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[RUGGIERI] Previously
on The Serpent Queen...
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[CATHERINE]
I used to be just like you,
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with nobody in the world
to care about me.
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[RUGGIERI] If you learn to use your
powers, you will achieve greatness.
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- How would you know?
- I'm a fortune-teller.
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My dear niece, your marriage
has been arranged,
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second son of the king of France.
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[CATHERINE] Then something
terrible happened. I fell in love.
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[DIANE] He's the best man I know.
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[CATHERINE] And do you know
what I learnt that day?
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Never to trust a single soul.
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[FRANCIS]
I'm afraid I have bad news.
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Your uncle, the pope...
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Medici pig.
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He's dead.
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[DIANE] Don't you understand?
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We will both be out
unless you give Henri a son.
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[YOUNG CATHERINE]
I must get pregnant.
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I'll pay what's required.
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With Ruggieri, there's always a price.
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[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]
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Find the man who killed my son!
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[MONTMORENCY] Was it you
or your dressmaker?
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Someone's got to die.
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- [ SEBASTIO] Please!
- [SCREAMS]
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Your new dauphine is with child.
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When you find life
conspiring against you,
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you must find a way
to change it to your favor.
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- [EXPLOSION]
- [SCREAMING]
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I tolerated the nights
you spent together.
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I am his wife!
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I'm where I want to be.
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You joust in the ceremonies today.
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It would please me to see you
as you were when we first met.
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- [ARMOR CLATTERS]
- [AUDIENCE GASPS]
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Madame de Poitiers, the king is dead.
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This is a family matter. Your
presence is no longer required.
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My first order of business...
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A decree that makes Protestantism
illegal on French soil.
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Fuck off.
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Banishment.
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[LOUIS] You fucking bitch!
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I will wind her up
and watch that silly girl burn
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this country to the ground.
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Do you have a plan?
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Separate the king from Mary's influence.
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I must ask you to reconsider
before we reach our destination.
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Well, what happens
at our destination, Mother?
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- [ARROW WHISTLES]
- [GRUNTS]
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- An attack on the king!
- [COUGHS]
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[ALL YELLING]
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What is the fate of a young boy
when the fate of a nation
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hangs in the balance?
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It is everything.
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Fuck! You're fucking mental.
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I'm not.
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I'm just better at this than you are.
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[MONTMORENCY]
Tell me where to find Antoine.
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[FRANCOIS OF GUISE]
Montmorency will be regent.
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I cannot just be forced
to sign away the regency
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to whomever has the bigger gun.
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[MONTMORENCY]
I don't see why not.
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- [GUNSHOT]
- [GROANS]
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[MONTMORENCY] The boy, I had him
sign over the regency
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to someone capable
of sacrificing their friends
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and plotting with their
enemies to rule France.
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Why does it have to hurt so much?
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I have something here
that will take your pain away.
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Give it to me, please.
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[CATHERINE] And now you must rest.
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[FRANCIS] And now I will leave
you to live with your choices.
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[PANTING]
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[COURT MESSENGER]
Hear ye! Hear ye!
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Louis of Bourbon is pardoned
for the crime of treason
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by order of the new regent,
Her Majesty, Queen Catherine.
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[MARY] I will write
Queen Elizabeth in England.
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And when she hears
that some commoner
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has stolen the throne of France,
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she will be moved to help me.
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Are you with me?
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I am with you.
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[MARY] My cousin wrote to me
saying that she
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would help me in my time of need.
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[SOLDIER] I'm sure you've been
fooled by a forgery, Your Majesty.
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What?
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I give you loyalty.
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I imagine she realizes she cannot govern
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without women like me
on her side.
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- [ANTOINE] Checkmate.
- [LOUIS] On the contrary.
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I will spend the rest of my life
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getting back at her
for what she did to us.
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Now she promises to make tolerance
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the new law of the land
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and break the treaty
with the Holy Roman emperor.
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[CATHERINE] Allow me.
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♪ ♪
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Feels good to be bad, doesn't it?
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♪ ♪
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They say that you get
the life that you deserve.
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But I say... fuck that.
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Life is about what you are
willing to do to survive.
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And I am willing to do anything.
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♪ ♪
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How about you?
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♪ ♪
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[DRAMATIC ROCK MUSIC PLAYS]
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♪ ♪
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[BIRDS CHIRPING]
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[CARRIAGES RATTLING]
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[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]
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♪ ♪
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[HORSE NEIGHS]
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[CATHERINE] I had been regent
for more than ten years.
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♪ ♪
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As my son the king
was finally of age,
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the royal family embarked
on a grand tour of France...
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- [LAUGHS]
- Fuck off.
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[CATHERINE] to ensure the loyaltyof their subjects...
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♪ ♪
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most of whom were illiterate,
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superstitious,
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and increasingly disillusioned
with the Catholic Church.
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Higher.
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♪ ♪
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Push, push, voilà.
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[HORSE NEIGHS]
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[CATHERINE]
Nothing like the grand tour
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had ever been attempted.
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♪ ♪
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[ROYAL FANFARE PLAYING]
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♪ ♪
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[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
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[DOG BARKS]
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♪ ♪
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I guess we're here.
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Give me my shoes.
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Looks like another shithole.
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Hope they like jugglers.
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♪ ♪
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It's time to play king, eh?
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If only they knew you pissed
the bed until you were 12.
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- [LAUGHTER]
- Shut up, Hercule.
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I don't understand
why we all have to go.
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[CHARLES] You know the answer.
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To bond the people to the royal family.
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It's presumably so they don't
want to kill us.
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Of course, if they do want to kill us,
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well, we won't know until it's too late.
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His Royal Highness Charles IX,
king of France,
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has come to meet his subjects,
the people of France,
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along with Prince Alexandre Edouard,
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the Duke of Anjou;
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Prince Hercule;
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and the Princesses Elisabeth and Margot.
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How do I look?
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What does it matter? They're peasants.
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Has it ever occurred to you
they're just like us,
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only born in the wrong place?
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Don't be stupid, Margot.
They're nothing like us.
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Yes, we were born to rule,
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and they were born to serve.
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Looks like it's showtime.
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♪ ♪
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[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
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[SIGHS]
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[CROWD MURMURING]
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[PERSON] Look, the crown.
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♪ ♪
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Dear subjects, it is my pleasure
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to greet you in person.
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Thank you for your fealty.
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♪ ♪
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Maybe the children
should return to the carriage.
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[CARDINAL GUISE]
Watch the robe. Oh, fuck!
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- [GASPS]
- Please!
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[GUARD] That's far enough! Stay there!
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- Quite close enough.
- [GUARD] Stay back!
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Not yet.
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[GUARD] Back, I said! Get back!
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- [GASPS]
- Your Majesty.
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♪ ♪
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[HORSE NEIGHS]
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Never underestimate
the power of presentation.
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♪ ♪
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- Pendulous.
- Massive.
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Hello, cousin.
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[LOUIS] Ah, heard you had
a bit of trouble on the road.
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Are you all right?
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I was trampled to the ground
by members of the public.
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How do you think I am?
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Crowd was passionate, I grant you.
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They were fucking animals
is what they were.
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All part of God's flock,
I'm sure you'll agree.
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[LAUGHTER]
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Ah. [CLEARS THROAT]
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Sorry we're late.
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What did we miss?
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[PERSON CLEARS THROAT]
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Can I just say, unequivocally,
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this grand tour,
taking the king to the people,
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this whole policy of tolerance
has now gone too far.
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It's a direct challenge
to the order of things
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and how they've always been.
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It's a direct challenge to the
Catholic Church is what it is.
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We don't expect you
to be happy about that.
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- Yeah.
- Do you two idiots
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have any idea how dangerous this is?
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Princes of the blood, divine right,
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where do you think that comes from?
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The Catholic Church, that's me.
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So when the people stop
accepting my guidance,
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you two are gonna have
to prove you have something
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to actually contribute to society.
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Make it on your own, get a job.
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Do you think you can do that,
bollock chops?
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It is my intention to unite
the people behind the king,
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not out of any fear of divine
retribution, but by choice.
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By choice? What, are we Greek now?
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Peasants are like livestock.
They need to be told what to do.
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The Cardinal underestimates
the French people.
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[CATHERINE] Montmorency's right.
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There has been no religious violence
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since we completed our grand tour.
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I think we can safely say that
my strategy has been a success.
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[LOUIS] Indeed it has.
A golden age might just be upon us.
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Might be overstating it a bit. Most
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of the country still
shits in the street.
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Plumbing issues aside,
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we're enjoying
an unprecedented era of peace...
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peace at home, peace
with the Holy Roman Empire,
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- peace with England.
- And here it comes.
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To that end, I'd like
to propose a trade deal
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with Queen Elizabeth.
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Oh, you want France
to ally with its archenemy,
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- Protestant England?
- Yeah.
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Your Majesty, this is ridiculous.
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The people will revolt.
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The people will be too busy
getting fat and rich
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and building commodes to shit in.
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I believe it's worth mentioning
that we attained this peace
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by acting with caution
and deliberation.
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Yes.
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I mean, judging French
prejudice towards the English,
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now is not the time
for such an alliance.
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Oh, thank God for that.
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[CATHERINE] But when France
becomes a secular state,
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it is something to consider
in the future.
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Secular state.
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And there we have it.
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That's your ultimate goal, isn't it?
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We all have to evolve, Cardinal.
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The Catholic Church has been
in business for 1,600 years
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not by evolving.
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Then it will die.
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[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]
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What about you?
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- Me?
- [CARDINAL GUISE] Yeah, you.
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Have you got anything
to say for yourself?
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♪ ♪
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May I respectfully remind the king
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that your mother's regency is at an end?
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You're entitled to have
your own opinion, Your Majesty.
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♪ ♪
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Of course.
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Your Majesty?
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♪ ♪
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Whatever Mother decides,
I'm sure will be best.
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[SCOFFS]
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So that's all we can expect
from our king,
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"Mother knows best," wow.
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I will remind you to speak
with respect to your king.
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That will be enough for today.
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[PERSON CLEARS THROAT]
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- [PERSON CLEARS THROAT]
- [PERSON GROANS]
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[MAID] Lady Rahima, I-I beg your pardon,
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but this is my brother Bernard
I told you about.
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- The lace maker?
- [BERNARD] Yes, my lady.
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And my cut?
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- Five percent?
- Eight.
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Very well.
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Come and see me later,
and I'll give you an answer.
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Reseal them and deliver them
as bidden to your masters.
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Yes, my lady.
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Right, ladies, you know the drill.
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Mouths shut and your ears open.
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♪ ♪
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Anything you hear,
you bring to me first.
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Understood?
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♪ ♪
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[CHUCKLES]
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[ANJOU] I think it's time
we toast my big brother
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- after his historic victory.
- [HISSES]
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[CLEARS THROAT]
To the king of all France,
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the people's king,
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congratulations on a job well done.
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No one could have
done it better, I'm sure.
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To the king.
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[ALL] To the king.
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Come on, then.
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Let's have it.
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[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
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- What?
- I'm waiting for the insult.
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Why don't you get it over with?
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Insult?
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Why would I insult you? You're my king.
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Just give the orders,
and I'm sure I'll be
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- dragged off to the dungeon.
- [LAUGHTER]
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Or I could teach you a lesson
myself, like I used to.
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Ooh, well, I would check
with Mother first,
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just see if that's good for the brand.
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- [LAUGHTER]
- I make my own decisions.
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Really? That's funny.
That's not what I heard.
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I mean, what was it you said
to the Privy Council?
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- Whatever Mother says.
- [LAUGHTER]
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[CHARLES] Shut up, Hercule.
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Mother is teaching me to rule.
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I happen to have the
forethought to want to learn,
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something that might be difficult
for you to comprehend.
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In fact, the rest of us
can only thank God
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I was born before you were.
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[LAUGHTER]
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Is that what you tell yourself?
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Well, I've got some news
for you, brother.
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And this might sting a little.
326
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But Mother's never giving up her power,
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especially not to you.
328
00:14:31,174 --> 00:14:33,134
That's why you're not allowed
to make any decisions.
329
00:14:33,301 --> 00:14:35,053
You think it would be different
if it were someone else?
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00:14:35,219 --> 00:14:37,138
Hmm, well, now that you mention it,
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I guess I would say that some
people are just born to lead.
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Like you?
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Oh, come on.
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I mean, you can't really think
you're up to this.
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You don't even have any friends.
336
00:14:46,731 --> 00:14:50,693
And you have to admit,
I do inspire loyalty.
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I, for one, would do anything
my prince asked me.
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- Stand on my head.
- Dress like a tart.
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Or even cut your throat
if I asked them nicely.
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That's not funny, Anjou.
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I'd be careful if I were you.
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I'm obviously joking.
343
00:15:02,664 --> 00:15:04,082
What's the matter with you two?
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What, we can't take a joke anymore?
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- [LAUGHS]
- Stop it.
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What?
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- Stop it, Anjou.
- [CHARLES] I'm warning you.
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Oh, right, you mean this?
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[PEOPLE GASP]
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Aren't you bored of black?
351
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Maybe it's time for a new color.
352
00:15:22,433 --> 00:15:25,436
I wear black in mourning
for your father.
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The people expect it of me.
354
00:15:26,938 --> 00:15:28,940
[AABIS] Well, if your wardrobe
isn't going to change,
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there's no reason why you
can't find yourself a new man.
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You're not dead yet, are you?
357
00:15:35,738 --> 00:15:38,074
I don't have time for such things.
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00:15:38,866 --> 00:15:39,951
The country needs me.
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[MARGOT] Almost as much
as you need the country.
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What's that supposed to mean?
361
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Nothing, just...
362
00:15:47,792 --> 00:15:49,460
Well, let's be honest.
363
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You had us traipsing
through every tiny village
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between here and Provence
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to strengthen the Valois grip on power.
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And for better or worse, that's you.
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Let's not pretend it was
for the good of the country.
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- [BOOK SNAPS SHUT]
- [DOOR CREAKS OPEN]
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- [WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]
- What is it?
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00:16:07,228 --> 00:16:09,897
A situation you might want to attend to.
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[BOTH GRUNTING]
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[HERCULE] Anjou.
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[ANJOU] Want to be a king, do you?
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[HERCULE] Charles, stop!
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Stop. Stop.
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[ANJOU GRUNTS]
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Enough!
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00:16:23,976 --> 00:16:25,096
[YELLS]
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[COURT MEMBERS] Your Majesty.
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Your Majesty.
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00:16:28,300 --> 00:16:29,801
Everyone out!
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00:16:32,086 --> 00:16:34,589
[BOTH PANTING]
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00:16:34,756 --> 00:16:36,340
[DOOR CLATTERS SHUT]
384
00:16:36,507 --> 00:16:38,426
Now, perhaps you can tell me
what the problem is.
385
00:16:38,451 --> 00:16:40,903
The problem is,
your favorite son is a cunt.
386
00:16:40,928 --> 00:16:42,764
Well, don't insult Hercule.
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00:16:42,930 --> 00:16:44,140
I'm not her favorite.
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00:16:44,165 --> 00:16:45,825
Christ, did you think I was serious?
389
00:16:45,850 --> 00:16:47,886
I favor none of my children
over another.
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00:16:47,911 --> 00:16:51,414
Of course. Well, if you don't
teach him a lesson, I will.
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00:16:51,439 --> 00:16:54,734
[LAUGHS] What lesson
are you gonna teach me?
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00:16:55,568 --> 00:16:56,986
[CATHERINE] Well?
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00:16:57,734 --> 00:16:59,172
What was the meaning of this, Anjou?
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00:16:59,197 --> 00:17:00,698
I'm sure you can see for yourself.
395
00:17:00,865 --> 00:17:04,786
The king is clearly crumbling
under the pressure of his birthright!
396
00:17:04,952 --> 00:17:07,121
Look, if you want people
to take the Valois court
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00:17:07,146 --> 00:17:09,649
seriously, then why don't you just
give me an official position?
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00:17:09,674 --> 00:17:10,800
You are a prince.
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00:17:10,825 --> 00:17:12,185
What more do you want?
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00:17:12,210 --> 00:17:13,961
I want a seat on the Privy Council.
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00:17:13,986 --> 00:17:15,196
The Privy Council?
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00:17:15,505 --> 00:17:17,507
♪ ♪
403
00:17:17,632 --> 00:17:19,092
You're serious.
404
00:17:19,258 --> 00:17:22,345
♪ ♪
405
00:17:23,971 --> 00:17:26,599
Some people have
the temperament to govern.
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00:17:26,766 --> 00:17:28,392
♪ ♪
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00:17:28,559 --> 00:17:31,312
But judging by what I just saw,
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00:17:31,479 --> 00:17:32,980
clearly, you do not.
409
00:17:33,005 --> 00:17:34,207
♪ ♪
410
00:17:34,232 --> 00:17:38,194
You see, your sole purpose in life
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00:17:38,361 --> 00:17:40,488
should be to support your king.
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00:17:40,655 --> 00:17:43,032
Is that understood?
413
00:17:43,699 --> 00:17:45,301
Is that understood, Anjou?
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00:17:45,326 --> 00:17:47,495
Yes, fine.
415
00:17:47,662 --> 00:17:49,831
Whatever, I was joking anyway.
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00:17:49,997 --> 00:17:53,042
♪ ♪
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[CATHERINE] When I could,
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00:18:00,550 --> 00:18:03,052
I still found comfort
in the forest.
419
00:18:03,219 --> 00:18:05,513
Some habits die hard, I suppose.
420
00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:07,807
[WIND CHIMES TINKLING]
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00:18:23,156 --> 00:18:24,198
Go on.
422
00:18:24,365 --> 00:18:25,575
Can I stay?
423
00:18:26,826 --> 00:18:28,327
Off with you.
424
00:18:37,795 --> 00:18:40,089
[RUGGIERI SIGHS]
425
00:18:40,214 --> 00:18:42,508
[LEAVES RUSTLING]
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00:18:42,675 --> 00:18:44,635
♪ ♪
427
00:18:44,802 --> 00:18:46,596
It's been a while since I've seen you.
428
00:18:46,721 --> 00:18:49,849
♪ ♪
429
00:18:55,771 --> 00:18:57,231
New friend?
430
00:18:58,107 --> 00:18:59,275
[RUGGIERI] An apprentice.
431
00:18:59,442 --> 00:19:01,402
- [CATHERINE] Mm.
- [RUGGIERI] Mm.
432
00:19:02,403 --> 00:19:04,906
Yes, you have been busy.
433
00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:09,410
So were his subjects inspired
by the sight of their king,
434
00:19:09,577 --> 00:19:11,913
seeing the very pink of his flesh?
435
00:19:12,079 --> 00:19:13,623
Did the royal family
provide a balm
436
00:19:13,789 --> 00:19:15,291
for the peasants' hard lives
437
00:19:15,458 --> 00:19:19,962
with a touch of their soft,
uncalloused hands?
438
00:19:20,087 --> 00:19:21,088
♪ ♪
439
00:19:21,214 --> 00:19:22,757
- You mock me.
- Only a little.
440
00:19:22,924 --> 00:19:25,635
Then you agree with those
who criticize my policy.
441
00:19:25,801 --> 00:19:28,012
My only concern is for your welfare,
442
00:19:28,179 --> 00:19:32,016
and therefore, I wish to point
out what should already be...
443
00:19:32,041 --> 00:19:33,242
painfully obvious.
444
00:19:33,267 --> 00:19:37,605
You will never
be able to govern by love,
445
00:19:37,772 --> 00:19:39,357
only by fear.
446
00:19:39,482 --> 00:19:40,942
♪ ♪
447
00:19:41,108 --> 00:19:42,818
You're wrong.
448
00:19:42,944 --> 00:19:45,905
If the people love their king,
449
00:19:46,072 --> 00:19:48,616
then they will protect him.
450
00:19:48,783 --> 00:19:51,786
♪ ♪
451
00:19:51,953 --> 00:19:53,663
Then what are you doing here?
452
00:19:53,829 --> 00:19:56,874
♪ ♪
453
00:19:57,041 --> 00:19:58,292
A dream, was it?
454
00:19:59,835 --> 00:20:01,462
The same one?
455
00:20:01,587 --> 00:20:04,715
♪ ♪
456
00:20:07,593 --> 00:20:09,303
Show me.
457
00:20:09,470 --> 00:20:12,473
♪ ♪
458
00:20:19,981 --> 00:20:21,816
[EERIE MUSIC PLAYS]
459
00:20:21,983 --> 00:20:24,318
[CATHERINE] I find myself
alone in the forest,
460
00:20:25,778 --> 00:20:27,196
a place I know,
461
00:20:27,363 --> 00:20:29,115
but I cannot remember
how I got there.
462
00:20:29,282 --> 00:20:30,866
♪ ♪
463
00:20:31,033 --> 00:20:33,869
In a tree, I find a mirror.
464
00:20:34,036 --> 00:20:36,664
♪ ♪
465
00:20:36,831 --> 00:20:38,624
It becomes a bird's nest.
466
00:20:39,250 --> 00:20:41,794
Inside there are ten eggs.
467
00:20:42,670 --> 00:20:44,714
But only one bird flies free.
468
00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:46,924
[BIRD CAWING]
469
00:20:47,049 --> 00:20:49,969
[HISSING]
470
00:20:50,113 --> 00:20:52,949
♪ ♪
471
00:20:52,974 --> 00:20:53,975
Enough.
472
00:20:54,557 --> 00:20:56,809
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]
473
00:20:56,976 --> 00:20:58,185
It's just a dream.
474
00:20:58,352 --> 00:21:01,522
Ten eggs for ten children,
and you wonder what it means.
475
00:21:01,647 --> 00:21:03,607
♪ ♪
476
00:21:03,632 --> 00:21:05,259
There's always a price.
477
00:21:06,277 --> 00:21:08,571
♪ ♪
478
00:21:08,738 --> 00:21:10,698
If the price is my children,
then you already know
479
00:21:10,865 --> 00:21:13,117
that is a price I'm not willing to pay.
480
00:21:13,284 --> 00:21:16,412
♪ ♪
481
00:21:20,875 --> 00:21:23,044
It gets easier, I imagine.
482
00:21:24,587 --> 00:21:26,672
You've already buried four.
483
00:21:26,839 --> 00:21:29,842
♪ ♪
484
00:21:31,927 --> 00:21:32,928
I was looking for you.
485
00:21:33,054 --> 00:21:35,097
- Oh?
- What are you reading?
486
00:21:35,264 --> 00:21:37,141
Nothing. It's just something I found.
487
00:21:37,308 --> 00:21:39,602
You know, you shouldn't let Anjou
get under your skin like that.
488
00:21:39,769 --> 00:21:40,811
He's an idiot.
489
00:21:40,978 --> 00:21:44,065
I know, and I'm an idiot
for letting him get to me.
490
00:21:44,231 --> 00:21:45,483
[MARGOT] Hmm.
491
00:21:45,649 --> 00:21:47,485
Can I ask you something?
492
00:21:47,651 --> 00:21:49,278
[MARGOT] Yeah, of course.
493
00:21:56,577 --> 00:21:58,913
Do you think Mother
will ever really let me rule,
494
00:21:59,747 --> 00:22:01,749
make decisions of my own?
495
00:22:02,500 --> 00:22:04,251
I mean, she's supposed to now, but...
496
00:22:05,211 --> 00:22:07,046
I don't know.
497
00:22:07,797 --> 00:22:10,299
Do you remember Father?
498
00:22:11,384 --> 00:22:12,443
Not really.
499
00:22:12,468 --> 00:22:14,136
Well, a bit.
500
00:22:14,303 --> 00:22:16,597
- He didn't seem very happy.
- [MARGOT] Mm.
501
00:22:16,622 --> 00:22:17,761
Drank a lot.
502
00:22:17,786 --> 00:22:20,330
But do you know why he drank?
503
00:22:21,519 --> 00:22:24,480
You can't wait for anybody to
give you permission, Charles.
504
00:22:25,523 --> 00:22:27,817
You must be your own man.
505
00:22:28,776 --> 00:22:30,486
You don't want to end up like Father.
506
00:22:30,653 --> 00:22:33,739
♪ ♪
507
00:22:37,243 --> 00:22:38,494
Thank you.
508
00:22:39,495 --> 00:22:42,623
♪ ♪
509
00:22:44,208 --> 00:22:46,877
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
510
00:22:47,044 --> 00:22:48,879
[PERSON] Bless you, Sister Edith.
511
00:22:49,046 --> 00:22:50,047
[PERSON] Thank you.
512
00:22:50,214 --> 00:22:52,591
Thank you, Sister Edith.
513
00:22:53,801 --> 00:22:56,554
[PERSON] Bless you, Sister Edith.
514
00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:59,306
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
515
00:22:59,473 --> 00:23:02,101
- Thank you, Sister Edith.
- You're welcome.
516
00:23:03,394 --> 00:23:04,812
Haven't seen you in a while.
517
00:23:04,937 --> 00:23:07,022
I told you I was traveling
with the court.
518
00:23:07,189 --> 00:23:09,400
Yes, the grand tour.
519
00:23:09,942 --> 00:23:11,318
I heard about that,
520
00:23:12,069 --> 00:23:13,904
taking the king to the people.
521
00:23:14,822 --> 00:23:16,198
Though I'm not sure
what good it will do them.
522
00:23:16,365 --> 00:23:19,910
A country united behind the king
will be good for everyone.
523
00:23:20,035 --> 00:23:22,997
What these people need is food,
524
00:23:23,164 --> 00:23:25,040
shelter, honest work.
525
00:23:25,207 --> 00:23:27,918
[MONTMORENCY] Believe me,
I'm doing all I can.
526
00:23:28,878 --> 00:23:30,629
- Thank you.
- I'm grateful.
527
00:23:32,006 --> 00:23:33,716
But do you ever imagine
what you could have done
528
00:23:33,883 --> 00:23:36,093
if you took the regency for yourself
529
00:23:36,118 --> 00:23:37,845
instead of prostrating yourself
530
00:23:38,012 --> 00:23:39,180
before the woman that tried to kill you?
531
00:23:39,205 --> 00:23:40,489
[MONTMORENCY]
We've been over this.
532
00:23:40,514 --> 00:23:43,058
Catherine is the best person to lead.
533
00:23:43,225 --> 00:23:45,144
- [PERSON] Thank you.
- You're welcome.
534
00:23:46,312 --> 00:23:48,355
You consider yourself
a good judge of character?
535
00:23:48,522 --> 00:23:50,191
I picked you, didn't I?
536
00:23:50,357 --> 00:23:52,193
And why did you do that?
537
00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:55,571
Because you made me believe
there's something good in the world.
538
00:23:55,738 --> 00:23:58,449
♪ ♪
539
00:23:58,616 --> 00:23:59,617
No.
540
00:24:00,743 --> 00:24:03,787
I made you think there was
something good about you.
541
00:24:03,913 --> 00:24:05,581
♪ ♪
542
00:24:05,748 --> 00:24:08,501
Perhaps I was just telling you
what you wanted to hear.
543
00:24:08,667 --> 00:24:10,878
♪ ♪
544
00:24:11,003 --> 00:24:12,505
Edith.
545
00:24:13,339 --> 00:24:15,966
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
546
00:24:16,133 --> 00:24:18,302
♪ ♪
547
00:24:18,469 --> 00:24:19,553
[CARDINAL GUISE] Secular fucking state.
548
00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:21,347
You're not even listening
to me, are you?
549
00:24:21,514 --> 00:24:22,932
- No.
- [CARDINAL GUISE] I knew it.
550
00:24:23,098 --> 00:24:24,767
[DOOR CREAKS OPEN]
551
00:24:24,934 --> 00:24:26,310
[SNAPS FINGERS]
552
00:24:27,603 --> 00:24:30,147
My darlings, come kiss me.
553
00:24:32,900 --> 00:24:34,652
Hmm.
554
00:24:38,864 --> 00:24:40,533
What brings you to court?
555
00:24:41,534 --> 00:24:43,714
Concern for my children. What else?
556
00:24:43,739 --> 00:24:44,887
Are you injured?
557
00:24:44,912 --> 00:24:45,971
I'm perfectly fine, Mother.
558
00:24:45,996 --> 00:24:47,448
[ANTOINETTE]
Oh, thank God for that.
559
00:24:47,473 --> 00:24:49,266
In my day, that rabble
would have been strung up
560
00:24:49,291 --> 00:24:51,752
just for laying hands on
a member of the ruling class.
561
00:24:51,919 --> 00:24:53,087
Well, your day's over.
562
00:24:53,254 --> 00:24:54,913
Oh, and if the modern world
is one where there is
563
00:24:54,938 --> 00:24:56,815
no respect for order,
I want no part of it.
564
00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:59,051
- I'm sure the feeling's mutual.
- [SIGHS]
565
00:24:59,076 --> 00:25:01,695
Wouldn't it have been much simpler
for you to live out your days
566
00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:03,347
far from the court of Charles IX?
567
00:25:03,514 --> 00:25:05,683
And surrender to our fate? No.
568
00:25:05,849 --> 00:25:09,770
I'm well aware that the court
belongs to Catherine and not her son
569
00:25:09,937 --> 00:25:12,147
and that her policies
will lead to disaster
570
00:25:12,314 --> 00:25:14,358
or misery for the House of Guise,
571
00:25:14,483 --> 00:25:16,694
which effectively is the same thing.
572
00:25:17,403 --> 00:25:18,571
Tell me,
573
00:25:19,780 --> 00:25:23,867
what happens when the people decide
they can talk directly to God?
574
00:25:24,034 --> 00:25:25,327
I'll be out of a job.
575
00:25:25,494 --> 00:25:27,997
Well, that's just the half of it.
576
00:25:28,609 --> 00:25:31,570
For starters, who is to say
what God says back?
577
00:25:32,918 --> 00:25:36,213
Without enforced conformity,
there is only anarchy.
578
00:25:36,797 --> 00:25:38,340
Well, perhaps, given time,
579
00:25:39,091 --> 00:25:40,884
Catherine will start to see sense.
580
00:25:41,051 --> 00:25:42,511
[ANTOINETTE] When it will be too late?
581
00:25:42,636 --> 00:25:44,346
She must be made to see the dangers now,
582
00:25:44,371 --> 00:25:45,948
when it can still be corrected.
583
00:25:45,973 --> 00:25:48,559
And you know exactly how, I suppose.
584
00:25:49,935 --> 00:25:51,895
Well, as a matter of fact, I do.
585
00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:53,005
Hmm.
586
00:25:53,314 --> 00:25:56,817
An unfortunate event
that might bring her attentions
587
00:25:56,984 --> 00:25:59,361
to the dangers at hand.
588
00:25:59,386 --> 00:26:02,264
There is a church not far from here
589
00:26:02,573 --> 00:26:04,366
whose congregation of infidels
590
00:26:04,533 --> 00:26:07,745
worship their Protestant God in peace.
591
00:26:07,911 --> 00:26:12,082
If they were to be made an example of,
592
00:26:12,249 --> 00:26:15,210
something suitably brutal
593
00:26:15,377 --> 00:26:17,296
and apparently random,
594
00:26:17,463 --> 00:26:19,590
there would inevitably be reprisals,
595
00:26:19,757 --> 00:26:22,051
a series of tit-for-tat killings
596
00:26:22,217 --> 00:26:24,170
which would all soon escalate
597
00:26:24,195 --> 00:26:27,323
into an existential struggle
between the religions
598
00:26:27,348 --> 00:26:30,559
in which Catherine
and her marionette of a son
599
00:26:30,726 --> 00:26:33,437
would have no choice
but to side with us,
600
00:26:33,604 --> 00:26:35,522
the Catholic Church.
601
00:26:35,689 --> 00:26:37,149
[SCOFFS] France is a tinderbox.
602
00:26:37,316 --> 00:26:39,943
All we have to do is touch a match.
603
00:26:39,968 --> 00:26:41,470
You want us to start a war?
604
00:26:41,495 --> 00:26:43,172
War is inevitable.
605
00:26:43,197 --> 00:26:46,200
Might as well get it over with
while we still have the advantage.
606
00:26:46,367 --> 00:26:47,660
♪ ♪
607
00:26:47,826 --> 00:26:48,869
[CARDINAL GUISE] I think...
608
00:26:49,036 --> 00:26:51,413
♪ ♪
609
00:26:51,580 --> 00:26:53,207
I think she has a point.
610
00:26:53,374 --> 00:26:56,251
♪ ♪
611
00:26:57,503 --> 00:26:58,962
I want no part of it.
612
00:26:59,129 --> 00:27:01,298
Oh, sit down, Francois.
613
00:27:01,465 --> 00:27:03,300
It's just a suggestion.
614
00:27:04,385 --> 00:27:06,095
I've been down this road
with you two before.
615
00:27:06,804 --> 00:27:08,263
Do you remember your granddaughter,
616
00:27:08,430 --> 00:27:09,598
our niece Mary?
617
00:27:09,765 --> 00:27:12,142
- Oh.
- This will end the same way.
618
00:27:12,309 --> 00:27:14,061
I want no part of it.
619
00:27:15,062 --> 00:27:17,648
♪ ♪
620
00:27:17,773 --> 00:27:19,525
[CARDINAL GUISE] So...
621
00:27:19,550 --> 00:27:20,668
[ANTOINETTE CLEARS THROAT]
622
00:27:20,693 --> 00:27:23,237
you got any other bright ideas?
623
00:27:23,404 --> 00:27:24,738
Oh, don't worry.
624
00:27:24,905 --> 00:27:28,534
He'll come round when he
realizes the other option
625
00:27:28,659 --> 00:27:30,577
is to cease to exist.
626
00:27:30,744 --> 00:27:33,247
♪ ♪
627
00:27:33,414 --> 00:27:35,457
[LOUIS] Feel that, Antoine?
628
00:27:36,291 --> 00:27:39,294
The wind is blowing our way.
629
00:27:40,254 --> 00:27:42,423
- [ANTOINE] Yes, exciting.
- [LOUIS] Mm.
630
00:27:42,589 --> 00:27:44,550
[ANTOINE] But, uh,
the Cardinal does make
631
00:27:44,675 --> 00:27:46,343
a strong point, doesn't he?
632
00:27:46,510 --> 00:27:50,597
I'm not sure I want
to make it on my own.
633
00:27:50,723 --> 00:27:52,558
Not sure I could, actually.
634
00:27:53,976 --> 00:27:56,645
Maybe if I were challenged
to a game of pétanque,
635
00:27:56,812 --> 00:27:58,205
I'd make a fair fist of it.
636
00:27:58,230 --> 00:28:01,859
But aside from that, I'd be fucked.
637
00:28:03,318 --> 00:28:05,654
See, I'm not clever like you, Louis.
638
00:28:05,821 --> 00:28:09,032
Fair point, Antoine.
But let me assure you,
639
00:28:09,199 --> 00:28:10,534
no matter how France evolves,
640
00:28:10,659 --> 00:28:14,621
the peasants will always
need nobles to look up to.
641
00:28:14,788 --> 00:28:16,457
It's human nature.
642
00:28:16,623 --> 00:28:20,335
And since our father had the foresight
to adopt the new religion,
643
00:28:21,128 --> 00:28:23,338
we are the peasants' natural allies.
644
00:28:23,363 --> 00:28:24,481
♪ ♪
645
00:28:24,506 --> 00:28:26,550
You have to hand it to Father,
646
00:28:26,717 --> 00:28:28,635
gambling with our status like that.
647
00:28:28,802 --> 00:28:30,637
High risk, high reward.
648
00:28:30,804 --> 00:28:32,973
Now we must deliver on their loyalty
649
00:28:33,140 --> 00:28:36,143
by opening back-channel
negotiations with England.
650
00:28:36,310 --> 00:28:37,853
Back-channel across the Channel.
651
00:28:38,020 --> 00:28:39,313
- Excellent pun, brother.
- [LAUGHS]
652
00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:42,232
But may I remind you, Catherine
said no trade with England.
653
00:28:42,399 --> 00:28:46,028
Uh, Catherine said no trade
with England yet.
654
00:28:46,195 --> 00:28:48,989
All we need is an introduction
at Elizabeth's court,
655
00:28:49,156 --> 00:28:53,368
which means you'll have
to get your wife here.
656
00:28:53,535 --> 00:28:55,037
- What?
- Mm.
657
00:28:55,204 --> 00:28:57,039
For fuck's sake.
658
00:28:57,206 --> 00:28:59,249
You know I'm fucking terrified of her.
659
00:28:59,416 --> 00:29:01,835
Afraid so. And your son.
660
00:29:02,002 --> 00:29:04,129
Oh, God, no.
661
00:29:04,838 --> 00:29:06,048
- He's awful.
- Mm.
662
00:29:06,173 --> 00:29:07,549
In fact, I think he might actually be
663
00:29:07,716 --> 00:29:09,718
- a moron, medically.
- Mm.
664
00:29:09,885 --> 00:29:11,345
Well it's years since you've seen him,
665
00:29:11,512 --> 00:29:13,096
so unless you want
to make it on your own
666
00:29:13,263 --> 00:29:15,182
as a professional pétanque player,
667
00:29:15,349 --> 00:29:17,351
you'll get them here.
668
00:29:17,518 --> 00:29:20,562
♪ ♪
669
00:29:20,896 --> 00:29:22,648
Your Highness.
670
00:29:22,773 --> 00:29:24,233
My lady.
671
00:29:26,568 --> 00:29:29,071
[WINGS FLAPPING]
672
00:29:32,241 --> 00:29:33,450
I interrupted your reading.
673
00:29:33,475 --> 00:29:35,886
[FRANCOIS] Yeah, you did.
That's why I come up here,
674
00:29:35,911 --> 00:29:38,080
for the quiet, just me and the servants.
675
00:29:38,205 --> 00:29:39,748
Now you.
676
00:29:44,253 --> 00:29:46,129
So how did you get on
on your grand tour?
677
00:29:46,255 --> 00:29:48,882
Hope you gave them a good show.
678
00:29:49,842 --> 00:29:51,677
You mean being paraded around
in a pretty dress
679
00:29:51,844 --> 00:29:54,263
and directed to smile at peasants?
680
00:29:55,305 --> 00:29:57,724
It was all a bit nauseating,
to be honest.
681
00:29:58,684 --> 00:30:00,394
I thought girls liked pretty dresses.
682
00:30:00,419 --> 00:30:02,754
Not all girls.
683
00:30:03,981 --> 00:30:06,733
What I don't like is feeling like
some piece in my mother's game.
684
00:30:06,900 --> 00:30:09,945
Oh, well, I'd like to tell you
they grow out of that.
685
00:30:10,112 --> 00:30:11,363
But they don't.
686
00:30:11,530 --> 00:30:13,574
♪ ♪
687
00:30:13,740 --> 00:30:15,200
- Take it.
- [MARGOT] I couldn't.
688
00:30:15,325 --> 00:30:16,493
It's yours.
689
00:30:17,661 --> 00:30:19,162
I've finished with it.
690
00:30:19,288 --> 00:30:22,416
♪ ♪
691
00:30:37,264 --> 00:30:38,974
You wished to see me, Your Majesty.
692
00:30:39,776 --> 00:30:40,934
Yes.
693
00:30:40,959 --> 00:30:43,378
Perhaps you're concerned
with the Bourbons?
694
00:30:43,687 --> 00:30:47,482
I hear Antoine has invited
his wife to court.
695
00:30:47,649 --> 00:30:50,611
Yes, first Antoinette Guise
696
00:30:50,777 --> 00:30:52,112
and now Jeanne D'Albret.
697
00:30:52,279 --> 00:30:53,322
[MONTMORENCY CHUCKLES]
698
00:30:53,488 --> 00:30:55,365
Her presence must mean
he's up to something.
699
00:30:55,490 --> 00:30:58,577
He spent most of his adult life
avoiding being in the same room as her.
700
00:30:58,702 --> 00:31:02,247
Maybe he's simply rediscovered
his matrimonial duty.
701
00:31:02,915 --> 00:31:04,374
Unlikely.
702
00:31:04,541 --> 00:31:06,793
I was trying to be humorous.
703
00:31:12,174 --> 00:31:14,259
Tell me what I can do for you.
704
00:31:18,096 --> 00:31:21,808
I fear the king misunderstands
my intentions.
705
00:31:23,268 --> 00:31:25,812
Perhaps if you were to talk to him,
706
00:31:25,979 --> 00:31:29,524
to give him a clearer idea
of what I'm trying to do for France
707
00:31:29,691 --> 00:31:30,943
and for him.
708
00:31:32,319 --> 00:31:33,695
He looks up to you.
709
00:31:34,488 --> 00:31:36,782
Because he misses his father,
710
00:31:37,616 --> 00:31:39,493
as you miss your husband,
711
00:31:39,660 --> 00:31:41,328
I imagine.
712
00:31:41,453 --> 00:31:44,206
♪ ♪
713
00:31:44,373 --> 00:31:46,208
I'll do as you ask.
714
00:31:46,375 --> 00:31:49,419
♪ ♪
715
00:31:59,012 --> 00:32:01,848
I hear there was some trouble
between you and your brother.
716
00:32:02,015 --> 00:32:03,967
[CHARLES] My brother
is always happy to let me know
717
00:32:03,992 --> 00:32:06,662
what people say about me
when I'm not in the room.
718
00:32:06,687 --> 00:32:08,605
People say many things,
719
00:32:08,772 --> 00:32:12,275
most of which they don't
remember in the morning.
720
00:32:14,194 --> 00:32:15,988
These are delicate times.
721
00:32:17,030 --> 00:32:19,408
Religious tolerance
will one day lead
722
00:32:19,533 --> 00:32:21,201
to a more stable society.
723
00:32:22,035 --> 00:32:23,954
But we must give it time.
724
00:32:24,121 --> 00:32:25,247
Time.
725
00:32:25,372 --> 00:32:27,249
Of course, it's always time.
726
00:32:28,125 --> 00:32:31,128
But how am I to know if my mother
will ever make way for me?
727
00:32:32,504 --> 00:32:33,797
Before he died,
728
00:32:34,923 --> 00:32:38,635
your father asked me to care
for you as I would my own son.
729
00:32:38,802 --> 00:32:40,262
I gave him my word.
730
00:32:40,429 --> 00:32:41,638
♪ ♪
731
00:32:41,663 --> 00:32:44,199
I believe your mother is motivated
by what is best for you.
732
00:32:44,224 --> 00:32:46,727
And if I have ever cause to doubt it,
733
00:32:46,893 --> 00:32:48,478
I will tell you.
734
00:32:49,062 --> 00:32:50,605
And when it's time for you to govern
735
00:32:50,772 --> 00:32:54,151
with no advice or opposition
from your mother,
736
00:32:54,901 --> 00:32:56,570
I will support you.
737
00:32:56,737 --> 00:32:58,155
You have my word.
738
00:32:58,321 --> 00:32:59,990
♪ ♪
739
00:33:00,157 --> 00:33:01,324
I trust you.
740
00:33:02,075 --> 00:33:04,244
I believe you trust my mother.
741
00:33:04,411 --> 00:33:06,163
♪ ♪
742
00:33:06,288 --> 00:33:09,458
But you would not be the first
to underestimate her ambition.
743
00:33:09,624 --> 00:33:12,711
♪ ♪
744
00:33:21,094 --> 00:33:22,596
[ANTOINE] Drink?
745
00:33:22,763 --> 00:33:24,181
I don't drink.
746
00:33:24,890 --> 00:33:27,142
[ANTOINE] No, no, of course not.
747
00:33:27,309 --> 00:33:29,269
Filthy habit.
748
00:33:29,436 --> 00:33:31,688
I see you've fallen far without
my supervision, Antoine.
749
00:33:31,813 --> 00:33:34,524
Oh, depends where you
start from, doesn't it?
750
00:33:34,691 --> 00:33:37,652
[LOUIS] So, uh, Henri, uh,
what do you make
751
00:33:37,819 --> 00:33:39,696
of the big palace, eh?
752
00:33:39,863 --> 00:33:42,115
I raised our son not to waste his words.
753
00:33:42,140 --> 00:33:43,642
Mission accomplished.
754
00:33:43,667 --> 00:33:44,877
Keep them wanting more.
755
00:33:45,131 --> 00:33:46,132
Good idea.
756
00:33:46,273 --> 00:33:48,972
Well, perhaps it's time you told me
why you asked me here, Antoine.
757
00:33:48,997 --> 00:33:50,207
Yes, of course.
758
00:33:50,373 --> 00:33:52,834
Um, Henri, do you want to run along
759
00:33:53,001 --> 00:33:55,045
so Mummy and Daddy
can have a little talk?
760
00:33:55,070 --> 00:33:57,581
Oh, no, it's all right.
You can speak freely in front of him.
761
00:33:57,606 --> 00:34:01,193
He has no interests...
aside from scripture.
762
00:34:01,218 --> 00:34:03,512
No wonder he has so many friends.
763
00:34:03,678 --> 00:34:05,639
Well, it-it's-it's quite simple, really.
764
00:34:05,764 --> 00:34:09,851
Um, we just need to ask you
the smallest of favors.
765
00:34:10,769 --> 00:34:13,939
Do you still correspond
with Lord Throckmorton
766
00:34:13,964 --> 00:34:15,173
in the English court?
767
00:34:15,198 --> 00:34:17,709
Yes. Well, he's an ardent
believer in the new religion.
768
00:34:17,734 --> 00:34:20,237
I don't think I'd be going too far
769
00:34:20,362 --> 00:34:24,658
as to say our correspondence
on the matters of faith
770
00:34:24,825 --> 00:34:26,493
sustains us both.
771
00:34:26,952 --> 00:34:28,620
So you fancy him.
772
00:34:29,663 --> 00:34:33,542
- What?
- Uh, n-nothing. Focus, Antoine.
773
00:34:33,708 --> 00:34:34,768
Wonderful.
774
00:34:34,793 --> 00:34:36,920
All we need you to do is,
in your next letter,
775
00:34:37,087 --> 00:34:39,331
ask your man if his queen
would be interested
776
00:34:39,356 --> 00:34:42,359
in exploring a possible trading
partnership with France.
777
00:34:42,384 --> 00:34:44,719
You know, we send them
some salt from Normandy.
778
00:34:44,886 --> 00:34:46,680
They provide some woven textiles,
779
00:34:46,847 --> 00:34:50,016
you know, something small-scale
to get things going.
780
00:34:50,559 --> 00:34:51,726
Then we see what's possible.
781
00:34:51,893 --> 00:34:53,478
[ANTOINE] That's all it is,
nothing more.
782
00:34:53,645 --> 00:34:56,064
Easy peasy, lemon squeezy.
783
00:34:56,898 --> 00:34:58,024
No, I couldn't possibly.
784
00:34:58,191 --> 00:34:59,943
- What?
- Uh, why not?
785
00:35:00,110 --> 00:35:01,736
Well, perhaps you've forgotten, Antoine,
786
00:35:01,903 --> 00:35:04,531
but France is a Catholic kingdom.
787
00:35:04,698 --> 00:35:06,199
And it seeks to destroy my faith
788
00:35:06,366 --> 00:35:09,244
and consume Navarre, of where I'm queen.
789
00:35:10,162 --> 00:35:11,872
Why on Earth would I want
to promote its interests?
790
00:35:12,038 --> 00:35:13,874
France will soon be a secular country
791
00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:16,793
with many times more wealth
than tiny Navarre.
792
00:35:16,918 --> 00:35:19,171
And your husband and son
may have more influence
793
00:35:19,196 --> 00:35:20,939
in that newly secular country
794
00:35:20,964 --> 00:35:23,633
than you could possibly imagine, if...
795
00:35:24,217 --> 00:35:25,969
we handle things right.
796
00:35:26,136 --> 00:35:28,763
So you propose a treaty
with Queen Elizabeth
797
00:35:28,930 --> 00:35:31,224
as a means to promote the new religion?
798
00:35:31,391 --> 00:35:32,684
Amongst other things, yes.
799
00:35:32,851 --> 00:35:34,769
♪ ♪
800
00:35:34,936 --> 00:35:36,104
Very well.
801
00:35:37,397 --> 00:35:38,732
Then prove it.
802
00:35:38,899 --> 00:35:41,568
Have your king make a gesture
towards the Protestants.
803
00:35:41,735 --> 00:35:44,404
I don't mean a speech
to a crowd of peasants
804
00:35:44,571 --> 00:35:47,240
but an unmistakable gesture of respect
805
00:35:47,407 --> 00:35:49,001
for the new religion.
806
00:35:49,384 --> 00:35:50,575
Like what?
807
00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:52,179
Oh, there's a church not far from here
808
00:35:52,204 --> 00:35:53,788
with an effective preacher,
a young woman.
809
00:35:53,813 --> 00:35:55,189
If the king were to visit her,
810
00:35:55,214 --> 00:35:57,550
I would feel comfortable
to do as you ask.
811
00:35:58,168 --> 00:36:00,503
How are we supposed
to get him to do that?
812
00:36:01,213 --> 00:36:03,006
Now, I don't think that's my problem.
813
00:36:05,592 --> 00:36:08,762
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
814
00:36:08,787 --> 00:36:09,872
Matisse.
815
00:36:10,347 --> 00:36:11,514
I'm late. I'm sorry.
816
00:36:11,681 --> 00:36:13,558
You've been at that church
again, haven't you?
817
00:36:13,725 --> 00:36:15,477
♪ ♪
818
00:36:15,602 --> 00:36:17,103
You have a job, you know.
819
00:36:17,270 --> 00:36:19,314
- I can find someone else.
- But you won't.
820
00:36:20,190 --> 00:36:21,983
♪ ♪
821
00:36:22,108 --> 00:36:23,443
Come with me, just once.
822
00:36:23,610 --> 00:36:25,820
If you don't like it,
I'll never go again.
823
00:36:25,987 --> 00:36:27,447
I promise.
824
00:36:27,572 --> 00:36:30,116
♪ ♪
825
00:36:30,283 --> 00:36:31,826
I'll think about it.
826
00:36:31,952 --> 00:36:35,080
♪ ♪
827
00:36:43,255 --> 00:36:46,716
[ANTOINE] Your Majesty,
this is a happy coincidence.
828
00:36:46,883 --> 00:36:48,134
Is it?
829
00:36:48,301 --> 00:36:50,136
Thought you hated riding.
830
00:36:54,349 --> 00:36:57,769
So what diversion do my favorite cousins
831
00:36:57,936 --> 00:36:58,979
have for me today?
832
00:36:59,104 --> 00:37:00,814
Favorite cousins,
what a lovely thing to say.
833
00:37:00,839 --> 00:37:02,707
[LOUIS] We could not help
but notice your unhappiness
834
00:37:02,732 --> 00:37:04,000
at the Privy Council meeting.
835
00:37:04,025 --> 00:37:05,559
[CHARLES] I must work
on my gambling face.
836
00:37:05,584 --> 00:37:07,128
[ANTOINE] Your mother
means well, of course.
837
00:37:07,153 --> 00:37:08,672
But she does have so much on her plate.
838
00:37:08,697 --> 00:37:10,782
Hard to see the wood for the trees.
839
00:37:11,783 --> 00:37:13,493
- What is it you want?
- [LOUIS] To help.
840
00:37:13,660 --> 00:37:16,621
Word has spread about
how the people received you
841
00:37:16,788 --> 00:37:18,064
on the grand tour.
842
00:37:18,089 --> 00:37:19,376
They do adore you.
843
00:37:19,401 --> 00:37:20,850
- [LOUIS] Yeah, they do.
- [ANTOINE] Mm.
844
00:37:20,875 --> 00:37:22,018
They're afraid of your mother,
845
00:37:22,043 --> 00:37:23,962
and of course,
that has its place, but...
846
00:37:24,087 --> 00:37:27,716
a people's love for their king
is a different matter.
847
00:37:27,882 --> 00:37:30,343
It was quite a moment
for me, to be honest.
848
00:37:30,510 --> 00:37:32,595
For the first time,
I felt like I might actually
849
00:37:32,620 --> 00:37:34,038
be able to lead the people.
850
00:37:34,063 --> 00:37:35,365
Well, of course.
851
00:37:35,390 --> 00:37:37,434
And where would you
take them, Your Majesty?
852
00:37:37,559 --> 00:37:40,228
How would you lead France?
853
00:37:41,938 --> 00:37:45,692
When this period of tutorial
under my mother is over
854
00:37:45,859 --> 00:37:49,446
and her policy of tolerance
has created a stable society,
855
00:37:49,612 --> 00:37:53,366
I will govern a country that forges
many international treaties.
856
00:37:53,533 --> 00:37:56,202
I believe this is the way of the future.
857
00:37:56,369 --> 00:37:59,414
Interconnectedness, a web of alliances,
858
00:37:59,581 --> 00:38:02,208
free trade, free movement of people.
859
00:38:02,375 --> 00:38:06,046
No one will go to war because everyone
will suffer in war equally.
860
00:38:06,071 --> 00:38:07,781
Hmm, I knew it, Antoine.
861
00:38:07,806 --> 00:38:11,026
You truly are a visionary, Your Majesty.
862
00:38:11,051 --> 00:38:14,387
[LOUIS] A seer.
And is it not time to begin?
863
00:38:14,554 --> 00:38:16,306
All it requires is a gesture,
864
00:38:16,473 --> 00:38:19,100
something that shows the people
you are not afraid of the new religion.
865
00:38:19,225 --> 00:38:21,394
Something that shows Queen Elizabeth
866
00:38:21,419 --> 00:38:22,537
you're not afraid.
867
00:38:22,562 --> 00:38:24,814
Something that only the king can do.
868
00:38:24,981 --> 00:38:26,316
What is it you have in mind?
869
00:38:26,483 --> 00:38:29,986
Perhaps the king could attend
a Protestant service with us.
870
00:38:30,153 --> 00:38:32,781
From what I understand,
there is one not far.
871
00:38:32,947 --> 00:38:35,383
The preacher is popular, a woman.
872
00:38:35,408 --> 00:38:37,619
A woman. Always plays well.
873
00:38:37,786 --> 00:38:39,079
[LOUIS] Mm, word will spread.
874
00:38:39,245 --> 00:38:42,332
The English will see you're serious
about a post-religious France,
875
00:38:42,499 --> 00:38:46,127
ushering in a time
for peace and prosperity,
876
00:38:46,753 --> 00:38:48,088
just as you said.
877
00:38:48,213 --> 00:38:50,338
It's how history will remember you.
878
00:38:50,363 --> 00:38:51,823
[LOUIS] Mm.
879
00:38:51,848 --> 00:38:52,849
- Really?
- [LOUIS] Yeah.
880
00:38:52,874 --> 00:38:54,376
[ANTOINE] Absolutely.
881
00:38:55,637 --> 00:38:57,389
Then I will consider the matter.
882
00:38:58,890 --> 00:39:02,060
♪ ♪
883
00:39:03,144 --> 00:39:05,188
[ANTOINE] I was actually
quite moved by that.
884
00:39:05,230 --> 00:39:06,982
He's a wanker, Antoine.
885
00:39:07,007 --> 00:39:08,124
Really?
886
00:39:08,149 --> 00:39:10,068
Yeah, a huge wanker.
887
00:39:22,122 --> 00:39:23,623
You must be Thomas.
888
00:39:23,748 --> 00:39:24,833
Yes, my lady.
889
00:39:24,958 --> 00:39:27,293
Do you have what I asked for?
890
00:39:27,460 --> 00:39:30,505
♪ ♪
891
00:39:31,673 --> 00:39:33,925
Is this what you're after?
892
00:39:34,092 --> 00:39:37,303
I wouldn't be doing this if it wasn't
for my father being ill.
893
00:39:37,328 --> 00:39:39,706
Your sense of duty moves me.
894
00:39:40,014 --> 00:39:43,143
♪ ♪
895
00:39:46,271 --> 00:39:48,857
He only wrote to help me
learn how to read.
896
00:39:49,524 --> 00:39:50,608
But he writes so beautifully,
897
00:39:50,775 --> 00:39:53,445
I couldn't bring myself
to get rid of them.
898
00:39:53,611 --> 00:39:55,071
Until now.
899
00:39:55,238 --> 00:39:56,698
[COINS JINGLE]
900
00:39:56,865 --> 00:39:59,951
♪ ♪
901
00:40:05,874 --> 00:40:09,294
You won't let anything bad
happen to him, will you?
902
00:40:10,003 --> 00:40:11,504
Of course not.
903
00:40:11,671 --> 00:40:13,298
I'm his mother.
904
00:40:13,423 --> 00:40:15,967
♪ ♪
905
00:40:16,885 --> 00:40:18,553
[DOOR SLAMS]
906
00:40:19,679 --> 00:40:21,055
Hello, son.
907
00:40:21,222 --> 00:40:23,433
Thought we might have a little talk.
908
00:40:25,518 --> 00:40:26,728
I told you, Mother,
909
00:40:26,895 --> 00:40:28,855
if you want to start a war,
do it yourself.
910
00:40:29,022 --> 00:40:31,107
Oh, I don't think it will come to that.
911
00:40:32,609 --> 00:40:35,695
You may recognize the writing.
912
00:40:36,696 --> 00:40:39,574
Addressed to a young man named Thomas,
913
00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:41,826
a billman in the army.
914
00:40:41,993 --> 00:40:43,703
Sweet boy,
915
00:40:43,870 --> 00:40:45,121
rather attractive.
916
00:40:45,288 --> 00:40:47,665
In fact, I see the appeal.
917
00:40:58,092 --> 00:40:59,552
Where did you get it?
918
00:40:59,677 --> 00:41:01,304
He sold it to me.
919
00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:10,688
Along with others, quite a few others.
920
00:41:11,648 --> 00:41:14,067
I had no idea that you wrote so well.
921
00:41:15,109 --> 00:41:17,946
It's so heartfelt and descriptive.
922
00:41:18,863 --> 00:41:21,407
You must have really loved him
to be stupid enough
923
00:41:21,574 --> 00:41:22,909
to put all that down on paper.
924
00:41:23,076 --> 00:41:25,194
I mean, a quick fuck
on the field of battle
925
00:41:25,219 --> 00:41:28,389
when faced with imminent death,
anyone can understand that.
926
00:41:28,414 --> 00:41:31,709
But a man's profession of love
for another man,
927
00:41:32,669 --> 00:41:34,579
your soldiers would never
take orders again.
928
00:41:34,604 --> 00:41:37,315
When your back is turned,
they may do worse.
929
00:41:37,340 --> 00:41:40,718
But... I don't want you to worry.
930
00:41:40,885 --> 00:41:43,471
I will ensure your men
never know of them.
931
00:41:43,638 --> 00:41:46,641
♪ ♪
932
00:41:46,808 --> 00:41:48,268
At a price?
933
00:41:48,434 --> 00:41:50,311
♪ ♪
934
00:41:50,478 --> 00:41:51,729
Naturally.
935
00:41:52,939 --> 00:41:54,983
Do I need to say it?
936
00:41:55,149 --> 00:41:56,693
♪ ♪
937
00:41:56,859 --> 00:41:58,528
And I want you to know
938
00:41:58,695 --> 00:42:01,030
that I don't judge your preferences.
939
00:42:01,197 --> 00:42:05,118
In fact, I respect them, even envy them.
940
00:42:06,202 --> 00:42:10,415
This whole reproduction thing, it
makes such a mess, don't you find?
941
00:42:10,540 --> 00:42:13,835
And anyway, you are my son,
942
00:42:14,002 --> 00:42:15,587
however God made you,
943
00:42:16,212 --> 00:42:18,089
and you will make me proud.
944
00:42:18,881 --> 00:42:20,300
♪ ♪
945
00:42:20,466 --> 00:42:21,759
This I know.
946
00:42:23,261 --> 00:42:26,389
♪ ♪
947
00:42:34,063 --> 00:42:36,316
Is there anything else, Your Majesty?
948
00:42:36,482 --> 00:42:39,027
No, you can go.
949
00:43:04,010 --> 00:43:05,762
What are you looking at?
950
00:43:07,138 --> 00:43:08,264
Shh.
951
00:43:09,974 --> 00:43:11,768
[MONTMORENCY] I spoke to the king.
952
00:43:12,852 --> 00:43:15,396
He knows you have
his best interest at heart.
953
00:43:21,110 --> 00:43:24,405
For years, I thought
I was unable to conceive.
954
00:43:25,323 --> 00:43:26,908
Turns out, that was the easy part.
955
00:43:26,933 --> 00:43:27,954
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
956
00:43:27,979 --> 00:43:31,120
[MONTMORENCY] I suppose it's possible
we make too much of parenting.
957
00:43:31,245 --> 00:43:33,081
When all is said and done,
958
00:43:33,247 --> 00:43:35,500
we all raise ourselves, don't we?
959
00:43:36,834 --> 00:43:38,211
You certainly did.
960
00:43:39,212 --> 00:43:40,797
What is it
961
00:43:40,963 --> 00:43:42,548
with you and Edith?
962
00:43:44,717 --> 00:43:47,178
When I found her, I was a drunk.
963
00:43:48,304 --> 00:43:50,264
She prevented me from killing a man
964
00:43:50,431 --> 00:43:52,266
that tried to sell her to me.
965
00:43:52,392 --> 00:43:54,644
♪ ♪
966
00:43:54,811 --> 00:43:56,270
The man was her father.
967
00:43:57,605 --> 00:43:58,856
Now?
968
00:43:59,857 --> 00:44:02,985
Now she's the closest to family I have.
969
00:44:03,152 --> 00:44:05,029
♪ ♪
970
00:44:05,196 --> 00:44:07,490
I failed to protect my children.
971
00:44:08,991 --> 00:44:11,077
I failed to protect your husband.
972
00:44:12,620 --> 00:44:15,248
I do not intend to fail again.
973
00:44:15,540 --> 00:44:18,501
♪ ♪
974
00:44:19,669 --> 00:44:22,964
If we're finished here,
I will leave you.
975
00:44:23,756 --> 00:44:25,550
Or you could stay.
976
00:44:25,717 --> 00:44:28,803
♪ ♪
977
00:44:30,680 --> 00:44:33,057
So we might be a comfort to one another.
978
00:44:33,933 --> 00:44:37,061
♪ ♪
979
00:44:41,816 --> 00:44:43,359
See, in that moment,
980
00:44:44,026 --> 00:44:46,154
I thought I could be truly happy.
981
00:44:46,738 --> 00:44:48,865
♪ ♪
982
00:44:49,031 --> 00:44:50,199
Checkmate.
983
00:44:50,908 --> 00:44:54,120
♪ ♪
984
00:44:54,287 --> 00:44:55,705
You beat me.
985
00:44:55,872 --> 00:44:57,039
He beat me.
986
00:44:57,206 --> 00:45:00,126
Apparently, your son has
inherited your luck, Antoine.
987
00:45:00,251 --> 00:45:02,378
[HENRI] I don't believe in luck.
988
00:45:04,338 --> 00:45:05,631
What do you believe in, then?
989
00:45:05,798 --> 00:45:08,259
Preparation, calculation,
990
00:45:08,760 --> 00:45:10,428
precision attack.
991
00:45:11,596 --> 00:45:13,181
How intriguing.
992
00:45:17,101 --> 00:45:18,686
Do you fancy a drink?
993
00:45:19,499 --> 00:45:20,517
Can I?
994
00:45:20,542 --> 00:45:21,606
Yeah.
995
00:45:22,315 --> 00:45:24,734
Sure there's something we
can give you, isn't there, Louis?
996
00:45:24,759 --> 00:45:25,806
Red or white?
997
00:45:25,831 --> 00:45:27,336
I'm gonna get you pissed.
998
00:45:27,361 --> 00:45:28,654
- [LOUIS] Yeah.
- Uh...
999
00:45:29,238 --> 00:45:31,240
The, uh, king is here.
1000
00:45:31,365 --> 00:45:33,993
[LOUIS] Oh. [CLEARS THROAT]
1001
00:45:39,832 --> 00:45:41,292
I've thought about your invitation
1002
00:45:41,459 --> 00:45:44,353
and have decided to join my
Protestant subjects in prayer tonight.
1003
00:45:44,378 --> 00:45:46,923
Wonderful news, Your Majesty.
1004
00:45:47,465 --> 00:45:49,175
History will remember you.
1005
00:45:49,342 --> 00:45:51,844
Perhaps, but for now, my mother
will know nothing about it.
1006
00:45:52,011 --> 00:45:55,723
Of course. Tancrede, prepare our horses.
1007
00:45:58,643 --> 00:46:00,853
[EDITH] "And when Jesus
saw the crowds,
1008
00:46:01,020 --> 00:46:02,605
"he went up on the mountainside
1009
00:46:02,772 --> 00:46:04,398
"and sat with them.
1010
00:46:04,524 --> 00:46:06,317
"His disciples came to him.
1011
00:46:06,484 --> 00:46:09,946
"He said, 'Blessed
are the poor in spirit,
1012
00:46:10,905 --> 00:46:13,157
"'for theirs
is the kingdom of heaven.
1013
00:46:14,408 --> 00:46:18,079
"'Blessed are those who mourn.
They will be comforted.
1014
00:46:18,704 --> 00:46:20,456
"'Blessed are the meek,
1015
00:46:20,623 --> 00:46:23,042
"'for they will inherit
the Earth.
1016
00:46:23,209 --> 00:46:27,713
"'Blessed are those who hunger
and thirst for righteousness.
1017
00:46:27,880 --> 00:46:29,340
"'They will be freed.
1018
00:46:29,465 --> 00:46:32,134
- Blessed are the merc... '"
- [HORSES WHINNYING]
1019
00:46:33,594 --> 00:46:36,722
♪ ♪
1020
00:46:43,688 --> 00:46:46,691
[HORSES NEIGHING]
1021
00:46:46,858 --> 00:46:49,902
♪ ♪
1022
00:46:51,669 --> 00:46:52,922
Burn it down.
1023
00:46:52,947 --> 00:46:55,449
You're fucking kidding me.
1024
00:46:55,616 --> 00:46:58,661
♪ ♪
1025
00:47:08,504 --> 00:47:10,256
[EDITH]
"'Blessed are the merciful,
1026
00:47:10,423 --> 00:47:12,133
for they will be shown mercy.'"
1027
00:47:12,158 --> 00:47:13,317
[PEOPLE SCREAMING]
1028
00:47:13,342 --> 00:47:15,511
"'Blessed are the pure in heart,
1029
00:47:15,636 --> 00:47:17,680
"'for they will see God.
1030
00:47:18,848 --> 00:47:21,017
"'Blessed are the peacemakers,
1031
00:47:21,851 --> 00:47:24,312
for they will be called
children of God.'"
1032
00:47:24,478 --> 00:47:27,481
[PEOPLE SCREAMING]
1033
00:47:27,607 --> 00:47:30,735
♪ ♪
1034
00:47:37,408 --> 00:47:38,951
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
1035
00:47:42,038 --> 00:47:43,956
[WINDOW SQUEAKS SHUT]
1036
00:47:50,838 --> 00:47:52,006
What is it?
1037
00:47:52,173 --> 00:47:53,299
It'll cost you.
1038
00:47:53,466 --> 00:47:55,301
["(I CAN'T GET NO)
SATISFACTION" PLAYING]
1039
00:47:55,426 --> 00:47:57,386
[KNOCK AT DOOR, DOOR CLICKS OPEN]
1040
00:47:57,553 --> 00:47:59,180
♪ ♪
1041
00:47:59,305 --> 00:48:00,473
It's urgent.
1042
00:48:00,498 --> 00:48:01,582
What is it?
1043
00:48:01,891 --> 00:48:03,768
The king, Your Majesty.
1044
00:48:03,893 --> 00:48:07,021
♪ ♪
1045
00:48:11,108 --> 00:48:15,529
[CAT POWER]
♪ When I'm driving in my car ♪
1046
00:48:16,322 --> 00:48:19,700
♪ And a man come On the radio ♪
1047
00:48:19,867 --> 00:48:21,535
Ready my horse.
1048
00:48:21,661 --> 00:48:25,831
[CAT POWER] ♪ He's telling me
More and more ♪
1049
00:48:25,998 --> 00:48:30,252
♪ About some useless
Information ♪
1050
00:48:31,128 --> 00:48:35,591
♪ Trying to mess My imagination ♪
1051
00:48:35,758 --> 00:48:38,844
♪ ♪
1052
00:48:43,861 --> 00:48:47,861
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