For Catherine hit a dark patch when her eleventh child did not live upon birth, putting her into an understandably depressive state, one that also put her life in perspective. Toni pleads with him, not understanding why he's doing this. After Jughead tells Betty and Archie about Cheryl, Betty goes to Thornhill, acting like Archie died. This advice, once it actually works in Henry's favor, will also prove to him that Catherine can be much more useful to him instead of just having his babies. Abigail doesn't like that Archie, Betty, and Jughead are still alive, but she's going to move on with the ritual and get some of Toni's blood by way of a bouquet of roses with some thorns. Starz's 'The Serpent Queen' follows the rise of Catherine de Medici in the French court. Her dowry was the only thing keeping her in France, but with that out of the window, Catherine has to come up with all sorts of ways to maintain her position in the French court. In addition to the inner court politics, a lot of turmoil is going on outside, between France and Italy, and to turn the tide in its favor, France needs an ally, someone who can help them win the war, no matter if it is brought to their doorstep or if they take it to the Italians.
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Once the deal is sealed, Catherine convinces Henry to take up arms against Italy and go take what was owed to him rather than wait for it to come to him. Luckily, they raided a Ghoulie lair earlier and found Baby Anthony. She will be a young widow, with no pressure of children and no threat of being sold off or sent back to Italy haunting her. Toni agrees on the condition that Anthony is delivered to Pop's before the fight, and she gets word from Tabitha that he's safe. Keep reading to find out what happened in this week's Riverdale, "Chapter One Hundred and Four: The Serpent Queen's Gambit. Which came forth by way of several surprises in this tale.
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We tend to believe that evil and its machinations are constantly in motion in our world. Sometimes by people with families and other responsibilities, and they of course, have to eat, have to sleep and there are times… where life isn't pushing them to be something darker and that fascinating truth is top of mind today, simply because it was put on full display during last night's episode of The Serpent Queen on STARZ. As though those who wish to commit harm or do so… are endlessly twirling their proverbial mustache from beneath their black top hat and cloak, pondering upon how best to destabilize the world and lives. While the Sheriff's report says that the Ghoulies were killed in a gunfight with deputies on the scene, Dr. says that the wounds were self-inflicted. If her husband is not around, no one will chide her about the delay in producing a child. While Henry warms up to her, Catherine feels a constant pushback from Diane, who has now also secured a spy in her inner circle. In the end, she comes up with her own scheme to make the situation favorable for herself. There was no trace of him before he showed up in Riverdale. Best seen and only held close when needed, as evidenced by how Diane was present more than she was with her own young ones and well, that, and another stunning twist of fate put her in a unique position. The trio meets with Veronica next, and she reveals that she had one of her associates look into him, and it turns out that Percival Pickens doesn't exist. When a pleasant outing with the princesses turns into a bloody affair, Catherine realizes just how much of a hold Diaane actually has on Henry. In fact, Catherine has now given birth to ten children to extend the royal family line, and all is well. Archie, Betty, and Jughead hang back after the town hall meeting, discussing just what is up with Percival.
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Abigail is longing for her long-lost love Thomasina, but she has a plan. Pop's experiences a drive-by shooting. For she was now the Queen of France, and she was part of the King's executive council, advising her husband on important and critical manners, and she held nothing back in those meetings. What turned an innocent teenager into a cunning and fearsome queen? She has the humungous task of convincing everyone, mainly the King, why she shouldn't simply be replaced by another, better prospect for Henry. Dressed as a Ghoulie, Abigail throws a Molotov cocktail at Archie. She has succeeded in convincing Henry to do his husbandly duties, despite Diane's constant efforts to keep the two of them apart. For she came to realize that the past fifteen years of her life were hollow in nature. Toni brings up the idea of rebranding the Serpents to Fangs; instead of a gang, the Serpents are a political activist group like the Black Panthers.
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She tries to get Henry to marry her, but Catherine's quick thinking puts a stop to her plans. When he gets to Thornhill, Britta greets him. With Percival elected on the town council, killing 22 Ghoulies and maybe almost killing the Serpents, Archie, Betty, and Jughead are at a loss of what to do. But what matters more, is that this story did a wonderful job of exploring how being a villain or a bad person, or a Queen that instilled fear in all… isn't a 24-7 gig, and it can take years of damage and devastation to finally bring that person to their respective darkness and the show deserves a round of applause for showing us that and Samantha Morton deserves one as well. Jughead's been researching heightened psychic abilities and how some people believe that mind control is a real thing. They'd be concerned citizens talking to their neighbors. Which means ugly times are ahead for others.
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Giving Catherine at long last, a new chance at agency and direction. When Catherine came to France, she had been a trade-off arranged by her uncle. This act will show his father that he is not a cowardly person and would certainly uplift his image in front of the entire court. A visit from the Prussian princesses, who are considered a match for Henry and his older brother, worries both Catherine and Diane. She has the advantage in this situation because the King already seems to have a soft spot for her, and by the end of the episode, she makes it clear that she should not be underestimated by anyone. If superpowers are real, mind control isn't completely far-fetched. Here's what it means for Catherine. He was storing them for a battle royale with the Ghoulies.
For in reality, evil is conducted by human beings. Should Henry come back victorious, it will be a great boost for Catherine as well. They have a warrant to search for illegal weapons. Since her warnings about what could come about from a change in leadership came to fruition and well… that gave her great pause. Abigail gets an idea from Toni of how to kill Archie after hearing about his problems with the Ghoulies.
Archie, however, has other ideas about Percival. After watching Baby Anthony for some time now, Kevin gives him back to Toni and Fangs. Despite being overridden and shushed and told that her warnings about potential conflict were foolish, and she also opted to slowly sink back into a more powerful line of thinking, because of her cousin. To make his father feel better about him is Henry's soft spot and Catherine intelligently makes use of it. But alas, that thought, and that image is nothing more than classic Hollywood fluff.
The more he stays away from her, the less her chances are of getting pregnant, and Catherine needs to be with child as soon as possible because her uncle, Pope Clement VII, is dead and there is no one who can pay her dowry now. Getting herself pregnant is the safest and most effective solution to Catherine's problems. The weapons are found, and when Kevin says he's going to check the baby's room, Fangs pushes him back and is arrested. Toni gets a weird sense of deja vu of the same thing happening. Much like herself in Cheryl's body, Abigail wants to reincarnate Thomasina's soul into Toni's body during the blood moon. When Toni visits Fangs in jail, Fangs admits the weapons were his.