The Serpent Queen

Season 1 Episode 5 - Eps 5: The First Regency

Catherine de Medici was an orphan when she was married into the French court in the 16th century and was expected to bring a large sum of money as a dowry and produce many children. Instead, she found out that her husband was in love with an older woman, that her dowry had not been paid, and that she was unable to conceive children. Catherine was considered an immigrant, common, and plain. In spite of everything, she is the only one who, thanks to her brilliance and dogged drive, is able to save her marriage and dominate the bloodsport that is the monarchy for the greater part of half a century, during which she rules France.