A Court of Thorns and Roses

A Court of Thorns and Roses is an American High Fantasy TV Series based on the novel series by Sarah J. Maas. The first season premiered on Hulu on March 17th 2026. It featured heavy amounts of violence, nudity and sexual content. Season 1 adapts the first novel A Court of Thorns and Roses. It was panned by critics and cancelled after one season.
== Premise ==
When 19-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a beast-like creature arrives to demand retribution for it. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin, one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled their world. As she dwells on his estate, her feelings for Tamlin transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie and warning she's been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the Fae. But an ancient, wicked shadow over the faerie lands is growing, and Feyre must find a way to stop it or doom Tamlin and his world forever.
== Cast ==
=== Main Cast ===
* Joey King as Feyre Archer, a nineteen year old huntress.
* Brec Bassinger as Elain Archeron, Feyre's oldest sister.
* Arabella Morton as Nesta Archeron
* Maika Monroe as Amarantha, a High Fay.
* Ayo Edebiri as Cerridwen
* Charlie Vickers as Lucien Vanserra
* Richard Deiss as Rhysand
* James Schofield as Tamlin
=== Guest ===
* Angela Yeung Wing as Acolyte
* Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder as Alis
* Michael Patric as Attor
* Paul Chahidi as Beron Vanserra
* Richard Esteras as Brutius
* Kennedy McMann as Clare Beddor
* Nick Gehlfuss as Eris Vanserra
* Tony Doupe as Mr. Archeron
* Rihanna as Helion
* Paxton Booth as Isaac Hale
* Alex Rich as Jurian
* Kyle Lowder as Kallias
* Sheria Irving as Nuala
* Kingsley Ben-Adir as Tarquin
* Soundarya Sharma as Thesan
* Jake Goodman as Tomas Mandray
== Episodes ==
Season 1
Episode Number	Episode Name 	Synopsis 	Original Release
1 	Huntress 	A nineteen year old huntress named Feyre from a struggling family kills a fairy in the woods.
She's forced to separate from her family because killing a fairy is breaking a treaty between humans and fairies. 	March 17th 2026
2 	Masquerade 	Feyre is introduced to the world of Faerie where she meets Tamlin, Lucien and Alis. She participates in a masquerade ball and discovers the fairies are unable to remove their masks. She discovers that demons are threatening the fairy realm. 	March 17th 2026
3 	Blight 	Feyre speaks with some evil fairies who reveals the seven fairy courts and a war with a neighboring fairy realm. During an attack, Tamlin saves Feyre from violent fairies called Naga. 	March 17th 2026
4 	Ritual 	During a fairy ritual Feyre is attacked by attempted rapists however, Tamlin saves her and the two fall in love. Tamlin gives Feyre fairy site so he can see things the way he does. 	March 17th 2026
5 	The Return 	Tamlin and Feyre kiss in public during a summer party. Tamlin gets into a conflict with the High Fay Rhysand. Tamlin sends Feyre back to her home where she discovers her family's status has gotten better. 	March 24th 2026
6 	Amarantha 	Amarantha is revealed to be behind the recent skirmishes and the Blight. She throws a ball where she steals the other High Fae's powers. 	March 24th 2026
7 	The Maze 	Feyre and Tamlin try to stop Amarantha who puts her in a dungeon where she'll have to pass certain trials. The first trial is a maze where she's attacked by a giant worm. She gets an infection but survives. 	March 31st 2026
8 	Rhysand 	Rhysand drugs Feyre and forces her to dance in front of the Faerie Court. The next trial involves having to survive dangerous traps including spikes while drugged. 	March 31st 2026
9 	Sacrifice 	The Final Trial involves sacrificing innocent fairies with a dagger. Feyre does the trial murdering faeries where Tamlin is the last one. Feyre stabs Tamlin and he falls to the ground. 	April 7th 2026
10 	Heart of Stone	Tamlin survives due to an enchanted heart of stone. Amarantha attacks and uses magic to sadistically kill Feyre. Before dying Feyre breaks a magical curse answering a riddle. Tamlin and the other faeries gain their powers back and Tamlin kills Amarantha. The High Lords use their powers to bring Feyre back to life as a High Fae.	April 7th 2026
==Reception==
The first season received extremely negative reviews from critics.
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 3% approval rating with an average rating of 4/10, based on 58 reviews.The website's critical consensus reads, "Formulaic, Stupid, Problematic, Boring and Poorly Written. A Court of Thorns of Roses proves that not all fantasy television series are decent." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 32 out of 100 based on 28 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".
==Future==
The shows second season adapting A Court of Mist and Fury along with A Court of Wings and Ruin was cancelled following the first season's failure.
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