Marie Antoinette - Season 2
Season 2
The young royal couple will be seen at the height of their power but the pair face a financial crisis. To make matters worse, Marie is embroiled in a dangerous scandal when she's wrongly accused of essentially stealing a diamond necklace. The Affair of the Diamond Necklace coupled with previous scandals and gossip, plus the attacks by Provence and Chartres, threaten to bring the monarchy down as revolt stirs in France.
Episodes
The Worst Winter
Marie Antoinette and Louis prove to be compassionate and capable rulers with modern ideas about rewarding talent over inherited privilege. But enemies are everywhere.
A Poison Pen
Marie Antoinette's risky love affair with Fersen resumes when they get a role in a production of "The Marriage of Figaro."
Treacherous Legacy
When Marie Antoinette takes steps to protect herself and her unborn child, she inadvertently reinforces the perception that she is an upper-class figure who spends money while Paris starves.
The Pursuit of Happiness
Marie Antoinette decides to overhaul her public image, and the king and queen both experience happiness as they each get a taste of "ordinary" life.
Enemies Assemble
When Marie Antoinette becomes involved in the theft of the diamond necklace, she is determined to prove her innocence and punish those responsible.
Hated, Humbled, Mortified
As Rohan and Jeanne are put on trial, events quickly spiral out of control for Marie Antoinette and Louis.
Madame Deficit
Marie Antoinette deals with personal grief when her daughter Sophie is unhappy and she is blackmailed for stolen love letters to Fersen.
The End of the Beginning
Marie Antoinette struggles to support Louis' rule despite a personal tragedy and the relentless march of the people's revolution.
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