Bridgerton season 4 has a post-credits scene and fans are angry they missed it: 'I feel cheated'

Benedict and Sophie's story doesn't end until after the credits...
Cameron Frew
By Cameron Frew

Bridgerton season 4 may be over, but are you sure you watched the whole thing? There’s a post-credits scene you may have missed – and it’s a pivotal moment in the story.

Unless you’re a Marvel fan who sits through every movie and TV show to the bitter end, just for a tiny tease that may never lead anywhere, you may not care about post-credits scenes.

So, when the credits rolled on the finale of Bridgerton season 4, we don’t blame you if you switched it off.

However, be warned, gentle reader: if you’re one of those people, you likely missed the scene the whole season had been building towards.

***Warning: spoilers for Bridgerton season 4 ahead*** 

Benedict and Sophie in the Bridgerton season 4 post-credits scene
Did you miss Benedict and Sophie’s wedding? (Credit: Netflix)

Why you can’t miss Bridgerton season 4’s post-credits scene

At the end of the Bridgerton season 4 finale, Benedict proposes to Sophie at the Queen’s ball, bringing their epic, sweet love story to a close. Or so we thought…

If you stay through the credits, there’s a whole other sequence – and it’s Benedict and Sophie’s wedding day!

We see Anthony (Jonathan Bailey) talking to Benedict, and Kate (Simone Ashley) asking whose wedding should be next. This leads to a possible tease for season 5: Eloise (Claudia Jessie) says she loves a wedding.

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By the actual end of the finale, Benedict and Sophie end the ceremony with a kiss, and we see Benedict’s portrait of her as the Lady in Silver.

If you missed it, you’re not the only one.

“I was actually really disappointed by this half… why put the end credits before the wedding?” one fan wrote on Reddit.

“The end credits scene wedding, that was weird,” another commented.

“I turned off the show before the wedding because why is THAT a post-credits scene?!?! #Bridgerton Now I have to watch it tomorrow and I feel cheated,” a third wrote on X.

“I turned off the TV right at the credits and missed the wedding!” a fourth added.

Benedict and Sophie kissing in the Bridgerton season 4 post-credits scene
The wedding was originally part of the main episode (Credit: Netflix)

Bridgerton showrunner explains why Benedict and Sophie’s wedding is a post-credits scene

Everyone has the same question: why would they drop a wedding between two main characters at the end of the credits?

According to Jess Brownell, the showrunner on Bridgerton, that wasn’t originally the plan.

“So the wedding was not initially a post-credits scene,” she explained to Variety.

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“Well, that’s not true. In past seasons, we’ve done this thing where we fade to black and then we very quickly come up for a tag of the season. And that’s how we initially had it.”

Brownell and executive producer Shonda Rhimes both felt the finale’s pre-credits ending was “so magical and full of so much romance” that they didn’t want to change it. “It almost felt like a hat on a hat,” she said.

“But we really wanted to keep in this beautiful wedding that we shot. We also thought it would be fun for the die-hard fans who really stick around and talk about the show to get that Easter egg, and then to tell their friends who maybe didn’t stick around, and that it could create some some fun chatter.”

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Bridgerton seasons 1-4 are available to stream on Netflix now.