Synopsis
The Serpent Queen (2022) is a Starz historical drama you can watch online on iFILM. It centres on a teenage Catherine de' Medici, married off at fourteen to the future king of France, Henry II.
Her dowry goes unpaid, the court writes her off as a low-born outsider, and her husband openly loves another woman. No pregnancy comes, and the knives are already out. But Catherine learns the rules of this lethal game fast — and starts playing it better than anyone. Samantha Morton plays the older queen, Liv Hill the young one, and the show is told with real swagger, breaking the fourth wall and dripping with dark wit.
The series riffs loosely on the life of a real ruler who would go on to steer France for half a century. The tone is gleefully wicked — the tagline says it feels good to be bad, and the show means it. One for viewers who liked the venom of The Favourite, where power matters more than virtue. Stream The Serpent Queen online on iFILM.
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