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The Serpent Queen Season-Finale Recap: This Murder Banquet Is Your Space Worm


This is Catherine de’ Medici’s big moment, and it doesn’t disappoint!

I was waiting for one character to ask another what day it was and for them to offhandedly reply, “It’s St. Bartholomew’s Day.” I wanted my moment of hacky dramatic irony; I don’t care if it would be bad writing. Okay, but imagine having a mother like Catherine and trying to determine literally any part of your life, only to constantly find that she has planned five to ten steps ahead of you, and instead, you’ll be marrying the future king of Navarre, no matter what you try to do. Everyone is in a tizzy about Margot’s marriage, because marrying Henry is supposed to appease Edith the Protestant Leader and stop her from burning down France, so a lot is riding on this.

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