‘Mary & George’
Starz’s latest racy historic drama Mary & George might be its most fun yet. The series eschews the Tudor family tree for the scandals that came immediately after Elizabeth I shuffled off her mortal coil. Mary & George takes place during the Jacobean era, when James I (Tony Curran) ruled England as the first Stuart king and his revolving door of handsome young male favorites ruled him. Ambitious widow Mary Villiers (Julianne Moore) sees the sway the king’s lover has over the country and decides her beautiful son George (Nicholas Galitzine) could be better for James. Thus sparks a series of hilarious seduction attempts and detours into true danger for the characters. Death, sex, betrayal, and a whole lot of f-bombs color this delightful new Starz series.