The Serpent Queen Season 2 Episode 8
The Serpent Queen S2 Episode 8 - All Saints Day
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00:00:00Previously, on The Serpent Queen.
00:00:17You're not leaving us, are you?
00:00:18Things have changed.
00:00:19But with one of your sons being medically unfit,
00:00:21and the other one in possession of sexual needs,
00:00:23I couldn't possibly meet.
00:00:24How long does he have to live?
00:00:26Difficult to say.
00:00:27Aren't you tired of being at her beck and call?
00:00:29It's my position.
00:00:30Doesn't have to be.
00:00:32A marriage between yourself and the Princess Margot
00:00:35would create a purely Catholic line.
00:00:37The Catholic League would like the Duke of Guise to be king.
00:00:40Why not take the side of love?
00:00:42Love?
00:00:43Will you allow it?
00:00:44I've agreed to go with Montmorency to meet Edith and broker a peace.
00:00:47How did Montmorency persuade Sister Edith to meet with you?
00:00:51He was baptized into her faith, as I plan to be.
00:00:54And what do you have to offer in exchange for this peace you seek?
00:00:57My daughter Margot, as soon as the marriage is consummated,
00:01:01I will sign the Regency over to you.
00:01:58No!
00:02:00No!
00:02:02No!
00:02:04No!
00:02:06No!
00:02:08No!
00:02:10No!
00:02:12No!
00:02:14No!
00:02:16No!
00:02:18What is it?
00:02:20I will never survive such cruelty.
00:02:22Tell me and I will help you.
00:02:24I am being forced to marry our cousin, Henry.
00:02:28Mother arranged it with Sister Edith.
00:02:30No. No.
00:02:32Yes.
00:02:34No, you will not.
00:02:36Because I will not allow it.
00:02:38And I am king.
00:02:42My darling Margot, you will always have me to protect you.
00:02:54Hello.
00:03:02You must be disappointed.
00:03:04Margot is engaged to her idiot cousin,
00:03:06so I will never be king.
00:03:08Worst of all, there's nothing you can do about it.
00:03:10What about your brother?
00:03:12Have you no pity left for him?
00:03:14You heard what those fanatics intend to do to him.
00:03:20Don't you see it's over?
00:03:22You lost.
00:03:24Best thing you can do is retire from court.
00:03:26I'll send my brother away
00:03:28somewhere they won't find him so he can get whatever this is
00:03:30out of his system and I can go back to doing my job.
00:03:32If this marriage goes through,
00:03:34the Bourbon line will succeed the Valois.
00:03:36And they will send us
00:03:38all into exile
00:03:40where there will be nowhere for your brother to hide
00:03:42from the League's vengeance.
00:03:44If they kill him, they'll have to kill me too.
00:03:46And what use would that be?
00:03:48Both my sons dead.
00:03:51The solution is so simple.
00:03:55The solution?
00:03:59Make the marriage impossible
00:04:01by taking Margot's virginity.
00:04:03I will spread word
00:04:05that Margot has been sullied by you,
00:04:07but since I presume
00:04:09this is not the case, you must write her
00:04:11asking permission to visit
00:04:13her chamber. She will say yes
00:04:15because the poor girl is in heat.
00:04:17You're serious?
00:04:19I could not be more serious.
00:04:21Take her virtue
00:04:23and they will have no choice
00:04:25but to marry her to you.
00:04:27As a fallen woman, yes,
00:04:29she'll be shunned, social pariah.
00:04:31At least she will have more time for her books.
00:04:35Unless, of course, you think
00:04:37her honour
00:04:39is more important than your brother's life.
00:04:43But I don't think you can live
00:04:45with that, do you?
00:04:53We're burning hell for this.
00:04:55Oh, my dear Francois,
00:04:57this is hell.
00:04:59Haven't you noticed?
00:05:11I've given the matter some thought and made my decision.
00:05:14Leave us.
00:05:20Margot will not be marrying our cousin.
00:05:22He's not right in the head.
00:05:24Charles,
00:05:26I know how fond you are of your sister
00:05:28and you do not relish
00:05:30the thought of losing her to another.
00:05:32But it is what is best for the country.
00:05:34What an odd thing to say.
00:05:36I am her brother and always will be.
00:05:38I could never lose my sister.
00:05:40The fact of the matter is, my baptism at the hands
00:05:42of Sister Edith will ensure the loyalty
00:05:44of all those who have protested the Crown
00:05:46and unite the French people.
00:05:48Therefore, this marriage is unnecessary.
00:05:50So I am going to say to you what almost no one ever does.
00:05:52No,
00:05:54you cannot have what you want.
00:05:56Please convey the bad news
00:05:58to Sister Edith's camp.
00:06:00Charles,
00:06:04listen to me.
00:06:08The royal wedding is the only way
00:06:10to prevent civil war.
00:06:12What does that mean?
00:06:14My conversion will bring peace.
00:06:16Well, it would if things were different.
00:06:18I wanted you to live free
00:06:20of the burden for as long as possible.
00:06:22What burden?
00:06:24I had no choice
00:06:26but to offer Margot's wedding
00:06:28to Sister Edith.
00:06:30Nothing else would appease her.
00:06:34Because she knows you are dying.
00:06:40And you know it too,
00:06:42don't you?
00:06:52How long do I have?
00:06:54Depends.
00:06:56Months? Weeks?
00:06:58How much strain you put yourself under.
00:07:04Well,
00:07:10if that's the case,
00:07:14why should I care?
00:07:16If my baptism is not enough,
00:07:18they can have their war and France can burn.
00:07:20You don't mean that.
00:07:22Actually, I do.
00:07:24If I am a dying king, I am entitled to be a resolute one.
00:07:26I will not allow you to ruin Margot's life
00:07:28the way you have ruined mine.
00:07:30Because I know that's what you really want.
00:07:32For whatever fucked up reason I cannot yet ascertain.
00:07:34Find something else to amuse yourself.
00:07:40A letter from the Duke of Guise
00:07:42addressed to Margot.
00:08:04A letter from the Duke of Guise
00:08:06addressed to Margot.
00:08:10What would you like me to do?
00:08:16Deliver it.
00:08:18Are you sure?
00:08:20Quite.
00:08:22As you wish.
00:08:32Who am I
00:08:34to stand in the way of love?
00:08:40You should eat.
00:08:42I told you I'm not hungry.
00:08:46Run me a bath.
00:08:54Thank you for meeting me.
00:08:56Your letter said you had news
00:08:58that would distress us both.
00:09:00Yes.
00:09:02I come to you today not as a queen,
00:09:04but as a mother.
00:09:06Of course.
00:09:09Of course.
00:09:11Now please tell me what troubles you
00:09:13and how I can be of help.
00:09:15I find it difficult to say.
00:09:17Somehow I feel you will persevere.
00:09:19Though we hope to be
00:09:21related to become sisters
00:09:23in a way,
00:09:25I fear this union between our children
00:09:27may not come to pass.
00:09:29Why the lot?
00:09:31It has come to my attention
00:09:33through reliable sources
00:09:35that your daughter is...
00:09:37I'm loathe to even say it.
00:09:41Impure.
00:09:43Impure?
00:09:45Sullied by another man,
00:09:47specifically the Duke of Guise.
00:09:49I can see you're as shocked as I am by the news.
00:09:51Please know this is a terrible blow
00:09:53for us both.
00:09:55You must tell me
00:09:57where you heard such fantasies.
00:09:59Aren't you a little geese informed me?
00:10:01As an act of charity,
00:10:03I'm sure, as I can imagine
00:10:05she would like nothing more
00:10:07than to see us both humiliated.
00:10:09But
00:10:11she put that to one side
00:10:13and we spoke
00:10:15one mother to another as I come to you today.
00:10:19It is a most sacred sisterhood
00:10:21and I can only pray
00:10:23that the accusations she makes are untrue.
00:10:27We do what we can for our children
00:10:29and still they disappoint us.
00:10:31Of course my son has never shamed me
00:10:34in the slightest but I imagine
00:10:36it must be a very
00:10:38painful experience.
00:10:40Thank you for your sympathy
00:10:42and rest assured
00:10:44I intend to get to the bottom
00:10:46of this. A full inquiry
00:10:48followed by a thorough medical
00:10:50examination to determine any stain
00:10:52on Margo's womanhood.
00:10:54And if there is any truth to this,
00:10:56rest assured I will be the first to call off the ceremony
00:10:58and pack my daughter off to a nunnery.
00:11:00I think it would be for the best.
00:11:02But even if a medical
00:11:04examination were to clear your daughter's name
00:11:06any, I mean, how should I
00:11:08say, impropriety
00:11:10would make it impossible
00:11:12for me to condone such
00:11:14a union. It is essential
00:11:16that any marriage must be entered by a woman
00:11:18with total ignorance of the opposite sex.
00:11:20It is the only way
00:11:22to get through the unpleasantness that follows.
00:11:24Of course.
00:11:26And though there are some
00:11:28that might argue that a little experience
00:11:30makes for a better wife, I am not
00:11:32one of them.
00:11:34In the meantime
00:11:36I hope you don't think me frivolous
00:11:38but at times like this
00:11:40I like to take my mind
00:11:42off things by visiting the shops
00:11:44in Paris incognito
00:11:46for a little bit of retail therapy.
00:11:48Really?
00:11:50Yes. Perhaps the austerity of your faith
00:11:52makes you judge me. No.
00:11:54I mean, yes, of course
00:11:56it's just you won't believe it
00:11:58but Queen Elizabeth likes to do the same thing.
00:12:00Does she really?
00:12:04I've no idea.
00:12:10Might you be tempted to join me?
00:12:12Oh, I must confess, it might prove
00:12:14a welcome break from camping.
00:12:16Well, that's settled then. You can spend the night
00:12:18in town and I will join you tomorrow
00:12:20after I've gotten to the bottom of this totally
00:12:22unpleasant business.
00:12:24I look forward to it.
00:12:27Not as much as I do.
00:12:39You alright?
00:12:41All things considered
00:12:45perhaps you have heard
00:12:47you will be king soon.
00:12:57Well, I wouldn't be so sure about that.
00:13:07It's like you said
00:13:11who wants a fag for a king, eh?
00:13:17What difference does it make?
00:13:21It's all an accident of birth.
00:13:23Do you really think that?
00:13:25Of course I do.
00:13:29Always have done.
00:13:43I'll leave you two to it.
00:13:53It brings me pleasure
00:13:55to see you two comforting one another.
00:13:57Does it?
00:14:01Do you remember when he was small
00:14:03he used to follow you around everywhere
00:14:05like a shadow.
00:14:07He worshipped you.
00:14:09Times change.
00:14:15What do you want?
00:14:17I gave you my answer, you won't persuade me.
00:14:19There is another reason
00:14:21why we must support the marriage
00:14:23between your sister and Henry Bourbon.
00:14:25I was reluctant to share it with you before
00:14:27but now I feel you must be told.
00:14:29There's always another reason with you.
00:14:35I am concerned for your sister's virtue.
00:14:39It has come to my attention that she is infatuated
00:14:41with the Duke of Guise
00:14:43and we must protect her from this girlish fantasy
00:14:45or he will be the ruin of her.
00:14:47They're just friends.
00:14:50It may surprise you to hear
00:14:52that at this very moment
00:14:54she entertains him in her chambers.
00:14:56One of your spies tell you that, did they?
00:15:00They did.
00:15:02Well, I don't believe you.
00:15:04I hope you are right.
00:15:10There is only one way to find out.
00:15:19Come on.
00:15:49I love you.
00:16:20How dare you?
00:16:22What are you doing here?
00:16:24Get out.
00:16:26You have no right.
00:16:28Get out!
00:16:40You have no right.
00:16:42You are just like the rest of them.
00:16:44Manipulating me for your own ends.
00:16:46No, Charles.
00:16:48Perverting my feelings to get what you want.
00:16:50Filling my head with what you think I want to believe.
00:16:52I'm not the one manipulating you.
00:16:54Actually, you're worse
00:16:56because you pretend to be different.
00:16:58Not part of the decadence of court
00:17:00but you are just a spoiled child.
00:17:02For once, you will do as you were told.
00:17:04You will marry Henry Bourbon
00:17:06for the good of our country.
00:17:08He won't have me now.
00:17:14He will if I tell him to.
00:17:18Charles, this is our mother's doing.
00:17:22I am tired of your filthy lies.
00:17:26You will do as I tell you
00:17:28because I am my own man
00:17:30as you told me to be.
00:17:32You will marry our feckless cousin
00:17:34not just for peace but because the thought
00:17:36of you suffering in such a marriage
00:17:38brings me pleasure.
00:17:42No, Charles!
00:17:44Happy?
00:17:51Charles, please!
00:17:54Please!
00:18:14Help me.
00:18:16Please help me.
00:18:18I sincerely wish that there was something
00:18:20I could do for you.
00:18:24Believe it or not
00:18:26I meant it from the bottom of my heart.
00:18:54Charles, please!
00:18:56I don't want to hear this blasphemy.
00:18:58Charles, please!
00:19:00Charles, please!
00:19:06Charles, please!
00:19:08Charles, please!
00:19:24May I help you?
00:19:26I was to meet with the Queen Mother.
00:19:28A most valued customer.
00:19:30If she sent word she would be slightly delayed.
00:19:32No shame.
00:19:34Do I know you? You look familiar.
00:19:36I am sure all shop girls
00:19:38bear some resemblance to one another.
00:19:40Yes, I suppose so.
00:19:42If you don't mind me saying
00:19:44you have the most beautiful hands.
00:19:46They always betray us, don't they?
00:19:48But judging by yours
00:19:50you might be a maiden of eighteen.
00:19:52Oh, no.
00:19:54I do make an effort now you mention it.
00:19:56Well then perhaps I can interest you
00:19:58in a pair of travelling gloves.
00:20:00They are the latest thing.
00:20:02Soft Iberian leather
00:20:04in Tyrrhenian green.
00:20:06Come on, darling.
00:20:20Oh, they are lovely.
00:20:28Oh, fine embroidery.
00:20:36If you'll excuse me
00:20:38I'll see if there's anything else that might tempt you.
00:20:40Yes, do that.
00:20:50It's burning.
00:21:02Hello?
00:21:06Hello?
00:21:12Help me!
00:21:16Help me!
00:21:19Help me!
00:21:35Let Jeanne d'Albray
00:21:37always be remembered for her
00:21:39humble life, committed to the
00:21:41true faith until her last days.
00:21:45Amen.
00:21:49Magic day.
00:22:11The court of King Charles IX
00:22:13wishes to offer its condolences
00:22:15for your loss.
00:22:17Where's your mistress?
00:22:19Obviously she doesn't have the courage to come here
00:22:21and take responsibility for what she's fucking done!
00:22:23Catherine expresses her
00:22:25deeper sympathies for the
00:22:27untimely death of the Queen of Navarre
00:22:29but denies any hand in it.
00:22:31Well, she would say that, wouldn't she?
00:22:33Death by shopping. Sounds like Catherine to me.
00:22:35It is the Queen Mother's
00:22:37desire that the wedding proceed.
00:22:39She believes it's what the Queen of Navarre would have wanted.
00:22:41She said as much
00:22:43at their last meeting.
00:22:45I'm sorry, but I don't have a good feeling
00:22:47about any of this.
00:22:49I really think we should call off this wedding.
00:22:51Believe me when I say
00:22:53you can't trust Catherine.
00:22:55Oh, she is
00:22:57an indescribably
00:22:59dangerous woman.
00:23:04The Queen Mother understands
00:23:06we will need assurance of our safe passage
00:23:08if we are to travel to the capital
00:23:10given what has happened to the Protestant
00:23:12Queen of Navarre.
00:23:15Nothing less.
00:23:17To that end, I bring with me today
00:23:19the Regency of France
00:23:21signed by the Queen Mother
00:23:23to Sister Edith.
00:23:27The Queen Mother,
00:23:29Catherine de Medici,
00:23:31has relinquished
00:23:33her Regency.
00:23:35However it is my understanding the Regency
00:23:37will not be mine until the King signs.
00:23:39And he will do so once the wedding ceremony
00:23:41is complete.
00:23:43This is
00:23:45absolute bollocks.
00:23:47This is never going to happen.
00:23:49If this is reassurance enough
00:23:51then the Queen Mother looks forward
00:23:53to welcoming you at the wedding.
00:23:55What do you think, Henry?
00:24:00We stand to gain
00:24:02a great deal from this offer.
00:24:04And I happen to like Margot
00:24:06so I think it's worth the risk.
00:24:08Henry,
00:24:10you have learnt an enormous
00:24:12amount in a short time
00:24:14but you do not know Catherine
00:24:16like we do.
00:24:18And yet he possesses the faith which you lack.
00:24:28Tell the Queen Mother the wedding will proceed.
00:24:30Oh my God.
00:24:32Certainly.
00:24:38And with God as our guide
00:24:41we will travel together
00:24:43to the palace
00:24:45to celebrate our victory.
00:24:51Fucking sideways
00:24:53she's done it.
00:24:55She beat Catherine.
00:24:57You were right.
00:25:04Enjoying the peace and quiet?
00:25:06Hm.
00:25:08In fact
00:25:10I'm actually considering retiring from court.
00:25:12That would be a waste
00:25:14of your skills.
00:25:16But perhaps you deserve the rest.
00:25:18I came to tell you
00:25:20my work is done.
00:25:22Therefore with a heavy heart
00:25:24it's time
00:25:26for me to leave you.
00:25:28Hm. I'm sorry to hear that.
00:25:30Where will you go?
00:25:32I must
00:25:34seek my fortune in America.
00:25:36Only assassins
00:25:38and usurpers wait for me in Florence.
00:25:40I too see the appeal
00:25:42of escape.
00:25:44Tell me again about the investment opportunity
00:25:46in Florida.
00:25:48Or am I too late?
00:25:52Well
00:25:54as it turns out
00:25:56I've already found an investor.
00:25:58Hm.
00:26:00Well I'm happy for you.
00:26:03That's for myself.
00:26:05That doesn't mean there won't be further opportunities
00:26:07as the project develops.
00:26:09I hope so.
00:26:11The new world needs people like you.
00:26:17Well
00:26:19I'll send word to you
00:26:21once I cross the seas.
00:26:23But
00:26:27I want you to know
00:26:29I have greatly
00:26:31enjoyed my time with you
00:26:33my sister Katerina.
00:26:35As have I my brother.
00:26:41But you cannot leave immediately.
00:26:43I won't allow it.
00:26:45You must receive a proper valoir
00:26:47sent off. Permit my daughter's
00:26:49wedding banquet to be our last meal
00:26:51together.
00:26:53I wouldn't miss it.
00:26:59I
00:27:01never thought
00:27:03this day would come.
00:27:05Isn't it more accurate to say you never thought about this
00:27:07day ever? He's right Antoine.
00:27:09You barely knew you had a son this time last year.
00:27:11That may be true
00:27:15but I feel I owe my son a piece
00:27:17of advice before he enters into this
00:27:19political marriage
00:27:21full of peaks and valleys
00:27:23of blue skies
00:27:25and inclement weather.
00:27:27Tell me Antoine
00:27:31Henry
00:27:33there's only really one thing that you need to know
00:27:35women
00:27:37cannot be trusted
00:27:39they lure you in with their fragrant ways
00:27:41make you feel loved
00:27:43like the way you've always wanted
00:27:45to be loved and then
00:27:47crush your heart with the thoughtlessness of swatting
00:27:49a fly.
00:27:51Are you talking about Queen Elizabeth?
00:27:53Yes
00:27:56amongst others
00:27:58but just keep in mind all the hopes
00:28:00and dreams of the Bourbon line are riding on this
00:28:02so don't fuck it up.
00:28:04Leave it to me uncle.
00:28:06Louis might I have a moment
00:28:08alone with my son?
00:28:10Of course
00:28:16Henry
00:28:18I just wanted to say
00:28:20I'm sorry your mother isn't here.
00:28:22Thank you father
00:28:24and as it turns out
00:28:26I'm sorry about quite a lot of things
00:28:28because the thing is
00:28:30I've grown rather fond
00:28:32of you Henry
00:28:34I know I wasn't around much when you
00:28:36were young. I wasn't interested
00:28:38but I can see now that that was
00:28:40my loss. Don't worry
00:28:42I don't take it personally
00:28:44No of course not. You're not like me
00:28:46you're practical you've got a good head on
00:28:48your shoulders
00:28:50I'm proud of you
00:28:52but if you wanted to
00:28:54bow out of this whole thing now
00:28:56hit the road, head for the hills
00:28:58I'd understand. I'd support
00:29:00you. The truth is
00:29:02we might just be in the middle
00:29:04of a massive shit show right now
00:29:06and if anything
00:29:08happened to you
00:29:10I don't think I could forgive myself
00:29:12Oh I see you're
00:29:14you're concerned about me
00:29:16in a way you've never been
00:29:18before
00:29:20that's really nice dad
00:29:22yeah but you see
00:29:26I like it here
00:29:28at the centre of things
00:29:30with the people who make the decisions
00:29:32that affect everyone else
00:29:34all the intrigue and betrayal
00:29:36and I know it frightens you
00:29:38but it
00:29:40it stimulates
00:29:42me
00:29:44who knew
00:29:46and the thing is
00:29:49I think I might be good at it
00:29:51because
00:29:53well
00:29:55it's my observation
00:29:57that when people have strong feelings about things
00:29:59they are at a significant
00:30:01disadvantage
00:30:03whereas
00:30:05I don't have any strong feelings
00:30:09or any feelings
00:30:11at all really
00:30:13so
00:30:15I think whatever happens
00:30:17I'll be alright
00:30:21thanks for the talk though dad
00:30:25it's gonna be a great day
00:30:33he's a total psychopath
00:30:43is that what you're wearing
00:30:45what do you care
00:30:53I want you to look your best
00:30:55so your scheming has come to nothing as usual
00:30:57though Jeanne is dead
00:30:59doesn't matter
00:31:01all that matters is that you did what I told you to do
00:31:05you did do what I told you to do
00:31:09you made a woman of her
00:31:12excellent
00:31:16all you have to do now is
00:31:18stand up in church in front of all those people
00:31:20and tell the truth
00:31:28define me in this
00:31:30and I will personally feed your brother
00:31:32to the catholic league
00:31:36do not doubt me
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00:33:45we are gathered here today
00:33:47to unite Margot
00:33:49and Henri
00:33:51in holy matrimony
00:33:53but more importantly
00:33:55we are here to unite their two
00:33:57great houses
00:33:59Valois and Bourbon
00:34:01and the faiths
00:34:03they represent
00:34:05catholic
00:34:07and protestant
00:34:09now before we proceed
00:34:11does anyone know of any reason
00:34:13why these two cannot be joined together
00:34:15in sacred union
00:34:21I believe my son has something
00:34:23to say regarding the purity
00:34:25of the bride
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00:34:39it seems my mother is mistaken
00:34:43I don't know what you are talking about
00:34:53in that case
00:34:55I think we can proceed
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00:35:02Henri
00:35:04do you take this woman
00:35:06to be your lawfully wedded wife
00:35:08I do
00:35:10and please nod your assent
00:35:14Margot
00:35:16do you take this man
00:35:18to be your lawfully wedded husband
00:35:20music
00:35:36then by the power vested in me
00:35:38I now pronounce you husband
00:35:40and wife
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00:36:40welcome to court
00:36:44it's time for the king to make my regency law
00:36:48of course
00:36:50as soon as the marriage is consummated
00:36:52I will make sure it is done
00:37:00may I request that
00:37:02no weapons be carried into the festivities
00:37:04you will notice that
00:37:06I have removed my guards for the duration
00:37:08of your stay
00:37:10as tonight we gather in the spirit
00:37:12of peace
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00:38:08thank you for agreeing to see me
00:38:10if you want to see me
00:38:12all you need to do is ask
00:38:14we are all friends
00:38:16indeed
00:38:24and at your behest
00:38:26I have done everything you've asked of me
00:38:28but in my heart of hearts
00:38:30I do not see
00:38:32peace in our future
00:38:34once Edith ascends to the power I have
00:38:36granted her she will burn this
00:38:38country to the ground
00:38:42and you know it too
00:38:44perhaps
00:38:48but I cannot sanction
00:38:50her death
00:38:54I know
00:38:56despite our efforts
00:38:58it seems like the younger generation
00:39:00is determined to fuck things up in their own way
00:39:04so what happens now?
00:39:08if I had my wish
00:39:16I would preserve what I know to be good in you
00:39:20what I never doubted since the day we met
00:39:22and I would take you the fuck
00:39:24away from here
00:39:26retire from court together
00:39:28what is left for us here
00:39:32Catherine
00:39:34will you consider it
00:39:36if you are true to your word
00:39:38and care for me
00:39:40the way you say you do
00:39:42then meet me in the courtyard
00:39:44after the banquet
00:39:58I love you
00:40:28I love you
00:40:50let the joust begin
00:40:58let the joust begin
00:41:28it is done
00:41:46it is done
00:41:54that was quick
00:41:56yet sufficient
00:42:00the marriage is consummated
00:42:08the house of Valois
00:42:10would like you all to join us
00:42:12for a banquet in honour of the
00:42:14newlyweds
00:42:26how could I explain to my daughter
00:42:36she
00:42:38who had never felt hunger
00:42:40never felt cold
00:42:42never suffered a day in her life
00:42:46that there are worse things
00:42:48than an unhappy marriage
00:42:50for fuck's sake
00:42:52come on Antoine
00:42:54I'm gonna miss all the food
00:43:00of course that's still going on
00:43:02I suppose I'll go on alone
00:43:04as fucking usual
00:43:12I'm sorry about your wife
00:43:14I'm sorry your plans to stop the wedding came to naught
00:43:19I've missed you
00:43:21really
00:43:24now you come to mention it
00:43:26I missed you too
00:43:28but it's impossible
00:43:30why
00:43:34I have a bad feeling Antoine
00:43:36oh god so do I
00:43:38but
00:43:40my son is married to the princess of France
00:43:42Catherine has signed over
00:43:44the regency to Edith who
00:43:46theoretically speaking
00:43:48represents the interests of the
00:43:50house of Bourbon
00:43:52which means I suppose
00:43:54we won bravo us
00:44:00I don't know why it just doesn't feel that way
00:44:06how about we forget our troubles
00:44:08with a spot of banqueting
00:44:12I'm not in the mood
00:44:16stay here with me
00:44:18god I could think of nothing I'd love more
00:44:20but
00:44:22it's my son's wedding
00:44:24I'll make it worth your while
00:44:40Lady Rahima
00:44:42when do we leave
00:44:44after the banquet
00:44:46why not now
00:44:48Catherine asked me to stay for the celebration
00:44:50she deserves that at least right
00:44:54she knows
00:44:56she has no idea
00:44:58you are wrong
00:45:00be patient
00:45:04I've got something to tell you
00:45:08tell me later
00:45:18I
00:45:28have one last favour to ask of you
00:45:30you must sign the regency
00:45:32over to Edith
00:45:36I've already relinquished my title
00:45:48I doubted this day would ever come
00:45:52perhaps I have misjudged you after all
00:45:54you really think she's the right one
00:45:56perhaps she was indeed
00:45:58sent to us by god
00:46:02if you say so
00:46:08and now
00:46:12you have a visitor
00:46:14to console you
00:46:16you are of need
00:46:20your majesty
00:46:28we should go
00:46:30don't you think
00:46:32you can if you want to
00:46:46I
00:46:48shall stay with you
00:46:52suit yourself
00:47:16sigh
00:47:18sigh
00:47:46ten o'clock
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00:48:42where's mother
00:48:44I don't give a fuck
00:48:46you know you did the right thing at the ceremony earlier
00:48:48did I
00:48:50I told you
00:48:52there's a limit
00:48:54to how much sin one man can swallow
00:48:56I know
00:48:58I'm not sure about that
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00:49:34I suppose we should raise a glass
00:49:36to the happy newlyweds
00:49:38bollocks
00:49:40I mean
00:49:42felicitations
00:49:44sorry
00:49:46though they
00:49:48do appear to be indisposed at the moment
00:49:50as does my brother
00:49:52I would also like to
00:49:54raise a toast to the
00:49:56new regent of France
00:49:58my mother says you will be the one to
00:50:00unite the country
00:50:02and she's usually right about these things
00:50:06so
00:50:08to France
00:50:10to France
00:50:12to France
00:50:16to France
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00:51:58it's been
00:52:00it's been long and a pleasure to sit with you
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00:52:04it really has
00:52:06apparently you are a woman
00:52:08of your word
00:52:10when will I be
00:52:12presented with the regency
00:52:18yes
00:52:20I believe it is time
00:52:22for you to get what you came for
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00:52:58the house of keys
00:53:00says hello
00:53:02♪♪
00:53:12♪♪
00:53:17-♪♪
00:53:21-♪♪
00:53:26Oh, fuck!
00:53:27Fuck!
00:53:29Oh, no!
00:53:31-♪♪
00:53:38-♪♪
00:53:41The House of Geese says hello!
00:53:44Fuck!
00:53:46Fuck!
00:53:48The House of Geese says hello.
00:53:51-♪♪
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00:54:04Alessandro!
00:54:06A gift from your queen.
00:54:08-♪♪
00:54:15-♪♪
00:54:24Ladies and gentlemen, the House of Geese says hello.
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00:54:55Hello, brother.
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00:56:43Sorry to disturb the happy couple,
00:56:45but I'm here to liberate the princess!
00:56:47You will do no such thing!
00:56:49-♪♪
00:56:53If the queen mother wants him dead,
00:56:59let her do her killing herself.
00:57:03-♪♪
00:57:08Or...
00:57:10-♪♪
00:57:12Is my proud brother
00:57:16now a little servant boy?
00:57:22Look at what she's done to you.
00:57:24-♪♪
00:57:30As you wish.
00:57:32-♪♪
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00:57:57You can't fucking die.
00:57:59-♪♪
00:58:01Oh.
00:58:03-♪♪
00:58:08What's the fucking meaning in that?
00:58:11-♪♪
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00:58:28I will not allow you to kill my husband.
00:58:31You will force me to marry him,
00:58:33and if it's my fate to have nothing else,
00:58:35I intend to be true to him.
00:58:38Is your heart so fickle?
00:58:40I thought it was a duke you loved.
00:58:42I do not love my husband.
00:58:44In fact, I feel nothing at all for him.
00:58:46And yet you plead for his life.
00:58:48For one reason.
00:58:50To defy you,
00:58:52as I intend to for the rest of your days.
00:58:55One day you will understand
00:58:57why I have done the things I have.
00:58:59-♪♪
00:59:02For the good of your children.
00:59:05Hercule is dead.
00:59:07Charles is dying.
00:59:10Elizabeth has been married off to a cripple.
00:59:13Anjou has become your deranged assassin.
00:59:17And you have condemned me
00:59:20to a lifetime of unhappiness.
00:59:23-♪♪
00:59:26Happiness is a child's ambition.
00:59:29-♪♪
00:59:31And my husband is a prince of France.
00:59:34Kill him, and you will be guilty of regicide,
00:59:37the one crime against which your fellow monarchs will unite.
00:59:41You can keep your precious husband.
00:59:45But do not forget
00:59:48that I offered you a way out of this,
00:59:51because he is far cleverer than you think.
00:59:54Welcome to the family.
00:59:58Montmorency is dead.
01:00:01The Bourbons, all the rest.
01:00:05Apparently.
01:00:08You...
01:00:10You have done this.
01:00:13Yes.
01:00:16In your name,
01:00:18because it is the only way we survive.
01:00:21And I have done it.
01:00:24Because it is the only way we survive.
01:00:28I had no idea such evil resided in your heart.
01:00:31Be that as it may,
01:00:34in a few hours' time,
01:00:36all of Edith's followers will find out what we have done,
01:00:41and they will come for us.
01:00:44♪♪
01:00:50You are the king.
01:00:53You want to rule?
01:00:57You must decide.
01:01:01Are you capable of that?
01:01:05Or will it be your majesty?
01:01:08Do we live?
01:01:11Or do we die?
01:01:15♪♪
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01:01:27Kill them all in their beds.
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01:03:05I have come to tell you that a terrible tragedy has occurred.
01:03:12My brother has betrayed us with the Queen of England.
01:03:16Treason is punishable by death, and of course I couldn't play favorites.
01:03:23Do you think because you locked me in here I do not know what you have done?
01:03:28I, who know you best of all.
01:03:31You acted out of spite because Alessandro didn't love you.
01:03:36Because he loved me.
01:03:39Hmm.
01:03:40How can you be jealous of your own brother?
01:03:45Is that the right question?
01:03:50I'm shocked by your naivety.
01:03:53I thought you were just like me.
01:03:57But I was wrong.
01:04:00And you betrayed me.
01:04:03Something as petty as love?
01:04:10After all your talk of peace, now the rivers of France run red.
01:04:15Indeed.
01:04:17And that's for you to decide.
01:04:20Who lives and who dies.
01:04:24Because someone has to.
01:04:27Then you truly are the Serpent Queen.
01:04:32And God will never forgive you.
01:04:34Do you really think he gives a shit?
01:04:42So tell me, Rahima.
01:04:46How did you think that this was going to work out for you?
01:04:52I'm pregnant.
01:04:55A Medici grows inside me.
01:04:58Your own blood.
01:05:00And when it grows, I swear it will know what you have done to make it an orphan.
01:05:06So, if you're going to kill me, do it now.
01:05:13If you have the stomach to murder an unborn child of your own blood.
01:05:20Get her something to eat.
01:05:25No.
01:05:34I come before you with proof that the treasonous House of Guise, in collusion with the Catholic League,
01:05:39plotted to overthrow our King and are responsible for the bloodshed that occurred in this very room.
01:05:46Rest assured, those responsible have been punished.
01:05:50Where's your God now?
01:05:52There is no God.
01:05:56But that's a good thing.
01:05:58And there will be no one to judge me when I take revenge on Catherine for what she has done.
01:06:07We are now left to mourn the loyal Princes of the Blood.
01:06:16Fuck!
01:06:19Fuck!
01:06:22Fuck!
01:06:31And the many innocent victims so cruelly cut down.
01:06:35Fuck!
01:06:50The Royal Family is united.
01:07:06And the state of the Kingdom is strong.
01:07:20Long live the King.
01:07:31Long live the King.
01:07:35I suppose.
01:07:44Then again, there's always a spare.
01:08:05I should have loved you when I did.
01:08:09Can't believe you played me out like that.
01:08:16No, you ain't worth guessing.
01:08:20Plus, what of all them girls you killed?
01:08:25You can't keep lying to yourself like that.
01:08:30Can't believe you played yourself like this.
01:08:39Mr. Destiny, 1914.
01:08:43Nobody stands in between me and my man.
01:08:48Cause it's me and Mr. Jones.
01:08:54Me and Mr. Jones.
01:09:00Me and Mr. Jones.