Benedict and Sophie's forbidden love story was teased in the Bridgerton season 4 trailer - in addition to multiple sex scenes. Netflix released the first look on Thursday, December 25, which showed Benedict (Luke Thompson) once again trying to avoid finding a wife. "To the season's most notorious gentleman, Benedict Bridgerton, he must bow to that most powerful of forces: mothers," Lady Whistledown says in a voiceover before Benedict gets told by Violet (Ruth Gemmell) that he "simply must" marry someone soon. Benedict's mother urges him to keep an eye out during her masquerade ball.