Reign (2013–2017): Season 3, Episode 9 - Wedlock - full transcript

Previously on Reign...

Mary, Queen of Scots will soon seek

a marriage alliance.
Spain's Prince Don Carlos

would raise her international standing.

And how do you suggest I gain Mary's trust?

Make Mary fall in love with you.

Are you England's new ambassador?

Gideon Blackburn, at your service.

We can't do this.

Then tell me how to stop.

We're back because she is our queen.



I think it's for the best if we don't

discuss Elizabeth anymore.

The device is for me.

My partner need only to whip me.

It may seem odd to you, but to me,

- pain equals pleasure.
- You've been a very bad man,

Prince Carlos.

Now you must face your punishment.

The damage to his brain is too much.

He's been impaired.

Spain will see your acceptance

of his condition as a win.

To the crown prince of Spain

and his future bride,



Her Majesty, Mary Stuart.

Your Majesty,

a gift from my family's shop.

It is so lovely.

Thank you.

You're not the first monarch to walk

among the people, but you're
decidedly the best at it.

Well, the people should know their queen.

And love you, even if the nobles don't.

I'm commending your
performance and your plan.

I'm glad to see your attention's
back on the job at hand,

now that Dudley's away from court.

Is there any more court
business to discuss,

or shall I be on my way?

News from France.

Mary of Scots' closest
friend, her lady Lola,

has agreed to be your hostage

in exchange for her family's release.

She's on a boat headed for our shores.

I'm very pleased she
accepted my invitation.

Thank you, William,

for always being so thorough.

If it wasn't for you,
we may never have known

we captured such highborn
Scots in the border skirmish.

Hyah!

Long live the queen!

It's all right, Don Carlos.

Remember, there is a
grain shortage in Scotland.

My people are very hungry.

If you sign this, Spain
will send more relief.

Mary,

are you...

my friend?

Of course I am.

And soon, I will be your wife.

Now, we must help each other, mustn't we?

Don Carlos,

our favorite prince.

If I may add this to the agenda?

The prince requires a reader.

This is promising Spanish gold

to France and the regent.

Call it a bonus.

This marriage of yours was sanctioned

and arranged on French soil.

What happens in France
should benefit France.

I am trying to save

my starving countrymen.

You are using the prince
as your own personal bank

while France is in debt to her soldiers

who fought on Scotland's behalf.

Those Frenchmen will be
returning within a fortnight.

How am I supposed to pay
them for their sacrifice?

It feels immoral

to feed off the prince's...

generosity.

You will be feeding off his generosity

for the rest of your life once you marry,

but I only have the prince in France

for a short while,

and I intend

to enjoy the feast.

Don Carlos.

Just there.

Ambassador Blackburn.

Your Highness.

Call me Gideon, please.

Did I startle you?

Just a little.

My apologies.

I imagine when you were queen of France,

you had a private balcony all to yourself.

No such surprises as another restless soul.

You'll be back to a life of
luxury and privacy soon enough,

once you wed the prince of Spain.

Will I be invited to
the lavish celebration?

There won't be any.

It would be in poor taste,

as I am recently a widow.

Is it your conscience

that's brought you out here tonight?

Knowing you're marrying
a compromised prince?

I'm told Don Carlos can't
remember the accident,

but since his fall, he rarely talks.

Half his body seems damaged.

I have cared for an ailing husband before.

I will care for Don Carlos just the same.

Well, you loved King Francis.

This marriage is mercenary at best.

You know nothing of Francis or my heart.

I need Spain.

I have a country to protect,

and I have lost more than you could fathom.

Oh, I know loss, Mary.

I was married once,

to girl I loved so deeply.

She died in childbirth.

I'm sorry.

Love like that can be a curse,

not just because one grieves,

but because it will be hard to love again,

to settle for anything less.

And the man you will marry offers far less.

Spain is the most powerful
nation in the world.

And with Scotland
tilting to the Protestants

more and more each day,

I cannot return home
without Catholic protection.

And what does Spain offer you as a woman?

Are you really prepared to spend

the rest of your life with someone

you know you will never love?

You are turning the conversation

because you are Elizabeth's spy.

You want to manipulate me
into calling off the wedding,

destroying the alliance with Spain.

You probably never even had a wife.

It's just another lie you tell.

I never said I was a good man,

but one can receive good
advice from a bad person.

And I promise, you marry that prince,

you'll regret it forever.

We won't be disturbed here.

No one visits this room
except the servants,

and I've claimed it for the hour.

A whole hour, you say?

I think we're safer in my chambers.

I thought you might like a change of venue.

You've been tense

ever since Lord Narcisse became regent.

I have something different

to take your mind off your aggravations.

The servants tell me it belonged

to Prince Don Carlos.

It was found in his room
after some sort of accident.

It would be kindling in a
fire, had I not retrieved it.

Why do you want to use that thing?

To keep things interesting.

I can tie you to it.

Christophe, a man nearly
died on that device.

I'm not comfortable
using it in our sex play.

There is still blood on it. Look.

I'll fetch a rag.

Do you not hear me? I
said a man nearly died.

You're right.

That is sad.

Why don't we go back to our usual game?

No.

I'm no longer in the mood.

After the wedding,

the prince and I will travel to Spain.

And will there be a wedding tour?

- I thought it might be...
- Please, excuse my interruption,

but I have an urgent message from England.

For Spain.

Queen Elizabeth has reconsidered
Don Carlos as a husband.

A formal marriage proposal
will arrive in two days' time.

Well, that's outrageous.

Queen Elizabeth personally rejected

Don Carlos months ago.

That was then. The
prince's current condition

has changed her perspective.

In many ways, he's become
the ideal husband for her.

Impaired, but a more gentle
spirit, who'll make a gentle king.

- Unbelievable.
- The prince's fall

was common knowledge.
However, his mental state...

Is best kept quiet.

Yes, I agree.

Appearances matter.

And England will ensure
the world never learns

of his challenges.

Give us a moment.

Out of respect for our English neighbors,

we move to delay the marriage

between Don Carlos and Queen Mary

until Queen Elizabeth's offer arrives.

You're considering her offer?

Yes, we must.

It's a marvelous bluff, Gideon.

Well, it's barely a
bluff, with little risk.

If Elizabeth rejects the idea,
I'll say she changed her mind

and blame her mercurial nature.

At least I've delayed the wedding

until we can formulate
another plan of attack.

Or this docile prince

might just be the king our
Elizabeth's been waiting for.

I left Cornwall as soon
as I got your letter.

Is everything all right? You
said there was an emergency.

I'm pregnant.

With your child.

- Are you certain?
- I'm quite late, I'm queasy.

The sickness only confirming what I feared.

Which can't be.

You're an unmarried queen.

A pregnancy would ruin me.

Could you?

End the pregnancy?

Such a procedure is dangerous in many ways.

I'm a sovereign queen.

I cannot put my life and my country

at such risk.

We must marry.

- I am married, Elizabeth.
- Then get a divorce.

We've talked about this
option so many times.

It's almost impossible.

I could push it through
parliament with all my might.

And they would know your
actions were self-serving,

especially once we
married immediately after.

We would be judged and scorned.

Half of England doesn't
even recognize divorce.

Even if we were to wed,

our child would be considered illegitimate.

As many consider me,

and yet I am queen.

I would be abandoning a dying wife.

Is Amy dying?

You left to aid in her recovery.

She's weak and frail with
no sign of improvement.

If only we could wait.

- Elizabeth.
- Then what is your solution,

Robert?

I am pregnant.

We did this together.

You could marry another.

There isn't time.

Is that what you want?

No.

You are the man I love,

and this is our child.

There has to be some way.

All I ever hear is that England
needs a king and an heir.

And I can give them both.

I will marry you.

I'll divorce my wife, and I'll marry you.

And I will pray for our souls.

And for our child's.

Because if England, your nobles
and your people, see this babe

not as a blessing but as
evidence of my ambition

and of your wickedness...

It will be the end of us all.

You're planning to marry him,
and now he's going to divorce?

How can you possibly
think this is a good idea?

'Cause I love him.

And he loves me.

Does he care about your future as a queen?

Does he consider how this
will look to your subjects?

Many of your people are
vehemently opposed to divorce.

They'll have to get used to it.

This is my choice.

It's a rash decision.

And what's the hurry?

You said yourself his wife is gravely ill.

She might die. Why not wait and see?

I can't.

I won't.

I hear things, you know.

People whisper about Robert and me.

Wouldn't it be better

if we married and started
down the honorable path

sooner rather than later?

If you love your queen, William,

you will support me.

Help you steal a husband?

The people will call you
temptress, harlot or worse.

You're creating a terrible mess, Elizabeth.

Then clean it up.

That is your job.

And my decision is final.

I am humbly aware of the many Frenchmen

vying to court you, Princess Claude,

but I would be so honored
if you might accept... this.

Oh, my apologies.

It's lovely.

Thank you.

Might I?

My dear mother wore it upon her bosom.

She was a, uh, larger woman.

Princess Claude.

Excuse me, you have a
Latin lesson to attend.

Latin!

Is that today?

Well, this is a terrible inconvenience.

I was having such a wonderful time with...

- Archduke Forlay.
- Yes, of course.

I'm very displeased by this.

Thank you for the gift.

I shall think of your
mother whenever I wear it.

I do so love my Latin lessons.

I always told myself that if
I had a daughter or a wife,

I'd teach them how to defend
themselves. Yes, all right.

So if a man comes at you,
hit him in the throat.

You take away his breath, and
he'll go right to his knees.

You just have to put
your whole body into it.

Claude, I want you to be safe.

- Even when I'm not here to protect you.
- Are you going somewhere?

You said yourself, we're
never getting married,

so one day we'll both have to move on.

But until then,

I got the, uh, precautions.

I went to the village this morning.

Wait, where exactly did you get them?

I went to the merchant you specified,

and I asked for sheepskin,
as you specified.

I never said sheepskin.

All right, no matter.

Claude, are you nervous?
We don't have to have sex.

- Why would I be nervous?
- I don't know.

It isn't exactly the first
time for either of us.

What does that mean?

Have you honestly
forgotten? I delivered you

to a baron and had to wait
outside the room while...

You think that because I'm not
a virgin I'll sleep with anyone?

Now I'm "anyone" because
I'm not a baron or a duke?

You just don't understand.

I'm a princess.

I can't just throw my fate
to the wind for someone...

Beneath you?

I didn't make up the rules.

Delphine.

Have you been outside today?

I don't think I'm ready.

You haven't left this room in days.

Not that I mind having
someone to come home to.

But I'm worried about you.

I know you're scared, ever since
the night in Greer's tavern,

when you were in the
same room with the killer,

but you're safe now.

Sir, an unsigned letter just arrived.

It concerns the murders.

"To the king's deputy and his healer.

"By the time you read
this, I will be long gone,

"but you should know the
healer's touch changed me.

"The desire to kill left me
for the first time in my life.

I will claim no more hearts,
and may God forgive my sins."

Does he think this will
slow my search, stop it?

I'm sure that's his hope.

But, Bash, it is possible
that he is healed.

He spared me that night.

After he touched me.

I felt his urges transfer to me.

And there have been no murders since.

No. He knows we're close.

This message is a desperate
bid to throw us off.

The sickness that drives
this man cannot be stopped.

We must continue our search.

Delphine, what are you so afraid of?

You know I will protect you.

Come with me to the village...
we'll retrace your steps.

Maybe reawaken your abilities.

I can't do this without you.

I don't trust anyone
from Elizabeth's court.

Least of all her new ambassador.

Can you intercept Gideon's correspondence?

What am I looking for?

I wonder if this marriage proposal

from Elizabeth is even real.

It could just be a fabrication
meant to delay the wedding,

disrupt the alliance.

If it's false, you'll
need to prove it to Spain.

I'll see what I can find.

Can you imagine, Greer?
I'm going to marry him.

After all that's happened
I'm going to be his wife.

I had real love in my
marriage with Francis.

I do wonder if I can live without it.

And watch closely. The trick of the game

is to strike the top

and keep it spinning.

Ten.

Don Carlos, are you all right?

Very... tired.

Can I l-lie down?

Of course.

Did the prince enjoy the
games in the courtyard?

Why are you talking to
me as if I'm a child?

Your speech. Have you
recovered? I should get

the physicians and tell the Scottish queen.

No. For the last few days

I've been feeling my senses... return.

Words, phrases, my arm.

But I hid it.

Somehow I knew I wasn't safe here.

I didn't know why until today.

I remembered my accident.

Mary was there.

She deceived me.

Betrayed my trust.

Because of her I nearly lost everything.

What do you want me to do about Mary?

You?

I've been listening to you, too, Federico.

Mocking my secrets.

Even as a prince, I have to
hide my desires from the world.

Why, when I can live as I please?

Be who I am. There is a way. Finally.

Mary's been using me.

And now I'm going to use her.

It's time I did as I liked in a country

of my own.

I think I'll take Scotland.

Spain is willing to reject Queen
Elizabeth's offer of marriage.

if Queen Mary agrees to grant

her husband the Crown Matrimonial.

That is a very large request.

If I were to die childless,
the Crown Matrimonial

guarantees that Don Carlos
remains king of Scotland.

Where is this coming from?

This seems rather uncharacteristic

for the gentle prince.

From his father, King Philip of Spain.

He makes the request most
respectfully, as Spain

is offering you so much in return.

We will retire and await your response.

This way, Your Highness.

It's not ideal, but any man

of royal lineage would seek the same

- to guarantee himself a crown.
- It's still a risk,

for any queen... naming
a man as my successor.

Well, consider the man you're
dealing with. It's very unlikely

he'll exercise any power at all.

His brain is damaged. But if you want him,

you will have to edge out Elizabeth.

Excuse me.

Is there a reason you've
been staring at me?

Just admiring your technique.

Men seem to fall at your feet.

If you mean the men here, I'm
simply arranging transactions

for my courtesans. Besides,
I'm still married...

I'm no real option for anyone.

Might your sudden interest in me

have anything to do with Leith, perhaps?

Claude, you needn't worry,

there's nothing between us anymore.

But he did love you.

You were his great love, after all.

His forever love.

No such love exists unless
we make it so, and we did not.

Last time I spoke to Leith, he seemed

quite smitten with you.

Well, he hates me now.

It all seemed to be going well.

And we were about to...

- you know.
- I do know.

Easy on the wine.

But I just felt angry all of a sudden.

Like I needed to protect myself.

Well, if you're protecting yourself,

it sounds like you're afraid of something.

Of course I'm afraid.

I convinced him it could be casual,

that I wouldn't break
his heart like you did.

But what about my heart?

You're falling in love with him

and you're afraid it will end.

Claude, I recently had a dalliance

with a man that I didn't love at all

and I told myself that I was risking less,

but I was wrong.

There is always risk.

At least when you love someone,

it's worth taking.

Are you all right? Do you feel anything?

What is it? Do you sense the killer?

It's not the killer.

Though I still feel his rage.

I hoped it was only temporary,

but it's been with me since
the night at Greer's Tavern.

The people passing in the street,

I want to hurt them.

Is this why you haven't left my chambers?

Maybe what the killer wrote is true.

Maybe he really is healed

and the hatred he carried
has been transferred into me.

I'm sorry.

I've pushed you too hard.

There's another path back to the
castle, away from these crowds.

I'll get you there safely.

And you will heal. I promise.

- Gentlemen.
- Majesty.

After much thought, I have decided to grant

Don Carlos the Crown Matrimonial,

under one condition: that
the wedding take place

- tomorrow.
- Tomorrow?

Before Elizabeth's counterproposal arrives.

I won't make my offer again.

Queen Mary, we accept

your offer on behalf of the prince.

Tomorrow you will be wed

and begin your lives as husband and wife.

Amy.

Why aren't you in Cornwall?

Elizabeth called you back to court.

Did you think I would ignore that?

So what is it now?

Am I faltering in our queen's
post as Keeper of the Swans?

Given the fact I can barely stand.

I'm seeking a divorce.

Now?

I'm dying, Robert.

Elizabeth and I love each
other. We're going to marry.

I'll continue to provide you with the
best care and the finest treatment.

You know you can run to Elizabeth as
soon as I'm dead. Why can't you wait?

We can't wait. We won't.

Why?

Why?

That emergency in Elizabeth's message,

what was it? What makes you want

to rush to the altar so quickly?

To divorce me now?

She's pregnant, isn't she?

Don't be ridiculous.

Go on. Deny it.

But this child you think will determine
your fate, bind your love, will ruin you.

- And you will never leave me.
- I'm warning you. Don't do this.

If you try to divorce me, I will tell
the world that Elizabeth is with child.

She will lose her throne.
I bet they'll find a way

to take her head. Just like her mother.

If you try, I will kill
you myself. I swear.

Wh-What are you doing?

I'm locking you up. I'll
dismiss the servants.

You'll have an audience
with no one until I return.

- I won't be condemned to a life of shame!
- No, you'll live out your days

in comfort. I'll send you
far away, but you'll want

- for nothing.
- I won't be locked away again!

My parents used to lock me
up! I won't let you hide me!

Stop it now!

I won't be locked away like a crazed animal

when I'm not crazy! I'm not!

Elizabeth will never have you!
I swear, she will never have you!

Ever!

Are you sure Don Carlos moved his bad arm?

It happened so fast. But perhaps I'm wrong.

But I can't stop thinking...

Could he be pretending

to be in worse condition than he is?

Why would he hide his recovery?

You wanted to marry
him before his accident.

Mary, it's normal for a bride

to get cold feet before her wedding.

Is that what's happening to me?

I feel so far from normal.

I am a queen about to marry
a broken prince for power.

You're also a widow

grieving the man you truly loved.

Mary, if you're looking for an excuse

not to go through with
the wedding, as a Scot,

it's hard for me to offer one.

The Spanish alliance would empower you

and our nation against Elizabeth.

Spain would allow you to bring
Lola and her family home alive.

All you have to do is walk down that aisle.

It'll be fun.

If the royals use it
to entertain themselves,

then why shouldn't we?

Excuse me, Queen Mother. I...

wandered in by accident.

Of course you did.

You're still at it.

The girl wanted to try it.

Why are you here?

I had you followed. I am the queen mother.

I need to be careful who I draw close,

to see if you can be trusted.

To do what? Service only you?

- Is that what you're asking?
- No, it really isn't.

But I must admit that seeing you

with someone your own
age, it does make me wonder

what do you hope to
gain from being my lover?

And be honest this time.

Well, I won't lie to you.
Poverty takes its toll.

Mmm. So it's money that you want.

I want to earn it. And I
don't want to tend fireplaces

for the rest of my life.

I'll get you a job with the stable master.

I slept with his daughter.

How 'bout a position in the kitchen?

The baker's wife.

Really, Christophe, is
there anywhere in the castle

you have not spilled your seed?

I...

What about the kingsguard?

There's good coin in that,
and the job demands respect.

I've no combat experience,
but I'm a quick study.

I bet you are. I like that we
understand each other better.

And I suppose, if I'm
gonna take the regency,

it would help me to have
someone loyal in the kingsguard.

I am loyal to you.

Let me show you.

Not here.

My chambers.

Queen Mary, you sent for me?

Yes. I need some good
advice from a bad person.

I'm concerned the Spanish prince

is lying to me about his condition,

that he's recovered more
than he's letting on.

- Why would he do that?
- I don't know.

But if he's deceiving me,

he's also deceiving your queen

and is therefore unsuitable for both of us.

Certainly you haven't
come to me out of concern

for your English cousin.

I came to you because
everyone in this castle

wants me to go forward with
this marriage, except you.

I know you want to stop
this alliance at any cost,

so I'm giving you

a chance to find the truth for me.

If Don Carlos is lying, then
he must have an ulterior motive.

I need proof before the wedding happens.

- That's tomorrow.
- Yes.

So you'd better get to it then.

She threatened to expose my pregnancy?

I will send Amy to the Tower
and have her hanged for treason.

- You can't have Amy hanged.
- She threatened a queen.

If Amy is killed and you
look responsible in any way,

then we can never be together.

- Then what do you suggest we do?
- I think I know a way.

I believe that Amy is truly insane.

Finally you see her for what she really is.

They locked her away when she was young.

She can be put away again. In an asylum.

Then she'll be declared mentally unfit,

I'll be granted my divorce,

and you and I can wed.

The only part of this

that I feel good about is being with you.

I know.

I love you.

You loved me. You lied.

You can't do this to me. You won't.

Rot in hell, you and your virgin queen!

What is it?

Amy Dudley is dead.

A servant at the Dudley's
country house found her body

this morning. She was at
the bottom of the stairs

with a broken neck.

- How?
- There are signs of a struggle.

The Dudleys were heard arguing that
same day, before Robert dismissed

all of the servants. And now
rumors are already spreading

that Dudley murdered his wife.

He didn't do this, William.
He couldn't have done this.

- How can you be sure?
- I am.

- Stay away from him.
- None of this will matter

once he's absolved.

The scandal will recede,
and we will be married.

You and Dudley will never marry.

He might hang as a murderer. Do
you want to be accused as well?

Your affair is motive, Elizabeth.

You need to save yourself, or
you could lose your kingdom.

And your life.

You're leaving?

There's news of an
avalanche in the mountains.

Many died, even more were injured.

The survivors will need help.

Who's going to help you?

If I start healing others again,

maybe I'll heal myself.

I was never meant to
chase a monster. Besides,

he's probably far away by now.

Bash, I have to leave.

I'm a danger here,

even to you.

I won't try to stop you this time,

but I will wait for you. I want you to know

you'll always have someone to come home to.

- Do you like it, Princess?
- It's quite something.

Yes. I stuffed it myself.

- Notice the plumage.
- Leith!

Princess.

Leith, don't I have a Latin lesson today?

- No. Not today.
- You're mistaken.

- I'm quite sure...
- I'm quite sure

that you tired of Latin.
You found it... beneath you.

Leith! I've had quite a bit of
time to think, and I didn't mean

what I said about Latin.

It's not in any way beneath me.

In fact,

I adore Latin.

Then why would you say all those things?

Because it's frightening,

the idea of devoting myself to Latin

when I might possibly lose... Latin.

I know I seem strong, but

that would utterly destroy me.

Well, I am fluent in Latin,

- so...
- Oh, do shut up!

Please, and I'd appreciate
if you might leave,

as well?

But I stuffed it myself.

- Are you sure? Our future...
- Nothing...

is certain but my feelings for you.

Yes, I'm sure.

Whatever it is, just say it.

I love you.

I love you, too.

My apologies. I...

I know it's bad luck to see
the bride before her wedding.

Only if you're the groom.

The Spanish have hired a team

of mercenaries for your journey to Spain.

A group with a particular
talent for assassination.

Queen Mary, is there any reason
the prince would wish you harm?

I've made some choices that I regret.

Choices that betrayed his trust.

I didn't mean to hurt him, but...

The Crown Matrimonial.

I agreed to grant it to him. I thought

- that he would never be a threat to me.
- Mary, if he has recovered,

and he's deceiving you,
then once you're married...

He could have me killed and
still be the king of Scotland.

And what prince wouldn't
want his own country to rule?

Do you have any evidence?

No. No, mercenaries are
paid well for their silence.

- I could confront him.
- Oh, he may claim

he's hired these men for your protection.

I can't back out of a
marriage without cause.

Spain would retaliate.

If I can't prove that he means to kill me,

perhaps I can prove something
else... that he's a liar.

Trying to deceive a queen into marriage.

Your ceremony's in two hours.

How do you expect to prove this?

With a trick.

One my mother taught me.

Don Carlos, are you sure
you want to marry me?

Yes. I... love you, Mary.

Spain has reviewed

and approved the contracts.

So have I.

Now you sign your name on each page.

What is it, my prince?

Is something the matter?

Where is the Crown Matrimonial?

Don Carlos, your hand.

- Where is it?!
- Prince Don Carlos.

It seems I've been misled.

Or is this a miraculous recovery?

You switched the contracts, you Jezebel!

It was a test, one that you failed.

The prince has lied to us all

to gain Scotland under false pretenses.

He was planning to have me
killed en route to Spain.

That is a lie!

I bribed his mercenaries.

This man would murder
me to steal my country!

I deserve a country of my own!

A prince answers to his father.

A king answers to no one!

Go back to Spain.

Federico, these are not
the terms we agreed upon.

Aren't you going to say something?

No, I'd rather not.

I haven't the faintest
idea what is going on.

But I do know that now is not

the time for France to
lose Spain's support.

This is still my home, and if the regent

is too cowardly to speak
for France, then I will.

France empty-handed.

Don Carlos, I hereby
banish you from France.

And if you try to turn King
Phillip against us with lies,

if you attack my country or
Mary in any way, I will not

hesitate to share with your father

the ghastly details of your visit.

Take your toy and your men with you.

Yes, Your Excellency,

what is it?

I'm afraid that I have some bad news.

France has crippling military debt.

Had Mary and Don Carlos wed,

then France would have received
a stimulus of Spanish gold,

but since the wedding is
canceled, the debts remains.

- Sounds like a regency problem.
- Yes.

And ironically, you will
provide the solution.

I'm marrying you off to Duke Boinel,

a wealthy noble who will
supply France with the gold

she so desperately needs
in return for your hand.

Absolutely not. I will not be sold.

Whatever deal you had
with Catherine is now moot.

I am the regent, and I have decided.

The duke arrives tomorrow.

The wedding will happen
quickly, pending a meeting.

A meeting? I'll gladly take it,

and I will send this duke running

for the hills, I promise you!

You will not be meeting with the duke.

King Charles will be.

And once he realizes just how rich

and decent Duke Boinel is, I'm confident

that your brother will
agree to this wedding.

This is happening

for the good of France.

Be grateful for the fun you had.

You must have known your time would come.

- Did anyone see you?
- No.

What did you do?

You said Amy was to be
locked away in an asylum!

Lower your voice. I didn't kill her.

It was you who wanted
her hanged for treason.

Maybe you grew impatient,
silenced her once and for all.

I would never jeopardize
our chance to marry.

I knew that if she died

and we looked any way responsible,

we could never be together.

Oh, my lord.

Amy.

She knew that, too.

She knew it was the one
way she could keep us apart.

Would she go so far as to do this?

Frame me for her murder? How
will I prove my innocence?

I sent the servants away, Elizabeth.

You have to help me to evade the gallows.

I will do all I can.

We cannot be seen together.

I have my kingdom and the future

of my reign to consider.

And our child. Wha...?

What of our child?

Elizabeth, that child gives us motive.

We could both go to the
gallows for Amy's death.

But this child was to
be our greatest blessing,

and what do I do about it?

Robert, what do I do?!

So, how does it feel to
be unattached once again?

I feel relieved, I suppose.

Although, today was hardly a victory.

Scotland needed that alliance.

You did manage to procure
us some much-needed grain

for your country, if it's any consolation.

It is.

You were right, you know.

I do want love in my life.

Truthfully, who doesn't want that?

But for me...

as a queen...

oh, I was lucky to have it once.

I need to accept that, for me,

marriage is likely a
different subject altogether.

Why did you warn me

about the Spanish mercenaries?

I know Elizabeth doesn't want

to take responsibility for my death,

but she's quite happy to
let someone else do it.

Why save my life?

I assure you my decision
was purely diplomatic.

Elizabeth wouldn't want
Don Carlos ruling Scotland.

A king she distrusts
looming at England's borders?

Perhaps. Or maybe your loyalty to
Elizabeth is less than absolute?

It's from your daughter Agatha.

I've been intercepting some of
your correspondence from England.

I didn't believe you when you
told me about your wife before.

But my own spies have
confirmed what happened to her.

And now Elizabeth has your
little girl, doesn't she?

She's using your daughter

to ensure that you sabotage my alliances.

To have your child taken
from you. I'm so sorry.

I don't want your pity.

Tell your queen that you single-handedly

sabotaged the alliance with Spain.

Take the credit, Gideon, and hopefully,

as a reward, she'll let
you see your child soon.

Mary, there's something you need to know.

Sooner rather than later.

There's news of the
Reformation in Scotland,

independent of Elizabeth.

It's become a Protestant nation.

I know you planned to go back to Scotland,

but as a Catholic, if you return now,

you'll be an outsider in your own country.

They may not welcome you back.

What will you do?

I don't know.

I can't stay in France forever.

But I don't want your pity, either.

Wear this.

- It's a cold night.
- Hmm.

Funny. I feel so warm,

as if I were seated before a roaring fire.

Are you cold, lover?

Your breath is like frost,
like you're out in winter's air.

But how could you...?