Reign: 2x10 “Mercy”

Catherine: “I'm only advising you to choose your next move carefully. The time has come to either dole out mercy or to crush them all. Whichever you choose, there is no turning back.”

Mary got her revenge. Conde helped. Francis, once again, was left out. This seems to be the latest trend. 

Our poor king can’t seem to catch a break. He couldn’t protect Mary and didn’t even get a chance to execute revenge. In the previous review I predicted that his revenge will be brutal, and it was, but he was mostly lashing out, hanging people, leaving them to die in the cold. There is definitely no turning back.  

I understand that in Mary’s mind everything that had happened to her is the result of choices made by Francis. Still the decision to lead separate lives was a bit extreme, considering it’s only been a day. If the purpose was to drive Francis to a snapping point it is working. Francis’ despair was bouncing off of the screen. Him rolling down the hill was painful but fascinating to watch. Hats off to Toby Regbo.

Lord Castleroy was freed thanks to Leith who now has lost all favors with the king. Not the smartest move on his part, but certainly a very noble one, especially since he knew it would mean never to see Greer again. I would’ve been fine with it - her leaving with her husband. The reason she stayed behind felt forced, I didn’t feel her love for her husband or concern for that mater. Either she is a terrible actress or the writers can’t quite figure out yet how to write her. Either way she is useless. If it wasn’t for Leith, her presence would’ve been totally unbearable.

Now, let’s talk about Catherine. What the heck is going on? The ghosts of her daughters seem to be very strong and can touch material objects and people in this world. Did we know that already? As if this whole borderline supernatural thing wasn’t enough we had Henry’s ghost turning up in Catherine's bed. She had to have been dreaming, right? Hmmm….. the whole scene was so bizarre, as if I watched an episode of CSI and suddenly Salvatore brothers were the main suspects. 

What else? Ah, yes! Did she actually really poison Claude?

For an episode titled ‘mercy’ there was exactly no one who has shown some. But we got a lot of truth. I didn’t expect Francis coming clean to Mary about, well pretty much everything. Good move, but a little too late. I also didn’t expect Mary to tell her ladies about the attack. Nobody told anything to Conde, but he figured it out on his own. And Mary now has the confirmation of Conde’s feelings for her, if she didn’t know before, now she knows for sure. And we now know about Conde’s mission and the real reason he’s been at court all this time. The affairs of state and heart will clash again.

Wardrobe department

The “Worst Dress of the week” Award goes to….



















The “Best Dress of the week” Award goes to 


















Sol’s rating: 3 out of 5. What did you think?

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