The Serpent Queen

Name: The Serpent Queen
Genre: Drama
Released: September 11, 2022
Rating: 76

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Starz | Release Date: September 11, 2022

Summary: Catherine de Medici (Samantha Morton) tells how she rose to power after being married off at the age of 14 to a French count in this drama series based on Leonie Frieda's book "Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France."

Genre(s): Drama

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S3:E1. Grand Tour
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Rob Owen

Sep 6, 2022

Season 1 Review: “The Serpent Queen” offers juicier period drama than either of the ballyhooed fantasy epics [“House of the Dragon” and “The Rings of Power”]. ... [Samantha] Morton mesmerizes. Read full review

Melanie McFarland

Sep 12, 2022

Season 1 Review: "The Serpent Queen" may be the latest Starz drama that plumbs the ghastly inner workings of court intrigue to remind us that in the past, as now, a woman's life was far from the stuff of fables. But it distinguishes itself by rinsing away the cosmetics of royal etiquette and self-serious machination with bracing wit. Read full review

Collider David Caballero

Jul 8, 2024

Season 2 Review: Overall, The Serpent Queen Season 2 is a continuation of everything the show did so well in Season 1. Letting Samantha Morton do what she does best, the series continues the extraordinary story of its larger-than-life central character with conviction, bravado, and pitch-black, relentless humor that never outstays its welcome. Read full review

Collider Chase Hutchinson

Sep 7, 2022

Season 1 Review: Morton is the one that guides us through all of the story’s challenges with ease. When making the most of her performance and the character study it creates, The Serpent Queen proves to be more than worth getting wrapped up in, with the story only luring us in — much like the snake in its title. Read full review

Max Gao

Sep 8, 2022

Season 1 Review: For all its minor faults, though, The Serpent Queen still feels like a worthy successor to the likes of Becoming Elizabeth, The White Princess, and The Spanish Princess, carrying on Starz’s legacy of lavish period pieces told through a more modern lens. Read full review

Lacy Baugher

Jul 8, 2024

Season 2 Review: Although The Serpent Queen Season 2 may take its sweet time setting its many political pieces into place, the series relentlessly builds to a crescendo that’s bloody, shocking, and full of the sort of unrepentant scheming and betrayal that the name Catherine de Medici is (rightly or wrongly) famous for. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Clint Worthington

Sep 7, 2022

Season 1 Review: The show livens up when Hill (or eventually Morton, as Catherine ages into adulthood in the framing device) struts in to perform her Machiavellian calculations, but until she does, the show can be a bit of a bore. Read full review

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mamamer

Nov 18, 2022

Brilliantly acted by the whole cast. The subtleties in the characters is riveting to watch. I watched it week to week and found that the build of the plot builds at the perfect pace. Can't wait for the next season

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snorkiss

Sep 24, 2022

Don't bother, it's really awful and the budget just isn't there. I'm actually a fan of Samantha Morton and she definitely deserves better than this flimsy effort. Once again it's the usual dumb woke casting and the heavy handed MESSAGE that will leave most viewers turning off - 2 stars forDon't bother, it's really awful and the budget just isn't there. I'm actually a fan of Samantha Morton and she definitely deserves better than this flimsy effort. Once again it's the usual dumb woke casting and the heavy handed MESSAGE that will leave most viewers turning off - 2 stars for Samantha and Charles Dance.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

76

Series Overview
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: July 12, 2024
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  S3:E1. Grand Tour
  Air Date: July 12, 2024
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: July 12, 2024
Season 1

76
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 11, 2022