Reign (2013–2017): Season 2, Episode 8 - Terror of the Faithful - full transcript

The tensions between the Protestants and Catholics increases because of the edict Lord Narcisse blackmailed Francis into signing. Mary and Francis' relationship hits a wall due to the ...

Previously on reign...
Go and tell catherine her daughter's here.

Tell everyone that
princess claude is home.

Lola:
I've been spending time with narcisse,

But I'm not sure
it's any of your concern.

I must ask you to go there
tonight, hide this envelope,

Help me to take control
of a man

Who would spill any amount of
blood to get what he wanted.

This would require every french
subject to come forward

And publicly declare
their faith to the king.

People will kill each other
in the streets.

Francis:
Narcisse is blackmailing me.



When your head is cut off, along
with catherine and mary's,

What do you suppose the nobles
will do to your brothers?

What will happen
to your bastard son

When you're not here
to protect him?

Francis signed the edict.

After telling me
you wouldn't sign.

After telling me you knew
the edict was wrong.

You are not the king
I want to rule beside.

You are a coward.

Perhaps you should return
to scotland.

Leave me.
Leave France.

You're listed here
as a catholic,

Self-declared.
I am that.

A believer good and true,
I swore it.



Then why are there witnesses,
your brethren,

Who swear they've seen you
attending protestant services?

It's not true; they're lying!

The only liar
here is you.

The bible says,
"if your right hand

"causes you to sin,
cut it off.

"it is better that you lose
one part of your body

Than that your whole body
go into hell."

Since your lips
compel you to sin,

They should be removed,

Just as this deceiver's
lips were taken,

So that your eternal soul
may be saved.

No. I beg you.

Mercy!

No!

No! No!

No!

No! No...!

♪ they all need something

♪ to hold on to,
they all mean well ♪

♪ you could never
feel my story ♪

♪ it's all you know... Oh!

♪

What cardinal vasari
and his inquisitors

Have been doing since they
arrived in France is barbaric.

They wouldn't even be here
if not to enforce your edict

That every french subject
publicly declare their faith.

You are not the only one
concerned for our people.

I have written a
letter to the pope

Asking him to recall his
representatives back to rome.

It's not enough.

You need to take a harder line
against the cardinal.

To defy him is
to defy the pope.

And without the
pope's blessing,

We would cease to
be king and queen.

If you insist on second-guessing
my every move,

There is a boat waiting to take
you back to scotland.

As I said before.

An offer that makes no more
sense now than it did then.

How did we go from disagreeing
to you trying to send me away?

Do you really propose
that we live separately?

What would that even mean
for our rule? Or our marriage?

I'm not going.

I have a duty
to our people.

I may have given up on trying
to understand you,

But I will not give up
on France.

If your goal was
to alienate your wife,

I'd say you succeeded.

Not enough to get her to leave.

You want her in scotland

So she'll be safe
from narcisse's threats.

Narcisse has enough evidence
of treason

To put not just my head on
a spike, but mary's as well.

Until we get
rid of narcisse,

I will do whatever it takes
to keep her safe.

Be careful, brother.

If you push mary too hard,

You might not be able
to win her back.

I'd rather she were alive and
in scotland than here and dead.

Ah, rise and shine, claude.

The only people in bed past noon
are drunks and reprobates.

Mother, must you be so loud?

And so you?

Your eyes are bloodshot and
your hair is unsalvageable.

You're in no condition to meet
your future lord and husband.

Husband?

You can't have found
someone already.

Yes, I've made a match for you

With the son
of a bavarian count.

Bavaria?
Mm.

It's cold.

And smells like sheep dung.

Country life
will do you good.

It's an excellent alliance.

Bavaria gets
a princess, and France

Will have access
to new trade routes.

This isn't about trade routes.

We both know you just
want to be rid of me.

You didn't happen to pick up
any wigs

During your misadventures,

Did you?

Stop it!

I have no interest
in being married.

Now or ever.

My brother's the king.

I don't see why I have to become
the property of any man.

Especially some rustic bavarian.

You will marry.

For the advancement and survival
of the valois line.

Every member of the family
contributes,

And that includes you.

This repair work
will take hours,

So I will meet your future
fiancé, and the count, alone.

Have the servants
pour you a bath.

You smell gamey.

Here's a head start.

What do you want?

Whatever you're thinking,
think twice.

I was thinking
we might be friends.

We have much in common:
Our faith,

Our opposition to catholic
terror and violence,

The fact we both have lost
loved ones to such hate.

Were you close to your nephew?

The boy whose murderers
the king set free?

Who are you?

Jacob ravell.

Leader of the protestants
in this region.

There's something
you should see.

When we heard
the prince of condé

Declared himself
a protestant,

We thought you might like
to meet some of your brethren.

There are more civil ways
to extend an invitation.

Minister Brothers, sisters,
fellow protestants...

What is this?

A protestant gathering.

These are dark times
for our people.

They're afraid to worship
in their villages and towns,

So they come here.

Your numbers are larger
than I thought.

They grow every day,
despite persecution.

Christians who only want
the freedom to worship.

If you want to prevent them
from suffering

The same fate as your nephew,
then help us.

How?

We hear that the king
has sent a letter to rome,

Asking the pope to
recall his inquisitors.

Confronting rome in
this way takes courage,

And gives us hope that
francis, in his heart,

Is a tolerant man.

You said you needed my help.

What do you need me to do?

Minister:
Let us pray to our divine god,

And for our king.

Jacob:
We must appeal to the crown.

The first step
is to get our minister

An audience with
the king and queen.

We can't do it.

But you can.

Rosey?

Rosey!

Where are you,
you willful nag?

Lord narcisse.

Lady lola.

Are you looking for your horse?

I just saw her ride off.

Something must have spooked her.

Or someone.

Did you follow me
from the castle

Then scare off my horse?

Now why would I do that?

To enjoy the pleasure

Of a few moments
of your company alone?

Would that flatter you?

It's not so much flattering

As it is inconvenient.

You can't force me
to ride back with you.

Lady lola,
I would never force you

To do anything you didn't want.

But it is a very long walk
back to the castle.

Oh, yes.
It's quite far.

Oh, wait, what is that
I see in the distance?

Is that someone
coming to your aid?

No, sorry.

Perhaps it's a
very big wolf.

You're the wolf.

♪ put your hand down, boy

♪ welcome to my zoo...

My second wife loved
to ride as you do,

Sitting forward pressed
against the pommel.

She would ride around
our estate for hours.

How interesting.

Yes, I thought so.

Especially after she told me
that that position

Is particularly invigorating
for a lady.

I was trying not
to crowd you.

Oh, I don't mind.

Though if you'd truly prefer

To be pressed up...
I'm fine.

You don't have to be shy,
you know.

I have seen you in the bath.

♪ when I see their rune.

Conde:
This is the

Protestant minister
whose church,

A barn really,

Was burned down
by catholics

In the same attack
that took my nephew's life.

I remember him.

And the tragic events
of that day.

He seeks the crown's
permission to rebuild it.

If you gave your blessing,
it would be

A public show of support
by the king and queen.

And a way to legitimize
protestant worship,

If indirectly.

Which is why this request
is not a small thing.

It can be perceived
in many ways.

At the very least, it'll imply
that the protestants

Have some kind of protection.

We have heard your
request from lord condé.

I give you permission

To rebuild this place
of worship.

This I will do.

But it is all I will do.

With respect, your majesty,
it is not enough.

And I did not come here
to beg for a new barn.

What are you doing?

Minister:
Thanks to your edict,

We are being hunted
by the vatican.

You have two days
to expel cardinal vasari

And his inquisitors from France.

Expel the vatican?

If you refuse,
at dawn on the third day,

Catholics will die.

We have stolen gunpowder,
pounds of it,

Packed tightly and hidden,

Ready to rain hellfire
a bomb.

Down upon hundreds...
Arrest him!

You will not

Threaten the crown.

And if what you
say is true,

We'll find these explosives

If I have to bleed it
out of you.

I had no idea I was
bringing in a fanatic.

The protestant leader seemed
genuine in his desire for peace.

Even if the minister
doesn't speak

For all protestants,
he was not working alone.

He had to know
that he'd be taken

And interrogated
once he delivered his threat.

We must find his accomplices.

Or perhaps your friend,
their leader,

Or one of the peaceful
protestants

Who kidnapped you.
This is not condé's doing.

There's so much anger
between the faiths now.

Something like
this was coming.

She's right.

Whatever peace
exists is fragile.

It might be best to keep this
a secret. If word leaks

Of a planned protestant attack
against catholics,

There will be panic
and retribution.

Very well. Find out who
the minister was working with.

Talk with members
of his congregation.

I'll go with bash.

I've seen their leaders.
Perhaps I'll recognize someone.

I know you don't
care for my opinion,

But would you
please let me help?

I could go to them as queen
and make a personal appeal.

They threatened us.

If you think I would allow you
to go anywhere near...

It might assuage
their anger towards us.

You mean their anger towards me

For my recent actions.
Even if you found them,

What would you say?

That you opposed me
at every turn

Before I made a mess of things?

They don't need to hear that,
and neither do I.

I think your horse is
sufficiently rested.

Oh, we'll be back
at the castle soon enough.

I regret our time together
will be over.

But it doesn't have
to be that way.

What do you mean?

You are reluctant
to be seen with me

Because you fear complication,

Disapproval from your king,
or your queen, who you serve.

Oh, there are many other
reasons, I assure you.

All of which would be moot

If our meetings were,
say... Clandestine.

You're proposing
we meet in secret, like thieves,

Or adulterers?

Well, fruit often tastes sweeter
when it's forbidden.

Admit it, the prospect
intrigues you.

To do something free
from the tedium

And responsibility
of court life.

Something you don't have
to explain or defend.

Something purely
for your pleasure.

I won't press you
for a response now,

But you do inspire impatience.

So, I would like an answer soon.

Ah, gentlemen.

Your majesty.

May I present

My son william?

Your majesty. It is an honor.

Ah, the dashing groom-to-be.

Oh, claude will be most taken

With you.

Unfortunately, she's engrossed
in her scripture study.

She will join us soon though.

Perhaps it's for the best,
as there is

A delicate matter
to discuss.

Since arriving at court,

We've heard
distressing rumors

About your daughter's virtue.

My claude?

What could you
possibly have heard?

There was mention
of an improper liaison

With a priest.

Do you want to have
grandchildren with royal blood?

Because that's quite an
accomplishment for a count.

Oh, it would be a shame

To forfeit that good fortune
on unfounded rumors.

Since you make a point
of william marrying up,

I must confess, I'm curious

As to why
you'd let claude marry down.

To enjoy our new friendship
with bavaria that much sooner.

We are eager, as well.

But I must be certain

That my son will have
a chaste catholic wife.

I would need assurances
of claude's virtue

To proceed with this union.

Bash:
We have some questions

About the minister
of your church.

I hear you're
long-standing members

Of his congregation.

I understand your hesitation.

I myself am protestant.

I've had the pleasure

Of meeting your leaders,
and I assure you,

You have nothing to fear from me
or the king's deputy.

Our minister
is a good man.

He is a compassionate
and gentle soul.

We hear he went to the king to
ask for our barn to be rebuilt.

A proper place of worship.

He digo to the king.

We're merely here seeking some
support for his other requests.

Do you know any of

The names of his
closest associates?

The men he works with

To protect the faithful?

I can't really say,
but you might ask...

Man:
This one here.

Bash:
The vatican's guards.

Take the man, and
search the house.

They could be hiding
other heretics.

Leave them alone.
They've done nothing.

They've been named
by their neighbors.

Cardinal vasari has ordered us
to bring in anyone suspected

Of lying about their faith.
There is no need.

I'm already questioning him
by authority of the king.

We don't answer to
the king or his deputy.

Woman:
No!

Man: Stay back.
Oh.

man:
Move him out.

Francis, I need to speak to you.

Now is not a good time.

I was with mary earlier,
and she's upset.

She's upset with some frequency,

To be truthful.

I am aware.

I'm sure you are,
and I know why.

Why you push her away,

Suggesting even that
she go to scotland.

I know why
you do these things.

I know it was you
who killed henry.

Narcisse told me, and admitted
that he's been blackmailing you.

This is very dangerous
knowledge, lola.

Why would he tell you?

Because he suspected
you might use me against him.

And he wanted me
to side with him, I suppose.

Has he told anyone else?
Do you know?

No, I don't, but the person
that you should tell is mary.

No.

Narcisse's treachery
goes beyond

What he might have mentioned
in your covert conversations.

Narcisse told me the truth.

You led me to believe
that you wanted him dead for

Political reasons, when it was
in fact to protect yourself.

There are many others I protect.

Mary, my mother,
my brothers and our baby.

Did he mention that
he threatened them, as well?

He threatened our son?

You sympathize with narcisse.

Is that why you failed
to hide the envelope

At his estate,
as I asked you to?

I told you I threw it out of
my carriage window, but I lied.

I planted it behind a painting
in his drawing room.

I lied before
because I didn't want

Narcisse's death
on my hands.

Now you surely see
what he's capable of.

the only way

To save mary's life
and my marriage

Is to get rid of narcisse.

That envelope
contains a cipher,

Which is all I need to
frame him for treason.

When it is found at his
house by the royal guard,

I will take his head.

Catherine:
I couldn't convince the count

Of your chastity,
but surely god can.

Mother, what have you done?

I'm taking advantage
of the vatican's presence here

And arranging for them
to verify your virtue.

It's a very simple examination.

A virginity test?

One you know I can't possibly pass.
Which is why

I'm assuring the outcome
with a sizeable donation.

They will perform
the exam tomorrow.

So you're going
to let some man prod at me?

Mm.
While others watch?

To marry some bavarian nobody?

You are punishing and cold,
and I don't even understand

What I'm being punished for.

You know, you'll make a lovely
bride once you stop screeching.

I won't do it.

You can't force me to
go through with this

Ridiculous test or to marry.

If someone wants to
examine my virtue,

They'll have to put me on a
rack and pry my legs apart.

Hmm. Well, the rack it is then!

We wish you a safe journey back
to your estate, lord girard.

Thank you,
your majesties.

It feels strange,
receiving nobles at court

As if everything
is normal.

If we didn't,
people would suspect

That something
was wrong.

I don't know
which is harder.

Pretending there
isn't a device

That could kill
hundreds of innocents

Or pretending that we're still
a happy royal couple.

Condé.

Did you find
the protestant leader, jacob?

Actually, he found me
when I was in town.

He claims that the other
leaders know nothing

Of the minister's
threats.

He was shocked
when I told him.

And you believe him?

Well, I'm
inclined to.

He came to me
at great risk.

He believes this act
of terror is the work

Of a few fringe
radicals that want

To galvanize protestants into
rising up against the crown.

Does he know who they are
or where we can find them?

He swore he would give
them up if he could.

He knows that if this
threat comes to pass,

And catholic
lives are lost,

It will be the start
of a bloody fight

His people want
no part of.

We're running out of time.

I'll see if there's any progress
with the minister.

I can't help feeling
we're missing something.

What is it you fear?

If the protestant radicals
want to incite mayhem

By killing catholics, why not
just set off the explosion?

Why send their minister,

Who they know will surely be
tortured and likely killed?

A minister much
beloved by his flock,

People that know nothing of
the dire threat he has made.

If the minister is killed,
the radicals can use

His death as justification
for almost any bad act.

They would create...
A martyr.

And his death would inflame

Even the most pacifist
of protestants.

We must do everything
we can to make sure

That minister stays alive.

And do what you can
to help francis.

He's completely shut me out,
but he might listen to you.

I'll do everything
in my power.

But, mary, he's a fool to
shut you out, king or not.

I'm told you refuse to divulge
the location of the attack,

Or the names
of your conspirators.

I do not fear those
who kill the body,

For the soul is eternal.

It's admirable,

Your willingness to sacrifice
your life for your cause.

What about the lives
of your congregation?

The vatican's swiss guard

Have been interrogating
members of your church.

What do you think
they will do

When those catholic
lives are lost?

How will they punish
those innocent men and women

Who know nothing
of your terror or treachery,

And believe that you have
their welfare at heart?

I understand that you did

What you thought
you had to.

But I've learned there are
unintended consequences

For our actions,

Where we end up harming those
we swore to protect.

Tell me the location
of the attack.

I swear,
before you and god,

That no more harm
will come to your flock.

Vauclair.

It's a monastery
in laon.

We hid the barrel
filled with gunpowder

In the cellars,

Beneath the monks'
sleeping quarters.

Over here!

Keep your torches away.

It's a fuse.

It's not gunpowder,
just sawdust.

It's a decoy.

We've wasted
a whole day searching,

And we still don't know
where the real threat is.

Look.

Conde:
"sanguis fluat."

It's latin.

What does it mean?

Blood will flow.

Claude. I trust your day
has been less than pleasant.

My mother wants me
to leave court. Again.

And she's trying
to marry me off to a bavarian.

I heard.

I don't want to go to bavaria.
I can see that.

So why don't you go somewhere
else, out of catherine's sight?

Then maybe she won't
push this engagement.

Where?

My family
has five castles,

But as a woman, I'm not
permitted to take residence

In any of them,
without a guardian or a husband.

What about your cousin
babette's estate?

You've stayed there before.

Mm, that won't work.

Why?

I slept with her fiancée.

Just once.

On a dare.

Oh, why is everyone
so judgmental?

It's worse out there,

In the countryside,

Which is why I want
to stay here.

It's not a return
to court you desire.

It's the very best
place to be a princess.

It's your
mother's attention.

Why would I want
anything from her?

She doesn't love me.

Not the way she loves francis
or any of her other children.

You're right.

She doesn't.
You've always known it.

I suppose that's what drew me
to you when we were children.

I knew what it was like
to feel catherine's anger.

Her resentment.

That's the last
thing I need.

My bastard brother
feeling sorry for me.

Maybe it's time to move on.

You could view this marriage
not as a punishment,

But as an opportunity.

A new start somewhere
where you have a chance

At finding happiness
and love.

Bash.

To what do I owe

This rare delight?

Bavarian trade routes.

Oh.

I looked into the count whose
son you want claude to marry.

The commerce in his
region is sparse.

It's not the great alliance
you've made it out to be.

So why are you pushing
this marriage?

You're an economist now.

You know where
merchants travel.

I know your motives
are often concealed.

And I don't want claude
to be a casualty of them.

It's sweet that you're feeling
like you want to protect claude,

But you're
overstepping your bounds

As her...

Brother?

It wouldn't be the first time.

Has she enlisted your help
in trying to intervene with me?

Actually, I encouraged her
not to fight the engagement.

I think she'll be happier
in a place where she has

A chance of
being loved.

I love all my children.

Protecting them, keeping them
safe... it's what drives

My existence.

Oh, you see?

You've caught me
in a reflective mood.

Each of their names
in my gaze as I pray.

I do, I pray for their souls
and for mine,

More than you might imagine.

I treasure my family,

Even the ones
who didn't survive.

There was louis.

He was after francis.

I lost him
when he was only a year.

And then there was emone
and henriette.

Oh, they were so...
They were tiny

When they were born.

Twin girls.
Passed as infants.

Twins, but not identical.

I saw little differences,
even as babes.

I used to wonder
what they would look like

If they could have grown.

Obsessed, for a time,
you might say.

The oldest that I could
imagine them was eight.

Nine?

Each with her own features.

Catherine, are
you all right?

I have been a bit
liberal with my intake. Hmm.

It's my nerves,
given recent events.

Catherine, I know
things have been tense.

But you have a living daughter
who needs your affection now.

You say you love claude.

Well, give her some
evidence of it

Before you send her away.

You owe her that much.

Man:
My lord, an urgent message.

Lord narcisse is back
from his country manor.

Notify the head
of the kingsguard.

I need men ready
to leave. Now.

Stephan narcisse, you are
suspected of treason.

By authority of the king,
you will submit

To a search of your house.

This is an outrage.
I've committed

No crime against the crown.

Francis: Bash and the guards
searched narcisse's home thoroughly.

The cipher was no longer
where you planted it.

He must have found it and surely
knows that you put it there.

I was with him just yesterday;
he didn't let on at all.

This was my only means
of disabling

His hold on me,
and it failed.

Now I may have put you
in danger by involving you.

I'll assign a guard for
your safety, in the event

That narcisse tries
to retaliate.

I can't have a guard
following me around.

How would I explain
it to mary?

Make up a reason.
No.

If narcisse is intent on
harming me, he'll find a way,

But I doubt he'd be
that reckless.

enter.

Your majesty.

Urgent news from lord condé
and the search party.

We searched the monastery
and found nothing.

Except a warning
in latin:

"sanguis fluat."
"blood will flow."

So the minister lied about
the location of the device?

More likely, his cohorts
lied to him so he couldn't

Divulge the true location
even under torture.

He's still our only hope.

Even if he doesn't
know where it is,

He could give us the name
of his conspirators.

If the minister is still alive.

I doubt he will be
after francis hears of this.

I gave you a chance to save
yourself and your people,

And this is how you repay me?

I-I told you the truth,
I swear it.

I put the device there
with my own hands.

You sent my men
on a futile hunt!

They found nothing
but sawdust and threats!

No, no, that's not...
That's not possible.

They lied to me.

By "they," you mean
your conspirators?

Tell me their names.

More!

Tell me their names,

Or I swear I'll have your arms
ripped from your body!

Francis, stop!
Stay out of it, mary.

You're killing him.

Even if he doesn't know
where it is, we can't afford

To make him a martyr.

Don't let the act of one man
poison thousands against us.

Stop. Take him off.

Bone's dislodged from
the socket, your majesty.

I never meant
for any of this to happen.

I hope you know that.

I didn't hear from you
about my offer.

Though attempting to
frame me for treason

Should be answer
enough, I suppose.

When did you know?

I found the item you planted
soon after you visited.

When the kingsguard
didn't immediately arrive,

I thought you'd had
a change of heart.

I did, but...

But what?

It saddens me

That you chose
francis...

A weak, patricidal king...

Over the future we
might have shared.

You told me
you were a patriot,

Resorting to blackmail
for the good of France.

Was it also for the good
of France to threaten my baby,

My queen, my friends?

I merely warned francis

Of the consequences should
his line be deposed.

I thought it might motivate
him to be a better ruler.

I'm to believe it was a tactic?

I would never hurt
your baby, lola.

But don't misunderstand...
your child is at risk,

And always will be,
as the son of the king.

And there is a
target on your back

As well.

You could've used
the extra safety

My friendship
would have offered.

You are no friend.

Or patriot.

You're just a dangerous man.

Well, perhaps
it's escaped your notice,

But the world is
a dangerous place!

And one day,
you will wish you had

Someone like me
to protect you from it.

Man:
Your highness, it's time.

Princess, this will
be over soon.

The minister
isn't recovering.

His arm has been set,
but there are signs

Of bleeding under the skin,
pooling near his chest.

Isn't there a physician
or a surgeon who can heal him?

There is a skilled healer
in epernay,

But that's half a day's
ride from here.

By the time we send word and
he arrives, it'll be too late.

We have to keep this minister
alive, at all costs.

Take the minister to epernay.
It'll save time.

Come.

I'm sorry you had to endure
that wretched procedure.

You look so beautiful.

It may not seem like it now,
but it is for your own good

That you will soon be married
and away from this castle.

Why?

Nanny:
All the nannies

Are struggling with her,
your majesty.

I wouldn't be
so direct, but...

No, I asked. Go on.

Princess claude is...

Well, she's very jealous
of the little ones.

She says they paw at her
and that they ruin things.

Ruin what, exactly?

My dress.

They pulled the flowers off it.

Nanny: She says
they ruin everything.

She looks at them
with such hatred.

She pinches them.

Claude, is that true?

I'm not pleased.

shh, shh, shh.

All right.

shh, shh.

Mother...

What is it?

Oh, the things that
I've done for you.

How I have protected you.

Do you think that
I don't love you?

You can't see?

In my way, I have mothered you
more than any of my children.

Then don't make me marry.

Don't make me leave.

It's done.

Whoa! We've got
to move this tree!

Ah, my brothers.

Thank god
you found me.

I told them the bomb was in
laon, and they found nothing,

But I fear
I've betrayed our cause.

I assure you, father,
you have not.

You couldn't betray us,

Because there was
never a bomb.

To have brought this matter
before the vatican.

You have showed us more
consideration than we deserve.

Oh.

I regret any misunderstandings
I may have caused.

It will be my honor
to call princess claude family.

Oh, what a lovely sentiment.

♪

Lord narcisse.

We haven't had
the pleasure.

Your very friendly

Introduction
is a delight,

Princess.

Though I suspect
it's just a show

For your mother.

Which is a pity,

Because I find myself
recently unattached,

And I might...
Enjoy your company.

I like a man who can so firmly
express his interest.

Though I should warn you,
I'm not some hapless priest

Or one of those boys

You toy with.

Are you sure
you're up to the challenge?

Uh... Before you get up,
princess,

Would you do me the kindness
of passing me my cape?

♪

Catherine:
I woke up

Thinking something was wrong.

The babies were too quiet. I...

I went to the nursery
to check on them, and...

At first, I thought
they were still asleep.

I tried to rouse them.

My emone.

My henrietta.

They were suffocated.

It was hard to see
at first,

Until I looked into
their windpipes and found this.

One in each of their throats.

No!

Bash, you're wounded.
They say I'll recover.

I hope quickly.

We were traveling when we
got word of the attack.

I'm sorry that you
lost your men.

Thankfully,
bash made it out alive

And had the good sense
to come here.

Bash: Condé's town home was
the closest place I could

Think to go where
I knew I'd be safe.

What happened?

We were ambushed
by armed men.

They knew we were
transporting the minister.

I think they were his
protestant comrades;

He seemed to
know them.

They took the minister
with them?

But not before they ran
him through with a sword.

Why would they kill
one of their own?

There's more.

I heard them say that
there is no bomb.

There never was.
Well, that makes no sense.

Why threaten the crown with
something that doesn't exist?

Francis:
What is it?

There's a disturbance
in the town.

Something to do
with the minister.

Man: Hanged like a heretic!
This is the crown's doing!

They have to know
it was not our doing.

I must tell them.
No. It's not safe.

Your faith is blasphemy.

It won't stop with our minister.

They won't stop until
they've killed us all!

This is what the
radicals wanted...

For the protestants to rise up
against the catholics,

Against us.

When we didn't kill

Their minister,
they did it themselves.

"blood will flow."

This is their bomb.

Protestant heretics
deserve what they get!

Man:
To hell with your pope

And your vicious king!

Guard:
I order you to stand back!

Get back! Get back!

You must leave.

Now.

You'll be safe here.

I'll get your carriage.

You did this to us.

To France.

For all that you claim
you're trying to protect us,

I have lost all faith in you
and the man I thought you were.

♪

He is the only pure and joyful
thing that remains in my life.

I've ruined everything.

My marriage,

My rule,

Perhaps the future of France.

I can't imagine the
weight of your burdens.

But I understand why you've
done the things you have.

You love your wife...

Your family.

You're a good man, francis.

♪ run, run

♪ so far from each other...

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Girl:
Oh, no.