1 00:00:10,233 --> 00:00:12,153 Previously on The Serpent Queen... 2 00:00:12,195 --> 00:00:14,595 Does Mary have a claim to the throne? 3 00:00:14,637 --> 00:00:16,197 Fifteen years had passed. 4 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:17,598 Mary had been with us on account 5 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:19,761 of her betrothal to our eldest son. 6 00:00:19,803 --> 00:00:21,843 Ruggieri had disappeared from my life. 7 00:00:21,885 --> 00:00:24,686 Montmorency had not been seen for many years. 8 00:00:24,728 --> 00:00:25,807 You know Antoinette of Guise? 9 00:00:25,849 --> 00:00:27,128 She's returned to the courts 10 00:00:27,170 --> 00:00:29,491 since the untimely death of her husband. 11 00:00:29,533 --> 00:00:31,012 My dear cousins have taken 12 00:00:31,054 --> 00:00:33,094 to seizing the homes of prominent Protestants. 13 00:00:33,136 --> 00:00:35,817 Colonel Guise has now claimed Chenonceau for himself. 14 00:00:35,859 --> 00:00:38,900 Surely we could discover some utility in each other. 15 00:00:38,942 --> 00:00:40,302 Thought you two were done with each other. 16 00:00:40,344 --> 00:00:42,184 Gold can poison the mind, 17 00:00:42,226 --> 00:00:44,546 but just enough will preserve your youth. 18 00:00:44,588 --> 00:00:46,028 When you are king, 19 00:00:46,070 --> 00:00:48,390 you will put Catherine on your Privy Council. 20 00:00:48,432 --> 00:00:50,392 Lead a garrison of men to the border. 21 00:00:50,434 --> 00:00:51,794 Will that suffice? 22 00:00:51,836 --> 00:00:53,435 I give you your king. 23 00:00:53,477 --> 00:00:55,277 You have a message from the Holy Roman emperor. 24 00:01:29,955 --> 00:01:31,957 You're quiet today. 25 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:38,322 The letter you saw me receive last night contains evidence 26 00:01:38,364 --> 00:01:40,965 that Queen Mary is conspiring with her cousin, 27 00:01:41,007 --> 00:01:44,128 Queen Elizabeth of England, against me. 28 00:01:44,170 --> 00:01:45,850 But I thought they hated each other. 29 00:01:45,892 --> 00:01:47,572 Well, apparently, the only thing they hate 30 00:01:47,614 --> 00:01:50,294 more than each other is the thought of me, 31 00:01:50,336 --> 00:01:53,500 a commoner, on a throne of Europe. 32 00:01:55,021 --> 00:01:56,981 There may be more correspondence 33 00:01:57,023 --> 00:01:59,784 hidden within Mary's rooms. 34 00:01:59,826 --> 00:02:03,070 I would search for them myself, but it would raise suspicion. 35 00:02:05,712 --> 00:02:07,714 Perhaps you could help me. 36 00:02:09,436 --> 00:02:12,117 You want me to search Mary's rooms for you? 37 00:02:12,159 --> 00:02:14,962 I would not ask if the situation were not so grave. 38 00:02:19,527 --> 00:02:21,529 There's a man watching us. 39 00:02:23,571 --> 00:02:24,570 Where? 40 00:02:24,612 --> 00:02:26,614 There, in the trees. 41 00:02:27,455 --> 00:02:29,135 I don't see anyone. 42 00:02:29,177 --> 00:02:31,179 No, I'm sure I saw him. 43 00:02:32,940 --> 00:02:35,221 The forest is full of creatures. 44 00:02:35,263 --> 00:02:37,265 Perhaps you mistook one. 45 00:02:39,347 --> 00:02:42,630 All I ask is that you consider my request. 46 00:02:44,152 --> 00:02:46,713 The fate of the country hangs in the balance, 47 00:02:46,755 --> 00:02:48,475 not to mention my own. 48 00:02:48,517 --> 00:02:50,519 And yours. 49 00:02:51,039 --> 00:02:52,999 Our fates are intertwined. 50 00:02:57,966 --> 00:03:01,090 Now, should I continue my story? 51 00:03:02,972 --> 00:03:04,852 Though the death of King Francis 52 00:03:04,894 --> 00:03:06,896 had made me queen, 53 00:03:07,416 --> 00:03:09,418 it was in name only. 54 00:03:14,704 --> 00:03:17,507 Your Majesty, would you like me to have breakfast brought? 55 00:03:21,831 --> 00:03:23,833 Are you all right? 56 00:03:26,035 --> 00:03:27,635 See this? 57 00:03:27,677 --> 00:03:30,798 It's a pair of Cs, for Catherine. 58 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:33,563 With an H overlaid for Henry. 59 00:03:34,164 --> 00:03:36,166 It's romantic, no? 60 00:03:38,608 --> 00:03:40,528 But if you look at it this way, 61 00:03:40,570 --> 00:03:45,696 the Cs become a D, for Diane. 62 00:03:52,223 --> 00:03:55,704 I would not be so disrespected if Ruggieri were here. 63 00:03:55,746 --> 00:03:57,706 He's the only one, 64 00:03:57,748 --> 00:04:00,189 the only one who never underestimated me. 65 00:04:00,231 --> 00:04:02,431 Because he tells you what you want to hear. 66 00:04:02,473 --> 00:04:04,714 It's his only real talent. 67 00:04:06,958 --> 00:04:08,960 Perhaps. 68 00:04:11,442 --> 00:04:16,007 And perhaps I became pregnant by some coincidence. 69 00:04:17,088 --> 00:04:20,530 And perhaps you lost yours the same way. 70 00:04:20,572 --> 00:04:22,052 It doesn't matter. 71 00:04:22,094 --> 00:04:24,214 That man asks too much for what he gives in return. 72 00:04:24,256 --> 00:04:26,258 Not if it's worth it. 73 00:04:33,225 --> 00:04:35,387 I'd like to be alone with the queen. 74 00:04:55,568 --> 00:04:58,689 Turns out you were right about the Holy Roman emperor. 75 00:04:58,731 --> 00:05:01,935 The garrison wasn't enough to dissuade his aggression. 76 00:05:03,216 --> 00:05:05,218 You were right about that too. 77 00:05:06,700 --> 00:05:09,581 I will ride out at the head of my troops 78 00:05:09,623 --> 00:05:11,625 tomorrow morning. 79 00:05:12,866 --> 00:05:14,868 May God protect you. 80 00:05:16,790 --> 00:05:19,231 I'll need someone to run things while I'm away. 81 00:05:19,273 --> 00:05:21,633 Wouldn't require much, just... 82 00:05:21,675 --> 00:05:23,876 someone to keep an eye on the functions of government, 83 00:05:23,918 --> 00:05:26,760 so I've decided to make you regent. 84 00:05:28,402 --> 00:05:32,044 But Antoine of Bourbon is rightfully regent. 85 00:05:32,086 --> 00:05:35,047 Mm. If you follow the rules of succession, yes, 86 00:05:35,089 --> 00:05:37,091 but I'd rather it was you. 87 00:05:38,252 --> 00:05:41,334 And I have the power to make these decisions, so... 88 00:05:41,376 --> 00:05:43,938 you will have the highest authority in the land. 89 00:05:44,859 --> 00:05:46,861 Just till I'm back. 90 00:05:48,583 --> 00:05:50,585 Because I know I can trust you. 91 00:05:58,874 --> 00:06:00,754 He was right. 92 00:06:00,796 --> 00:06:02,798 He could trust me to be regent. 93 00:06:04,840 --> 00:06:06,842 Even if he couldn't love me as a wife. 94 00:06:14,450 --> 00:06:16,170 You asked for me, madam? 95 00:06:16,212 --> 00:06:17,451 I need more. 96 00:06:17,493 --> 00:06:19,495 As you wish. 97 00:06:29,786 --> 00:06:31,145 Leave the bottle. 98 00:06:31,187 --> 00:06:33,668 I told you, too much can drive a person mad. 99 00:06:33,710 --> 00:06:35,670 Made my father do unspeakable things. 100 00:06:35,712 --> 00:06:36,751 To you? 101 00:06:36,793 --> 00:06:39,113 Till I made him stop, that is. 102 00:06:39,155 --> 00:06:41,156 You know how to look after yourself. 103 00:06:41,198 --> 00:06:42,637 I admire that. 104 00:06:42,679 --> 00:06:44,399 Yes, and that's why I have to stop coming here. 105 00:06:44,441 --> 00:06:45,680 Oh? 106 00:06:45,722 --> 00:06:47,282 The Queen might discover our relationship. 107 00:06:47,324 --> 00:06:49,084 Her punishment would be severe. 108 00:06:49,126 --> 00:06:51,128 Mm. 109 00:06:51,889 --> 00:06:53,649 You must pick a horse. 110 00:06:53,691 --> 00:06:55,490 There can only be one winner. 111 00:06:55,532 --> 00:06:57,132 I did not make the rules. 112 00:06:57,174 --> 00:06:59,296 In fact, I despise them. 113 00:06:59,977 --> 00:07:01,979 But they are what they are. 114 00:07:03,981 --> 00:07:06,061 Nothing personal. 115 00:07:09,867 --> 00:07:11,827 Twice a day, no more. 116 00:07:11,869 --> 00:07:13,189 Hmm. 117 00:07:13,231 --> 00:07:15,151 I'm very grateful. 118 00:07:15,193 --> 00:07:16,552 I will need more gold 119 00:07:16,594 --> 00:07:18,154 if I am to continue supplying you. 120 00:07:18,196 --> 00:07:20,438 I can get you more whenever you need. 121 00:07:23,201 --> 00:07:26,843 Together, we could accomplish great things, Angelica. 122 00:07:48,908 --> 00:07:51,350 Thank you for agreeing to be regent. 123 00:07:52,872 --> 00:07:57,314 Yes, very good of you to, uh...step in. 124 00:08:02,001 --> 00:08:04,003 Come back to us. 125 00:08:07,567 --> 00:08:09,287 I'll do my utmost. 126 00:08:16,136 --> 00:08:18,777 I want you to put aside your differences 127 00:08:18,819 --> 00:08:22,100 and I want you to serve your regent while I am at war, yes? 128 00:08:22,142 --> 00:08:24,825 We remain your faithful servants. 129 00:08:25,345 --> 00:08:27,225 Good. 130 00:08:27,267 --> 00:08:28,667 - Cunt. - Cock. 131 00:08:28,709 --> 00:08:30,148 - Kiddie-fiddler. - Pig-fucker. 132 00:08:30,190 --> 00:08:31,150 Oh, grow up. 133 00:08:31,192 --> 00:08:33,194 Thank you. 134 00:08:36,437 --> 00:08:38,517 It'll be you going to war next. 135 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:40,800 M-Ma-Mary says I should focus on my strengths. 136 00:08:40,842 --> 00:08:43,042 And what does Mary say that those are? 137 00:08:43,084 --> 00:08:44,684 The-the study of scriptures. 138 00:08:44,726 --> 00:08:49,208 Mm. Like most who suffer from physical afflictions, 139 00:08:49,250 --> 00:08:51,891 Francis is very close to God. 140 00:08:51,933 --> 00:08:55,455 What others see as weakness, I see only as strength. 141 00:08:55,497 --> 00:08:57,499 Your Majesty. 142 00:08:59,901 --> 00:09:01,903 Well, that can be no bad thing. 143 00:09:06,028 --> 00:09:08,030 Show our enemies no mercy, Father. 144 00:09:12,074 --> 00:09:14,076 We will pray for you. 145 00:09:17,519 --> 00:09:19,522 Ah. 146 00:09:31,094 --> 00:09:33,014 Diane, what are you doing? 147 00:09:33,056 --> 00:09:35,776 I have decided I shall accompany you to the front 148 00:09:35,818 --> 00:09:37,578 and bring you luck. 149 00:09:37,620 --> 00:09:38,579 Diane-- 150 00:09:38,621 --> 00:09:40,702 I can outride most of your men. 151 00:09:40,744 --> 00:09:43,426 Would you have me sit and pine when I can be useful? 152 00:09:44,668 --> 00:09:47,469 I only hope the Duke of Guise can keep up. 153 00:09:47,511 --> 00:09:49,513 I certainly intend to try. 154 00:09:53,236 --> 00:09:55,239 Very well. 155 00:09:57,481 --> 00:09:58,760 Can I ask you something, brother? 156 00:09:58,802 --> 00:09:59,921 Of course, brother. 157 00:09:59,963 --> 00:10:01,283 Why the fuck did you agree 158 00:10:01,325 --> 00:10:03,085 to surrender your regency to Catherine 159 00:10:03,127 --> 00:10:04,646 while the king is away? 160 00:10:04,688 --> 00:10:06,849 Well, the king asked me. 161 00:10:06,891 --> 00:10:08,010 What was I supposed to do? 162 00:10:08,052 --> 00:10:10,054 You were supposed to say no. 163 00:10:11,936 --> 00:10:13,856 I didn't care that my husband took Diane 164 00:10:13,898 --> 00:10:15,418 to battle with him. 165 00:10:15,460 --> 00:10:18,421 With any luck, they would be captured, 166 00:10:18,463 --> 00:10:22,144 held for ransom that I would be slow to pay. 167 00:10:22,186 --> 00:10:25,750 All that mattered was that it was my time to govern. 168 00:10:29,114 --> 00:10:31,116 Regent of all France. 169 00:10:32,037 --> 00:10:34,039 Not bad for a commoner. 170 00:10:40,405 --> 00:10:42,405 Look, the Holy Roman emperor, 171 00:10:42,447 --> 00:10:44,808 his battalion is much larger than ours. 172 00:10:44,850 --> 00:10:47,050 Our only advantage is geography. 173 00:10:47,092 --> 00:10:48,852 We should take them by surprise, approach from 174 00:10:48,894 --> 00:10:50,294 -the ridge before daybreak... -Yeah? 175 00:10:50,336 --> 00:10:51,735 And drive them into the forest. 176 00:10:51,777 --> 00:10:53,977 Yes, they wouldn't expect it. 177 00:10:54,019 --> 00:10:57,341 If you were to send half your men on foot 178 00:10:57,383 --> 00:10:59,063 into the dark of the forest 179 00:10:59,105 --> 00:11:02,026 and then make the approach from above a feint, 180 00:11:02,068 --> 00:11:03,788 they would still react as if it's not 181 00:11:03,830 --> 00:11:06,112 and they would do as you say, no? 182 00:11:07,874 --> 00:11:10,755 Yes, if our riders made a hell of a noise on the way down, 183 00:11:10,797 --> 00:11:14,118 then there they would meet our men in ditches that we've dug. 184 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:16,241 Waiting to cut the enemy to pieces. 185 00:11:16,283 --> 00:11:18,203 Exactly. 186 00:11:18,245 --> 00:11:20,445 Just like madam said. 187 00:11:20,487 --> 00:11:22,167 Excellent plan, Your Majesty. 188 00:11:22,209 --> 00:11:23,848 Montmorency would be proud. 189 00:11:23,890 --> 00:11:26,371 Yeah, well, it's what he taught us, isn't it? 190 00:11:26,413 --> 00:11:29,014 Anticipate an enemy's reaction and use it. 191 00:11:29,056 --> 00:11:30,936 Mm. 192 00:11:30,978 --> 00:11:32,978 Didn't think you were paying attention. 193 00:11:33,020 --> 00:11:35,022 Always. 194 00:11:39,146 --> 00:11:40,986 Are you the queen's dressmaker? 195 00:11:41,028 --> 00:11:42,908 What's it to you? 196 00:11:42,950 --> 00:11:43,989 I'm hungry. 197 00:11:44,031 --> 00:11:45,391 So go to the kitchen. 198 00:11:45,433 --> 00:11:47,433 I worked as an apprentice for a dressmaker. 199 00:11:47,475 --> 00:11:49,597 Perhaps I could work for you. 200 00:11:50,838 --> 00:11:52,638 All I want is a place to sleep. 201 00:11:52,680 --> 00:11:54,722 I don't need any help. 202 00:11:55,203 --> 00:11:57,205 Now fuck off. 203 00:12:00,608 --> 00:12:01,728 Catherine asked for you. 204 00:12:01,770 --> 00:12:03,772 Did she? 205 00:12:05,373 --> 00:12:07,694 You're never where you say you're going to be these days. 206 00:12:07,736 --> 00:12:09,776 I've been busy. 207 00:12:09,818 --> 00:12:11,658 What's that you've got in your hand there? 208 00:12:11,700 --> 00:12:13,702 Nothing. 209 00:12:14,062 --> 00:12:15,302 Nothing? 210 00:12:20,149 --> 00:12:22,151 Show me. 211 00:12:23,192 --> 00:12:25,833 It's a present for you, actually. 212 00:12:25,875 --> 00:12:27,877 Now you've spoiled the surprise. 213 00:12:32,562 --> 00:12:34,922 You told them I requested a Privy Council meeting? 214 00:12:34,964 --> 00:12:36,444 Of course. 215 00:12:38,247 --> 00:12:39,887 Where are you going? 216 00:12:39,929 --> 00:12:42,810 The regent's called a Privy Council meeting. 217 00:12:42,852 --> 00:12:45,173 You mean the merchant's daughter? 218 00:12:45,215 --> 00:12:48,416 A Guise does not come when called by someone like that. 219 00:12:48,458 --> 00:12:50,618 Or are you her dog? 220 00:12:50,660 --> 00:12:52,420 Okay, Mother. 221 00:12:52,462 --> 00:12:53,982 What would you want me to do? 222 00:12:54,024 --> 00:12:56,064 As I am a member of the king's Privy Council. 223 00:12:56,106 --> 00:12:59,149 Yes, the king's Privy Council. 224 00:12:59,870 --> 00:13:01,872 Make her come to you. 225 00:13:05,275 --> 00:13:07,277 Tell her I'm indisposed. 226 00:13:09,880 --> 00:13:11,720 Privy Council meeting. 227 00:13:11,762 --> 00:13:13,764 Sit down, Antoine. 228 00:13:16,487 --> 00:13:18,087 Is the cardinal going? 229 00:13:18,129 --> 00:13:19,208 He has been called. 230 00:13:19,250 --> 00:13:20,569 That doesn't mean he's going. 231 00:13:20,611 --> 00:13:22,613 Find out. 232 00:13:23,975 --> 00:13:26,255 We're not gonna sit there like a big pair of tits, 233 00:13:26,297 --> 00:13:27,536 waiting for him. 234 00:13:27,578 --> 00:13:30,099 No. He'd just love that, wouldn't he? 235 00:13:30,141 --> 00:13:32,622 Yes, because then we would look weak, 236 00:13:32,664 --> 00:13:33,943 and we would not get what we want. 237 00:13:33,985 --> 00:13:35,987 Right. Of course. 238 00:13:37,429 --> 00:13:39,831 And-and-and what is it we want, exactly? 239 00:13:40,672 --> 00:13:42,952 To finish our meal without being burdened 240 00:13:42,994 --> 00:13:45,315 by the whims of someone who shouldn't be regent. 241 00:13:45,357 --> 00:13:47,359 Right. 242 00:13:48,680 --> 00:13:50,600 It's just that... 243 00:13:50,642 --> 00:13:53,083 well, it-it all seems a bit pointless 244 00:13:53,125 --> 00:13:56,286 when we might actually help govern. 245 00:13:56,328 --> 00:13:58,969 Pointless or not, it's the family business, Antoine. 246 00:13:59,011 --> 00:14:00,611 If you don't like it, you can always 247 00:14:00,653 --> 00:14:03,055 go and help Father tend to Mother's gardens. 248 00:14:21,154 --> 00:14:23,274 I knew I would be tested, 249 00:14:23,316 --> 00:14:25,559 but I had no idea it was going to be so soon. 250 00:14:30,924 --> 00:14:33,565 Ah, Your Majesty. 251 00:14:33,607 --> 00:14:35,127 Have you, uh, 252 00:14:35,169 --> 00:14:37,129 have you come for confession? 253 00:14:37,171 --> 00:14:39,173 I have nothing to confess. 254 00:14:39,533 --> 00:14:41,535 Please. 255 00:14:46,300 --> 00:14:48,781 I missed you at the Privy Council meeting. 256 00:14:48,823 --> 00:14:51,704 Yes, a member of my, uh, flock was in need. 257 00:14:51,746 --> 00:14:54,066 I've had a message from the king. 258 00:14:54,108 --> 00:14:56,869 He will need more funds if he is to keep fighting. 259 00:14:56,911 --> 00:14:59,632 I'm afraid you're-you're showing your inexperience. 260 00:14:59,674 --> 00:15:01,994 The Privy Council can't give you what you need. 261 00:15:02,036 --> 00:15:04,038 For that, you have to go to the treasury. 262 00:15:06,521 --> 00:15:08,561 Oh. 263 00:15:08,603 --> 00:15:10,003 Thank you. 264 00:15:10,045 --> 00:15:10,924 You will, however, 265 00:15:10,966 --> 00:15:12,605 find the treasury empty. 266 00:15:12,647 --> 00:15:14,167 Well, how can it be empty? 267 00:15:14,209 --> 00:15:15,729 Your Majesty, have you not seen 268 00:15:15,771 --> 00:15:18,812 how these frugal Protestants spend money? 269 00:15:18,854 --> 00:15:21,174 Of course, you could go to Parlement to request funds, 270 00:15:21,216 --> 00:15:22,976 but unfortunately the majority 271 00:15:23,018 --> 00:15:24,898 are not made up with the nobility or clergy 272 00:15:24,940 --> 00:15:26,660 but of the mercantile class. 273 00:15:26,702 --> 00:15:28,542 You should get along with them well. 274 00:15:28,584 --> 00:15:29,983 Meaning? 275 00:15:30,025 --> 00:15:32,027 Just that you are so likable. 276 00:15:33,549 --> 00:15:35,551 Not what she meant. 277 00:15:36,712 --> 00:15:39,233 So how do you propose I win their support? 278 00:15:39,275 --> 00:15:43,597 The Third Estate is divided evenly between Catholics, 279 00:15:43,639 --> 00:15:46,681 who will always vote the way I tell them, 280 00:15:46,723 --> 00:15:48,883 and members of the new religion of whom you can expect 281 00:15:48,925 --> 00:15:52,166 nothing but backstabbing and disloyalty. 282 00:15:52,208 --> 00:15:55,730 Can I count on you for your support? 283 00:15:55,772 --> 00:15:58,094 That depends on what you're willing to do for me. 284 00:15:59,216 --> 00:16:02,097 There are certain properties currently in Protestant hands 285 00:16:02,139 --> 00:16:03,818 that I believe would be better off 286 00:16:03,860 --> 00:16:06,821 under the curation of the Catholic Church. 287 00:16:06,863 --> 00:16:09,745 Your own brother is in harm's way, 288 00:16:09,787 --> 00:16:11,306 and yet you are haggling. 289 00:16:11,348 --> 00:16:13,669 We don't worry about Francois. 290 00:16:13,711 --> 00:16:15,270 Francois can look after himself. 291 00:16:15,312 --> 00:16:16,912 He always has done. Isn't that right, Mother? 292 00:16:16,954 --> 00:16:18,914 I have never condoned special treatment 293 00:16:18,956 --> 00:16:20,235 for either of my boys. 294 00:16:20,277 --> 00:16:22,438 The country must come first. 295 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:24,560 I admire your patriotism. 296 00:16:24,602 --> 00:16:26,202 There is no higher purpose. 297 00:16:26,244 --> 00:16:27,603 Except my line. 298 00:16:27,645 --> 00:16:29,767 God, of course. 299 00:16:35,854 --> 00:16:37,493 I'm willing to put up the money, 300 00:16:37,535 --> 00:16:39,375 but I need protection from that fucking cardinal 301 00:16:39,417 --> 00:16:40,697 and his brother. 302 00:16:40,739 --> 00:16:42,338 I'm not building those ships 303 00:16:42,380 --> 00:16:44,901 to have them taken off me by a grown man in a skirt. 304 00:16:44,943 --> 00:16:47,584 Show me the, uh, sketches again? 305 00:16:49,548 --> 00:16:50,827 Ah. 306 00:16:50,869 --> 00:16:53,790 Mm. Yeah. 307 00:16:53,832 --> 00:16:56,233 Fascinating. Isn't it, Antoine? 308 00:16:56,275 --> 00:16:57,194 -What? -These. 309 00:16:57,236 --> 00:16:58,955 Yes, absolutely. 310 00:16:58,997 --> 00:17:02,041 And, in return, what could we expect? 311 00:17:03,322 --> 00:17:05,763 25% of the profits. 312 00:17:05,805 --> 00:17:07,364 -Make it fifty. -Fifty? 313 00:17:07,406 --> 00:17:10,127 You have come to us for protection. 314 00:17:10,169 --> 00:17:12,169 It comes at a cost. 315 00:17:12,211 --> 00:17:13,931 You're just as bad as the others. 316 00:17:15,615 --> 00:17:17,617 Ah, Your Majesty. 317 00:17:19,258 --> 00:17:21,899 Your Majesty, may I present Pierre Marques. 318 00:17:21,941 --> 00:17:22,940 It's an honor. 319 00:17:22,982 --> 00:17:25,263 I hope I'm not interrupting. 320 00:17:25,305 --> 00:17:28,066 No, actually, we were just leaving. 321 00:17:28,108 --> 00:17:30,110 We'll be in touch. 322 00:17:31,231 --> 00:17:33,233 Your Majesty. 323 00:17:36,596 --> 00:17:39,117 So, so sorry we couldn't make it 324 00:17:39,159 --> 00:17:40,879 to the Privy Council meeting. 325 00:17:40,921 --> 00:17:44,603 There's just...so much going on at the moment. 326 00:17:44,645 --> 00:17:46,525 -Right, Antoine? -Hmm? 327 00:17:46,567 --> 00:17:49,288 Uh, yes, of course. It's-it's exhausting, really. 328 00:17:49,330 --> 00:17:51,130 -Endless. Go, go, go. -Mm. 329 00:17:51,172 --> 00:17:52,571 I presume you know why I'm here. 330 00:17:52,613 --> 00:17:54,573 The war. I heard. Terrible business. 331 00:17:54,615 --> 00:17:56,615 Obviously, we'd love to help rally Protestant support, 332 00:17:56,657 --> 00:17:59,418 but more contributions to the treasury at this point, 333 00:17:59,460 --> 00:18:01,700 well, it's a bitter pill to swallow. 334 00:18:01,742 --> 00:18:04,383 I mean, that man you just met had his home taken from him 335 00:18:04,425 --> 00:18:06,906 for no other reason than being a Protestant. 336 00:18:06,948 --> 00:18:10,990 On the other hand, I may be able to deliver the votes 337 00:18:11,032 --> 00:18:14,434 if you were to make a... gesture in return. 338 00:18:14,476 --> 00:18:16,876 What sort of gesture? 339 00:18:16,918 --> 00:18:20,320 I think having a member of the Catholic clergy 340 00:18:20,362 --> 00:18:22,842 on the Privy Council is a little... 341 00:18:22,884 --> 00:18:25,205 outdated, don't you? 342 00:18:25,247 --> 00:18:27,247 You would have me remove Cardinal Guise 343 00:18:27,289 --> 00:18:28,568 from the Privy Council? 344 00:18:28,610 --> 00:18:29,609 It would be a start. 345 00:18:29,651 --> 00:18:31,291 Protestants are not interested 346 00:18:31,333 --> 00:18:33,213 in these old grievances and wars. 347 00:18:33,255 --> 00:18:36,136 They are for hard work and making money. 348 00:18:36,178 --> 00:18:37,818 As am I. 349 00:18:37,860 --> 00:18:39,862 Are you? 350 00:18:41,183 --> 00:18:44,425 Trading on your inherited status at every turn 351 00:18:44,467 --> 00:18:47,148 seems a more accurate description of your agenda 352 00:18:47,190 --> 00:18:48,229 to me. 353 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:57,999 Ah, it's a fair point. 354 00:18:59,682 --> 00:19:01,442 Drop your cocks, grab your socks. 355 00:19:01,484 --> 00:19:03,124 Time to go and kill some Spaniards. 356 00:19:03,166 --> 00:19:04,165 Charming. 357 00:19:07,931 --> 00:19:09,531 Still raining. 358 00:19:09,573 --> 00:19:10,732 Is it now? 359 00:19:10,774 --> 00:19:11,693 We can't wait any longer. 360 00:19:11,735 --> 00:19:12,894 Good a day to die as any. 361 00:19:16,140 --> 00:19:18,142 All right. 362 00:19:19,023 --> 00:19:21,423 His Majesty does not intend to fight, I hope. 363 00:19:21,465 --> 00:19:23,145 Of course. I'm their leader. 364 00:19:23,187 --> 00:19:25,307 I will ride into battle at the head of my men. 365 00:19:25,349 --> 00:19:27,429 You're more than that. You're the king. 366 00:19:27,471 --> 00:19:28,871 What will become of the French people 367 00:19:28,913 --> 00:19:30,272 if something happens to you? 368 00:19:30,314 --> 00:19:33,836 Diane, my father led from the front. 369 00:19:33,878 --> 00:19:37,840 Forgive me, but your father was not the intellect you are. 370 00:19:40,325 --> 00:19:43,005 I loved him as you did, but... 371 00:19:43,047 --> 00:19:45,928 the duke will agree he was not a strategist. 372 00:19:45,970 --> 00:19:47,770 When he was captured a-at Pavia, 373 00:19:47,812 --> 00:19:50,133 he left you and your brother in his stead. 374 00:19:50,175 --> 00:19:52,335 Do you think your son would survive such a fate? 375 00:19:52,377 --> 00:19:55,058 I would never, never subject my son to anything like that. 376 00:19:55,100 --> 00:19:56,299 Of course not. 377 00:19:56,341 --> 00:19:57,901 But you said you wanted to learn 378 00:19:57,943 --> 00:20:00,023 from your father's mistakes. 379 00:20:00,065 --> 00:20:03,146 Bloodying your sword is not what makes you a great king. 380 00:20:03,188 --> 00:20:04,628 Diane. 381 00:20:04,670 --> 00:20:06,590 -War is not a game... -Diane... 382 00:20:06,632 --> 00:20:08,912 in which to prove yourself. 383 00:20:08,954 --> 00:20:11,116 Now men's lives are at stake. 384 00:20:11,797 --> 00:20:13,477 I don't ask you to think of me. 385 00:20:13,519 --> 00:20:15,639 I don't ask you to think of what would become of me 386 00:20:15,681 --> 00:20:17,321 if something happens to you. 387 00:20:17,363 --> 00:20:20,326 I ask you to think of France. 388 00:20:22,728 --> 00:20:24,731 Francois. 389 00:20:25,491 --> 00:20:27,493 What do you think? 390 00:20:33,339 --> 00:20:36,461 I think madam sees the situation clearly. 391 00:20:36,503 --> 00:20:39,426 I shall ride into battle, carrying your colors proudly. 392 00:20:49,957 --> 00:20:52,079 He thinks I'm a coward! 393 00:20:55,162 --> 00:20:56,922 To be a great king, 394 00:20:56,964 --> 00:20:59,605 you must be willing to make decisions 395 00:20:59,647 --> 00:21:01,649 that are not popular nor flattering. 396 00:21:02,169 --> 00:21:05,611 Francois would never be capable of such sacrifice. 397 00:21:05,653 --> 00:21:07,975 He will never be a leader of men. 398 00:21:09,697 --> 00:21:11,777 Only you have that wisdom. 399 00:21:24,472 --> 00:21:26,152 I knew I wouldn't get any help 400 00:21:26,194 --> 00:21:28,435 from the Guises or the Bourbons, 401 00:21:28,477 --> 00:21:31,400 so I would have to find another way. 402 00:21:33,442 --> 00:21:36,843 I don't know why I ever agreed to join Parlement. 403 00:21:36,885 --> 00:21:38,887 No good ever comes of it. 404 00:21:39,288 --> 00:21:41,290 Well, there's always a first time, isn't there? 405 00:21:42,691 --> 00:21:45,692 From what I understand, the regent is her own woman. 406 00:21:45,734 --> 00:21:47,737 No one is their own anything. 407 00:21:48,177 --> 00:21:50,179 Least of all a woman. 408 00:21:51,420 --> 00:21:53,661 You have done well... 409 00:21:53,703 --> 00:21:56,223 displayed a subtlety of understanding 410 00:21:56,265 --> 00:21:59,228 for the whims of court that were lost on your father. 411 00:22:01,911 --> 00:22:03,913 M-mother... 412 00:22:05,034 --> 00:22:07,355 ...has it ever occurred to you 413 00:22:07,397 --> 00:22:09,677 that your constant underestimation of the man 414 00:22:09,719 --> 00:22:13,441 may have just, you know, sapped his confidence? 415 00:22:13,483 --> 00:22:15,724 And if you just loved him properly, 416 00:22:15,766 --> 00:22:17,606 he-he might've done more. 417 00:22:17,648 --> 00:22:19,167 No. 418 00:22:19,209 --> 00:22:20,929 The truth is, he was a dullard. 419 00:22:20,971 --> 00:22:22,210 Poor man. 420 00:22:22,252 --> 00:22:23,892 You, on the other hand, 421 00:22:23,934 --> 00:22:27,736 appear to take after my side of the family. 422 00:22:27,778 --> 00:22:29,780 I'm almost proud of you. 423 00:22:34,065 --> 00:22:36,545 Do you think she'll really go for it? 424 00:22:36,587 --> 00:22:39,268 -What choice does she have? -She's the queen. 425 00:22:39,310 --> 00:22:41,510 Far as I can tell, she has infinite choices. 426 00:22:41,552 --> 00:22:43,512 Do you really think she wants to explain to the king 427 00:22:43,554 --> 00:22:46,155 why she failed to send him what he needed to win? 428 00:22:46,197 --> 00:22:48,237 She's already been replaced in the bedroom. 429 00:22:48,279 --> 00:22:49,919 'Course not. 430 00:22:49,961 --> 00:22:51,641 To understand people, 431 00:22:51,683 --> 00:22:55,365 you must know their desires and their fears. 432 00:22:55,407 --> 00:22:58,288 That way you have leverage, Antoine. 433 00:22:58,330 --> 00:23:00,930 That's how the world works. 434 00:23:12,304 --> 00:23:14,306 They're ready for you. 435 00:24:14,368 --> 00:24:16,370 I stand before you today 436 00:24:17,532 --> 00:24:19,972 because our beloved France 437 00:24:20,014 --> 00:24:22,176 is at war. 438 00:24:24,299 --> 00:24:26,659 At this very moment, 439 00:24:26,701 --> 00:24:29,822 King Henri and his soldiers 440 00:24:29,864 --> 00:24:31,744 are risking their lives 441 00:24:31,786 --> 00:24:34,109 fighting for French sovereignty. 442 00:24:36,311 --> 00:24:38,231 In order to succeed, 443 00:24:38,273 --> 00:24:40,315 they will need food, 444 00:24:41,196 --> 00:24:44,237 weapons, horses, 445 00:24:44,279 --> 00:24:46,280 and armor-- 446 00:24:46,322 --> 00:24:48,524 all of which cost money. 447 00:24:49,805 --> 00:24:52,366 To the Catholic members, 448 00:24:52,408 --> 00:24:54,928 let it be known 449 00:24:54,970 --> 00:24:58,414 the Crown has always appreciated your loyalty. 450 00:24:59,615 --> 00:25:01,936 To the Protestant members of the body, 451 00:25:01,978 --> 00:25:04,418 there is no reason 452 00:25:04,460 --> 00:25:07,303 you should not be free to prosper. 453 00:25:07,984 --> 00:25:10,264 No one should take from you 454 00:25:10,306 --> 00:25:13,308 what you alone have built. 455 00:25:13,350 --> 00:25:15,390 In return for your support, 456 00:25:15,432 --> 00:25:18,553 a representative of your choosing 457 00:25:18,595 --> 00:25:22,197 will be granted a private audience with the king, 458 00:25:22,239 --> 00:25:23,838 during which time 459 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:27,002 you will be free to air your grievances 460 00:25:27,044 --> 00:25:28,603 without middlemen 461 00:25:28,645 --> 00:25:32,167 getting in the way for profit. 462 00:25:32,209 --> 00:25:34,770 It is the king's desire 463 00:25:34,812 --> 00:25:38,373 to make tolerance the law of the land. 464 00:25:38,415 --> 00:25:42,057 This is what resides in the king's heart. 465 00:25:42,099 --> 00:25:43,979 And if you knew him 466 00:25:44,021 --> 00:25:46,424 the way that I know him-- 467 00:25:47,265 --> 00:25:49,267 his generosity, 468 00:25:49,907 --> 00:25:51,909 his kindness, 469 00:25:52,390 --> 00:25:54,392 his loyalty-- 470 00:25:54,953 --> 00:25:57,313 you would have no choice 471 00:25:57,355 --> 00:26:00,438 but to answer your sovereign's call 472 00:26:00,959 --> 00:26:03,239 at France's hour of need. 473 00:26:25,144 --> 00:26:27,947 The military shall have our support, Your Majesty, 474 00:26:28,347 --> 00:26:31,789 in return for the king's ear. 475 00:26:31,831 --> 00:26:34,031 Oh, fuck. 476 00:26:44,284 --> 00:26:46,004 People 477 00:26:46,046 --> 00:26:49,409 only ever want to be heard. 478 00:26:50,770 --> 00:26:52,931 She's a natural, wouldn't you say? 479 00:26:52,973 --> 00:26:56,334 She's a fucking problem is what she is, Antoine. 480 00:26:56,376 --> 00:26:59,337 She just won the Protestants' support without our help 481 00:26:59,379 --> 00:27:01,740 and without giving us anything in return. 482 00:27:01,782 --> 00:27:03,784 Do you know what that makes us? 483 00:27:05,346 --> 00:27:06,865 Assholes? 484 00:27:06,907 --> 00:27:08,987 Precisely. 485 00:27:31,372 --> 00:27:34,215 -You came home. -I did, thanks to you. 486 00:27:35,657 --> 00:27:37,659 Diane. 487 00:27:38,500 --> 00:27:40,502 I'm glad you're safe. 488 00:27:42,104 --> 00:27:44,346 Now, any trouble while I was away? 489 00:27:46,869 --> 00:27:48,668 Nothing important. 490 00:27:48,710 --> 00:27:51,271 Brother, no new holes in you, I trust? 491 00:27:51,313 --> 00:27:53,315 - None that I've noticed. - Please. 492 00:27:56,038 --> 00:27:58,679 In honor of your victory, Duke. 493 00:28:10,012 --> 00:28:11,852 Thank you, my child. 494 00:28:11,894 --> 00:28:13,734 Why don't you present them to our king? 495 00:28:13,776 --> 00:28:14,856 No, no. 496 00:28:14,898 --> 00:28:17,378 No. 497 00:28:17,420 --> 00:28:21,542 No, you should celebrate your-your triumph, Francois. 498 00:28:21,584 --> 00:28:24,946 That was your triumph, Your Majesty. 499 00:28:24,988 --> 00:28:28,271 Your strategy. Well, yours and...madam's. 500 00:28:39,203 --> 00:28:41,285 Francis. 501 00:28:42,486 --> 00:28:44,526 Why did your father fight the Holy Roman emperor? 502 00:28:44,568 --> 00:28:46,849 I-I already told you. For the sovereignty of France. 503 00:28:46,891 --> 00:28:49,571 Yes, but...they worship the same God. 504 00:28:49,613 --> 00:28:51,293 Would-wouldn't it have been better 505 00:28:51,335 --> 00:28:54,376 if they'd just joined forces and fought those who do not? 506 00:28:54,418 --> 00:28:56,421 My father knows best. 507 00:28:57,101 --> 00:28:59,103 Yes. Of course he does. 508 00:29:06,871 --> 00:29:09,232 -Gentle, for fuck's sake. -Listen to you. 509 00:29:09,274 --> 00:29:10,673 Riding around the place, 510 00:29:10,715 --> 00:29:12,836 fighting with anyone you can get your hands on. 511 00:29:12,878 --> 00:29:14,798 Truth is, you're a fucking baby. 512 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:16,439 After you finish washing my ass, 513 00:29:16,481 --> 00:29:17,881 I'll get up and teach you how to speak to your betters. 514 00:29:17,923 --> 00:29:20,165 Yeah? I'd like to see you try. 515 00:29:24,650 --> 00:29:26,810 Hello, Mother. I'll be out in a minute. 516 00:29:26,852 --> 00:29:28,492 No rush. 517 00:29:28,534 --> 00:29:30,774 Hope I'm not interrupting. 518 00:29:30,816 --> 00:29:32,818 Of course not. 519 00:29:33,779 --> 00:29:35,459 The more, the merrier. 520 00:29:35,501 --> 00:29:37,301 So, did you bring me a present? 521 00:29:37,343 --> 00:29:39,343 I was gonna get you a buxom Belgian maid 522 00:29:39,385 --> 00:29:40,985 to comfort you in your long nights of the soul, 523 00:29:41,027 --> 00:29:44,028 and then I remembered you took a vow of celibacy. 524 00:29:44,070 --> 00:29:46,470 Mm, more of a suggestion than a vow, actually. 525 00:29:46,512 --> 00:29:47,672 And guess what. 526 00:29:47,714 --> 00:29:48,913 If I decide to break it, 527 00:29:48,955 --> 00:29:50,314 I can forgive myself. 528 00:29:50,356 --> 00:29:52,917 No, your brother has been far too busy 529 00:29:52,959 --> 00:29:55,159 for dark nights of the soul while you've been gone. 530 00:29:55,201 --> 00:29:57,842 Isn't that right, Charles? 531 00:29:57,884 --> 00:29:59,886 You may go. 532 00:30:00,327 --> 00:30:01,646 No, he's nearly finished. 533 00:30:01,688 --> 00:30:04,651 Oh, I can bathe my own son, can't I? 534 00:30:06,373 --> 00:30:08,453 No, your brother has been 535 00:30:08,495 --> 00:30:10,816 letting himself be outmaneuvered 536 00:30:10,858 --> 00:30:13,659 by that slow-moving dolt married to the king 537 00:30:13,701 --> 00:30:16,902 while you managed to carry the king's colors 538 00:30:16,944 --> 00:30:18,704 onto the battlefield 539 00:30:18,746 --> 00:30:20,065 while he watched from the sidelines. 540 00:30:20,107 --> 00:30:21,226 With help from Diane. 541 00:30:21,268 --> 00:30:24,470 Yes, well, she will regret that. 542 00:30:24,512 --> 00:30:26,352 Maybe Catherine is the one we should watch. 543 00:30:26,394 --> 00:30:28,234 Okay. 544 00:30:28,276 --> 00:30:29,475 Is this really necessary? 545 00:30:29,517 --> 00:30:30,997 Oh, I'm sorry. 546 00:30:31,039 --> 00:30:32,758 Am I being unfair? 547 00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:35,001 Have I said something untrue? 548 00:30:35,043 --> 00:30:37,243 The queen wanted something from you, 549 00:30:37,285 --> 00:30:38,885 and instead of extracting a price, 550 00:30:38,927 --> 00:30:40,566 you let her go around you. 551 00:30:40,608 --> 00:30:42,851 Now, hmm, what does that make you? 552 00:30:43,932 --> 00:30:45,331 Go on. Say it. 553 00:30:45,373 --> 00:30:47,375 It makes you... 554 00:30:48,977 --> 00:30:49,776 Irrelevant. 555 00:30:49,818 --> 00:30:51,818 Precisely. 556 00:30:51,860 --> 00:30:55,624 Not like your big, strong brother. 557 00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:13,721 Why do you do that to him? 558 00:31:13,763 --> 00:31:15,162 You know he doesn't like it. 559 00:31:15,204 --> 00:31:16,764 Oh, well, that's his problem. 560 00:31:16,806 --> 00:31:18,766 He's always been so straightforward. 561 00:31:18,808 --> 00:31:22,089 Not like you in your pretty little skirts. 562 00:31:22,131 --> 00:31:23,811 Yet I did not choose this. 563 00:31:23,853 --> 00:31:25,493 Shame. 564 00:31:25,535 --> 00:31:28,418 Would you like to have a little cry over how unfair life can be? 565 00:31:30,260 --> 00:31:33,101 You know, there's two schools of thought 566 00:31:33,143 --> 00:31:35,145 when it comes to parenting. 567 00:31:36,226 --> 00:31:38,827 One is to love your child unconditionally 568 00:31:38,869 --> 00:31:41,790 so they suffer the delusion the world will do the same. 569 00:31:41,832 --> 00:31:43,231 The other is to break them 570 00:31:43,273 --> 00:31:45,273 before the world does it more cruelly. 571 00:31:45,315 --> 00:31:47,636 And I wonder what school of thought you fall into. 572 00:31:47,678 --> 00:31:49,998 I simply prepared you both for life as it is, 573 00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:52,361 not as a mother wishes it were. 574 00:31:52,403 --> 00:31:55,564 You need to make yourself essential 575 00:31:55,606 --> 00:31:56,966 to the governing of this country. 576 00:31:57,008 --> 00:31:59,288 And how do you propose I do that? 577 00:31:59,330 --> 00:32:01,450 You don't know? 578 00:32:01,492 --> 00:32:04,373 You have the piece already in your hand. 579 00:32:04,415 --> 00:32:07,176 Your niece, Mary Stuart, 580 00:32:07,218 --> 00:32:10,139 thinks she's on a mission from God. 581 00:32:10,181 --> 00:32:13,224 You can't buy that sort of singularity of purpose. 582 00:32:14,306 --> 00:32:16,266 All you need to do 583 00:32:16,308 --> 00:32:19,189 is make yourself a conduit to her calling, 584 00:32:19,231 --> 00:32:21,511 and she will give you the throne. 585 00:32:33,325 --> 00:32:35,245 The king has asked not to be disturbed. 586 00:32:35,287 --> 00:32:37,289 Not by me. 587 00:32:38,170 --> 00:32:40,172 By anyone, madam. 588 00:32:41,213 --> 00:32:42,893 He said so? 589 00:32:42,935 --> 00:32:44,937 Quite specifically. 590 00:32:47,740 --> 00:32:49,742 I see. 591 00:33:09,042 --> 00:33:10,241 Oh. 592 00:33:10,283 --> 00:33:11,483 Oh? 593 00:33:11,525 --> 00:33:13,325 Is that how you greet your king? 594 00:33:13,367 --> 00:33:14,806 Your Highness. 595 00:33:14,848 --> 00:33:16,208 I'll tell the queen you are here. 596 00:33:16,250 --> 00:33:18,252 Yes, you do that. 597 00:33:20,814 --> 00:33:22,815 -Good morning. -Good morning. 598 00:33:22,857 --> 00:33:26,580 Would you be so kind as to go for a ride with me? 599 00:33:37,632 --> 00:33:39,634 You. 600 00:33:40,755 --> 00:33:42,635 I have a job for you. 601 00:33:42,677 --> 00:33:45,160 -What? -I want you to follow someone. 602 00:33:52,087 --> 00:33:54,089 Ahh... 603 00:33:59,815 --> 00:34:01,817 Another. 604 00:34:03,779 --> 00:34:05,739 -No. -No? 605 00:34:05,781 --> 00:34:07,783 You take too much. 606 00:34:15,791 --> 00:34:17,793 You have no idea. 607 00:34:41,578 --> 00:34:43,498 I know where you were. 608 00:34:43,540 --> 00:34:45,542 Ah, are you jealous? 609 00:34:47,264 --> 00:34:49,224 You know what Catherine would say. 610 00:34:49,266 --> 00:34:51,426 I don't care what Catherine would say. 611 00:34:51,468 --> 00:34:53,548 You have to pick a horse. 612 00:34:53,590 --> 00:34:54,990 After all, it's not personal. 613 00:34:55,032 --> 00:34:56,391 Those two will cut right through you 614 00:34:56,433 --> 00:34:57,633 to get at each other. 615 00:34:57,675 --> 00:34:58,874 Yeah, at least Diane's honest about it. 616 00:34:58,916 --> 00:35:01,236 Do you want to know what I think? 617 00:35:01,278 --> 00:35:04,480 I think you know there's some... 618 00:35:04,522 --> 00:35:08,206 small possibility that you might be loved by me. 619 00:35:09,807 --> 00:35:12,210 And so you will do everything 620 00:35:12,971 --> 00:35:14,973 to make sure it isn't so. 621 00:35:16,454 --> 00:35:19,015 Well, someone once told me 622 00:35:19,057 --> 00:35:21,818 if you love something in this world, you can never be free. 623 00:35:21,860 --> 00:35:25,143 So, I think I'll take gold over love. 624 00:35:29,908 --> 00:35:31,788 Then you'll want this back. 625 00:35:54,694 --> 00:35:56,736 It's beautiful, isn't it? 626 00:35:58,538 --> 00:36:02,101 This is the house the Guises stole off some Protestant, eh? 627 00:36:03,623 --> 00:36:05,625 I met the man. 628 00:36:08,068 --> 00:36:11,709 Well, it's mine now, apparently. 629 00:36:11,751 --> 00:36:13,754 A gift. 630 00:36:14,074 --> 00:36:16,995 A gift to curry favor with the new king. 631 00:36:17,037 --> 00:36:18,837 What do you think I should do? 632 00:36:18,879 --> 00:36:20,881 Accept? 633 00:36:21,241 --> 00:36:23,442 Let it be known that I'm easily bought? 634 00:36:23,484 --> 00:36:26,325 Or turn it down at the risk of the Guises'... 635 00:36:26,367 --> 00:36:28,369 ire? 636 00:36:30,211 --> 00:36:32,213 You'll make the right decision. 637 00:36:32,533 --> 00:36:34,535 Perhaps. 638 00:36:35,336 --> 00:36:38,898 I think you've always seen something in me that I... 639 00:36:38,940 --> 00:36:41,062 have trouble really believing exists. 640 00:36:43,424 --> 00:36:45,426 The same as Diane. 641 00:36:48,550 --> 00:36:50,552 Can I ask you a question? 642 00:36:52,674 --> 00:36:54,676 Is it too late for us? 643 00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:00,402 It is never too late. 644 00:37:02,924 --> 00:37:06,208 Again...I believed he could love me. 645 00:37:07,890 --> 00:37:10,250 When I was in the front, playing the part of a... 646 00:37:10,292 --> 00:37:12,414 a toy soldier 647 00:37:13,455 --> 00:37:15,455 wrapped in cotton, 648 00:37:15,497 --> 00:37:18,701 you...were a real regent. 649 00:37:24,186 --> 00:37:26,189 I want you to have it. 650 00:37:28,751 --> 00:37:30,753 In gratitude for what you did. 651 00:37:33,156 --> 00:37:35,158 I don't need inducements. 652 00:37:37,560 --> 00:37:40,644 But I do have a small favor to ask. 653 00:37:47,411 --> 00:37:50,211 You kept your word. 654 00:37:50,253 --> 00:37:52,256 What else do I have? 655 00:37:52,576 --> 00:37:54,696 I'm impressed. 656 00:37:54,738 --> 00:37:56,740 And I'm free to speak my mind? 657 00:37:58,302 --> 00:38:00,304 You are. 658 00:38:01,145 --> 00:38:03,147 My family came up the same as yours. 659 00:38:03,948 --> 00:38:06,829 Through hard work and trade. 660 00:38:06,871 --> 00:38:08,873 You can trust me. 661 00:38:13,998 --> 00:38:16,519 Finally secure in my position, 662 00:38:16,561 --> 00:38:18,281 I wanted to lend a helping hand 663 00:38:18,323 --> 00:38:20,325 to someone in more need than I. 664 00:38:23,087 --> 00:38:25,248 Your Majesty, 665 00:38:25,290 --> 00:38:27,332 congratulations on your victory. 666 00:38:28,974 --> 00:38:31,414 I understand we have a lot to thank you for. 667 00:38:31,456 --> 00:38:34,177 Your loyalty will not go unnoticed. 668 00:38:34,219 --> 00:38:36,299 We only have your wife to thank for that. 669 00:38:36,341 --> 00:38:38,461 She makes a persuasive argument. 670 00:38:38,503 --> 00:38:40,506 She does indeed. 671 00:38:40,906 --> 00:38:43,389 I believe you have something you'd like to say to me? 672 00:38:45,871 --> 00:38:47,873 I do. 673 00:38:49,275 --> 00:38:52,196 I began life as a tailor's apprentice. 674 00:38:52,238 --> 00:38:53,917 Didn't have any schooling. 675 00:38:53,959 --> 00:38:56,640 I worked my way up until I owned the business. 676 00:38:56,682 --> 00:38:58,684 I never asked anything from anyone. 677 00:39:01,047 --> 00:39:02,967 But every time 678 00:39:03,009 --> 00:39:05,770 I have two pennies to rub together, 679 00:39:05,812 --> 00:39:09,055 one of my betters takes them. 680 00:39:10,697 --> 00:39:12,819 Just like they took my home. 681 00:39:14,060 --> 00:39:17,384 Now, they say it's because I worship the wrong God. 682 00:39:17,904 --> 00:39:18,823 It's not. 683 00:39:18,865 --> 00:39:21,866 It's because I'm common. 684 00:39:21,908 --> 00:39:25,632 And when I go to those who are supposed to be my allies, 685 00:39:26,673 --> 00:39:28,916 they take from me as well. 686 00:39:29,676 --> 00:39:32,918 Because...I'm common. 687 00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:35,841 I should remind you who you are addressing. 688 00:39:35,883 --> 00:39:40,085 I know I'm uncouth, 689 00:39:40,127 --> 00:39:42,768 but you need to hear this, 690 00:39:42,810 --> 00:39:45,251 because if free men can't make their way in this country, 691 00:39:45,293 --> 00:39:49,177 mark my words, sooner or later, they'll come for you. 692 00:39:50,658 --> 00:39:52,378 For all of you. 693 00:39:52,420 --> 00:39:55,541 And they'll put all your pretty little heads on spikes. 694 00:39:55,583 --> 00:39:57,503 You know it as well as I do. 695 00:39:57,545 --> 00:40:00,228 You're only hoping it doesn't happen on your watch. 696 00:40:00,789 --> 00:40:03,069 Because you can put on your show 697 00:40:03,111 --> 00:40:05,912 with your rituals and your finery, 698 00:40:05,954 --> 00:40:08,475 but you know it won't last forever. 699 00:40:08,517 --> 00:40:11,998 Sooner or later, they'll catch on 700 00:40:12,040 --> 00:40:16,243 and see that you're no different than the rest of us! 701 00:40:16,285 --> 00:40:18,005 How dare you! 702 00:40:18,047 --> 00:40:21,568 The king grants you an audience and you come with threats? 703 00:40:21,610 --> 00:40:23,931 Oh, pshh, a warning. 704 00:40:23,973 --> 00:40:26,734 - Not threats. - It's all right. 705 00:40:26,776 --> 00:40:29,298 - It's all right. - No, it's not. 706 00:40:29,659 --> 00:40:31,661 No, it's not! 707 00:40:32,502 --> 00:40:35,743 If your father could see you show such weakness, 708 00:40:35,785 --> 00:40:37,787 he would be ashamed! 709 00:40:38,267 --> 00:40:42,432 A tailor who thinks he can speak his mind to the king? 710 00:40:43,032 --> 00:40:44,632 I should have you whipped, 711 00:40:44,674 --> 00:40:47,555 and then perhaps you will remember your place! 712 00:40:47,597 --> 00:40:50,799 Who are you to tell me of my place? 713 00:40:50,841 --> 00:40:53,201 The king's mistress is supposed to be invisible, 714 00:40:53,243 --> 00:40:54,562 seen and not heard. 715 00:40:54,604 --> 00:40:56,564 But you, you-you prance around 716 00:40:56,606 --> 00:40:59,888 without even a sense to be ashamed of yourself! 717 00:40:59,930 --> 00:41:03,732 The way you carried on at the coronation? 718 00:41:03,774 --> 00:41:05,854 Did you think they were cheering you? 719 00:41:05,896 --> 00:41:07,095 They were laughing! 720 00:41:07,137 --> 00:41:08,657 - That's enough. - At both of you! 721 00:41:08,699 --> 00:41:10,539 A king who doesn't fight with his men? 722 00:41:10,581 --> 00:41:12,101 - I said that's enough! - Because he'd rather 723 00:41:12,143 --> 00:41:14,423 -be fucking his whore! -He is your king! 724 00:41:14,465 --> 00:41:16,785 Chosen by God! 725 00:41:16,827 --> 00:41:18,830 That makes me God's choice! 726 00:41:19,430 --> 00:41:21,991 Or God's whore, if you like! 727 00:41:22,033 --> 00:41:24,035 No God of mine. 728 00:41:25,436 --> 00:41:27,637 Now, if you'll excuse me... 729 00:41:31,242 --> 00:41:33,244 ...I think I've had enough. 730 00:41:43,015 --> 00:41:44,935 Quickly, quickly! 731 00:42:00,673 --> 00:42:02,675 Forgive me. 732 00:42:03,836 --> 00:42:06,036 I did it for you. 733 00:42:06,078 --> 00:42:08,081 It needed to be done. 734 00:42:10,003 --> 00:42:12,005 You're my king. 735 00:42:15,889 --> 00:42:17,891 Of course. 736 00:42:19,212 --> 00:42:21,693 Of course. Of course. 737 00:42:21,735 --> 00:42:23,414 Of course. 738 00:42:23,456 --> 00:42:25,136 You are forgiven. 739 00:42:28,382 --> 00:42:31,102 You are-you are forgiven. You are forgiven. 740 00:42:47,922 --> 00:42:49,762 I attempted to find refuge 741 00:42:49,804 --> 00:42:52,845 from the turmoil at court at Chenonceau, 742 00:42:52,887 --> 00:42:55,089 the house that started it all. 743 00:43:04,979 --> 00:43:06,982 Hello, cousin. 744 00:43:08,543 --> 00:43:10,545 Cousin. 745 00:43:11,706 --> 00:43:13,426 Henri and I have decided 746 00:43:13,468 --> 00:43:16,189 we shall make Chenonceau our country home 747 00:43:16,231 --> 00:43:18,233 instead of Chaumont. 748 00:43:18,674 --> 00:43:20,676 Charming, isn't it? 749 00:43:27,963 --> 00:43:30,444 Who will rid me of this woman? 750 00:43:42,258 --> 00:43:43,778 You look familiar. 751 00:43:43,820 --> 00:43:45,822 I hear you tell fortunes. 752 00:43:46,222 --> 00:43:48,224 It's a cheap trick, really. 753 00:43:51,307 --> 00:43:53,310 Tell mine. 754 00:43:54,311 --> 00:43:56,313 Ah. 755 00:43:57,354 --> 00:44:00,875 In a few hours, you'll be shit-faced. 756 00:44:00,917 --> 00:44:03,598 More shit-faced than you already are. 757 00:44:03,640 --> 00:44:05,120 You'll probably get in a fight, 758 00:44:05,162 --> 00:44:07,564 but you can handle yourself, so you'll be all right. 759 00:44:09,767 --> 00:44:11,769 Today, that is. 760 00:44:12,850 --> 00:44:17,012 'Cause you'll get older. 761 00:44:17,054 --> 00:44:19,056 And you'll get slower. 762 00:44:19,817 --> 00:44:22,538 And, eventually, you'll end up dead in a ditch. 763 00:44:22,580 --> 00:44:23,699 Pig food. 764 00:44:23,741 --> 00:44:25,743 Like me. 765 00:44:26,784 --> 00:44:28,786 Despite the fact 766 00:44:29,467 --> 00:44:33,789 that you gave your whole life 767 00:44:33,831 --> 00:44:35,992 to a king and a way of life 768 00:44:36,034 --> 00:44:39,357 that never gave a fuck about you in the first place. 769 00:44:42,080 --> 00:44:44,082 It's no trick. 770 00:44:47,806 --> 00:44:49,928 Turns out, you are a fortune teller. 771 00:45:03,662 --> 00:45:05,664 You all right, son? 772 00:45:07,306 --> 00:45:08,946 I'm fine. 773 00:45:08,988 --> 00:45:10,708 Can I be of any help to you? 774 00:45:10,750 --> 00:45:13,030 I said I'm fine. 775 00:45:13,072 --> 00:45:16,193 Perhaps a place offered for the night. 776 00:45:16,235 --> 00:45:17,475 Protection. 777 00:45:22,722 --> 00:45:24,882 You are offering your charity? 778 00:45:24,924 --> 00:45:27,327 It is a Christian thing to do. 779 00:45:34,054 --> 00:45:36,056 How much for the girl? 780 00:45:38,579 --> 00:45:39,778 She is my daughter. 781 00:45:39,820 --> 00:45:42,100 So? How much? 782 00:45:42,142 --> 00:45:44,144 You insult me. 783 00:45:46,947 --> 00:45:48,949 That enough? 784 00:45:55,276 --> 00:45:56,876 Let me talk to her. 785 00:45:56,918 --> 00:45:59,558 She's young, but she can learn. 786 00:45:59,600 --> 00:46:01,961 She'll make a good wife eventually. 787 00:46:02,003 --> 00:46:05,044 What sort of man sells his own daughter, huh? 788 00:46:05,086 --> 00:46:06,245 It's misunderstood-- 789 00:46:06,287 --> 00:46:08,167 I-I didn't misunderstand. 790 00:46:08,209 --> 00:46:10,410 Now, I'd like to think she's not your flesh and blood. 791 00:46:10,452 --> 00:46:12,011 I'd like to think you found her along the way 792 00:46:12,053 --> 00:46:13,973 and you've been passing her off as your own, 793 00:46:14,015 --> 00:46:17,339 but the world is not as I'd like it to be, is it? 794 00:46:19,701 --> 00:46:21,941 So tell me, how does it feel 795 00:46:21,983 --> 00:46:23,423 to know that in a moment's time 796 00:46:23,465 --> 00:46:26,787 when you cease to exist, no one will object, 797 00:46:26,829 --> 00:46:30,390 no one will mourn, no one will even notice? 798 00:46:30,432 --> 00:46:32,913 -I beg you. -Oh, don't bother. 799 00:46:32,955 --> 00:46:35,155 I've killed for the king. I've killed for money. 800 00:46:35,197 --> 00:46:36,997 Neither has brought me as much pleasure 801 00:46:37,039 --> 00:46:38,479 as killing out of sheer distaste. 802 00:46:38,521 --> 00:46:40,523 Spare him! 803 00:46:42,845 --> 00:46:46,046 He's not worth the air he breathes. 804 00:46:46,088 --> 00:46:48,091 I don't disagree. 805 00:46:49,252 --> 00:46:51,334 But he is my father. 806 00:46:52,655 --> 00:46:54,175 Is that what you want? 807 00:47:17,441 --> 00:47:19,443 It is not all I want. 808 00:47:20,764 --> 00:47:23,165 I'm not in the business of granting wishes. 809 00:47:23,207 --> 00:47:25,770 I want you to take me with you. 810 00:47:28,132 --> 00:47:30,134 I don't even know where I'm going. 811 00:47:30,935 --> 00:47:32,937 I know. 812 00:47:34,939 --> 00:47:37,019 As I look back, 813 00:47:37,061 --> 00:47:39,464 one danger only prepared me for the next. 814 00:47:43,268 --> 00:47:45,270 I will do as you ask. 815 00:47:45,790 --> 00:47:47,792 I'll search Mary's chambers for you. 816 00:47:50,475 --> 00:47:52,477 You are a true friend. 817 00:47:52,878 --> 00:47:56,439 After all, one must be a fox 818 00:47:56,481 --> 00:47:58,241 to find the snares 819 00:47:58,283 --> 00:48:01,286 and a lion to frighten the wolves. 820 00:48:09,175 --> 00:48:11,177 Oh. 821 00:48:18,024 --> 00:48:20,785 My dear mother-in-law, 822 00:48:20,827 --> 00:48:25,389 I heard you wished to take a walk with me? 823 00:48:25,431 --> 00:48:27,433 Yes. 824 00:48:30,116 --> 00:48:32,997 It's a small matter of scripture 825 00:48:33,039 --> 00:48:35,041 that I would like to share. 826 00:48:37,364 --> 00:48:38,963 It's a passage that is helping me 827 00:48:39,005 --> 00:48:41,886 through my own grief over King Francis' death. 828 00:48:41,928 --> 00:48:43,408 How thoughtful. 829 00:48:48,655 --> 00:48:50,657 "You will grieve, 830 00:48:51,418 --> 00:48:53,420 "but your grief will become joy. 831 00:48:55,543 --> 00:48:58,384 "But you shall lament and weep 832 00:48:58,426 --> 00:49:01,667 "that the world shall rejoice 833 00:49:01,709 --> 00:49:04,190 "and you shall be made sorrowful. 834 00:49:04,232 --> 00:49:06,952 Your sorrow shall be turned into joy." 835 00:49:06,994 --> 00:49:08,996 Yes. John. 836 00:49:09,757 --> 00:49:11,759 Chapter 16, verse 20. 837 00:49:13,281 --> 00:49:14,961 Precisely. 838 00:49:15,003 --> 00:49:18,086 I see why you think that would be a comfort for me. 839 00:49:25,574 --> 00:49:27,896 My dear, you look cold. 840 00:49:29,858 --> 00:49:31,097 I'm fine. 841 00:49:31,139 --> 00:49:32,499 Nonsense. 842 00:49:32,541 --> 00:49:34,381 Go fetch your mistress a shawl. 843 00:50:08,098 --> 00:50:11,179 What the fuck do you think you're doing? 844 00:51:19,251 --> 00:51:21,253 Yeah, yeah.