The Serpent Queen S02E04
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00:00the family.
00:15Previously on the Serpent Queen.
00:17Tell me again why your mother had to go all the way to Italy to build your brother a palace
00:22in the middle of Paris.
00:23It is always preferable to keep business within the family.
00:26May we present Alessandro de Medici.
00:29I do hope I'm not interrupting.
00:31You're sure you can handle the English Queen?
00:33She's never negotiated with a Bourbon.
00:35Now what is this rumour of a Protestant saint in France,
00:39Sister Edith, pastor who led her flock through the flames?
00:43The Duke of Guise's wonderful questioning.
00:45On whose orders?
00:46The King's.
00:47We have to act before things get even further out of control.
00:49I face problems of a different kind.
00:51I'm ambitious.
00:53A new friend?
00:54An apprentice.
00:55Are you ready to be born again?
00:57I am.
00:59Help!
01:29I knew what awaited my return.
01:57And yet somehow I still hope to elude fate.
02:28Majesty.
02:29Tell me.
02:30Her Kiehl's wound has become infected.
02:48The poison has entered his bloodstream and has probably now passed to the brain.
02:53His life is in grave danger.
03:04Akil, I'm here.
03:06Mother.
03:09I'm perfectly all right.
03:11Of course you are, my darling.
03:13I don't know what all the fuss is about.
03:23Mother.
03:48He's gone, isn't he?
03:50I'm so sorry.
04:08The grief of losing a child who you were put on this earth to protect is unbearable.
04:14They say it gets easier with time.
04:17Well, of course.
04:19That's just a lie.
04:30My son is dead.
04:32The Duke of Guise has been arrested against my instruction,
04:36while the second Prince of the Blood travels to England on terms I have not agreed to.
04:41Had I known my counsel would be so easily ignored, I might not have returned.
04:46You told me to trust myself, and now I would ask you to do the same.
04:49Circumstances changed after your departure. I had to act.
04:52Circumstances changed because there's a fucking terrorist on the loose.
04:56We should be riding into the woods to kill this bitch and her deranged followers,
04:59but no, instead my brother rots in jail.
05:01If there is a terrorist on the loose, it's one the Guise has created.
05:04It's not like anyone just wakes up one day and decides to become a terrorist.
05:08They have to be driven to it.
05:10Honestly, if you believe that, then you really, really are an idiot.
05:13Aha, exactly, which means people like you do underestimate me.
05:17Edith is willing to sacrifice for her followers. She could be reasoned with.
05:21The same way her followers reasoned with Hercule.
05:24The murder of Hercule in the imprisonment of the Duke of Guise has Catholic blood boiling.
05:30And since it seems everyone survived this fire,
05:33my brother, who it cannot be proven had anything to do with it, by the way,
05:37did not actually kill anyone.
05:39Therefore, I'm demanding the release of the Duke of Guise
05:42so he can lead the French army into battle with this fake prophet and her followers.
05:46Excellent logic. My brother didn't kill anyone, so please release him so he can.
05:51Precisely, dickhead.
05:53The Cardinal is not in a position to demand anything.
05:56We would not be in this situation if it were not for the impetuous nature of the House of Guise.
06:00However, the circumstances have changed, as the King says.
06:04The Duke must be released immediately on the condition he takes no further military action.
06:08You can't expect me to just reverse my decision.
06:10It is the price of peace.
06:11I have my credibility to consider.
06:13Your credibility with the French people will survive.
06:15Actually, it will increase, because right now you have none.
06:18Do you actually know any French people?
06:20I will not reverse my decision.
06:22After Anjou's latest antics, it is more important than ever
06:25that people see that I stand for law and order.
06:27Of course, you could always arrest Anjou.
06:29That is my brother you're talking about, despite what I may think of him.
06:34Okay.
06:36Then why don't we ask the Holy Roman Emperor when he gets here?
06:39The Holy Roman Emperor is coming here?
06:41Oh, yeah. He's coming.
06:44So I hope everyone's being good.
06:48Did you agree to this?
06:49He wanted to show his respect.
06:51It's the least we can do for Hercule.
06:55If you think that that is all he wants, then you are less prepared for war than I thought!
06:58I am your King!
07:00And from now on, if I want your advice, I will ask for it!
07:05Is that understood?
07:06Your Majesty.
07:13You're angry for the counsel I gave the King while you were away.
07:17I hope you know my motives are the same as yours.
07:21I want peace.
07:23I will not stand in the way of the Duke's release
07:26if you promise me no harm will come to Edith.
07:28A condition for your Queen?
07:30I am a loyal friend.
07:32But cross me on this and we will be enemies.
07:35And now a threat.
07:37A regrettable fact.
07:41My condolences for Hercule.
07:44He was too good for this world.
07:50When David struck Goliath, who did God say was to blame?
07:54What had been but the faintest ember when I left
07:57had grown into a raging fire.
07:59The boy with nothing but a slingshot
08:02who stood up to a giant.
08:04No.
08:05No.
08:07So what are we to do when we are beaten
08:09by those who deem themselves appointed by God?
08:12Beat them back!
08:13Yes, beat them back!
08:16And now they say that the King blames us for the death of his brother.
08:20They say that his soldiers will come for him.
08:22They say that his soldiers will come for us.
08:25That they will cut off my head
08:26and put it on the palace wall for decoration.
08:28We'll never let them do that!
08:29Never!
08:31Well, I say
08:34let them come.
08:37Let them have my head.
08:40I say
08:41we will not run!
08:43We will not fight!
08:46If this is what God wants from us
08:48let us offer up our lives willingly.
08:50Yes!
08:53We're going to fight!
08:56Let our blood water his forest.
08:59Yes!
09:04Let flowers grow where we fall.
09:12Let God's will be done.
09:17No.
09:21Now what do you have, huh?
09:26Fuck me, it smells like a cheap brothel in here.
09:29Spend a lot of time in cheap brothels, have you?
09:31Yeah, I have.
09:33In my work with the needy.
09:34Aju, can we speak alone?
09:40Just fuck off.
09:41When I do that, it means fuck off.
09:51Be gentle with him.
10:01I hear you've been a naughty boy, Aju.
10:04And not your usual mischief.
10:06But a very bad boy indeed.
10:09Right.
10:10Well, I'll say a few Hail Marys
10:12and then you can fuck off.
10:14You can do,
10:15but it's not going to bring him back, is it?
10:18No.
10:20Look, it must be horrible having that on your conscience.
10:22Look, I didn't throw that fucking rock,
10:24so I don't know why everyone's blaming me.
10:26Well, at least his sacrifice wasn't in vain.
10:28Well, what's that supposed to mean?
10:30You've started a trend, Aju.
10:33The Catholic League, have you heard of them?
10:35Basically, they're a bunch of deranged zealots
10:38connected to the Vatican.
10:39Apparently, they've been performing
10:42third baptisms of their own.
10:44Drowning Protestants all across the country.
10:48Quite a flattering homage, if you ask me.
10:52So I'm a mass murderer now?
10:54That depends on how you look at it.
10:57I like to think you've struck a blow for Catholic freedom.
11:00One that has resonated across the land.
11:03The people love you, Aju.
11:06What?
11:08I thought they'd think I'm a deviant.
11:10That was last month.
11:12This is now.
11:15What do you want?
11:16I want you to lead a military expedition
11:18into the woods to avenge your brother's death.
11:20Without the King's leave,
11:22my mother would kill me, literally.
11:24Not if the Holy Roman Emperor backs us.
11:27And he will when he gets here for your brother's funeral.
11:33Of course.
11:34History's calling your name now, Aju.
11:37I think we both know the King's not up to it.
11:40You do this,
11:42and you will be celebrated by Catholics all over the country.
11:46Anyway, I think you've always known it was going to be you.
11:51Come on.
11:54Shall we pray for God's guidance?
12:12Amen.
12:33In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
12:37Amen.
12:42Amen.
12:57Philip, I need you.
12:58I'm here, Father.
13:02Told you.
13:03God, he looks like shit.
13:05Is that really him?
13:06Yeah.
13:07Looks like the old boy's lost a step or two.
13:10Hello.
13:11Welcome to France.
13:12Thank you.
13:15We must stop meeting at funerals.
13:17People will talk.
13:18And yet I doubt you are here to offer condolences
13:21for a prince who was only third in line to the throne.
13:24You underestimate my sentiment.
13:28Though I do have other issues to discuss with you.
13:34Oh, dear.
13:36Dear, oh, dear.
13:38Thank you.
13:40I think you will agree
13:46that we find ourselves in pitiless times.
13:49When have we not?
13:51This preacher, Sister Edith, I think they call her,
13:55whose followers killed your son,
13:58has set a precedent that cannot be tolerated.
14:03Protestants all over the continent have been inspired by her revolutionary rhetoric.
14:08She has the power to turn all of Christendom,
14:11all the known world, in fact,
14:14into a battlefield.
14:16But she is allowed to continue unchecked.
14:23Your son, the Duke of Anjou,
14:26has the attention of the Catholic League.
14:28What do you think they're talking about?
14:30Will you just shut the fuck up
14:31and look like you're thinking of your brother?
14:33And, of course, the Guises are always ready to take advantage.
14:36They intend to pursue military action against this ambitious child
14:42and her enraptured followers in the forest
14:45without the King's leave,
14:47but under my authority.
14:50The result will be a permanent rupture within your house
14:55that will certainly lead France to war with itself.
15:00Why tell me about it?
15:01Because, unbeknownst to the Guises,
15:04I have lost my taste for mischief.
15:06I blame it on old age.
15:08And, of course, my eldest son, Philippe,
15:11recently widowed, luckily for his late wife.
15:15Have you ever had sex at a funeral?
15:19Pardon?
15:20I have. A couple of times.
15:25He has many hobbies,
15:27but none that compare to the pleasure he takes in inflicting pain.
15:33Of course I blame myself.
15:35I believe it is God's punishment
15:38for all the careless wars
15:40and needless deaths I caused.
15:43Truth is, I'd like nothing more than to retire.
15:47Abdicate the title.
15:48How can I with the psychotic sadists waiting in the wings?
15:53Perhaps you have different concerns about your sons.
15:58I'm afraid neither of my sons are disposed to take my advice at the moment.
16:04I'll be that as it may.
16:06I think you would agree something has to be done.
16:10It is my understanding that people believe
16:13Sister Edith is some sort of saint under God's protection.
16:17The best antidote for that sort of frivolity
16:22is a fortuitous accident.
16:25That I cannot sanction.
16:27Why ever not?
16:28It would not help matters to turn around.
16:30She's only a martyr if her side wins.
16:33Remember, for every Jesus on the cross,
16:37there are a thousand long-haired revolutionaries
16:40we have never heard of.
16:43I must leave you.
16:45I will consider your advice.
16:47Do that.
16:51Because if we do not act,
16:54this will not be the last time.
16:57Act.
16:59This will not be the last of your children you have to bury.
17:04Come, my son.
17:13Had a good look around, did you?
17:19I thought you'd be gone.
17:21Without saying goodbye?
17:23You once told me that when royals start dying,
17:25it's better to be someplace else.
17:27Yeah.
17:28Well, perhaps I'm too old or too stupid to even learn advice.
17:36I'm sorry to hear about Hercule.
17:40He was an innocent.
17:42More like his father than the rest.
17:45But he didn't deserve what happened to him.
17:47Well, I just fished a girl out of the lake.
17:50My apprentice.
17:52I'm grateful for a father's choice of religion.
17:55So you tell me,
17:57who really gets what they deserve in this world, eh?
18:03I ask myself, was it my fault what happened to Hercule?
18:07It's your dream.
18:09Ten broken eggs, only one bird flies free.
18:12I will never forgive myself for staying away too long.
18:16You cannot protect them from who they are
18:19any more than you can change what you really are.
18:22What am I?
18:23Someone who's willing to rule.
18:30Has it occurred to you that your dream might have a different meaning?
18:35One rotten apple spoils the rest of the bunch.
18:41So then tell me,
18:43which one of my children is rotten?
18:46Mother knows best. It's nature.
18:49What does a mother pig do when she has a runt?
18:53Sometimes you have to cut one loose to save the others.
18:57You're talking about Anjou.
18:59Anjou was born under a dark star.
19:03You know it as well as I do.
19:07The growing discontent at court
19:10only whetted the appetite of our enemies.
19:22Oh, my goodness me!
19:24It's absolutely bloody exhausting dancing, isn't it?
19:28Your Majesty, may I present Louis of Bourbon,
19:31Second Prince of England.
19:33Your Majesty, may I present Louis of Bourbon,
19:35Second Prince of the Blood.
19:38Your Majesty, may I assure you,
19:41I may be second of birth,
19:43but I am the first in many, many other respects.
19:48No slight to my dear brother, of course.
19:50Of course not.
19:51I had to put up with my mad half-sister for years.
19:55Family.
19:56We don't choose them, do we?
19:59No, no, Your Majesty.
20:01I'm so glad you could pop over so quickly.
20:03When I heard we had shared interests,
20:05I did not spare a moment.
20:07A trade deal between our kingdoms
20:09has not existed for generations.
20:11An accord would be historic.
20:14Do you really think so?
20:15Think of the ease of business,
20:17the needless bureaucratic hurdles that will be dismantled,
20:20unlocking the flow of capital and ideas
20:23between our two great nations.
20:26All we need do is set terms.
20:29Wonderful.
20:30We're of like faith, are we not?
20:32Oh, yeah.
20:33Yeah, most definitely.
20:35I am most faithful to the new religion.
20:38I hope not too faithful.
20:44Perhaps I misspoke.
20:46What I mean to say is,
20:48I am as faithful as you would like me to be.
20:53Excellent.
20:54Well, in that case,
20:56I think it is time to discuss
20:59the future of the House of Auber.
21:01With your friendship, it can only be bright.
21:04Goodness, how you flatter me.
21:07But I do hope you see the advantage
21:09of your current situation as clearly as I do.
21:13The murder of a Valois prince would suggest
21:15that Sister Edith has far more influence than I realised.
21:18Throckmorton, what do we know about her?
21:20Well, she's an orphan.
21:22A trumped-up piece of gutter trash, really.
21:25Wouldn't you say?
21:27Um...
21:29Well, sometimes...
21:31great change comes from humble origins.
21:35Really?
21:37I can't think of any.
21:39More often than not,
21:41those of humble origin, though full of enthusiasm,
21:44really need to be led.
21:46Well...
21:48The point is, if Edith's rebellion
21:50continues to grow at its current rate,
21:52there may be...
21:53How do I put this?
21:55A change of management on the cards.
21:58I'm not sure I follow.
22:00Well, I...
22:02I see I will have to be blunt.
22:05Support for Sister Edith
22:07suggests the French people's desire for change.
22:11Now, who's to say that that desire
22:13might not be sated by the Protestant House of Bourbon
22:17usurping the Catholic Valois?
22:21Simply put, the princes of the blood
22:23could ride this piece of gutter trash
22:25all the way to the throne.
22:29And all you need to do
22:31is make this girl think that you are
22:33her best friend in the world,
22:35and then you and I will be free
22:37to set all trade deals we desire,
22:39even in the New World.
22:41Split the spoils right down the middle.
22:44Your Majesty, are you suggesting
22:46what I think you are suggesting?
22:48I'm not suggesting.
22:49I'm telling you.
22:50If you play this right,
22:51your simple-minded brother will be king.
22:54No more pinging rabbits for you, Louis.
22:57This is big game hunting.
22:59So you go to that poor lost wretch
23:02baying at the treetops,
23:04and you tell her
23:05that you can personally deliver
23:07the full support of the English throne.
23:11I hereby throw my lot on the continent in with you, Louis,
23:14second prince of the blood.
23:16What do you think about that?
23:20I say, uh,
23:22it's refreshing to meet someone
23:24whose breadth and vision
23:26matches my own.
23:30Indeed.
23:38To assess my options,
23:40I withdrew to Chenonceau,
23:42a place that had always brought me peace.
23:47It was there I received support
23:49from an unexpected source.
23:58A visitor for you.
24:00I told you, I wish to see no one.
24:02I think you may change your mind.
24:10Brother?
24:13Brother?
24:15What are you doing here?
24:17I am responsible for delivering
24:19the construction of your palace
24:21on time and on budget.
24:23You don't think I would leave that
24:25to someone else, do you?
24:28I'm glad for it.
24:31You've heard this place described.
24:33Nobody has done it justice.
24:35It is my favorite place.
24:37A gift from your husband, I understand.
24:40Hardly.
24:42It's the one property that I had to
24:44wrestle back from his mistress
24:46after he died.
24:48Then we will make something together
24:50that will surpass such beauty.
24:52There were those who doubted
24:54my vision to unite France.
24:56The country is divided
24:58by this so-called prophet.
25:00Prophet?
25:02They say she performs miracles.
25:07Do you believe in miracles?
25:09I've never seen one.
25:11Only the human capacity
25:13for self-deception.
25:15My sentiment is exactly.
25:19We are indeed kin.
25:24Our father gave this to me
25:26when I was a boy.
25:28I think he'd want you to have it.
25:31The patron saint of lost causes,
25:34Saint Jude Thaddeus.
25:36He told me you were the most determined
25:38creature he had ever seen.
25:40The way you held on to life,
25:42fighting for it from your first breath.
25:46We are Medici's.
25:48We have been underestimated
25:50for generations.
25:52You can't expect those who are not
25:54to comprehend your vision.
25:56You can't.
25:58To comprehend your vision.
26:01And so what if they don't?
26:04Let history be your judge.
26:28Working late?
26:30Yes, as it happens.
26:33You look like shit, by the way.
26:35It's not a very reassuring quality in a doctor.
26:37What is it you want?
26:39My assistant is injured.
26:41Burnt.
26:43Smoke inhalation.
26:45In the church?
26:47So, was it a miracle?
26:49Don't ask me.
26:51I couldn't see anything.
26:53Thought we were dead and then we weren't.
26:56Anyway,
26:58can you give me something fair?
27:01It'll cost you.
27:03Of course.
27:06What will it cost me?
27:10We're both a bit long
27:12in the tooth for all of that.
27:14Don't you think?
27:18Come back in a day or two.
27:20I'll have what you need.
27:22Well, then I'll pay you in a day or two.
27:26Let's get the air con ready.
27:36What are you doing here?
27:38I could ask you the same.
27:40Everyone's looking for you.
27:42Oh, now I'm found.
27:44Excuse me, ladies.
27:49I've missed you.
27:52Oh.
27:53That's why I haven't heard from you all this time.
27:55I wasn't exactly welcome.
27:57You could have written.
27:59You don't know how to read.
28:01I learned.
28:05I was too proud to admit
28:07I'd made a mistake leaving here.
28:09Life's full of mistakes.
28:11What mistakes have you made?
28:13No.
28:15You'd like to hear about all my troubles, would you?
28:17About Matisse,
28:19nearly killed in a fire.
28:21Enthralled a lunatic who thinks he can
28:23pray his way back to health.
28:25Your apprentice?
28:27My family.
28:29A concept you wouldn't know anything about.
28:47You must be lost.
28:49Catherine says
28:51you are to give me what I need
28:53to make my stay comfortable.
28:55Quarters,
28:57servants.
28:59In fact, anything I desire.
29:05You can ask,
29:07but I won't necessarily give it to you.
29:11Not so friendly, are you?
29:15I know what you are.
29:17Oh.
29:19And what am I?
29:21Did that necklace
29:23really belong to your father?
29:25It's a nice touch.
29:29We are all just
29:31making our way.
29:33Same as you.
29:35Lady.
29:37Rahima.
29:43Brooke.
29:45Hello, Angelica.
29:47I had wanted
29:49to talk to you privately.
29:51For old time's sake, then.
29:53Sorry about Prince
29:55Hercule.
29:57Is that all?
29:59I might have a solution for your problems.
30:01If you wish to be rid
30:03of this Sister Edith,
30:05you will find a motivated ally
30:07in your dressmaker.
30:09Apparently her beloved assistant,
30:11though wounded, is still under Edith's spell.
30:15Since he has this unharvest never had,
30:17she will do
30:19anything to free
30:21him of her grasp.
30:23Tell me.
30:27Why,
30:29after all these years, would you want to help me?
30:31Because I want to return
30:33to your service.
30:35And now I think I can be of use to you.
30:39I would consider your offer,
30:41but I thought that you'd learnt
30:43loyalty.
30:45But you just betrayed
30:47Abbas's trust.
30:49So I suggest you take your
30:51words elsewhere.
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31:11Go away.
31:15Oh, uh...
31:17F-forgive me, Your Majesty.
31:19I-I did not expect you.
31:21I was just laying in my bed, unable to sleep.
31:24Oh, something vexes you?
31:27We have set ourselves on a dangerous path together.
31:31And a glorious one, I think.
31:34To ensure glory, we must have a solid bond of trust.
31:40Absolutely.
31:42Glad you agree.
31:44I have a document here making our alliance official.
31:49Each of us will keep a copy as insurance of our commitment
31:52to one another.
31:54Well, I should probably get my solicitors
31:56to give this the once over.
31:58You understand, don't you?
31:59Can't be too careful.
32:02Of course.
32:06It is our trust, Mrs. Paramount, our bond, that must be sacred.
32:12Sacred, yes.
32:14When you return to France, keep Edith close
32:17and Catherine unaware.
32:19She will be our most difficult adversary.
32:22She fears a wily one.
32:25With God as my guide, I will do my best to be resolute.
32:30But I must know in my heart, you are the man for the job.
32:37There is no other.
32:41Then sign.
32:47Thank you.
32:53Now, take off all your clothes.
33:05Ah!
33:06Ah!
33:07Oh, sis.
33:08Ah!
33:09Ah!
33:10Ah!
33:11Ah!
33:14It's a joke.
33:16I've told you already, it is only a joke
33:18when both parties are amused.
33:21Forgive my son.
33:25Catherine.
33:28Can we speak alone?
33:29Oh, why, yes, of course.
33:31Philip, can you find some way to amuse yourself
33:34and not get into any trouble?
33:36Can you do that for me?
33:37Of course, Papa.
33:41Come in, Catherine.
33:43Good evening.
33:47I have no interest in hearing any more of your disgusting words.
33:51Actually, I was looking for the chapel
33:53so I might distract myself from the grief over my late wife.
34:01It is unrelenting.
34:05Oh.
34:07Well, then, I've misjudged you.
34:10I'm sorry.
34:12The chapel is that way.
34:15Thank you.
34:21I've been thinking about your proposal.
34:24And as you know, my vision is for a future
34:26where Frenchmen can be patriots first,
34:29Catholics and Protestants second.
34:31As you can imagine, a so-called evangelist
34:34preaching Armageddon in the woods does not help my cause.
34:38However, if she were felled by one of her own,
34:41ideally someone who was in the church with her when it burned,
34:45she will be exposed as the fraud she really is.
34:48Can you arrange such a thing?
34:51If I can.
34:52Do you think it is enough to avoid war?
34:59I believe it is.
35:01But it is not enough to prevent Anjou and the Cardinal
35:05from conspiring behind the king's back.
35:10I've asked for my permission to ride on Edith's camp tomorrow night.
35:15Then give it to them.
35:17I will make sure it does not come to pass.
35:21All that remains is how to manifest this solution.
35:28I know someone who can be persuasive in these matters.
35:35I heard about what happened to your assistant.
35:37Fuck! You scared the shit out of me.
35:40Don't you ever get tired of doing that?
35:42No, it keeps me young.
35:46I guess the news travels fast around here.
35:48Sister Edith won't let him go.
35:51Why do you say that?
35:52Because if he stays and dies, it will be because you lack faith.
35:56If he stays and gets well, she'll say that God saved him.
36:01But if you cure him with the court's medicine, what does that say?
36:05That's not good for the image.
36:09If you want to save your friend, you must break her hold on him.
36:13How do I do that?
36:17Prove that she's mortal.
36:20A little something in a drink should do the trick.
36:23You want me to kill her?
36:27It's only a matter of time before the army rides into the forest
36:31and kills everyone anyway.
36:33It's up to you if that includes your friend Matisse.
36:36Why do you care anyway?
36:39Because if there's one thing I cannot stand, it's a false prophet.
36:52This is unexpected.
36:54How else would I see you?
36:56Though I admit it's worse than I thought.
36:58Apparently it's the best room in here.
36:59But you're right, it's pretty fucking depressing.
37:04I, uh... I brought you something to read.
37:12You know you shouldn't be down here.
37:14Any interest that you take in me could be considered a political position.
37:18Something you should avoid for your own sake.
37:20I'm not a child anymore.
37:22I'm not going to just sit by the sidelines.
37:24If I were you, I'd sit by the sidelines as long as possible.
37:28It's an ugly game, Marco.
37:30As your brother found out only too young.
37:32If I could bring him back, I would.
37:34But I can't.
37:38So...
37:39I choose to effect change where I can.
37:42My mother has returned from Italy.
37:44I will petition her for your release.
37:46I will make her see how important it is to me.
37:56You should go.
37:57Some of my housemates are due to be executed later today.
38:01It seems unfair to remind them of what they're missing.
38:04I'll come back.
38:06Don't bother.
38:10You can't stop me.
38:16Visiting someone?
38:18What's it to you?
38:19Nothing.
38:21Just... I admire those who take an interest in the less fortunate.
38:25Unless you're visiting the Duke.
38:29He's very handsome.
38:31Oh, I see.
38:32This is what you do, is it?
38:34Convince everyone you're an idiot so you can lurk around corners spying?
38:38I don't care what people think. They're usually wrong.
38:41I mean, everyone thinks you're an idealistic fool, but I disagree.
38:45You? How kind.
38:47Despite your vanity, I think you're the cleverest of the bunch.
38:50In fact, something tells me we're going to be friends.
38:53No, I don't think so.
38:55You might have more luck with some of the sheep in the fields out back, though.
38:59A jest!
39:01How amusing.
39:03Not your strong suit, perhaps.
39:14I understand you wanted to see me.
39:16I did.
39:18I presume it concerns your visits to the Duke?
39:21Would a princess of France be allowed to marry for love as opposed to the good of the court?
39:25Am I to take it that this is the man you love?
39:28I care for him.
39:30An error of judgment, I think you'll find.
39:33He must be released.
39:35He is innocent.
39:39I suppose he told you as much.
39:43You cannot trust a geese any more than you can a bourbon.
39:46I thought that was self-evident.
39:48I suggest you do not involve yourself in things that you do not understand.
39:52Would you rather my heart be hard like yours?
39:55You think I'm hard of heart?
40:00I am not your king.
40:02What do you want me to do about it?
40:08I suggest you go to your brother and ask him to release the Duke.
40:11And in return, you will convince me not to oppose the arrest of Andrew in his place.
40:17You would arrest Andrew when you've only just buried Hercule?
40:21House arrest. Don't be so dramatic.
40:25If you want your precious Duke, you will not tell the king I sent you,
40:29nor will you tell him of your personal affections, and he will grant your wish.
40:33Not because the Duke is innocent, which he isn't,
40:36and not because it is the right political move, which it is.
40:42But because you have asked, and his interest in you has always been unnatural.
40:50Don't look so shocked.
40:52You know it as well as I do.
40:54You've even encouraged it.
40:58But it is no one's fault.
41:00We love the ones we love, even if we're not supposed to.
41:05I suggest you learn how to exploit weakness where you find it.
41:11You were born a girl, and you do not have much else.
41:27You again.
41:28We ride on Edith's camp at midnight.
41:31Holy Roman Emperors agreed. Be ready.
41:35Tonight?
41:37Oh, I'm sorry.
41:38I was looking for a Valois prince with a pair of balls. Have I got the wrong room?
41:42Yes, don't worry about me.
41:44But I do hope you have something different to wear.
41:47Something a bit more intimidating.
41:49Just be ready.
41:50Come on.
42:07Your Majesty.
42:08What a pleasant surprise.
42:10Come to visit me in my attic?
42:12I've come to ask you a favour.
42:15Of course.
42:16That's what it is to be king.
42:18And being Father Christmas.
42:20But everyone resents you for not giving them what they want.
42:23I don't resent you.
42:24I think you are wise.
42:28And gentle.
42:30Do you?
42:31Yes.
42:32And that's why I would like you to release the Duke of Gives.
42:37And why would I do that?
42:39Because it will show the people that you have wisdom.
42:43And they will see you as I do.
42:46I can't just change my mind all the time.
42:49The people should see me as resolute.
42:51Well, then punish Anjou instead.
42:55I can't.
42:56Why not?
42:57Well, for one thing, Mother wouldn't allow it.
43:00Yes, she will.
43:02Because I will convince her.
43:05She knows I have no political motive.
43:07And it's the one thing she trusts in a person.
43:11I told you before.
43:13You must be your own man.
43:17Don't worry about Mother.
43:24Well.
43:25It's true.
43:27The Duke didn't actually kill anyone.
43:31And the Bourbons likely won't oppose, fixated as they are on trade.
43:35Political stability is better for trade.
43:38Why this sudden interest in the Duke, if I may ask?
43:41Do you have feelings for him?
43:44Of course not.
43:48He's a friend.
43:50Nothing more.
43:53Well.
43:55In that case.
43:57It will bring me pleasure to do what you ask.
44:03Thank you.
44:08What will Anjou think?
44:10He will respect you for your strength.
44:13No, he won't.
44:18I was looking for you.
44:25I need a favour.
44:26But you can't ask me what it's for.
44:29Anything for you, Albus. You know that.
44:33Even if I need a vial of poison to kill someone.
44:38In that case, I'll be good immediately.
44:50You're free to go now.
44:53On whose orders?
44:56The King's, my Lord.
45:00It's my Lord again now, is it?
45:03I have a little something for you to remember me by.
45:08Fucking hell!
45:10Well?
45:12What do you think?
45:13Looks expensive.
45:15Don't worry yourself about that. Elizabeth bought them for me.
45:18She loves shopping.
45:20Why would she do that?
45:21Because she's a dear.
45:23Maybe I'll wear this when I go to meet Sister Edith.
45:27It is so exciting to have our own Saint.
45:30You will do no such thing.
45:32A Prince has been killed. You don't want to get involved, believe me.
45:35Don't take that tone with me, Antoine.
45:37I opened the doors to England for you.
45:39I can just as easily close them.
45:41Well, I happen to think it looks marvellous, Mother.
45:44Thank you, dear.
45:48What is it?
45:56I have business to discuss.
45:58Well, I will leave you to whatever subterfuge you have afoot, Antoine.
46:02Come on, Henry.
46:03Perhaps I should stay and keep an eye on Father.
46:06Yes, yes.
46:08Perhaps that's best.
46:13Well?
46:15I have a proposition for you.
46:19May I speak freely?
46:21You may.
46:22He's with me.
46:24Is my presumption that you benefit from the growing cult around Sister Edith?
46:29The belief that she survived the burning church due to a miracle?
46:33A member of the new religion in God's favour?
46:35I'd say we do.
46:36Right.
46:38So, what would you say if I told you I could arrange another miracle?
46:44I'd say we were listening.
46:54Going somewhere?
46:56Well, to be honest, I don't know.
46:58What's it to you?
47:01The Duke of Anjou is confined to his quarters.
47:04What?
47:05His meals will be delivered to him.
47:09This is preposterous.
47:12Let me pass.
47:14You're not to leave without permission from the King.
47:16The King? As if he does anything without my mother's go-ahead.
47:20Your mother knows nothing about this.
47:22Oh, I'm sure not even you believe that.
47:25Or perhaps you do.
47:26I guess you are just her little bitch on a leash.
47:33A little time to yourself might do you some good.
47:36Someone needs to teach you manners.
47:38Your time will come.
47:39She'll turn on you too, believe me.
47:43I can find my own bedchamber.
47:45Unless you care to join me.
47:57Hi!
48:01Oh, he gets here in time.
48:26Fuck.
48:57Okay.
49:09Sister Arbus.
49:11I wondered when I might see you again.
49:15You come for guidance?
49:17Yes.
49:19Matisse is much better.
49:21You were right.
49:23Never underestimate the power of belief.
49:28Shall we toast?
49:43You first.
49:52Thank you.
50:22Let's go together, shall we?
50:53Ben!
51:02The Black Queen sent this woman to kill me.
51:05To place poison in my cup.
51:08Well, we drank that poison together.
51:11And yet here we are.
51:14God has spared us both.
51:18And now we are joined forever.
51:21So we must wash the sins from you.
51:23And you will be born again.
51:29Are you with us, Sister Arbus?
51:35Yes.
51:37Take her to the lake.
51:50The Black Queen sent this woman to kill me.
51:52To place poison in my cup.
51:54And you will be born again.
51:56So we must wash the sins from you.
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53:42So the trade deal with the English queen?
53:44You think she would be satisfied with the trade deal
53:46when she could claim half of Europe?
53:48I don't know about you,
53:50but I suddenly feel a hankering for the continent.
53:52Shall we take a trip?
53:54This was a contingency I had not anticipated.