The Serpent Queen Season 1

‘The Serpent Queen’ Season 1 Ending Explained: Everything That Happened In “A Queen Is Made”

October 30 2022, by Jonathon Wilson

The Season 1 finale of The Serpent Queen pulls one final trick with the show’s narration device — in Episode 8, “A Queen Is Made”, Rahima...

‘The Serpent Queen’ Season 1, Episode 7 Recap – What Happened in “An Attack on the King”

October 24 2022, by Jonathon Wilson

As The Serpent Queen’s framing device gets closer than ever to its present-day shenanigans, Season 1, Episode 7, “An Attack on the King” switches perspectives....

‘The Serpent Queen’ Season 1, Episode 6 Recap – What Happened in “The Last Joust”

October 17 2022, by Jonathon Wilson

Throughout its first season, The Serpent Queen has toyed with the supernatural, but only as a metaphor for a notorious monarch’s complicated legacy. Many imagined...

‘The Serpent Queen’ Season 1, Episode 5 Recap – What Happened in “The First Regency”

October 10 2022, by Jonathon Wilson

In The Serpent Queen episode 4, a welcome time jump knocked the narrative forward 15 years and welcomely cast Samantha Morton as Catherine de Medici...

‘The Serpent Queen’ Season 1, Episode 4 Recap – What Happened in “A New Era”

October 10 2022, by Jonathon Wilson

If I’ve had a persistent complaint about The Serpent Queen thus far, it’s that there hasn’t been enough Samantha Morton. Season 1, Episode 4, “A...

‘The Serpent Queen’ Season 1, Episode 3 Recap – What Happened in “The Price”

October 10 2022, by Jonathon Wilson

Things are, I think it’s fair to say, looking up for Rahima. After maiming the cook who was rude to her with the help of...

‘The Serpent Queen’ Season 1, Episode 2 Recap – What Happened in “To War Rather Than to Bed”

September 19 2022, by Jonathon Wilson

It can’t be just me who thinks that the framing device of The Serpent Queen is much more interesting than the flashbacks to Catherine de...

‘The Serpent Queen’ Season 1, Episode 1 Recap – What Happened in “Medici Bitch”?

September 11 2022, by Jonathon Wilson

If there’s anyone who suits a voluminous black dress spewing literal serpents, it’s probably Samantha Morton – which is more of a compliment than it...