The Serpent Queen

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Season 1
  • Network: Starz
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 11, 2022
Season #: 3, 2, 1
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
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  1. 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 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 youngI 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.… Expand
  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 proved quite the opposite. Highly recommend.
  3. 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 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 aboutMedici 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!)    … Expand

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#79 Best TV Season of 2022

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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
  1. The Playlist
    Reviewed by: Christian Gallichio
    Sep 19, 2022
    75
    “The Serpent Queen” grafts its kitschiness onto the nominally bookish genre. While it definitely shares a kinship with Starz’s other Tudor-centric series, Morton’s knowingly malevolent portrayal, alongside Hill, spices up the proceedings just enough to elicit interest.
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  2. Salon
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    Sep 12, 2022
    80
    "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.
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  3. Decider
    Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    Sep 12, 2022
    70
    The Serpent Queen has just enough irreverence to make what could have been a boring period story a lot more interesting, emphasizing Catherine de’ Medici’s cunning over being prim and proper.
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