Knightfall

Knightfall: Season Two Official Trailer | Drama Series Returns March 25 | History

Knightfall is a historical fiction drama television series . . . a second season, which premiered on March 25, 2019.
Knightfall recounts the success, fall, persecution, and suppression of the Knights Templar, as orchestrated by King Philip IV of France on October 13, 1307. The series focuses on the fictional Templar leader Landry du Lauzon, a brave warrior discouraged by the Templars' failures in the Holy Land who is reinvigorated by news that the Holy Grail has resurfaced. -Wikipedia

My wife watched the first season. I couldn't, I got turned off watching the first episode. But tonight we watched the first 4 episodes of season 2 and while it's not great, if has some good points. The dialog is stilted, the characters are crudely portrayed, but the grimness, or which there is plenty, seems pretty realistic. I mean this was 1300's. And there is plenty of action with horses and sword fighting. They are also trying to tell us the history of this period (of which there is plenty) and fit it into the drama. There just isn't enough time in the world to fit all of it in and take a deeper look into the characters as well.

Many moons ago we took a trip to Limoux France to ride bicycles. Limoux is just a few miles south of Carcassonne in the Languedoc region of southern France. While we were there, I remember hearing about the Cathars and how they were persecuted by the Catholic Church a long time ago. So it's kind of cool to have the story about a place I had been recounted on the TV.