Season 1

Let Them Eat CakeSeason 1

1999
6 Episodes

Episodes

The Pox
S01E01
8.0

The Pox

In 1792 at the Palace of Versailles, Madame de Plonge bets Colombine that she can't seduce the young, handsome Marquis de Bonvie. Lisette suspects that it's all part of a ""setup"" to ruin her mistress and offers to take her place. Columbine learns that her elderly husband, Honore, has caught the pox, and turns it around to her advantage.

09 Sept 199930m
Murder
S01E02
8.0

Murder

Columbine loses her fortune in a wager with the Marquise de Foufou. When the Marquise de Foufou is brutally murdered, Columbine is the prime suspect. But was it murder, or suicide? Justice will prevail, but not until Columbine has her day in court.

16 Sept 199930m
The Portrait
S01E03
8.0

The Portrait

The finest portrait painter in France, Madame Vigee-Lebrun, agrees to paint Columbine's portrait, but the wig must go. Columbine becomes a victim of the Marquis de Sade. Lisette returns to the streets and Bouffant is seduced.

23 Sept 199930m
Making Voopee
S01E04
8.0

Making Voopee

Columbine swears that she has been celibate for eight years. How, then, has she managed to get pregnant? Is King Louis XVI the father? What will Marie Antionette think?

30 Sept 199930m
A Marriage of Convenience
S01E05
8.0

A Marriage of Convenience

Columbine's sister, Cecilie, is destitute and needs help from Columbine. The only help she gets is a suggestion that she should marry the Duke D'Onan, a repulsive man who prefers men to women.

07 Oct 199930m
The Royal Command Performance
S01E06
8.0

The Royal Command Performance

Marie Antoinette intends to prove her love for her husband by having sex with him in public - twice. Columbine intends to use the event as the venue for a final showdown with Madame de Plonge, but she has been invited to the matinee session.

14 Oct 199930m