The Serpent Queen

TV Show

2022-2024

1h 0m

TV-MA

Starz

2 Seasons

16 Episodes

Episode Guide

English

Drama, History

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7.8

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The Serpent Queen

TV-MA

TV Show

2022-2024

1h 0m

English

Starz

Drama, History

Play Trailer

2 Seasons

16 Episodes

Episode Guide

Watch on STARZ (Via Hulu)

Considered an immigrant, common and plain, Catherine de Medici is married into the 16th century French court as an orphaned teenager expected to bring a fortune in dowry and produce many heirs, only to discover that her husband is in love with an older woman, her dowry is unpaid and she’s unable to concieve. Yet, only with her intelligence and determination, she manages to keep her marriage alive and masters the bloodsport that is the monarchy better than anyone else, ruling France for 50 years.

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7.8

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All Saints Day

Season 2 Episode 8

August 30th 2024

A House Divided

Season 2 Episode 7

August 23rd 2024

Courting the Valois

Season 2 Episode 6

August 16th 2024

Time with the Family

Season 2 Episode 5

August 9th 2024

Judas

Season 2 Episode 4

August 2nd 2024

Death of a Prince

Season 2 Episode 3

July 26th 2024

Second Coming

Season 2 Episode 2

July 19th 2024

Grand Tour

Season 2 Episode 1

July 12th 2024

A Queen Is Made

Season 1 Episode 8

October 30th 2022

An Attack on the King

Season 1 Episode 7

October 23rd 2022

Cast

Catherine de Medici

Young Catherine

Aabis

Anne de Montmorency

Cosimo Ruggeri

Rahima

Mathilde

Antoine de Bourbon

Antoinette de Bourbon

Louis de Bourbon

Charles de Lorraine

Charles de Bourbon

Claude de Lorraine

Henry II of France

Angelica

Francis III of Brittany

Naomi Battrick

Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly

Colm Meaney

Francis I of France

Adam Garcia

Sebastiano de Montecuccoli

Eleanor of Austria

Suleiman I of Turkey

Nathalie

Cook

Created By: Justin Haythe

Directed By: Stacie Passon (1 Episode)

Written By: Justin Haythe (1 Episode), Elizabeth Chakkappan (1 Episode)

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DylanKing1999 says...

2 years ago

The biggest problem with this show is that it simply falls flat. There is barely any tension build-up. All the little side stories just kind of suddenly get dropped and never end up having any relevance. You don't form any real investment in any of the characters. There are no big "oh wow" moments. While it is not terrible, at the end of the day it is simply a kind of boring and forgettable show.

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xplorer73 says...

5 months ago

A failed attempt to mix Medici with Borgia series. Despite of rich decorations and costumes the series does not look or feel anything close to the portrayed age because of cartoonish characters behaving and speaking like in modern days - you just don't care what will happen why any of them. Another problem is that the series alter the real historic events for the sake of making the plot "more dramatic" (a fake drama).

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amasulem says...

a month ago

Much of the initial energy of the show was at the hands of Liv Hill, and once the character grew up she became more fiend and caricature rather than character. Still, I did enjoy its playing with the history to entertain with humour and modern attitudes thrown in to serve as a means to grasp the interiority or moment. The throwbacks to her younger past gave the show some shape, that once abandoned left us with the Wicked Witch of the West, even if Samantha Morton is brilliant whilst doing it.

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Tallion says...

2 years ago

decent enough period piece.The time jump to new Catherine was a bit disconcerting but didn't break the flow. I did feel a lot of the characters were pretty thin. Had a few questions on how she could get some things done but not others like boot the cousin... will watch S2

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2 years ago

In spite of superficially, being a tale about 16th century Italian noblewoman Catherine de' Medici, who eventually became a French Queen, looking at this production you might be forgiven for thinking you were at watching a polished historical larper's party, in 21 century woke England.

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