History Series / Reign

--> This is for [[spoiler: killing my babies]]. This is for [[spoiler: taking my husband]]. This is for [[spoiler: tearing my family apart]]. And this is for [[spoiler: turning my daughter against me]].

** One early storyline has Mary seeking aid against England from, of all countries, ''Portugal''...England's oldest ally, an alliance that was 250 years strong at the time the series was set and 900 years strong at the time it was made. There ''is'' a suggestion that Tomas is using his personal troops to further his own agenda, but for Mary to even ''ask'' shows a staggering ignorance of international alliances.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Kenna is engaged in this when caught by an aroused Henry. They move on from there to making out.

** Played with in the matter of ghosts. [[spoiler: Henry's visions of his brother seem to be a combination of guilt and encroaching madness, brought on by poisoning. The "possession" of a servant woman by Henry turns out to be a scam. Whether or not the ghosts of Henry and Catherine's twin daughters are real or poison induced insanity is yet to be seen. Could be a bit of both in each case, that the poison opened their minds to seeing spirits.]]

* {{Badass}}: Francis, Bash, and Tomas are all skilled with the sword and/or bow.
** TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: Queen Mary, who stabs Count Vincent (who attempted to rape her) with a fork when he's distracted in his blind rage. In the same episode, [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend Greer attacks an Italian guardsman who was trying to kill Leith, and quite possibly kills him]].]]

'''''Reign''''' is a [[TheCW CW]] television series that premiered October 2013, concerning the young adult life of [[UsefulNotes/MaryOfScotland Mary, Queen of Scots]]. After a would-be assassin discovers her hiding in a convent, Mary flees to the protection of the French court. She hopes that by honoring her childhood engagement to Francis, the future king, she'll be able to protect her country and herself.

* HollywoodCostuming: The show doesn't even attempt to have accurate costuming, which sometimes helps sell the anachronistic tone the show is going for. However, some of the costumes-the dresses of Mary and the Ladies in particular-often look more like the result of a prom dress clearance sale than actual Tudor fashions. There are notable exceptions to this though, such as Mary's red dress in 'Kissed' or her dress in the picture above. Sometimes mixed with GorgeousPeriodDress. Also, not a single man is seen wearing trunk hose, one of the most fashionable male garments of the time. That's like showing the 1940s without any men wearing hats or smoking in public; it's as if they thought that real 16th century fashion would look too silly for modern viewers.

* GenreSavvy: When a lord who did Catherine a favor shows up for a meeting in a clearing at night, he tells Catherine he expects payment but also came prepared. Catherine tries to brush off the men with her as "simply guards" but the lord points out the archers in the trees behind her...and how he has twice as many behind him. Realizing she can't just kill the guy, Catherine is forced to pay him.

** The guards stand around in poorly made replicas of 15th century armor and medieval cross-hilted swords, which would be dreadfully out of fashion especially in a royal court. All the nobles are depicted wearing their rapier suspended from a baldric across the shoulder, a suspension method that didn't become popular until around 1650 with the invention of the smallsword; Elizebethan portraits invariably depict the sword suspended from a finely made hanger belt around the waist.

** The guards stand around in poorly made replicas of 15th century armor and medieval cross-hilted swords, which would be dreadfully out of fashion especially in a royal court. All the nobles are depicted wearing their rapier suspended from a baldric, a suspension method that didn't become popular until around 1650 with the invention of the smallsword; Elizebethan portraits invariably depict the sword suspended from a finely made hanger belt around the waist.

** Not a single man is seen wearing trunk hose, one of the most fashionable male garments of the time. That's like showing the 1940s without any men wearing hats or smoking in public.

* HollywoodCostuming: The show doesn't even attempt to have accurate costuming, which sometimes helps sell the anachronistic tone the show is going for. However, some of the costumes-the dresses of Mary and the Ladies in particular-often look more like the result of a prom dress clearance sale than actual Tudor fashions. There are notable exceptions to this though, such as Mary's red dress in 'Kissed' or her dress in the picture above. Sometimes mixed with GorgeousPeriodDress.

* ReallyGetsAround: King Henry. Francis.

* MagicRealism: Nostradamus' visions as well as the Darkness and the hints at Pagan magic.
** Season 2 goes further into it with the inclusion of ghosts.

''Reign'' is a [[TheCW CW]] television series that premiered October 2013, concerning the young adult life of [[UsefulNotes/MaryOfScotland Mary, Queen of Scots]]. After a would-be assassin discovers her hiding in a convent, Mary flees to the protection of the French court. She hopes that by honoring her childhood engagement to Francis, the future king, she'll be able to protect her country and herself.

''Reign'' is a CW television series that premiered October 2013, concerning the young adult life of [[UsefulNotes/MaryOfScotland Mary, Queen of Scots]]. After a would-be assassin discovers her hiding in a convent, Mary flees to the protection of the French court. She hopes that by honoring her childhood engagement to Francis, the future king, she'll be able to protect her country and herself.

** [[spoiler: Mary falls in love with Louis, Prince of Conde, and begins an affair with him, albeit with Francis' reluctant permission.]]

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler: Claude forgot murdering her two little sisters, but its explained by the fact that she was five and Catherine twisted the story enough times that Claude eventually believed that they had died of an illness.]]

* CartwrightCurse: Lord Narcisse's wives keep dying. [[spoiler: In contrast to the rumors that he's a BlueBeard, that's not the case. [[HiddenDepths And he does seem to genuinely miss them]].]]

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The ballroom music playing the background of 2x13 sounds a ''lot'' like an instrumental version of "Chandelier" by [[Music/{{Sia}} Sia]]