1 00:00:17,476 --> 00:00:19,913 It is nivering. A bit. 2 00:00:19,937 --> 00:00:23,958 But I am glad to be going. Thank you for taking me. 3 00:00:23,982 --> 00:00:27,378 Oh, I enjoy your company. You laugh at my jokes. 4 00:00:27,402 --> 00:00:30,340 And your tales of German childhood are whimsical, 5 00:00:30,364 --> 00:00:32,717 and make me wish I knew what a kugelhopf was. 6 00:00:32,741 --> 00:00:34,594 It is just a cake. Oh. 7 00:00:34,618 --> 00:00:37,805 I'd envisaged it being a small beaver. 8 00:00:37,829 --> 00:00:40,308 That changes the nature of many of your stories. 9 00:00:45,629 --> 00:00:48,608 You should prepare yourself for a little unpleasantness on arrival. 10 00:00:48,632 --> 00:00:51,176 Yes. Of course. 11 00:01:20,455 --> 00:01:22,124 Ladies. 12 00:01:23,458 --> 00:01:26,729 Empresses. How wonderful that you've come. 13 00:01:26,753 --> 00:01:30,483 You are an inspiration to us all. 14 00:01:30,507 --> 00:01:32,610 Would you care for a macaroon, General? 15 00:01:32,634 --> 00:01:34,904 We brought 300 for the men. 16 00:01:34,928 --> 00:01:37,139 Do, do you mind if I take a couple? 17 00:01:42,853 --> 00:01:44,980 Please. Follow me. 18 00:01:51,653 --> 00:01:53,548 What is that smell? 19 00:01:53,572 --> 00:01:57,510 Bodies. Mud. Horse shit. 20 00:01:57,534 --> 00:01:59,721 Smoke of cannons. 21 00:01:59,745 --> 00:02:02,015 It's not a place for women. 22 00:02:02,039 --> 00:02:06,186 If it is a place where Russian men die, then it is a place for us. 23 00:02:06,210 --> 00:02:08,605 How is the war progressing, General? 24 00:02:08,629 --> 00:02:11,441 We have received some setbacks. 25 00:02:11,465 --> 00:02:16,362 But what the peevish Swede entirely lacks is our ferocious Russian fighting spirit. 26 00:02:16,386 --> 00:02:20,015 That, in the end, always guarantees victory. 27 00:02:20,891 --> 00:02:22,410 So we're losing. 28 00:02:22,434 --> 00:02:25,663 Catherine, focus on the men. 29 00:02:25,687 --> 00:02:28,148 And only victory. They need hope. 30 00:02:29,483 --> 00:02:31,377 May I offer you a macaroon? 31 00:02:31,401 --> 00:02:33,403 I have lost my fingers. 32 00:02:34,738 --> 00:02:36,114 Oh. 33 00:02:36,990 --> 00:02:38,742 I'm so sorry. 34 00:02:42,579 --> 00:02:44,957 I'll just pop it in your mouth. 35 00:02:54,258 --> 00:02:58,095 It's pistachio, if that's helpful. 36 00:03:01,515 --> 00:03:03,743 Thank you. 37 00:03:03,767 --> 00:03:06,770 Thank you for coming to see us. 38 00:03:11,441 --> 00:03:12,776 Of course. 39 00:03:22,661 --> 00:03:26,373 Good morning, Captain. Would you care for a macaroon? 40 00:03:27,374 --> 00:03:29,352 There's strawberry, or... 41 00:03:29,376 --> 00:03:31,837 A strawberry macaroon would be a wonder to me. 42 00:03:37,968 --> 00:03:39,904 Ahem. 43 00:03:39,928 --> 00:03:43,074 I'm told you're prepared to pose for a battle painting. 44 00:03:43,098 --> 00:03:45,034 Yes, indeed, General. 45 00:03:45,058 --> 00:03:47,328 Whatever will help fire the men's morale. 46 00:03:48,854 --> 00:03:52,983 A grand, victorious painting of the two of you is sure to do that. 47 00:04:03,952 --> 00:04:05,704 Just dressing the dead. 48 00:04:09,124 --> 00:04:10,584 What? 49 00:04:11,418 --> 00:04:15,231 Not enough dead Swedes, so we're dressing our dead in their uniforms, 50 00:04:15,255 --> 00:04:18,884 so as to make a victorious pile. Huzzah! 51 00:04:19,885 --> 00:04:23,031 I'd love a confident smile 52 00:04:23,055 --> 00:04:25,599 of inevitable victory, if you could. 53 00:05:10,978 --> 00:05:12,372 Stop. 54 00:06:21,215 --> 00:06:23,067 Are you all right? 55 00:06:23,091 --> 00:06:24,736 Of course. 56 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:27,947 Whatever it was is floating on the wind now. 57 00:06:27,971 --> 00:06:30,783 Do you need to? We can stop. 58 00:06:30,807 --> 00:06:33,786 I need to scream. But not into the air, 59 00:06:33,810 --> 00:06:35,830 but at the world, for allowing this to happen. 60 00:06:35,854 --> 00:06:37,415 War is inevitable, 61 00:06:37,439 --> 00:06:39,959 since cavemen smashed each other's faces in 62 00:06:39,983 --> 00:06:42,295 for control of the fire stick. 63 00:06:42,319 --> 00:06:45,256 It cannot be. It is a choice. 64 00:06:45,280 --> 00:06:48,367 Things that are built into our nature are not choices. 65 00:06:49,493 --> 00:06:52,704 Can't decide if I can stomach a macaroon or not. 66 00:06:57,835 --> 00:06:59,604 Fuck! 67 00:06:59,628 --> 00:07:02,732 There you go. Let it out. 68 00:07:02,756 --> 00:07:07,111 We have to object to this. We cannot subject men to this nightmare, 69 00:07:07,135 --> 00:07:09,697 their lives and hopes extinguished. 70 00:07:09,721 --> 00:07:11,658 Russia cannot continue on this path. 71 00:07:11,682 --> 00:07:13,660 We will prevail. At what cost? 72 00:07:13,684 --> 00:07:15,912 Well, that is the trick to it. 73 00:07:15,936 --> 00:07:19,749 Knowing when the cost is still bearable and when it has tipped too far. 74 00:07:19,773 --> 00:07:22,693 That seemed too far. I've seen worse. 75 00:07:24,278 --> 00:07:27,674 But I admire your heart and fire. 76 00:07:27,698 --> 00:07:30,635 I am scorched by that, certainly, 77 00:07:30,659 --> 00:07:32,578 and will not forget it. 78 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:38,768 What? 79 00:07:38,792 --> 00:07:41,104 I hoped it would happen. 80 00:07:41,128 --> 00:07:43,046 You are becoming a Russian. 81 00:07:48,343 --> 00:07:50,405 Holy fuck! 82 00:07:50,429 --> 00:07:51,573 Indeed. 83 00:08:00,772 --> 00:08:02,691 You fucking savage. 84 00:08:10,449 --> 00:08:12,719 You must stop the war. 85 00:08:12,743 --> 00:08:15,471 I just did. Madam Dymov won. 86 00:08:15,495 --> 00:08:17,682 I need food. I'm starving. 87 00:08:17,706 --> 00:08:21,311 I think a moose tartar prepared with fresh horseradish and a quail's egg. 88 00:08:21,335 --> 00:08:22,854 I was at the front. 89 00:08:22,878 --> 00:08:25,148 Ah, did Elizabeth take you? Why does she do that? 90 00:08:25,172 --> 00:08:28,860 As if the men need to have macaroons thrown at them by a woman with big hair. 91 00:08:28,884 --> 00:08:30,737 They're dying up there. 92 00:08:30,761 --> 00:08:32,906 Hope so. Not much of a war if they're not. 93 00:08:34,097 --> 00:08:38,119 And why are we at war? I... 94 00:08:38,143 --> 00:08:40,163 needed to teach the Swedes a lesson, 95 00:08:40,187 --> 00:08:41,873 like my father before me. 96 00:08:41,897 --> 00:08:45,084 You need to stop it. I will. When we win. 97 00:08:45,108 --> 00:08:49,047 We do not seem to be winning. Hence, I cannot stop it yet. 98 00:08:49,071 --> 00:08:50,239 You must. 99 00:08:52,449 --> 00:08:54,260 Because men are dying? 100 00:08:54,284 --> 00:08:57,388 That is the way, with a war. 101 00:08:57,412 --> 00:09:00,266 It sits hard in your eyes, and I understand entirely, 102 00:09:00,290 --> 00:09:02,268 as you are tender of heart, and soft of thought, but‐‐. 103 00:09:02,292 --> 00:09:04,270 Tell them to grate the horseradish, not slice it. 104 00:09:04,294 --> 00:09:07,607 Dying horribly, and pointlessly. 105 00:09:07,631 --> 00:09:10,401 For the glory of Russia. Not pointlessly. 106 00:09:10,425 --> 00:09:13,613 Talk to the Swedes. I'd rather die. 107 00:09:13,637 --> 00:09:16,783 Well, you will not, but thousands are. 108 00:09:16,807 --> 00:09:18,701 Yes. Happily so, for the glory of Russia. 109 00:09:18,725 --> 00:09:22,080 I will stop it when we win, then they will not have died pointlessly. 110 00:09:22,104 --> 00:09:23,832 You are not Russian, so do not understand, 111 00:09:23,856 --> 00:09:26,251 and so I will forgive your annoying tone. Go. 112 00:09:26,275 --> 00:09:28,711 I wish to eat in silence. 113 00:09:28,735 --> 00:09:31,113 Tell Louis I will want borscht as well. 114 00:09:40,998 --> 00:09:42,809 Hi. Oh, hi. 115 00:09:42,833 --> 00:09:44,519 What the fuck? 116 00:09:44,543 --> 00:09:46,646 Uh, it's nothing. 117 00:09:46,670 --> 00:09:48,565 You're bruised. 118 00:09:48,589 --> 00:09:50,441 He got a little out of hand. Fucker! 119 00:09:50,465 --> 00:09:52,402 It's nothing. 120 00:09:52,426 --> 00:09:55,137 I am fine. Do not talk of it. 121 00:10:15,073 --> 00:10:17,326 Feeling better? 122 00:10:26,293 --> 00:10:29,063 I will bathe and dress, and we will play bridge. 123 00:10:29,087 --> 00:10:30,297 As planned. 124 00:10:31,507 --> 00:10:33,485 Svetlana? 125 00:10:33,509 --> 00:10:35,052 Run me a bath. 126 00:10:42,601 --> 00:10:44,436 Fuck off. Go. 127 00:11:17,094 --> 00:11:20,281 Oh, Grigor. Try this black bread with moose lips. 128 00:11:20,305 --> 00:11:23,725 Makes my cock hard. Which, considering your wife, is a feat. 129 00:11:26,979 --> 00:11:29,541 Fucking delicious. Mm. 130 00:11:29,565 --> 00:11:31,668 There's Louis' amazing borscht, too. 131 00:11:31,692 --> 00:11:33,026 Mm. 132 00:11:33,944 --> 00:11:36,238 Remember when we shot that fucking pig? 133 00:11:37,447 --> 00:11:39,175 The fucker ran straight at us. 134 00:11:39,199 --> 00:11:42,095 We were dead if we hadn't hit first time. 135 00:11:42,119 --> 00:11:44,639 Well, I hadn't hit. Huh. 136 00:11:44,663 --> 00:11:46,623 Great day. Hmm. 137 00:11:49,751 --> 00:11:51,879 You want some? I've eaten. 138 00:11:54,047 --> 00:11:56,258 We should go play handball after this. 139 00:12:00,304 --> 00:12:01,722 Mm. 140 00:12:05,142 --> 00:12:06,476 Let's go now. 141 00:12:08,562 --> 00:12:10,355 Uh, m‐maybe leave the food. 142 00:12:11,690 --> 00:12:14,002 Louis' borscht? Are you out of your fucking mind? 143 00:12:14,026 --> 00:12:15,861 Of course I'm bringing it. 144 00:12:16,820 --> 00:12:19,132 Zeus! 145 00:12:30,250 --> 00:12:33,730 Oh! Aah! 146 00:12:33,754 --> 00:12:37,090 You all right? Hmm. Yeah. Mm. 147 00:12:38,425 --> 00:12:40,612 Feel a bit funny now, actually. Funny? 148 00:12:40,636 --> 00:12:43,573 Mm. A bit... farty. 149 00:12:43,597 --> 00:12:46,618 You want to stop? Maybe it was the cheese. 150 00:12:46,642 --> 00:12:48,519 I'll have some of this. 151 00:12:55,025 --> 00:12:56,485 That's better. 152 00:13:05,285 --> 00:13:07,931 Shit fuck! Feeling all right? 153 00:13:07,955 --> 00:13:09,248 Yeah. 154 00:13:10,499 --> 00:13:12,393 Mm‐hmm. 155 00:13:14,670 --> 00:13:17,714 Countess Belanova is back from Europe. 156 00:13:19,591 --> 00:13:23,971 I have an urge to tell you about the bridges and bell towers of Florence. 157 00:13:25,347 --> 00:13:27,099 Love to hear it. 158 00:13:45,826 --> 00:13:47,929 Jesus. 159 00:13:51,832 --> 00:13:54,144 Oh, I've missed being at court! 160 00:13:54,168 --> 00:13:56,253 You have been missed. 161 00:14:00,591 --> 00:14:02,735 Ah! I'm coming! 162 00:14:02,759 --> 00:14:04,946 Aah! 163 00:14:04,970 --> 00:14:06,823 Why are you stopping? 164 00:14:09,516 --> 00:14:11,703 Apologies. I don't feel quite myself. 165 00:14:26,366 --> 00:14:28,202 Can't stop thinking about it? 166 00:14:30,037 --> 00:14:31,371 I really can't. 167 00:14:32,664 --> 00:14:35,626 Covered in blood, and mud. 168 00:14:36,376 --> 00:14:38,354 It's a horror. 169 00:14:38,378 --> 00:14:40,607 And I am standing there, 170 00:14:40,631 --> 00:14:44,277 in a ridiculous dress, handing them a pistachio macaroon. 171 00:14:44,301 --> 00:14:46,488 You brought him a moment of respite. 172 00:14:46,512 --> 00:14:48,281 It is not enough. 173 00:14:48,305 --> 00:14:50,450 I'm ashamed. 174 00:14:50,474 --> 00:14:52,434 You felt like a foolish princess. 175 00:14:54,478 --> 00:14:56,414 Exactly. 176 00:14:56,438 --> 00:15:00,126 And you will tell me to forget it, sleep soundly. 177 00:15:00,150 --> 00:15:02,569 "They liked their macaroons." 178 00:15:05,030 --> 00:15:07,366 I cannot bear the inaction. 179 00:15:08,408 --> 00:15:10,202 Heartlessness. 180 00:15:11,078 --> 00:15:12,430 Of me? 181 00:15:12,454 --> 00:15:13,932 Yes. 182 00:15:13,956 --> 00:15:16,976 Of everyone in this fucking court. 183 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,837 You felt like a foolish princess because you are. 184 00:15:20,838 --> 00:15:22,232 What? 185 00:15:22,256 --> 00:15:25,026 You stood in a gold dress while men died around you, 186 00:15:25,050 --> 00:15:26,736 handing out sugared treats. 187 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:30,114 It is as it looks and feels. I do not judge you on it. 188 00:15:30,138 --> 00:15:33,660 But spare me the precious, self‐righteous loathing. 189 00:15:33,684 --> 00:15:36,663 You are cruel. I'm sorry, I just‐‐. 190 00:15:36,687 --> 00:15:38,915 And you are a fop who does not care for anything 191 00:15:38,939 --> 00:15:41,501 but wine, and love, and fucking poetry. 192 00:15:41,525 --> 00:15:43,211 I do care for wine and poetry, 193 00:15:43,235 --> 00:15:46,130 but I also care for the dozens of boys I grew up with on my estate 194 00:15:46,154 --> 00:15:48,949 who are now fucking dead from this war. 195 00:15:52,911 --> 00:15:54,889 So you know boys who died, 196 00:15:54,913 --> 00:15:58,417 and your response is to toast them with a sonnet. 197 00:15:59,376 --> 00:16:01,271 It is as weak as my macaroon giving. 198 00:16:01,295 --> 00:16:05,191 They go knowing this is Russia, and they are cannon fodder. 199 00:16:05,215 --> 00:16:08,194 So I try to do them the honor of not confecting pointless outrage 200 00:16:08,218 --> 00:16:10,155 and fake fury. It is not fake! 201 00:16:10,179 --> 00:16:12,931 Perhaps not. But it is pointless. 202 00:16:17,227 --> 00:16:18,604 I disagree. 203 00:16:21,106 --> 00:16:23,376 I don't like you much right now. 204 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:26,612 So be it. Truth is truth. 205 00:16:28,363 --> 00:16:31,092 I will not live a powerless life. 206 00:16:31,116 --> 00:16:33,052 You are perhaps living in the wrong country, then. 207 00:16:36,580 --> 00:16:38,474 The Emperor's going to die. 208 00:16:51,178 --> 00:16:53,931 How is he? He's very ill. 209 00:16:55,766 --> 00:16:57,035 Can we go in? 210 00:16:57,059 --> 00:16:59,037 Well, everyone's being kept out here. 211 00:16:59,061 --> 00:17:00,330 Fear of contagion. 212 00:17:00,354 --> 00:17:03,124 He's been vomiting continuously throughout the night, 213 00:17:03,148 --> 00:17:06,794 and he runs a high fever, and he has fits of wild delirium. 214 00:17:06,818 --> 00:17:09,547 The doctor and archbishop are in there with him. 215 00:17:12,407 --> 00:17:13,635 Excuse me. 216 00:17:26,255 --> 00:17:27,464 How is he? 217 00:17:28,465 --> 00:17:30,610 Extremely ill. 218 00:17:30,634 --> 00:17:33,238 The fear is that it may be cholera. 219 00:17:33,262 --> 00:17:34,447 Cholera? 220 00:17:34,471 --> 00:17:36,115 Which I suspect he will have caught 221 00:17:36,139 --> 00:17:38,451 from a possessed, nocturnal animal. 222 00:17:38,475 --> 00:17:40,036 Probably a badger. 223 00:17:40,060 --> 00:17:43,289 Where would he have come across a possessed badger? 224 00:17:43,313 --> 00:17:47,043 If it is cholera, he will die, will he not? 225 00:17:47,067 --> 00:17:49,796 It's a strong possibility that we must face. 226 00:17:49,820 --> 00:17:51,673 Oh, my little man. 227 00:17:51,697 --> 00:17:53,800 The doctor is working hard on cures. 228 00:17:53,824 --> 00:17:55,009 It may be something else. 229 00:17:55,033 --> 00:17:57,512 Has he said anything? Is he talking? 230 00:17:57,536 --> 00:17:59,931 He speaks intermittently. 231 00:17:59,955 --> 00:18:02,892 Much of it is deranged. Said he was a wolf. 232 00:18:02,916 --> 00:18:05,895 Wanted to eat Swedish children for breakfast. 233 00:18:05,919 --> 00:18:07,730 And there was some talk of what he'd like to do 234 00:18:07,754 --> 00:18:10,275 with various ladies of the court. 235 00:18:10,299 --> 00:18:12,068 I'll spare you the details, 236 00:18:12,092 --> 00:18:15,220 before more bouts of diarrhea and vomiting. 237 00:18:18,182 --> 00:18:20,952 I will go in to see him. Do not risk your life. 238 00:18:20,976 --> 00:18:23,770 I want to be there for my friend. 239 00:18:26,023 --> 00:18:28,418 I had no idea your husband was so brave, Georgina. 240 00:18:28,442 --> 00:18:30,170 Oh, yes. Famously so. 241 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:37,618 Fuck off, birdie. 242 00:18:38,744 --> 00:18:41,639 I fear it is the blue death, but he is strong, 243 00:18:41,663 --> 00:18:44,017 and with God's blessing, he may survive. 244 00:18:44,041 --> 00:18:45,602 That is our earnest prayer. 245 00:18:45,626 --> 00:18:47,854 It's definitely cholera, you think? Without a doubt. 246 00:18:47,878 --> 00:18:49,606 Terrible affliction. 247 00:18:49,630 --> 00:18:54,652 There are various possible aids and cures I have perfected. 248 00:18:54,676 --> 00:18:58,323 Um, he should wear a dead mouse around his neck. 249 00:18:58,347 --> 00:19:01,409 To draw the disease from his body. 250 00:19:01,433 --> 00:19:02,869 Well, hello, furry friend. 251 00:19:02,893 --> 00:19:05,413 He must avoid all blue food. 252 00:19:05,437 --> 00:19:06,873 Are there blue foods? 253 00:19:06,897 --> 00:19:10,543 I will make a restorative vinegar and arsenic drink for him. 254 00:19:10,567 --> 00:19:11,836 Good one. 255 00:19:15,656 --> 00:19:17,407 Am I dying? 256 00:19:22,996 --> 00:19:26,100 If this is cholera, he could be dead within the day. 257 00:19:26,124 --> 00:19:27,644 Right. 258 00:19:27,668 --> 00:19:29,479 That means‐‐ Yes. 259 00:19:29,503 --> 00:19:31,731 Yes, it will be yours. 260 00:19:31,755 --> 00:19:34,025 You will rule Russia. 261 00:19:34,049 --> 00:19:36,903 After all our planning, it just‐‐. 262 00:19:36,927 --> 00:19:39,054 Falls into your lap. 263 00:19:41,932 --> 00:19:44,786 In light of this terrible situation, 264 00:19:44,810 --> 00:19:48,122 a meeting is being called to deal with the possible transition of power. 265 00:19:48,146 --> 00:19:49,499 To me. 266 00:19:49,523 --> 00:19:52,627 Indeed. It seems so. 267 00:19:52,651 --> 00:19:55,463 You are the next... 268 00:19:55,487 --> 00:19:58,466 should the worst happen. 269 00:19:58,490 --> 00:20:00,385 Prepare with prayer, 270 00:20:00,409 --> 00:20:02,887 and the senate will be called. 271 00:20:02,911 --> 00:20:04,746 I look forward to it. 272 00:20:05,455 --> 00:20:08,059 Not him dying. That is bad. 273 00:20:08,083 --> 00:20:11,545 And sad. And we hope for the best. 274 00:20:12,671 --> 00:20:14,566 God will be with us. 275 00:20:14,590 --> 00:20:16,216 He always is. 276 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:26,035 It's happening. It's really happening. 277 00:20:26,059 --> 00:20:28,246 I feel a bit... dizzy. 278 00:20:28,270 --> 00:20:29,956 As do I. 279 00:20:29,980 --> 00:20:31,291 You must prepare for the meeting. 280 00:20:31,315 --> 00:20:34,419 There are a lot of things to touch on. I'll try and order them for you. 281 00:20:34,443 --> 00:20:37,088 You must carry the senate, Empress. 282 00:20:37,112 --> 00:20:39,090 Inspire, and reassure. 283 00:20:39,114 --> 00:20:41,968 That is my way, Orlo. I know. 284 00:20:41,992 --> 00:20:45,305 Destiny has kicked the door open earlier than expected, 285 00:20:45,329 --> 00:20:47,473 but we shall run through it. 286 00:21:08,310 --> 00:21:11,206 Have you ever come, vomited, 287 00:21:11,230 --> 00:21:14,358 and shat yourself all at the same time? 288 00:21:17,110 --> 00:21:18,779 It's amazing. 289 00:22:09,705 --> 00:22:11,415 What are you doing? 290 00:22:13,417 --> 00:22:15,061 What you wished me to do. 291 00:22:15,085 --> 00:22:16,146 Something. 292 00:22:16,170 --> 00:22:17,254 Fuck! 293 00:22:26,930 --> 00:22:29,534 You looked at me, and the look said, "Be a man." 294 00:22:29,558 --> 00:22:30,702 You poisoned him? 295 00:22:30,726 --> 00:22:32,787 Arsenic. From the wall, in his borscht. 296 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:38,168 What happens to us when he's dead? 297 00:22:38,192 --> 00:22:39,752 Think what Peter provides for us. 298 00:22:39,776 --> 00:22:40,879 You didn't want this? Yes! 299 00:22:40,903 --> 00:22:42,863 No. I wasn't saying‐‐ I was just‐‐. 300 00:22:44,656 --> 00:22:46,718 Our situation is complex. 301 00:22:46,742 --> 00:22:47,969 Yet also simple. 302 00:22:47,993 --> 00:22:49,387 We have a safe life with him. 303 00:22:49,411 --> 00:22:51,514 Luxury, security, a place in court. 304 00:22:51,538 --> 00:22:53,641 Who's he gonna be replaced by? Catherine? 305 00:22:53,665 --> 00:22:54,851 We're nothing to her. 306 00:22:54,875 --> 00:22:56,186 What happens to us then? 307 00:22:56,210 --> 00:22:57,770 Grigor? 308 00:22:57,794 --> 00:22:59,272 Grigor! 309 00:22:59,296 --> 00:23:00,464 We're here. 310 00:23:01,965 --> 00:23:04,510 Ah, George. Oh, dear. 311 00:23:06,136 --> 00:23:07,137 There, there. 312 00:23:08,722 --> 00:23:09,722 Oh. 313 00:23:13,810 --> 00:23:16,980 "I will lead this country to a new age." 314 00:23:18,190 --> 00:23:19,626 "Dawn." 315 00:23:19,650 --> 00:23:21,544 "Place." 316 00:23:21,568 --> 00:23:23,463 All of them. 317 00:23:23,487 --> 00:23:24,839 What will you wear? 318 00:23:24,863 --> 00:23:27,091 What? Who cares about that? 319 00:23:27,115 --> 00:23:30,011 You're presenting yourself as the Empress of Russia. 320 00:23:30,035 --> 00:23:31,471 You must look good. 321 00:23:31,495 --> 00:23:33,288 It only matters what I say. 322 00:23:33,830 --> 00:23:36,601 Honestly, as a woman, it's far more important what you wear. 323 00:23:36,625 --> 00:23:38,770 Marial, that is‐‐ Incredibly true. 324 00:23:38,794 --> 00:23:40,647 I shall dig out some options, 325 00:23:40,671 --> 00:23:42,231 and then you can help me write my list. 326 00:23:42,965 --> 00:23:44,567 What list? 327 00:23:44,591 --> 00:23:46,903 Of all the people who've disparaged and abused me, 328 00:23:46,927 --> 00:23:47,946 as a servant. 329 00:23:47,970 --> 00:23:50,406 The people I will have revenge on when he dies, 330 00:23:50,430 --> 00:23:52,641 and you raise me back to my former station. 331 00:23:58,438 --> 00:24:00,083 You will do that. 332 00:24:00,107 --> 00:24:01,358 Won't you? 333 00:24:01,942 --> 00:24:05,004 Don't want to be presumptuous, and while I enjoy being your servant‐‐ 334 00:24:05,028 --> 00:24:07,507 "enjoy" being a strong word, basically inaccurate, 335 00:24:07,531 --> 00:24:09,467 I‐‐ Your list can wait. 336 00:24:09,491 --> 00:24:11,618 Let me write now. Please. 337 00:24:14,580 --> 00:24:16,373 This was my destiny. 338 00:24:18,208 --> 00:24:20,210 We talked about it in this very room. 339 00:24:21,336 --> 00:24:23,380 And you saved me that day. 340 00:24:24,548 --> 00:24:25,591 I thank you. 341 00:24:29,386 --> 00:24:30,697 I will pick your dress. 342 00:24:30,721 --> 00:24:32,323 It's a great day for me. 343 00:24:32,347 --> 00:24:33,348 For Russia. 344 00:24:33,807 --> 00:24:35,160 Them, too. 345 00:24:43,567 --> 00:24:44,567 Hi. 346 00:24:44,860 --> 00:24:45,962 Hi. 347 00:24:45,986 --> 00:24:47,505 I am writing. 348 00:24:47,529 --> 00:24:49,924 If Peter dies, you'll become Empress. 349 00:24:49,948 --> 00:24:52,576 I know. It is an extraordinary day. 350 00:24:52,910 --> 00:24:54,637 I can stop the war. 351 00:24:54,661 --> 00:24:56,848 And in doing so, perhaps win our argument. 352 00:24:56,872 --> 00:24:59,767 It did taste bitter. And made me want to punch you. 353 00:24:59,791 --> 00:25:01,478 I will tell you the truth, always. 354 00:25:01,502 --> 00:25:03,086 I accept the danger of it. 355 00:25:04,171 --> 00:25:05,631 So you want this. 356 00:25:06,423 --> 00:25:07,591 To be Empress. 357 00:25:09,551 --> 00:25:10,551 I do. 358 00:25:14,139 --> 00:25:15,432 And you with me. 359 00:25:16,517 --> 00:25:18,560 No one yells at me so well. 360 00:25:19,269 --> 00:25:20,646 Perhaps I need that. 361 00:25:23,148 --> 00:25:24,816 We need each other. 362 00:25:40,499 --> 00:25:41,542 Wow. 363 00:25:54,096 --> 00:25:55,222 He was eating this. 364 00:25:56,056 --> 00:25:58,684 Peter. Oh, my God. Yes! 365 00:25:59,810 --> 00:26:01,937 Someone's fucking poisoned him. 366 00:26:02,980 --> 00:26:04,314 How do you get to that? 367 00:26:05,983 --> 00:26:08,044 He ate it. He's dying. 368 00:26:08,068 --> 00:26:10,112 The dog ate it. He's fucking dead. 369 00:26:10,696 --> 00:26:11,697 I guess. 370 00:26:12,781 --> 00:26:15,802 Yeah, I see. Definite... 371 00:26:15,826 --> 00:26:17,202 possibility. 372 00:26:25,294 --> 00:26:27,313 Also mention regional stability, 373 00:26:27,337 --> 00:26:28,606 and its importance. 374 00:26:28,630 --> 00:26:31,317 Reinforce the status quo. Don't scare them. 375 00:26:31,341 --> 00:26:32,902 Promise them broad things. 376 00:26:32,926 --> 00:26:35,155 Leave the war alone, and, and‐‐. 377 00:26:35,179 --> 00:26:36,179 Gentlemen. 378 00:26:38,307 --> 00:26:41,018 It is a terrible moment for our country. 379 00:26:57,284 --> 00:26:58,928 I came here... 380 00:26:58,952 --> 00:27:00,078 a German. 381 00:27:01,663 --> 00:27:05,226 And as soon as I laid eyes on the land, 382 00:27:05,250 --> 00:27:08,605 my heart's rhythm changed. 383 00:27:08,629 --> 00:27:10,422 And my blood rushed... 384 00:27:11,006 --> 00:27:14,426 as if I was being born for the first time. 385 00:27:16,011 --> 00:27:18,865 If the Emperor dies, 386 00:27:18,889 --> 00:27:21,826 I want you to know that my whole being 387 00:27:21,850 --> 00:27:25,020 will be at the people's service. 388 00:27:32,069 --> 00:27:36,341 The first thing we must do is to end the war with Sweden. 389 00:27:36,365 --> 00:27:39,802 To pull our poor, suffering troops back from the front, 390 00:27:39,826 --> 00:27:43,455 so that no more young Russian lives are wasted in vain. 391 00:27:44,331 --> 00:27:46,309 There will be no more war. 392 00:27:46,333 --> 00:27:47,501 Huzzah! 393 00:27:50,254 --> 00:27:53,900 So you wish to relinquish to Sweden the land they have taken? 394 00:27:53,924 --> 00:27:55,735 They are deep in our territory. 395 00:27:55,759 --> 00:27:57,779 They have Vyborg. 396 00:27:57,803 --> 00:27:59,096 What's Vyborg? 397 00:27:59,555 --> 00:28:00,449 A town. 398 00:28:00,473 --> 00:28:02,450 Of some 50,000 souls, 399 00:28:02,474 --> 00:28:04,702 who may not love the fact that they are now Swedish, 400 00:28:04,726 --> 00:28:06,412 and dine on meatballs 401 00:28:06,436 --> 00:28:08,832 and lingonberry each night. 402 00:28:08,856 --> 00:28:11,417 Well, I have not seen the current military map. 403 00:28:11,441 --> 00:28:12,585 Also, Empress, 404 00:28:12,609 --> 00:28:15,338 there is the matter of the famine in the Urals. 405 00:28:15,362 --> 00:28:17,465 The Urals, was it? 406 00:28:17,489 --> 00:28:19,342 I'd love a map at this point. 407 00:28:19,366 --> 00:28:22,720 Of course. Your newness is... 408 00:28:22,744 --> 00:28:23,763 what it is. 409 00:28:23,787 --> 00:28:29,585 The Empress' fresh, outsider take on things will be an asset. 410 00:28:30,085 --> 00:28:32,272 Let me get on top of these situations. 411 00:28:32,296 --> 00:28:34,732 Mm, that would be excellent, Empress. 412 00:28:34,756 --> 00:28:36,466 I have made notes. 413 00:28:53,817 --> 00:28:56,004 Be in no doubt 414 00:28:56,028 --> 00:28:58,214 that the Russian people 415 00:28:58,238 --> 00:29:00,216 will become educated, 416 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:02,802 and will be liberated 417 00:29:02,826 --> 00:29:04,053 from servitude. 418 00:29:05,204 --> 00:29:08,224 I will end serfdom immediately. 419 00:29:08,248 --> 00:29:10,351 That‐That's not so‐‐. 420 00:29:10,375 --> 00:29:11,936 You wish to dismantle 421 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:15,482 the whole economic and cultural basis of our society. 422 00:29:15,506 --> 00:29:16,649 Fucking German. 423 00:29:16,673 --> 00:29:18,026 I understand 424 00:29:18,050 --> 00:29:20,028 it is bold, but we will have‐‐ ARCHIE: The Empress surely jests. 425 00:29:20,052 --> 00:29:23,198 It's not something we need to deal with now, and‐‐. 426 00:29:23,222 --> 00:29:26,159 I‐The details of these things... 427 00:29:27,684 --> 00:29:30,103 will be‐‐ Worked out in time. 428 00:29:30,521 --> 00:29:34,501 Uh, of course it is too much to expect the Empress‐‐. 429 00:29:34,525 --> 00:29:37,003 To know what she's talking about. I agree. 430 00:29:37,027 --> 00:29:38,630 She is new, 431 00:29:38,654 --> 00:29:40,906 and will need our guidance. 432 00:29:41,532 --> 00:29:44,302 At this point I feel we'd all like to pray 433 00:29:44,326 --> 00:29:46,411 for the Emperor's swift recovery. 434 00:29:46,828 --> 00:29:47,828 Uh... 435 00:29:48,789 --> 00:29:50,749 Yes. Of course. 436 00:29:51,375 --> 00:29:53,168 You have a rash on your neck. 437 00:29:55,546 --> 00:29:56,630 I do? 438 00:30:00,050 --> 00:30:01,050 Right. 439 00:30:05,806 --> 00:30:08,243 That was a disaster in there. 440 00:30:08,267 --> 00:30:10,119 It, it could have gone better. 441 00:30:10,143 --> 00:30:11,996 I don't know anything about Russia. 442 00:30:12,020 --> 00:30:14,457 You will. They will get to know you, and you them and‐‐. 443 00:30:14,481 --> 00:30:15,750 Did you hear? 444 00:30:15,774 --> 00:30:17,418 The Emperor was poisoned. It's possible. 445 00:30:17,442 --> 00:30:19,212 Chekhov confirmed it. 446 00:30:19,236 --> 00:30:21,196 Arsenic in his borscht. 447 00:30:21,572 --> 00:30:23,174 Poisoned? 448 00:30:23,198 --> 00:30:25,534 Was this you poisoning him? Of course not. 449 00:30:25,909 --> 00:30:26,762 No! 450 00:30:26,786 --> 00:30:28,304 Then who? 451 00:30:28,328 --> 00:30:29,848 And if there is another "who," 452 00:30:29,872 --> 00:30:31,081 maybe it's a coup. 453 00:30:31,456 --> 00:30:32,475 Someone else. 454 00:30:32,499 --> 00:30:33,852 Who is trying to take the throne. 455 00:30:33,876 --> 00:30:35,979 So you've heard. 456 00:30:36,003 --> 00:30:37,063 Marial. 457 00:30:37,087 --> 00:30:38,148 Actually wasn't. 458 00:30:38,172 --> 00:30:40,567 I hate him, and I'm glad he's going to die. 459 00:30:40,591 --> 00:30:42,986 About in there, before, Patriarch. 460 00:30:43,010 --> 00:30:44,362 Just had a stumble. 461 00:30:44,386 --> 00:30:48,158 With my husband dying, I am, of course, distraught. 462 00:30:48,182 --> 00:30:49,784 I will gather myself. 463 00:30:49,808 --> 00:30:52,954 Of course. Which brings me to Ivan. 464 00:30:52,978 --> 00:30:54,706 Ivan is still alive, 465 00:30:54,730 --> 00:30:56,416 and next in line to you, Empress. 466 00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:59,210 Ivan the Small? Be serious. 467 00:30:59,234 --> 00:31:00,587 How do you know he's still alive? 468 00:31:00,611 --> 00:31:02,029 You told me. What? 469 00:31:02,446 --> 00:31:04,591 In confidence. 470 00:31:04,615 --> 00:31:06,509 And it is some gossip I'd heard. 471 00:31:06,533 --> 00:31:10,054 I have no actual anecdote about anyone seeing him. 472 00:31:10,078 --> 00:31:13,016 Perhaps others have heard, and wish him installed. 473 00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:14,708 And have poisoned Peter. 474 00:31:15,959 --> 00:31:17,461 And do not want me. 475 00:31:34,353 --> 00:31:36,581 If Catherine becomes Empress, I'm fucked. 476 00:31:36,605 --> 00:31:37,665 We all are. 477 00:31:37,689 --> 00:31:39,608 And we don't even know this Ivan. 478 00:31:40,651 --> 00:31:42,629 We, we can't be seen to do this. 479 00:31:42,653 --> 00:31:43,630 Do what? 480 00:31:43,654 --> 00:31:45,131 The Emperor is on his deathbed, 481 00:31:45,155 --> 00:31:47,759 and you're literally eating cake and drinking wine. 482 00:31:47,783 --> 00:31:49,260 It's Boris' birthday! 483 00:31:49,284 --> 00:31:51,596 It looks like you're celebrating. 484 00:31:51,620 --> 00:31:55,767 We are. His birthday. He nearly died last week. 485 00:31:55,791 --> 00:31:57,727 But think how this looks. 486 00:31:57,751 --> 00:32:00,647 Now, there's a curfew. We've got to send everyone home. 487 00:32:00,671 --> 00:32:03,900 No. There's no point stopping it. 488 00:32:03,924 --> 00:32:06,444 If Peter lives, we'll all be fine. 489 00:32:06,468 --> 00:32:08,738 If he dies, we're all fucked. 490 00:32:08,762 --> 00:32:11,157 So, might as well have a party. 491 00:32:11,181 --> 00:32:12,700 George, do you agree? 492 00:32:12,724 --> 00:32:14,702 I do. We are perhaps all doomed, 493 00:32:14,726 --> 00:32:16,478 so let's enjoy it while we can. 494 00:32:20,774 --> 00:32:21,859 Come. 495 00:32:27,656 --> 00:32:28,675 Hey! 496 00:32:28,699 --> 00:32:31,094 Hey, what are you doing? Ivan. Ivan. 497 00:32:31,118 --> 00:32:32,345 - We're looking for Ivan. - Get out! 498 00:32:32,369 --> 00:32:33,264 - Excuse me. - Is Ivan here? 499 00:32:33,288 --> 00:32:35,968 Get out! May I speak to you? What are you doing? Excuse me. 500 00:32:36,039 --> 00:32:37,374 Excuse me. 501 00:33:05,777 --> 00:33:07,255 Seal the palace. 502 00:33:07,279 --> 00:33:09,424 No one is to be allowed in, or out. 503 00:33:20,709 --> 00:33:22,961 Captain, guard this door. No one gets in. 504 00:33:25,297 --> 00:33:26,900 What are you doing? 505 00:33:26,924 --> 00:33:28,985 You must stay in the Emperor's quarters for your own safety. 506 00:33:29,009 --> 00:33:30,195 You will remain there 507 00:33:30,219 --> 00:33:32,864 until I am certain security has been restored. 508 00:33:32,888 --> 00:33:33,907 You can't tell me where I can‐‐. 509 00:33:33,931 --> 00:33:36,034 If the Emperor was a target for assassination, 510 00:33:36,058 --> 00:33:36,951 then so are you. 511 00:33:36,975 --> 00:33:37,912 Well done, Lieutenant. 512 00:33:37,936 --> 00:33:40,217 Confine both the ladies in the Emperor's quarters for now. 513 00:33:40,687 --> 00:33:42,582 Tend to their wishes. 514 00:33:42,606 --> 00:33:45,585 No one is allowed to enter or exit without my word. 515 00:33:45,609 --> 00:33:46,860 Including them. 516 00:33:54,201 --> 00:33:56,888 Is he allowed to do this? Confine us? 517 00:33:56,912 --> 00:33:58,556 If there's a killer within the palace, 518 00:33:58,580 --> 00:34:00,099 the family must protect itself. 519 00:34:00,123 --> 00:34:01,392 Do not attempt to leave. 520 00:34:01,416 --> 00:34:03,377 There are guards outside the door. 521 00:34:17,432 --> 00:34:18,827 You didn't poison him, did you? 522 00:34:18,851 --> 00:34:20,018 No! 523 00:34:20,394 --> 00:34:22,664 I knew you hadn't. 524 00:34:22,688 --> 00:34:24,707 You have a good heart. 525 00:34:24,731 --> 00:34:27,401 How terrible I asked you that. Slap me if you like. I deserve it. 526 00:34:27,901 --> 00:34:29,087 No. 527 00:34:29,111 --> 00:34:31,113 It is a bewildering moment. 528 00:34:32,281 --> 00:34:34,259 You seemed ill‐prepared for leadership in the state room. 529 00:34:34,283 --> 00:34:35,659 Of course you didn't do it. 530 00:34:36,994 --> 00:34:37,994 You saw that? 531 00:34:38,745 --> 00:34:40,265 A small stumble. 532 00:34:40,289 --> 00:34:42,457 You had no idea you could one day be empress. 533 00:34:44,168 --> 00:34:45,294 Exactly. 534 00:34:55,095 --> 00:34:56,281 Aunt Elizabeth. 535 00:34:56,305 --> 00:34:57,723 My poor boy. 536 00:34:58,348 --> 00:34:59,534 How do you feel? 537 00:34:59,558 --> 00:35:01,643 Blood is seeping out of me, so not great. 538 00:35:02,519 --> 00:35:04,956 I heard servants whispering. 539 00:35:04,980 --> 00:35:06,106 Poisoned. 540 00:35:06,940 --> 00:35:08,168 Yes. 541 00:35:08,192 --> 00:35:09,752 Must be a mistake. 542 00:35:09,776 --> 00:35:11,629 Everyone loves me. 543 00:35:11,653 --> 00:35:13,298 I'm an astonishing Emperor. 544 00:35:13,322 --> 00:35:14,133 Yes. 545 00:35:14,157 --> 00:35:15,866 Oh. You're here. 546 00:35:17,159 --> 00:35:19,387 Someone is coming for us. 547 00:35:19,411 --> 00:35:21,455 That little cunt Ivan, no doubt. 548 00:35:21,830 --> 00:35:23,725 Possibly, but not necessarily. 549 00:35:23,749 --> 00:35:25,310 I always said we should kill him, 550 00:35:25,334 --> 00:35:27,604 in case his supporters tried something. 551 00:35:27,628 --> 00:35:29,022 Are you pregnant? 552 00:35:29,046 --> 00:35:31,441 - No. - Disappointing. 553 00:35:31,465 --> 00:35:32,901 The nobility love me 554 00:35:32,925 --> 00:35:34,944 because I turned the palace into a big party 555 00:35:34,968 --> 00:35:37,262 and delicious buffet, and‐‐ 556 00:35:44,811 --> 00:35:47,207 And women love me because of my massive cock. 557 00:35:47,231 --> 00:35:49,191 There's no need to speak. 558 00:35:50,317 --> 00:35:52,277 If I die, you'll be ruling Russia. 559 00:35:54,863 --> 00:35:56,966 Be ruthless. 560 00:35:56,990 --> 00:35:59,260 Torture every traitor. 561 00:35:59,284 --> 00:36:00,536 Be terrible. 562 00:36:01,787 --> 00:36:03,205 I wish I'd been terrible. 563 00:36:04,623 --> 00:36:05,832 Peter the Terrible. 564 00:36:07,334 --> 00:36:09,312 In many ways you were. 565 00:36:09,336 --> 00:36:10,336 Are. 566 00:36:12,422 --> 00:36:13,799 I have regrets. 567 00:36:15,592 --> 00:36:17,427 Things I wish I'd done. 568 00:36:21,390 --> 00:36:24,285 I wanted to rename July after myself. 569 00:36:24,309 --> 00:36:25,561 Call it "Peter." 570 00:36:26,228 --> 00:36:27,813 It's a wonderful idea. 571 00:36:28,689 --> 00:36:29,982 Now you must rest. 572 00:36:34,069 --> 00:36:36,297 You need to kill the fucker. 573 00:36:36,321 --> 00:36:37,364 Ivan. 574 00:37:00,304 --> 00:37:02,157 This is insane. 575 00:37:02,181 --> 00:37:03,682 I don't want to, either. 576 00:37:05,017 --> 00:37:06,185 He's sweet. 577 00:37:07,603 --> 00:37:09,414 But they're searching for him. 578 00:37:09,438 --> 00:37:10,731 They'll find him. 579 00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:13,710 And we'll be in danger. 580 00:37:13,734 --> 00:37:14,776 Right. 581 00:37:18,030 --> 00:37:20,508 He's a little boy. I'm sure we can talk him out of it. 582 00:37:20,532 --> 00:37:22,201 He doesn't want to be Emperor. 583 00:37:28,373 --> 00:37:29,601 Now Ivan, 584 00:37:29,625 --> 00:37:31,686 a lot is going on today. 585 00:37:31,710 --> 00:37:33,521 The Emperor is sick, 586 00:37:33,545 --> 00:37:35,106 and may die. 587 00:37:35,130 --> 00:37:37,341 They're coming for me, aren't they? 588 00:37:38,759 --> 00:37:40,904 That is what I wanted to talk to you about. 589 00:37:40,928 --> 00:37:44,908 These are bad people who would use you to do their bidding. 590 00:37:44,932 --> 00:37:47,202 Would they let me have fresh air, 591 00:37:47,226 --> 00:37:48,328 and wine, 592 00:37:48,352 --> 00:37:49,728 and boys to play with? 593 00:37:51,980 --> 00:37:54,292 I have tried to treat you well, my darling. 594 00:37:54,316 --> 00:37:56,044 I know you have. 595 00:37:56,068 --> 00:37:57,110 Tried. 596 00:37:59,696 --> 00:38:01,674 Is that what you want? 597 00:38:01,698 --> 00:38:03,218 We can do that for you. 598 00:38:03,242 --> 00:38:06,012 An estate. Friends. 599 00:38:06,036 --> 00:38:07,680 You seem young for wine, 600 00:38:07,704 --> 00:38:09,474 but... okay. 601 00:38:09,498 --> 00:38:11,559 She is scared, Lizzie. 602 00:38:11,583 --> 00:38:12,520 I see it. 603 00:38:12,544 --> 00:38:13,961 I am not. 604 00:38:14,419 --> 00:38:15,939 But I do not wish bloodshed. 605 00:38:15,963 --> 00:38:17,482 I love bloodshed. 606 00:38:17,506 --> 00:38:19,400 You don't even know what bloodshed is. 607 00:38:19,424 --> 00:38:21,402 You are a little boy who thinks he does, 608 00:38:21,426 --> 00:38:22,695 but you fucking don't. 609 00:38:22,719 --> 00:38:23,322 Bitch! 610 00:38:23,346 --> 00:38:24,638 Let's pause. 611 00:38:25,222 --> 00:38:27,033 And I mean dog paws! 612 00:38:27,057 --> 00:38:28,076 Ruff! 613 00:38:28,100 --> 00:38:30,310 I'm nine, for fuck's sake. 614 00:38:31,603 --> 00:38:33,605 Maybe this conversation is done. 615 00:38:34,815 --> 00:38:36,441 You seem tired and grumpy, darling. 616 00:38:42,197 --> 00:38:43,258 What do I do? 617 00:38:43,282 --> 00:38:44,867 He is intransigent. 618 00:38:48,829 --> 00:38:50,956 There is a knife in my pocket. 619 00:39:05,345 --> 00:39:07,097 We will see each other soon. 620 00:39:12,352 --> 00:39:16,040 I will be kind. I promise. 621 00:39:16,064 --> 00:39:19,234 Aunt Lizzie, help me draw some words to say. 622 00:39:20,569 --> 00:39:21,921 Of course, darling. 623 00:39:21,945 --> 00:39:23,113 Whatever you want. 624 00:40:04,196 --> 00:40:05,916 They're praying for his recovery. 625 00:40:07,282 --> 00:40:09,344 I thought they all hated him. 626 00:40:09,368 --> 00:40:12,013 They're searching for Ivan. 627 00:40:12,037 --> 00:40:14,265 Whoever it is. 628 00:40:14,289 --> 00:40:16,059 Clergy and guards. 629 00:40:16,083 --> 00:40:17,292 It could be Archie. 630 00:40:18,585 --> 00:40:20,170 Peter says I need to kill him. 631 00:40:21,463 --> 00:40:22,965 Elizabeth, too. 632 00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:26,552 It's madness. They're right. 633 00:40:27,678 --> 00:40:29,030 What? 634 00:40:29,054 --> 00:40:30,824 Orlo. 635 00:40:30,848 --> 00:40:32,492 I cannot kill a child. 636 00:40:32,516 --> 00:40:34,369 I do not want to, either, 637 00:40:34,393 --> 00:40:36,704 of course, but we must. 638 00:40:36,728 --> 00:40:38,105 We knew there would be blood. 639 00:40:39,523 --> 00:40:41,501 You are this close to power, 640 00:40:41,525 --> 00:40:43,402 and this close to death. 641 00:40:45,279 --> 00:40:47,382 Velementov got here very quickly. 642 00:40:47,406 --> 00:40:49,133 He's locked down the palace, 643 00:40:49,157 --> 00:40:50,718 taken control. 644 00:40:50,742 --> 00:40:53,388 If it looks like a military coup, but is he for you? 645 00:40:53,412 --> 00:40:55,247 Empress, you have to do it. 646 00:42:38,809 --> 00:42:39,893 Archie. 647 00:42:42,104 --> 00:42:43,689 You called for me. 648 00:42:45,399 --> 00:42:47,025 I had a horrible dream. 649 00:42:48,652 --> 00:42:50,320 I'm in the forest. 650 00:42:51,113 --> 00:42:52,823 I keep having this one. 651 00:42:54,032 --> 00:42:58,429 There's a boy with a crown in a dark forest. 652 00:42:58,453 --> 00:43:00,890 I come to a fork in the woods. 653 00:43:00,914 --> 00:43:02,040 There are two roads. 654 00:43:04,001 --> 00:43:06,295 I take a step. Next thing I know, 655 00:43:07,629 --> 00:43:10,883 my stomach's been ripped open somehow. 656 00:43:12,509 --> 00:43:13,886 My guts are hanging out. 657 00:43:16,305 --> 00:43:17,639 And I'm on the ground. 658 00:43:20,601 --> 00:43:23,604 This raven flies down and lands on my face. 659 00:43:25,022 --> 00:43:27,691 It's pecking at my guts while I'm still alive. 660 00:43:30,277 --> 00:43:31,612 I scream. 661 00:43:40,954 --> 00:43:42,372 Emperor. 662 00:44:02,351 --> 00:44:03,977 Here you go. 663 00:44:13,905 --> 00:44:15,572 Any word on his health? 664 00:44:16,365 --> 00:44:17,824 You got here fast. 665 00:44:18,617 --> 00:44:20,202 I was on my way back when I heard. 666 00:44:21,745 --> 00:44:23,664 Can still ride like the wind. 667 00:44:25,415 --> 00:44:26,917 Will you support the Empress? 668 00:44:28,585 --> 00:44:30,420 Let's worry about him dying first. 669 00:44:31,421 --> 00:44:33,399 I'm protecting her. 670 00:44:33,423 --> 00:44:34,776 What is it? 671 00:44:34,800 --> 00:44:36,343 We lost the Empress. 672 00:44:40,639 --> 00:44:41,639 Wake up. 673 00:44:49,356 --> 00:44:50,356 Come on. 674 00:44:53,151 --> 00:44:54,152 Please live. 675 00:44:55,988 --> 00:44:57,281 I'm not ready. 676 00:45:00,492 --> 00:45:01,785 Kill the cunt. 677 00:45:03,620 --> 00:45:05,080 Save Russia. 678 00:45:12,212 --> 00:45:13,212 No. 679 00:45:16,758 --> 00:45:20,179 Life of one to improve life for everyone else. 680 00:45:23,015 --> 00:45:25,475 I want a transformed Russia, like you. 681 00:45:27,978 --> 00:45:29,289 But not this way. 682 00:45:29,313 --> 00:45:31,416 You criticize Orlo for inaction, 683 00:45:31,440 --> 00:45:33,108 but you are just the same. 684 00:45:34,276 --> 00:45:35,444 I can't. 685 00:45:38,822 --> 00:45:39,907 I'll do it, then. 686 00:45:49,041 --> 00:45:50,459 No! 687 00:45:59,092 --> 00:46:00,361 The Empress is missing. 688 00:46:00,385 --> 00:46:02,447 You got here quick, is my point. 689 00:46:02,471 --> 00:46:03,990 Yes, you keep saying that. 690 00:46:04,014 --> 00:46:05,933 I don't know what‐‐ 691 00:46:07,809 --> 00:46:08,828 Hello. 692 00:46:08,852 --> 00:46:11,039 We are just‐‐ MARIAL: Upset, and hysterical. 693 00:46:11,063 --> 00:46:12,898 As women often are. 694 00:46:15,400 --> 00:46:18,046 Guards and clergy are looking for Ivan, Archie. 695 00:46:18,070 --> 00:46:19,631 Do you know anything about that? 696 00:46:19,655 --> 00:46:21,966 I am loyal to the Emperor, and when he dies, 697 00:46:21,990 --> 00:46:24,260 I'm to be loyal to what is best for the country, 698 00:46:24,284 --> 00:46:25,803 and the Russian people. 699 00:46:25,827 --> 00:46:27,597 Is Ivan in the palace? 700 00:46:27,621 --> 00:46:28,557 Do we know that? 701 00:46:28,581 --> 00:46:30,475 Are you both behind the Empress? 702 00:46:30,499 --> 00:46:32,644 We must do what is best for Russia. 703 00:46:32,668 --> 00:46:34,395 If Ivan is that, 704 00:46:34,419 --> 00:46:35,605 so be it. 705 00:46:35,629 --> 00:46:37,923 I fear that is a dead end, Archie. 706 00:46:46,056 --> 00:46:48,618 Take him and display him in the Great Hall. 707 00:46:48,642 --> 00:46:50,662 Just so those who would rally behind him 708 00:46:50,686 --> 00:46:53,397 realize the futility of their little quest. 709 00:46:56,984 --> 00:46:59,903 Obviously, my preference was always you, Empress. 710 00:47:01,405 --> 00:47:03,031 Goes without saying, um... 711 00:47:04,324 --> 00:47:05,409 I... 712 00:47:07,786 --> 00:47:09,162 You killed that boy. 713 00:47:11,456 --> 00:47:12,456 You're welcome. 714 00:47:23,635 --> 00:47:24,635 I feel... 715 00:47:29,808 --> 00:47:30,976 a bit hungry.