The BEST episodes of Isabel
Every episode of Isabel ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Isabel!
The emotions and sacrifices of a woman whose outlook was ahead of her time and who refused to just be a figurehead. The exciting struggle to become queen and one of the most influential women in Spain's history, Isabel the Catholic.
#1 - Election
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/26/2012
As the Pope dies and a new holyman takes his place. King Juan of Aragon seizes his chance to lay the problems surrounding Isabel and Fernando's papal bull to rest.
#2 - Isabel's death
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/1/2014
Queen Isabel's health shows no signs of improvement. Those in power continue to jockey for their place in a future Spain that may be forced to go on without her.
#3 - Birth
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/12/2012
Isabel and Fernando welcome a child into the world. But their happiness doesn't last for long as Pacheco sends his troops to capture them.
#4 - The figure of the king
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/15/2012
Empowered by a discovery about her half-brother, Isabel tries to cut a deal with Enrique. However, the king also has a plan up his sleeve.
#5 - Royal wedding
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/5/2012
As the wedding approaches, Isabel and Fernando meet for the first time. Bad news throws their big day into jeopardy, leaving King Enrique overjoyed.
#6 - Isabel and Fernando or Juana and Felipe
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/27/2014
As Juana is named the official heir of Aragon and Castile, Isabel and Fernando grapple with how to protect their reign against the influence of her husband, Felipe, especially in his allegiance to the French.
#7 - The last kingdom in Granada
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/25/2013
Just as the Granada War nears its end, Prince Juan's sudden illness threatens to give Isabel and Fernando's kingdoms to the Portuguese. Columbus retouches his plan, and Torquemada investigates a murder.
#8 - New war
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/29/2012
Disguised as a servant, Fernando begins his secret journey to meet Isabel at the altar. Forced to take perilous backroads, his route is fraught with terrible dangers.
#9 - The queen set
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/22/2012
Isabel deceives King Enrique over her ambitions to marry. But while she may be able to fool her brother, nothing gets past Pacheco.
#10 - The new queen
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/3/2012
A sudden death and a twist of events sees King Enrique flee to Madrid. Later, Castile prepares to crown a new Queen.
#11 - Born to rule
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/8/2014
Colombus has gone missing, and word travels back that his brothers are abusing the natives. Desperate to defeat the French, Isabel and Fernando must decide whether to use their children tools in their tactical negotiations.
#12 - The pact of Guisando
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/8/2012
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.
#13 - What you didn't know how to defend as a man
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/2/2013
The ultimatum to Boabdil expires. Isabel and Fernando decide on the future of Granada, the Jews, the dispute with France and Columbus' enterprise.
#14 - The negotiation
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/24/2012
As the Civil War brings chaos and anarchy to Castille, Isabel learns that her half-brother Enrique has promised her to a man she doesn't love
#15 - Sultan
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/14/2013
The King's long absence throws Portugal in confusion, but Isabel and Fernando are no less divided over their next move. Rome pressures Castile to adopt the Inquisition. In Granada, the jealous Aixa plots against the Emir.
#16 - Disagreements
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/9/2013
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.
#17 - Isabel, the queen
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/2012
As the series begins, Isabel and her brothers' lives are turned upside down when they are forced into the hostile environment of the court.
#18 - Pact with the devil
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/11/2013
Fernando makes his authority in Aragon clear. Isabel receives a foreign sailor with a bold proposal. El Zagal rallies all Muslims to make common front against the Christians.
#19 - Rule with a heavy hand
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/1/2014
Columbus hides his doubts as he is pressed to make a second voyage. Portugal disputes the new lands to Castile, and France invades Italy. In Rome, the Pope juggles the rival countries interests for his own benefit.
#20 - Wedding bells
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/17/2012
The drama and intrigue continue as the nobles begin to put their plot to dethrone Isabel's half-brother Enrique into action.
#21 - The beginning of the end
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/19/2012
Pacheco persecutes all those who chose to support Isabel and Fernando. Plus, with her marriage already under strain, Isabel overhears a secret about her husband.
#22 - Peace for Castile
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/23/2013
Fernando besieges Burgos while the Portuguese try to send a relief column to the rebels. Meanwhile, Isabel balances the conflicting interests of the Aristocracy, the Church and the Jews to finance the war.
#23 - Lineage
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/18/2013
Fernando lays siege to Malaga, El Zagal's stronghold and richest city in Granada, while the Muslims appeal to their brethren outside Europe. Isabel receives the two queens of Granada.
#24 - Fatal attraction
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/15/2014
Queen Isabel copes with loss on multiple levels, including Princess Juana's departure for Flanders to live with her husband.
#25 - Blood heirs
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/28/2013
It's time to visit Aragon to nominate Prince Juan as heir to the kingdom, but this is the least of Isabel and Fernando's problems. Granada invades Zahara, Catalonia is divided and the royals must face their most dangerous pregnancy yet.