So first of all I'm going to talk about Nostradamus and Olivia. Honestly, I loved them. They had a ton of chemistry and I don't know if I believe they loved each other but I know they were close. Still don't like Nostradamus's visions but whatever haha. They seem so subjective to me and he barely interpreted them correctly so the fact that he shipped Olivia off to the "New World" made me roll my eyes. The scene with Catherine and Nostradamus was sweet in the beginning. You could tell that they were close friends (or at least they were) and Catherine doesn't want to lose him. I actually laughed when Catherine put a snake in Olivia's luggage but it led to the "break-up scene" which was sad. I thought it was sweet that Nostradamus didn't want to hold Olivia back because his visions are a curse and whatever girl is with him, will have to live with them too. I totally did not expect Olivia to leave though! I thought she would have been like, I don't care. I care about you too much to leave. I am curious to see Nostradamus's relationship with Catherine now because she made him lose his second chance at happiness.
Next up was Lola and Julian. Sigh. I seriously don't like Lola. I just can't feel sympathy for her. I try so hard but everything that's wrong with her was basically her fault. If she hadn't slept with Francis (who she knew Mary loved and hello GIRL CODE?!) then she wouldn't be pregnant and if she wasn't pregnant, then she could have married for love and not have to rush into a marriage. I totally think Julian is sketchy but sketchy in a way that seems to me that he probably gambled away his fortune and caused his parents to disown him. His main interest seems to be Lola's dowry and he got all squeamish when she asked to meet his family which is what leads me to think this. I think Lola should have outright confronted him about the necklace and the money instead of sneaking around behind his back. Honestly, that's never good for a relationship and in this time, there is no such thing as divorce so unless he cries adultery and has her killed or their marriage annulled, there is no leaving him.
Where the hell is Pepper (can't remember his name... sorry)?! I want my girl Greer to have more screen time! Honestly since Pepper is on some kind of business trip, I have a feeling that this storm is going to kill him. Then Leith will come back (you know because of the whole Henry wanting to send troops to England thing) and he may possibly have a title or be a hero in war so Greer will marry him!! I love them too much for her to marry another even though Pepper is a sweetheart.
Next up is Kenna and Bash! Their relationship is making me love Kenna again! In the beginning of this show, I loved Kenna and Henry but as the show progressed and she got all power-hungry and jealous girlfriend, I started to dislike her. This storyline really is redeeming her and they're so cute together! I loved that Bash gave her his grandmother's ring and he told her that he would always protect her. I loved that Kenna got them an estate and kept his ring even though Catherine gave her a nicer one. Kenna has never really been the first choice for anyone and I think that she really likes that Bash is there for her. They have so much chemistry between them (much more that Mary and Bash ever did) and they totally did it at the end. What I also find refreshing is their honesty. Both characters are so outright and vocal about how they feel which makes their relationship flourish (in contrast to Lola and Julian). I definitely think they will fall in love and be a power couple but I don't think that they will leave French court.
Speaking of Kenna, I loved her team-up with Catherine to get rid of Penelope. She had been pulling strings for way too long and I wanted her gone. I laughed so hard when Catherine walked into Henry's room and found him all tied up. Her facial expression was perfect! And then when he told her how he won't be demeaned by a woman and she just chuckled and was like "I can see that!!!" I died. Alan Van Spring is just such an amazing actor! You can tell how much he just loves acting crazy and those few moments where Henry seems to be focused are perfect. The scene where he was strung up and the fake bishop walked in and was disgusted was the absolute best!
Now onto the main story. Mary, Francis and their countries. So James came to visit Mary because Scotland was annoyed with all the French people in court and he wants Mary, who's lived in France all her life, to go and be a figurehead that the people can rally behind. Mary wanted to leave for Scotland right then but Francis tried to convince her to wait. He wanted to finish this deal with the Cardinal before going to Scotland together. At first Mary was down but then James convinced her that the longer they waited, the worse Scotland would be. Francis noticed that James's footman seemed to be loaded and he tortured him to find out that he was actually paid by England to kill Mary. When he told Mary this, she didn't care and wanted to go anyway. Francis wanted to keep her safe so he locked her in a tower and convinced James to leave by telling him that they would be following soon enough.
When James first arrived, I did believe him and thought that he had Mary's interests in mind. But as the episode progressed, I got more skeptical. Why would James act so secretive and not come straight to court to ask for an audience with Mary? Why did she trust him so easily? Mary's own mother made deals behind Mary's back so what makes her so sure that James who many want to take the throne was so trustworthy. He was obviously in on the whole plan and that's why I think he was in such a hurry to travel back.
Her stubbornness bothered me so much and she was a huge hypocrite in this episode. Her biggest problem was that Francis was not putting her and Scotland first, above his country but SHE WAS DOING THE EXACT SAME THING. In last week's episode, she put Scotland first and still is, everything else be damned. Mary isn't realizing that she will be the queen of France too one day. If France fell, then she would lose their support so England would take Scotland anyway! AND Francis would die because anyone who steals the throne would have to get rid of their competition. It wasn't like Francis refused to go to Scotland ever, he just wanted to wait like two or three days. Scotland's not going to fall in that amount of time and if it did, then there's nothing Mary could have done about it anyway!
Mary telling Francis that he doesn't love Mary the Queen is utter bullshit too. He loves both. You can tell by the look on his face every time Mary shows her authority and power as a queen. He was sooo turned on in the last episode when she was talking to the Scots and you could even tell he loved her when she was screaming at him by the look on his face when he answered, "Not like a rat. Like a defiant queen." He was extremely proud of her for fighting back and it's so annoying because Francis has never asked Mary whether she loves Francis the Boy or Francis the Dauphin. It doesn't seem fair that only one person in the relationship needs to be making all the sacrifices.
And the part about taking choices away, let's be honest, this episode was just a huge parallel to episode nine, when Mary took all of Francis's power and ability to make decisions away from him to keep him safe because of the prophecy. Francis did the exact same thing in this episode but he didn't take her crown, her safety, her birthright, and her love away from her. This does not meant that locking her in the tower was the best thing to do (even though it made me laugh a little). All I'm saying is that if we're going to label Francis an ass for locking Mary in the tower, we have to label Mary as one too because she basically did the same thing, except worse, to Francis. And honestly, Francis probably is more in the clear here because he KNOWS there's a hit out on Mary compared to her believing a prophecy that he may die one day.
Sorry to have ranted so much but this Mary bothered me so much. I really hope things get smoothed over and Frary get back onto the same page. I adore Mary and I don't want to take Francis's side over her's but she's in the wrong here. I loved this episode and I'm really looking forward to the next! I really like when Reign focuses on the politics rather than the love triangle (which thankfully does not exist) or relationship drama. Here's hoping that this continues!
xoxo Allie
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