Set in 1557 France, the highly fictionalized series follows the life of Mary, Queen of Scots, at French court while she awaits her marriage to the future Francis II of France, whom she has been engaged to since they were six. At court, Mary has to contend with the changing politics and power plays, as well as her burgeoning feelings for Francis and the romantic attentions from Francis' bastard half-brother, Bash. Francis' mother, Catherine de' Medici, is secretly trying to prevent the marriage following Nostradamus's confidential prediction that the marriage will lead to Francis' death. The series also follows the affairs of Mary's Scottish handmaidens Kenna, Aylee, Lola and Greer, who are searching for husbands of their own at court.
Cast
Adelaide Kane as Mary, Queen of Scots
Megan Follows as
Toby Regbo as King Francis II
Torrance Coombs as Sebastian (Bash)
Caitlin Stasey (Kenna), Anna Popplewell (Lola), Celina Sinden (Greer)
Also joining the regular cast in season 2 is Jonathan Keltz (Leith Bayard) and Sean Teale, who is playing
Conde, Prince of the Blood
What happened in season 1 again? (in no particular order)
- Henry went insane
- Francis tried to break it off with Mary and left, followed by ...
- Lola pregnant with Francis' baby
ShotgunSwordpoint wedding! Bash and Kenna 4eva- Clarissa
explains it alldiesis not dead - Catherine gets locked the dungeon, still schemes
- Mary proves she can scheme with the best of them
- A couple of Mary and Catherine teamups
- Olivia shows up, disappears, shows up again, gets paired with Nostradamus, gets sent away or something
- BLOOD WOODS AND PAGANS COME TO DRAIN YOU OF YOUR BLOOD
- Francis comes back to Mary, they get maried
- Henry gets himself killed, but not before pissing off the entire European continent
- Catherine poisons your gold
- Nobody cares, Kenna
- Leith is awesome, why can't you see that Greer?!
Thanks to Ivy for the Season 1 thread.
REIGN season 2 premieres on Thursday 2 October, 2014 on The CW at 9/8c.