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Reign to end after Season 4.


It isn't surprising. I really enjoy this show and hope they will truely give fans like me closure.

http://www.spoilertv.com/2016/12/reign-ending-after-season-4.html

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According to sources, the writers have known for a while that this was likely so they were prepared for it to be the series finale.

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I was kind of surprised but at the same time not surprised. This is what happens when you make Francis THIS likeable and then kill him off ( and yes, historically I know he had to die) I loved mary in season one and actually began to hate her in season 2. I started to like her again in season 3 but there were just so many stories that went back and forth.


ex: Kenna makes progress with bash then becomes selfish again
ex:the disaster of greer and leith
ex: Claude is selfish, oh no now she's not
ex: Bash only has story lines pretty much outside the castle with random women and pagan stuff
ex: Mary and Catherine are enemies, now they're friends, now they're enemies....etc
ex: francis is dying, no he's not, yes he is, no he's not...oh he's dead.
ex: Lord castleroy marries important character, then goes to jail, nobody bothers to do anything about it until greer needs a baby daddy.
ex: Nostradamus randomly shows back up but takes almost no part in the show, appears once or twice.
ex: Greer randomly meet pirate, pregnant, talks to pirate one more time, never see pirate on show again.
ex: Lola willing to assassinate Elizabeth after having been the voice of reason for several seasons.
ex: Narcisse. He's good, he's bad, he's good, he's bad.


I was kind of bummed to hear it was cancelled, but at the same time relieved not to be jerked around by these plot lines anymore. When mary was awful in Season 2 I told myself as soon as francis dies I'm done with this show. Then by the time he did die I had started to like mary again. I just hope Meghan follows gets another gig after this because she is amazing, the best part of the show. Her and narcissi were the best actors on there.



"This isn't how the pigeons do it. You're supposed to stamp on her head and peck her"

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It doesnt really have anything to do with Francis. The show is ending because the ratings werent very high, which was the case even before Francis died. In fact, the show hit a season high in some episodes after his death.

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Lol... I love you accurate character summation! Well said...

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Perfect summary! Yes they just go back and forth so much.

Also what happened to that girl with half her face scarred? And what happened to Bash, and and...I could go on.

Yeah the show is getting really all over the place. I still watch but just am not as invested as I was. Since it's all just bs now lol

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"The axe finally comes down" to quote TV Guide's home page - not sure if I find this line funny, ironic, morbid or all three. Too bad it will end soon as there is more to tell in Mary's story especially as it relates to Elizabeth.

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The show has been treated badly though from bouncing around like a pin ball on the schedule then cutting back their season... I'm not surprised. There is definitely a loyal following but I guess it just wasn't big enough. I'm going to miss it a lot but at least the writers knew in enough time to prepare and not have a WTF season finale that was not meant to be the SERIES finale. That's happened to other shows and we were left hanging. Glad it won't happen to this one at least.

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As long as it has a well done ending, I'll be fine with it. Four seasons is a desent run. I would like to see at least some foreshadowing (or more of it) of what happens to some of the other historical characters besides Mary.

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Shows in situation like this always have two minutes to wrap it up. Never has a satisfactory ending. But viewers are lucky to have an ending. Most shows don't these days.

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This saddens me. I do feel like the storyline got sketchy at times and bounced back and forth often but I still enjoyed the show. I really hope we get closure because there was so much that still needed to take place in Mary's story that I feel will go unfulfilled. Oh well..... at least I enjoyed it while I could.

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Not surprising. But lets be real who knew this show would go past season 1 really. This show is a mess but entertaining to watch.

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Caitlin (Kenna) will be on a new show called "APB" on Fox which stars Justin Kirk.

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