The Musketeers (2014–2016): Season 3, Episode 6 - Death of a Hero - full transcript
The day you die
is just like every other day.
You wake and dress and eat and drink.
Just like every other day.
You don't see death coming.
Or hear its approach.
Because you are too busy living.
Too busy enjoying your life.
Sating your appetites.
Thank you.
Rich man or beggar,
it does not discriminate.
Death doesn't care about
fleeing your demons,
or making amends for them.
It doesn't care about any of that.
It cares only that this is your time.
Your day...
to die.
And this is the Musketeers' day.
No mistakes this time.
Of course not.
By dusk,
Athos and his friends...
will be dead.
Next time, try not to wait until
the bottle's kissing the ground
before shooting.
It's not good for the nerves.
Next time, don't choose
such a small pebble.
I could barely hear it.
- Here's your share.
- Thank you.
Thank you.
You boys are expensive to feed.
Especially you. Come on, give.
Half of that.
D'Artagnan, this came earlier.
Porthos!
It's a letter from Treville.
We have to meet General
Verdet's aide in Bourgogne,
and escort him back to Paris.
He has news from the front.
What now?
No, not now, go to sleep.
The war will wait.
The three of us
are to leave immediately.
By "immediately", I do presume
you mean after breakfast?
Since I've paid for it.
I think we should wait for Athos,
let him know where we are going.
Wait how long exactly?
I'm going to have to start charging
you lodgings. You're here so often.
Is this a complaint?
Do I look dissatisfied?
No, no.
I will not be responsible
for distracting
the Captain of the Musketeers
from his duties.
After all, the King and Paris
depend on you.
I'll... I'll get breakfast.
I saw you...
on the battlefield?
Defend yourself, Captain.
Or where is the honour in killing you?
Athos!
Let me help you.
Where is Grimaud?
Dead. I shot him.
Show me.
He was there. I shot him.
He fell right there.
The others are in grave danger.
The Governor is here to see you.
I'm not receiving visitors.
You have not heard
what I have come to say.
When this is over, Philippe,
and justice has been served,
you'll pay for how I have been treated!
I am a son of France,
a prince of the blood.
And yet you lock me up here
like an animal!
It doesn't get any easier, this killing.
You better swap clothes with him.
Hurry.
We don't have much time.
I take it the King
doesn't know about this?
No.
You really think it's
necessary to go after them?
If it's the slightest chance they
are walking into a trap, yes.
What is so urgent, it couldn't...
Did you write that?
No.
I'll get the cadets ready to leave.
That message is a forgery,
designed to lure Aramis,
Porthos and d'Artagnan into an ambush.
Who did this?
Grimaud.
You saw him with Feron? Were
they in deep conversation?
It certainly looked like it.
An alliance with Feron puts the
Red Guard at Grimaud's disposal.
- Sir?
- Saddle up.
My clothes, bring me my clothes.
When I said ordinary,
I didn't mean ugly.
We can alter them again, Your Majesty.
No, it's too late now,
this will have to do.
Louis, why don't I accompany you?
I know how difficult
today must be for you.
Anniversary of your father's death.
I've already arranged
an escort. Thank you.
Now, where is my money?
Hold, hold, hold!
Do you hear that?
- How many?
- Five riders.
Maybe more. Hyah!
Shh. Shh.
Red Guards.
Aramis, you are to return
with us to the palace.
The King commands it.
We have business, on behalf
of Minister Treville.
Are you questioning a royal order?
No, believe me, if we were,
we wouldn't be taking it up
with the messenger boy.
If you come now, you won't be arrested.
Very well.
I'll see you back at the garrison.
Get him some food.
You'll stay here until nightfall
then, we'll take you out of
Paris under cover of darkness.
And please don't draw
attention to yourself, hmm?
Where are you going?
I must make sure
my absence has not been noted.
But I will be back.
Oh, and remember,
if any of Grimaud's men
ask your name, it is?
- "Victor". I know.
- Yes, quite right.
Victor! Suits you.
And to Victor, the spoils.
So, you're my benefactor.
You're the man behind all this.
Don't worry.
There will be time to discuss
how you can...
repay the debt.
Do I make a good Pilgrim?
Well, Feron, am I transformed?
No garments, no matter how dreary,
could disguise
Your Majesty's regal bearing.
What do you think?
I think it would be safer if you
were accompanied by a royal guard.
Why must you question my every decision?
Why? I am angry now.
I was happy before
and you have made me...
The Musketeer Aramis, as requested.
You are to accompany me on a pilgrimage.
A pilgrimage, Your Majesty?
Well, you are a man of God,
Aramis. Or so you say.
I was once.
But now, I am just a soldier
and your loyal servant.
Well, perhaps it is time we
reacquainted you with your God.
Yes, Your Majesty.
We leave within the hour.
Why would the General's aide choose
to meet somewhere like this?
That's a good question.
- Let's go see what's inside.
- I'll wait here.
Aramis is back in Paris.
What's going on?
He has been summoned back by the King.
They are going on a pilgrimage,
to the Royal Mausoleum.
What about Porthos and d'Artagnan?
Marcheaux assures me they
continued with their journey.
Perhaps it would be better
to reconsider our plans.
No! It's too late for that!
How many guards are with the King?
Oh, Aramis, alone.
Then wait for them outside the Mausoleum
and kill them both there.
You... You mean the King as well?
We cannot kill the King.
We have to. Athos saw me.
There's no going back now.
My dear fellow, that would be
treason and foolhardy.
Louis is already dying.
I hope you are not having doubts, Feron?
You are asking me to kill
my own brother!
If you don't, then he will
discover your betrayal
and hang you.
And if he doesn't, I will hang you!
Thank you.
You will kill Aramis and the King.
Very well.
Now we found a nice spot
in the shade, we can wait.
Properly.
Come on, come on. That's it, good...
Please be good,
please be good, please be good.
Oh, this could turn out
to be a good day after all.
I imagine the General's aide will
be a little while longer yet.
How many battles did we fight, eh?
- Too many.
- Hmm. Yeah.
We've served our country,
often and well.
So if we are rewarded with
the odd mission like this,
I won't complain.
In that case,
I'd like to propose a toast.
To easy missions, well earned.
To easy missions well earned.
Ooh.
What's wrong?
Wait.
Look at the horses.
- I don't see anything.
- Me neither.
- Did you see that?
- No.
Opposite roof.
- No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
- Shh!
Not the wine, not the wine!
Well, that answers that.
How many do you reckon we got?
I'm not sure but I think we can
assume it's more than two.
Yeah.
- My ammunition's out there.
- Yeah, mine too.
- How much have you got?
- Not enough.
When you were, uh, searching
before, you didn't happen to...
No. No other entrances or exits,
and there's no way we're
getting through these windows.
Of course not, because that
would be to our advantage.
Okay.
You had to throw it out, didn't you?
Of all the junk in here,
you had to throw out
the one cask of wine to be
shot to pieces? Well done.
"Easy missions, well earned", Porthos.
Cadets! Time to go!
Grimaud certainly left his mark on you.
Getting caught unarmed and
unawares, doesn't sound like you?
A mistake I will not make again.
We ride hard.
It's eight hours until dark
and what is it?
Four shot balls left.
Eight hours, four shot balls, not
the most encouraging number.
Besides, they're not going to
let us live until dark.
That would just be stupid.
D'Artagnan!
Come on. Come on.
The last thing they're expecting is
for one of us to go out that door.
Because that would be suicide.
Cover me.
Come on, come on, come on.
Yes, yes, yes.
Good, good. What we got?
What we got? What we got?
Oh, you beauty.
Lovely work.
Flush them out. Use the gunpowder.
Why else would Louis choose Aramis
particularly to be his personal guard?
He knows.
You don't know that for sure.
The King has hated me for five years.
I know things have been
difficult between you but...
Our marriage has been for public show.
In private, he's ignored
or slighted me at every turn.
You need to stay strong.
You're still the Queen of France.
Perhaps not for long.
Do you think that the King
would want a scandal
that could endanger the throne?
The Dauphin is his son, the King
could never admit to anything else.
I had hoped that everything
with Aramis was over.
Forgotten.
Is it?
I mean... Has it ever really
been over, for you?
Monsieur, your generosity will
not be overlooked or forgotten.
The Bible says that it is
easier for a camel
to pass through the eye of a needle
than for a rich man to enter heaven.
That is true
if the rich man
does not repent of his sins.
But all who renounce Satan
and are contrite are welcome
in the house of God.
Mmm.
I will pray for your soul.
Word's spread that a man
is visiting churches,
handing out money and
a crowd is gathering outside.
I suggest we return
to the palace immediately.
Do you believe in heaven and hell?
Yes, I believe I do.
That a man will be punished
for his wrongdoing,
for his sins?
Yes, Your Majesty.
So do I.
I wish to visit the tomb of
my father in Saint-Denis
before we return to the palace.
Ah, after all the battles I've been in,
I cannot believe that this is
how I'm gonna die.
Watching the last barrel
of wine spill into the dirt.
I'm sorry about that, by the way.
I know.
Death is mocking me.
You know we're not going to die today.
You might want to tell them that...
I'm not ready, not here,
not like this, not now.
And I've too much left to do.
And I can't die without seeing
Constance's face one last time, can I?
Or laying eyes on the children
we will have together.
Seeing them play,
holding them in my arms,
and teaching them how to ride and shoot
and love.
No, this is not my day.
I have none of that.
No wife, no children, no one.
You have friends.
- Great friends.
- Mmm-hmm.
I have no doubt that one day,
you will have a wife
and child of your own.
Yeah.
Yeah, one day.
And I won't let anyone
take that away from me.
They won't kill us today.
We refuse to die!
Porthos! Aramis!
D'Artagnan!
Come on. Quickly!
Dismount! Help him!
Wait here.
I should go with you.
You should do as I say.
Philippe, you remembered too.
Twenty-five years to the day
since our dear father's death.
Do you remember the funeral?
The streets of Paris lined, 20 deep.
I...
I could not attend.
Bastards can be embarrassing.
You are blood.
You are my blood.
Philippe...
You are the only one I can trust.
The only one who has not betrayed me.
Oh.
Oh, come...
I have something to show you.
Come on.
_
For me?
Of course.
Who'd have thought it, Philippe...
Of all my family...
I have a great favour to ask you.
Anything.
- After my death...
- Many, many years from now.
I want you to be the Dauphin's
familial guardian.
To protect him and educate him.
Provide him with wise counsel,
so that when the time comes,
he will be equipped to reign.
I will treat him,
the Dauphin, as my own son.
I know you will.
Oh, please... Please.
Please, d'Artagnan.
It's not our day.
We refuse to die!
We refuse to die!
You took your time. D'Artagnan...
Keep searching.
D'Artagnan!
Aramis! Aramis!
- He's not here.
- Huh?
He's not here, he's with the King.
From the palace.
Gaston has escaped the Bastille.
And the King and Aramis have not
returned from the Mausoleum.
This is not a coincidence.
We ride for Saint-Denis.
And I would apologise
for the surroundings.
But I imagine,
as a soldier and a priest,
you are well acquainted with death.
More than I'd have wished.
Yes, I too am acquainted with
death more than I'd have wished.
Death has a grip on me.
One I cannot break.
I am so sorry.
I don't want your sympathy.
That's not why you're here.
But there is something
I need from you, Aramis.
Without it, I will not find peace.
A truth I need to hear from
your mouth, and don't lie.
You and my wife may think I'm
a fool but I am not a fool.
I know.
Say it.
It will serve...
no purpose.
You are a musketeer.
You only exist to serve my purpose.
I am ordering you!
Why dredge up the past?
Admit! Admit you slept with the Queen!
I slept with the loneliest
woman in Paris.
Don't you dare make excuses!
This woman suffered years of neglect
and betrayal from your part.
She endured you parading Milady
de Winter through the palace.
Shaming your own wife! Humiliating her.
You swore to protect me!
I am protecting you!
I am protecting you.
No longer.
No, what you have done is treason
and for that, you will hang.
Get out.
I fear we are making
a very grave mistake.
Gaston is not a man we can rely on.
But the King, Louis,
I have his ear.
He has entrusted me with
guardianship of the Dauphin.
You haven't killed him?
No.
I have enjoyed our partnership, Lucien.
But if there is a choice,
who I must betray
between you and the King,
well...
well, I choose you.
Do you realise what you're saying?
Oh, yes.
Today...
is my day.
Don't worry about your beloved brother.
I suspect you will be
seeing him very soon indeed.
Give me a pistol.
Get back inside! And lock the door.
What, are you afraid I'll shoot you?
I have lived my whole life
in fear of death.
I am dying anyway,
what do I have to lose?
They're spreading out.
They want to come from all sides.
Then we better start shooting.
Wait.
Hold...
Now!
Ha!
Aramis!
Let's move!
Take the King back to the palace.
We'll cover you.
On me!
Stop!
Philippe!
Your Majesty.
We need to move!
Why?
Your Majesty.
Grimaud!
It was Philippe who fired
the shot to warn us.
He was a hero and a patriot.
A true son of France.
You will have no contact
with the Queen or the Dauphin.
He is my son. Not yours.
When he's frightened or
he falls, it is me he seeks.
When he hears "Papa", it is
my face he sees, not yours.
And I will see to it that
you play no part in his life.
Even when I'm dead,
you will not see him.
I will make sure of that.
Those not killed have fled,
Your Majesty,
including their leader, Lucien Grimaud.
I want him hunted down.
Governor Feron?
He died saving my life.
He will have a full state funeral.
Nothing spared.
Cover him, please.
I will not have him be a spectacle.
We're leaving. Saddle up.
Feron is dead.
Feron
was a liability.
It was you?
I... I took no pleasure in it.
But you did it, all the same.
He would have got us
all caught and hung.
You too.
He said he would betray us,
before the King.
If you're unhappy,
then go.
But nothing's changed.
In a few months, Louis will be dead
and I'll return to Paris with
Gaston at the head of an army.
He will be the next King of France.
I will have my men clear this area
so that you can leave unnoticed.
No, Gaston couldn't have escaped
the Bastille, not without help.
Grimaud.
What does Grimaud want with Gaston?
The King...
is dying.
What?
He told me today he's dying.
He has...
months to live.
You knew?
When were you going to tell me?
When you needed to know.
I would have put Gaston
under heavier guard.
Now he's in the hands of Grimaud,
primed to seize power
the moment Louis dies.
Why does it have to
be a choice, me or France?
Aren't you entitled to be
happy like every other man?
I am a Musketeer.
My duty is to the King and to France.
I'm not asking you
to betray your country.
Well, that's exactly
what I would be doing.
Forces are gathering
that pose a grave threat.
They must be defeated,
I cannot compromise that.
I was afraid you hadn't got my message.
He knows.
He wanted me to admit
that I'd slept with you.
The King will banish me.
He'll take my son away from me.
I don't believe he intends
to punish you...
You don't know how things
have been between us.
No. But I do know
how men behave
when they are facing death.
He...
He is dying?
He hadn't told you?
You cannot afford weakness now.
You are a Spanish Queen
in a French Court.
Your enemies will plot against you.
Prepare for it.
You must be equal to their
challenge, for the sake of your son,
for France.
You're not alone.
is just like every other day.
You wake and dress and eat and drink.
Just like every other day.
You don't see death coming.
Or hear its approach.
Because you are too busy living.
Too busy enjoying your life.
Sating your appetites.
Thank you.
Rich man or beggar,
it does not discriminate.
Death doesn't care about
fleeing your demons,
or making amends for them.
It doesn't care about any of that.
It cares only that this is your time.
Your day...
to die.
And this is the Musketeers' day.
No mistakes this time.
Of course not.
By dusk,
Athos and his friends...
will be dead.
Next time, try not to wait until
the bottle's kissing the ground
before shooting.
It's not good for the nerves.
Next time, don't choose
such a small pebble.
I could barely hear it.
- Here's your share.
- Thank you.
Thank you.
You boys are expensive to feed.
Especially you. Come on, give.
Half of that.
D'Artagnan, this came earlier.
Porthos!
It's a letter from Treville.
We have to meet General
Verdet's aide in Bourgogne,
and escort him back to Paris.
He has news from the front.
What now?
No, not now, go to sleep.
The war will wait.
The three of us
are to leave immediately.
By "immediately", I do presume
you mean after breakfast?
Since I've paid for it.
I think we should wait for Athos,
let him know where we are going.
Wait how long exactly?
I'm going to have to start charging
you lodgings. You're here so often.
Is this a complaint?
Do I look dissatisfied?
No, no.
I will not be responsible
for distracting
the Captain of the Musketeers
from his duties.
After all, the King and Paris
depend on you.
I'll... I'll get breakfast.
I saw you...
on the battlefield?
Defend yourself, Captain.
Or where is the honour in killing you?
Athos!
Let me help you.
Where is Grimaud?
Dead. I shot him.
Show me.
He was there. I shot him.
He fell right there.
The others are in grave danger.
The Governor is here to see you.
I'm not receiving visitors.
You have not heard
what I have come to say.
When this is over, Philippe,
and justice has been served,
you'll pay for how I have been treated!
I am a son of France,
a prince of the blood.
And yet you lock me up here
like an animal!
It doesn't get any easier, this killing.
You better swap clothes with him.
Hurry.
We don't have much time.
I take it the King
doesn't know about this?
No.
You really think it's
necessary to go after them?
If it's the slightest chance they
are walking into a trap, yes.
What is so urgent, it couldn't...
Did you write that?
No.
I'll get the cadets ready to leave.
That message is a forgery,
designed to lure Aramis,
Porthos and d'Artagnan into an ambush.
Who did this?
Grimaud.
You saw him with Feron? Were
they in deep conversation?
It certainly looked like it.
An alliance with Feron puts the
Red Guard at Grimaud's disposal.
- Sir?
- Saddle up.
My clothes, bring me my clothes.
When I said ordinary,
I didn't mean ugly.
We can alter them again, Your Majesty.
No, it's too late now,
this will have to do.
Louis, why don't I accompany you?
I know how difficult
today must be for you.
Anniversary of your father's death.
I've already arranged
an escort. Thank you.
Now, where is my money?
Hold, hold, hold!
Do you hear that?
- How many?
- Five riders.
Maybe more. Hyah!
Shh. Shh.
Red Guards.
Aramis, you are to return
with us to the palace.
The King commands it.
We have business, on behalf
of Minister Treville.
Are you questioning a royal order?
No, believe me, if we were,
we wouldn't be taking it up
with the messenger boy.
If you come now, you won't be arrested.
Very well.
I'll see you back at the garrison.
Get him some food.
You'll stay here until nightfall
then, we'll take you out of
Paris under cover of darkness.
And please don't draw
attention to yourself, hmm?
Where are you going?
I must make sure
my absence has not been noted.
But I will be back.
Oh, and remember,
if any of Grimaud's men
ask your name, it is?
- "Victor". I know.
- Yes, quite right.
Victor! Suits you.
And to Victor, the spoils.
So, you're my benefactor.
You're the man behind all this.
Don't worry.
There will be time to discuss
how you can...
repay the debt.
Do I make a good Pilgrim?
Well, Feron, am I transformed?
No garments, no matter how dreary,
could disguise
Your Majesty's regal bearing.
What do you think?
I think it would be safer if you
were accompanied by a royal guard.
Why must you question my every decision?
Why? I am angry now.
I was happy before
and you have made me...
The Musketeer Aramis, as requested.
You are to accompany me on a pilgrimage.
A pilgrimage, Your Majesty?
Well, you are a man of God,
Aramis. Or so you say.
I was once.
But now, I am just a soldier
and your loyal servant.
Well, perhaps it is time we
reacquainted you with your God.
Yes, Your Majesty.
We leave within the hour.
Why would the General's aide choose
to meet somewhere like this?
That's a good question.
- Let's go see what's inside.
- I'll wait here.
Aramis is back in Paris.
What's going on?
He has been summoned back by the King.
They are going on a pilgrimage,
to the Royal Mausoleum.
What about Porthos and d'Artagnan?
Marcheaux assures me they
continued with their journey.
Perhaps it would be better
to reconsider our plans.
No! It's too late for that!
How many guards are with the King?
Oh, Aramis, alone.
Then wait for them outside the Mausoleum
and kill them both there.
You... You mean the King as well?
We cannot kill the King.
We have to. Athos saw me.
There's no going back now.
My dear fellow, that would be
treason and foolhardy.
Louis is already dying.
I hope you are not having doubts, Feron?
You are asking me to kill
my own brother!
If you don't, then he will
discover your betrayal
and hang you.
And if he doesn't, I will hang you!
Thank you.
You will kill Aramis and the King.
Very well.
Now we found a nice spot
in the shade, we can wait.
Properly.
Come on, come on. That's it, good...
Please be good,
please be good, please be good.
Oh, this could turn out
to be a good day after all.
I imagine the General's aide will
be a little while longer yet.
How many battles did we fight, eh?
- Too many.
- Hmm. Yeah.
We've served our country,
often and well.
So if we are rewarded with
the odd mission like this,
I won't complain.
In that case,
I'd like to propose a toast.
To easy missions, well earned.
To easy missions well earned.
Ooh.
What's wrong?
Wait.
Look at the horses.
- I don't see anything.
- Me neither.
- Did you see that?
- No.
Opposite roof.
- No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
- Shh!
Not the wine, not the wine!
Well, that answers that.
How many do you reckon we got?
I'm not sure but I think we can
assume it's more than two.
Yeah.
- My ammunition's out there.
- Yeah, mine too.
- How much have you got?
- Not enough.
When you were, uh, searching
before, you didn't happen to...
No. No other entrances or exits,
and there's no way we're
getting through these windows.
Of course not, because that
would be to our advantage.
Okay.
You had to throw it out, didn't you?
Of all the junk in here,
you had to throw out
the one cask of wine to be
shot to pieces? Well done.
"Easy missions, well earned", Porthos.
Cadets! Time to go!
Grimaud certainly left his mark on you.
Getting caught unarmed and
unawares, doesn't sound like you?
A mistake I will not make again.
We ride hard.
It's eight hours until dark
and what is it?
Four shot balls left.
Eight hours, four shot balls, not
the most encouraging number.
Besides, they're not going to
let us live until dark.
That would just be stupid.
D'Artagnan!
Come on. Come on.
The last thing they're expecting is
for one of us to go out that door.
Because that would be suicide.
Cover me.
Come on, come on, come on.
Yes, yes, yes.
Good, good. What we got?
What we got? What we got?
Oh, you beauty.
Lovely work.
Flush them out. Use the gunpowder.
Why else would Louis choose Aramis
particularly to be his personal guard?
He knows.
You don't know that for sure.
The King has hated me for five years.
I know things have been
difficult between you but...
Our marriage has been for public show.
In private, he's ignored
or slighted me at every turn.
You need to stay strong.
You're still the Queen of France.
Perhaps not for long.
Do you think that the King
would want a scandal
that could endanger the throne?
The Dauphin is his son, the King
could never admit to anything else.
I had hoped that everything
with Aramis was over.
Forgotten.
Is it?
I mean... Has it ever really
been over, for you?
Monsieur, your generosity will
not be overlooked or forgotten.
The Bible says that it is
easier for a camel
to pass through the eye of a needle
than for a rich man to enter heaven.
That is true
if the rich man
does not repent of his sins.
But all who renounce Satan
and are contrite are welcome
in the house of God.
Mmm.
I will pray for your soul.
Word's spread that a man
is visiting churches,
handing out money and
a crowd is gathering outside.
I suggest we return
to the palace immediately.
Do you believe in heaven and hell?
Yes, I believe I do.
That a man will be punished
for his wrongdoing,
for his sins?
Yes, Your Majesty.
So do I.
I wish to visit the tomb of
my father in Saint-Denis
before we return to the palace.
Ah, after all the battles I've been in,
I cannot believe that this is
how I'm gonna die.
Watching the last barrel
of wine spill into the dirt.
I'm sorry about that, by the way.
I know.
Death is mocking me.
You know we're not going to die today.
You might want to tell them that...
I'm not ready, not here,
not like this, not now.
And I've too much left to do.
And I can't die without seeing
Constance's face one last time, can I?
Or laying eyes on the children
we will have together.
Seeing them play,
holding them in my arms,
and teaching them how to ride and shoot
and love.
No, this is not my day.
I have none of that.
No wife, no children, no one.
You have friends.
- Great friends.
- Mmm-hmm.
I have no doubt that one day,
you will have a wife
and child of your own.
Yeah.
Yeah, one day.
And I won't let anyone
take that away from me.
They won't kill us today.
We refuse to die!
Porthos! Aramis!
D'Artagnan!
Come on. Quickly!
Dismount! Help him!
Wait here.
I should go with you.
You should do as I say.
Philippe, you remembered too.
Twenty-five years to the day
since our dear father's death.
Do you remember the funeral?
The streets of Paris lined, 20 deep.
I...
I could not attend.
Bastards can be embarrassing.
You are blood.
You are my blood.
Philippe...
You are the only one I can trust.
The only one who has not betrayed me.
Oh.
Oh, come...
I have something to show you.
Come on.
_
For me?
Of course.
Who'd have thought it, Philippe...
Of all my family...
I have a great favour to ask you.
Anything.
- After my death...
- Many, many years from now.
I want you to be the Dauphin's
familial guardian.
To protect him and educate him.
Provide him with wise counsel,
so that when the time comes,
he will be equipped to reign.
I will treat him,
the Dauphin, as my own son.
I know you will.
Oh, please... Please.
Please, d'Artagnan.
It's not our day.
We refuse to die!
We refuse to die!
You took your time. D'Artagnan...
Keep searching.
D'Artagnan!
Aramis! Aramis!
- He's not here.
- Huh?
He's not here, he's with the King.
From the palace.
Gaston has escaped the Bastille.
And the King and Aramis have not
returned from the Mausoleum.
This is not a coincidence.
We ride for Saint-Denis.
And I would apologise
for the surroundings.
But I imagine,
as a soldier and a priest,
you are well acquainted with death.
More than I'd have wished.
Yes, I too am acquainted with
death more than I'd have wished.
Death has a grip on me.
One I cannot break.
I am so sorry.
I don't want your sympathy.
That's not why you're here.
But there is something
I need from you, Aramis.
Without it, I will not find peace.
A truth I need to hear from
your mouth, and don't lie.
You and my wife may think I'm
a fool but I am not a fool.
I know.
Say it.
It will serve...
no purpose.
You are a musketeer.
You only exist to serve my purpose.
I am ordering you!
Why dredge up the past?
Admit! Admit you slept with the Queen!
I slept with the loneliest
woman in Paris.
Don't you dare make excuses!
This woman suffered years of neglect
and betrayal from your part.
She endured you parading Milady
de Winter through the palace.
Shaming your own wife! Humiliating her.
You swore to protect me!
I am protecting you!
I am protecting you.
No longer.
No, what you have done is treason
and for that, you will hang.
Get out.
I fear we are making
a very grave mistake.
Gaston is not a man we can rely on.
But the King, Louis,
I have his ear.
He has entrusted me with
guardianship of the Dauphin.
You haven't killed him?
No.
I have enjoyed our partnership, Lucien.
But if there is a choice,
who I must betray
between you and the King,
well...
well, I choose you.
Do you realise what you're saying?
Oh, yes.
Today...
is my day.
Don't worry about your beloved brother.
I suspect you will be
seeing him very soon indeed.
Give me a pistol.
Get back inside! And lock the door.
What, are you afraid I'll shoot you?
I have lived my whole life
in fear of death.
I am dying anyway,
what do I have to lose?
They're spreading out.
They want to come from all sides.
Then we better start shooting.
Wait.
Hold...
Now!
Ha!
Aramis!
Let's move!
Take the King back to the palace.
We'll cover you.
On me!
Stop!
Philippe!
Your Majesty.
We need to move!
Why?
Your Majesty.
Grimaud!
It was Philippe who fired
the shot to warn us.
He was a hero and a patriot.
A true son of France.
You will have no contact
with the Queen or the Dauphin.
He is my son. Not yours.
When he's frightened or
he falls, it is me he seeks.
When he hears "Papa", it is
my face he sees, not yours.
And I will see to it that
you play no part in his life.
Even when I'm dead,
you will not see him.
I will make sure of that.
Those not killed have fled,
Your Majesty,
including their leader, Lucien Grimaud.
I want him hunted down.
Governor Feron?
He died saving my life.
He will have a full state funeral.
Nothing spared.
Cover him, please.
I will not have him be a spectacle.
We're leaving. Saddle up.
Feron is dead.
Feron
was a liability.
It was you?
I... I took no pleasure in it.
But you did it, all the same.
He would have got us
all caught and hung.
You too.
He said he would betray us,
before the King.
If you're unhappy,
then go.
But nothing's changed.
In a few months, Louis will be dead
and I'll return to Paris with
Gaston at the head of an army.
He will be the next King of France.
I will have my men clear this area
so that you can leave unnoticed.
No, Gaston couldn't have escaped
the Bastille, not without help.
Grimaud.
What does Grimaud want with Gaston?
The King...
is dying.
What?
He told me today he's dying.
He has...
months to live.
You knew?
When were you going to tell me?
When you needed to know.
I would have put Gaston
under heavier guard.
Now he's in the hands of Grimaud,
primed to seize power
the moment Louis dies.
Why does it have to
be a choice, me or France?
Aren't you entitled to be
happy like every other man?
I am a Musketeer.
My duty is to the King and to France.
I'm not asking you
to betray your country.
Well, that's exactly
what I would be doing.
Forces are gathering
that pose a grave threat.
They must be defeated,
I cannot compromise that.
I was afraid you hadn't got my message.
He knows.
He wanted me to admit
that I'd slept with you.
The King will banish me.
He'll take my son away from me.
I don't believe he intends
to punish you...
You don't know how things
have been between us.
No. But I do know
how men behave
when they are facing death.
He...
He is dying?
He hadn't told you?
You cannot afford weakness now.
You are a Spanish Queen
in a French Court.
Your enemies will plot against you.
Prepare for it.
You must be equal to their
challenge, for the sake of your son,
for France.
You're not alone.