The Serpent Queen
Catherine de Medici is ready to rule.
- Metascore76
- 2022-2024
- 2 seasons
- Starz
- Drama
- TV-MA
Catherine de Medici is ready to rule.
Season 1 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2022
Episode 1
Medici Bitch
Sun, Sep 11, 2022 48 mins
Queen Catherine begins to tell the story of her life to Rahima, a servant girl, revealing how she came to enter the French Royal Court at the age of 14.
Episode 2
To War Rather Than to Bed
Sun, Sep 18, 2022 53 mins
Young Catherine begins to learn how to outwit the royal household in order to secure her future after the death of her uncle.
Episode 3
The Price
Sun, Sep 25, 2022 55 mins
Prince Henri returns from war with a new mistress, Filippa, and a baby. Catherine resorts to extreme measures to produce an heir.
Episode 4
A New Era
Sun, Oct 2, 2022 51 mins
Catherine has become a mother. King Francis suffers a fall from his horse while hunting with Henri and Catherine.
Episode 5
The First Regency
Sun, Oct 9, 2022 52 mins
King Henri departs to lead an army to defend France and places Catherine in charge as Regent, allowing her to test her powers further. Catherine asks Rahima to search Mary's room for a letter.
Episode 6
The Last Joust
Sun, Oct 16, 2022 54 mins
Catherine has a dream that predicts that her husband will be wounded while jousting; Catherine and Henri decide that their son Francis should delay his wedding to Mary.
Episode 7
An Attack on the King
Sun, Oct 23, 2022 49 mins
Mary visits Rahima and recounts her side of the story of life at the Royal Court. Catherine and Mary have conflicting views when it comes to freedom of religion in France.
Episode 8
A Queen Is Made
Sun, Oct 30, 2022 56 mins
The planned kidnapping of King Francis goes awry, but Catherine devises a new plan to allow her control of the country.
