The BEST episodes of Let Them Eat Cake
Every episode of Let Them Eat Cake ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Let Them Eat Cake!
France, 1782, during the reign of Louis XVI and his Queen, Marie Antoinette. We find the Comtesse De Vache and her trusty maid, Lisette, up to no good amid the decadent splendour of the Palace of Versailles. The corrupt court is awash with sexual scandal and intrigue, most of it stirred up by the Comtesse in her schemes to get the better of her deadly rival, the man-eating Madame De Plonge.
#1 - Making Voopee
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/30/1999
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?
#2 - The Portrait
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/23/1999
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.
#3 - The Pox
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/9/1999
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.
#4 - Murder
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/16/1999
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.
#5 - A Marriage of Convenience
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/7/1999
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.
#6 - The Royal Command Performance
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/14/1999
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.