Reign (2013–2017): Season 1, Episode 17 - Liege Lord - 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:

You're...
Marie de guise.

Your future mother-in-law.

Catherine:
It's a nuptial contract.

He confessed to your night in paris.
Oh, no.

Wouldn't it be best if we
just told francis the truth?

No! For me, it would not.



Marry lord julien.

He came to France looking
to make a good marriage.

He could give
your child a name.

You promised me someone with a title.
Fine.

Bash, I hereby declare you
the master of horse and hunt.

What does that even mean?

Henry:
Shut up and say the words.

Kenna
Please! This is marriage.

It can't be undone!

Say the words!

Your shaving mirror is useless.

We'll have your dressing table
and mirror brought in.

And where would they go?

I don't understand



Why I couldn't stay
in my old chambers.

Because you're married.
Yes, I know.

The king's bastard, no less,
when I asked for a man of title.

the king gave me one.

the "master of horse and hunt"?

That's something
henry made up.

It comes with
no wealth, no land.

The title I was expecting was
the duke of anjou,

With a chateau in anjou,

With a suite of rooms in anjou.

You act as though
this were my fault.

I'm no happier about it
than you.

You? What do you have
to complain about?

You're now married to a
beautiful woman of noble birth.

Who's notorious for
sleeping with my father.

I see no awkwardness there.

Yes, well...
It's all in the past.

Is it?

We both know henry.

We know he enjoys
the privileges of kingship.

As you enjoy
the privileges of...

Whatever it is a relationship
with my father can get you.

You make it sound as though

I'm the most
self-centered woman in France.

Oh, I can't say that.

I haven't met
all the women in France.

Fine.

Then all I care about it me.

And all you care about is mary.

I'm not jealous, truly.

But a love like that,

Could destroy both of our lives.

She's married.

It's in the past.

all right, yes,
I see your point.

we both need to
keep our pasts in the past.

This is our life
now, kenna.

It's not what we chose,

But we're married before
king and god, till death.

I won't pretend
I love you, but...

We should probably start
liking each other at least.

From the sultan in
constantinople.

How long will they
keep coming?

Oh, my mother said
gifts for her wedding

Were drifting in
for a good year.

A bridle?

Secretary:
For the arabian thoroughbred

Now in your stables,
your grace.

Ah.

Better try it on your wife.

It may help you to
keep her in hand.

Music.

Care for a dance?

Mm.

Thank you for
understanding.

Does the court truly not notice
the change in your father?

Any who do are
keeping their mouths shut.

And the rest attribute my
father's behavior to his temper.

France cannot be
governed by a mad king.

He's ill, mary.

They can find
no trace of poison,

Perhaps something is wrong.

He needs our compassion.
Time to recover.

And what if
he doesn't recover?

My mother's doing her best
to divert important matters

From the king to her;

Trying to run the country
behind my father's back;

Keeping the world
from seeing how sick he is.

These days he seems
infatuated by penelope.

He barely even notices
affairs of state.

She may be a blessing
in disguise.

How's lord julien?

He's charming.

We've been riding,
walking in the hills...

He taught me to skate.

He makes me laugh.

And?

For a man we know
is looking for a wife,

He's been slow
off the mark.

I'm going to be showing
any day now.

What if he's
not the right man?

Maybe I don't
really please him.

Or maybe he
just needs a push.

Oh, he'll get a push.

Lady lola.

You're a vision of grace.

Thank you.

Such a lovely night, isn't it?

Such beautiful music.

Would you honor me
with a dance?

I thought you'd never ask.

You're unusually clear

On what you desire
from others, lady lola.

I'm not complaining.

We're well matched.

We could be two annoyingly
direct people together.

So I'll say, directly,

That I'm in a mood for marrying.

But I fear I'm not the husband
most women would want.

That's nonsense.

You're titled, wealthy
and good company.

And you were patient
when you taught me to skate.

Is patience important when
it comes to choosing a partner?

We live in a world where
marriage is a risk;

Where a husband
may become a tyrant.

I think most women would count
themselves lucky to be yours.

Women run more risks
than that, lola.

I was married twice before.

Both my wives
died in childbirth.

They died in blood and pain.

Far too young.

I won't go through that again.

That's why I've decided
never to have children.

What?!

I can't lose anyone else
that way. I refuse.

I don't need heirs;

My line would continue,
I have brothers.

But, I-I-if you want
to marry...

There are ways
to prevent conception.

That thought
needn't upset you.

We'd be happy.

I, uh, I-I suppose.

That's grand.

Would you consider
doing me the honor

Of becoming my wife?

Say, "yes."

Please.

Uh... Yes.

I have an announcement
to make.

The beautiful creature
standing beside me...

Has agreed to be my wife.

Oh...

oh!

Oh!
I'm so sorry, your majesty.

It's all right.

Wait a moment,
then follow me out.

There's something
you should know.

Why should I believe
a word that you say?

I know you're one of
catherine's ladies-in-waiting.

I am one of
catherine's ladies.

One of her special ladies.

They call us the "flying squad."

We're trained and polished

And sent to sleep with
important noblemen

And report back to her.

Haven't you ever wondered why
she knows so very much?

It can't all be
from servant gossip.

Well, I'm sure
you're well rewarded

For making love to men
and then betraying them.

We are.

This time, the queen
has overstepped.

She asked me to seduce the king,

To remove him from
penelope's influence

And see that he was
engaged with someone

That catherine could control.

I'm sure that would be
quite a notch on your belt.

The most powerful man in France.

He's the most dangerous
man in France.

The queen briefed me.

Too well.

A mad king?

I'm not going near him.

So you told catherine "no"?

The queen does not
react well to refusal.

Hmm.

I must leave France.

Quickly.

You could arrange it.

You could find me
sanctuary in scotland.

In exchange for what?

I have information that is vital
to your safety and scotland's.

Where's francis?

I really need him.
He's gone to the stables

To see the new thoroughbred.

I think half the men
went with him.

Well, this will be awkward.

Charlotte:
Hurry.

Not so fast.
I pay my debts.

Your grace, when you signed
your marriage contracts,

You didn't know that
there was a secret clause

Slipped in among them.

It promises that if you
die without an heir,

Scotland will belong to France.

How do you know this?

I was ordered to
sleep with the bishop,

See if he was open to
amending the contracts.

Drive!

Charlotte:
Be careful, your grace.

Without an heir,
you're worth more to them

Dead than alive.

A "secret clause"?

This is exactly
the sort of trick

My family would pull.

Well, the contracts went on
forever, page after page.

Some were even in latin.
Well, I'm sure it was well hidden.

I'm going to go to my mother and
demand to know if it's true

And what the hell she and my
father think they're doing.

They think
they're getting insurance.

In case I'm not cooperative

In laying claim
to the throne of England.

If I don't provide an heir...

Then there's a
sword hanging over you.

If you're not named the
english queen's successor,

My father can cut
his losses, kill you

And gain scotland to use as his
staging area to invade England.

If he can't use me to get
England while I'm alive...

He'll use me dead.

Francis, don't tell
your mother just yet.

I don't want her
to know that we know.

We must find out if charlotte
was telling the truth

Or if she just concocted a story
to get herself out of France.

We need to get
that contract.

It's the only way to confirm
what charlotte said is true.

Where does the king
keep his important papers?

In his chambers, mostly.

The guards are unlikely

To let you or me in
without a good reason.

There's one person I know
that they will let in.

There's a special paper
I need to find and...

...It's in henry's chambers.

Mary, the king's lost his mind!

I'd be taking
my own life into my hands.

Also, I'm a married woman
and I promised bash.

I understand.

And if you can't do it,
I won't press you.

But you should know what
I need you to look for.

Henry and catherine...

Have betrayed the alliance.

They deceived me
into signing a contract

That gives our scotland
to the french.

If I die without an heir,

Scotland will lose her freedom.

That cannot happen.

We must do something.

Guard: The king is not in
his chambers, lady kenna.

He asked me to wait for him.

"paragraph two.

"in case of wife's death...

Guard:
My lord!

Kenna.

I know why you're here.

You do?

Mm-hmm.

You miss me.

It's a copy.

Without my signature.

Who knows where the original is.

I'm sorry, mary.

You've been betrayed.

This is nothing more

Than a license to murder
whenever it's convenient.

It's not just
a threat to me.

It's a threat to my country.

This alliance was supposed
to strengthen us

Against England,
not sell us out.

I'll write to my mother.

When she hears of this...
Mary, it's not just my family

That's betrayed you.

Your mother's advisor
spent hours

I've just looked through
the ledgers of the treasury.

On the day of our marriage,
a surprisingly large payment

Was made to marie de guise

For services rendered the crown.

She was desperate for money
to prop up her rule,

And I'm sure she thought that
this was an easy way to get it.

That you would conceive an heir,
live a long and happy life,

And never even know about it.

We will have a son,
mary, in time.

I know.

We can't hand this off
to someone else.

All of our parents
are in on it.

I know.

They won't lift a finger
to change things.

Unless they're forced.

My mother is
under immense pressure

From the protestant
faction in scotland.

They would love to oust her

And see the nation
under protestant rule.

What if they found out

That she had sold out
her country for money?

Her political enemies.

Don't you think that they
would use that against her?

They'd whip up scotland
into a frenzy.

To save her rule,
she'll have to deny it.

Say she'd never think
of doing such a thing.

Publicly distance herself
from ever trying it.

She would have to find
her copy of the contract.

And burn it.

And when France sees scotland
baying for french blood...

It'll be the same.

My father is obsessed
with England.

He doesn't want to waste
the lives of his troops

On a pointless war
with scotland.

And my mother...
No, she knows this is no time for a war.

Not with a mad king
leading the army.

Francis, if this works,
your parents

Will have to burn the evidence.

It'll be as if the
contract never existed.

Once the news is in scotland,

We can trust your mother's
enemies to do the rest.

But are you sure you want
to do it this way, mary?

You are setting your mother up
for a very hard time.

Then she shouldn't
have deceived me.

My first duty is

Not to my mother.

I am the queen of scotland,

Not the queen of marie de guise.

Well, the hard part of the plan
will be getting

The word out of France.

My mother will be suspicious

Of any letters addressed
to scottish protestants.

I think the next step...

Is to have a party.

Did you have to invite
quite so many...

Scots?

Diplomacy.

I want my countrymen to know

That France doesn't have
all of my attention.

Hmm.

I don't suppose you have

Seen my lady charlotte
around, have you?

She seems to have disappeared.

Oh.
Oh.

Because someone said

They saw her
speaking with you.

Ah.

My ladies can be quite
temperamental sometimes.

They're like
disgruntled servants

Who get turned out
for breaking the crockery.

They blame their mistress.

And carry lying tales.

She only said she was sorry

For spilling her drink on me.

But I will bear
your warning in mind

If I ever have
a conversation with her.

Oh.

If she finds out,
if she's even suspicious,

She could do anything.

She's just irritated
that we've invited

Every scot within a hundred
miles of french court.

All to hide our
interest in just one.

Lord mckenzie is concluding
a deal with the french military

To provide wool
for their uniforms.

He's expected to go home
any day now.

Francis:
Anyone we trust

To make the news
public in scotland

Could go straight
to marie de guise instead

And demand payment
for their silence.

Years ago, he fought
with my father

Against the english.

He is a loyal man.

Francis:
Years ago,

He was a loyal man.

He has spent the time since then

Becoming a wealthy,
comfortable man.

Will he want to anger
the french government?

Risk losing his business deal?

I suppose we'll find out.

Henry is adding
diamonds to my crown

To sparkle as I do,
he says.

Don't you think
a royal crown suits me?

Of course, your majesty.

It makes your head look smaller.

Almost back to normal size.

You're a saucy one,
aren't you?

I beg your pardon?

saucy?

Don't be offended.

It's a good word, "saucy."

It's sauce that makes

Food worth eating.

And women like you
that make life worth living.

You're outrageous.

Oh, don't take yourself
away from me, beauty.

Do you know who I am?

I can guess.

From the clues I'd say, uh,

You're a lady-in-waiting.

You're too well-dressed
to be anything else.

And by the fleur-de-lis
on your bracelet,

You serve
the queen of France.

And by the tone
of your conversation

With the queen,

I'd say you're out of favor.

You're right.

I do serve the queen of France.

Well, if it isn't

The master of...

Two amusing things.

How's marriage
treating you?

As well as can be expected.

Have you seen
lady eugenie tonight?

Will her charming bosom
fall out of that gown?

What do you think?

I think I'm married.

No reason
to let that slow you down.

The lady kenna could teach
you something about that.

Probably a few
other things, too.

Oh?

Her wedding barely past,

And there she was, her rump

Like a ripe apple in my hand.

I'd forgotten
how she looks from behind,

Perky as a young deer.

You know how when you see
the white tail of a hind,

And you long to bury
your arrow in...

Am I to understand you called
lady kenna to your chambers?

I gave no summons.
She was waiting for me.

You can't blame the girl.

Think.

You could have a king's son
as your firstborn.

My gift to you.

Your queen wishes
to have a word with you.

Just you.

My men like to stay close.

The queen wants privacy.

Oh, it'll be private.

They'll be just
outside the door.

Mary, I don't like this.

Well, you're right.
We don't know

If we can trust lord mckenzie.

Or anyone.
I know, but...

Change of plan.

Lord mckenzie...

Why do your men
stay outside?

They can hear
what I have to say.

Well, lass...

Why am I here?

You fought with my father
at solway moss.

What was it like?

It was hell on earth.

I listened to the
screams of men impaled

With arrows as they
died on that marsh.

And at day's end,

Your father
limped home and died.

And did your heart
die with him?

For the past ten years,

You have lived here,
in the safety of France,

And I've seen too much
suffering at home.

And you would ask of my heart?

Ask me that question

When you have earned the right.

The day of my marriage,

A secret contract was slipped
in amongst the others.

The french arranged it
with my mother.

It gives scotland to France,

If I die without an heir.

I cannot allow it to stand.

Do you understand
what I'm saying?

I cannot allow it.

I may live in France,

But I have the heart of a scot.

France has betrayed us!

So I charge you men

To take the news with you.

Tell the world.

But most especially,
tell lord hardie,

The leader of the protestants
who oppose my mother.

They will raise such a stink,

The contract
will never survive.

You'd defy marie de guise?

I would defy the devil himself
if he tried

To buy and sell my country!

I will not risk
scotland's freedom.

So...

Like my father, I ask you
to give up your comfort.

To do what is right.

You will lose
your business deal.

You will earn
the anger of my mother.

And I have nothing to give you

In exchange,
except my gratitude.

Your majesty.

We have waited
a long, long time

For you to rise.

That was amazing.
I never...

In France, the queen
is the person

Who is married
to the king.

But to those men, you
are their liege lord,

The one to whom oaths
of loyalty are made.

No one's ever looked
at me like that before.

I can still feel it,
like a weight in my chest.

All my life,
I have been a chess piece

In other
people's courts.

But now I have
the responsibility.

Mary, your people have been
ruled by a regent for too long.

They are ready to give
their hearts to you,

The true queen.

There is power there,

If you can take it and keep it.

Liam: Like a bit of
privacy, do you?

Afraid for your reputation?
You could say that.

So you've never been

To french court before.

My first night
and my last.

Mmm...

I return to paris tomorrow,
with lord mckenzie,

To conclude our business,
and then..

Back home to scotland.

Really?

Have you ever
been to scotland?

My duty doesn't allow me
to travel beyond France.

Oh, yes, the queen.

You can't leave her.

Tedious though
her company may be,

I'll never really escape her.

Mmm.

Tell me about scotland.

Well, cold and harsh,
some call her.

But with beauty

That can pierce your heart.

The king's chambers?
Excuse me?

Do you deny you were there?

We didn't...

Actually have sex.

I don't want to calibrate

The exact inch you stopped.

We had
an agreement.

I remember.

I also remember you
jumping very high

To answer mary's
beck and call.

So your visiting my father

Is a form of childish payback?

Or payment for... What?

You think I went to the
king's chambers for fun?

He's lost his mind.

I was terrified
the whole time I was with him.

Why did you go to him, then?

For mary. My queen.

She asked
me to find

A secret document
that put my country at risk.

Mary sent you into the lion's den?
She asked,

And I agreed.

I know you
don't think

I notice anything
that's not

A pretty dress
or a jewel,

But strangely enough,

I give a damn about my country.

Henry came in

Just as I
found the paper,

And there was
nothing I could do.

I couldn't tell him why
I was really there.

His very touch makes me ill.

I'm sorry.

My country was at stake,

But what was at stake for you

When mary batted her eyes
and you rushed off

To be her true
and gentle knight?

You'll never be
that knight for me.

You'll be my husband,
but never that.

Stop.

Kenna: This marriage is
based on nothing.

What a pair my father tied
together for a lifetime.

I love getting
a mysterious summons

From my bride-to-be.

Julien, thank you
for coming.

There's something
I have to tell you.

Is it about the wedding?

Y-your... Family?

Have you changed your mi...?
I'm pregnant.

That's why mary pushed me
towards you so aggressively.

Why you said yes so quickly.

I know this all
happened so fast, but...

Do you care for me at all?

If I didn't care for you,

Why would I be
confessing to you now?

Will you tell me
who the father is?

No.

I don't want him to know.

Why?

So...

You've been carrying
this secret

Around with you.

Alone.

Oh, lola.

We've both made such
a botch of our lives.

How have you made a botch...?

Shh.

I won't ask
about your past,

If you don't
ask about mine.

Well...

I suppose we'd better
have the wedding

Before you
start to show.

You still want to marry me?

Are you still the most
beautiful girl I know?

Yes.

Are you still the most
annoyingly direct?

Yes.

I don't need a match
made in heaven.

I'll be perfectly
happy with a match

Made somewhere north of paris.

Liam: You are magnificent
and daring.

But don't you think we're
pushing our luck by lingering?

If the queen were to discover us

Here, in her chambers,

I doubt nothing short of our
executions would satisfy her.

Wherever the queen is,

I assure you
she's already quite satisfied.

What are you doing?

Nothing reveals
an indiscretion

Quite like hair gone wild.

You know where everything is.

Mmm.

And that robe you just picked up

Fits you perfectly.

Oh, it should.

Because you're the queen.

How perceptive of you.

I suppose bowing
would be pointless now.

Well, you've shown your
willingness to serve me

Quite sufficiently
this past hour.

But...

You'd be advised,
for your own safety,

To keep this to yourself.

Not that anyone
would believe you.

Why didn't you tell me?

If you'd known
I was a queen,

Would you have gone
through with it?

I would have gone through
with it no matter who you are.

I made love to you because

You are the most
intriguing woman I've met

In France.

Oh, lord mckenzie
thought he was so special

For having a private session
with queen mary.

With mary?

A private session?

Aye.

Now he says we're not
going to paris,

But straight
back to scotland

In the morning,
on the first ship.

What, your business
unfinished?

How odd.

I wonder what he and
mary spoke about.

No idea, but
he was feeling

Quite singled
out about it,

It seemed, by the
expression on his face.

Favored by the queen.

If only he knew
about this.

Of course, he won't.

Don't worry.

Mary knows.

liam.

Where have you
been, friend?

The men and I are
going into the village

For a final night
of hospitality,

Courtesy of, uh...

Some of France's most
experienced ladies.

You'll join us?

I think I won't.

Ah, a whore is such
a disappointment

After you've had
the real thing.

But you poor fellows go,
enjoy yourselves.

Very well.

We sail in the morning.

Hey, hey...

Why do you keep
looking at that door?

The only thing

You need to worry
about opening

Is my britches.

Man: Little lassie!
Lassie, come here.

Agh! No!

What the devil
is going on?

Aah!

It's done.

Every man?

Every man of lord mckenzie's?

Yes.

And the whores?

The ones we paid
off got away.

They won't be
coming back.

The few we were
worried would talk...

They died with the men.

My lady...

They were whoring themselves
to the scots when we came in.

It's not as if
they were innocents.

no.

I'm sure they chose
their vocation willingly,

Happy to service men like you.

My lady...?!

Go away.

My condolences on...

...The loss of
your countrymen.

As I see, you've already heard.

This was not lightly done.

It's a matter
of royal business.

France cannot afford a war
with scotland over the contract.

And with the king ill,

I simply don't have time

To try to calm down
two countries.

You killed a dozen men

Because you couldn't

Be bothered
with the extra trouble?

I will never forgive you
for this.

Forgive me or forgive yourself?

Welcome to being
a ruling queen, mary.

Men will trust you and die.

These are the first.

But they won't be the last.

It'll go on and on,
until your death,

Because that's the way it works.

And a beautiful,
young queen,

The men are gonna
throw themselves

Into the fire for you, my dear.

They'll shoulder lost causes

And take on risks
they should never take.

In time, you'll get used to it.

You'll know in your bones
the losses you face

Each time you send men out,
and you'll do it anyway.

It'll be a cold choice.

It's mathematical,
you could say.

Because the only other option is

To pull the covers
over your head and give up.

Mary.

I heard what happened.

I've been looking for you.

I need lady kenna, please.

I get headaches.

I'm so sorry.

Your touch...

...Your touch is so soothing.

I miss your innocence.

Your gentleness.

Sometimes, penelope...

Her voice grates.

Father...

Hmm?

Father...
Hmm?

I think queen penelope's
getting jealous.

You know how women
are around you.

It's a burden sometimes.

I wasn't expecting
to see you here.

Because mary's not here?

I didn't come
looking for mary.

I was worried about you.

Why?

Because you're not safe
in this castle.

And I will always
defend you...

Because you're my wife.

I am surprised
you're willing to allow

The bodies of your victims
to return to scotland.

Those poor men died in a fire

As anyone can see
from what's left of them.

Their families deserve

The consolation
of burying them at home.

Mary queen of...

I hope you're not gonna make
a habit of this bursting in.

One day I might be indecent.

I would like the contract now.

In my hands.

Perhaps you don't understand

What's happened.

You lost.

Take it with grace.

You will give it to me

When you hear
what I have to say.

My dear, there's
nothing you can say

That can trump
the fact I can stop you

From getting word of
the contract back to scotland.

Yes.

But getting word to France
is much easier.

Word that the king is mad.

That the house of valois
is ripe to topple.

How many
dissatisfied nobles,

Hungry for power, do you think
will step into the vacuum?

You're talking about civil war.

Every duke that has
a grudge against henry

Will be lined up
outside of the gate.

They'll fight us.

They'll fight each other.

Mary...
You wouldn't do it.

It would destroy France.

You are the queen of France.

I am the queen of scotland.

You wouldn't harm francis.

Francis is welcome to join me
in scotland as my consort.

Just as I am his consort here.

It seems only fair.

If I thought you were serious,

You wouldn't leave
this room alive.

I sent three riders
out this morning.

Unless they hear from me

With the agreed-upon phrase,

They will deliver my letters

To two dukes and to the vatican.

The world will know

That France is
open for the taking.

Is she bluffing, francis?

She's mary
queen of scots.

I wouldn't like to guess
what she would do.

You killed 12
of my countrymen.

Look into my eyes
and tell me that I'm bluffing.

This is the original

That has your signature on it.

Burn it.

Francis:
That was quite a bluff

You ran against my mother today.

Amazing.

I did send out three riders.

To deceive my mother.

Well, I'm sure you
didn't give them

Dangerous messages that
could blow up France.

You'd never have done that.

But, I did.

What?

I'm going to be
queen of France someday.

And I hope to be a good queen.

But France has
you and your mother

To look after her welfare.

Scotland only has me.

If it ever becomes a choice
between our two countries,

I will chose mine.

In whatever way necessary.

got to do
the right thing now

got to find
the right way out

I've got to do
the right thing now

got to find
the right way out...

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Girl:
Oh, no.