The Serpent Queen
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Thats what we callstakes.
Or its what we would call it if Charles were a more effective king.
The Bourbons are furious with the Guises and correctly accuse Francois of burning down the church.
Francois is protected by the large French Catholic population, which loves him for some reason.
(Perhaps war reasons?)
While Catherine knows the Guises are responsible, shes still trying to keep France unified.
Wait!A lot of thingsdidhappen in 1969.Hmmm.
That girl Montmorency may have adopted was the church leader, so Montmorency wants revenge on the Guises.
This is like when people talk about how iftheywere in charge, they would just fix everything.
Oh, would you, Kevin?
Thats amazing; I wonder why no one has tried that yet.
We get some more royal siblings scenes, to which I can only sayyesssssssss.
I want more childish pettiness!
Just give me a 16th-centuryThe Righteous Gemstones.
Great point, Elisabeth.
He was, at that moment, blundering secretly through the woods with two Bourbons.
What did you want him to do?
Magically get there in time?
Get your shit together, Margot.
Elisabeth tells Margot the people need someone to follow, and they follow the ones in the pretty dresses.
I want to rebut this, but then theres the Met Gala.
Alex swoops in and tells Elisabeth the dress is ugly on her anyway.
Youre making up for lost ground from last week,Serpent Queen.
I support Alex + Henry.
She offers Louis and Antoine the trade deal with England that theyre so hyped about.
Then she goes to see the Guises, specifically Antoinette.
No, she is not referring to the Louvre but thePalais des Tuileries.
So thats the big thing this season, I guess.
Building the new palace.
Speaking of Antoinette, per her deal with Francois, she gives him back his gay letters.
He, in turn, dumps them in a low-burning fire andwalks away before theyve burned.
What are you DOING?
You burned a church full of people for those!
She could just snatch them back up and make you do more soul-crushingly terrible things.
I dont know about Francois.
Do you know how long that takes?
Why didnt he just stab him?
Francois, what are yourchoices?
I just do not know how were going to do at the GLAAD Awards this year, guys.
Diane only asks that her daughters be allowed to inherit her estate, which is currently against French law.
This isthe Salic law!
And its why no queens of France ruled in their own right.
Anyway, Catherine agrees.
Okay, back to the Miraculous Escape pin.
When Montmorency visits the ruins of the church, he realizes there are no bodies.
No bones, no jewelry, nothing.
The local peasants regard it as a miracle, as would I!
How did they get out?
Also, this means that Aabis is alive, which makes me happy.
Rahima (we need more Rahima!)
Well, uh-oh, indeed.
Bafflingly, we end on the song The Little Drummer Boy.
