The Serpent Queen Season 2 Episode 4 - Judas
The Serpent Queen Season 2 Episode 4 - Judas
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00:00Thank you so much for watching, and I'll see you next time.
00:30I 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 rumor of a Protestant saint in France,
00:39Sister Edith, pastor who led her flock through the flames?
00:43The Duke of Giza's wonderful questioning.
00:45On whose orders?
00:46The King's.
00:47We have to act before things get even further out of control.
00:50I face problems of a different kind.
00:52I'm ambitious.
00:53A new friend?
00:54An apprentice.
00:56Are you ready to be born again?
00:57I am.
01:01Edith!
01:04Help!
01:30ENGINE STARTS
01:46Move!
01:55I knew what awaited my return.
01:57And yet somehow I still hope to elude fate.
02:27Your Majesty, her Kiel'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.
02:55Kiel, I'm here.
02:57Mother, I'm perfectly all right.
03:01Of course you are, my darling.
03:05I don't know what all the fuss is about.
03:21He's gone, isn't he?
03:49I'm so sorry.
04:07The 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. That's just a lie.
04:30My son is dead.
04:32The Duke of Gize 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 change 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 Gize's 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 and the imprisonment of the Duke of Gize 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, did not actually kill anyone.
05:39Therefore, I'm demanding the release of the Duke of Gize
05:41so 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.
05:55We would not be in this situation if it were not for the impetuous nature of the House of Gize.
05:59However, 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 the people see that I stand for law and order.
06:27Of course, you could always arrest Anjou.
06:30That is my brother you're talking about, despite what I may think of him.
06:35Okay.
06:37Then why don't we ask the Holy Roman Emperor when he gets here?
06:40The Holy Roman Emperor is coming here?
06:42Oh, yeah. He's coming.
06:45So I hope everyone's being good.
06:49Did you agree to this?
06:51He wanted to show his respect. It's the least we can do for Hercule.
06:56If you think that that is all he wants, then you are less prepared for war than I thought.
06:59I am your King!
07:01And from now on, if I want your advice, I will ask for it.
07:05Is that understood?
07:07Your Majesty.
07:14You're angry for the counsel I gave the King while you were away.
07:18I hope you know my motives are the same as yours.
07:22I want peace.
07:24I will not stand in the way of the Duke's release if you promise me no harm will come to Edith.
07:29A condition for your Queen?
07:31I am a loyal friend.
07:33But cross me on this and we will be enemies.
07:36And now a threat.
07:39A regrettable fact.
07:42My condolences for Hercule.
07:45He was too good for this world.
07:51When David struck Goliath, who did God say was to blame?
07:55What had been but the faintest ember when I left had grown into a raging fire.
08:00The boy with nothing but a slingshot, who stood up to a giant.
08:04No.
08:06No.
08:08So what are we to do when we are beaten by those who deem themselves appointed by God?
08:13Beat them back.
08:17And now they say that the King blames us for the death of his brother.
08:21They say that his soldiers will come for us.
08:24That they will cut off my head and put it on the palace wall for decoration.
08:28We will never let them do that. Never.
08:30For I say, let them come.
08:36Let them have my head.
08:38Never. Never.
08:40I say, we will not run.
08:42We will not fight.
08:45If this is what God wants from us, let us offer up our lives willingly.
08:50Do this.
08:53We're going to fight.
08:56Let our blood water his forest.
09:05Let flowers grow where we fall.
09:12Let God's will be done.
09:18No.
09:22And what do you have, huh?
09:27Fuck me, it smells like a cheap brothel in here.
09:30Spend a lot of time in cheap brothels, have you?
09:32Yeah, I have.
09:34In my work with the needy. Anju, can we speak alone?
09:41Just fuck off. When I do that, it means fuck off.
09:52Be gentle with him.
10:01I hear you've been a naughty boy, Anju.
10:04And not your usual mischief.
10:06But a very bad boy indeed.
10:08Right. Well, I'll say a few Hail Marys and then you can fuck off.
10:14You can do, but it's not going to bring him back, is it?
10:19No.
10:21Look, it must be horrible having that on your conscience.
10:23I didn't throw that fucking rock, so 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, Anju.
10:33The Catholic League, have you heard of them?
10:36Basically, they're a bunch of deranged zealots connected to the Vatican.
10:40Apparently, they've been performing third baptisms of their own.
10:45Drowning Protestants all across the country.
10:48That's quite a flattering homage, if you ask me.
10:53So I'm a mass murderer now?
10:55That depends on how you look at it.
10:58I like to think you've struck a blow for Catholic freedom.
11:01One that has resonated across the land.
11:04The people love you, Anju.
11:07What?
11:09I thought they'd think I'm a deviant.
11:11That was last month.
11:13This is now.
11:15What do you want?
11:16I want you to lead a military expedition into 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, Anju.
11:37I think we both know the King's not up to it.
11:40You do this, and 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.
11:53Shall we pray for God's guidance?
12:10Amen.
12:32In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
12:36Amen.
12:40Amen.
12:56Philip, I need you.
12:58I'm here, Father.
13:01Told you.
13:02God, he looks like shit.
13:04Is that really him?
13:06Yeah. Looks like the old boy's lost a step or two.
13:09Hello.
13:10Welcome to France.
13:14We must stop meeting at funerals. People will talk.
13:17And yet I doubt you are here to offer condolences for a prince who was only third in line to the throne.
13:23You underestimate my sentiment.
13:27Though I do have other issues to discuss with you.
13:33Oh, dear.
13:35Dear, oh, dear.
13:39I think you will agree...
13:45...that we find ourselves in perilous times.
13:48When have we not?
13:50This preacher, Sister Edith, I think they call her, whose followers killed your son,
13:57has set a precedent that cannot be tolerated.
14:02Protestants all over the continent have been inspired by her revolutionary rhetoric.
14:08She has the power to turn all of Christendom, all the known world, in fact, into a battlefield.
14:16But she is allowed to continue unchecked.
14:23Your son, the Duke of Anjou, has the attention of the Catholic League.
14:28What do you think they're talking about?
14:29Will you just shut the fuck up and look like you're thinking of your brother?
14:32And, of course, the Guises are always ready to take advantage.
14:36They intend to pursue military action against this ambitious child and her enraptured followers in the forest,
14:45without the king's leave, but 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, I have lost my taste for mischief.
15:06I blame it on old age.
15:08And, of course, my eldest son, Philip, recently widowed, luckily for his late wife.
15:15Have you ever had sex at a funeral?
15:19Pardon?
15:20I have. A couple of times.
15:24He has many hobbies, but none that compare to the pleasure he takes in inflicting pain.
15:32Of course, I blame myself.
15:35I believe it is God's punishment for all the careless wars and needless deaths I caused.
15:42Truth is, I'd like nothing more than to retire.
15:46Abdicate the title.
15:48How care I with the psychotic sadists waiting in the wings?
15:53Perhaps you have different concerns about your sons.
15:57I'm afraid neither of my sons are disposed to take my advice at the moment.
16:08I'll be that as it may.
16:10I think you would agree something has to be done.
16:13It is my understanding that people believe Sister Edith is some sort of saint under God's protection.
16:21The best antidote for that sort of frivolity is a fortuitous accident.
16:28That I cannot sanction.
16:30Why ever not?
16:31It would not help matters to turn her into a martyr.
16:34She's only a martyr if her side wins.
16:37Remember, for every Jesus on the cross, there are a thousand long-haired revolutionaries we have never heard of.
16:46I must leave you.
16:49I will consider your advice.
16:51Do that.
16:55Because if we do not act, this will not be the last of your children you have to bury.
17:03Come, my son.
17:08Come.
17:13Had a good look around, did you?
17:19I thought you'd be gone.
17:21Without saying goodbye?
17:22Well, you once told me that when royals start dying, it's better to be someplace else.
17:26Yeah.
17:27Well, perhaps I'm too old or too stupid to need my own advice.
17:35I'm sorry to hear about Hercule.
17:39He was an innocent.
17:41More like his father than the rest.
17:44But he didn't deserve what happened to him.
17:46Well, I just fished a girl out of the lake.
17:49My apprentice.
17:51She was killed for her father's choice of religion.
17:54So you tell me, who really gets what they deserve in this world, eh?
18:00I ask myself, was it my fault what happened to Hercule?
18:04It's your dream.
18:06Ten broken eggs, only one bird flies free.
18:09I will never forgive myself for staying away too long.
18:13You cannot protect them from who they are any more than you can change what you really are.
18:19What am I?
18:20Someone who's willing to rule.
18:30Has it occurred to you that your dream might have a different meaning?
18:35One worn apple spoils the rest of the bunch.
18:41So then tell me, which 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.
18:56You're talking about Anjou.
18:58Anjou was born under a dark star.
19:02You know it as well as I do.
19:12The growing discontent at court only whetted the appetite of our enemies.
19:26Oh, my goodness me.
19:28It's absolutely bloody exhausting dancing, isn't it?
19:32Your Majesty, may I present Louis of Bourbon, Second Prince of the Blood.
19:38Your Majesty, may I assure you, I 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. I had to put up with my mad half-sister for years.
19:54Family. We don't choose them, do we?
19:58No, no, Your Majesty.
20:01I'm so glad you could pop over so quickly.
20:03When I heard we had shared interests, I did not spare a moment.
20:07A trade deal between our kingdoms has not existed for generations.
20:11An accord would be historic.
20:13Do 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 between our two great nations.
20:25All we need do is set terms.
20:29Wonderful. We're of like faith, are we not?
20:32Oh, yeah. Yeah, 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, I am as faithful as you would like me to be.
20:53Excellent. Well, in that case,
20:56I think it is time to discuss the future of the House of Auber.
21:02With your friendship, it can only be bright.
21:05Goodness, how you flatter me.
21:07But I do hope you see the advantage of your current situation as clearly as I do.
21:13The murder of a Valois prince would suggest that 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, wouldn't you say?
21:26Um...
21:28Well, sometimes great change comes from humble origins.
21:35Really?
21:37I can't think of any.
21:39More often than not, those of humble origin,
21:42those full of enthusiasm, really need to be led.
21:45Well...
21:48The point is, if Edith's rebellion continues to grow at its current rate,
21:52there may be... How do I put this?
21:55A change of management on the cards.
21:58I'm not sure I follow.
22:00Well, I see I will have to be blunt.
22:05Support for Sister Edith suggests the French people's desire for change.
22:12Now, who's to say that that desire might not be sated by the Protestant House of Bourbon
22:18usurping the Catholic Valois?
22:21Simply put, the Princess of the Blood could ride this piece of gutter trash all the way to the throne.
22:29And all you need to do is make this girl think that you are her best friend in the world,
22:35and then you and I will be free to set all trade deals we desire, even in the New World.
22:41Split the spoils right down the middle.
22:43Your Majesty, are you suggesting what I think you are suggesting?
22:47I'm not suggesting. I'm telling you.
22:50If you play this right, your 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, baying at the treetops,
23:03and you tell her that you can personally deliver the full support of the English throne.
23:10I hereby throw my lot on the continent in with you, Louis, Second Prince of the Blood.
23:16What do you think about that?
23:19I say it's refreshing to meet someone whose breadth of vision matches my own.
23:29Indeed.
23:38To assess my options, I withdrew to Chenonceau, a place that had always brought me peace.
23:49It was there I received support from an unexpected source.
24:00A visitor for you.
24:02I told you, I wish to see no one.
24:04I think you may change your mind.
24:12Brother? What are you doing here?
24:15What are you doing here?
24:16I am responsible for delivering the construction of your palace on time and on budget.
24:23You don't think I would leave that to someone else, do you?
24:28I'm glad for it.
24:31I've heard this place described. Nobody has done it justice.
24:35It is my favorite place.
24:37A gift from your husband, I understand.
24:40Hardly. It's the one property that I had to wrestle back from his mistress after he died.
24:46Then we will make something together that will surpass such beauty.
24:50There are those who doubt my vision to unite France.
24:54The country is divided on this so-called profit.
24:58Profit?
25:00They say she performs miracles.
25:06Do you believe in miracles?
25:08I have never seen one.
25:11Only the human capacity for self-deception.
25:15My sentiment is exactly.
25:19We are indeed kin.
25:24Our father gave this to me when I was a boy.
25:27I think he'd want you to have it.
25:30The patron saint of lost causes.
25:33Saint Jude Thaddeus.
25:35He told me you were the most determined creature he had ever seen.
25:38The way you held on to life.
25:40Fighting for it from your first breath.
25:45We are Medici's.
25:47We have been underestimated for generations.
25:50You can't expect those who are not to comprehend your vision.
25:54And so what if they don't?
25:57Let history be your judge.
26:00Working late?
26:02Yes.
26:03It's only a few minutes away from school.
26:05We are here.
26:07I didn't know.
26:09You're the only one who's coming for dinner.
26:11No one else is.
26:14I'm going to school.
26:15It's not safe here.
26:17I need work.
26:19Way too much work.
26:22Why do you have to go?
26:23I have a full course of work.
26:26Are you sure?
26:27Working late?
26:29Yes, 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. Smoke inhalation.
26:43In 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.
26:55Anyway,
26:59can you give me something fair?
27:01It'll cost you.
27:03Of course.
27:05What will it
27:07cost me?
27:09We're both
27:11a bit long in the tooth
27:13for all of that, don't you think?
27:17Come back in a day or two.
27:19I'll have what you need.
27:21Well, then I'll pay you in a day or two.
27:25Okay.
27:35What are you doing here?
27:37I could ask you the same.
27:39Everyone's looking for you.
27:41Oh. Now I'm found.
27:43Excuse me, ladies.
27:49I've missed you.
27:51Oh.
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.
28:21He talked to 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 you are to give me
28:51what I need
28:53to make my stay comfortable.
28:55Quarters, servants.
28:57In fact,
28:59anything I desire.
29:03You can ask.
29:05But I won't necessarily
29:07give it to you.
29:09Not so friendly,
29:11are 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 making our way.
29:33Same as you.
29:35Lady Rahima.
29:37Rahima.
29:45Hello, Angelica.
29:47I had wanted to talk
29:49to you privately.
29:51For old time's sake, then.
29:53Sorry about Prince Hercule.
29:55Is that all?
29:57I might have a solution
29:59for your problems.
30:01If you wish to be rid of
30:03this Sister Edith,
30:05you will find a motivated ally
30:07in your dressmaker.
30:09Apparently her beloved assistant, though
30:11wounded, is still under Edith's spell.
30:15Since he has this unharvest never had,
30:17she will do
30:19anything to free him
30:21of her grasp.
30:23Tell me.
30:27Why, after all these
30:29years, would you want to help me?
30:31Because I want to return to your service.
30:33And now I think
30:35I can be of use to you.
30:39I would consider your offer.
30:41But I thought that you'd learnt loyalty.
30:45But you just betrayed Abbas's trust.
30:49So I suggest you take your words elsewhere.
31:03Go away.
31:11Go away.
31:15Oh, uh...
31:17Forgive me, Your Majesty.
31:19I did not expect you.
31:21I was just laying in my bed, unable to sleep.
31:23Oh. Something
31:25vexes you?
31:27We have set ourselves on a dangerous
31:29path together.
31:31And a glorious one,
31:33I think. To ensure
31:35glory, we must have a
31:37solid bond of trust.
31:39Absolutely.
31:41Glad you agree.
31:43I have a document here
31:45making our alliance
31:47official. Each of us
31:49will keep a copy as insurance of our
31:51commitment to one another.
31:53Well, I should probably get my solicitors
31:55to give this the once-over.
31:57You understand, Amelia?
31:59Can't be too careful.
32:01Of course.
32:05It is our trust
32:07that is paramount.
32:09Our bond. It must be sacred.
32:11Sacred, yes.
32:13When you return to France,
32:15keep Edith close and Catherine
32:17unaware.
32:19She will be our most difficult adversary.
32:21She is a wily one.
32:25With God as my guide,
32:27I will do my best
32:29to be resolute. But
32:31I must know in my heart
32:33you are the man for the job.
32:37There is no other.
32:41Then sign.
32:53Now take off all your clothes.
32:57Mm.
32:59Mm.
33:01Mm.
33:03Ah!
33:05Ah!
33:07Oh, sis.
33:09Ah!
33:11Ah!
33:13It's a joke.
33:15I've told you already.
33:17It is only a joke when both parties
33:19are amused.
33:21Forgive my son.
33:23Oh.
33:25Catherine.
33:27Can we speak alone?
33:29Oh, why, why, yes, of course.
33:31Philip, can you find some
33:33way to amuse yourself and not get
33:35into any trouble? Can you do that for me?
33:37Of course, Papa.
33:39Now come in,
33:41Catherine.
33:43Good evening.
33:45I have no
33:47interest in hearing any more of your disgusting
33:49words.
33:51Actually, I was looking for the chapel
33:53so I might distract myself from the
33:55grief over my late wife.
34:01It is unrelenting.
34:05Oh.
34:07Well, then I've
34:09misjudged you. I'm sorry.
34:11The chapel is that way.
34:21I've been thinking about your proposal.
34:23And as you know,
34:25my vision is for a future where Frenchmen
34:27can be patriots first,
34:29Catholics and Protestants second.
34:31As you can imagine,
34:33a so-called evangelist preaching Armageddon
34:35in the woods does not help my cause.
34:37However, if she were
34:39felled by one of her own,
34:41ideally someone who was in the church
34:43with her when it burned,
34:45she will be exposed as the fraud
34:47she really is.
34:49Can you arrange such a thing?
34:51If I can,
34:53do you think it is enough to avoid war?
34:59I believe it is.
35:01Although it is not enough
35:03to prevent Anjou and the Cardinal
35:05from conspiring behind the king's back.
35:09I have asked for my permission
35:11to ride on Edith's camp
35:13tomorrow night.
35:15Then give it to them.
35:17I will make sure it does not come to pass.
35:21All that remains
35:23is how to manifest this
35:25solution.
35:27I know someone who can be persuasive
35:29in these matters.
35:35I heard about what happened to your assistant.
35:37Fuck! You scared the shit out of me!
35:39Don't you ever get tired of doing that?
35:41No, it keeps me young.
35:43I guess
35:45news travels fast around here.
35:47Sister Edith won't let him go.
35:49Why do you say that?
35:51Because if he stays and dies,
35:53it will be because you lack faith.
35:55If he stays and gets well,
35:57she will say that God saved him.
35:59But if you cure him with a
36:01court's medicine, what does that say?
36:05That's not good for the image.
36:07If you want to save
36:09your friend, you must
36:11break her hold on him.
36:13How do I do that?
36:17Prove that she's mortal.
36:19A little something in a drink
36:21should do the trick.
36:23You want me to kill her?
36:27It's only a matter of time
36:29before the army rides into the forest
36:31and kills everyone anyway.
36:33It's up to you if that includes your friend Matisse.
36:35Why do you care anyway?
36:37Because
36:39if there's one thing I cannot stand,
36:41it's a false prophet.
36:51This is unexpected.
36:53How else would I see you?
36:55Though I admit it's worse than I thought.
36:57Apparently it's the best room in here.
36:59But you're right, it's pretty fucking depressing.
37:03I, uh...
37:05I brought you something to read.
37:11You know you shouldn't be down here.
37:13Any interest that you take in me
37:15could be considered a political position.
37:17Something you should avoid for your own sake.
37:19I'm not a child anymore.
37:21I'm not going to just sit by the sidelines.
37:23If I were you, I'd sit by the sidelines
37:25as long as possible.
37:27It's an ugly game, Marco.
37:29As your brother found out only too young.
37:31If I could bring him back, I would.
37:33But I can't.
37:37So...
37:39I choose to effect change where I can.
37:41My mother has returned from Italy.
37:43I will petition her for your release.
37:45I will make her see
37:47how important it is to me.
37:55You should go.
37:57Some of my housemates are due to be executed later today.
37:59It seems unfair to remind them
38:01of what they're missing.
38:03I'll come back.
38:05Don't bother.
38:09You can't stop me.
38:15Visiting someone?
38:17What's it to you?
38:19Nothing.
38:21Just, I admire those who take an interest
38:23in the less fortunate.
38:25Unless you're visiting the Duke.
38:27He's very handsome.
38:29Oh, I see.
38:31This is what you do, is it?
38:33Convince everyone you're an idiot
38:35so you can lurk around corners spying?
38:37I don't care what people think.
38:39They're usually wrong.
38:41I mean, everyone thinks you're an idealistic fool,
38:43but I disagree.
38:45You? How kind.
38:47Despite your vanity, I think you're the cleverest of the bunch.
38:49In fact, something tells me
38:51we'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
38:57out back, though.
38:59A jest!
39:01How amusing.
39:03Not your strong suit, perhaps.
39:13I understand you wanted to see me.
39:15I did.
39:17I presume it concerns
39:19your visits to the Duke?
39:21Would a princess of France be allowed to marry
39:23for love as opposed to the good of the court?
39:25Am I to take it that this is the man you love?
39:27I care for him.
39:29An 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 guise any more than you can a bourbon.
39:45I thought that was self-evident.
39:47I suggest you do not involve yourself
39:49in things that you do not understand.
39:51Would you rather my heart be hard
39:53like yours?
39:55You think I'm hard of heart?
39:59I am not your king.
40:01What do you want me to do about it?
40:07I suggest you go to your brother
40:09and ask him to release the Duke.
40:11And in return, you will convince me
40:13not to oppose the arrest of Andrew
40:15in his place.
40:17You would arrest Andrew when you've only just buried
40:19her kill.
40:21House arrest? Don't be so dramatic.
40:25If you want your precious Duke,
40:27you will not tell the king I sent you,
40:29nor will you tell him of your personal affections
40:31and he will grant your wish.
40:33Not because the Duke is innocent,
40:35which he isn't, and not because
40:37it is the right political move,
40:39which it is.
40:41Because you have asked
40:43and his interest
40:45in you has always been unnatural.
40:49Don't look so shocked.
40:51You know it as well as I do.
40:53You've even encouraged it.
40:57But it is no one's fault.
40:59We love the ones we love,
41:01even if we're not supposed to.
41:05I suggest you learn
41:07how to exploit weakness where you find it.
41:11You were born a girl,
41:13and you do not have much else.
41:19You again.
41:21We ride on Edith's camp at midnight.
41:23Holy Roman Emperors agreed.
41:25Be ready.
41:27Tonight?
41:29Oh, I'm sorry.
41:31I was looking for a Valois prince
41:33with a pair of balls. Have I got the wrong room?
41:35Yes, don't worry about me.
41:37But I do hope you have something different to wear.
41:39Something a bit more intimidating.
41:41Just be ready.
41:43I'll be back.
41:45Your Majesty.
41:47What a pleasant surprise.
41:49Come to visit me in my attic?
41:51I've come to ask you a favour.
41:53Of course.
41:55What is it?
41:57I've come to ask you
41:59a favour.
42:01What is it?
42:03I've come to ask you
42:05a favour.
42:07What is it?
42:09I've come to ask you
42:11a favour.
42:13Of course.
42:15That's what it is to be king.
42:17It's like being Father Christmas,
42:19but everyone resents you for not giving them what they want.
42:21I don't resent you.
42:23I think you are
42:25wise
42:27and gentle.
42:29Do you?
42:31Yes. And that's why
42:33I would like you to release the Duke of Caius.
42:35And why would I do that?
42:37Because it will show the people
42:39that you have wisdom.
42:41And they will see you as I do.
42:45I can't just change my mind
42:47all the time.
42:49The people should see me as resolute.
42:51Well, then punish Anjou instead.
42:55I can't.
42:57Why not?
42:59Well, for one thing, Mother wouldn't allow it.
43:01Yes, she will.
43:03Because I will convince her.
43:05She knows I have no political motive
43:07and it's the one thing she trusts
43:09as a person.
43:11I told you before,
43:13you must be your own man.
43:17Don't worry about Mother.
43:23Well,
43:25it's true.
43:27The Duke didn't actually kill anyone.
43:31And the Bourbons likely won't oppose,
43:33fixated as they are on trade.
43:35Political stability is better for trade.
43:39Why this sudden interest in the Duke,
43:41if I may ask?
43:43Do you have feelings for him?
43:45Of course not.
43:49He's a friend.
43:51Nothing more.
43:53Well,
43:55in that case,
43:57it will bring me pleasure
43:59to do what you ask.
44:06What will Anjou think?
44:08He will respect you for your strength.
44:11No, he won't.
44:16I was looking for you.
44:23I need a favor,
44:25but you can't ask me what it's for.
44:27Anything for you, Arbus.
44:29You know that.
44:31Even if I need a vial of poison
44:33to kill someone.
44:37In that case, I'll be good immediately.
44:49You're free to go now.
44:52On whose orders?
44:55The King's, my lord.
44:59It's my lord again now, is it?
45:03Have a little something for you to remember me by.
45:09Fucking hell!
45:11Well?
45:13What do you think?
45:15Looks expensive.
45:17Don't worry yourself about that.
45:19Elizabeth bought them for me.
45:21She loves shopping.
45:23Why would she do that?
45:25Because she's a dear.
45:27Maybe I'll wear this when I go to meet Sister Edith.
45:29It is so exciting to have our own saint.
45:31You will do no such thing.
45:33A prince has been killed.
45:35You don't want to get involved, believe me.
45:37Don't take that tone with me, Antoine.
45:39I opened the doors to England for you.
45:41I can just as easily close them.
45:43Well, I happen to think it looks marvelous, Mother.
45:45Thank you, dear.
45:49What is it?
45:57I have business to discuss.
45:59Well, I will leave you to whatever subterfuge
46:01you have afoot, Antoine.
46:03Come on, Henry.
46:05Perhaps I should stay and keep an eye on Father.
46:07Yes, yes.
46:09Perhaps that's best.
46:15Well?
46:17I have a proposition for you.
46:21May I speak freely?
46:23You may. He's with me.
46:25It is my presumption that you benefit
46:27from the growing cult
46:29around Sister Edith.
46:31The belief that she survived the Burning Church
46:33due to a miracle.
46:35A member of the new religion in God's favor.
46:37I'd say we do.
46:39Right.
46:41So what would you say if I told you
46:43I could arrange another miracle?
46:47I'd say we were listening.
46:49Go on.
46:57Going somewhere?
46:59What's it to you?
47:01The Duke of Anjou is confined to his quarters.
47:03What?
47:05His meals will be delivered to him.
47:09This is preposterous.
47:11Let me pass.
47:13You're not to leave
47:15without permission from the King.
47:17As if he does anything
47:19without my mother's go-ahead.
47:21Your mother knows nothing about this.
47:23Oh, I'm sure not even you believe that.
47:25Or perhaps you do.
47:27I guess you are just her little bitch on a leash.
47:33A little time to yourself
47:35might do you some good.
47:37Someone needs to teach you manners.
47:39Your time will come.
47:41She'll turn on you too, believe me.
47:43I can find my own bedchamber.
47:45Unless you care to join me.
48:15Come on.
48:45Sister Arbus.
49:07Sister Arbus.
49:09I wondered when I might see you again.
49:11You come for guidance?
49:13Yes.
49:15Matisse is much better.
49:17You were right.
49:19Never underestimate the power of belief.
49:25Shall we toast?
49:41You first.
50:11Come on.
50:29Let's go together, shall we?
50:41No.
51:01The Black Queen sent this woman
51:03to kill me.
51:05To place poison in my cup.
51:07Well, we drank that poison together.
51:09And yet here we are.
51:13God has spared us both.
51:17And now we are joined forever.
51:19So we must wash the sins from you.
51:21And you will be born again.
51:27Are you with us, Sister Arbus?
51:35Take her to the lake.
51:39Let's go.
52:09Switch me on.
52:11Turn me up.
52:15Don't wanna fall.
52:17I just can't last.
52:21Switch me on.
52:25Turn me up.
52:29I want to touch you.
52:31You're just made for love.
52:39I need you.
52:41I need you.
52:43I need you.
52:45I need you.
52:47I need you.
52:49I need you.
52:51Close up around me.
52:57Tears in your poetry.
53:05Switch me on.
53:07Turn me up.
53:11I want to touch you.
53:13You're just made for love.
53:17I need you.
53:21I need you.
53:37This is now uncontrollable.
53:39We are in the final stages of a trade deal with the English Queen.
53:43You think she'll be satisfied with a trade deal when she could claim half of Europe?
53:48I don't know about you, but I suddenly feel a hankering for the continent.
53:52Shall we take a trip?
53:54This was a contingency I had not anticipated.