WEBVTT 00:14.765 --> 00:16.934 [narrator] Previously on The Serpent Queen... 00:17.101 --> 00:18.269 Tell me again why your mother 00:18.436 --> 00:19.937 had to go all the way to Italy 00:20.104 --> 00:21.939 to build your brother a palace in the middle of Paris. 00:22.106 --> 00:25.443 It is always preferable to keep business within the family. 00:25.609 --> 00:28.863 May we present Alessandro de Medici. 00:29.029 --> 00:30.573 I do hope I'm not interrupting. 00:30.740 --> 00:32.950 Are you sure you can handle the English queen? 00:33.117 --> 00:34.660 She's never negotiated with a Bourbon. 00:34.827 --> 00:38.164 Now, what is this rumor of a Protestant saint 00:38.330 --> 00:39.790 in France, Sister Edith, 00:39.957 --> 00:42.793 a pastor who led her flock through the flames? 00:42.960 --> 00:44.879 [Montmorency] The Duke of Guise is wanted for questioning. 00:45.004 --> 00:46.547 -On whose orders? -The king's. 00:46.714 --> 00:48.007 [Montmorency] We have to act before things get 00:48.174 --> 00:49.300 even further out of control. 00:49.467 --> 00:51.927 I face problems of a different kind. 00:52.094 --> 00:53.304 I'm ambitious. 00:53.471 --> 00:55.389 -New friend? -[Ruggieri] An apprentice. 00:55.556 --> 00:57.349 Are you ready to be born again? 00:57.516 --> 00:59.643 -I am. -[grunts] 00:59.810 --> 01:01.061 [dramatic music plays] 01:01.228 --> 01:02.480 -[rock thuds] -[person] Oh! 01:02.646 --> 01:04.230 [people gasp] 01:04.397 --> 01:06.150 Help! 01:08.611 --> 01:11.989 [dramatic rock music plays] 01:12.156 --> 01:15.367 ♪ ♪ 01:33.219 --> 01:35.638 [dramatic music plays] 01:35.805 --> 01:39.058 ♪ ♪ 01:46.440 --> 01:47.858 [coachman] Whoa. 01:54.240 --> 01:56.575 [Catherine] I knew what awaited my return, 01:56.741 --> 02:00.454 and yet somehow I still hoped to elude fate. 02:00.621 --> 02:03.833 ♪ ♪ 02:43.497 --> 02:45.207 [Fernel] Majesty. 02:45.374 --> 02:46.500 Tell me. 02:46.667 --> 02:47.918 [Fernel] Hercule's wound has become infected. 02:48.085 --> 02:49.962 The poison has entered his bloodstream 02:50.129 --> 02:52.965 and has probably now passed to the brain. 02:53.132 --> 02:56.510 His life is in grave danger. 03:03.767 --> 03:06.437 [Catherine] Hercule, I'm here. 03:06.562 --> 03:10.274 Mother, I'm perfectly all right. 03:10.441 --> 03:12.693 Of course you are, my darling. 03:12.860 --> 03:16.780 I don't know what all the fuss is about. 03:18.324 --> 03:21.452 [mysterious music plays] 03:21.619 --> 03:24.579 ♪ ♪ 03:35.841 --> 03:39.595 [snakes hissing] 03:48.187 --> 03:49.897 He's gone, isn't he? 03:50.022 --> 03:51.815 I am so sorry. 03:51.982 --> 03:55.110 [somber music plays] 03:55.277 --> 03:58.489 ♪ ♪ 04:07.331 --> 04:08.832 [Catherine] The grief of losing a child 04:08.999 --> 04:11.043 who you were put on this Earth to protect 04:11.210 --> 04:13.003 is unbearable. 04:14.213 --> 04:16.757 They say it gets easier with time. 04:17.341 --> 04:21.428 But of course, that's just a lie. 04:21.595 --> 04:24.431 ♪ ♪ 04:30.312 --> 04:31.939 My son is dead. 04:32.106 --> 04:33.899 The Duke of Guise has been arrested 04:34.066 --> 04:35.484 against my instruction 04:35.651 --> 04:37.194 while the Second Prince of the Blood 04:37.361 --> 04:40.531 travels to England on terms I have not agreed to. 04:40.698 --> 04:44.034 Had I known my counsel would be so easily ignored, 04:44.201 --> 04:45.744 I might not have returned. 04:45.869 --> 04:47.079 You told me to trust myself. 04:47.246 --> 04:48.706 And now I would ask you to do the same. 04:48.872 --> 04:51.417 Circumstances changed after your departure. 04:51.542 --> 04:52.710 I had to act. 04:52.876 --> 04:54.044 Circumstances changed because there's 04:54.169 --> 04:55.713 a fucking terrorist on the loose. 04:55.838 --> 04:57.214 We should be riding into the woods 04:57.381 --> 04:58.841 to kill this bitch and her deranged followers, 04:58.966 --> 05:00.801 but no, instead my brother rots in jail. 05:00.968 --> 05:02.553 If there is a terrorist on the loose, 05:02.720 --> 05:04.221 it's one the Guises created. 05:04.346 --> 05:05.764 It's not like anyone just wakes up one day 05:05.931 --> 05:08.267 and decides to become a terrorist. 05:08.392 --> 05:09.935 They have to be driven to it. 05:10.102 --> 05:11.270 Honestly, if you believe that, 05:11.437 --> 05:13.605 then you really, really are an idiot. 05:13.772 --> 05:15.107 Aha, exactly, 05:15.274 --> 05:16.775 which means people like you do underestimate me. 05:16.942 --> 05:20.112 Edith is willing to sacrifice for her followers. 05:20.279 --> 05:21.613 She can be reasoned with. 05:21.780 --> 05:23.741 The same way her followers reasoned with Hercule? 05:23.907 --> 05:26.118 [Cardinal Guise] The murder of Hercule and the imprisonment 05:26.243 --> 05:30.289 of the Duke of Guise has Catholic blood boiling. 05:30.414 --> 05:33.500 And since it seems everyone survived this fire, 05:33.667 --> 05:35.252 my brother-- who it cannot be proven 05:35.419 --> 05:37.504 had anything to do with it, by the way-- 05:37.671 --> 05:39.339 did not actually kill anyone. 05:39.506 --> 05:41.425 Therefore, I'm demanding the release of the Duke of Guise 05:41.592 --> 05:43.343 so he can lead the French army into battle 05:43.510 --> 05:45.888 with this fake prophet and her followers. 05:46.055 --> 05:49.099 Excellent logic: my brother didn't kill anyone, 05:49.266 --> 05:51.769 so please release him so he can. 05:51.935 --> 05:53.353 Precisely, dickhead. 05:53.520 --> 05:55.147 The cardinal is not in a position to demand anything. 05:55.314 --> 05:56.690 We would not be in this situation 05:56.857 --> 05:58.525 if it were not for the impetuous nature 05:58.650 --> 06:00.152 of the House of Guise. 06:00.319 --> 06:04.114 However, the circumstances have changed, as the king says. 06:04.239 --> 06:05.949 The duke must be released immediately 06:06.116 --> 06:07.951 on the condition he takes no further military action. 06:08.118 --> 06:10.704 You can't expect me to just reverse my decision. 06:10.871 --> 06:12.039 It is the price of peace. 06:12.164 --> 06:13.791 I have my credibility to consider. 06:13.916 --> 06:15.459 Well, your credibility with the French people will survive. 06:15.626 --> 06:16.794 [Cardinal Guise] Actually, it will increase 06:16.960 --> 06:18.295 'cause right now, you have none. 06:18.462 --> 06:20.714 Do you actually know any French people? 06:20.881 --> 06:22.466 I will not reverse my decision. 06:22.633 --> 06:25.094 After Anjou's latest antics, it is more important than ever 06:25.260 --> 06:27.387 the people see that I stand for law and order. 06:27.554 --> 06:30.390 Of course, you could always arrest Anjou. 06:30.557 --> 06:32.058 That is my brother you're talking about, 06:32.183 --> 06:34.228 despite what I may think of him. 06:35.521 --> 06:36.605 OK. 06:37.523 --> 06:39.316 Then why don't we ask the Holy Roman Emperor 06:39.483 --> 06:40.609 when he gets here? 06:40.734 --> 06:42.069 The Holy Roman Emperor is coming here? 06:42.194 --> 06:44.071 [Cardinal Guise] Oh, yeah, he's coming. 06:44.238 --> 06:45.155 [tense music plays] 06:45.322 --> 06:47.491 So I hope everyone's been good. 06:47.658 --> 06:49.243 ♪ ♪ 06:49.409 --> 06:50.702 Did you agree to this? 06:50.869 --> 06:52.287 He wanted to show his respect. 06:52.412 --> 06:54.414 It's the least we can do for Hercule. 06:54.581 --> 06:55.832 Oh, my God. 06:55.999 --> 06:57.376 If you think that that is all he wants, 06:57.543 --> 06:59.461 then you are less prepared for rule than I thought. 06:59.628 --> 07:01.046 I am your king. 07:01.213 --> 07:04.925 And from now on, if I want your advice, I will ask for it. 07:05.843 --> 07:06.760 Is that understood? 07:06.885 --> 07:08.470 Your Majesty. 07:08.637 --> 07:11.849 ♪ ♪ 07:13.517 --> 07:15.769 You're angry for the counsel I gave the king 07:15.936 --> 07:17.521 while you were away. 07:17.688 --> 07:21.650 I hope you know my motives are the same as yours. 07:22.025 --> 07:23.193 I want peace. 07:23.861 --> 07:26.572 I will not stand in the way of the duke's release 07:26.738 --> 07:29.241 if you promise me no harm will come to Edith. 07:29.366 --> 07:31.201 A condition for your queen? 07:31.368 --> 07:33.078 I am a loyal friend. 07:33.662 --> 07:36.665 But cross me on this, and we will be enemies. 07:36.832 --> 07:38.750 And now a threat. 07:39.209 --> 07:41.670 A regrettable fact. 07:42.462 --> 07:45.340 My condolences for Hercule. 07:45.757 --> 07:48.218 He was too good for this world. 07:51.805 --> 07:53.891 [Edith] When David struck Goliath... 07:54.057 --> 07:55.558 who did God say was to blame? 07:55.726 --> 07:58.562 What had been but the faintest ember when I left 07:58.729 --> 08:00.564 had grown into a raging fire. 08:00.731 --> 08:03.483 The boy with nothing but a slingshot 08:03.609 --> 08:04.943 who stood up to a giant. 08:05.110 --> 08:06.486 -[people murmuring] -No. 08:06.653 --> 08:07.905 No. 08:08.071 --> 08:09.948 So what are we to do when we are beaten 08:10.115 --> 08:13.452 by those who deem themselves appointed by God? 08:13.619 --> 08:15.996 -Beat them back. -Yes, beat them back. 08:16.163 --> 08:17.456 [people clamoring] 08:17.623 --> 08:19.249 And now they say that the king 08:19.416 --> 08:21.251 blames us for the death of his brother. 08:21.418 --> 08:24.755 They say that his soldiers will come for us, 08:24.922 --> 08:26.298 that they will cut off my head 08:26.423 --> 08:28.091 and put it on the palace wall for decoration. 08:28.258 --> 08:30.761 -We'll never let them do that. -Never. 08:30.928 --> 08:32.763 Well, I say, 08:34.056 --> 08:35.307 let them come. 08:35.474 --> 08:36.767 [people murmuring] 08:36.933 --> 08:38.477 Let them have my head. 08:38.644 --> 08:39.770 [people] No! 08:39.937 --> 08:42.105 [Edith] I say, we will not run. 08:42.272 --> 08:44.691 -[people] No! -[Edith] We will not hide. 08:44.816 --> 08:46.318 -[people] No! -[person] Never! 08:46.443 --> 08:47.653 [Edith] If this is what God wants from us, 08:47.819 --> 08:50.656 let us offer up our lives willingly. 08:50.781 --> 08:52.491 Drink this. 08:52.616 --> 08:53.533 [dramatic music plays] 08:53.700 --> 08:55.953 [person] We're gonna fight. 08:56.119 --> 08:57.371 Ugh. 08:57.496 --> 08:59.665 [Edith] Let our blood water his forest. 08:59.831 --> 09:01.458 -[person] Yes. -[people agreeing] 09:01.625 --> 09:04.795 ♪ ♪ 09:05.379 --> 09:08.257 Let flowers grow where we fall. 09:08.423 --> 09:11.677 ♪ ♪ 09:12.719 --> 09:15.305 Let God's will be done. 09:15.764 --> 09:18.517 ♪ ♪ 09:18.684 --> 09:20.310 No. 09:22.562 --> 09:25.691 And what do you have, hmm? [laughs] 09:25.857 --> 09:27.192 ♪ ♪ 09:27.359 --> 09:29.987 Fuck me, it smells like a cheap brothel in here. 09:30.153 --> 09:32.406 Spent a lot of time in cheap brothels, have you? 09:32.531 --> 09:35.492 Yeah, I have, in my work with the needy. 09:35.659 --> 09:37.661 Anjou, can we speak alone? 09:38.912 --> 09:41.331 ♪ ♪ 09:41.498 --> 09:42.499 Fuck off. 09:42.665 --> 09:45.585 When I do that, it means fuck off. 09:46.211 --> 09:49.589 ♪ ♪ 09:52.342 --> 09:54.386 Be gentle with him. 10:00.767 --> 10:03.770 I hear you've been a naughty boy, Anjou, 10:03.895 --> 10:06.231 and not your usual mischief 10:06.398 --> 10:08.734 but a very bad boy indeed. 10:08.900 --> 10:09.860 Right. 10:10.027 --> 10:12.404 Well, I'll say a few Hail Marys, 10:12.571 --> 10:13.947 and then you can fuck off. 10:14.114 --> 10:17.284 You can do, but it's not gonna bring him back, is it? 10:19.911 --> 10:21.038 No. 10:21.705 --> 10:23.332 Look, it must be horrible having that on your conscience. 10:23.498 --> 10:24.875 I didn't throw that fucking rock, 10:25.042 --> 10:26.376 so I don't know why everyone's blaming me. 10:26.543 --> 10:28.712 Well, at least his sacrifice wasn't in vain. 10:28.879 --> 10:30.881 Well, what's that supposed to mean? 10:31.006 --> 10:33.133 You started a trend, Anjou. 10:33.884 --> 10:35.886 The Catholic League, have you heard of them? 10:36.053 --> 10:38.555 Basically, they're a bunch of deranged zealots 10:38.722 --> 10:40.015 connected to the Vatican. 10:40.140 --> 10:42.601 Apparently, they've been performing 10:42.768 --> 10:45.145 third baptisms of their own, 10:45.312 --> 10:47.397 drowning Protestants all across the country. 10:47.564 --> 10:52.611 It's quite a flattering homage if you ask me. 10:52.903 --> 10:54.821 So I'm a mass murderer now? 10:54.946 --> 10:57.074 That depends on how you look at it. 10:58.241 --> 11:00.952 I like to think you've struck a blow for Catholic freedom, 11:01.119 --> 11:03.455 one that has resonated across the land. 11:03.622 --> 11:07.000 The people love you, Anjou. 11:07.167 --> 11:08.293 What? 11:09.002 --> 11:11.088 I th-thought they think I'm a deviant. 11:11.213 --> 11:13.423 That was last month. [taps table] 11:13.590 --> 11:15.258 This is now. 11:15.425 --> 11:16.885 What do you want? 11:17.052 --> 11:18.428 I want you to lead a military expedition into the woods 11:18.595 --> 11:20.138 to avenge your brother's death. 11:20.305 --> 11:21.723 Without the king's leave? 11:21.848 --> 11:23.809 My mother would kill me, literally. 11:23.934 --> 11:26.144 Not if the Holy Roman Emperor backs us, 11:26.311 --> 11:30.190 and he will when he gets here for your brother's funeral. 11:30.357 --> 11:32.025 ♪ ♪ 11:32.192 --> 11:33.819 [chuckles] Of course. 11:33.985 --> 11:37.072 History's calling your name now, Anjou. 11:37.239 --> 11:39.699 I think we both know the king's not up to it. 11:40.409 --> 11:44.204 You do this, and you will be celebrated by Catholics 11:44.371 --> 11:45.705 all over the country. 11:46.456 --> 11:50.627 Anyway, I think you've always known it was gonna be you. 11:51.920 --> 11:53.046 Come on. 11:53.797 --> 11:56.216 Should we pray for God's guidance? 11:56.591 --> 11:59.219 ♪ ♪ 11:59.386 --> 12:02.848 [shaky breathing] 12:23.452 --> 12:26.246 [crows cawing] 12:26.413 --> 12:29.583 [somber music playing] 12:29.749 --> 12:31.835 ♪ ♪ 12:32.002 --> 12:35.213 [Cardinal Guise] In the name of the Father, and of the Son, 12:35.380 --> 12:37.007 and of the Holy Spirit. 12:37.174 --> 12:38.341 Amen. 12:38.467 --> 12:40.260 [person] Amen. 12:56.693 --> 12:58.236 Philip, I need you. 12:58.403 --> 13:00.989 I'm here, Father. 13:01.656 --> 13:02.741 Told you. 13:02.908 --> 13:04.201 God, he looks like shit. 13:04.367 --> 13:05.952 -Is that really him? -[Antoine] Yeah. 13:06.077 --> 13:08.914 Looks like the old boy's lost a step or two. 13:09.873 --> 13:11.750 -Hello. -[Margot] Welcome to France. 13:11.875 --> 13:13.210 Thank you. 13:14.586 --> 13:16.713 We must stop meeting at funerals. 13:16.880 --> 13:18.256 People will talk. 13:18.423 --> 13:20.300 And yet I doubt you are here to offer condolences 13:20.425 --> 13:23.428 for a prince who was only third in line to the throne. 13:23.595 --> 13:26.598 You underestimate my sentiment, 13:27.682 --> 13:33.021 though I do have other issues to discuss with you. 13:33.772 --> 13:35.482 Oh, dear. 13:35.649 --> 13:37.442 Dear, oh, dear. 13:38.068 --> 13:40.111 Thank you. [chuckles] 13:40.278 --> 13:43.573 I think you will agree... 13:43.740 --> 13:45.700 [grunts] 13:45.867 --> 13:48.537 ...that we find ourselves in perilous times. 13:48.703 --> 13:50.330 -When have we not? -[bell tolling] 13:50.455 --> 13:54.960 This preacher, Sister Edith, I think they call her, 13:55.126 --> 13:57.337 whose followers killed your son, 13:58.004 --> 14:02.717 has set a precedent that cannot be tolerated. 14:02.842 --> 14:04.427 Protestants all over the continent 14:04.594 --> 14:07.847 have been inspired by her revolutionary rhetoric. 14:08.431 --> 14:11.518 She has the power to turn all of Christendom, 14:11.685 --> 14:14.020 all the known world, in fact, 14:14.187 --> 14:16.147 into a battlefield 14:16.314 --> 14:19.734 if she is allowed to continue unchecked. 14:23.905 --> 14:25.782 Your son the Duke of Anjou 14:25.949 --> 14:28.493 has the attention of the Catholic League. 14:28.660 --> 14:30.036 What do you think they're talking about? 14:30.203 --> 14:31.621 Will you just shut the fuck up and look like 14:31.788 --> 14:33.039 you're thinking of your brother? 14:33.206 --> 14:34.624 [Charles V] And of course, the Guises 14:34.790 --> 14:36.710 are always ready to take advantage. 14:36.876 --> 14:40.130 They intend to pursue military action 14:40.297 --> 14:42.465 against this ambitious child 14:42.632 --> 14:45.385 and her enraptured followers in the forest 14:45.552 --> 14:49.681 without the king's leave but under my authority. 14:50.432 --> 14:55.061 The result will be a permanent rupture within your house 14:55.228 --> 14:59.983 that will certainly lead France to war with itself. 15:00.358 --> 15:01.484 Why tell me about it? 15:01.651 --> 15:03.612 Because unbeknownst to the Guises, 15:03.737 --> 15:05.488 I have lost my taste for mischief. 15:05.655 --> 15:10.160 I blame it on old age and, of course, my eldest son, 15:10.327 --> 15:12.996 Philip, recently widowed... 15:13.163 --> 15:14.914 [chuckles] ...luckily for his late wife. 15:15.081 --> 15:18.168 Have you ever had sex at a funeral? 15:19.669 --> 15:20.545 Pardon? 15:20.712 --> 15:23.882 I have, a couple of times. 15:24.799 --> 15:28.595 He has many hobbies, but none that compare 15:28.762 --> 15:32.390 to the pleasure he takes in inflicting pain. 15:32.557 --> 15:35.185 Oh, of course, I blame myself. 15:35.352 --> 15:37.520 I believe it is God's punishment 15:37.646 --> 15:41.941 for all the careless wars and needless death I caused. 15:42.108 --> 15:46.905 Truth is, I'd like nothing more than to retire. 15:47.072 --> 15:48.281 Abdicate the title. 15:48.448 --> 15:51.284 [laughs] How can I with a psychotic sadist 15:51.451 --> 15:52.911 waiting in the wings? 15:53.078 --> 15:57.332 Perhaps you have different concerns about your sons. 15:57.499 --> 15:59.918 I'm afraid neither of my sons are disposed 16:00.043 --> 16:02.545 to take my advice at the moment. 16:08.218 --> 16:09.761 [Charles V] Well, be that as it may, 16:09.928 --> 16:13.473 I think you will agree something has to be done. 16:13.598 --> 16:15.892 It is my understanding that people 16:16.059 --> 16:19.145 believe Sister Edith is some sort of saint 16:19.270 --> 16:20.939 under God's protection. 16:21.106 --> 16:24.984 The best antidote for that sort of... 16:25.151 --> 16:26.403 frivolity 16:26.569 --> 16:28.697 is a fortuitous accident. 16:28.822 --> 16:30.824 -That, I cannot sanction. -Why ever not? 16:30.990 --> 16:33.743 It would not help matters to turn her into a martyr. 16:33.910 --> 16:37.455 She's only a martyr if her side wins. 16:37.622 --> 16:41.126 Remember, for every Jesus on the cross, 16:41.292 --> 16:44.421 there are 1,000 long-haired revolutionaries 16:44.587 --> 16:46.506 we have never heard of. 16:46.881 --> 16:49.217 I must leave you. [clears throat] 16:49.384 --> 16:51.970 I will consider your advice. 16:52.137 --> 16:53.680 [Charles V] Do that. 16:55.557 --> 16:57.851 Because if we do not act, 16:58.518 --> 17:02.272 this will not be the last of your children 17:02.439 --> 17:03.606 you have to bury. 17:03.773 --> 17:05.650 Come, my son. 17:05.817 --> 17:09.194 [bell tolls] 17:12.490 --> 17:15.117 [Ruggieri] Had a good look around, did you? 17:15.285 --> 17:18.538 ♪ ♪ 17:19.247 --> 17:20.707 I thought you'd be gone. 17:20.874 --> 17:22.291 Without saying goodbye? 17:22.459 --> 17:24.377 Well, you once told me that when royals start dying, 17:24.502 --> 17:26.628 it's better to be someplace else. 17:26.796 --> 17:28.006 Ah. 17:28.173 --> 17:29.257 Well, 17:30.133 --> 17:34.471 perhaps I'm too old or too stupid to heed my own advice. 17:35.680 --> 17:38.558 I'm sorry to hear about Hercule. 17:39.476 --> 17:41.436 He was an innocent, 17:42.145 --> 17:43.897 more like his father than the rest. 17:44.397 --> 17:46.191 He didn't deserve what happened to him. 17:46.357 --> 17:49.486 Well, I just fished a girl out of the lake. 17:49.611 --> 17:50.987 My apprentice. 17:51.112 --> 17:54.991 She was killed for her father's choice of religion. 17:55.533 --> 17:56.910 So you tell me, 17:57.076 --> 17:59.913 who really gets what they deserve in this world, eh? 18:00.288 --> 18:02.749 ♪ ♪ 18:02.916 --> 18:05.502 I ask myself, was it my fault, 18:05.627 --> 18:06.669 what happened to Hercule? 18:06.836 --> 18:08.087 It's your dream, 18:08.755 --> 18:11.216 ten broken eggs, only one bird flies free. 18:11.966 --> 18:15.428 I will never forgive myself for staying away too long. 18:16.095 --> 18:18.681 You cannot protect them from who they are 18:18.848 --> 18:22.018 any more than you can change what you really are. 18:22.143 --> 18:23.061 And what am I? 18:23.228 --> 18:26.064 Someone who's willing to rule. 18:26.523 --> 18:29.734 ♪ ♪ 18:30.610 --> 18:32.153 Has it occurred to you that your dream 18:32.278 --> 18:34.447 might have a different meaning? 18:35.156 --> 18:38.284 One rotten apple spoils the rest of the bunch. 18:38.451 --> 18:41.704 ♪ ♪ 18:41.871 --> 18:43.248 So then tell me, 18:43.915 --> 18:46.251 which one of my children is rotten? 18:46.709 --> 18:48.628 Mother knows best. It's nature. 18:49.504 --> 18:52.215 What does a mother pig do when she has a runt? 18:52.382 --> 18:57.053 Sometimes you have to cut one loose to save the others. 18:57.387 --> 18:58.847 You're talking about Anjou. 18:59.013 --> 19:02.475 Anjou was born under a dark star. 19:03.268 --> 19:06.104 You know it as well as I do. 19:07.772 --> 19:11.067 [stately music playing] 19:11.234 --> 19:13.278 ♪ ♪ 19:13.444 --> 19:15.613 [Catherine] The growing discontent at court 19:15.780 --> 19:18.533 only whetted the appetite of our enemies. 19:18.700 --> 19:21.911 ♪ ♪ 19:26.624 --> 19:28.251 [Elizabeth] Oh, my goodness me. 19:28.418 --> 19:31.546 Oh, that's absolutely bloody exhausting, dancing, isn't it? 19:31.713 --> 19:32.964 [sighs] 19:33.131 --> 19:35.174 Your Majesty, may I present Louis of Bourbon, 19:35.300 --> 19:37.093 Second Prince of the Blood. 19:37.260 --> 19:38.469 [Louis clears throat] 19:38.595 --> 19:40.763 Your Majesty, and may I assure you, 19:40.930 --> 19:43.099 I may be second of birth, 19:43.224 --> 19:46.311 but I am the first in many, 19:46.477 --> 19:47.854 many other respects. 19:48.021 --> 19:49.731 No slight to my dear brother, of course. 19:49.898 --> 19:51.691 Of course not, I had to put up with 19:51.858 --> 19:54.027 my mad half-sister for years. 19:54.736 --> 19:57.655 Family, we don't choose them, do we? 19:57.780 --> 20:00.992 [chuckles] No, no, Your Majesty. 20:01.159 --> 20:02.827 So glad you could pop over so quickly. 20:02.994 --> 20:05.371 [Louis] Ah, when I heard we had shared interests, 20:05.538 --> 20:07.457 I did not spare a moment. 20:07.582 --> 20:09.125 A trade deal between our kingdoms 20:09.250 --> 20:11.252 has not existed for generations. 20:11.419 --> 20:13.796 An accord would be historic. 20:13.963 --> 20:15.381 Oh, do you really think so? 20:15.548 --> 20:17.467 [Louis] Think of the ease of business, 20:17.592 --> 20:19.218 the needless bureaucratic hurdles 20:19.344 --> 20:20.511 that will be dismantled, 20:20.678 --> 20:23.097 unlocking the flow of capital and ideas 20:23.264 --> 20:25.475 between our two great nations. 20:25.642 --> 20:26.726 [clears throat] 20:26.893 --> 20:29.896 All-all-all we need do is-is set terms. 20:30.063 --> 20:31.147 Wonderful. 20:31.314 --> 20:32.482 We're of like faith, are we not? 20:32.649 --> 20:35.860 Oh, yeah, yeah, most-most definitely. 20:36.027 --> 20:39.030 I am most faithful to the new religion. 20:39.197 --> 20:40.406 I hope not too faithful. 20:40.573 --> 20:42.367 [Lord Throckmorton clears throat] 20:42.533 --> 20:44.077 But, uh... 20:44.202 --> 20:45.036 Mm. 20:45.161 --> 20:46.996 ...p-p-perhaps I misspoke. 20:47.163 --> 20:50.875 What-what I mean to say is, I am as faithful 20:51.000 --> 20:54.253 as you would like me to be. 20:54.420 --> 20:55.338 Excellent. 20:55.505 --> 20:57.090 Well, in that case, 20:57.757 --> 21:01.552 I think it is time to discuss the future 21:01.719 --> 21:03.054 of the House of Bourbon. 21:03.179 --> 21:05.723 [Louis] With your friendship, it can only be bright. 21:05.890 --> 21:08.559 Goodness, how you flatter me. 21:08.685 --> 21:10.353 But I do hope you see the advantage 21:10.520 --> 21:13.856 of your current situation as clearly as I do. 21:13.982 --> 21:16.943 The murder of a Valois prince would suggest this Sister Edith 21:17.110 --> 21:19.195 has far more influence than I realized. 21:19.362 --> 21:21.614 Throckmorton, what do we know about her? 21:21.781 --> 21:23.992 Well, she's an orphan. 21:24.117 --> 21:26.119 Trumped-up piece of gutter trash, really, 21:26.285 --> 21:27.620 wouldn't you say? 21:28.371 --> 21:29.372 Um... 21:29.706 --> 21:33.543 well, sometimes great change 21:33.710 --> 21:36.587 comes from humble origins. 21:36.754 --> 21:38.214 Really? 21:38.756 --> 21:39.966 Can't think of any. 21:40.133 --> 21:42.385 More often than not, those of humble origin, 21:42.552 --> 21:46.472 though full of enthusiasm, really need to be led. 21:46.639 --> 21:48.808 -Mm. -Well... 21:48.933 --> 21:50.476 The point is, if Edith's rebellion 21:50.643 --> 21:53.730 continues to grow at its current rate, there may be-- 21:53.896 --> 21:55.565 how do I put this-- 21:55.732 --> 21:58.276 a change of management on the cards. 21:58.651 --> 22:00.319 Uh, I'm-I'm-I'm not sure I follow. 22:00.486 --> 22:04.991 Hmm. Well, I-I see I will have to be blunt. 22:05.491 --> 22:07.785 Support for Sister Edith suggests 22:07.910 --> 22:11.539 the French people's desire for change. 22:11.706 --> 22:14.250 Now, who's to say that that desire might not be sated 22:14.375 --> 22:17.795 by the Protestant House of Bourbon 22:17.962 --> 22:20.590 usurping the Catholic Valois? 22:21.007 --> 22:23.217 Simply put, the Princes of the Blood 22:23.342 --> 22:25.762 could ride this piece of gutter trash 22:25.887 --> 22:28.473 all the way to the throne. 22:29.557 --> 22:32.101 And all you need to do is make this girl think 22:32.268 --> 22:35.104 that you are her best friend in the world. 22:35.271 --> 22:38.858 And then you and I will be free to set all the trade deals 22:38.983 --> 22:41.444 we desire, even in the new world, 22:41.611 --> 22:43.446 split the spoils right down the middle. 22:43.613 --> 22:45.948 Your Majesty, are you suggesting 22:46.074 --> 22:47.408 what I think you are suggesting? 22:47.575 --> 22:50.620 I'm not suggesting. I'm telling you. 22:50.787 --> 22:51.996 If you play this right, 22:52.163 --> 22:53.998 your simpleminded brother will be king. 22:54.165 --> 22:57.335 No more pinging rabbits for you, Louis. 22:57.752 --> 22:59.295 This is big game hunting. 22:59.420 --> 23:01.881 So you go to that poor lost wretch 23:02.048 --> 23:05.134 baying at the treetops, and you tell her 23:05.259 --> 23:06.636 that you can personally deliver 23:06.803 --> 23:10.473 the full support of the English throne. 23:11.641 --> 23:13.476 I hereby throw my lot on the continent in with you, 23:13.601 --> 23:16.187 Louis, Second Prince of the Blood. 23:16.354 --> 23:19.065 What do you think about that? 23:19.232 --> 23:21.692 Uh, I say, uh, 23:21.859 --> 23:26.405 it's refreshing to meet someone whose breadth of vision 23:26.572 --> 23:28.783 matches my own. 23:30.284 --> 23:31.828 Indeed. 23:31.994 --> 23:35.248 ♪ ♪ 23:38.000 --> 23:40.253 [Catherine] To assess my options, 23:40.419 --> 23:42.338 I withdrew to Chenonceau, 23:42.505 --> 23:46.425 a place that had always brought me peace. 23:51.848 --> 23:53.266 It was there I received support 23:53.432 --> 23:55.977 from an unexpected source. 23:56.727 --> 24:00.064 ♪ ♪ 24:02.483 --> 24:03.734 [Rahima] A visitor for you. 24:03.860 --> 24:05.903 I told you I wish to see no one. 24:06.070 --> 24:08.906 [Rahima] I think you may change your mind. 24:14.036 --> 24:16.539 Brother, what are you doing here? 24:16.664 --> 24:20.751 I am responsible for delivering the construction of your palace 24:20.918 --> 24:22.962 on time and on budget. 24:23.129 --> 24:26.966 You don't think I would leave that to someone else, do you? 24:28.885 --> 24:30.511 I'm glad for it. 24:31.179 --> 24:32.889 [Alessandro] I have heard this place described. 24:33.055 --> 24:35.516 Nobody has done it justice. 24:35.641 --> 24:37.226 It is my favorite place. 24:37.393 --> 24:40.313 A gift from your husband, I understand. 24:40.438 --> 24:41.772 [Catherine] Hardly. 24:41.939 --> 24:44.233 It's the one property that I had to wrestle back 24:44.400 --> 24:46.694 from his mistress after he died. 24:46.819 --> 24:48.237 Then we will make something together 24:48.404 --> 24:50.281 that will surpass its beauty. 24:50.448 --> 24:54.410 There are those who doubt my vision to unite France. 24:54.577 --> 24:56.037 The country is divided... 24:56.162 --> 24:58.748 -[Alessandro] Mm. -...by this so-called prophet. 24:58.915 --> 25:00.791 [Alessandro] Prophet. [scoffs] 25:00.958 --> 25:02.960 They say she performs miracles. 25:03.127 --> 25:05.046 [chuckles] 25:06.422 --> 25:08.257 Do you believe in miracles? 25:08.424 --> 25:10.468 I have never seen one, 25:11.385 --> 25:14.639 only the human capacity for self-deception. 25:15.806 --> 25:18.517 My sentiments exactly. 25:19.602 --> 25:21.729 We are indeed kin. 25:24.273 --> 25:27.193 [Alessandro] Our father gave this to me when I was a boy. 25:27.360 --> 25:29.570 I think he'd want you to have it. 25:29.737 --> 25:32.990 ♪ ♪ 25:35.910 --> 25:38.788 [Catherine] The patron saint of lost causes. 25:38.955 --> 25:40.289 Saint Jude Thaddeus. 25:40.414 --> 25:41.958 [Alessandro] He told me you were 25:42.124 --> 25:43.459 the most determined creature he had ever seen, 25:43.584 --> 25:45.711 the way you held on to life, 25:45.878 --> 25:48.965 fighting for it from your first breath. 25:49.131 --> 25:50.716 ♪ ♪ 25:50.883 --> 25:52.218 We are Medicis. 25:52.385 --> 25:55.388 We have been underestimated for generations. 25:55.554 --> 25:57.807 You can't expect those who are not 25:57.974 --> 26:00.643 to comprehend your vision. 26:01.352 --> 26:03.729 And so what if they don't? 26:04.480 --> 26:06.899 Let history be your judge. 26:07.066 --> 26:10.319 ♪ ♪ 26:22.540 --> 26:24.834 [knock at door] 26:26.335 --> 26:27.169 [sniffs] 26:27.336 --> 26:28.421 [door clicks open and shut] 26:28.587 --> 26:29.755 Working late? 26:29.880 --> 26:32.300 [Fernel] Yes, as it happens. 26:33.342 --> 26:34.677 You look like shit, by the way. 26:34.844 --> 26:36.929 It's not a very reassuring quality in a doctor. 26:37.096 --> 26:38.973 What is it you want? 26:39.098 --> 26:41.392 My assistant is injured. 26:41.559 --> 26:44.603 Burnt, smoke inhalation. 26:44.729 --> 26:46.647 In the church? 26:47.523 --> 26:49.400 So was it a miracle? 26:49.525 --> 26:50.735 Don't ask me. 26:50.901 --> 26:52.194 I couldn't see anything. 26:52.320 --> 26:54.947 Thought we were dead, and then we weren't. 26:56.824 --> 26:58.367 Anyway, 26:58.868 --> 27:01.370 can you give me something for him? 27:01.537 --> 27:03.331 It'll cost you. 27:03.831 --> 27:05.583 Of course. 27:06.167 --> 27:09.211 What will it cost me? 27:09.337 --> 27:10.796 [Fernel sighs] 27:10.963 --> 27:14.467 We're both a bit long in the tooth for all of that, 27:14.633 --> 27:16.344 don't you think? 27:18.054 --> 27:20.556 Come back in a day or two. I'll have what you need. 27:20.681 --> 27:24.518 Mm, well, then I'll pay you in a day or two. 27:25.728 --> 27:29.398 [soft indistinct chatter] 27:36.447 --> 27:37.573 What are you doing here? 27:37.740 --> 27:39.742 I could ask you the same. 27:39.909 --> 27:41.494 Everyone's looking for you. 27:41.660 --> 27:43.579 Well, now I'm found. 27:43.746 --> 27:45.998 [person] Excuse me, ladies. 27:49.668 --> 27:50.878 I've missed you. 27:51.962 --> 27:55.633 Oh, that's why I haven't heard from you all this time. 27:55.800 --> 27:58.260 I wasn't exactly welcome. 27:58.427 --> 27:59.261 You could have written. 27:59.428 --> 28:00.721 You don't know how to read. 28:00.888 --> 28:02.598 I learned. 28:05.101 --> 28:06.685 I was too proud to admit 28:06.811 --> 28:09.897 I had made a mistake leaving here. 28:10.022 --> 28:11.524 Life's full of mistakes. 28:11.649 --> 28:13.818 What mistakes have you made? 28:13.984 --> 28:15.361 Oh. 28:15.486 --> 28:17.988 You'd like to hear about all my troubles, would you, 28:18.155 --> 28:20.533 about Matisse nearly killed in a fire, 28:20.699 --> 28:22.785 in thrall to a lunatic who thinks he can 28:22.910 --> 28:24.370 pray his way back to health? 28:24.537 --> 28:25.538 Your apprentice? 28:25.704 --> 28:27.498 My family, 28:28.541 --> 28:31.252 a concept you wouldn't know anything about. 28:47.810 --> 28:49.728 You must be lost. 28:49.895 --> 28:52.898 Catherine says you are to give me what I need 28:53.065 --> 28:55.317 to make my stay comfortable-- 28:55.484 --> 28:58.320 -quarters, servants... - Mm. 28:58.487 --> 29:02.283 ...in fact, anything I desire. 29:04.994 --> 29:06.162 You can ask, 29:06.328 --> 29:08.539 but I won't necessarily give it to you. 29:08.706 --> 29:10.666 [Alessandro laughs] 29:10.833 --> 29:12.877 Not so friendly, are you? 29:15.963 --> 29:19.467 -I know what you are. -Oh? 29:20.676 --> 29:22.011 And what am I? 29:22.178 --> 29:25.347 Did that necklace really belong to your father? 29:25.514 --> 29:27.183 It's a nice touch. 29:27.349 --> 29:30.311 ♪ ♪ 29:30.478 --> 29:32.980 We're all just making our way, 29:33.898 --> 29:39.153 same as you, Lady Rahima. 29:43.491 --> 29:45.242 Prick. 29:46.243 --> 29:48.037 Hello, Angelica. 29:48.204 --> 29:50.456 I had wanted to talk to you privately. 29:50.623 --> 29:53.167 For old times' sake, then. 29:54.043 --> 29:56.420 I'm sorry about Prince Hercule. 29:56.587 --> 29:57.963 Is that all? 29:58.088 --> 30:01.300 [Angelica] I might have a solution for your problems. 30:01.467 --> 30:04.762 If you wish to be rid of this Sister Edith, 30:04.929 --> 30:07.973 you will find a motivated ally in your dressmaker. 30:08.098 --> 30:11.435 Apparently her beloved assistant, though wounded, 30:11.560 --> 30:14.146 is still under Edith's spell. 30:14.730 --> 30:17.358 Since he is the son Aabis never had, 30:17.525 --> 30:22.780 she will do anything to free him of her grasp. 30:22.947 --> 30:24.198 ♪ ♪ 30:24.365 --> 30:25.950 Tell me... 30:26.909 --> 30:29.453 why, after all these years, 30:29.620 --> 30:31.080 would you want to help me? 30:31.247 --> 30:34.124 Because I want to return to your service. 30:34.291 --> 30:36.544 And now I think I can be of use to you. 30:36.710 --> 30:38.796 ♪ ♪ 30:38.963 --> 30:40.714 I would consider your offer, 30:40.881 --> 30:44.969 and I thought that you'd learnt loyalty, 30:45.094 --> 30:48.639 but you just betrayed Aabis' trust. 30:49.640 --> 30:52.726 So I suggest you take your wares elsewhere. 30:53.352 --> 30:56.689 ♪ ♪ 31:03.529 --> 31:05.573 [door clicks shut] 31:11.745 --> 31:14.331 -[knock at door] -Go away. 31:15.249 --> 31:18.335 Oh, uh, uh, f-f-forgive me, Your Majesty. 31:18.502 --> 31:20.337 I-I-I did not expect you. 31:20.504 --> 31:23.507 I was just laying in my bed, unable to sleep. 31:23.674 --> 31:26.302 Uh, something vexes you? 31:27.177 --> 31:30.347 We have set ourselves on a dangerous path together. 31:30.514 --> 31:33.892 Uh, and-and a-- and a glorious one, I think. 31:34.018 --> 31:39.481 To ensure glory, we must have a solid bond of trust. 31:39.648 --> 31:41.692 Ab-abs-absolutely. 31:41.817 --> 31:43.569 -[Elizabeth] Glad you agree. -Mm. 31:43.694 --> 31:45.487 [Elizabeth] I have a document here 31:45.654 --> 31:48.198 making our alliance official. 31:48.365 --> 31:52.620 Each of us will keep a copy as insurance of our commitment 31:52.786 --> 31:53.996 to one another. 31:54.163 --> 31:55.623 Well, I should probably get my solicitors 31:55.789 --> 31:57.207 to give this the once-over. 31:57.374 --> 32:02.212 You understand. I mean, I can't be too careful. 32:02.379 --> 32:04.089 Of course. 32:05.633 --> 32:08.594 It is our trust that is paramount. 32:08.761 --> 32:11.889 Our bond must be sacred. 32:12.056 --> 32:13.515 S-sacred, yes. 32:13.682 --> 32:16.602 When you return to France, keep Edith close 32:16.769 --> 32:18.103 and Catherine unaware. 32:18.270 --> 32:22.232 She will be our most difficult adversary. 32:22.399 --> 32:24.735 She-she is a wily one. 32:24.902 --> 32:26.528 With God as my guide, 32:26.654 --> 32:29.823 I will do my best to be resolute. 32:29.990 --> 32:33.452 But I must know in my heart, 32:33.577 --> 32:36.038 you are the man for the job. 32:37.623 --> 32:39.583 There is no other. 32:39.958 --> 32:41.418 [playful music plays] 32:41.543 --> 32:43.545 [Elizabeth] Then sign. 32:43.712 --> 32:46.924 ♪ ♪ 32:53.472 --> 32:56.058 Now take off all your clothes. 32:56.892 --> 32:58.811 [Philip humming] 32:58.977 --> 33:02.398 [liquid pouring] 33:04.817 --> 33:06.318 [gasps, screams] 33:06.485 --> 33:09.780 -[Philip laughing] -Oh, Philip. 33:09.947 --> 33:13.200 [yelping] 33:14.076 --> 33:15.911 [Philip] It's a joke. 33:16.078 --> 33:17.413 I've told you already. 33:17.579 --> 33:19.915 It is only a joke when both parties are amused. 33:20.082 --> 33:23.502 -[Philip] Mm. -Forgive my son. Go. 33:23.669 --> 33:26.964 Oh, Catherine. [clears throat] 33:28.424 --> 33:29.675 Can we speak alone? 33:29.842 --> 33:31.343 [Charles V] Oh, why-why, yes, of course. 33:31.468 --> 33:34.304 Philip can you find some way to amuse yourself 33:34.471 --> 33:35.931 and not get into any trouble? 33:36.098 --> 33:37.057 Can you do that for me? 33:37.182 --> 33:39.685 -Of course, Papa. -Hmm. 33:40.769 --> 33:42.521 Now, come in, Catherine. 33:42.646 --> 33:44.690 Good evening. 33:45.983 --> 33:48.277 [scoffs] I have no interest in hearing any more 33:48.444 --> 33:50.571 of your disgusting words. 33:51.071 --> 33:52.990 Actually, I was looking for the chapel 33:53.157 --> 33:54.324 so I might distract myself 33:54.491 --> 33:57.786 from the grief over my late wife. 33:57.953 --> 34:00.789 [dramatic music plays] 34:00.956 --> 34:03.417 It is unrelenting. 34:03.917 --> 34:05.294 ♪ ♪ 34:05.419 --> 34:07.171 Oh. 34:07.337 --> 34:09.672 Well, then I've misjudged you. 34:09.797 --> 34:11.884 I'm sorry. 34:12.009 --> 34:14.178 The chapel is that way. 34:15.012 --> 34:16.722 [Philip] Thank you. 34:16.889 --> 34:19.891 ♪ ♪ 34:20.893 --> 34:23.395 [Catherine] I've been thinking about your proposal. 34:23.562 --> 34:26.063 And as you know, my vision is for a future 34:26.231 --> 34:28.734 where Frenchmen can be patriots first, 34:28.859 --> 34:30.735 Catholics and Protestants second. 34:30.902 --> 34:33.864 As you can imagine, a so-called evangelist 34:33.989 --> 34:37.868 preaching Armageddon in the woods does not help my cause. 34:37.993 --> 34:40.954 However, if she were felled by one of her own, 34:41.121 --> 34:43.623 ideally someone who was in the church with her 34:43.791 --> 34:45.167 when it burned, 34:45.333 --> 34:48.003 she will be exposed as the fraud she really is. 34:48.170 --> 34:50.589 Can you arrange such a thing? 34:50.714 --> 34:55.344 If I can, do you think it is enough to avoid war? 34:56.261 --> 34:58.347 [Charles V sighs] 34:59.681 --> 35:00.974 I believe it is. 35:01.141 --> 35:05.020 But it is not enough to prevent Anjou and the cardinal 35:05.187 --> 35:08.398 from conspiring behind the king's back. 35:09.525 --> 35:13.445 They've asked for my permission to ride on Edith's camp 35:13.612 --> 35:15.113 tomorrow night. 35:15.239 --> 35:16.740 Then give it to them. 35:16.907 --> 35:20.619 I will make sure it does not come to pass. 35:20.786 --> 35:22.746 All that remains 35:22.913 --> 35:25.999 is how to manifest this... 35:26.166 --> 35:27.626 solution. 35:27.793 --> 35:31.713 I know someone who can be persuasive in these matters. 35:31.880 --> 35:34.049 ♪ ♪ 35:34.216 --> 35:36.385 I heard about what happened to your assistant. 35:36.552 --> 35:39.429 Fuck! You scared the shit out of me. 35:39.596 --> 35:41.223 Don't you ever get tired of doing that? 35:41.390 --> 35:43.267 No, it keeps me young. 35:43.392 --> 35:44.893 [Aabis scoffs] 35:45.060 --> 35:47.646 I guess news travels fast around here. 35:47.813 --> 35:50.607 Sister Edith won't let him go. 35:50.774 --> 35:51.817 Why do you say that? 35:51.984 --> 35:53.110 Because if he stays and dies, 35:53.277 --> 35:55.279 it will be because you lack faith. 35:55.445 --> 35:57.364 If he stays and gets well, 35:57.489 --> 35:59.992 she will say that God saved him. 36:00.158 --> 36:02.494 But if you cure him with the court's medicine, 36:02.661 --> 36:04.580 what does that say? 36:05.122 --> 36:07.666 That's not good for the image. 36:08.500 --> 36:10.627 If you want to save your friend, 36:10.794 --> 36:12.588 you must break her hold on him. 36:12.754 --> 36:14.673 How do I do that? 36:17.050 --> 36:18.969 Prove that she's mortal. 36:19.887 --> 36:23.015 A little something in her drink should do the trick. 36:23.181 --> 36:25.267 You want me to kill her? 36:26.977 --> 36:29.438 It's only a matter of time before the army 36:29.605 --> 36:32.608 rides into the forest and kills everyone anyway. 36:32.774 --> 36:36.320 It's up to you if that includes your friend Matisse. 36:36.486 --> 36:38.113 Why do you care anyway? 36:38.280 --> 36:42.075 Because if there's one thing I cannot stand, 36:42.200 --> 36:44.161 it's a false prophet. 36:45.120 --> 36:46.455 [prisoners chattering] 36:46.622 --> 36:50.042 [person coughing] 36:51.668 --> 36:53.295 This is unexpected. 36:53.420 --> 36:55.047 How else would I see you? 36:55.213 --> 36:57.341 Though I admit it's worse than I thought. 36:57.466 --> 36:59.468 Apparently it's the best room in here, but you're right. 36:59.635 --> 37:01.303 It's pretty fucking depressing. 37:01.470 --> 37:03.680 -[prisoners chattering] -[person laughs] 37:03.847 --> 37:08.018 I, uh, I brought you something to read. 37:11.605 --> 37:13.523 You know you shouldn't be down here. 37:13.690 --> 37:15.108 Any interest that you take in me 37:15.233 --> 37:17.152 could be considered a political position, 37:17.319 --> 37:20.030 something you should avoid for your own sake. 37:20.197 --> 37:21.740 I'm not a child anymore. 37:21.907 --> 37:23.575 I'm not going to just sit by the sidelines. 37:23.700 --> 37:27.663 If I were you, I'd sit by the sidelines as long as possible. 37:27.829 --> 37:29.539 It's an ugly game, Margot, 37:30.165 --> 37:31.625 as your brother found out only too young. 37:31.750 --> 37:34.586 If I could bring him back, I would. 37:34.753 --> 37:36.380 But I can't. 37:37.381 --> 37:41.009 So I choose to effect change where I can. 37:41.176 --> 37:43.345 My mother has returned from Italy. 37:43.512 --> 37:45.305 I'll petition her for your release. 37:45.472 --> 37:50.310 I will make her see how important it is to me. 37:55.357 --> 37:56.900 You should go. 37:57.067 --> 38:00.070 Some of my housemates are due to be executed later today. 38:00.237 --> 38:03.824 Seems unfair to remind them of what they're missing. 38:03.991 --> 38:05.826 I'll come back. 38:06.994 --> 38:08.537 Don't bother. 38:10.455 --> 38:12.624 You can't stop me. 38:15.961 --> 38:19.047 -Visiting someone? -What's it to you? 38:19.214 --> 38:22.050 Nothing, just... I admire those who take 38:22.217 --> 38:24.970 an interest in the less fortunate, 38:25.137 --> 38:28.598 unless you were visiting the duke. 38:28.765 --> 38:30.767 He's very handsome. 38:30.934 --> 38:31.935 Oh, I see. 38:32.102 --> 38:34.062 This is what you do, is it, 38:34.229 --> 38:35.731 convince everyone you're an idiot so you can 38:35.897 --> 38:38.108 lurk around corners spying? 38:38.275 --> 38:39.317 I don't care what people think. 38:39.484 --> 38:40.902 -They're usually wrong. -Mm-hmm. 38:41.069 --> 38:43.155 I mean, everyone thinks you're an idealistic fool, 38:43.321 --> 38:44.614 but I disagree. 38:44.781 --> 38:46.283 Do you? How kind. 38:46.450 --> 38:47.909 Despite your vanity, I think you're 38:48.076 --> 38:49.745 the cleverest of the bunch. 38:49.870 --> 38:52.831 In fact, something tells me we're gonna be friends. 38:52.956 --> 38:54.833 No, I don't think so. 38:54.958 --> 38:56.376 You might have more luck with some 38:56.543 --> 38:59.087 of the sheep in the fields out back, though. 38:59.254 --> 39:02.424 -A jest, how amusing. -Mm. 39:02.591 --> 39:05.719 Not your strong suit, perhaps. 39:14.311 --> 39:16.646 I understand you wanted to see me. 39:16.813 --> 39:17.731 I did. 39:18.482 --> 39:20.817 I presume it concerns your visits to the duke. 39:20.984 --> 39:23.111 Would a princess of France be allowed to marry 39:23.278 --> 39:24.946 for love as opposed to the good of the court? 39:25.113 --> 39:28.784 Am I to take it that this is the man you love? 39:28.950 --> 39:30.202 I care for him. 39:30.368 --> 39:33.538 An error of judgment, I think you'll find. 39:33.705 --> 39:36.124 He must be released. 39:36.291 --> 39:37.667 He is innocent. 39:37.834 --> 39:39.377 [chuckles] 39:39.544 --> 39:42.172 I suppose he told you as much. 39:43.465 --> 39:46.051 You cannot trust a Guise any more than you can a Bourbon. 39:46.218 --> 39:47.636 I thought that was self-evident. 39:47.803 --> 39:49.763 I suggest you do not involve yourself in things 39:49.930 --> 39:51.306 that you do not understand. 39:51.431 --> 39:54.768 Would you rather my heart be hard like yours? 39:54.935 --> 39:57.270 You think I'm hard of heart? 39:57.437 --> 40:00.023 [soft dramatic music plays] 40:00.190 --> 40:01.858 I am not your king. 40:02.442 --> 40:04.277 What do you want me to do about it? 40:04.444 --> 40:07.364 ♪ ♪ 40:07.781 --> 40:08.865 I suggest you go to your brother 40:08.990 --> 40:11.201 and ask him to release the duke. 40:11.368 --> 40:13.578 And in return, you will convince me 40:13.745 --> 40:16.206 not to oppose the arrest of Anjou in his place. 40:16.373 --> 40:21.253 You would arrest Anjou when you've only just buried Hercule? 40:21.378 --> 40:22.295 House arrest. 40:22.420 --> 40:24.214 Don't be so dramatic. 40:24.840 --> 40:26.675 If you want your precious duke, 40:26.842 --> 40:28.718 you will not tell the king I sent you, 40:28.885 --> 40:31.054 nor will you tell him of your personal affections. 40:31.221 --> 40:32.848 And he will grant your wish 40:32.973 --> 40:35.016 not because the duke is innocent, 40:35.142 --> 40:36.560 which he isn't, 40:36.685 --> 40:39.563 and not because it is the right political move, 40:39.729 --> 40:41.690 which it is, 40:41.857 --> 40:43.859 but because you have asked. 40:44.025 --> 40:48.363 And his interest in you has always been unnatural. 40:48.530 --> 40:51.700 [scoffs] Don't look so shocked. 40:51.867 --> 40:53.785 You know it as well as I do. 40:53.952 --> 40:56.329 You've even encouraged it. 40:57.747 --> 40:59.416 But it is no one's fault. 40:59.583 --> 41:04.045 We love the ones we love even if we're not supposed to. 41:05.213 --> 41:08.216 I suggest you learn how to exploit weakness 41:08.383 --> 41:10.260 where you find it. 41:10.427 --> 41:15.724 You were born a girl, and you do not have much else. 41:15.891 --> 41:19.102 ♪ ♪ 41:27.194 --> 41:28.320 You again. 41:28.445 --> 41:30.822 We ride on Edith's camp at midnight. 41:30.947 --> 41:34.242 Holy Roman Emperor's agreed. Be ready. 41:35.076 --> 41:36.411 Tonight? 41:37.078 --> 41:38.580 Oh, I'm sorry. 41:38.747 --> 41:40.624 I was looking for a Valois prince with a pair of balls. 41:40.790 --> 41:42.083 Have I got the wrong room? 41:42.250 --> 41:44.127 Yes, don't worry about me. 41:44.294 --> 41:46.296 But I do hope you have something different to wear, 41:46.463 --> 41:48.632 something a bit more intimidating. 41:48.757 --> 41:50.675 Just be ready. 41:56.973 --> 42:00.560 [distant birds cawing] 42:02.729 --> 42:05.065 -Boo! -[yelps] 42:06.274 --> 42:07.525 Your Majesty. 42:07.692 --> 42:09.402 -What a pleasant surprise. -[Margot] Mm. 42:09.569 --> 42:11.321 Come to visit me in my attic? 42:11.446 --> 42:13.865 I've come to ask you a favor. 42:14.032 --> 42:17.118 Of course, that's what it is to be king. 42:17.244 --> 42:18.787 It's like being Father Christmas, 42:18.954 --> 42:20.497 but everyone resents you for not 42:20.664 --> 42:22.374 giving them what they want. 42:22.540 --> 42:24.042 I don't resent you. 42:24.167 --> 42:27.212 I think you are wise... 42:27.796 --> 42:28.880 and gentle. 42:29.005 --> 42:30.548 [scoffs] Do you? 42:30.674 --> 42:31.883 [Margot] Yes. 42:32.550 --> 42:33.677 And that's why I would like you 42:33.843 --> 42:36.054 to release the Duke of Guise. 42:36.680 --> 42:38.098 And why would I do that? 42:38.265 --> 42:41.393 'Cause it will show the people that you have wisdom. 42:42.018 --> 42:45.355 And they will see you as I do. 42:46.273 --> 42:48.608 I can't just change my mind all the time. 42:48.733 --> 42:51.319 The people should see me as resolute. 42:51.444 --> 42:54.489 Well, then punish Anjou instead. 42:55.991 --> 42:57.325 -I can't. -Why not? 42:57.492 --> 43:00.662 Well, for one thing, Mother wouldn't allow it. 43:00.829 --> 43:02.622 Yes, she will, 43:02.789 --> 43:04.958 because I will convince her. 43:05.750 --> 43:07.210 She knows I have no political motive, 43:07.377 --> 43:10.505 and it's the one thing she trusts in a person. 43:11.298 --> 43:16.261 I told you before, you must be your own man. 43:17.220 --> 43:19.764 Don't worry about Mother. 43:23.935 --> 43:26.563 Well, it's true, 43:26.730 --> 43:29.649 the duke didn't actually kill anyone. 43:30.525 --> 43:32.235 And the Bourbons likely won't oppose, 43:32.360 --> 43:34.404 fixated as they are on trade. 43:34.988 --> 43:37.866 Political stability is better for trade. 43:39.117 --> 43:41.995 But why this sudden interest in the duke, if I may ask? 43:42.120 --> 43:44.914 Do you have feelings for him or... 43:45.749 --> 43:47.834 Of course not. 43:49.085 --> 43:52.839 He's a friend, nothing more. 43:54.382 --> 43:55.633 Well, 43:56.343 --> 43:57.677 in that case, 43:58.762 --> 44:01.514 it will bring me pleasure to do what you ask. 44:04.392 --> 44:06.478 Thank you. 44:08.396 --> 44:09.606 What will Anjou think? 44:09.773 --> 44:12.567 He will respect you for your strength. 44:13.276 --> 44:15.695 No, he won't. 44:18.281 --> 44:19.574 I was looking for you. 44:19.699 --> 44:23.286 [soft indistinct chatter] 44:24.954 --> 44:28.792 I need a favor, but you can't ask me what it's for. 44:28.958 --> 44:30.126 Anything for you, Aabis. 44:30.293 --> 44:31.961 You know that. 44:33.588 --> 44:37.425 Even if I need a vial of poison to kill someone? 44:38.551 --> 44:41.471 In that case, I'll begin immediately. 44:50.438 --> 44:53.024 [guard] You are free to go now. 44:53.858 --> 44:55.860 On whose orders? 44:56.778 --> 44:59.239 [guard] The king's, my lord. 45:00.740 --> 45:03.034 It's "my lord" again now, is it? 45:03.159 --> 45:06.579 I have a little something for you to remember me by. 45:09.791 --> 45:11.126 [guard] Fucking hell. 45:11.292 --> 45:14.045 Well, what do you think? 45:14.212 --> 45:15.422 [Antoine] Looks expensive. 45:15.547 --> 45:16.965 Don't worry yourself about that. 45:17.132 --> 45:19.134 Elizabeth bought them for me. 45:19.300 --> 45:20.468 She loves shopping. 45:20.635 --> 45:23.138 -Why would she do that? -Because she's a dear. 45:23.304 --> 45:27.725 [gasps] Maybe I'll wear this when I go to meet Sister Edith. 45:27.892 --> 45:31.479 It is so exciting to have our own saint. 45:31.646 --> 45:33.148 You will do no such thing. 45:33.314 --> 45:34.566 A prince has been killed. 45:34.691 --> 45:36.067 You don't want to get involved, believe me. 45:36.192 --> 45:38.361 Don't take that tone with me, Antoine. 45:38.528 --> 45:40.238 I opened the doors to England for you. 45:40.363 --> 45:42.323 I can just as easily close them. 45:42.490 --> 45:45.660 Well, I happen to think it looks marvelous, Mother. 45:45.827 --> 45:47.704 Thank you, dear. 45:48.621 --> 45:49.706 [knock at door] 45:49.873 --> 45:52.792 -What is it? -[door rumbles open] 45:57.464 --> 45:59.507 I have business to discuss. 45:59.674 --> 46:01.926 Well, I will leave you to whatever subterfuge 46:02.093 --> 46:03.261 you have afoot, Antoine. 46:03.428 --> 46:04.846 Come on, Henri. 46:05.013 --> 46:08.516 Uh, perhaps I should stay and keep an eye on Father. 46:08.683 --> 46:13.521 Yes, yes, perhaps that's best. 46:14.022 --> 46:15.773 [Antoine clears throat] 46:15.940 --> 46:16.941 Well? 46:17.108 --> 46:20.111 I have a proposition for you. 46:20.945 --> 46:23.072 May I speak freely? 46:23.239 --> 46:25.533 You may. He's with me. 46:25.700 --> 46:28.119 It is my presumption that you benefit 46:28.286 --> 46:31.080 from the growing cult around Sister Edith. 46:31.206 --> 46:34.250 The belief that she survived the burning church 46:34.417 --> 46:35.627 due to a miracle, 46:35.793 --> 46:38.296 a member of the new religion in God's favor, 46:38.421 --> 46:39.672 I'd say we do. 46:39.839 --> 46:41.007 Right. 46:41.549 --> 46:44.135 So what would you say if I told you 46:44.302 --> 46:47.096 I could arrange another miracle? 46:47.263 --> 46:49.807 I'd say we were listening. 46:50.391 --> 46:52.018 [Angelica chuckles] 46:56.606 --> 46:58.650 [Montmorency] Going somewhere? 46:58.816 --> 47:00.610 What's it to you? 47:01.277 --> 47:03.947 The Duke of Anjou is confined to his quarters. 47:04.113 --> 47:05.240 What? 47:05.406 --> 47:07.742 His meals will be delivered to him. 47:08.743 --> 47:10.870 This is preposterous. 47:11.621 --> 47:13.081 Let me pass. 47:13.706 --> 47:16.626 You're not to leave without permission from the king. 47:16.793 --> 47:18.086 The king? 47:18.253 --> 47:19.587 As if he does anything without my mother's go-ahead. 47:19.754 --> 47:21.464 Your mother knows nothing about this. 47:21.631 --> 47:24.801 Oh, I'm sure not even you believe that, 47:24.968 --> 47:26.344 or perhaps you do. 47:26.469 --> 47:29.514 I guess you are just her little bitch on a leash. 47:29.681 --> 47:32.725 [Anjou grunting] 47:33.226 --> 47:34.602 [Montmorency] A little time to yourself 47:34.769 --> 47:35.979 might do you some good. 47:36.104 --> 47:38.147 Someone needs to teach you manners. 47:38.273 --> 47:39.315 Your time will come. 47:39.482 --> 47:41.985 She'll turn on you, too, believe me. 47:42.610 --> 47:43.486 [grunts] 47:43.653 --> 47:45.446 I can find my own bedchamber, 47:45.613 --> 47:48.366 unless you care to join me. 47:53.580 --> 47:56.749 [tense music plays] 47:56.916 --> 47:57.709 ♪ ♪ 47:57.875 --> 48:00.920 [indistinct chatter] 48:01.087 --> 48:04.340 ♪ ♪ 48:19.564 --> 48:22.859 ♪ ♪ 48:36.998 --> 48:40.418 [horse chuffing] 48:44.964 --> 48:46.215 [pot clangs] 48:46.382 --> 48:49.844 [horse whinnying] 49:08.237 --> 49:09.864 [Edith] Sister Aabis, 49:10.031 --> 49:12.450 I wondered when I might see you again. 49:12.617 --> 49:14.577 ♪ ♪ 49:14.744 --> 49:16.829 You come for guidance? 49:16.954 --> 49:18.456 [Aabis] Yes. 49:18.623 --> 49:20.958 Matisse is much better. 49:21.125 --> 49:22.877 You were right. 49:23.044 --> 49:25.880 Never underestimate the power of belief. 49:26.047 --> 49:28.383 ♪ ♪ 49:28.549 --> 49:30.385 Shall we toast? 49:30.551 --> 49:33.721 ♪ ♪ 49:39.143 --> 49:42.605 [horse neighs] 49:43.648 --> 49:45.483 You first. 49:45.650 --> 49:48.903 ♪ ♪ 50:01.916 --> 50:05.461 [whimpering softly] 50:10.758 --> 50:13.136 [breathing heavily] 50:13.302 --> 50:16.514 ♪ ♪ 50:29.902 --> 50:32.613 Let's go together, shall we? 50:33.239 --> 50:36.576 ♪ ♪ 50:39.787 --> 50:42.623 [horse neighs] 50:44.709 --> 50:48.421 [horse grunting, whinnying] 50:51.507 --> 50:54.802 -[grunts] -[objects clattering] 50:57.597 --> 51:01.017 [soft indistinct chatter] 51:01.726 --> 51:05.062 The Black Queen sent this woman to kill me, 51:05.229 --> 51:07.231 to place poison in my cup. 51:07.398 --> 51:10.485 Well, we drank that poison together, 51:10.651 --> 51:12.779 and yet here we are. 51:12.945 --> 51:14.405 ♪ ♪ 51:14.572 --> 51:16.949 God has spared us both, 51:17.533 --> 51:19.744 and now we are joined forever. 51:19.869 --> 51:22.914 So we must wash the sins from you, 51:23.039 --> 51:25.291 and you will be born again. 51:25.792 --> 51:28.336 ♪ ♪ 51:28.503 --> 51:31.380 Are you with us, Sister Aabis? 51:31.631 --> 51:34.926 ♪ ♪ 51:36.928 --> 51:37.970 Take her to the lake. 51:38.095 --> 51:41.224 ["Ooh La La" playing] 51:41.390 --> 51:44.477 ♪ ♪ 51:55.196 --> 51:57.698 [Goldfrapp] ♪ Dial up ♪ 51:57.865 --> 52:01.744 ♪ My number now ♪ 52:01.869 --> 52:05.122 ♪ Weaving it ♪ 52:05.289 --> 52:08.835 ♪ Through the wire ♪ 52:09.001 --> 52:12.213 ♪ Switch me on ♪ 52:12.380 --> 52:15.299 ♪ Turn me up ♪ 52:15.466 --> 52:17.718 ♪ Don't want it Baudelaire ♪ 52:17.885 --> 52:22.014 ♪ Just glitter lust ♪ 52:22.181 --> 52:25.351 ♪ Switch me on ♪ 52:25.518 --> 52:28.604 ♪ Turn me up ♪ 52:28.771 --> 52:30.439 ♪ I want to touch you ♪ 52:30.565 --> 52:34.318 ♪ You're just made for love ♪ 52:34.485 --> 52:37.530 ♪ I need la-la-la-la-la-la ♪ 52:37.697 --> 52:40.908 ♪ I need ooh-la-la-la-la ♪ 52:41.075 --> 52:44.120 ♪ I need la-la-la-la-la-la ♪ 52:44.287 --> 52:48.708 ♪ I need ooh-la-la-la-la ♪ 52:48.875 --> 52:51.502 ♪ ♪ 52:51.669 --> 52:53.963 ♪ Coils up ♪ 52:54.130 --> 52:58.050 ♪ And 'round me ♪ 52:58.217 --> 53:00.678 ♪ Teasing ♪ 53:00.845 --> 53:05.141 ♪ Your poetry ♪ 53:05.308 --> 53:08.728 ♪ Switch me on ♪ 53:08.895 --> 53:11.939 ♪ Turn me up ♪ 53:12.106 --> 53:13.608 ♪ Oh, child of Venus ♪ 53:13.733 --> 53:17.278 ♪ You're just made for love ♪ 53:17.445 --> 53:20.781 ♪ I need la-la-la-la-la-la ♪ 53:20.948 --> 53:25.161 ♪ I need ooh-la-la-la-la ♪