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00:00Mother Superior.
00:04I think a trip home is called for.
00:08I don't want to just endure.
00:10We should be leaders of the Imperium.
00:13You shouldn't have come back.
00:15Be quiet!
00:16Sorceress!
00:18No one has ever returned from the state this child is in.
00:21I will do what needs to be done when I choose.
00:24Reign! Reign! Reign!
00:28Promise me this won't be a fresh start for us.
00:31We have a new purpose now.
00:34Crisis.
00:35Survival.
00:36Advancement.
00:38Sisterhood above all.
00:47I'm leaving for Seleucus Secundus.
00:50Pruitt Roshasi is dead.
00:52Burned.
00:54A second attack.
00:55Tula.
00:58This is the burning truth Mother Rakela spoke of.
01:03The wedding has crumbled and Valya's plan to put a sister on the throne is in jeopardy.
01:09With Kasha gone, I have to secure the princess.
01:12Someone has to protect our plans.
01:14I can take care of things here.
01:15There is that sense that Valya is treating Tula a bit like the kid that can't keep the peas on the fork.
01:20Valya does trust Tula.
01:22She just would love to be in control of everything.
01:25Hard choices will have to be made.
01:27What if I ever shied away from hard choices?
01:30It's one that involves Lyla.
01:32Tula is incredibly reluctant to put Lyla through the agony.
01:36She's not ready, she's vulnerable, she could die.
01:38And Valya makes her do it.
01:40We need you to talk to Mother Rakela.
01:44Lyla's always wanted to know who her family is.
01:47She feels like a bit of an outsider.
01:49She's seen people come in to the sisterhood from these families and they know exactly who they are.
01:54When she finds out it's Rakela, it's the highest honour.
01:57But immediately a lot of responsibility is placed on her shoulders.
02:01They're using you.
02:03Sisterhood above all.
02:05Not sisters.
02:07Jen is very anti-establishment.
02:09She's very wary of someone telling her how it is.
02:12Emmaline and Jen butt heads a lot.
02:14They really come from opposing views of the world.
02:17Human life is sacred.
02:18There's no greater honour than to give it.
02:20Emmaline sees a lot of potential in Lyla.
02:23And through Lyla she might get access to Dorotea, Emmaline's icon.
02:28So she has a little bit of an agenda of her own.
02:31As Lyla has to decide whether to undergo the agony, we learn more about the relationship she has to Tula.
02:38I used to pretend you were my mother.
02:42Well I'll tell you a secret, so did I.
02:44Lyla really looks for solace in Tula and comfort.
02:49Lyla is told the only way to reunite with her mother is to go through the agony.
02:54And that's the piece that they use to make her take the big step towards it.
02:58For Lyla, the agony was so far into the future, so it's quite daunting.
03:02Chloe's an amazing actress.
03:04She wasn't afraid to go deep and touch the darkness of the emotions of the scene.
03:10She starts to think about, is this really going to be the end of my life?
03:13When she lies on that table and Tula is there.
03:16Just follow my voice.
03:17She knows that she's going to get through it.
03:20I've been waiting for you.
03:21Dorotea throws her off track.
03:25In the second episode, Desmond is still kind of a mysterious presence.
03:29You made your feelings regarding Bert Richese and the wedding very clear.
03:33Desmond's way of political operation is he's going to tell the truth about everything he does.
03:38I did not tell you to kill that boy.
03:40But you wanted me to.
03:41The Emperor wants nothing to do with that because that could get him in great trouble.
03:44This is madness.
03:46Desmond Hart starts to feel like a fanatic to him.
03:49Guards! Arrest him.
03:52There's a lot of fireworks underneath the surface of Valia and Desmond's first meeting.
03:57Did you kill Reverend Malacasa?
03:59I saw the corruption in her heart.
04:02The same way I see the blood trailing your every step.
04:05She is enemy number one for Desmond.
04:08Valia knows that there is a power working behind him that she hasn't discovered yet.
04:13See?
04:14But she knows if I just keep following the logic, I will find it.
04:18Thank you, Mother Superior.
04:20I think we've heard all we need to.
04:22Natalia doesn't trust the sisterhood.
04:24She sees Corrino as being almost involved in a kind of coercive relationship.
04:29There's a sense of intrigue for Natalia about Desmond.
04:32It's really about political expediency.
04:34Why not let me show you how I would humble those who try to take from you?
04:41He quickly learns that he has a weapon essentially in Desmond Hart that can be harnessed and used to Corrino's advantage.
04:48Corrino is slipping through our grasp and he needs to be reminded of our value.
04:53Power is very unevenly distributed and the Great Houses hold significant access to spice and to wealth.
05:01The Great Houses are forcing the people to turn to violence to get what they need to survive.
05:05Don't doubt for a second my allegiance to the cause.
05:08The rebels want to bring down the Emperor and distribute everything fairly.
05:12Inside the middle of that rebellion resides the sisterhood.
05:17We empower the Great Houses to maintain order and allow rebellion to keep that power in check.
05:23The sisterhood is like having the perfect person next to you playing chess with them.
05:27They can give you all the answers but you don't realize that they're the person you're playing chess against.
05:32When Desmond comes along he kind of like flips the board over. He's like, new game.
05:36House Corrino no longer requires your services.
05:39Valya assumes she will outmatch Desmond.
05:43Take out your blade. Drive it into your throat.
05:47Desmond is resistant to her power.
05:50I always wondered what your greatest fear would be. Now I have seen it.
05:55What is really driving Desmond is one of the central mysteries of the show.
05:59And something we'll have to explore as the series unfolds.