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Season 1
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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 is unable to concieve. Yet, with her intelligence and determination, she manages to keep her marriage alive and masters the bloodsport of the monarchy better than anyone else, ruling France for 50 years.

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The trailer looks great, Cunk on Britain vibes big_smile

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checklist
1) we have "done" Catherine the Great ( The Great with elle Fanning)
2) Now its Catherine De Medici's turn
3) Next? Lucrezia Borgia?

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I like it. I can watch pretty much anything in the genre but this is definitely toward the top end so far.

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Am I the only one I am finding it all a bit confusing after eps 4, very little seems to stand out.  They have done the age switch thing here also.  by the way the forum has not been added to the entry

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Confusing how? Like as in you don't know who the council people and various court folks are? Or something about the plot? I kinda feel like the side characters are mostly just placeholders.

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mrverene wrote:

Confusing how? Like as in you don't know who the council people and various court folks are? Or something about the plot? I kinda feel like the side characters are mostly just placeholders.

well take away all those placeholders and you dont have much left? I get the impression they were added as the show lacks any real things happening. The maid todos not enough to sustain the show?
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I meant placeholders in that they're just expressions of political positions and not really particularly developed characters. The story's how Catherine deals with all the various factions. I find it interesting enough so far, and it should get more interesting as Francis and Mary get older given the added tensions there.

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eps 6 was the first one that made any sense and was enjoyable.

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The last eps of the series eps 8 was a good one made it all worth while pulled it all together. Mary of Scotland was a great character as were the Bourbon brothers

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Just started with ep1, its gonna be a long time till the apex since its kind of told by the protagonist.
Also common, plain and orphan is so wrong, the name actually made history tongue
To be in those circumstances in that time was almost unique

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so season 2 is here. At first I didnt like the series with all the ad hominem Frankie Howard type repartee ( google him)  But I have since warmed to the series as it has some nice funny characters

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merc wrote:

so season 2 is here. At first I didnt like the series with all the ad hominem Frankie Howard type repartee ( google him)  But I have since warmed to the series as it has some nice funny characters

I have absolutely no idea how you can compare anyone in this series to Frankie Howerd, but I really like The Serpent Queen too.  It was one of those shows I put off to watch when I had very few shows left, but I regret that and wished I'd have watched it sooner.

I enjoy it alot more than I did Catherine The Great, I know that.

2020.  Meh.

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merc wrote:

so season 2 is here. At first I didnt like the series with all the ad hominem Frankie Howard type repartee ( google him)  But I have since warmed to the series as it has some nice funny characters

I have absolutely no idea how you can compare anyone in this series to Frankie Howerd, but I really like The Serpent Queen too.  It was one of those shows I put off to watch when I had very few shows left, but I regret that and wished I'd have watched it sooner.

I enjoy it alot more than I did Catherine The Great, I know that.

The feature of talking to the viewer? though of course not the nudge nudge wink wink

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merc wrote:
graybags wrote:
merc wrote:

so season 2 is here. At first I didnt like the series with all the ad hominem Frankie Howard type repartee ( google him)  But I have since warmed to the series as it has some nice funny characters

I have absolutely no idea how you can compare anyone in this series to Frankie Howerd, but I really like The Serpent Queen too.  It was one of those shows I put off to watch when I had very few shows left, but I regret that and wished I'd have watched it sooner.

I enjoy it alot more than I did Catherine The Great, I know that.

The feature of talking to the viewer? though of course not the nudge nudge wink wink

Ah, "breaking the fourth wall".  Not sure who was the first person to do that, but I think it was in a play long before anybody even uttered "titter ye not".   smile

2020.  Meh.

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merc wrote:
graybags wrote:
merc wrote:

so season 2 is here. At first I didnt like the series with all the ad hominem Frankie Howard type repartee ( google him)  But I have since warmed to the series as it has some nice funny characters

I have absolutely no idea how you can compare anyone in this series to Frankie Howerd, but I really like The Serpent Queen too.  It was one of those shows I put off to watch when I had very few shows left, but I regret that and wished I'd have watched it sooner.

I enjoy it alot more than I did Catherine The Great, I know that.

The feature of talking to the viewer? though of course not the nudge nudge wink wink

Ah, "breaking the fourth wall".  Not sure who was the first person to do that, but I think it was in a play long before anybody even uttered "titter ye not".   smile

The show I really disliked that did that was She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. Just an irritation

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The show I really disliked that did that was She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. Just an irritation

I think in general everyone disliked She-Hulk.  Awful.

2020.  Meh.

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This show must be unique in that the stars of the show are not the stars of the show? ie it is the ancilliary characters ( ie not the queen ) that make it tick. The serpent queen  is more a commentator-voice over.

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Great season 2 eps 8 finale.

▼Spoiler

we had been lulled into a false sense of security that she was losing her touch

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I agree. That S2 E8 was great!