Not sure how historically accurate 'Reign' is or isn't, but the story of Mary Queen of Scots - who, it must be said, doesn't speak with any sort of discernible Scottish accent - certainly opens with a rush and shows great promise. The first dozen or so minutes are non-stop, setting up the series nicely.
The exiled queen (played by Australia's own Adelaide Kane, a "Neighbours" alum, like so many of our best and brightest actors and actresses), engaged since her youth to the future king of France, Francis II, is the target of an assassination plot at the convent where she has been living ostensibly for her safety. One of the nuns there was - unfortunately for her - Mary's food tester and someone managed to get poisoned food in. Luckily for Mary, she hadn't started eating yet, but it was all too close for comfort and she is shipped off to the French court with some of her friends from Scotland to serve as ladies in waiting, including the delightful Anna Popplewell, of Narnia fame. The five Scotswomen must come to grips with life in the French court and all the politics and intrigue that comes with it.
The exiled queen (played by Australia's own Adelaide Kane, a "Neighbours" alum, like so many of our best and brightest actors and actresses), engaged since her youth to the future king of France, Francis II, is the target of an assassination plot at the convent where she has been living ostensibly for her safety. One of the nuns there was - unfortunately for her - Mary's food tester and someone managed to get poisoned food in. Luckily for Mary, she hadn't started eating yet, but it was all too close for comfort and she is shipped off to the French court with some of her friends from Scotland to serve as ladies in waiting, including the delightful Anna Popplewell, of Narnia fame. The five Scotswomen must come to grips with life in the French court and all the politics and intrigue that comes with it.