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[Ruggieri] <i>Previously
on</i> The Serpent Queen...

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[crowd exclaiming]

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Madame de Poitiers,
the king is dead.

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I will wind her up
and watch that silly girl

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burn this country
to the ground.

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My first order of business--

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A decree that makes
Protestantism illegal

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on French soil.

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- Fuck off.
- Banishment.

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You bitch. You fucking bitch.

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[grunting]

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Our niece
is out of fucking control.

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Do you have a plan?

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Separate the king
from Mary's influence.

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[tense music plays]

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I must ask you to reconsider

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<i>before we reach
our destination.</i>

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Or what happens
at our destination, Mother?

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I just don't want
to see anything happen to you.

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- That's all.
- [coughing]

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[Mary] Help, help, help!

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I believe Catherine

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was responsible
for what happened.

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I wrote to my cousin
in England asking for help.

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I believe Catherine
has intercepted

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her letter in return.

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It would be my honor

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<i>to help you rid France
of the Serpent Queen.</i>

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Good.

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[dramatic music plays]

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♪ ♪

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[birds chirping]

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[tense music plays]

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♪ ♪

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[gasps]

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[whimpering]

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[chuckles]
Are you looking for me, hm?

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♪ ♪

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Apparently,
I'm not the only one.

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I presume you're the one

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who told Mary
where her men could find me.

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Catherine did not
leave me much choice.

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♪ ♪

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No, no, she's good at that.

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♪ ♪

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Is this what you're here for?

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Do you know what it is?

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Queen Elizabeth's seal.

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Or a rough approximation of it, yeah.

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Now all you have to do

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is decide what you're
gonna do with it, hm?

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♪ ♪

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You wanted to see me?

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You've been listening
to my story for a few days now.

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Would you like
to know how it ends?

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I would.

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But perhaps I should
be the one to tell you.

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That was the plan, was it not?

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Go on then.

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I'm listening.

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[tense music plays]

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[Rahima] <i>You convinced
Montmorency and the Bourbons</i>

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<i>to join your kidnapping plot.</i>

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♪ ♪

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[coughing]

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[Rahima] <i>Though you
may have regretted it</i>

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<i>almost immediately.</i>

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[Mary] Francis, oh, my--please!

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<i>I didn't think he was ill.</i>

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- Francis.
- [Mary] <i>Please, help me!</i>

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[gasping]

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- [Mary] <i>Help, help, help!</i>
- Stop the carriage!

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<i>Stop!</i>

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[person] <i>Stop now!</i>

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<i>Hold!</i>

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<i>Hold the carriage!</i>

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Why are they stopping there?

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How the fuck should I know?

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[Mary]
Someone help him, please!

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Mary--[coughing]

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[person] <i>What's going on?</i>

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♪ ♪

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[Mary] <i>Help, help, help.
Please!</i>

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[Rahima]
<i>So you devised another plan...</i>

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Help me!

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[Rahima]
<i>A plan that would help you</i>

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<i>assume a power</i>

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<i>you always knew
should be yours...</i>

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What's she doing?

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[Rahima] <i>And yours alone.</i>

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An attack on the king!

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[arrow whistling]

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[groans]

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[people shouting]

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Surround the king!

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[Catherine] Get down!

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[Francis gasping]

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Stay with the carriage!

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[people shouting]

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[dramatic music plays]

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It's okay, it's okay.

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Fuck this.

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♪ ♪

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[horse neighs]

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♪ ♪

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Francis, please.

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Don't leave me alone
in this wicked, godless world.

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- Please!
- [swords clanging]

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Ahh!

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♪ ♪

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Fuck, fuck, fuck. Fuck.

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♪ ♪

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[horse neighs]

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[breathing shakily]

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You?

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[tense music plays]

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- [horse neighs]
- [groaning]

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♪ ♪

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No, no, no, no,
you... you misunderstand.

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Un-fucking-believable.

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I was- I was here
to protect the king.

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I... I'd heard rumors
of a plot.

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Oh, so that's why
you're in a wood,

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hiding underneath a log?

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- Yeah.
- Mm.

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You're so fucked.

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[solemn music plays]

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[guard] <i>The attack is over!</i>

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[Francis groaning]

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It's okay, it's okay,
it's okay.

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♪ ♪

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[suspenseful music plays]

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What are you doing?

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I don't know what the fuck
you're playing at,

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but if he talks, Mary
won't leave a head in place.

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I won't say anything,
not a word, I swear.

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Antoine,
I've known you all your life,

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and you stand
for absolutely nothing.

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I can't trust you.

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<i>Sorry about that.</i>

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- He is the regent!
- I don't give a shit who he is.

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What the fuck is happening?

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[Montmorency groaning]

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Antoine, you must run.

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Follow the creek,
and in a few miles,

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you will find a farmhouse.

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<i>I will send someone for you.</i>

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<i>You will be safe there.</i>

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Antoine, do you want to die?

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<i>Run!</i>

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♪ ♪

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Please forgive me.

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[somber music plays]

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♪ ♪

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What happened?

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It was Antoine.

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Antoine?

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Didn't think he had it in him.

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He's still breathing. Guard!

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- [guard] <i>Yes, sir.</i>
- Get help!

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Take the constable
to the hospital,

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and make sure
he's well-guarded!

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[guard] <i>Right away, sir.</i>

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[tense music plays]

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We will bring the dogs
and hunt him down.

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I wouldn't worry.

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It's Antoine, he won't get far.

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You wouldn't worry?

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Do you have any idea
what just happened?

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If my idiot cousins think
they can get away with this,

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we're closer to civil war
than any of us imagined.

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We need to find Antoine
and kill him

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<i>before he raises an army
of pissed off Protestants.</i>

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Of course.

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[Mary crying softly]

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Is it possible that this
is God's plan for me...

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...when I am yet so young?

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Niece, whatever
His divine plan may be,

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you can always turn to me,
as God's representative,

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for comfort and guidance.

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Yes, Mary,
take comfort in the church,

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and leave governance to us,
your uncles.

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<i>We have your best interests
at heart.</i>

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But my faith
and my governance are one.

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Yes, up until this moment.

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But the thing is,
the Bourbons would never

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have attempted
something like this

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if they did not believe they
had the support of the people.

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There is widespread discontent

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with these
anti-Protestant policies.

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I have heard there are critics

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even in the king's
personal bodyguard.

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The king's men?

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Turn against him?

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No, that's impossible.

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Actually, it is possible.

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They've been asked to arrest
and, in some instances,

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<i>execute their own kinsmen.</i>

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Tends to get people
a little exercised.

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[Cardinal Guise]
<i>With the king ill,</i>

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if people were to turn
against the Crown,

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we would lose control
of the whole country.

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We need to act rationally, unemotionally.

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And that is why you must
let us deal with things.

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Queen Mother.

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What do you think?

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I can only think of the health
of my son, our king.

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I would hope your uncles
could do the same.

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Well said.

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[door opens]

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How is the king?

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I have made
a thorough examination.

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There is significant blockage
to both lungs,

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as well as extensive lacerations,

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<i>which suggest consumption,</i>

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something he
was perhaps born with.

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[Cardinal Guise] <i>Will he live?</i>

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The king's survival
is extremely unlikely.

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[sobs]

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[indistinct whispers]

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[screaming] No! No!

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[whimpering]

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Is the strain from the attack?

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<i>Is the... the people</i>

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responsible for this
will be punished.

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[Mary breathing shakily]

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They have seen nothing yet.

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Do you hear me?

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No, we will
soak France in blood

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for their treachery!

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[knock at door]

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- You have visitors.
- Your Majesty.

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We've come to offer
our condolences.

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I cannot imagine what you're
going through at this time.

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Seems as if I am cursed
to outlive those dearest to me.

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Now, I know
this is a delicate situation,

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Your Majesty,
but the question of succession

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needs to be addressed.

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What question?

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My second son, Charles IX,

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will be king
when his brother dies.

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Of course,
but due to his youth,

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all power must rest
with the regent.

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Antoine of Bourbon.

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Had it escaped your mind?

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<i>I know not very much does.</i>

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Initially, the people
will certainly demand

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we follow the correct line
of succession.

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But once they hear
of the plot against the king,

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<i>I'm sure they're
gonna change their mind.</i>

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A new regent may be possible,

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but the candidate
has to be trusted by the king.

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Someone esteemed,
and with experience.

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But who?

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We were thinking
of Montmorency.

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Montmorency
is an honorable man,

264
00:12:18,805 --> 00:12:22,075
but he is hardly in favor.

265
00:12:22,075 --> 00:12:24,444
Up until recently,
he was living in exile.

266
00:12:24,444 --> 00:12:26,213
Yes, but the people like him.

267
00:12:26,213 --> 00:12:28,982
And he represents
a bygone era of stability.

268
00:12:28,982 --> 00:12:30,283
But what of his condition?

269
00:12:30,283 --> 00:12:32,419
He's stable, I'm sure
you'll be pleased to hear.

270
00:12:32,419 --> 00:12:35,021
Yes, expected
to make a full recovery,

271
00:12:35,021 --> 00:12:36,189
God be praised.

272
00:12:37,023 --> 00:12:38,825
A miracle.

273
00:12:38,825 --> 00:12:41,862
We will, however,
need the king's support.

274
00:12:42,996 --> 00:12:45,198
Can we rely on you
to convince him?

275
00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:48,335
Of course.

276
00:12:51,138 --> 00:12:54,107
But to transfer regency,

277
00:12:54,107 --> 00:12:56,109
the regent himself
must sign it over.

278
00:12:56,109 --> 00:12:57,878
Yes, we're very much
aware of that.

279
00:12:57,878 --> 00:12:59,913
My men are searching
the country as we speak.

280
00:12:59,913 --> 00:13:01,448
[Cardinal Guise]
<i>Antoine has proved himself</i>

281
00:13:01,448 --> 00:13:03,483
<i>to be surprisingly
stubborn prey.</i>

282
00:13:03,483 --> 00:13:05,051
Like hunting a mole.

283
00:13:08,021 --> 00:13:10,490
If I may make a suggestion,

284
00:13:10,490 --> 00:13:13,059
Louis has been arrested
for treason.

285
00:13:14,127 --> 00:13:16,096
Offer him clemency

286
00:13:16,096 --> 00:13:18,265
in return for the whereabouts
of his brother.

287
00:13:18,265 --> 00:13:20,066
No.

288
00:13:20,066 --> 00:13:21,468
After the plot
against the king,

289
00:13:21,468 --> 00:13:24,337
<i>Mary will never
go for clemency.</i>

290
00:13:24,337 --> 00:13:27,874
No, but the new regent will.

291
00:13:27,874 --> 00:13:29,376
[tense music plays]

292
00:13:29,376 --> 00:13:33,180
And in the meantime,
she needn't find out.

293
00:13:33,180 --> 00:13:36,216
♪ ♪

294
00:13:36,850 --> 00:13:39,819
You really do have vision.

295
00:13:39,819 --> 00:13:42,022
♪ ♪

296
00:13:42,022 --> 00:13:44,157
Through my grief.

297
00:13:44,157 --> 00:13:47,060
♪ ♪

298
00:13:56,269 --> 00:13:58,972
[whispering]
Our Father, who art in heaven,

299
00:13:58,972 --> 00:14:01,174
give me the strength
to face my enemies.

300
00:14:03,243 --> 00:14:06,246
Thy kingdom come,
thy will be done.

301
00:14:07,847 --> 00:14:10,850
[soft raspy breathing]

302
00:14:16,223 --> 00:14:18,458
This grief feels unbearable,
I know.

303
00:14:19,459 --> 00:14:21,628
<i>But a dying king</i>

304
00:14:21,861 --> 00:14:24,497
<i>makes for
a very dangerous time.</i>

305
00:14:24,497 --> 00:14:27,334
Now is not the moment
to lose your wits.

306
00:14:27,334 --> 00:14:29,536
I have not lost my wits.

307
00:14:31,304 --> 00:14:33,440
I am planning
a cruel and unusual revenge

308
00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:35,208
on all of France's traitors.

309
00:14:38,211 --> 00:14:40,213
You can do that later...

310
00:14:43,216 --> 00:14:44,451
[whispers] When you are regent.

311
00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:48,154
Regent?

312
00:14:48,154 --> 00:14:50,056
[Catherine] <i>It is difficult
to contemplate,</i>

313
00:14:50,056 --> 00:14:54,427
but soon,
your husband will be no more,

314
00:14:54,427 --> 00:14:57,264
<i>and his brother
too young to rule.</i>

315
00:14:57,264 --> 00:15:00,500
A regent is the highest power
in the land.

316
00:15:00,500 --> 00:15:01,501
[devious music plays]

317
00:15:01,501 --> 00:15:03,603
<i>Look ahead, Mary.</i>

318
00:15:03,603 --> 00:15:05,338
<i>Shouldn't that be you?</i>

319
00:15:05,338 --> 00:15:08,041
♪ ♪

320
00:15:08,041 --> 00:15:10,377
Well, if it would help France.

321
00:15:10,377 --> 00:15:12,178
♪ ♪

322
00:15:12,178 --> 00:15:15,181
And it be God's... God's will.

323
00:15:15,181 --> 00:15:16,916
[whispers] I believe it is.

324
00:15:18,285 --> 00:15:20,453
But there are those
who conspire against you.

325
00:15:21,454 --> 00:15:22,622
Who?

326
00:15:22,622 --> 00:15:24,557
I have often wondered
if the Cardinal

327
00:15:24,557 --> 00:15:26,559
is the Catholic
he claims to be.

328
00:15:26,559 --> 00:15:28,161
I am sorry to say

329
00:15:28,161 --> 00:15:30,330
a similar thought
has crossed my mind.

330
00:15:30,330 --> 00:15:32,032
They have confided in me

331
00:15:32,032 --> 00:15:34,968
they wish
to make Montmorency regent

332
00:15:34,968 --> 00:15:37,337
to appease the very men
who attacked our king.

333
00:15:38,538 --> 00:15:40,373
Whereas I, like you,

334
00:15:40,373 --> 00:15:43,009
believe now
is not the time to falter.

335
00:15:43,009 --> 00:15:45,512
♪ ♪

336
00:15:45,512 --> 00:15:48,315
I had not expected
a friend in you, but...

337
00:15:51,184 --> 00:15:53,053
I'm grateful nonetheless.

338
00:15:54,721 --> 00:15:57,424
We are united
in our love for the king.

339
00:15:58,958 --> 00:16:01,528
Let me give you
a piece of advice.

340
00:16:01,528 --> 00:16:03,296
Do not let anyone

341
00:16:03,296 --> 00:16:05,432
stand in the way
of your calling.

342
00:16:05,432 --> 00:16:07,600
♪ ♪

343
00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:12,105
One thing men cannot abide
is a woman in power.

344
00:16:12,105 --> 00:16:13,406
♪ ♪

345
00:16:13,406 --> 00:16:16,409
[dramatic music plays]

346
00:16:16,409 --> 00:16:19,446
♪ ♪

347
00:16:23,283 --> 00:16:25,418
I have to ask you, cousin,

348
00:16:25,418 --> 00:16:27,420
what the fuck
were you thinking?

349
00:16:27,420 --> 00:16:29,122
I told you,

350
00:16:29,122 --> 00:16:31,391
I was there to prevent
an attack on the king.

351
00:16:31,391 --> 00:16:33,159
That you knew about because...

352
00:16:33,159 --> 00:16:35,528
I told you, I'd heard rumor.

353
00:16:35,528 --> 00:16:37,530
I thought it was my duty
to intervene.

354
00:16:37,530 --> 00:16:40,734
I am but a loyal servant
of the Crown.

355
00:16:40,734 --> 00:16:43,169
Fucked is what you are.

356
00:16:43,169 --> 00:16:45,405
Mary's gonna cut off
your fat head.

357
00:16:45,405 --> 00:16:47,440
- She wouldn't dare.
- Oh, she would.

358
00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:48,742
Well, then there'll be
a civil war.

359
00:16:48,742 --> 00:16:51,211
A holy war, if she's got
anything to do with it.

360
00:16:51,211 --> 00:16:52,512
She'll love that.

361
00:16:52,512 --> 00:16:57,183
Well, if she cuts off my head,
yours will be next.

362
00:16:57,183 --> 00:16:58,618
Mark my words.

363
00:17:06,693 --> 00:17:08,261
Ah.

364
00:17:08,261 --> 00:17:10,163
Already crossed your mind,
has it?

365
00:17:11,231 --> 00:17:12,766
That's the thing about zealots.

366
00:17:13,700 --> 00:17:15,235
<i>Nothing's ever enough.</i>

367
00:17:16,636 --> 00:17:19,305
- Oh, God.
- What?

368
00:17:19,305 --> 00:17:21,207
<i>Come on, it's not that bad.</i>

369
00:17:21,207 --> 00:17:22,509
That's what you think,
because you haven't

370
00:17:22,509 --> 00:17:24,644
been through
what I've been through.

371
00:17:24,644 --> 00:17:27,347
Exiled, unemployed,

372
00:17:27,347 --> 00:17:30,083
separated from the only person
you've ever trusted,

373
00:17:30,083 --> 00:17:31,751
burdened with a truth
that nobody'd believe,

374
00:17:31,751 --> 00:17:33,753
<i>because in this game we play,</i>

375
00:17:33,753 --> 00:17:37,257
you sound like a fucking liar
whether you are or not,

376
00:17:37,257 --> 00:17:38,458
and finally...

377
00:17:41,261 --> 00:17:42,729
...sentenced to death.

378
00:17:44,564 --> 00:17:46,065
We can avoid all that.

379
00:17:47,233 --> 00:17:49,736
Hold on, hold on.

380
00:17:51,337 --> 00:17:53,072
What is this truth
you speak of?

381
00:17:54,407 --> 00:17:57,410
You wouldn't believe me,
but trust me when I say...

382
00:17:58,845 --> 00:18:01,681
...you have a serpent
in your midst.

383
00:18:01,681 --> 00:18:03,283
We know.

384
00:18:03,283 --> 00:18:04,350
Mary.

385
00:18:04,350 --> 00:18:05,585
That's why we're here.

386
00:18:05,585 --> 00:18:06,820
You don't have
the faintest idea

387
00:18:06,820 --> 00:18:08,121
what's going on, do you?

388
00:18:08,121 --> 00:18:09,489
[Cardinal Guise] <i>Listen to me.</i>

389
00:18:09,489 --> 00:18:12,592
All you have to do
is tell us where Antoine is,

390
00:18:12,592 --> 00:18:14,461
and you will be pardoned.

391
00:18:14,461 --> 00:18:19,165
No, you listen to me,
you fucking idiot.

392
00:18:19,165 --> 00:18:21,668
If I knew
where the fuck Antoine was,

393
00:18:21,668 --> 00:18:24,137
I would tell you, but I don't.

394
00:18:24,137 --> 00:18:27,140
[somber music plays]

395
00:18:27,140 --> 00:18:28,608
♪ ♪

396
00:18:28,608 --> 00:18:30,243
I really don't.

397
00:18:30,243 --> 00:18:31,811
♪ ♪

398
00:18:31,811 --> 00:18:35,114
I wish I did,
because I miss him.

399
00:18:35,114 --> 00:18:36,516
♪ ♪

400
00:18:36,516 --> 00:18:39,819
I miss my big brother...

401
00:18:39,819 --> 00:18:41,454
twat that he is.

402
00:18:41,454 --> 00:18:44,491
♪ ♪

403
00:18:47,494 --> 00:18:49,796
I won't do it.

404
00:18:49,796 --> 00:18:51,231
Why should I?

405
00:18:52,165 --> 00:18:53,533
You've done it before.

406
00:18:53,533 --> 00:18:56,402
An apple filled with poison
I never forced anyone to eat

407
00:18:56,402 --> 00:18:58,371
is an entirely different thing.

408
00:18:58,371 --> 00:19:00,173
[tense music plays]

409
00:19:00,173 --> 00:19:01,708
He's half dead already.

410
00:19:01,708 --> 00:19:05,311
And besides which, if he lives,

411
00:19:05,311 --> 00:19:06,813
it will mean our destruction.

412
00:19:06,813 --> 00:19:08,548
You should have thought of that
before you stabbed him.

413
00:19:08,548 --> 00:19:11,584
♪ ♪

414
00:19:12,585 --> 00:19:14,621
This is not a request.

415
00:19:14,621 --> 00:19:16,489
♪ ♪

416
00:19:16,489 --> 00:19:20,827
If you fail,
don't bother coming back.

417
00:19:20,827 --> 00:19:23,863
♪ ♪

418
00:19:29,602 --> 00:19:31,170
I win again.

419
00:19:31,170 --> 00:19:33,306
And without any strategy
or skill.

420
00:19:34,541 --> 00:19:35,808
How do you do it?

421
00:19:35,808 --> 00:19:37,777
Pure luck.

422
00:19:37,777 --> 00:19:39,679
It's just always been my way.

423
00:19:39,679 --> 00:19:42,181
Drives Louis mad.

424
00:19:42,181 --> 00:19:44,317
[door clanks, creaks]

425
00:19:46,452 --> 00:19:47,620
Oh.

426
00:19:51,424 --> 00:19:54,227
I see Aabis has been
taking very good care of you.

427
00:19:54,227 --> 00:19:55,495
Well, this isn't

428
00:19:55,495 --> 00:19:58,197
the most salubrious
accommodation I've been in.

429
00:19:58,197 --> 00:19:59,799
Well, I'm sure
Louis would prefer this

430
00:19:59,799 --> 00:20:01,801
to where he finds himself.

431
00:20:01,801 --> 00:20:02,969
How is he?

432
00:20:03,202 --> 00:20:04,504
As well as one could imagine,

433
00:20:04,504 --> 00:20:05,505
being in a dungeon.

434
00:20:06,673 --> 00:20:08,374
Would you give us
a moment, please?

435
00:20:10,577 --> 00:20:12,412
[chickens clucking]

436
00:20:17,584 --> 00:20:18,885
We have business to discuss.

437
00:20:18,885 --> 00:20:20,620
Indeed, we do.

438
00:20:20,620 --> 00:20:23,256
I could be
a bit more comfortable.

439
00:20:23,256 --> 00:20:25,825
My understanding
is that confit de canard

440
00:20:25,825 --> 00:20:27,560
is the specialty
of this region,

441
00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:30,363
which, along with
a nice chilled Burgundy,

442
00:20:30,363 --> 00:20:32,498
would ease my pain somewhat.

443
00:20:34,567 --> 00:20:37,537
Indeed, of course.

444
00:20:37,537 --> 00:20:40,540
And you shall have
all of that and more...

445
00:20:43,409 --> 00:20:44,544
...as soon as you sign this.

446
00:20:56,255 --> 00:20:58,257
Relinquish my regency?

447
00:20:59,659 --> 00:21:00,827
To you?

448
00:21:02,395 --> 00:21:03,529
Why would I do that?

449
00:21:06,766 --> 00:21:08,901
Because, Antoine,

450
00:21:08,901 --> 00:21:11,638
your brother has been
imprisoned for treason...

451
00:21:12,939 --> 00:21:15,975
...and if you don't,
he'll be executed.

452
00:21:19,379 --> 00:21:20,546
No.

453
00:21:22,949 --> 00:21:24,283
What do you mean, no?

454
00:21:24,283 --> 00:21:26,285
I mean no.

455
00:21:26,285 --> 00:21:28,955
My brother told me never
to sign away my regency again,

456
00:21:28,955 --> 00:21:30,690
and I won't.

457
00:21:31,658 --> 00:21:33,326
But his life is in danger.

458
00:21:33,326 --> 00:21:35,495
What proof do I have of that?

459
00:21:35,495 --> 00:21:37,664
Louis is clever.

460
00:21:37,664 --> 00:21:39,432
Always has been.

461
00:21:39,432 --> 00:21:41,000
How do I know he didn't
evade the king's men,

462
00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,302
and you're lying about him
being held captive?

463
00:21:43,302 --> 00:21:45,471
<i>Wouldn't be the first time
you've lied about something.</i>

464
00:21:45,471 --> 00:21:48,007
You hoodwinked us into this
whole fucking kidnapping thing

465
00:21:48,007 --> 00:21:50,743
in the first place, against
Louis' better instincts,

466
00:21:50,743 --> 00:21:55,581
I might add,
and if he is imprisoned,

467
00:21:55,581 --> 00:21:57,483
the only thing
keeping him alive

468
00:21:57,483 --> 00:22:01,821
is the fact that I haven't
signed away my regency.

469
00:22:01,821 --> 00:22:03,556
[tense music plays]

470
00:22:03,556 --> 00:22:05,892
So in the words
of my dear grandmother,

471
00:22:05,892 --> 00:22:07,727
get fucked.

472
00:22:07,727 --> 00:22:10,563
♪ ♪

473
00:22:15,635 --> 00:22:17,370
You said you'd help me.

474
00:22:17,370 --> 00:22:18,705
Now is not the time, Aabis.

475
00:22:18,705 --> 00:22:20,039
[Aabis] Then when?

476
00:22:20,039 --> 00:22:22,108
The situation
at the moment is very delicate.

477
00:22:22,341 --> 00:22:24,777
I cannot be seen intervening
on behalf of a Protestant boy.

478
00:22:24,777 --> 00:22:26,979
He's not a fucking Protestant.

479
00:22:29,082 --> 00:22:31,451
And he won't survive
much longer in there.

480
00:22:32,485 --> 00:22:34,454
Tell me,

481
00:22:34,454 --> 00:22:35,655
what is the fate of a young boy

482
00:22:35,655 --> 00:22:37,657
when the fate of a nation
hangs in the balance?

483
00:22:39,592 --> 00:22:41,360
It is everything.

484
00:22:42,628 --> 00:22:43,763
Well, I'm afraid
I don't have time

485
00:22:43,763 --> 00:22:45,131
for such sentimentality.

486
00:22:46,799 --> 00:22:48,101
I'll see to your friend
when I'm able.

487
00:22:51,871 --> 00:22:55,808
You finally reached
for the throne for yourself.

488
00:22:55,808 --> 00:22:58,444
I just don't want
my son to suffer.

489
00:23:12,492 --> 00:23:16,963
It contains an opiate
from the East.

490
00:23:21,033 --> 00:23:23,736
With enough,
he will feel no pain.

491
00:23:25,805 --> 00:23:28,174
But in his condition,
it will shorten his days.

492
00:23:28,407 --> 00:23:31,043
[wind chimes clinking]

493
00:23:32,945 --> 00:23:34,947
His days are done already.

494
00:23:38,951 --> 00:23:42,488
He was marked
for an early grave since birth.

495
00:23:42,488 --> 00:23:43,489
I pray I'm not the reason.

496
00:23:43,489 --> 00:23:44,857
Do not falter.

497
00:23:46,626 --> 00:23:47,960
We are close.

498
00:23:49,695 --> 00:23:51,164
We?

499
00:23:51,164 --> 00:23:53,533
[tense music plays]

500
00:23:53,533 --> 00:23:55,868
I saw this in you
the first day we met.

501
00:23:55,868 --> 00:23:58,905
♪ ♪

502
00:24:12,518 --> 00:24:15,488
[suspenseful music plays]

503
00:24:15,488 --> 00:24:18,524
♪ ♪

504
00:24:51,557 --> 00:24:53,059
[guard] <i>Where do you think
you're going?</i>

505
00:24:54,861 --> 00:24:56,996
I'm Sister Grace

506
00:24:56,996 --> 00:24:59,165
of the Sacred Order
of the Diminutives,

507
00:24:59,165 --> 00:25:00,867
here to tend to the sick.

508
00:25:00,867 --> 00:25:03,069
Order of the Diminutives.

509
00:25:03,069 --> 00:25:04,637
Is that some kind of joke?

510
00:25:04,637 --> 00:25:06,639
You think I'd make that up?

511
00:25:06,639 --> 00:25:08,541
I'm here to wash
and change the patient.

512
00:25:08,541 --> 00:25:10,209
♪ ♪

513
00:25:10,209 --> 00:25:12,044
Go on, then.

514
00:25:12,044 --> 00:25:14,213
♪ ♪

515
00:25:14,213 --> 00:25:15,648
You want to watch?

516
00:25:15,648 --> 00:25:16,983
I mean, I won't judge
if that's your thing,

517
00:25:16,983 --> 00:25:19,552
but according to the Bible,
God certainly will.

518
00:25:19,552 --> 00:25:22,588
♪ ♪

519
00:25:24,156 --> 00:25:25,825
I have to piss anyway.

520
00:25:25,825 --> 00:25:28,861
♪ ♪

521
00:25:33,633 --> 00:25:36,602
[dramatic music plays]

522
00:25:36,602 --> 00:25:39,639
♪ ♪

523
00:25:56,322 --> 00:25:58,024
Mother...

524
00:26:00,860 --> 00:26:02,328
Mother, is that you?

525
00:26:02,561 --> 00:26:03,763
[tense music plays]

526
00:26:03,763 --> 00:26:05,932
Yes, my son.

527
00:26:05,932 --> 00:26:07,199
Sleep now.

528
00:26:07,199 --> 00:26:08,601
[Montmorency sobs]

529
00:26:08,601 --> 00:26:10,603
[Montmorency] <i>It hurts, Mother.</i>

530
00:26:10,603 --> 00:26:12,104
Mother, it hurts.

531
00:26:12,104 --> 00:26:14,073
[Mathilde] It's only a dream.

532
00:26:14,073 --> 00:26:15,775
Sleep now.

533
00:26:15,775 --> 00:26:17,643
♪ ♪

534
00:26:17,643 --> 00:26:20,012
- You sure?
- [breathing shakily]

535
00:26:20,012 --> 00:26:21,580
Doesn't feel like a dream.

536
00:26:21,580 --> 00:26:23,282
Let me live, please.

537
00:26:24,717 --> 00:26:26,218
Your mistress sent you.

538
00:26:27,019 --> 00:26:28,020
[sighs]

539
00:26:29,255 --> 00:26:31,724
Get me past the guards,
and I will let you live.

540
00:26:33,259 --> 00:26:34,226
Have you heard the news?

541
00:26:35,928 --> 00:26:37,930
Montmorency...

542
00:26:37,930 --> 00:26:38,931
he's missing.

543
00:26:39,932 --> 00:26:40,900
Missing?

544
00:26:40,900 --> 00:26:42,201
I fear my uncles
may be involved,

545
00:26:42,201 --> 00:26:44,704
and it is part of their plot
to name him as regent.

546
00:26:44,704 --> 00:26:45,738
My...

547
00:26:46,605 --> 00:26:49,308
My maid saw them visiting Louis
in the dungeons.

548
00:26:51,377 --> 00:26:52,712
Come with me.

549
00:26:52,712 --> 00:26:54,213
There's not a moment to lose.

550
00:26:56,882 --> 00:26:58,351
[Montmorency]
We need to leave here now.

551
00:26:58,351 --> 00:27:00,086
France is no longer safe
for us.

552
00:27:00,086 --> 00:27:01,654
I don't think
that's a good idea.

553
00:27:02,788 --> 00:27:03,923
[Cardinal Guise] <i>No.</i>

554
00:27:03,923 --> 00:27:05,124
I think what you want to do
is stay

555
00:27:05,124 --> 00:27:06,959
and face your
responsibilities to France.

556
00:27:06,959 --> 00:27:07,960
Yeah.

557
00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:09,295
Isn't that right, Edith?

558
00:27:09,295 --> 00:27:11,697
- Don't you speak to her.
- Or what?

559
00:27:12,365 --> 00:27:14,700
Don't look like you're in any
state to be making threats.

560
00:27:14,700 --> 00:27:15,868
[Cardinal Guise]
<i>Here's the thing.</i>

561
00:27:15,868 --> 00:27:17,703
The king's dying,
France needs a new regent,

562
00:27:17,703 --> 00:27:19,305
and Antoine can't do it
'cause everybody knows

563
00:27:19,305 --> 00:27:20,906
about his plot
against the king.

564
00:27:21,707 --> 00:27:23,676
<i>The situation requires
someone neutral,</i>

565
00:27:23,676 --> 00:27:25,378
someone to settle the conflict.

566
00:27:26,679 --> 00:27:28,180
That's you, Montmorency.

567
00:27:29,715 --> 00:27:31,384
But make no mistake,

568
00:27:33,052 --> 00:27:35,187
you will become our regent

569
00:27:35,187 --> 00:27:36,722
<i>if you don't want anything
to happen</i>

570
00:27:36,722 --> 00:27:37,890
<i>to those you care about.</i>

571
00:27:37,890 --> 00:27:39,759
[scoffs]

572
00:27:39,759 --> 00:27:42,028
And you wonder why people
have begun to doubt the Church.

573
00:27:42,028 --> 00:27:43,129
Listen to me.

574
00:27:43,129 --> 00:27:45,431
We are better
than the fucking lunatic

575
00:27:45,664 --> 00:27:47,033
that is in charge right now.

576
00:27:47,033 --> 00:27:48,300
Are you surprised?

577
00:27:48,300 --> 00:27:50,036
Your niece
is what you made her.

578
00:27:50,036 --> 00:27:52,671
Be that as it may,
she's all our problem now.

579
00:27:52,671 --> 00:27:54,206
[chuckles]

580
00:27:54,206 --> 00:27:55,841
You're scared of Mary.
Is that it?

581
00:27:56,976 --> 00:27:58,744
You two are really something.

582
00:27:59,845 --> 00:28:01,814
There's nothing you wouldn't do
in pursuit of power, is there?

583
00:28:01,814 --> 00:28:03,149
Do what they ask.

584
00:28:04,350 --> 00:28:05,684
That's good advice.

585
00:28:05,684 --> 00:28:07,053
Shut the fuck up.

586
00:28:09,055 --> 00:28:10,723
Listen.

587
00:28:10,723 --> 00:28:11,724
I won't let them hurt you.

588
00:28:11,724 --> 00:28:12,725
The people need someone

589
00:28:12,725 --> 00:28:14,160
capable of ruling.

590
00:28:15,961 --> 00:28:17,329
[breathing shakily]

591
00:28:17,329 --> 00:28:20,132
Who else has the stomach
to do what is necessary?

592
00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:29,008
All right.

593
00:28:29,008 --> 00:28:30,042
Good man.

594
00:28:31,010 --> 00:28:33,079
But let me just reiterate,

595
00:28:33,079 --> 00:28:34,313
if the power goes to your head

596
00:28:34,313 --> 00:28:36,449
and you develop some kind
of independent streak--

597
00:28:36,449 --> 00:28:37,950
One thing.

598
00:28:39,218 --> 00:28:42,288
If anything happens to her,
I will kill you.

599
00:28:44,290 --> 00:28:46,092
[Francois] <i>Or die trying.</i>

600
00:28:46,092 --> 00:28:47,460
I don't doubt it.

601
00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:56,969
Don't you understand, hm?

602
00:28:58,204 --> 00:28:59,872
The truth will set you free.

603
00:28:59,872 --> 00:29:02,374
I- I couldn't agree more.

604
00:29:02,374 --> 00:29:03,809
And that- that's why
you have to believe me.

605
00:29:03,809 --> 00:29:04,977
It- it wasn't me.

606
00:29:04,977 --> 00:29:06,779
<i>I was only there
to protect the king.</i>

607
00:29:06,779 --> 00:29:08,280
[stammering]
Catherine, tell her.

608
00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:10,082
Just admit your involvement

609
00:29:10,082 --> 00:29:11,183
and tell us
where to find your brother.

610
00:29:11,183 --> 00:29:13,786
I told you,
I don't know where he is.

611
00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:16,288
Perhaps if we gave him
the proper incentive,

612
00:29:16,288 --> 00:29:17,823
he would tell us the truth.

613
00:29:17,823 --> 00:29:19,024
[tense music plays]

614
00:29:19,024 --> 00:29:21,026
What does that mean?

615
00:29:21,026 --> 00:29:24,063
♪ ♪

616
00:29:26,899 --> 00:29:28,067
Cut off his finger.

617
00:29:28,934 --> 00:29:29,935
- [Louis] What?
- What?

618
00:29:30,970 --> 00:29:32,938
Do not stray
from your path, Mary.

619
00:29:32,938 --> 00:29:35,975
♪ ♪

620
00:29:41,814 --> 00:29:42,781
It was her.

621
00:29:42,781 --> 00:29:44,183
<i>She was behind it.</i>

622
00:29:44,950 --> 00:29:47,319
Mary, I...
I am not your true enemy.

623
00:29:47,319 --> 00:29:48,320
She planned the whole thing.

624
00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:49,388
<i>You have to believe me.</i>

625
00:29:49,388 --> 00:29:51,924
A man would say anything
to save his skin.

626
00:29:51,924 --> 00:29:53,859
You fucking bitch.

627
00:29:53,859 --> 00:29:56,028
Well, I thought you were there
to protect the king.

628
00:29:56,028 --> 00:29:57,196
<i>So which is it?</i>

629
00:29:57,196 --> 00:29:58,397
Are you a loyal servant,

630
00:29:58,397 --> 00:30:00,132
or were you lead astray
by the Queen Mother?

631
00:30:00,132 --> 00:30:03,002
♪ ♪

632
00:30:03,002 --> 00:30:04,270
[whispers] <i>I have one question.</i>

633
00:30:04,270 --> 00:30:05,905
[devious music plays]

634
00:30:05,905 --> 00:30:07,306
Will you hand over your brother

635
00:30:07,306 --> 00:30:09,975
and advise him
to sign the regency over to me?

636
00:30:09,975 --> 00:30:12,077
- You, regent?
- [Mary] <i>Yes.</i>

637
00:30:12,077 --> 00:30:14,013
Did you put her up
to this nonsense?

638
00:30:14,013 --> 00:30:15,381
This is what is best
for France, Louis.

639
00:30:15,381 --> 00:30:16,515
[Louis] <i>Jesus.</i>

640
00:30:16,515 --> 00:30:18,551
Do you even know
what the truth is anymore?

641
00:30:18,551 --> 00:30:20,085
♪ ♪

642
00:30:20,085 --> 00:30:22,855
If you are dedicated
to the cause,

643
00:30:22,855 --> 00:30:24,557
Mary, there is no excess.

644
00:30:24,557 --> 00:30:27,393
♪ ♪

645
00:30:27,393 --> 00:30:30,095
Yes. Guard.

646
00:30:30,095 --> 00:30:31,363
Guard, give me your knife.

647
00:30:31,363 --> 00:30:33,365
No, do- don't do this.

648
00:30:33,365 --> 00:30:34,533
For the last time,

649
00:30:34,533 --> 00:30:36,535
I ask you to tell me
where Antoine is.

650
00:30:36,535 --> 00:30:39,471
I don't know where he is.

651
00:30:39,471 --> 00:30:40,906
Promise.

652
00:30:40,906 --> 00:30:43,909
♪ ♪

653
00:30:43,909 --> 00:30:45,144
The little one.

654
00:30:45,144 --> 00:30:46,345
You haven't got the guts.

655
00:30:46,345 --> 00:30:48,047
♪ ♪

656
00:30:48,047 --> 00:30:49,381
Hold him down.

657
00:30:49,381 --> 00:30:50,382
[Louis] No, no, no, no. Don't--

658
00:30:50,382 --> 00:30:51,517
[Mary] Hold him down!

659
00:30:51,517 --> 00:30:52,551
Catherine, please,
for the love of God,

660
00:30:52,551 --> 00:30:53,552
don't do this.

661
00:30:53,552 --> 00:30:55,421
Don't do it. Don't--

662
00:30:55,421 --> 00:30:56,889
[Mary] <i>I'm giving you
one last chance.</i>

663
00:30:56,889 --> 00:30:59,024
One last chance.

664
00:30:59,024 --> 00:31:02,061
♪ ♪

665
00:31:03,295 --> 00:31:05,531
Fuck you.

666
00:31:05,531 --> 00:31:07,533
♪ ♪

667
00:31:07,533 --> 00:31:09,401
[Louis screams]

668
00:31:09,401 --> 00:31:12,438
♪ ♪

669
00:31:15,574 --> 00:31:18,310
Ah, fuck, fuck!

670
00:31:18,310 --> 00:31:20,312
[gasping]

671
00:31:20,312 --> 00:31:24,049
[panting] Ah, fuck. Fuck.

672
00:31:24,049 --> 00:31:26,252
Fuck, ah!

673
00:31:26,252 --> 00:31:27,653
♪ ♪

674
00:31:27,886 --> 00:31:30,022
You're fucking mental.

675
00:31:30,022 --> 00:31:31,890
No, I'm not.

676
00:31:31,890 --> 00:31:33,892
I'm just better at this
than you are.

677
00:31:33,892 --> 00:31:35,628
♪ ♪

678
00:31:35,628 --> 00:31:37,129
[whimpering]

679
00:31:37,129 --> 00:31:38,931
♪ ♪

680
00:31:38,931 --> 00:31:41,433
And don't you ever forget it.

681
00:31:41,433 --> 00:31:44,436
♪ ♪

682
00:31:44,436 --> 00:31:45,971
Bring her.

683
00:31:45,971 --> 00:31:48,140
[Louis whimpering]

684
00:31:48,140 --> 00:31:50,009
♪ ♪

685
00:31:50,009 --> 00:31:51,010
[gasps]

686
00:31:51,010 --> 00:31:53,178
♪ ♪

687
00:31:53,178 --> 00:31:55,681
I heard you have
a friend in trouble.

688
00:31:55,914 --> 00:31:57,049
Perhaps I could help.

689
00:31:57,049 --> 00:31:58,384
[shouting in distance]

690
00:31:58,384 --> 00:32:00,386
And in return?

691
00:32:00,386 --> 00:32:03,022
Tell me where to find Antoine.

692
00:32:05,457 --> 00:32:06,525
You said you wanted proof

693
00:32:06,525 --> 00:32:08,527
that your brother
remained in harm's way

694
00:32:08,527 --> 00:32:10,929
if you don't do as I say.

695
00:32:13,198 --> 00:32:14,500
Will that suffice?

696
00:32:17,970 --> 00:32:20,706
Oh, my God,
it's his fucking finger.

697
00:32:20,939 --> 00:32:23,575
And we will cut
piece after piece

698
00:32:23,575 --> 00:32:26,178
after piece of him off...

699
00:32:26,178 --> 00:32:28,347
unless you sign.

700
00:32:28,347 --> 00:32:31,383
He's gonna be
so disappointed in me.

701
00:32:33,218 --> 00:32:34,186
Antoine.

702
00:32:34,186 --> 00:32:36,722
[sighs]

703
00:32:41,627 --> 00:32:42,594
I wouldn't.

704
00:32:43,295 --> 00:32:44,963
Hello, Catherine.

705
00:32:46,031 --> 00:32:47,132
[Cardinal Guise]
This is nice, isn't it?

706
00:32:47,132 --> 00:32:49,468
It's like
a Privy Council meeting,

707
00:32:49,468 --> 00:32:51,036
but with guns.

708
00:32:52,538 --> 00:32:55,674
I think this is the one
you need to sign, cousin.

709
00:32:56,642 --> 00:32:58,143
Montmorency will be regent.

710
00:32:59,978 --> 00:33:03,015
Now, hold on just a minute.

711
00:33:03,015 --> 00:33:04,516
I do have principles, you know.

712
00:33:04,516 --> 00:33:05,517
You don't.

713
00:33:05,517 --> 00:33:06,752
[Antoine] <i>I have been entrusted</i>

714
00:33:06,985 --> 00:33:08,987
to safeguard the honor

715
00:33:08,987 --> 00:33:10,489
<i>of the royal family of France.</i>

716
00:33:10,489 --> 00:33:13,092
I can't just be forced
to sign away the regency

717
00:33:13,092 --> 00:33:14,593
to whomever has the bigger gun.

718
00:33:14,593 --> 00:33:16,161
I don't see why not.

719
00:33:17,129 --> 00:33:18,330
- [gunshot]
- Ah!

720
00:33:18,330 --> 00:33:19,998
[groaning]

721
00:33:19,998 --> 00:33:21,300
What the fuck was that?

722
00:33:21,300 --> 00:33:22,701
[dramatic music plays]

723
00:33:22,701 --> 00:33:24,436
Ah, fuck.

724
00:33:25,371 --> 00:33:27,206
Come what may,
I will be my own man.

725
00:33:27,206 --> 00:33:28,774
♪ ♪

726
00:33:29,007 --> 00:33:30,409
- Sign.
- Stay down!

727
00:33:30,409 --> 00:33:31,777
Stay. Stay down, Francois.

728
00:33:32,010 --> 00:33:34,279
<i>Stay with me, okay?
Just stay with me.</i>

729
00:33:34,279 --> 00:33:35,481
♪ ♪

730
00:33:35,481 --> 00:33:36,648
<i>It's your leg.</i>

731
00:33:36,648 --> 00:33:37,649
♪ ♪

732
00:33:37,649 --> 00:33:39,318
I swear to God, Montmorency,

733
00:33:39,318 --> 00:33:40,386
you mark my words.

734
00:33:40,386 --> 00:33:42,154
You and that girl will pay.

735
00:33:42,154 --> 00:33:44,423
- I swear!
- We'll see about that.

736
00:33:44,423 --> 00:33:47,326
Well... you still doubt
my conviction?

737
00:33:47,326 --> 00:33:50,362
♪ ♪

738
00:34:02,141 --> 00:34:03,342
<i>Good boy.</i>

739
00:34:03,342 --> 00:34:05,177
I'm sure Daddy's proud of you.

740
00:34:05,177 --> 00:34:07,079
<i>Now, I had him
sign over the regency</i>

741
00:34:07,079 --> 00:34:10,249
to someone who's been
overlooked, underestimated,

742
00:34:10,249 --> 00:34:12,117
<i>someone capable
of sacrificing their friends</i>

743
00:34:12,117 --> 00:34:13,786
and plotting with their enemies
to rule France.

744
00:34:13,786 --> 00:34:15,154
♪ ♪

745
00:34:15,154 --> 00:34:17,723
Are you surprised
to see me alive?

746
00:34:17,723 --> 00:34:20,559
I have known you
since you were a child.

747
00:34:20,559 --> 00:34:23,662
I've been watching you.

748
00:34:23,662 --> 00:34:25,364
And either because
of your will to survive

749
00:34:25,364 --> 00:34:29,301
or because you really are
possessed of a black heart,

750
00:34:29,301 --> 00:34:31,570
you are the only one
that can save France

751
00:34:31,570 --> 00:34:33,839
from any of these fucking
idiots when they are in charge.

752
00:34:34,072 --> 00:34:36,842
[solemn music plays]

753
00:34:37,075 --> 00:34:40,078
♪ ♪

754
00:34:46,285 --> 00:34:48,787
All you have to do now
is convince your dying son.

755
00:34:49,822 --> 00:34:51,657
You think you have
the stomach for that?

756
00:34:51,657 --> 00:34:54,693
♪ ♪

757
00:34:58,864 --> 00:35:00,532
Are you okay?

758
00:35:00,532 --> 00:35:02,334
- Did they hurt you?
- I'm all right.

759
00:35:02,334 --> 00:35:05,204
I always knew
I could depend on you.

760
00:35:05,204 --> 00:35:06,572
You've never let me down.

761
00:35:06,572 --> 00:35:09,608
♪ ♪

762
00:35:10,209 --> 00:35:11,376
I said get out!

763
00:35:11,376 --> 00:35:13,111
- [Mary shrieks]
- [tray clatters]

764
00:35:15,781 --> 00:35:18,784
[coughing]

765
00:35:26,825 --> 00:35:28,660
[Mary] I did wrong.
I did wrong.

766
00:35:28,660 --> 00:35:30,529
- [Catherine] Mary, Mary.
- I did wrong.

767
00:35:30,529 --> 00:35:32,731
- I did wrong--the regency.
- Gather yourself.

768
00:35:32,731 --> 00:35:34,600
Tell me, what has happened?

769
00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:36,602
I asked Francis
for the regency,

770
00:35:36,602 --> 00:35:38,637
like you told me to, and...

771
00:35:40,305 --> 00:35:42,307
...he accused me
of all sorts of baseness.

772
00:35:42,307 --> 00:35:43,642
He...

773
00:35:43,642 --> 00:35:45,310
he said...

774
00:35:45,310 --> 00:35:47,279
he said that I wanted him
to be sick,

775
00:35:47,279 --> 00:35:51,316
and worse, that I only ever
loved him for all these years

776
00:35:51,316 --> 00:35:52,651
because of his sickness,
for it meant

777
00:35:52,651 --> 00:35:54,219
that I may one day rule
in his stead,

778
00:35:54,219 --> 00:35:56,388
and he...

779
00:35:56,388 --> 00:35:58,857
he even said
that I had no interest

780
00:35:58,857 --> 00:36:01,260
in performing my wifely duties.

781
00:36:01,260 --> 00:36:02,861
Did he offer you the regency
or not?

782
00:36:02,861 --> 00:36:05,297
No, he refused.

783
00:36:05,297 --> 00:36:07,232
And I begged
for his forgiveness for asking,

784
00:36:07,232 --> 00:36:10,736
but he would grant me
no such peace.

785
00:36:10,736 --> 00:36:13,472
- Oh, Mary, Mary, Mary.
- I... [sobs]

786
00:36:13,472 --> 00:36:15,874
Mary, shh.

787
00:36:15,874 --> 00:36:16,875
Calm yourself.

788
00:36:16,875 --> 00:36:17,943
Yes.

789
00:36:18,176 --> 00:36:20,879
- Go and calm yourself.
- Mm.

790
00:36:20,879 --> 00:36:23,582
I will talk to him,
and I will make this right.

791
00:36:23,582 --> 00:36:27,219
Yes, because he...

792
00:36:27,219 --> 00:36:28,787
he must always know

793
00:36:28,787 --> 00:36:31,390
that I have had
his best interests at heart.

794
00:36:31,857 --> 00:36:33,825
We all do.

795
00:36:43,902 --> 00:36:46,905
[Francis moaning softly]

796
00:36:58,984 --> 00:37:00,686
My son...

797
00:37:09,761 --> 00:37:12,731
Is it true the Bourbons
plotted to kidnap me

798
00:37:12,731 --> 00:37:15,267
and now I must break
the chain of succession?

799
00:37:18,837 --> 00:37:20,806
It is what is best
for the country.

800
00:37:21,873 --> 00:37:24,009
I am sorry I have not
understood your true nature

801
00:37:24,242 --> 00:37:25,544
until now.

802
00:37:26,411 --> 00:37:29,281
But how can you
understand anything now?

803
00:37:30,716 --> 00:37:33,685
They say one sees clearest
when one is closest to death.

804
00:37:33,685 --> 00:37:35,621
Perhaps you won't die.

805
00:37:36,722 --> 00:37:37,689
The doctors
have been wrong before.

806
00:37:37,689 --> 00:37:39,725
No, no.

807
00:37:46,264 --> 00:37:47,399
What's that you've got?

808
00:38:02,014 --> 00:38:05,017
Antoine has agreed to sign
his regency over to you?

809
00:38:07,019 --> 00:38:08,720
Why would he do that?

810
00:38:12,057 --> 00:38:13,825
I persuaded him.

811
00:38:15,694 --> 00:38:18,363
And now you must persuade me.

812
00:38:20,766 --> 00:38:21,733
[sniffs]

813
00:38:21,733 --> 00:38:24,770
[breathing shakily]

814
00:38:27,639 --> 00:38:30,776
You're in great pain,
aren't you?

815
00:38:30,776 --> 00:38:32,010
[Francis] <i>Oh, Mother...</i>

816
00:38:33,679 --> 00:38:35,681
Why does it
have to hurt so much?

817
00:38:36,882 --> 00:38:39,418
I accommodated myself to death.

818
00:38:40,686 --> 00:38:41,820
I always knew
it would come early for me,

819
00:38:41,820 --> 00:38:43,055
but the pain...

820
00:38:43,055 --> 00:38:45,657
<i>I have never felt
anything like the pain.</i>

821
00:38:45,657 --> 00:38:48,694
Shh, shh.

822
00:38:51,730 --> 00:38:55,400
You are the strongest person
I have ever known,

823
00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:58,904
to live with the suffering
that you have endured.

824
00:38:58,904 --> 00:39:00,639
Do you know that?

825
00:39:14,820 --> 00:39:16,822
I have something here...

826
00:39:20,125 --> 00:39:22,661
...that will take
your pain away.

827
00:39:26,932 --> 00:39:28,600
You simply have to take a sip.

828
00:39:30,736 --> 00:39:32,671
<i>But if you do,</i>

829
00:39:32,671 --> 00:39:35,907
it will be an end of this life.

830
00:39:36,808 --> 00:39:39,544
<i>And I fear giving this to you</i>

831
00:39:39,544 --> 00:39:42,581
takes more strength
than I possess.

832
00:39:51,490 --> 00:39:54,459
[tense music plays]

833
00:39:54,459 --> 00:39:58,096
Give it to me, please, Mother.

834
00:39:58,096 --> 00:40:00,832
[somber music plays]

835
00:40:00,832 --> 00:40:03,001
<i>Please give it to me.</i>

836
00:40:03,001 --> 00:40:06,037
♪ ♪

837
00:40:22,487 --> 00:40:23,789
My child...

838
00:40:23,789 --> 00:40:26,825
♪ ♪

839
00:40:32,931 --> 00:40:35,066
And now you must rest.

840
00:40:35,066 --> 00:40:38,069
♪ ♪

841
00:40:38,069 --> 00:40:40,105
Peace awaits.

842
00:40:40,105 --> 00:40:43,141
♪ ♪

843
00:40:50,882 --> 00:40:53,852
[soft dramatic music plays]

844
00:40:53,852 --> 00:40:56,888
♪ ♪

845
00:41:12,804 --> 00:41:17,475
And now I will leave you
to live with your choices.

846
00:41:17,475 --> 00:41:20,512
♪ ♪

847
00:41:24,749 --> 00:41:27,085
Shh, shh, rest.

848
00:41:27,085 --> 00:41:29,254
Just rest.

849
00:41:29,487 --> 00:41:32,624
Shh, rest.

850
00:41:32,624 --> 00:41:35,660
♪ ♪

851
00:41:39,130 --> 00:41:42,100
[somber music plays]

852
00:41:42,100 --> 00:41:45,136
♪ ♪

853
00:41:53,545 --> 00:41:56,514
- [bell tolling]
- [crows cawing]

854
00:41:56,514 --> 00:41:58,884
[Louis panting]

855
00:42:03,788 --> 00:42:06,791
[breathing shakily]

856
00:42:13,698 --> 00:42:16,234
[Louis] Oh, fuck.

857
00:42:18,536 --> 00:42:20,305
Fuck. [grunts]

858
00:42:20,538 --> 00:42:23,541
[panting]

859
00:42:36,755 --> 00:42:39,724
[hyperventilating]

860
00:42:43,194 --> 00:42:44,696
[court messenger]
<i>Hear ye, hear ye!</i>

861
00:42:46,031 --> 00:42:47,933
- Louis of Bourbon...
- Fucking move!

862
00:42:47,933 --> 00:42:49,701
[court messenger]
<i>...Second Prince of the Blood,</i>

863
00:42:49,701 --> 00:42:52,203
is pardoned
for the crime of treason.

864
00:42:52,203 --> 00:42:53,305
What?

865
00:42:53,305 --> 00:42:55,640
[court messenger]
<i>The king is dead.</i>

866
00:42:55,640 --> 00:42:58,710
<i>Long live the new king
by order of the new regent,</i>

867
00:42:58,710 --> 00:43:00,312
Her Majesty Queen Catherine.

868
00:43:00,312 --> 00:43:02,681
[crowd whispering indistinctly]

869
00:43:02,681 --> 00:43:03,848
[exhales sharply]

870
00:43:05,283 --> 00:43:07,652
Then the king is dead,

871
00:43:07,652 --> 00:43:10,255
and my mother-in-law has taken
the regency for herself.

872
00:43:12,857 --> 00:43:14,359
She has made a fool of me.

873
00:43:15,727 --> 00:43:17,195
Fuck off.

874
00:43:17,195 --> 00:43:20,231
[panting]

875
00:43:23,969 --> 00:43:25,637
I shouldn't have
signed away the regency

876
00:43:25,637 --> 00:43:27,138
under any circumstances,
should I?

877
00:43:27,138 --> 00:43:28,773
[tense music plays]

878
00:43:28,773 --> 00:43:30,275
No.

879
00:43:30,275 --> 00:43:33,211
♪ ♪

880
00:43:34,813 --> 00:43:35,914
I...

881
00:43:35,914 --> 00:43:37,816
No, I... I will...

882
00:43:37,816 --> 00:43:40,285
I will write to my cousin
Queen Elizabeth in England,

883
00:43:40,285 --> 00:43:42,087
and when she hears that some...

884
00:43:42,087 --> 00:43:44,155
some commoner has stolen
the throne of France,

885
00:43:44,155 --> 00:43:45,156
she will be moved to help me.

886
00:43:45,156 --> 00:43:46,157
I'm sure of it.

887
00:43:46,157 --> 00:43:48,393
I'm sure, despite our...

888
00:43:48,626 --> 00:43:50,628
our differences.

889
00:43:50,628 --> 00:43:54,332
But first, we must all
be united in our task.

890
00:43:54,332 --> 00:43:55,967
The fuck...

891
00:43:55,967 --> 00:43:57,369
Uncle?

892
00:43:57,369 --> 00:43:58,937
<i>Will you back me now?</i>

893
00:43:58,937 --> 00:44:00,905
Yes.

894
00:44:00,905 --> 00:44:03,074
Anything to oppose Catherine.

895
00:44:03,074 --> 00:44:04,709
The Bourbon
Princes of the Blood,

896
00:44:04,709 --> 00:44:05,710
are you with me?

897
00:44:05,710 --> 00:44:08,646
♪ ♪

898
00:44:08,646 --> 00:44:09,848
Am I with you?

899
00:44:09,848 --> 00:44:11,383
Are... are you fucking joking?

900
00:44:11,383 --> 00:44:13,018
My granddaughter has vision.

901
00:44:13,018 --> 00:44:15,954
The sanctity of the rules
of succession are at stake.

902
00:44:15,954 --> 00:44:17,655
<i>Do you really have a choice?</i>

903
00:44:17,655 --> 00:44:20,692
♪ ♪

904
00:44:21,192 --> 00:44:23,028
I'll think about it.

905
00:44:23,028 --> 00:44:26,031
♪ ♪

906
00:44:26,031 --> 00:44:27,332
Let's go.

907
00:44:27,332 --> 00:44:28,800
<i>I'm starving.</i>

908
00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:31,803
♪ ♪

909
00:44:31,803 --> 00:44:32,904
[Antoine] <i>You'll be all right.</i>

910
00:44:32,904 --> 00:44:34,005
[Louis] <i>Oh, no, I'm fucked.</i>

911
00:44:34,005 --> 00:44:35,006
♪ ♪

912
00:44:35,006 --> 00:44:36,007
[Antoine] <i>The finger...</i>

913
00:44:36,007 --> 00:44:37,008
[Louis] <i>Finger's gone.</i>

914
00:44:37,008 --> 00:44:39,778
♪ ♪

915
00:44:40,378 --> 00:44:42,180
[Rahima] <i>Once you were regent,</i>

916
00:44:42,180 --> 00:44:44,382
<i>you moved the court
to Chenonceaux,</i>

917
00:44:44,382 --> 00:44:46,951
<i>where you could keep
a better eye on your enemies.</i>

918
00:44:47,919 --> 00:44:49,821
<i>You only needed
one final piece</i>

919
00:44:49,821 --> 00:44:52,057
<i>to seal your victory
against Mary.</i>

920
00:44:53,725 --> 00:44:54,993
[guard]
<i>I'm sorry, I can't help you.</i>

921
00:44:54,993 --> 00:44:57,062
Please, I just...
I have no one.

922
00:44:57,062 --> 00:44:58,063
And I have nowhere to go.

923
00:44:58,063 --> 00:44:59,330
And I just- I just
don't know what to--

924
00:44:59,330 --> 00:45:01,199
All right, all right,
don't cry.

925
00:45:01,199 --> 00:45:03,068
Let me ask the cook
if she needs another maid.

926
00:45:03,068 --> 00:45:04,235
Thank you.

927
00:45:04,235 --> 00:45:07,238
♪ ♪

928
00:45:12,911 --> 00:45:15,713
Then when you found me...

929
00:45:15,713 --> 00:45:17,715
you didn't waste any time,

930
00:45:17,715 --> 00:45:19,350
because you knew Mary
had sent a letter

931
00:45:19,350 --> 00:45:22,053
to her cousin
Queen Elizabeth of England.

932
00:45:22,053 --> 00:45:23,922
♪ ♪

933
00:45:23,922 --> 00:45:25,356
Make sure this finds its way

934
00:45:25,356 --> 00:45:27,992
to my cousin
Queen Elizabeth of England.

935
00:45:27,992 --> 00:45:30,095
Move posthaste
and let nothing delay you.

936
00:45:30,095 --> 00:45:33,098
♪ ♪

937
00:45:33,098 --> 00:45:35,100
[Rahima]
<i>A letter, I am guessing,</i>

938
00:45:35,100 --> 00:45:37,802
<i>that never found its way
to its recipient,</i>

939
00:45:37,802 --> 00:45:40,138
<i>but could be used
to trick Mary</i>

940
00:45:40,138 --> 00:45:42,307
<i>and get rid of her
once and for all.</i>

941
00:45:42,307 --> 00:45:45,343
♪ ♪

942
00:45:51,516 --> 00:45:54,052
You carry an important message.

943
00:45:54,819 --> 00:45:56,354
How could you know that?

944
00:45:56,354 --> 00:45:58,089
There.

945
00:45:58,089 --> 00:45:59,357
Would you like it?

946
00:45:59,357 --> 00:46:02,260
<i>It's good luck
for your travels.</i>

947
00:46:02,260 --> 00:46:05,063
Do you want me
to tell you your future?

948
00:46:05,063 --> 00:46:08,333
[Rahima] <i>First, you made sure
to win my trust,</i>

949
00:46:08,333 --> 00:46:10,201
<i>so when you asked me,</i>

950
00:46:10,201 --> 00:46:12,270
<i>I would go to Mary's chambers
to search</i>

951
00:46:12,270 --> 00:46:15,340
<i>for evidence of treachery
that did not exist.</i>

952
00:46:15,340 --> 00:46:19,277
<i>And then you made sure
I would despise you,</i>

953
00:46:19,277 --> 00:46:21,546
<i>all to make Mary believe
that the letter</i>

954
00:46:21,779 --> 00:46:23,915
<i>she asked me to steal from you</i>

955
00:46:23,915 --> 00:46:27,185
<i>was an authentic reply
from her cousin.</i>

956
00:46:29,053 --> 00:46:30,555
Though now I know this letter

957
00:46:30,788 --> 00:46:32,957
asking Mary
to return to Scotland

958
00:46:32,957 --> 00:46:36,895
and join forces with Elizabeth
to dethrone you...

959
00:46:36,895 --> 00:46:38,530
is a forgery.

960
00:46:38,530 --> 00:46:40,999
<i>I found the replica
of Queen Elizabeth's seal</i>

961
00:46:40,999 --> 00:46:42,567
<i>in your magician's camp.</i>

962
00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:46,104
The sight of him watching us
on our ride made me suspicious.

963
00:46:48,239 --> 00:46:49,941
You are very clever.

964
00:46:51,009 --> 00:46:52,510
That's why I chose you.

965
00:46:54,579 --> 00:46:56,381
<i>So now that you know...</i>

966
00:46:57,482 --> 00:47:01,186
...are you with me
or against me?

967
00:47:03,588 --> 00:47:06,291
First, I want to know.

968
00:47:08,259 --> 00:47:11,095
You sacrificed
your best friend,

969
00:47:11,095 --> 00:47:14,098
your husband,

970
00:47:14,098 --> 00:47:15,466
your son...

971
00:47:17,502 --> 00:47:19,003
...for power?

972
00:47:21,573 --> 00:47:23,107
No.

973
00:47:25,043 --> 00:47:26,878
For freedom.

974
00:47:31,249 --> 00:47:33,551
In that case,

975
00:47:33,551 --> 00:47:35,086
I am with you.

976
00:47:39,490 --> 00:47:40,992
Here are my terms.

977
00:47:47,865 --> 00:47:49,167
Thought you couldn't read.

978
00:47:50,401 --> 00:47:52,370
There's lots of things
you don't know about me.

979
00:47:54,205 --> 00:47:56,341
A title?

980
00:47:56,341 --> 00:47:57,875
Property?

981
00:47:59,477 --> 00:48:02,614
<i>A little education
is a dangerous thing.</i>

982
00:48:02,614 --> 00:48:04,515
Apparently.

983
00:48:07,585 --> 00:48:10,088
Feels good to be bad,
doesn't it?

984
00:48:12,023 --> 00:48:13,992
Feels better
to get my own back.

985
00:48:16,060 --> 00:48:18,029
Exactly.

986
00:48:18,029 --> 00:48:21,032
[dramatic music plays]

987
00:48:21,032 --> 00:48:24,068
♪ ♪

988
00:48:47,292 --> 00:48:48,459
[exhales sharply]

989
00:48:50,128 --> 00:48:53,431
Mary, Mary, Mary, Mary...

990
00:48:53,431 --> 00:48:55,667
we must prepare
to depart at once.

991
00:48:55,667 --> 00:48:58,503
[laughing shakily]

992
00:48:58,503 --> 00:49:01,039
Oh, my cousin has answered
my call for aid!

993
00:49:01,039 --> 00:49:04,075
♪ ♪

994
00:49:06,144 --> 00:49:07,979
Safe travels.

995
00:49:07,979 --> 00:49:10,481
History will remember you.

996
00:49:10,481 --> 00:49:12,183
Come!

997
00:49:12,183 --> 00:49:15,219
♪ ♪

998
00:49:17,989 --> 00:49:20,224
I wouldn't count on it.

999
00:49:20,224 --> 00:49:23,227
[soft music plays]

1000
00:49:23,227 --> 00:49:26,230
♪ ♪

1001
00:49:26,230 --> 00:49:29,267
[bells tolling]

1002
00:49:42,547 --> 00:49:45,383
I will not let anything
happen to you.

1003
00:49:46,250 --> 00:49:48,219
What could happen to me?

1004
00:49:49,087 --> 00:49:50,722
Precisely.

1005
00:50:01,466 --> 00:50:04,435
[dramatic music plays]

1006
00:50:04,435 --> 00:50:07,472
♪ ♪

1007
00:50:12,009 --> 00:50:14,779
[indistinct whispers]

1008
00:50:15,012 --> 00:50:18,015
♪ ♪

1009
00:50:41,739 --> 00:50:44,742
Looks like all is forgiven?

1010
00:50:44,742 --> 00:50:46,711
I wouldn't say so.

1011
00:50:46,711 --> 00:50:49,614
But I imagine she realizes
she cannot govern

1012
00:50:49,614 --> 00:50:51,716
without women like me
on her side.

1013
00:50:53,084 --> 00:50:58,055
And I intend to dedicate myself
to her cause.

1014
00:50:58,055 --> 00:51:00,558
Well, that's that then.

1015
00:51:00,558 --> 00:51:02,093
Checkmate.

1016
00:51:02,093 --> 00:51:04,095
On the contrary.

1017
00:51:04,095 --> 00:51:06,364
I will spend the rest
of my life getting back at her

1018
00:51:06,364 --> 00:51:07,498
for what she did to us.

1019
00:51:07,498 --> 00:51:09,200
♪ ♪

1020
00:51:09,200 --> 00:51:10,835
<i>But in the meantime,</i>

1021
00:51:11,068 --> 00:51:13,771
we shall convince her
we are her closest allies.

1022
00:51:13,771 --> 00:51:16,808
♪ ♪

1023
00:51:22,480 --> 00:51:25,450
[sweeping music plays]

1024
00:51:25,450 --> 00:51:28,486
♪ ♪

1025
00:51:57,114 --> 00:52:00,117
[birds calling]

1026
00:52:03,754 --> 00:52:05,723
My homeland.

1027
00:52:05,723 --> 00:52:08,726
[tense music plays]

1028
00:52:08,726 --> 00:52:09,727
♪ ♪

1029
00:52:09,727 --> 00:52:12,263
Greetings.

1030
00:52:12,263 --> 00:52:15,233
Your queen has returned.

1031
00:52:15,233 --> 00:52:17,735
Uh, Queen Mary,
what are you doing here?

1032
00:52:17,735 --> 00:52:20,471
My cousin wrote to me saying
that she would help me

1033
00:52:20,471 --> 00:52:21,572
in my time of need.

1034
00:52:21,572 --> 00:52:24,242
Has she not yet arrived?

1035
00:52:24,242 --> 00:52:26,210
Surely, you know
your cousin Elizabeth

1036
00:52:26,210 --> 00:52:28,646
would not tolerate
your presence on British soil.

1037
00:52:28,646 --> 00:52:30,715
She will see it
as a threat to her rule.

1038
00:52:30,715 --> 00:52:32,350
But her letter said that--

1039
00:52:32,350 --> 00:52:33,584
- [soldier] Her... her letter?
- Yes.

1040
00:52:33,584 --> 00:52:34,652
♪ ♪

1041
00:52:34,652 --> 00:52:36,354
If there was such a letter,

1042
00:52:36,354 --> 00:52:38,489
I'm... I'm sure
you've been fooled by forgery,

1043
00:52:38,489 --> 00:52:39,657
Your Majesty.

1044
00:52:39,657 --> 00:52:41,192
♪ ♪

1045
00:52:41,192 --> 00:52:45,463
So it was Catherine
who triumphed after all.

1046
00:52:45,463 --> 00:52:47,398
And to think, just a week ago,

1047
00:52:47,398 --> 00:52:50,568
you had them all
right where you wanted them.

1048
00:52:50,568 --> 00:52:52,837
Now she promises
to make tolerance

1049
00:52:52,837 --> 00:52:54,539
the new law of the land

1050
00:52:54,539 --> 00:52:57,308
and break the treaty
with the Holy Roman emperor.

1051
00:52:57,308 --> 00:52:58,409
♪ ♪

1052
00:52:58,409 --> 00:53:00,678
No official religion at all.

1053
00:53:00,678 --> 00:53:03,447
<i>They will blame you
and your brother.</i>

1054
00:53:03,447 --> 00:53:05,316
Mother, when will you shut up?

1055
00:53:05,316 --> 00:53:07,318
Isn't it obvious?

1056
00:53:07,318 --> 00:53:09,754
When you do something
to shut me up.

1057
00:53:09,754 --> 00:53:12,790
♪ ♪

1058
00:53:19,897 --> 00:53:21,332
Thank you for your loyalty.

1059
00:53:21,332 --> 00:53:23,968
♪ ♪

1060
00:53:28,773 --> 00:53:32,743
Keep in mind,
you will only have my loyalty

1061
00:53:32,743 --> 00:53:34,745
if you can protect
the people I care about.

1062
00:53:34,745 --> 00:53:37,782
♪ ♪

1063
00:53:45,356 --> 00:53:47,224
[Catherine] <i>Allow me.</i>

1064
00:53:47,224 --> 00:53:50,261
♪ ♪

1065
00:53:54,599 --> 00:53:57,568
[dramatic music plays]

1066
00:53:57,568 --> 00:54:00,605
♪ ♪

1067
00:54:20,291 --> 00:54:22,693
Trust no one.

1068
00:54:24,929 --> 00:54:29,900
[singer] <i>♪ Yeah ♪</i>

1069
00:54:29,900 --> 00:54:32,503
<i>♪ I'm having visions,
a serpent's hiss ♪</i>

1070
00:54:32,503 --> 00:54:34,839
<i>♪ Of bodies twisted
and serpent's kiss ♪</i>

1071
00:54:34,839 --> 00:54:37,475
<i>♪ Thought I was dreaming,
I'm seeing red ♪</i>

1072
00:54:37,475 --> 00:54:39,810
<i>♪ Thought you were breathing,
but now you're dead ♪</i>

1073
00:54:39,810 --> 00:54:42,346
<i>♪ I am the nightmare,
I am the wind ♪</i>

1074
00:54:42,346 --> 00:54:44,782
<i>♪ The scary story
you tell your kids ♪</i>

1075
00:54:44,782 --> 00:54:47,585
<i>♪ Now don't be frightened,
now don't you scream ♪</i>

1076
00:54:47,585 --> 00:54:52,590
<i>♪ For 'tis the season
of the queen ♪</i>

1077
00:54:52,590 --> 00:54:57,595
<i>♪ 'Tis the season
of the queen ♪</i>

1078
00:54:57,595 --> 00:55:02,600
<i>♪ 'Tis the season
of the queen, yeah, yeah ♪</i>

1079
00:55:02,600 --> 00:55:06,904
<i>♪ 'Tis the season
of the queen ♪</i>

1080
00:55:06,904 --> 00:55:10,675
<i>♪ And you are not ♪</i>

1081
00:55:10,675 --> 00:55:13,778
<i>♪ Okay, just awake
and time to get some bread ♪</i>

1082
00:55:13,778 --> 00:55:15,913
<i>♪ Legend of the day,
hail to the queen I say ♪</i>

1083
00:55:15,913 --> 00:55:18,449
<i>♪ Okay, just awake
and time to get some bread ♪</i>

1084
00:55:18,449 --> 00:55:20,885
<i>♪ Legend of the day,
hail to the queen I say ♪</i>

1085
00:55:20,885 --> 00:55:22,720
<i>- ♪ Okay, just awake ♪
- ♪ For 'tis the season ♪</i>

1086
00:55:22,720 --> 00:55:24,388
<i>- ♪ Time to get some bread ♪
- ♪ Of the queen ♪</i>

1087
00:55:24,388 --> 00:55:25,790
<i>♪ Legend of the day,
hail to the queen I say ♪</i>

1088
00:55:25,790 --> 00:55:27,358
<i>♪ Yeah ♪</i>

1089
00:55:27,358 --> 00:55:30,394
<i>♪ Hail to the queen I say ♪</i>


