Reign (2013–2017): Season 1, Episode 14 - Dirty Laundry - full transcript

they all need
something to hold on to

they all mean well

you could never
feel my story

it's all you know... Oh!

Previously on reign...

I know the chateau
you claim to stay at in angers

Where you ran into francis.
I don't know

What happened between the two
of you, but I can guess.

You don't have to marry him.
It's all over.

Nostradamus said
we can be wed.

There is no prophecy
keeping us apart.



I do this not out of any
malice, as you are my son.

So that should you return,

You have seared
into your memory

What is yours and what is not.

I can feel you breathing

with your hair on my skin...

You're very quiet.

Are you warm enough?

I just wish that
we could go back

To two months ago,
do it all over.

Me in my wedding gown,

Walking down the aisle
to you at notre dame.

But instead, we have
to come back to reality.

That's what
you're thinking.



Politics,
backstabbing, murder.

Just another day
at french court.

Francis, can
we turn around

And go back to the
country house at anet?

Everything we felt there
alone, away from court.

Somehow our love seems
so fragile, suddenly.

Things are different now.

We're married...
the future king and queen.

My mother is no longer an obstacle.
Hmm.

Nostradamus's prophecy
no longer a threat.

And bash is far away in Spain.

I hope he's safe,

And that he
finds happiness.

Well, there is something

That everyone will want from us
that we can agree on.

A castle full of
little royals?

grow old with me

let us share what we see

and, oh, the best
it could be

just you and I...

Henry: Archduke, we thank you
and your sister for coming.

The last thing either of us
wants is a senseless, costly war

Caused by a tragic mistake.

A french ship firing

Upon a bohemian vessel
without provocation?

Yes, that is indeed a mistake.

But not a mistake of intent.
An accident.

France is very sorry,

And will do all it can

To maintain its
peaceful and prosperous

Friendship with the
great nation of bohemia.

In keeping with our agreement

That I provide
a new suitor each week...

While I provide you

With an infinite amount
of carnal pleasure?

Who is it
this time?

The last one was
simple-minded.

The one before that
smelled of vinegar

And had an
abundance of earwax.

Well, he also had
an abundance of land.

But no matter.

I'm sure
the archduke of bohemia

Will keep up
to your high standards.

The archduke?

What's wrong
with him?

He's perfect.

He's clearly attracted to you.

He's a foreigner, so
he doesn't know your reputation.

He'll take you far,
far away from me.

There's only one difficulty.

The archduke is a pious man.

He'll expect his new bride
to be chaste.

A virgin?

Everybody knows that...

I'm the king;
I'll make sure

No one mentions
your lack of virtue to him.

You want me to trick a deeply
religious man into marrying me?

If your conscience won't permit it...
My lord,

Would you please present me
to our distinguished visitor?

Archduke ferdinand.

The lady kenna.

I'll leave you to it, then, hmm?

I'm delighted
to meet you, lady kenna.

Oh, the delight is all mine.

You'll have to excuse my nerves,
of course.

I'm not used to the attentions
of such a powerful man.

I missed you all!

You both look happy.

We were. We are.

I'm sure we'll be just as
happy here as we were in paris,

And anet, and every castle
from here to the loire valley.

Oh, which reminds me.

I found a wonderful suitor for you, greer.
Oh.

And there's one in paris who
is very keen to meet you, lola.

Wonderful.

Catherine:
Mary!

Oh, how I've missed you.

Ah.

A word.

And so the politics
and backstabbing begin.

You must tell me all
about your travels... Later.

First, you need to know

That your bastard brother
didn't make it to Spain.

What do you mean?

I sent those guards
with him myself.

They were supposed to
accompany him to a ship

And see him
safely on board.

The bodies of those men you sent

Were found by the side
of the road,

Not long after you left
for your honeymoon.

But bash's body
was not found?

Either he killed
the guards himself,

Or the whole party was attacked,
and he managed to escape.

Are they looking for him?

Of course. Henry has his men
looking everywhere.

Aren't you glad
you have a mother

Who pays attention
to such things?

You are a...

Hunter. Yes, you fool.

Have I offended you?

What kind of a fool
can't recognize

A boar trap?

The embarrassed kind?

If you were such a tracker,
didn't you think it strange

That there were leaves
on a patch of snow

Surrounded by evergreens?

Who's this then?

Bash, my brother carrick.

Bash tried to
ruin my boar trap.

I would have
seen it.

She tackled me
prematurely.

Rowan
Then we competed

To see who could shoot
the most pheasants.

Be nice, carrick.

He's a guest.

Well, guest...

You're the first man
my sister's ever brought home.

Don't worry. I'm not staying.

Ah. I'm just a hunter
passing through.

Really? To where?

Carrick:
It's the boar.

wait!

my god.

Olivia?

It fits perfectly!
Thank you!

I love mine.
How utterly virginal.

And utterly ironic.

Oh, you're not wearing
your gown, lola.

Uh, it's incredibly lovely,
but I'm afraid it's a bit snug.

Oh, don't worry. We'll have
the seamstresses work on it.

So, mary, tell us,
are you pregnant?

Greer!

It's been almost
two months.

You know everyone's
wondering.

Two months
isn't very long.

I thought you loved marzipan.

Lola, are you all right?

Perfectly fine.
Thanks.

How do you know her?

Beneath the dirt, this
dress is fine silk.

It would take
weeks to weave.

Only a noble could afford
to buy it.

Carrick.

The girl's been fed on.

She can't stay.

And what do you suggest I do?

Throw her back
into the woods to die?

She needs help, a physician.

This is our home.
You get her out of here.

No! No!

olivia, it's all right.
It's all right.

T-take my blood!
Olivia!

rowan:
She's been chosen.

She's been touched
by the darkness.

I've been a widower
over a year.

My advisors are
constantly pressuring me

To find a new wife.

You poor dear.

How absolutely awful.

I was just wondering
how you feel about an older...

More experienced
suitor?

Well, I must admit

That the thought makes
my heart beat faster.

Is that wrong to admit?

Is it sinful?

I just... I don't know.

There. Why, you sweet
young thing.

Your majesty,

It pleases me
that the relationship

Between our nations is so...

Congenial!

Do you worry
for your reputation?

Yes, but...
More than that.

Uh... This...

Is god's vessel.

I need to make sure
that I'm pure

For the man I choose
to devote my life to.

What a relief to find a woman
who understands that.

Oh, you must meet my sister...
you are cut from the same cloth.

are we

lost...?

Is this all you
can give me?

The pain in my joints
has worsened.

Laudanum is difficult
to obtain, but I'll...

I'll do my best.

I thought you were in Spain.

And olivia d'amencourt,
I thought, had left court.

What happened to the poor girl?
She was wandering

The woods in a confused
and terrified state.

The slashes
she did herself.

Poor child.

These aren't slashes,
they're bite marks.

But are they
animal or human?

I don't know.

I was told she was chosen.

Is it possible that
she had an encounter

With whatever it is the pagans
are worshipping in the woods?

Whatever thing is, that
creature that requires blood.

I don't believe
in such beings.

Well, nor did I,
and yet here she is.

I don't believe there are things
that require blood.

You don't believe
there's a dark,

Malignant power in the woods?

Nature is not malignant.

Nature doesn't care.

Only humans are malignant.

There's nothing evil
in the woods.

Unless it comes from us.

Olivia!

can you hear me?

Can you help her?
I can try.

I'll tell no one she's here
for now... she needs rest

And gentle treatment,
not a dozen questioners.

You should leave.

It's not safe
for you here.

You asked to see me?

Ah, mary. Mm.

My dear, now that
we're fast friends,

I'd like to help
you with something

Of the utmost importance.

Babies.

Excuse me?

Your duty, in case

You are unaware, is
to produce an heir

And ensure the future
of your line.

Yes, I am well aware of that.
Thank you.

And yet you stand before
me looking svelte.

You aren't pregnant,
are you?

We only just got back,

And we haven't been
married for very long.

Rub this on your chest
ten minutes before lovemaking.

It may burn.
Ignore it.

And this on his...

Well, you know.

When you detect interest.

After... Lie absolutely
still for an hour,

And then take two of these.

no, not these.

These were
in the wrong cabinet.

Never touch these.

Excuse me.

I need to speak with my queen.

Privately.

Yes, of course.

what's wrong?

I was with the duchess
in my chambers.

Mm-hmm.

As we were...

Engaged in conversation,
we happened to move...

Close to the window and...

And what?

She caught cold?

She fell.

To her death.

My god. Henry!

We're trying
to avoid

A war with these people.

Does the archduke know?
Not yet.

Why are you coming to me?

Shouldn't you be crafting
strategy with your advisors?

I can't trust them.
What if they

Use this against me?
And this could mean war.

yes, it could.

And no one knows
how to cover up a problem

Better than you.

You are my...

You are France's best hope.

Forget France.

Oh, you just want me
to have blood on my hands, too.

A way to keep me silent.

It's a practical solution.

For you.
What's in it for me?

I want chenonceau.

I gave that to diane.

You want me
to take back a gift?

She loves that chateau.

Bring your mistress
back to court, then,

And let her deal
with your dead duchess.

Let her aid in moving a body
and crafting

A story...
Very well. Chenonceau.

But no one else
can know.

Only the two of us.
No servants,

No... Trusted advisors.

Don't try to school
a professional, henry.

Lola, I think
we need to talk

About your liaison
with francis in paris.

Kenna, I can't do this
right now.

Because you're tired.
You've been tired a lot.

You're pale, you're not eating,
your new gown doesn't fit.

You acted so strangely when
you were at home with francis.

You're pregnant, aren't you?

Fast work.

Well done!

There is no
better way

For a royal mistress
to secure her place.

Look at diane.

If I could have managed
it, but the king

Is well versed
in avoiding such issues.

Don't congratulate me.

I'm not francis's mistress.

It was one night.

A-a moment of comfort.

Do you have any idea

How this will shame
my family in scotland?

And what will it do to mary?

I understand that
you're worried.

Mary won't take it
well, not at first.

But think of it... in
time, she'll recover,

And francis will be
a loving father.

He'd want the child
to grow up here,

And he'd probably
let you raise it.

Let me?
I'm the child's mother.

Yes, well, I'm sure that
you would play some part.

As long as you don't anger mary
and you keep francis's interest.

Regardless,

Lola, your position
at french court

Is assured for life.

For life?

But as what?

Kenna, I can't do this.

What are you saying?

There are people who help women
who don't want babies.

Everyone knows they exist.
I-I just don't know any.

Did you... Have you ever...

Ended a pregnancy? No.

The king is well stocked
to avoid such issues.

Well stocked with...?

Well, he covers... It...

If you don't know, you
shouldn't be having sex!

All right. Uh...

One of the servants... a
girl who washes my things...

She isn't married,
but she seemed to be

With child a
few months ago.

She disappeared
for a few days,

And when she came back, she
was thinner, less troubled.

Who is she?

Tell me, please.

Bash.

You're supposed to be in Spain.

I'm supposed to be dead.

The night
francis's men

Were escorting me
out of the country,

They tried to kill me...
on his orders, I believe.

Oh, francis wouldn't...
you know that.

Really? After we
put him through hell,

Dispossessed him of everything?

After he saw our feelings
for each other

When he returned?
After he stopped our marriage?

He still values you
as his brother.

I am nothing to him.

Nothing but a threat.

He made that very clear.

Well, you're
married now.

All of that is behind us,
all of that pain.

Was it only pain we left behind?

There was something more
between us.

Francis knows that;
he hates it.

He's come to hate me.

He still wouldn't
have you killed.

Not in a flash of anger?
Of jealousy?

That's all it
would have taken...

A wave of the future king's
head, a nod to some guards,

And his intent,
however fleeting,

Would have resulted in my death.

Don't you want
to know the truth?

No proof, one way or the
other, would change anything.

It might change
your heart.

And it would change
francis's life,

Because if I learn that
he did try to kill me,

I will take him down myself.

Bash, watch your words!

This threat alone

Could result in your death.

Francis is my husband.

For your own sake,
for your own doubt,

Find out who
you're married to.

If you need me,
put a light in your window,

And I'll meet you
in the woods...

Where we first kissed.

It's leaving a stain.

Why is this so difficult?

Our clothes go away dirty
and they come back clean...

How do they do it?

I don't know.

They take them

To the laundry, and...

They dip them in something.

Oh. Be sure to pick up
all the solid bits.

If we're lucky, it'll
look like spilled wine.

Roll it forward.

The way my chefs do
stuffed pastry.

Now... There.

Now, all we have to do

Is get her back to
her chambers, and...

Toss her out of
the proper window.

Oh, this was my
favorite coverlet.

Add it to the list
of my debts to you.

You're mistaken, my lady, I never...
Please.

My friend needs your compassion.

It's dangerous,
casting off a babe.

I understand.

No. Truly dangerous.

Not just to your reputation.

I was warned
many girls don't survive.

You did.

You look healthy.

I was lucky.

I'd never have done it
if I hadn't been desperate.

Tell me where you went.

My friend is desperate, too.

My lady, we both know
there's no friend.

If I tell you,

If you never
come back...

This could keep my family
for months.

My lady, it's wrong to tempt me
to do what could harm you.

If there is harm,
let it be on me.

I know, I know.

She's... Heavier
than she looked.

Nostradamus?

Are you here?

Wake up, my child. Wake up.

Wake up. I dismiss the demons

That trouble
your sleep.

Wait until you hear
the conversation I had

With your mother today.

I'd rather hear
about the conversation

You had with my guards.

You wanted to know my orders
for bash's departure.

I knew that you would
hear about that.

I'm sorry,
but I-I have to ask you,

Did you order your guards
to kill bash?

Who put this idea
into your head?

Bash believes it was your doing.

He was here?

Where?
In this room.

your bedchambers.

Francis, please
don't do this.

I didn't ask him to come to me.

So that's why you've been
asking questions,

Because he told you to?

Because I wanted
to prove him wrong.

Francis,
for god's sake,

Doesn't it trouble you
that your brother thinks

That you tried
to have him killed?

It troubles me more
that you've been

Wondering if he was right.

I could give you the name of the
ship that bash was to sail on,

Show you the captain.
Does it matter?

I am the crown prince of France.

I can create evidence if I wish.

The more important question is:
Will you take me at my word?

You came to me once,

Accusing my mother of
plotting against you.

You hadn't a shred of proof,
but I believed you.

We are royals.

We have the power
to do terrible things.

Without trust, we're nothing.

This is true
of you and bash as well.

Trust...
How can I trust him?

He killed a man
in the woods for you.

And now these
guards. He...

What, does he say he killed
them in self-defense?

I think it was to
remain close to you.

Francis...

I didn't order
anyone to kill him,

But I can promise you
he's not safe from me.

You can tell him yourself
when he comes here again,

As I'm sure he will.

Catherine: "to ferdinand,
my dearest brother..."

"dearest"?
How many brothers did she have?

"my darling brother ferdinand,

Tonight, I end my life
willingly."

Mention her fondness
for France...

Its culture and beauty.

It's a suicide letter,
not an enticement to pilgrims.

Why did she jump?
We need a reason.

She was lonely.

What does a woman
in her position have

To be lonely about?
That's ridiculous.

You try, then.

The man she loved was...

Someone she could never have.

Poor girl.

Describe him as...

Ruggedly handsome,
with the...

Sexual prowess of a lion.

Oh, you were serious.

Ever since you kissed my cheek,

I've been wondering
what it would be like

To be kissed on the lips.

Are you sure you're ready?

There.

Now even the dimmest
of servants can find it.

She deserved
a better end.

Don't we all.

You kiss like the french.

Well, we are in France.

I mean, you are positively
fluent in the language of love.

Beginner's luck?

I'm sure your natural abilities
would flourish in bohemia.

Someone fell
from the room above!

Cecilia's in that room!

W-wait!

Uh, you were...

Saying something
about me and bohemia.

Not now!
Wait!

Could she have had
worse timing?

He was just about
to propose to me.

I'm sorry, your grace,
the lady lola's not here.

At this hour?

We're supposed to meet

The king and queen
in the throne room

To pay our respects to
the archduke in his bereavement.

She hurried out early.
She was dressed for riding

And wouldn't say
where she was going.

Oh, no.

Do you know where lola is?

Did you expect
this to be easy?

Think hard before we begin.

I can give you a bit
of leather to bite on

When you need
to scream.

I would never ask this
of you, but I need to get

Through the blood wood to lola
before it's too late.

I can't believe she'd do
something so dangerous.

We all get desperate
at times.

Bash, there's
something else.

When we get to the place,
let me go in alone.

I don't want her to feel
embarrassed or shamed.

Henry:
Follow my lead.

I'll do the talking.
Of course.

You've handled everything
brilliantly so far.

Your majesties, excuse me,

But there's something
you need to know.

One of my patients,

Not fully in control
of their faculties,

Lashed out and... Stabbed father
leduc with his own crucifix.

He's dead.

Catherine:
That's awful.

But not now.

"the looks of a greek god,
the might of a lion"?

She didn't write this.

I know it's hard to see
someone in your family

As capable of
such passion.

What she was incapable of
was writing.

She never learned.

The note
is a forgery.

I fear my dear sister was
the victim of foul play,

Likely by someone
inside the castle.

If that
is the case,

Bohemia will have
no choice but to...

You're right. It's forged.
And I know who was responsible.

The duchess's lover.

She had a lover?

Henry: I don't
think we need to

Sully the lady's memory
with tawdry details.

Henry, our dear guest deserves
an honest account

Of what happened.

Last night,
I happened

To walk in on
the duchess

While she was entwined
in the throes of passion

With a man she
barely just met.

My sister?

I was shocked, I assure you,

But I had no intention
of gossiping

About her indiscretion.

As my husband will attest,
I'm not a judgmental person.

Henry?

She's really not.
But...

When news of cecilia's
suicide erupted,

I was immediately
suspicious of this lover,

And I had him
questioned under torture

Until he revealed to me
the actual course of events.

And those were?

Well...

Filled with remorse,

Cecilia... the chaste,
pious royal that she was...

Threw herself
out of the window,

Afraid of the shame that
this moment of weakness

Would bring to your family.

Oh, my poor dear cecilia.

And her lover, not wanting to
further your family's anguish,

Wrote the note to
protect their secret.

Making it appear that
your sister's pain

Was due to a...

Much more palatable
unrequited love.

Unrequited?

This note mentions
sexual prowess!

I think that was just
wishful thinking

On the part of the
writer. Right, henry?

Hmm.

So, her lover wrote the note

In an effort
to protect her honor?

Ill-advised but gallant.

I want to see this lover.

The heart is a strange beast.

You tortured a man of the cloth?

We didn't know
he was a priest at the time.

He wasn't wearing his collar.

Or much of anything else.

And you killed him?

Unintentionally.

Sometimes...

Our interrogators get
a bit too energetic

When faced with
a reluctant subject.

My sister.

I don't believe it.

I knew that once or twice
she had looked for consolation

In the arms of others, but...

Such a scandal as this.

Can we just say that she drowned
accidentally in the river?

No mention
of suicides

Or old priests for lovers.

I know that
I'm asking you to repeat

A falsehood,
but I would be so grateful.

Well, don't...
Torment yourself, sir.

To maintain
your friendship,

Catherine and I would
go to any lengths.

Yes.

Mary
Lola?

lola!

Lola!

Are you all right?
She's fine, my lady.

We've not yet begun.

Please leave us.

Come home with me.

This could kill you.

Mary, please, I can't.

I have to do this.

If you knew the whole story...

It doesn't matter
how it happened.

You're pregnant,
and I understand.

It's not the end
of the world,

Not unless you
make it so.

Let me help you.

Oh, if you... If you only knew.

When francis returned
from paris...

You were at his side.

Is that my husband's child?

Yes.

Will she be all right?

I don't know what's
going to happen to her.

I don't know what's
going to h-happen.

I didn't put in that...

That light in the
window because of lola.

I talked to francis.

And he managed to
convince you he was innocent

Of any attempt on my life.
I believe him.

Of course you do.
Bash,

Stop this.

Look at you two, at
each other's throats.

Well, my part in this
has ended. I am married.

You want me to leave.

There is nothing for you here.

You're here!

You need protection from them.

You must trust me
on this.

They will always put
their interests above yours.

You offer me so much
that I cannot accept,

Because I am wed.

You cannot care for me.

In any way.
Do you understand?

If you must hate someone...

Please, hate me.

If I were capable
of that, I would.

I'd forgotten
what it was like

Working with you
instead of against you.

You're very charming,

When you're not
trying to kill me.

I mean it.
There is no one like you.

You're a galleon in full sail,
all guns blazing.

High on the waves.

I remember.

It's still true.

You make other women tame.

Stay with me.

Henry.

Don't ruin it.

I'm sorry.

That you slept with my husband
or that you're pregnant?

Mary, you were
engaged to bash.

Francis thought he'd
never see you again.

I-I thought you'd
never see him again.

But I would see you!

You were my friend,

Not to mention my lady, and
you knew that I loved him still.

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

Does francis know
that you're pregnant?

No. And he can't.

Well, he'll know soon enough.
You'll start to show.

Not for some weeks.

Months. A-and by then...

What?
I don't know.

But all I ask is that you give
me time to sort my options out.

If you tell francis I
am carrying his child,

I essentially become his.

I become nothing more than

The woman bearing
a royal's child or...

Or his mistress.

And that's not
an option.

For any of us,
I assure you.

This will forever
change my life,

But it doesn't
have to change yours,

If you keep it a secret.

From my husband?

That's what
you're asking me?

Yes, that's what
I'm asking.

Bash.

I caught the boar.

He fell in our pit.

You should've seen the
look on carrick's face.

congratulations.

Come and join
us for dinner.

Actually, I'm... I'm leaving.

Leaving us?

Leaving France.

I came to say good-bye.

Good-bye?

That's not why you came.

Stay for supper.

And the night.

And me.

And leave tomorrow.

A mark of flowers, hmm?

I used to pick roses
every morning.

They cut me to pieces,
but I didn't care.

That's because
they're beautiful.

Just like you.

Kenna:
So the archduke

Left without so much
as a good-bye.

His sister just died.

The man is overcome with grief.

She could have thrown herself
off of any precipice in europe.

Why here?

Well, clearly
the archduke is a fool.

There'll be other suitors.

I promise.

But...

His departure means

You'll be staying
in court longer.

And that means

We get to play.

Don't let go.

in our bed

all twisted in your clothes

when the rain came down...

Do you remember...

Last night,
what you did?

Were you dreaming?

Frightened by a nightmare?

Why did you do it?

It's close.

What is?

The darkness.

It's coming.

And it will take us all.

say ooh...

wish that I could
give it all

wish that
I could change enough

wish that I was
strong enough to be yours.

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