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Marie Antoinette
The Ostrich
Season 1
Episode 7
Marie Antoinette is pregnant at last! But her reputation is attacked when pornographic pamphlets challenging the legitimacy of her unborn child appear at Versailles. Louis demands a full-blown investigation to nail the seditious traitors.
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53:35
Amid the revolution’s advance, Marie Antoinette struggles to support Louis’s rule.
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52:20
Marie Antoinette deals with personal grief.
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50:25
As the public trial begins, events quickly spiral out of Marie Antoinette and Louis’s control.
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47:46
Marie Antoinette is implicated in the diamond necklace theft and determined to prove her innocence.
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56:29
Marie Antoinette overhauls her image, and the King and Queen find happiness.
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53:57
The people of Paris openly protest against Marie Antoinette as she protects her unborn child.
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53:28
Marie Antoinette’s affair with Fersen reignites – could it be part of a carefully orchestrated plot?
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56:26
Marie Antoinette and Louis embrace modern rule, but enemies lurk everywhere, even in Versailles.
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50:43
Louis becomes increasingly confident. Marie Antoinette is enamored by a familiar face.
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51:40
Marie Antoinette’s brother, Joseph, works to save the Franco-Austrian nuptial alliance.
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52:43
Louis may now be King, but Marie Antoinette is determined to launch her reign as Queen.
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50:44
When the King becomes seriously ill, succession suddenly becomes a reality.