A very enjoyable Bridgerton pastiche; fun and fast-paced, though possible too much so of the latter. I enjoyed the Doctor and Rogue's relationship while watching, but it went a bit too quick for me to really believe in it narratively. Compare to lengthy arcs of distrust and growing understanding as with River Song, and this starts to feel a bit ephemeral.

I also wish that Ruby had been given a bit more to do in this episode; she's sidelined for the majority while the narrative focuses on the Doctor and Rogue. She fulfils quite the sizable narrative purpose at the end, but even that is a completely passive role. She plays it well, but ultimately she gets put in peril and rescued at the last moment by Rogue's heroic self-sacrifice.

Despite my complaints, I did find it fun and enjoyably camp. "Cosplay the world to death" was not on my bingo sheet for the season, but I'm glad it turned up here. The pastiche was lovingly done, and despite me not finding the main relationship entirely believable, Gatwa and Groff certainly delivered the emotional weight of it stunningly well. I hope he turns up again in Gatwa's run to continue this plot thread. I'll be quite disappointed if this just goes nowhere, and it might make me retroactively drop my score for this episode.