| Three Queens | |
| Season 2, Episode 6 | |
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| Air date | November 6, 2014 |
| Written by | Doris Egan |
| Directed by | Steve DiMarco |
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- "My dear, never give up a crown. To anybody."
- —Queen Catherine
Synopsis[]
Mary and Catherine Go Undercover
Upon encountering a mob of angry peasants, Queens Mary and Catherine find themselves concealing their true identities after being forced to abandon their carriage and escape into the woods. Fearful the uprising is a response to his own actions, Francis forms a search party that includes Leith and Condé, only to discover the attack is actually a result of imposters abusing the power of the crown. Meanwhile, Lola sets out to become financially independent but, in the process, finds herself considering a complicated yet intriguing offer from Lord Narcisse.
Quotes[]
Queen Catherine: I may not care about peasants individually, but in general, I care a great deal.
Queen Catherine: My feet are too dainty to get caught in a foxhole!
Queen Catherine: Purses are for servants.
Queen Catherine: I swear on the blessed saints, I shall have my dinner!
Queen Catherine: Alas, my poor ankle. My daughter shall have to work for the both of us.
Queen Catherine: We must think practically. We need to buy a horse!
Queen Mary: There's a physician in Beauvais who is celebrated for his knowledge of women's problems.
Queen Catherine: I assume you mean fertility, because other than that, no man has an inkling about women's problems.
Queen Mary: Francis has become distant. He doesn't share his problems with me like he used to. If this goes on, what will our marriage become?
Queen Catherine: Normal.
Queen Catherine: Mary, I know you think that I belittle your marriage by comparing it to mine. But that is not why I talk to you the way that I do. I walked this road first. That's all. And I learned that if you hold on to foolish romantic expectations, it'll make it that much harder.
Queen Catherine: Where do these stories come from? It was one man and I only stretched him a little. Nails, indeed. First, you should know he was a terrible, terrible hat-maker.
Lord Narcisse: The beginning is often promising. The trick is to keep it going that way.
Mary Impostor: Well, aren't you a little short to play queens?
Queen Mary: If I learned one thing at French court, it's worth keeping a dagger on you.
Queen Catherine: I don't carry poison everywhere! I might accidentally kill myself.
Queen Catherine: My dear, never give up a crown. To anybody.
Queen Catherine: She has a childlike belief that a woman should trust her husband. I wish it were true.
Notes[]
- The title, Three Queens, refers to Queen Mary, Queen Catherine, and Queen Elizabeth.
- Queen Elizabeth, Lord Julien and King Henry were all mentioned, but do not appear.
- Lady Lola is disowned by her family for having King Francis' baby out of wedlock.
- Queen Catherine fixed a church steeple in a small town.
- The Sex Journal is brought up agin.
- Mary's dress is blue while in the carriage, but after turning her cape inside out, her dress is black.
- Lola re-obtains the dowery her father paid to Lord Julien with the help of Lord Narcisse. [1]
- Catherine has a great deal of information on the human anatomy, including multiple different ways on how to kill a person, with both weapons and poisons.
- Catherine mentions going to Bouvais and Nyon. Both are real French cities.
- Over 20 character have already been killed on-screen.
Death Toll [2] [3]
- King Francis Imposter
- Queen Mary Imposter
- Richard Gifford
- 4 Royal Guards
- 3 Fake Guards
Trivia[]
- Craig Parker has been promoted from a Special Guest to a Main Character.
- The name of the episode was announced on September 11th on the Reign writers twitter.
- This marks the first episode that Celina Sinden does not appear.
- When practicing archery with Narcisse, Lola claimed she never held a bow. In real life, Anna Popplewell played Queen Susan in "The Chronicles of Narnia", a character famous for the use of her bow and arrow. In 2018, at MagicCon, Popplewell recounted that while filming the scene where Lola makes that claim, the whole crew humorously started rolling their eyes due to her past experience handling a bow as Susan.[4]
Gallery[]
| Official Pictures from each episode, and an additional 50 pictures gallery is available here. |
Characters[]
- Credit Order
| Actor | Character | |
|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Kane | Mary Stuart | |
| Megan Follows | Queen Catherine | |
| Torrance Coombs | Sebastian | |
| Toby Regbo | King Francis | |
| Caitlin Stasey | Lady Kenna | |
| Anna Popplewell | Lady Lola | |
| Jonathan Keltz | Leith Bayard | |
| Sean Teale | Louis of Condé | |
| Craig Parker | Lord Narcisse | |
| Guest Staring | ||
| Ari Millen | King Francis Imposter | |
| Charlotte Hegele | Queen Mary Imposter | |
| Noam Jenkins | Richard Gifford | |
| Cameo | ||
| Carlos Gonzalez-Vio | Venetian Envoy | |
| Shawn Devlin | Innkeeoer | |
| Deborah Grovlin | Old Woman | |
| Richard Denison | Old Man | |
| Brian Grahamd | Captain of the Guard | |
| Davis MacNiven | Banker | |
| David Christo | False Guard #1 | |
| Derek Perks | False Guard #2 | |
| Daniel Falk | Arnaud | |
| Jonathan Purdon | Father | |
| Morgan Hiliker | Daughter | |
| Toby Proctor | Farmmer | |
| Shelly Simester | Farmmer #2 | |
| Marlena Kaesker | Bathing Servant | |
| Character debut | |
| Speaking debut | |
| Episode debut |
