The Serpent Queen: Season 1

"Morton, who doesn’t appear nearly enough in the first three episodes, is perfectly cast; her Catherine is intense, cruel and arch..."

"I can’t help but feel like the show’s winking girlboss-of-the-past approach takes away from The Serpent Queen's strengths..."

"Thoroughly enthralling telly."

"Raunchy, raucous and faintly daft, but all the more entertaining for it."

"(Morton) masterfully embodies the quiet strength of a discontented and bereaved wife and mother..."

"Rather than whitewash (Catherine's) worst traits, the show recontextualises them as a necessary fact of her survival."

"(The Serpent Queen) distinguishes itself by rinsing away the cosmetics of royal etiquette and self-serious machination with bracing wit."

"(Hill's) performance is so spirited that it’s a little disappointing when she necessarily has to make her exit."

"The Serpent Queen has just enough irreverence to make what could have been a boring period story a lot more interesting..."

"There are lingering looks at dead bodies and torture that are horrifying in a way that feels a little incongruous with the arch tone of the rest of the show."