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As you make your predictions about Bridgerton <\/em>Season 5 and craft your dream #Franchaela playlists \u2014 I\u2019m listening to them all! \u2014 Netflix is teasing further details<\/a> about the show\u2019s next love story.<\/p>\n On April 8, the streamer revealed three <\/a>new cast members<\/a> who will accompany Francesca and Michaela\u2019s journey.<\/p>\n Jacqueline Boatswain will play Michaela\u2019s mom, Helen Stirling \u2014 \u201cthe very source of her bold daughter\u2019s spirit,\u201d reads her character description. \u201cLike any mama, Helen seeks to guide \u2014 and occasionally push \u2014 her daughter through London’s social season, with equal measures of vivaciousness and tough love.\u201d (If When He Was Wicked <\/em>is any indication, you can likely count on Helen to be one of Franchaela\u2019s biggest shippers.)<\/p>\n Michaela will also be able to lean on her friend Lady Elizabeth Ashworth, played by Gemma Knight Jones. \u201cBeneath Elizabeth\u2019s playful charm lies a grounded realist who is wise to the unspoken rules of society,\u201d Netflix teases.<\/p>\n And beyond Michaela\u2019s circle, another newcomer is entering the chat. Tega Alexander will play Christopher Anderson \u2014 yes, as in Lord Marcus Anderson\u2019s son<\/a> \u2014 who\u2019s described as a \u201cRegency-era Casanova who could give the Bridgerton bachelors a run for their money.\u201d But he seems to be more than your cookie-cutter rake, for the show adds: \u201cBehind his cheeky facade lies a current of self-doubt that threatens to unravel him.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s this last addition that has Bridgerton <\/em>fans particularly abuzz, with several viewers theorizing<\/a> that Christopher will pursue Francesca or Michaela (or both). This could create a tension-filled love triangle as the women process their feelings, and in the book, the couple does spar about each other\u2019s romantic prospects before realizing the root of their jealousy. That is, they\u2019re yearning for each other!<\/p>\n Many fans speculated that there might be another layer to Christopher\u2019s character, suggesting that his \u201cfacade\u201d could be<\/a> that he\u2019s not straight himself. One Redditor suggested<\/a> that Christopher and Elizabeth (who don\u2019t appear in the books) \u201care going to be important in establishing queer society in London that Michaela already lives in,\u201d similar to how Season 4 focused on a new group (the working class) to inform Sophie\u2019s character<\/a>.<\/p>\n As a member of Lady Danbury\u2019s extended family, Christopher could also help usher in<\/a> a character who\u2019s important to a future Bridgerton <\/em>season. Gareth St. Clair is Lady Danbury\u2019s grandson and Hyacinth\u2019s love interest in the book It\u2019s in His Kiss<\/em>. Though the youngest Bridgerton\u2019s love story is still a ways off, a mention of Gareth from his cousin could be a natural (and exciting) tease for what\u2019s to come. <\/p>\nBut What Does It Mean?<\/h2>\n