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The Serpent Queen Season-Premiere Recap: Something’s Afoot at the Palace
Who are all these people again? Why don’t these characters ever address one another by name?
The three-minute-long “previously on” means absolutely nothing if you have never seen the show and left those of us who watched it a year ago going, “Wait, who was that person again?” Last season, Catherine rose to power despite everyone at court being against her, particularly her husband Henri’s mistress, Diane de Poitiers. Louis de Bourbon keeps saying irreverent things that are supposed to make us laugh but come off as trying too hard, and Antoine says, “Easy-peasy lemon squeezy,” which is a bridge too far, sir. Charles, Alexandre, Hercule, Elisabeth, and Margot together are squabbling and terrible, and if there’s one thing I love on TV, it’s spoiled and immature adult children à la the Gemstones.
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