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 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - 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.
#10 - 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.
#11 - 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.
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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?
#15 - 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.
#16 - 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.
#17 - 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.
#18 - 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.
#19 - 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.
#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 - 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.
#22 - 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.
#23 - 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.
#24 - 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.
#25 - 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.