Viewers are just recovering from the romance between Bridgerton Season 4 star couple Yerin Ha and Luke Thompson, and they’re already obsessing over details about the next pairing. On March 24, 2026, Netflix announced that Bridgerton season 5 was already in production. They also confirmed that the pairing for the upcoming season will be none other than Francesca Bridgerton and Michaela Sterling.
Bridgerton season 5 production begins just weeks after season 4 finale
A video was posted on Netflix’s official social media accounts, confirming the romance will be the focus of the story in the next season. It read, “Don’t worry, dear readers, a certain Countess will find love again… Bridgerton Season 5 is now in production.”
The clip shows how, in the next season, Hannah Dodd and Masali Baduza’s characters will find their long-desired love and companionship in each other. Love will be ‘rekindled’ for Francesca Bridgerton after the death of her husband John. The only surprise is that it would be with her dearest cousin, Michaela Sterling. Standing next to each other on what appears to be a balcony, they smile with loving eyes, and soon their fingers touch, the first linking her fingers with the second, symbolizing the beginning of their love line.
Check out the video below.
Following the untimely and sudden demise of John Stirling, Earl of Kilmartin, played by Victor Alli, due to a brain aneurysm which causes him to die in his sleep, Francesca is faced with pitiful glances and extreme affection from everyone around her, including her own family. But among them, she finds comfort in Michaela, who holds the same feelings of despair and grief but chooses to celebrate her cousin’s life rather than quietly mourn.
These events in Season 4 laid the foundation for the storyline between Hannah Dodd and Masali Baduza’s characters, which will now take shape in the upcoming Bridgerton Season 5.
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