Versailles Season 3

Right now you can watch Versailles Season 3 on and — and it holds up to as much attention as you give it. The show says what it needs to say in a single season, no filler. An 8/10 rating says what the writing already makes obvious: this one works. George Blagden leads a cast that never overplays its hand. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

There is a reason Versailles Season 3 keeps coming up in conversation. Versailles Season 3 takes its time building the world its characters inhabit, and the patience pays off. Louis XIV is ascendant after winning the war with Holland and solving the Affair of the Poisons -- but his angry citizens are fomenting rebellion. George Blagden and Alexander Vlahos lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2018. The writing trusts the audience to sit with ambiguity rather than wrapping everything up in a tidy conclusion — it is the approach that separates good drama from great. The consistency throughout is what elevates it — not every moment is the best, but none of them are a reason to stop watching.

For anyone looking for storytelling that takes its characters seriously, Versailles Season 3 delivers. It rewards viewers regardless of what else is in their watch history. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch if your schedule allows. George Blagden is the centre of it, and it is one of their strongest performances on record. The patience it asks of you early on is paid back with interest.