Reign ends as it began: Terribly, gloriously itself
“Let us hope he inherits a better world than we do.”
Reign
With one episode of Reign left, Mary levels up on suffering
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Reign is panicking, and pacing pays the price
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Darnley’s losing bigly on a very political Reign
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Reign refuses to make King Charles a vampire; have some extortion instead
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Reign throws a toxic-family contest; everybody loses
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Every man on Reign is kind of terrible
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Reign goes for the Most TV Per Capita (and wins)
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Reign throws Mary and her dirtbag boyfriends into “Uncharted Waters”
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Everyone on Reign makes a futile grab for victory under “Hanging Swords”
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Everyone gets a little “Love & Death” on a too-busy Reign
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Reign decides to torment just its old guard in “Highland Games”
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“Playing With Fire” proves Reign is its own high-speed chase
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Mary gets engaged (again) as Reign plays its zero-sum game
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Reign’s three queens have some suspiciously relevant problems
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In a Reign battle, three queens enter, an indeterminate number of queens leave
The narrative question in Reign splitting up its queens is how it would balance their stories. “Intruders” tackles it…
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Reign swings wide for Westeros in “Clans”
There’s a particular rhythm to a typical episode of Game Of Thrones: the balance of plot twists and inevitable blows, a…
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On Reign, everybody wins big, loses big, and storms off
“Too many terrible things have happened today.”