There’s a scene in the opening episode of Netflix series My Brilliant Career where the characters dance a colonial jig to the song Young Turks by Rod Stewart. Supporting roles from Anna Chancellor, Genevieve O’Reilly and Sherry-Lee Watson are universally strong in a work where ideas are challenged and liberties flourish. And like Bridgerton‘s fusing of a new spin on period stories for broad success, My Brilliant Career is a bold and incandescent take, pulsating with vigor and one very unstoppable protagonist in Sybylla.