The WORST episodes of Isabel
Every episode of Isabel ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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 - Will they preserve Isabel's legacy?
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/24/2014
As Queen Isabel's health deteriorates, so does Juana's mental state, leaving the future of Castile's crown uncertain.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - Tragedy at court
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/1/2012
Tragedy strikes Isabel's family, forcing her to finally make her choice. Should she obey Enrique or rise against him?
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - The drama comes to court
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/22/2014
Margarita arrives in Castile to marry Juan, a union that will bring equal parts joy and devastation.
#10 - Queen of the entire peninsula
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/29/2014
A mere accident in the French court shakes the whole of Europe. Meanwhile, Juana's husband devises his own plan to assert his reign.
#11 - The Princess of Asturias dies
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/6/2014
When Juana's situation with Felipe becomes desperate, her advisers urge her to return to Castile. Plus, relations with the Muslims in Granada reach a breaking point.
#12 - Tragedy overcomes Isabel
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/13/2014
The succession of Castile and Aragon depends on Isabel's grandson. His disappearance unleashes the alarm and the only option is for the Courts to swear Juana and her husband as heirs. In Granada, not even Gonzalo can put down the revolt.
#13 - They called her Juana la loca
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/17/2014
Felipe is sent to France to negotiate, while Aragon recuperates his army under this guise of diplomacy. Juana grows madder with the absence of her husband.
#14 - Felipe and Juana arrive at their kingdoms
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/20/2014
Renewed tensions with the French coincide with Felipe and Juana's visit there, putting their well-being at risk. And after many years, Juana finally returns to Castile.
#15 - The kingdom's fragility
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/25/2014
Columbus' voyage is a success but a storm forces him to land on Portugal. The royals travel to Barcelona to sign a treaty with France, who ambitions to conquer Naples. The queen meets her new confessor, and her daughter ponders her future.
#16 - 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.
#17 - Inquisition times
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/21/2013
The converts of Seville look at their options in the face of the Inquisition. Juana's unruliness threatens the peace between Portugal and Castile. Beatriz learns her nephew's secret. Muley-Hacén names his heir.
#18 - Loyalty and duty
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/30/2013
Isabel debates showing mercy to the rebels when the new bread tax causes an uprising in Segovia. Chacón ponders retirement. Juana feels imprisoned during her husband's absence and seeks solace in her stepson, the Prince of Portugal.
#19 - 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.
#20 - 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.
#21 - The lightest
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/4/2013
The war bogs down as the nobles of Spain prefer to pursue their own interests before the Crown's, but a stroke of luck might tip the balance in the fight between Christians and Muslims. In Portugal, the king seeks to reinforce his position.
#22 - The queen's power
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/7/2013
Isabel visits Seville, Castile's richest city but also a place plagued by crime and corruption. Juan II accuses Fernando of caring more for his wife's kingdom than for his. A border incident sours relations between Castile and Granada.
#23 - Bonds
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/16/2013
Reconciled, Fernando and a pregnant Isabel face their biggest test yet as the Portuguese invade Castile. King Alfonso marries Juana to reinforce her claim, but is reluctant to consummate the marriage as his supporters insist him to.
#24 - 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.
#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.