“Reign” has been claiming, time and again, that its storylines are based on history. But it is obvious that for creative purposes, there were deviations from the real-life events that transpired in the past compared to what the show has shown in The CW over its past three seasons. The showrunners also threw in some fiction on the side for good measure.
If the TV series shall be sticking to what really happened in history and its upcoming Season 4 would be its last, then “Reign” is likely to feature Queen Mary eventually being beheaded by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth as the former continues to pose a threat to the English crown.
Over the past few weeks and months, the focus of the reports and rumors about the fourth season of “Reign” is the return of Queen Mary to her home country of Scotland after the death of her husband, King Francis, over in France.
It was almost a moment for Queen Mary to become a ruler of a country like her cousin Queen Elizabeth but the brother of King Francis took over the throne and also made Queen Catherine de Merci, played by Megan Follows, as regent.
But as it turned out, she was not meant to rule France so she decided to come home to Scotland and its people, which have been under duress because of the lack of the right leader.
Queen Mary shall provide that vacuum in the leadership of Scotland and help her country recover from the ashes again.