Bridgerton season four, episode five will arrive on Netflix on Thursday, February 26 when viewers will receive another quartet of episodes to relish.

The broadcasting pattern for season four follows that of the third series after Netflix began dividing its most popular programmes to retain its subscriber numbers.

Netflix has recently unveiled the episode titles for season four, part two, which represents the latter half of the fourth series.

The episode titles are: Episode 5: Yes or No; Episode 6: The Passing Winter; Episode 7: The Beyond; and Episode 8: Dance in the Country.

Season four draws inspiration from Julia Quinn's third Bridgerton novel An Offer from a Gentleman and those acquainted with the source material may be able to guess what happens in the story.

WARNING: This section contains spoilers from Bridgerton season 4, part 1

Season four, part two will delve deeper into Sophie Baek's (portrayed by Yerin Ha) and Benedict Bridgerton's (Luke Thompson) developing romance. Regardless of their efforts to keep their distance, the chemistry between them was undeniable.

Benedict continues to be unaware of Sophie's complex history, details which might emerge during the second half of the series.

The fourth season's latter portion is also anticipated to tackle whether Benedict will discover if Sophie is indeed the Lady in Silver, and whether this revelation might influence his desire to wed her.

Another plot thread in the fourth season's second instalment will presumably focus on Francesca Bridgerton's (Hannah Dodd) sexuality.

The third season previously suggested Francesca's attraction to female rake Michaela Stirling (Masali Baduza), when she was rendered speechless during their initial encounter.

Lastly, Eloise Bridgerton's (Claudia Jessie) choice to remain unmarried and become "left on the shelf" will be explored more deeply as the determined Bridgerton daughter may discover herself constrained by societal expectations regarding her unmarried state.

In a recent chat with Entertainment Weekly, Bridgerton's showrunner Jess Brownell offered a glimpse into the fourth season and Sophie's journey: "We get to watch a very headstrong young woman try to decide her fate for herself and pick up the courage to believe in and dream for a life greater than the one she currently has."

Brownell continued by stating that the novel proved the "easiest" to adapt since its framework aligned "really closely" with formats suited to television. The writer continued: "There are just a lot of rich set pieces that gave us juicy conflict and high stakes. I think fans will be happy to see quite a few of the set pieces from the book in the show."

After season four, part two concludes, viewers can anticipate both seasons four and five, which are already being developed with Brownell revealing to Deadline that Eloise and Francesca's narratives will form the centrepiece of each of the instalments but couldn't verify the sequence.

Considering that the television version has already departed from the chronology of the novels, there's nothing preventing the sixth novel When He Was Wicked from taking precedence and centring on Francesca's romantic tale.

To Sir Phillip, With Love is book five in the series and centres on Eloise.

Bridgerton season 4, part 1 is streaming on Netflix now