Mary & George
Mary & George Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.4 |
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"Ruthless maternal ambition dressed as period drama"
In Jacobean England, an ambitious mother grooms her strikingly handsome son to seduce his way into becoming the king's most powerful favorite. Mary Villiers has no title, no fortune, and no scruples, so she weaponizes her son George's beauty to infiltrate the court of King James I. It's a lush, wickedly cynical period drama that trades stuffy costume-drama decorum for scheming, seduction, and sharp elbows. Julianne Moore anchors it with cold-blooded relish, and the show moves briskly, favoring wit and manipulation over historical reverence.
Julianne Moore's icily calculating performance as a mother engineering her son's rise through seduction.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | The Second Son | 7.2 | 584 | — | |
| ▶ | 2 | The Hunt | 7.4 | 454 | — | |
| ▶ | 3 | Not So Much Love As By Awe | 7.5 | 394 | — | |
| ▶ | 4 | The Wolf & The Lamb | 7.3 | 349 | — | |
| ▶ | 5 | The Golden City | 7.3 | 322 | — | |
| ▶ | 6 | The Queen is Dead | 7.4 | 306 | — | |
| ▶ | 7 | War | 7.4 | 318 | — |