Reign (CW - Rai 2) Season 2 & 3

REIGN begins its second season with Mary and Francis at the helm of a nation burning. France is rocked by the after effects of the plague – a disease that takes thousands upon thousands of lives across the land and ravages the stability of a nation. From the ashes, powerful lords will rise, carrying out personal, religious and political vendettas, taking lives and tearing at Mary and Francis’ commitment to each other and to their people. Friendships will be tested, loved ones murdered and alliances betrayed. Meanwhile, a mysterious and deadly threat snatches victims from village streets and castle corridors, leaving evidence of savagery that looks like the work of monsters: mythical creatures who are the stuff of nightmares, but who may actually walk among us, doing the Devil’s bidding.

Is Catherine going to be putting her crown to use and stepping forward to rule if Francis is not able to since he left the castle?
LAURIE: There’s no power void that Catherine can’t fill. There’s Catherine de Medici and the next king of France sitting next to her, which is going to reenergize the show.

I cannot see Catherine going quietly into the night, especially with her son now the king of France.
LAURIE: She’s going to be more active than ever ’cause she’ll have more power than ever.

Do you think she’s up for that?
MEGAN: I definitely think she’s up for it. I think she would do what was appropriate, but she’s a true politician at heart. She would know how to survive. She’s a survivor.

For Season 2, will Bash (Torrance Coombs) be returning to court or will he be off doing his own thing?
LAURIE: Maybe a little of each. He has a certain freedom to go out and tackle problems as he has knowledge of people in the village and of the woods, but now that Francis is king, Francis will be drawing people he trusts closer.

You’d think with Catherine still around that might be a dangerous position and Bash would be wary of getting too close.
LAURIE: That’s true. Even for Francis it is a dangerous position. But if Bash does what Catherine wants, then it might be okay. You don’t want to cross Catherine. It’s going to be a really interesting power dynamic. In Season 2, we’re talking about really playing up the region around the castle and introducing other powers that Mary, Francis and Catherine have to contend with. Some of them are pretty malevolent forces.

So are now going to have to worry that we may lose Francis too in the next season?
LAURIE: We moved the stories very quickly in Season 1 and time sort of sped up, but we not likely to move at the same pace in Season 2. We’re taking our time, but when we hit that curve in the road, we’ll take it