[s1e6] The Last Joust May 2026

Diane continues her "political tennis match" with Catherine, even as she consumes a toxic mixture of gold chloride and diethyl ether in her quest for eternal youth.

In the present day, Queen Catherine visits a transitionally imprisoned Rahima, using the story of her past to manipulate and "brainwash" the girl. The Fatal Joust The Serpent Queen Recap: Heading for a Wedding - Vulture [S1E6] The Last Joust

The episode opens with Catherine de Medici having a vivid premonition. In her vision, she pushes her rival Diane de Poitiers out of a window and sees her husband, King Henri II, mortally wounded in a joust while wearing her green favor. Disturbed, Catherine attempts to alter fate by trying to convince Henri to delay their son Francis’s wedding to Mary, Queen of Scots, as she has grown to distrust Mary. Political Maneuvers Diane continues her "political tennis match" with Catherine,