The Empress ending explained: Does Elisabeth win the public's trust?
is the latest period drama from Netflix to capture audiences with its gripping tale of a young, rebellious princess who marries into Austrian royalty and is thrust into the realm of politics at the Viennese court.
The final hour of the six-episode series certainly had a lot going on, so we're here to tell you how the story broke down.Franz's conniving baby brother Maximillian didn't exactly get the ending he had hoped for, and the finale has left his fate hanging in the balance. By the end of the episode, Max is arrested, so we'll just have to wait for season two to see what else Franz has in store for his traitor brother. Or, you know, bone up on our Austrian history textbooks, but that's not going to happen.After two revolutionaries murder the real Leontine Von Apafi earlier in the series, Ava assumes the Countess's identity to gain intel from inside the palace.
Not only that, but Countess Amalia's growing suspicions come to a head when she discovers photographs revealing Ava's true identity, and the latter pushes her to her bloody death. Archduchess Sophie then proposes Elisabeth with an ultimatum: to go back home to Bavaria and have her marriage annulled, or stay at the palace and be subject to rules even stricter than before.