I love this show so much ️ and I can't wait for season 2. I love all the actors and the storyline also the costumes and set is amazing. I really hope this show has many many seasons to come

This show started out good, and I enjoyed it. The only thing that really annoys me is how it throws in so many new things. The clothes for instance. It has a lot of clothing that is accurate to that era, but sometimes they'll throw something that would NEVER been int he show. One instance I can remember is Mary, and Her ladies have woken up, and Kenna is wearing a white gown with knee high socks, and it's short (above the knee) that would've NEVER been ok back then. Also Kenna gets excited in the first episode, and touches herself, only have to have the king come up behind her. I don't doubt things like that happened, but not so aggressive!

First of all, this is not a historical show. It's loosely based on the story of Mary, Queen of the Scots who was engaged since childhood to the future king of France. That said, the first episode is intriguing. The cinematography is beautiful. Costumes and sets are grandiose. I would definitely watch another episode. My only gripe with the show is the music.. Too much of it, and it's just too loud in the mix! I don't mind that it's modern, but sometimes they play songs (with lyrics) on top of dialogues, which can be very distracting.

The suspension of disbelief required here is just beyond the possible. Catherine di Medici seems to be composed of at least two completely unrelated personalities, the king of France is implausibly manipulated by a young girl, and overall the writing seems to be directed at the high school set. As near as I can tell, there is virtually no relationship to any history whatsoever. Costumes look like slightly altered prom dresses, and medieval court life is completely devoid of historical foundation. If you are going to have a historical drama, please at least make some effort to be historically accurate in something. At least a little.

Painfully bad show. Featuring wooden writing, vapid acting, plagiarism galore and badly chosen music for a period piece. At times it looks and feels more like the Haight-Ashbury in the 60's than France in the 1500's. Compared to the intensity and excellence of Showtime's The Tudors and The Borgias as well as the gorgeous movie Elizabeth, this show is a massive let down. It is nothing but a dumbed down version of the above, freely borrowing from their plot lines (poisoned borrowed dress anybody?) as well as pulling a horse-head-in the-bed rip off from the Godfather via a gigantic elks head. Adalaide Kane is not believable at all and sounds like a petulant teenager from this millennium. Her bad acting makes the show practically unwatchable. I think I will head over to Netflix for some Tudors reruns instead.