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[Queen Elizabeth] Previously
on The Serpent Queen...
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[Antoine] I think we have
a fucking problem.
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Queen Elizabeth of England...
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With whom
you've committed treason.
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[Tancrede]
...arrived early this morning
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as a prospective bride
for the King of France.
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Welcome to our humble home.
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I'm onto you.
This is a play, isn't it?
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Well, I'm here to reassure you
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that we remain committed
to your cause.
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I hope you will accept a gift.
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Weapons, four wagons full.
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I will accept your gift.
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We represent
the Catholic League of France.
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I think we need to talk
about your son.
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Which one?
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You can see what I cannot see.
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Would you like
to be of use to me?
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Yes.
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I realize I misunderstood
about us.
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You didn't misunderstand.
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[Catherine] I'd like you
to return to my service.
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Whatever I can do,
Your Majesty.
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My brother, I want to know
what he does at all times.
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Everything was stolen from me,
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and I intend
to get it back fivefold.
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Do you know Sisi, grandniece
of the Holy Roman Emperor?
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As it happens, we have
a great deal in common.
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Do you know
the more time I spend with you,
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the more I question
whether I have, in fact,
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been presented
with the right brother?
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What do you think
about a fence to settle things?
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It's my intention
to marry the winner.
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- [people gasp]
- [Charles groans]
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[dramatic music plays]
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[Catherine] Doctor!
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Doctor!
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[dramatic rock music plays]
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♪ ♪
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[bell ringing]
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[Catherine]
Despite my best efforts,
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our challenges mounted
by the day.
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[suspenseful music plays]
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♪ ♪
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Sister Aabis.
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♪ ♪
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Are you ready to admit
God the Savior into your life
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and abandon
your Catholic masters?
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♪ ♪
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I am.
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♪ ♪
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A wise choice.
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♪ ♪
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[Catherine]
Are you looking for this?
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Your Majesty.
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You've examined the king?
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Considering his breathing,
heart rate,
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and family history,
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I believe the king's symptoms
point to only one diagnosis...
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...consumption.
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[somber music plays]
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I've heard that word
far too many times in my life.
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I do not wish to hear it again.
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I'm sorry.
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But I see no benefit
in not telling you the truth.
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Does he know?
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If he does, he's not
admitted it to himself.
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And how long
does he have to live?
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Difficult to say.
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You've served us a long time.
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You've always told us
the truth.
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But if the king's condition
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becomes public
at the wrong time,
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it will undermine his authority
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when the country
is at its most vulnerable.
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Therefore...
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if you breathe
a word of this to anyone,
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including the king himself...
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[tense music plays]
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...I will have you beheaded
for treason.
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But if you keep it a secret,
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I will always make sure
you have
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whatever it is you need
for your own condition.
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♪ ♪
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How is my brother the king?
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Need you ask?
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What?
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Look, I did
what you asked me to do.
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I gave him every opportunity
to win.
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Did you?
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It was your pride and vanity
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that led to the death
of your brother Hercule
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and now possibly your king.
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Do not say that.
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And why shouldn't I say it,
when it is true?
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[dramatic music plays]
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I have indulged you
for far too long.
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And all your life,
you have caused me shame
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but never more than today.
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But now, once and for all,
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you will hide away
your deviant nature.
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You will deny what you are
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and get along
like the rest of us
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so I can fix this mess
you've made.
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Do you understand?
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[yelling] Do you understand?
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Yes, Mother.
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♪ ♪
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But don't doubt for a second
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that whatever it is
that shames you about me...
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♪ ♪
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...well, it lives in you
as well.
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♪ ♪
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[door slams]
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Though it pains me to admit it,
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he was right, of course.
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♪ ♪
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What's all this?
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Join us.
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I'd rather stand.
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It is our understanding
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that you've grown quite fond
of Princess Margot.
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She's a pretty girl.
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She's a child.
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She's of age.
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For a dirty old man
like you, maybe.
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Francois, please,
do not forget your manners.
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Manners?
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What the fuck is this?
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This is God's natural order.
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The king is unduly influenced
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by the Protestants
in his court.
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Entertaining the heretic queen
was the final straw.
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His brother Anjou
and his predilections
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are destined to mark him
as an equally unsuitable ruler.
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There is a great reckoning
coming.
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All true believers will seek
a new king to rally behind.
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A marriage between yourself
and the Princess Margot
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would create a new line,
a purely Catholic line.
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The Guise line.
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You want me to be king?
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Until an heir is of age.
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What's this?
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A petition
from the Catholic clerics
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to name you as head of state.
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- You can't do this.
- [spokesman laughs]
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We represent
the Catholic Church,
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with all the wealth
and the power
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of the Vatican behind us.
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In truth, we can do
whatever we want.
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And what do you think Catherine
is gonna say about this?
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Catherine has lost
her influence,
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as have her sons.
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I think we can agree
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time is up
for the Valois court.
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And if I refuse this insanity?
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Do you know how we punish
members of the clergy
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who adopt the new faith?
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It's a method that was
perfected in Madrid
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during the Grand Inquisition.
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They're skinned alive
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and then burnt at the stake.
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I've seen it.
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It takes a while.
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And when the flame reaches
the exposed flesh,
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the pain is said to be
unspeakable.
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So if you will not
do this for France...
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[tense music plays]
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...perhaps you'll do it
for your brother.
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♪ ♪
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It will take a moment
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for my son to consider
your proposal.
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We will leave you to confer
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as a family.
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♪ ♪
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What the fuck
have you done now?
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♪ ♪
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[Alessandro]
Your Majesty, it is my honor
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to present this model
of the Tuileries Palace.
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I have tried
for a perfect match
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between French
and Italian cultures.
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[Catherine]
And you have achieved it.
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You have a rare talent,
Alessandro.
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Won't it take ages to build?
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Like anything worth doing.
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[Catherine] It will be
a fitting monument
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- to your rule.
- [Alessandro] Mm.
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A home fit for a king
and his new queen.
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It is my hope that we would
have broken ground
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by the time Princess Sisi
visits us again.
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Sisi?
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Why would Sisi come here?
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I guess she can't stay away.
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As it happens, her uncle
sent word of her return
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this morning.
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And as you two
got along so well,
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I thought you would
welcome the news.
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That doesn't seem
particularly appropriate
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if I am to be betrothed,
does it?
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Rahima, would you kindly
entertain my brother for me?
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[Charles] What are you up to?
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You asked Sisi to come here.
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Why?
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I am simply obeying
an instinct.
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Your heart obviously lies
with Princess Sisi.
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Otherwise, you would have won
the fencing match.
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[scoffs]
Of course I would have won.
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I got dizzy, that's all.
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Of course.
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I can see that.
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But Queen Elizabeth
might not agree with me.
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Then she is a fool.
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Mm, perhaps, but I fear
you have lost favor
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with the English queen.
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In fact, I suspect
her affections
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have turned
towards your brother.
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[scoffs] Anjou?
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That's scraping the bottom
of the barrel, isn't it?
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Anjou's energy is a better fit
for the English queen,
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whereas Princess Sisi
would make a fine consort.
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Sisi is not a queen.
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But she will take care of you.
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Why not be happy?
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[chuckles]
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You really expect me to believe
your concern is my happiness?
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[dramatic music plays]
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♪ ♪
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Hello, you.
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Why all broody?
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Haven't you heard?
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We're on the verge
of civil war.
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Aren't we always?
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At least in my family, we are.
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Seems somewhat worse this time.
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I've figured out how I'm going
to get away from all this.
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I'm going to the New World.
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You should come with me.
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I mean, we'd have
to get married first.
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Just as a formality, of course.
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You put that thought
out of your mind.
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Do you understand me?
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Why?
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It is not safe for you
to be close to me.
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Of course it is.
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You have no idea
who I am, do you?
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- Yes, I do.
- Do you?
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You see, little girl...
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...I started all this.
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I set that church on fire
to set all of France on fire,
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and it worked, because that's
the sort of man I am.
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Do you understand me?
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You lied to me.
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Of course I lied to you.
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I liked your fantasy of me,
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so I chose to indulge it.
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But now your innocence
is too close to stupidity
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to be charming.
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So do us both a favor
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and stay the fuck away from me.
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Do you understand, little girl?
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♪ ♪
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Please stop calling me that.
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[sobbing]
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♪ ♪
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[Catherine inhales deeply]
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Thank you for agreeing
to see me.
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Of course.
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And how is the king?
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He is well.
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His pride hurt
more than anything.
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[Elizabeth sighs]
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My dear Catherine,
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the repeating of a falsehood
does not make it true.
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I know consumption
when I see it.
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Such a cruel disease.
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My own sister succumbed,
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drowning in her lungs.
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It was a torture
that distorted her mind.
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Do you know she was
not always known as Mad Mary?
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She was quite sweet
when we were children.
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I hope that you can understand
the sensitivity
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of this information.
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Of course.
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As I hope that you will
see the need
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to preserve the treaty
between our two kingdoms.
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We are in agreement.
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We must find a way
to get what we want.
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It is my belief that we will
come to terms on Calais
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and on trade routes
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and even on your
annoying cousin Mary.
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Well, that is
very good to hear.
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But, according to patriarchy,
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we must bind
our kingdoms together
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like neighboring farms
breeding swine.
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An ugly business,
but it is the way of the world.
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I believe you may be willing
to consider Anjou
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as a prospective mate
in place of his brother.
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You are even more pragmatic
than I'd imagined.
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One might mistake it
for carelessness.
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That would be a miscalculation.
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- [door clicks open]
- [Elizabeth] Of course.
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Ah, Throckmorton.
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[tense music plays]
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♪ ♪
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[Throckmorton
whispering indistinctly]
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Well, this is quite unexpected,
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change in loyalties so quickly.
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And yet you get along
with Anjou.
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He does amuse me.
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Marriages have been built
on less.
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Anjou did win the match,
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and after all,
I promised my heart
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to the winner, didn't I?
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Indeed you did, Your Majesty.
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My father always told me
one must honor one's word.
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Although he did say
the same thing to my mother,
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so... who knows what he meant?
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I have an idea.
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Why don't we go
and tell my new suitor
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the happy news right away?
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Oh, but it is late.
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Not too late for Anjou,
I'm sure.
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Isn't that right, Throckmorton?
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Never, Your Majesty.
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Unless, of course,
you're having second thoughts
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about the union.
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Of course not.
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What fun.
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♪ ♪
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[rowdy music playing]
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Music?
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How festive.
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Could he be expecting us?
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♪ ♪
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Come to think of it,
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another time would be better.
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Nonsense.
I love a party.
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Allow me.
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♪ ♪
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[people moaning]
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[Balsac] Anjou.
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- Anjou.
- What?
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♪ ♪
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Well...
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...what are you staring at?
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[laughter]
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I imagine you have
lots to discuss,
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mother to son.
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I'll leave you to it.
17:34.137 --> 17:35.638
Adieu, my prince.
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[chuckles]
17:47.358 --> 17:49.068
Can you shut the door?
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I'm not quite finished.
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[laughter]
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[dramatic music plays]
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♪ ♪
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[hooves clopping]
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[horses whinnying]
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[indistinct chatter]
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♪ ♪
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Rahima!
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Rahima!
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♪ ♪
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Ah, Catherine, I was so worried
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we wouldn't be able
to say our goodbyes.
18:46.709 --> 18:47.794
I didn't want to wake you.
18:47.919 --> 18:48.878
Thought you might need
your sleep
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after all the excitement.
18:50.547 --> 18:53.383
My lady-in-waiting neglected
her duties this morning.
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But you're not
leaving us, are you?
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With our business unfinished?
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But of course I am.
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Surely, you must agree
that things have changed,
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what with one of your sons
being medically unfit
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and the other one apparently
in possession of sexual needs
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I couldn't possibly meet.
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[sighs]
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Come on.
19:12.402 --> 19:14.153
We both know
a marriage of this kind
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can make room for any number
of eccentricities.
19:17.740 --> 19:19.325
They are private matters.
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Until they are not.
19:22.078 --> 19:25.665
When word gets out
and every royal house
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hears about Charles and Anjou,
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whoever marries them
is going to be a laughingstock.
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[Catherine] And you will
make sure that word gets out.
19:35.884 --> 19:39.762
Because you had no intention
of marrying either of my sons.
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You came to France
for whatever advantage
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you could find for England.
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But, of course.
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It must be a challenge
19:49.355 --> 19:52.358
to have to pose as
an outrageous, giggling flirt
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to get what you want.
19:55.820 --> 19:59.073
I would be careful,
because given time,
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it may prove difficult
to know which is a pose
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and which is not.
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Let me explain
something to you.
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Men have been
marrying women off
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for thousands of years.
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My own father, for example,
20:15.965 --> 20:19.719
was a pigheaded fool,
but his will was irresistible.
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He defied a Catholic God,
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and the whole country
went with him.
20:23.890 --> 20:25.308
Your late father-in-law,
Francis I,
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was almost his equal.
20:27.977 --> 20:30.355
But they did what they did
as men,
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unapologetic
in their appetites.
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You and I don't have
such luxury.
20:35.318 --> 20:38.196
So yes, I must pose as a virgin
and you as a witch
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to get what we want.
20:41.074 --> 20:42.075
When I became queen,
20:42.659 --> 20:45.161
I decided no man
was ever gonna marry me off.
20:45.828 --> 20:47.246
I was simply going
to drive up the price,
20:47.413 --> 20:49.749
playing one suitor off
against another.
20:50.333 --> 20:51.918
So yes, you're quite right.
20:53.086 --> 20:55.213
Of course I came here looking
for the best deal for England
20:55.380 --> 20:56.839
and not a husband.
20:58.132 --> 21:00.385
And it turned out, it was not
you who presented it to me.
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But you found it.
21:02.971 --> 21:06.391
Yes, in the most
unlikely place.
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Oh, this might be
of interest to you,
21:10.979 --> 21:12.730
as it appears you don't have
the slightest idea
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what's going on
beneath your own roof.
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[tense music plays]
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Frankly, I'd expected
a bit more
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of the Serpent Queen of France.
21:21.656 --> 21:23.491
♪ ♪
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I would get your house in order
if I were you.
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And I wish you
all the best with that.
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♪ ♪
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[sighs]
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[chuckles]
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♪ ♪
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[breathing heavily]
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♪ ♪
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- We've got a problem.
- Another one?
22:11.581 --> 22:12.457
Look.
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[Louis] Oh.
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We need to leave--immediately.
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[dramatic music plays]
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♪ ♪
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Where are
the Princes of the Blood?
22:45.907 --> 22:47.825
Well, to be honest with you,
I have no idea.
22:48.493 --> 22:49.911
Would seem
that my lords and masters
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have exiled themselves
without me.
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May as well take him.
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On what charge?
22:57.877 --> 22:59.337
I'm sure they'll come up
with something.
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[Tancrede] I didn't do nothing.
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Where is Rahima?
23:08.054 --> 23:10.014
She failed in her duties,
and I was at a disadvantage
23:10.139 --> 23:11.390
with Queen Elizabeth.
23:11.891 --> 23:13.309
I demand an explanation.
23:13.476 --> 23:16.312
Lady Rahima had business
away from the palace today.
23:17.355 --> 23:18.147
What business?
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Sure you want to know?
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[soft dramatic music plays]
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♪ ♪
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[Rahima] I should get back.
24:25.131 --> 24:27.425
[Alessandro] Aren't you tired
of being at her beck and call?
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It's my position.
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Doesn't have to be.
24:30.720 --> 24:31.470
[Rahima] Why?
24:32.054 --> 24:33.848
Are you gonna
make me a duchess?
24:34.265 --> 24:35.308
Haven't you heard?
24:35.725 --> 24:37.935
- Titles are dying out.
- [chuckles]
24:38.102 --> 24:40.229
They're almost meaningless.
24:40.771 --> 24:43.316
Besides, I can do better.
24:44.025 --> 24:45.401
I approached Queen Elizabeth
24:45.568 --> 24:48.654
with my plan for investment
in the New World.
24:48.779 --> 24:50.198
Behind Catherine's back?
24:50.364 --> 24:52.575
[Alessandro]
Behind Catherine's back, no.
24:53.492 --> 24:55.494
I saw an opportunity,
and I took it.
24:56.078 --> 24:57.580
She can't begrudge me that.
24:58.080 --> 24:59.165
You don't know Catherine.
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[Alessandro] It's too late.
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Elizabeth will fund
my endeavor.
25:03.753 --> 25:05.171
We'll be partners in trade.
25:05.338 --> 25:08.132
I came to France to see
if my connection to Catherine
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would increase my fortune.
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Now it has.
25:12.386 --> 25:15.097
♪ ♪
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Are you using me too?
25:18.851 --> 25:19.769
Of course,
25:19.936 --> 25:23.022
the same way you are using me.
25:23.731 --> 25:25.358
For pleasure.
25:26.776 --> 25:30.154
Seems to me the most rational
thing in the world.
25:30.696 --> 25:32.740
She's infatuated with you.
25:33.366 --> 25:34.283
Is she?
25:34.659 --> 25:36.160
If that's what it means
when you do not
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see someone for who they are.
25:40.790 --> 25:42.667
[Alessandro] Well, then she is
infatuated with the idea
25:42.833 --> 25:44.919
of not being alone.
25:45.503 --> 25:46.879
And I didn't deprive her.
25:47.004 --> 25:48.005
[twig snaps]
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[Rahima]
Did you hear something?
25:51.008 --> 25:52.218
[Alessandro] A bird.
25:52.843 --> 25:54.887
[tense music plays]
25:55.054 --> 25:57.014
When I leave,
I want you to come with me
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to the New World.
25:58.808 --> 26:00.893
A place you can be
your own woman,
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not take orders from anyone.
26:04.313 --> 26:05.523
Will you do that?
26:05.690 --> 26:07.233
I will consider it...
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on one condition.
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I owe you nothing.
26:13.656 --> 26:14.865
Likewise.
26:15.324 --> 26:18.411
♪ ♪
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From this water, you are reborn
in second baptism.
26:31.590 --> 26:34.010
Do you feel a weight
is lifted from you?
26:35.136 --> 26:37.763
I will when you hold up
your end of the bargain.
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[dramatic music plays]
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♪ ♪
26:56.198 --> 26:59.368
[indistinct chatter]
26:59.535 --> 27:02.538
[sniffling]
27:02.705 --> 27:05.708
♪ ♪
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[Antoinette]
My child, what is it?
27:10.087 --> 27:11.422
Nothing that concerns you.
27:11.589 --> 27:12.465
Is it my son?
27:13.549 --> 27:16.052
Has he tried to break
the understanding between you?
27:17.345 --> 27:21.057
I fear I will never be
the same ag--[sobs]
27:21.223 --> 27:23.017
- ...again.
- Oh.
27:23.642 --> 27:25.144
My poor child,
27:26.020 --> 27:27.271
I know how hopeless
it all seems,
27:27.438 --> 27:29.982
but you do not have
to feel this way.
27:30.107 --> 27:32.860
You see,
the duke is a wounded man.
27:33.527 --> 27:36.697
Something terrible
happened to him in the war.
27:37.239 --> 27:40.409
He was vague on the details,
but as a result,
27:40.576 --> 27:43.454
he does not think himself
worthy of love.
27:44.288 --> 27:46.832
You must persuade him
otherwise.
27:47.875 --> 27:52.171
I believe he could be the man
he truly wants to be
27:52.546 --> 27:53.464
with me.
27:53.631 --> 27:54.799
[sighs]
27:54.924 --> 27:57.134
It fills my heart
to hear you say that
27:57.259 --> 27:59.428
because I believe it too.
27:59.762 --> 28:01.847
[both chuckle]
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[Antoinette] Will you allow me
to help you, hmm?
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Yes.
28:08.729 --> 28:10.231
Yes, of course.
28:12.483 --> 28:14.276
The, uh, House of Bourbon
28:14.443 --> 28:16.529
would like to publicly commit
our loyalty
28:16.654 --> 28:17.947
to you and your cause.
28:18.072 --> 28:19.990
My sources tell me
you are only here
28:20.116 --> 28:22.118
because Catherine discovered
your treachery.
28:22.243 --> 28:23.828
While it's true
our disagreements
28:23.994 --> 28:25.788
with the House of Valois
have been revealed
28:25.955 --> 28:27.665
perhaps before our liking,
28:28.374 --> 28:29.834
we have never wavered
in our efforts
28:29.959 --> 28:32.253
to bring down
Catherine and her family.
28:32.670 --> 28:34.505
I know what she's capable of.
28:34.672 --> 28:36.715
And Antoine knows
what I am capable of.
28:36.882 --> 28:39.218
Yeah, unfortunately, yes.
Yes, I do.
28:39.385 --> 28:43.139
Your wife and son
have proven devoted pilgrims.
28:43.973 --> 28:45.433
Henri...
28:46.892 --> 28:50.146
...do your father and uncle
believe in our cause?
28:50.312 --> 28:52.481
Are they pure of heart?
28:53.816 --> 28:56.819
[tense music plays]
28:56.986 --> 29:00.281
♪ ♪
29:01.490 --> 29:02.616
Um...
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♪ ♪
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...I fear they're not.
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What?
29:07.997 --> 29:09.540
In fact, in the past,
29:10.499 --> 29:11.959
they've even tried
to lead me astray.
29:12.084 --> 29:13.252
- But--
- What are you doing, Henri?
29:13.419 --> 29:15.504
- Please-please don't.
- But...
29:17.089 --> 29:18.549
they can be taught
29:19.300 --> 29:20.926
and, given the proper guidance,
29:21.552 --> 29:22.928
they could benefit our cause.
29:23.053 --> 29:26.390
♪ ♪
29:28.517 --> 29:29.768
In fact...
29:30.686 --> 29:33.481
were they to accept
second baptism
29:34.190 --> 29:36.150
to prove their loyalty...
29:36.942 --> 29:38.444
♪ ♪
29:38.611 --> 29:42.448
...I believe they could begin
their journey toward the light.
29:42.823 --> 29:44.074
[claps shoulder]
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Absolutely.
29:45.326 --> 29:46.660
Willing and able.
29:48.746 --> 29:50.456
Then so it shall be.
29:50.915 --> 29:52.374
To the lake.
30:05.679 --> 30:09.016
[flies buzzing]
30:28.160 --> 30:31.205
[footsteps approaching]
30:34.959 --> 30:36.794
[Ruggieri sighs]
30:37.920 --> 30:39.296
I thought I would be too late.
30:39.463 --> 30:41.590
What, you thought I'd abandoned
you?
30:52.768 --> 30:55.813
We're bound together,
whether we like it or not.
30:59.858 --> 31:01.193
I have been made a fool.
31:01.360 --> 31:03.612
Yeah, you could say that,
I suppose.
31:04.572 --> 31:05.781
Here.
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Sit.
31:16.250 --> 31:18.210
[sighs]
31:20.129 --> 31:21.338
Tell me what I have not seen.
31:21.505 --> 31:23.674
Queen Elizabeth has bested you.
31:24.466 --> 31:25.593
Edith's power is growing.
31:25.759 --> 31:28.220
And you are surrounded
by traitors.
31:29.096 --> 31:31.015
So you're fucked
from every angle.
31:31.849 --> 31:34.018
So there's a poppet
31:34.602 --> 31:37.146
for each member of the court
who has betrayed you.
31:37.646 --> 31:39.815
Six poppets.
31:39.982 --> 31:41.984
Six traitors
that must be dealt with.
31:42.151 --> 31:45.321
[ominous music plays]
31:45.821 --> 31:47.156
Montmorency.
31:47.823 --> 31:49.074
The Bourbons.
31:49.408 --> 31:51.160
The Guises.
31:53.370 --> 31:55.914
My lady-in-waiting, Rahima.
31:57.750 --> 32:00.252
My brother Alessandro.
32:00.919 --> 32:02.588
But who is the sixth?
32:02.713 --> 32:03.881
Your visions haven't shown you?
32:04.048 --> 32:06.592
No, but they torment me.
32:06.759 --> 32:09.803
♪ ♪
32:10.679 --> 32:12.222
If you drink this...
32:15.225 --> 32:16.352
...you will see.
32:16.518 --> 32:17.561
What's in it?
32:17.978 --> 32:19.313
You don't want to know.
32:21.273 --> 32:23.025
I'll be your guide.
32:25.194 --> 32:26.570
All of it.
32:29.198 --> 32:31.200
[coughs]
32:34.244 --> 32:36.455
[retches]
32:36.622 --> 32:39.124
- [crow cawing]
- [chimes tinkling]
32:39.291 --> 32:42.586
[eerie music plays]
32:42.753 --> 32:46.006
♪ ♪
32:54.264 --> 32:56.058
[screams]
32:56.183 --> 32:59.019
♪ ♪
32:59.186 --> 33:01.897
[screams]
33:02.022 --> 33:05.275
♪ ♪
33:08.570 --> 33:11.907
[moaning]
33:13.826 --> 33:17.121
♪ ♪
33:25.879 --> 33:29.216
[snakes hissing]
33:31.051 --> 33:33.595
[moaning]
33:33.721 --> 33:36.932
♪ ♪
33:37.099 --> 33:39.977
[sobbing]
33:45.482 --> 33:48.861
[fire crackling]
33:58.120 --> 34:00.164
Been asleep for hours.
34:01.290 --> 34:02.875
So what did you see?
34:03.375 --> 34:04.710
My face...
34:05.461 --> 34:06.795
was covered in blood.
34:07.755 --> 34:11.300
And there was a woman
giving birth in my bed.
34:11.633 --> 34:13.927
And inside the swaddling...
34:15.846 --> 34:17.890
...there wasn't a baby.
34:20.184 --> 34:22.478
There was a nest of snakes.
34:22.853 --> 34:25.397
Then the sixth traitor
is a child.
34:25.981 --> 34:27.065
Mine?
34:27.566 --> 34:28.901
Who can say?
34:40.329 --> 34:42.414
[knock at door]
34:45.626 --> 34:47.252
Hello, Mother.
34:48.337 --> 34:51.256
[Antoinette]
I hope this isn't a bad time.
34:54.843 --> 34:56.512
Not at all.
34:57.262 --> 34:58.555
What can I do for you both?
34:58.680 --> 35:00.182
[Antoinette]
I just heard the bad news
35:00.724 --> 35:01.767
about Queen Elizabeth's
rejection
35:01.934 --> 35:03.602
of the king's proposal.
35:04.186 --> 35:06.271
Such difficult days
we live through.
35:07.022 --> 35:09.775
Life seemed so much simpler
when I was a girl.
35:10.692 --> 35:13.028
I suppose everybody
says that, but...
35:13.195 --> 35:15.531
when I look at what young
people have to face today,
35:15.697 --> 35:17.241
I am quite sure of it.
35:18.075 --> 35:21.495
The miracle is that hope
springs eternal in the young.
35:22.120 --> 35:24.456
Like rising damp.
35:24.998 --> 35:26.458
Indeed.
35:27.668 --> 35:30.963
It is my understanding
that my son and your daughter
35:31.088 --> 35:32.422
have fallen in love.
35:32.589 --> 35:33.966
I suppose you were aware.
35:34.091 --> 35:38.053
I must confess, I did not know
it was so serious.
35:40.013 --> 35:44.309
I once told you that you
would have to take a side.
35:46.144 --> 35:48.313
Why not take the side of love?
35:48.480 --> 35:49.314
Love?
35:49.439 --> 35:50.440
[Margot] Yes.
35:51.525 --> 35:54.069
Mother, it is my opinion
that a union like this,
35:54.236 --> 35:57.406
based not on politics
but on genuine affection,
35:57.573 --> 36:00.450
is precisely
what the French people crave.
36:01.076 --> 36:02.327
Hmm.
36:02.494 --> 36:04.288
It's the sort of thing
that justifies the existence
36:04.413 --> 36:09.001
of poetry, of art, of fashion,
36:09.585 --> 36:12.462
of everything
that makes us so...
36:13.213 --> 36:14.256
French.
36:15.173 --> 36:18.010
Not to mention
that if I'm not mistaken,
36:18.176 --> 36:19.761
with Queen Elizabeth's
rejection,
36:19.887 --> 36:21.972
you are left with no way to pay
for the palace by the Seine.
36:22.139 --> 36:24.182
[Antoinette] Unless you appeal
to the Catholic Church,
36:24.349 --> 36:28.020
which nowadays means going
through the Catholic League.
36:28.186 --> 36:30.230
Somewhat unyielding
in their views,
36:30.397 --> 36:31.773
but as it happens,
36:31.940 --> 36:36.403
I enjoy considerable influence
in those circles.
36:37.404 --> 36:38.614
Do you?
36:39.489 --> 36:42.701
If our families
were to be rejoined,
36:43.076 --> 36:45.412
I would be happy to assist.
36:48.540 --> 36:49.833
And you, Margot,
36:50.250 --> 36:51.919
can you examine yourself
36:52.753 --> 36:55.964
and tell me that this is
something that you really want,
36:56.882 --> 36:59.301
that you are not
simply intoxicated
36:59.468 --> 37:02.095
by the intrigue
of a court romance?
37:03.096 --> 37:04.348
I can,
37:05.515 --> 37:06.892
and I do.
37:13.148 --> 37:14.483
Will you allow it?
37:16.151 --> 37:19.571
I will do everything
in my power to make you happy.
37:20.113 --> 37:21.740
[Margot] Thank you, Mother.
37:28.497 --> 37:29.957
The king will object.
37:31.333 --> 37:34.127
So you must leave it with me
to persuade him.
37:35.003 --> 37:36.546
Can we agree on that?
37:37.339 --> 37:38.548
Of course.
37:41.051 --> 37:42.344
Thank you.
37:45.889 --> 37:48.809
[dramatic music plays]
37:48.976 --> 37:52.229
♪ ♪
37:53.605 --> 37:55.232
Little madam.
37:55.774 --> 37:59.111
♪ ♪
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[Cardinal Guise]
Oh, Your Majesty.
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You're surprised to see me?
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Well, you, uh,
rarely come for service.
38:11.206 --> 38:12.249
It is true.
38:13.458 --> 38:16.461
Something was ruined for me
by the nuns who raised me.
38:16.962 --> 38:19.381
Sadists, all of them.
38:20.590 --> 38:23.719
The truth is, I've never
understood why people
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fight over religion.
38:27.848 --> 38:29.975
The differences
between the faiths
38:30.475 --> 38:33.061
have always seemed
so insignificant to me.
38:33.979 --> 38:35.272
I've often thought
I'd be the same
38:35.439 --> 38:38.150
whether I were born
a Mohammedan or a Jew.
38:39.401 --> 38:40.777
How about you?
38:42.738 --> 38:46.491
I believe there are
false prophets.
38:48.535 --> 38:51.538
Do you believe
Sister Edith is one?
38:53.582 --> 38:55.542
I think God should be
the one to judge.
38:55.709 --> 38:56.835
[clears throat]
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[Catherine] May I say,
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I've sensed a renewed power
to your faith.
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And that is why I am here,
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because if faith can ease
the pain of a mother
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who has to watch yet
another one of her sons die,
39:15.062 --> 39:17.064
then I don't care
where it comes from.
39:17.939 --> 39:21.777
I-I don't know how I can
survive another loss.
39:22.444 --> 39:25.113
The king is ill?
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As my priest,
39:28.825 --> 39:32.454
I hope I can trust you
to keep this a secret.
39:33.538 --> 39:36.500
The king cannot be undermined
at such a critical time.
39:37.167 --> 39:38.418
Of course.
39:39.377 --> 39:41.379
You are totally right,
Your Majesty.
39:42.380 --> 39:44.424
Your secret is safe with me.
39:46.259 --> 39:47.844
Will you pray with me?
39:49.387 --> 39:50.347
Yes.
39:50.639 --> 39:51.890
Yes, it would be my honor.
39:52.015 --> 39:55.352
♪ ♪
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[Catherine]
Hail Mary, full of grace,
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the Lord is with thee.
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Blessed art thou amongst women,
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and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb, Jesus.
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♪ ♪
40:30.846 --> 40:32.430
[spokesman] Yes, my child.
40:33.890 --> 40:35.517
Bless me, Father,
40:36.685 --> 40:38.353
for I am about to sin.
40:38.895 --> 40:41.148
You mean you have sinned
in the past?
40:42.399 --> 40:43.525
No.
40:44.234 --> 40:46.403
When I feel it coming on,
40:47.362 --> 40:49.322
I just can't stop it.
40:50.115 --> 40:51.908
The feeling is...
40:53.410 --> 40:54.744
overwhelming.
40:54.911 --> 40:58.165
♪ ♪
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So the Catholic League
would like the Duke of Guise
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to be king?
41:12.596 --> 41:13.638
Apparently.
41:14.097 --> 41:15.515
And he gave this to you?
41:15.682 --> 41:17.267
I took it
41:17.851 --> 41:19.644
while he was indisposed
41:20.103 --> 41:22.606
with a bell in his ass.
41:24.482 --> 41:26.943
Your country will not forget
your service.
41:27.110 --> 41:30.405
♪ ♪
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[door clicks open]
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♪ ♪
41:35.911 --> 41:37.370
Hello, Rahima.
41:37.537 --> 41:39.164
Françoise.
41:47.631 --> 41:48.965
Yes?
41:49.132 --> 41:52.135
I'm sorry that Queen Elizabeth
has returned to England.
41:52.302 --> 41:54.387
If I could,
I would have prevented you
41:54.554 --> 41:56.890
from going into Anjou's rooms.
41:59.601 --> 42:01.353
Perhaps it was for the best.
42:02.270 --> 42:04.439
It actually reminded me
42:04.606 --> 42:07.484
of one of the first lessons
I ever taught you.
42:10.570 --> 42:11.947
Trust no one.
42:12.364 --> 42:13.448
So you do remember.
42:13.615 --> 42:14.950
[Rahima] Of course.
42:15.575 --> 42:16.993
Well, I'm glad.
42:24.960 --> 42:28.922
Did you manage to look over
my brother's books?
42:29.965 --> 42:31.049
You were right.
42:31.508 --> 42:34.135
Of course, it was my mistake.
42:35.595 --> 42:37.681
Everything was in order.
42:37.847 --> 42:38.682
I am grateful.
42:38.848 --> 42:42.269
[tense music plays]
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♪ ♪
42:46.439 --> 42:50.694
The time comes when we all
must choose a side.
42:52.279 --> 42:53.697
She chose hers.
42:53.863 --> 42:57.158
♪ ♪
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What the fuck do you want?
43:13.675 --> 43:15.051
Forgiveness.
43:33.194 --> 43:34.946
Only what I said to you
43:35.697 --> 43:37.657
may have been unforgivable.
43:38.700 --> 43:40.201
I once told you
43:41.369 --> 43:45.165
that you must lock away
that which makes you different.
43:46.416 --> 43:48.752
That which some might call
the perversity in you
43:48.918 --> 43:50.295
should be hidden
43:50.920 --> 43:52.672
because it is shameful.
44:03.016 --> 44:04.476
But I now know
44:05.268 --> 44:06.269
that I was wrong.
44:06.978 --> 44:11.441
And to deny your true nature
would be death.
44:15.487 --> 44:18.865
Even if I had the power
of the Almighty...
44:20.283 --> 44:23.453
...I wouldn't change
a single hair on your head.
44:23.912 --> 44:26.915
[soft music plays]
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♪ ♪
44:33.546 --> 44:36.257
Because then
you wouldn't be you.
44:37.926 --> 44:40.345
And it is your nature
44:40.512 --> 44:42.722
that just might save
our family.
44:44.432 --> 44:45.850
One day soon,
44:46.768 --> 44:50.313
I will come to you
and ask for help.
44:52.690 --> 44:56.653
I only hope
that you can answer that call
44:57.445 --> 45:00.865
despite the harm
I have done to you.
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♪ ♪
45:18.716 --> 45:20.427
[Charles] This certainly is
a reduced Council.
45:20.593 --> 45:23.680
Anjou has recused himself
for the time being.
45:24.848 --> 45:26.516
Perhaps it will be
more efficient.
45:27.767 --> 45:30.186
Perhaps it is better to
recognize when we are beaten.
45:31.521 --> 45:33.982
It appears Queen Elizabeth has
armed Edith and her followers,
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who also have the support
of the Princes of the Blood
45:36.818 --> 45:38.820
and the mercantile class
they represent.
45:39.571 --> 45:40.738
So we only have one choice.
45:41.448 --> 45:43.825
Bring Edith into the fold,
or fight a civil war
45:43.992 --> 45:45.869
it is no longer certain
we will win.
45:46.453 --> 45:47.745
Yeah.
45:47.871 --> 45:49.205
[Charles]
I have called you here today
45:49.330 --> 45:50.623
because I have made
a decision.
45:50.790 --> 45:51.958
I've agreed
to go with Montmorency
45:52.125 --> 45:54.335
to meet Edith
and broker a peace.
45:55.003 --> 45:56.337
[Francois]
So that's what you get
45:56.504 --> 45:57.797
for killing a prince
these days, is it,
45:58.506 --> 45:59.841
a peace deal?
46:01.801 --> 46:03.094
[Catherine] I am curious.
46:03.887 --> 46:07.348
How did Montmorency persuade
Sister Edith to meet with you?
46:07.474 --> 46:09.517
He was baptized
into her faith...
46:11.686 --> 46:13.104
...as I plan to be.
46:13.646 --> 46:15.607
[scoffs] I, uh--
46:16.316 --> 46:19.277
I think the king
has proven his wisdom.
46:20.028 --> 46:21.362
Do you?
46:21.529 --> 46:22.780
[Charles] When I convert
to the new religion,
46:22.906 --> 46:24.699
Edith's army
will be loyal to me.
46:25.283 --> 46:26.951
The Catholics will retaliate.
46:27.118 --> 46:28.286
[Charles] Maybe,
46:28.453 --> 46:30.622
but the Valois line
remains a Catholic one.
46:31.623 --> 46:35.585
And if I were to marry
a Catholic royal,
46:35.710 --> 46:36.920
like Princess Sisi,
46:37.086 --> 46:39.005
grandniece
of the Holy Roman Emperor,
46:39.756 --> 46:41.633
the Catholics may be appeased.
46:42.133 --> 46:42.926
Maybe.
46:43.760 --> 46:45.762
You want to bet the country
on a "maybe"?
46:45.887 --> 46:47.430
What other choice do we have?
46:47.555 --> 46:48.973
It is the right choice.
46:52.727 --> 46:54.312
I am pleased
to hear you say so.
46:55.063 --> 46:56.731
I worried you would try
to stop me.
46:57.357 --> 46:58.608
No.
46:59.901 --> 47:02.070
Perhaps I have been overzealous
47:02.237 --> 47:04.113
in my efforts
to protect you, my king.
47:05.198 --> 47:07.992
But all I have ever wanted
for you is independence.
47:08.159 --> 47:10.119
And if you have come to believe
that a compromise
47:10.245 --> 47:12.497
with Sister Edith
is the way forward,
47:13.122 --> 47:14.666
then I support you.
47:15.750 --> 47:19.170
In fact, I would like
to accompany you
47:19.921 --> 47:21.381
to offer my blessings.
47:22.465 --> 47:24.592
- Really?
- [Catherine] Of course.
47:25.843 --> 47:27.345
Then I would like that.
47:27.512 --> 47:28.721
You are my king,
47:29.514 --> 47:31.474
and I'm loyal to you
above all else.
47:31.641 --> 47:34.644
[dramatic music plays]
47:34.769 --> 47:38.106
♪ ♪
47:50.535 --> 47:53.997
[indistinct chatter]
47:57.834 --> 48:01.170
♪ ♪
48:14.976 --> 48:18.438
[indistinct chatter]
48:42.670 --> 48:45.965
♪ ♪
49:14.702 --> 49:17.580
Your Majesty,
you are most welcome.
49:18.581 --> 49:20.958
♪ ♪
49:21.125 --> 49:22.835
Are you here for salvation?
49:24.003 --> 49:25.171
I am.
49:26.381 --> 49:27.340
And you?
49:27.507 --> 49:30.760
♪ ♪
49:41.896 --> 49:43.481
I am here for peace.
49:43.648 --> 49:46.776
♪ ♪
49:48.027 --> 49:50.321
I would like to speak
with the Queen Mother alone.
49:51.614 --> 49:53.449
If that would be
agreeable to you?
49:54.367 --> 49:55.201
Of course.
49:55.326 --> 49:58.162
♪ ♪
50:03.209 --> 50:06.587
[crowd muttering]
50:06.713 --> 50:08.589
What the fuck was that?
50:08.756 --> 50:10.299
Be patient.
50:10.466 --> 50:12.176
You'll get what you came for.
50:12.343 --> 50:15.596
♪ ♪
50:22.228 --> 50:23.730
I'm surprised you would come.
50:24.731 --> 50:26.065
[Catherine] You are
the new power in the land.
50:27.275 --> 50:29.777
I thought I would show you
the respect you are due.
50:29.944 --> 50:32.822
Is it not more accurate to say
50:34.198 --> 50:36.993
that when the king's grand tour
failed to unite the people,
50:38.077 --> 50:40.788
you hoped Queen Elizabeth
would marry one of your sons
50:40.955 --> 50:43.124
to replace me
in the people's hearts?
50:43.624 --> 50:44.917
But she refused.
50:46.043 --> 50:47.628
So now you hope
the king's baptism
50:47.795 --> 50:50.256
will inspire my followers
to lay down their arms
50:50.882 --> 50:53.050
and serve
as his loyal subjects.
50:53.926 --> 50:54.969
I do.
50:56.012 --> 50:57.722
And what do you have
to offer in exchange
50:57.889 --> 50:59.724
for this peace you seek?
51:00.308 --> 51:02.852
The conversion of a king
is not enough?
51:06.105 --> 51:07.565
Well, it might be.
51:12.403 --> 51:15.114
But the conversion
of a dying king...
51:17.283 --> 51:19.619
...is a different matter,
wouldn't you agree?
51:22.789 --> 51:25.041
I see I can keep
nothing from you.
51:25.625 --> 51:27.752
It came to me in a vision.
51:29.128 --> 51:32.632
It seems you come
for my friendship empty-handed.
51:33.049 --> 51:34.592
Not exactly.
51:41.682 --> 51:43.309
You're quite right.
51:43.434 --> 51:45.394
My son is not long
for this world,
51:45.561 --> 51:48.648
and his brother
is a well-known deviant.
51:49.649 --> 51:51.984
It will be the end
of the Valois line.
51:53.778 --> 51:55.613
So what happens next?
51:56.864 --> 51:59.408
Antoine of Bourbon
is next in line to the throne,
51:59.575 --> 52:01.202
but he is guilty of treason
52:01.369 --> 52:03.913
and would never be accepted
by the French Catholics.
52:04.664 --> 52:07.083
Nor, as I'm sure
you are aware,
52:07.542 --> 52:09.752
is he a true believer
of your faith.
52:10.920 --> 52:13.965
His son Henri, however,
52:14.799 --> 52:16.217
is a different matter.
52:17.260 --> 52:19.470
If he were to marry
a Catholic princess
52:19.595 --> 52:21.389
and produce a son,
52:22.473 --> 52:24.809
the people would rally
around the new line,
52:26.310 --> 52:28.062
a new Protestant line.
52:29.063 --> 52:31.858
The king would be yours
to control.
52:33.234 --> 52:36.487
And who, out of curiosity,
52:36.654 --> 52:39.615
is the lucky bride
in this new world order?
52:40.324 --> 52:41.742
My daughter Margot.
52:42.577 --> 52:44.412
You expect me to trust you?
52:44.871 --> 52:45.872
Yes.
52:47.290 --> 52:50.042
Because as soon as the marriage
is consummated,
52:51.002 --> 52:54.297
I will sign the regency
over to you.
52:55.548 --> 52:58.509
And you will be the most
powerful person in France.
52:59.969 --> 53:01.554
I'm common.
53:01.721 --> 53:03.097
As am I.
53:03.264 --> 53:04.640
[chuckles]
53:09.896 --> 53:11.147
You may tell me
53:12.064 --> 53:14.817
that you have no desire
for earthly power
53:15.693 --> 53:17.862
and that your kingdom
lies in heaven,
53:18.738 --> 53:19.989
but somehow
53:20.865 --> 53:22.742
I do not believe you will.
53:23.784 --> 53:24.994
I wonder.
53:28.331 --> 53:29.999
What would your son say
53:30.166 --> 53:33.920
if he heard you give away
his legacy so easily?
53:34.587 --> 53:35.838
Well...
53:37.506 --> 53:41.010
...he would despise me
more than he already does.
53:41.177 --> 53:43.471
You mistake me
for one of the pieces
53:43.638 --> 53:46.223
you move around the board
so easily.
53:46.682 --> 53:47.850
No.
53:48.601 --> 53:51.103
I have learned the hard way
that you are no such thing.
53:52.146 --> 53:55.316
Oh, Sister Edith,
I am tired of this game.
53:56.484 --> 54:00.404
All I want is to not bury
any more of my children.
54:00.571 --> 54:03.866
♪ ♪
54:08.454 --> 54:11.207
Only the Almighty
decides who we bury.
54:11.832 --> 54:14.377
♪ ♪
54:14.543 --> 54:15.544
Now...
54:17.505 --> 54:19.924
...I think we've kept them
waiting long enough,
54:20.883 --> 54:22.134
don't you?
54:22.635 --> 54:25.930
♪ ♪
54:29.183 --> 54:32.853
[PJ Harvey] ♪ I lost my heart ♪
54:33.020 --> 54:35.773
♪ Under the bridge ♪
54:36.732 --> 54:39.610
♪ To that little girl ♪
54:40.695 --> 54:43.614
♪ So much to me ♪
54:44.573 --> 54:47.326
♪ And now I moan ♪
54:48.411 --> 54:51.163
♪ And now I holler ♪
54:52.331 --> 54:55.042
♪ She'll never know ♪
54:56.127 --> 54:58.713
♪ Just what I found ♪
54:59.880 --> 55:03.050
- ♪ That blue-eyed girl ♪
- ♪ That blue-eyed girl ♪
55:03.217 --> 55:06.721
- ♪ She said, "No more" ♪
- ♪ She said, "No more" ♪
55:06.846 --> 55:10.683
- ♪ And that blue-eyed girl ♪
- ♪ That blue-eyed girl ♪
55:10.850 --> 55:14.895
- ♪ Became blue-eyed whore ♪
- ♪ Became blue-eyed whore ♪
55:15.062 --> 55:18.733
- ♪ Down by the water ♪
- ♪ Down by the water ♪
55:18.899 --> 55:22.361
- ♪ I took her hand ♪
- ♪ I took her hand ♪
55:22.528 --> 55:26.282
- ♪ Just like my daughter ♪
- ♪ Just like my daughter ♪
55:26.449 --> 55:30.536
- ♪ Won't see her again ♪
- ♪ See her again ♪
55:30.703 --> 55:34.081
♪ Oh, help me, Jesus ♪
55:34.248 --> 55:38.169
♪ Come through this storm ♪
55:38.294 --> 55:41.422
♪ I had to lose her ♪
55:41.589 --> 55:44.508
♪ To do her harm ♪
55:45.885 --> 55:49.305
- ♪ I heard her holler ♪
- ♪ I heard her holler ♪
55:49.472 --> 55:53.893
- ♪ I heard her moan ♪
- ♪ I heard her moan ♪
55:55.061 --> 55:58.522
♪ Little fish, big fish
Swimming in the water ♪
55:58.647 --> 56:02.485
♪ Come back here, man
Gimme my daughter ♪
56:02.651 --> 56:06.197
♪ Little fish, big fish
Swimming in the water ♪
56:06.363 --> 56:09.992
♪ Come back here, man
Gimme my daughter ♪
56:10.159 --> 56:13.788
♪ Little fish, big fish
Swimming in the water ♪
56:13.954 --> 56:17.708
♪ Come back here, man
Gimme my daughter ♪
56:17.833 --> 56:21.462
♪ Little fish, big fish
Swimming in the water ♪
56:21.629 --> 56:25.800
♪ Come back here, man
Gimme my daughter ♪
56:25.925 --> 56:29.303
♪ ♪
56:33.140 --> 56:36.852
♪ Little fish, big fish
Swimming in the water ♪
56:37.019 --> 56:40.689
♪ Come back here, man
Gimme my daughter ♪
56:40.856 --> 56:44.485
♪ Little fish, big fish
Swimming in the water ♪
56:44.652 --> 56:48.364
♪ Come back here, man
Gimme my daughter ♪
56:48.489 --> 56:52.159
♪ Little fish, big fish
Swimming in the water ♪
56:52.326 --> 56:56.413
♪ Come back here, man
Gimme my daughter ♪
56:56.580 --> 57:00.543
♪