The Best Episodes Directed by Jordi Frades

#1 - Election
Isabel Season 1 - Episode 12
As the Pope dies and a new holyman takes his place. King John of Aragon seizes his chance to lay the problems surrounding Isabel and Ferdinand's papal bull to rest.

#2 - Birth
Isabel Season 1 - Episode 10
Isabel and Ferdinand welcome a child into the world. But their happiness doesn't last for long as Pacheco sends his troops to capture them.

#3 - The figure of the king
Isabel Season 1 - Episode 6
Empowered by a discovery about her half-brother, Isabel tries to cut a deal with Henry. However, the king also has a plan up his sleeve

#4 - Royal wedding
Isabel Season 1 - Episode 9
As the wedding approaches, Isabel and Ferdinand meet for the first time. Bad news throws their big day into jeopardy, leaving King Henry overjoyed.

#5 - New war?
Isabel Season 1 - Episode 8
Disguised as a servant, Ferdinand begins his secret journey to meet Isabel at the altar. Forced to take perilous backroads, his route is fraught with terrible dangers.

#6 - The new queen
Isabel Season 1 - Episode 13
A sudden death and a twist of events sees King Henry flee to Madrid. Later, Castile prepares to crown a new Queen.


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Isabel Season 1 - Episode 7
Isabel deceives King Henry over her ambitions to marry. But while she may be able to fool her brother, nothing gets past Pacheco.

#9 - The negotiation
Isabel Season 1 - Episode 3
As the Civil War brings chaos and anarchy to Castille, Isabel learns that her half-brother Henry has promised her to a man she doesn't love

#10 - Secrets
Cathedral of the Sea Season 1 - Episode 6
After a close brush with death, Arnau starts to see Mar in a different light, but King Pedro has other plans for him. Aledis learns Arnau is alive.

#11 - The pact of Guisando
Isabel Season 1 - Episode 5
Isabel seeks comfort for the death of her brother in his friend Gonzalo. Meanwhile, the Queen receives news that forces her to flee the court.

#12 - Wedding bells
Isabel Season 1 - Episode 2
The drama and intrigue continue as the nobles begin to put their plot to dethrone Isabel's half-brother Henry into action.

#13 - The beginning of the end
Isabel Season 1 - Episode 11
Pacheco persecutes all those who chose to support Isabel and Ferdinand. Plus, with her marriage already under strain, Isabel overhears a secret about her husband.

#14 - Isabel, the queen
Isabel Season 1 - Episode 1
As the series begins, Isabel and her brothers' lives are turned upside down when they are forced into the hostile environment of the court.

#15 - Episode 1
Isabel Season 2 - Episode 1
Isabel's decision to take the Crown while Fernando is in Aragon angers him, a division that Carrillo is eager to use. Meanwhile, Diego Pacheco seeks support from Portugal and the nobles to dethrone Isabel in favor of Juana.

#16 - Doomed
Cathedral of the Sea Season 1 - Episode 8
Joan confesses to Mar. Sahat learns of Arnau's plight and returns to Barcelona, where he devises a plan. Arnau and Francesca are brought face to face.

#17 - Tragedy at court
Isabel Season 1 - Episode 4
Tragedy strikes Isabel's family, forcing her to finally make her choice. Should she obey Henry or rise against him?

#18 - We are not like them
Cathedral of the Sea Season 1 - Episode 5
After rescuing two children, Arnau is rewarded with a lucrative new career. He later adopts a spirited orphan and gets revenge against the Puigs.

#19 - Desire
Cathedral of the Sea Season 1 - Episode 3
Four years pass and famine-stricken serfs revolt against the hoarding nobles. A brave act makes Arnau's dream come true, and he later falls in love.

#20 - Revenge
Cathedral of the Sea Season 1 - Episode 7
Convinced Mar is leading Arnau down an evil path of temptation, Joan helps Elionor with a plan to get rid of her. Margarida Puig visits Elionor.

#21 - Fugitives
Cathedral of the Sea Season 1 - Episode 1
In 1319, serf Bernat flees from danger with infant son Arnau to his sister's home in Barcelona, where Arnau is blamed for a tragedy 10 years later.

#22 - Brothers
Cathedral of the Sea Season 1 - Episode 2
A remarriage leads to a change of residence and occupation for Bernat and Arnau, while Joan is offered an opportunity to get an education.

#23 - Repent
Cathedral of the Sea Season 1 - Episode 4
Joan hears an alarming confession. Torn between two women, Arnau escapes by running off to war. Searching for Arnau, Aledis has a fateful encounter.