TV Review: “Bridgerton: Shock and Delight” (S1, Ep. 2)

The second episode of the Netflix costume drama Bridgerton more than exceeded the expectations set up in the first episode. The episode has three basic threads: Daphne’s continued efforts to get out of a betrothal to the loathsome Lord Berbrooke; Simon’s troubled upbringing by his tyrannical father (and rescue by Lady Danbury); and Miss Thompson’s struggles in the home of the cunning and cruel…