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Episode 6 of The Serpent Queen opens with Antoine Bourbon, still feeling the effects of the night before and Ruggiero’s drugged wine. Queen Elizabeth of England and her entourage sweep through the corridors as his brother, Louis, insists she can’t possibly be here; she’s in Flanders awaiting
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Episode 4 of The Serpent Queen begins with a sad homecoming for Catherine, expecting to hear the worst about her injured son Hercule. After an affectionate but restrained welcome from her other children, she meets the court doctor, who informs her that Hercule’s wound has become infected and his
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This week’s The Serpent Queen begins with Catherine leaving her family and courtiers for a business trip to Italy. On her long journey, Catherine has time to reflect on the situation she left behind in France. Her dearly loved but annoying children and the Guise and Bourbon families are
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The Serpent Queen initially aired in the fall of 2022, and though it was originally hinted to be a limited series, it was a big enough hit that Season 2 was confirmed toward the end of its run. Continuing the story of Catherine de Medici with verve, humor, and a
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Previously on Poldark: After five years and over forty episodes, the story of Ross Poldark and friends is finally coming to an end. For now, anyway. Oh, and also Ross is also currently pretending to commit treason, because reasons. It’s hard to explain. If you’ve missed something, we’
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Previously on Poldark: Ned Despard is executed on trumped up treason charges after a high drama trial that saw Ross passionately defend his friend and Dwight imply he was brain damaged. Back in Cornwall, Terrible Tess Trigedden is busy throwing herself at Sam Carne because it looked like he might
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Previously on Poldark: Ned gets arrested as a result of a complicated plan between George, Racist Slave Trader Hansen and that random evil guy Ross thinks is his friend. which basically involved getting him drunk and letting him rant against the government around town at top volume until someone from
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Previously on Poldark: Ned, who is getting more irritating by the day, leads a rag tag group of protesters to Trenwith to guilt George Warleggan into reopening his mind, an argument he’d probably have been more open to initially if Ned hadn’t broken his arm first. As for
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Previously on Poldark: Ross and Demelza return to Cornwall with Ned and Kitty in tow, only to deal with a deadly mine accident, an unhinged George Warleggan who’s basically being tortured by his own family, and a crowd of rowdy townsfolk itching to overthrow the wealthy elites. Maybe y’
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Previously on Poldark: There’s a lot of political conspiracy going on, but whether any of us actually care about it remains to be seen. Ross’ old military captain Ned Despard is still trying to prove who named him as a traitor to the crown for giving away land in
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Previously on Poldark: Ross’ former Army boss turned governor of Honduras, Ned Despard, is arrested for treason against the crown, because he was giving out land to freed slaves in the colonies and British businessman didn’t like that so much. Ross gets Ned out of jail with the help
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Previously on Poldark: There is honestly way, way too much. Luckily, we’ve got four seasons worth of recaps to catch you up before you dig in to the final season premiere. Well, it’s the end of an era. Or the beginning of the end, anyway. Hurray, Poldark is