The Serpent Queen

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Season 1
  • Network: Starz
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 11, 2022
Season #: 3, 2, 1
Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
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Critic Reviews

  1. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Chitra Ramaswamy
    Sep 12, 2022
    60
    Justin Haythe’s script may embody all the things period dramas seem to be right now – irreverent, foul-mouthed, darkly satirical – but it needs more psychological heft. As a result, unlike its namesake, The Serpent Queen is good but not great.
  2. RogerEbert.com
    Reviewed by: Clint Worthington
    Sep 7, 2022
    60
    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.

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#79 Best TV Season of 2022

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User Score
7.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 15 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 15
  3. Negative: 3 out of 15
  1. OlivierPiel
    Sep 11, 2022
    5
    Medici is a very complex and fascinating subject, who inspired politics in France and Europe well into the 19th century. Balzac's fantasy andMedici is a very complex and fascinating subject, who inspired politics in France and Europe well into the 19th century. Balzac's fantasy and fantastic novella on her life and legacy is of course incomparable to this dumbed down version made for the Tik Tok (de)generation raised on Game of Thrones onanism. However, if only a few of the young audience could be interested to learn about her life and French history, then this program would have served its purpose.
    The stupidly patronizing woke "additions" - in particular the abducted, bullied black/Arabian maid side story, ironically at a time where white Slavic and black Subsaharan women were indeed being enslaved by Ottomans- do not help its case. (France was not an imperial power at the time, it was indeed fighting the Habsburg and Holy Roman empire!)    … Full Review »
  2. podaddy
    Nov 21, 2022
    9
    Bravo. Well done series with top notch acting(especially Morton) and quality writing. Had low expectations for The Serpent Queen and it provedBravo. Well done series with top notch acting(especially Morton) and quality writing. Had low expectations for The Serpent Queen and it proved quite the opposite. Highly recommend.… Full Review »
  3. shoulderoforion
    Sep 12, 2022
    7
    I figured this was going to be a waste of time, and yet another low level production from Starz. The first episode was surprisinglyI figured this was going to be a waste of time, and yet another low level production from Starz. The first episode was surprisingly entertaining. I'm a sucker for period piece edutainment, and knowing nothing about this period of time in France/Italy/et all, seeing Charles Dance pull off a particularly naughty Pope was really great. While always a fan of Sam Morton, Liv Hill's young Catherine de' Medici was captivating. Im in, and will be checking this out weekly.… Full Review »
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