalous history of society and Lady Whistledown. Only the most addicted Bridgerton will find in these unions and characters a sufficient reason to “binge” season 2. Others will believe, of course rightly, that life is short. Audrey Fournier

The Bridgerton Chronicles, series created by Shonda Rhimes and Chris Van Dusen. With Phoebe Dynevor, Nicola Coughlan, Claudia Jessie, Julie Andrews, Jonathan Bailey (UK, 2022, 8 x approx. 55-70 minutes). On demand on Netflix.

“Infiniti” : an astral play

Following an explosion of feature films, many of them highly successful, with space travel and the conquest of faraway places, Canal+’s ambitious original production once again proves how fertile this narrative material is. One leg in France, the other in Kazakhstan, Infinity it will open with a fatal accident in the International Space Station (ISS), which we do not know if its origin is human or mechanical. When communication with the station breaks down, a Kazakhstani police officer discovers in Baikonur, near the closed Russian space station, a decapitated corpse covered in wax. The identification of the body seems to say something about the events that happened on the ISS. To discover its meaning, the policeman calls a French astronaut (Céline Salette), removed at the last minute from a mission in which his colleagues may have perished.

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