ABC Everyday The subtext of Bridgerton's season one finale feels clear: couples are happiest when they have kids, and if you don't want them there's something wrong with you, writes Christian Harimanow. ( Print text only Cancel Like 63 million other households, my wife and I finished the entire first season of Netflix's Bridgerton in a matter of days. (Heads up: this article contains spoilers.) And just like every one of those other 63 million households claim, it wasn't the raunchy sex scenes that kept us watching. But the season finale left me disappointed. "I didn't like how easily Simon changed his mind about having children," I told my wife, as if we knew these people in real life.