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Reign (AKA: Teen Queen, Insane, Rauchy Royals, and France's Funniest Family) once again returned to its true path of utter silliness. We don't know how King Henry started acting crazy, but at least now we know why. How else could we get Kenna married to Sebastian, and Sebastian back at court?
In this episode, "Teen Queen Meets Bean Queen," we had the castle's servant girls pawing their way through their individual slices of what looked like a wedding cake to find the lucky bean, their ticket to be (Catherine wanted so badly to say Queen for a Day, but somebody else holds a trademark for using that on TV) the queen of King's Special Friend Day. Apparently putting foreign matter in cakes is a tradition widespread across many cultures. During Mardi Gras in New Orleans, the tainted treat is called King Cake. In the past, King Cake contained a dried bean, a dried pea, a pecan or a less wholesome coin. Now King Cakes usually contain a plastic baby Jesus which no doubt keeps New Orleans psychiatrists in business. Yes, the New Orleans tradition comes directly from a genuine ancient French tradition of celebrating Twelfth Night (or the arrival of the Magi) with cake with something luckier than the chef's hair in it. Just as King Cake in New Orleans has drifted away from Twelfth Night, the royal court on Reign are having stuff-in-cake on The Random Frigid Day in Mid to Late May Holiday. (We established the time of year a couple weeks ago)
This year's Bean Queen apparently had spent a lot time thinking about the King and how she could extend her one day of life of luxury by catching his fancy. We're told she probably bribed the cook to get her the winning piece of cake. You and I might think that's a bit crazy, but then unlike this servant, we know the king has killed off a couple bed partners in recent weeks. Anyway, Bean Queen will survive to the next thrilling episode when Mary will fall in love with Greer's fiancè, so each of her ladies-in-waiting will soon be pregnant by a different guy she's in love with.
Next time we will discover how Lola's husband will take the news his bride is at least three months pregnant.
In this episode, "Teen Queen Meets Bean Queen," we had the castle's servant girls pawing their way through their individual slices of what looked like a wedding cake to find the lucky bean, their ticket to be (Catherine wanted so badly to say Queen for a Day, but somebody else holds a trademark for using that on TV) the queen of King's Special Friend Day. Apparently putting foreign matter in cakes is a tradition widespread across many cultures. During Mardi Gras in New Orleans, the tainted treat is called King Cake. In the past, King Cake contained a dried bean, a dried pea, a pecan or a less wholesome coin. Now King Cakes usually contain a plastic baby Jesus which no doubt keeps New Orleans psychiatrists in business. Yes, the New Orleans tradition comes directly from a genuine ancient French tradition of celebrating Twelfth Night (or the arrival of the Magi) with cake with something luckier than the chef's hair in it. Just as King Cake in New Orleans has drifted away from Twelfth Night, the royal court on Reign are having stuff-in-cake on The Random Frigid Day in Mid to Late May Holiday. (We established the time of year a couple weeks ago)
This year's Bean Queen apparently had spent a lot time thinking about the King and how she could extend her one day of life of luxury by catching his fancy. We're told she probably bribed the cook to get her the winning piece of cake. You and I might think that's a bit crazy, but then unlike this servant, we know the king has killed off a couple bed partners in recent weeks. Anyway, Bean Queen will survive to the next thrilling episode when Mary will fall in love with Greer's fiancè, so each of her ladies-in-waiting will soon be pregnant by a different guy she's in love with.
Next time we will discover how Lola's husband will take the news his bride is at least three months pregnant.