The Serpent Queen Recaps

Catherine creates a checkmate between the Guises and Bourbon families, to achieve her goal of a secular, united France. Will it work? 

The Serpent Queen returns for Season 2, and Catherine de Medici's son Charles now rules France, with Mom firmly in charge. She works to transform France into a secular state, but the Guise family incites violence to thwart her plans.

In the exciting finale of Starz’s The Serpent Queen, Catherine overcomes her enemies to take charge of France and reveals the deep emotions beneath her calm, ruthless exterior. 

Families fight, and that's what the French court, one big dysfunctional family, is doing in The Serpent Queen, as the country enters a crisis and Mary the future Queen of Scots tests her power.

In Episode 6 of Starz's The Serpent Queen, "The Last Joust," Catherine finally realizes that she will never be first in her husband Henri's heart.

King Henri goes to war in The Serpent Queen, leaving Catherine De Medici to act as a stunningly successful Regent.