Previously on reign... Do you love her more than us?
Do you, mother? (gasps)
What are you doing here?
You cannot stay at court.
Narcisse has nothing on either of you, not any more.
Run him through for treason against his king.
Assassins managed to enter the castle.
Protestant assassins? Tell me we didn't fund
An assassination on our king!
They said
That you were untouched. I lied.
I was raped.
This is my fault.
Find the men who did this to me and kill them.
Take as many as the dungeon can hold.
Leave the rest chained up outside
Till we can find a place for them.
All the roads are sealed off.
These men were caught trying to flee.
What of the man called severin?
His lands are deserted
But I'm having them watched day and night.
Who saw him? Who heard him called by name?
One of the guards.
I'll question him. Maybe he knows something else.
No, I already did. The one name was all that he overheard.
Move along. Question everyone
And anyone who might know this man severin.
Use any means necessary—
The rack, the wheel, I don't care. Francis,
You seem shaken, but they failed.
You're all right.
Mary is all right.
There is nothing small about an attack on the king.
Of course.
What about narcisse? Did you get to him?
No. No, he disappeared.
But I will find him.
Condé. I was going to visit my brother
In navarre, but I turned back
As soon as I heard the news. Where's mary?
She's fine— getting some much-needed rest.
Thank god.
Francis, you must know my loyalty lies with you.
I do. But you're also a protestant.
You know the leader of this movement.
If he is behind this, he will be found and hanged.
And if he wasn't, he needs to cooperate,
Help us find the conspirators.
I'll try to find him.
What's mary doing here?
She's looking for her rapist.
And if you don't catch him, that's what she'll be doing
For the rest of her life—
In every room and in every crowd.
Mary... (startled gasp)
I'm sorry.
Please come inside.
He's not here. But all of these men
Will be questioned and one of them will lead us to him.
And the other men, too.
The ones who stood there
And would have done the same to me, or worse.
Yes.
Mary, it would be foolish of me to ask you
To try not to think about it,
But I urge you to get some rest.
I can't close my eyes without seeing them.
And the next hours are crucial—
Every minute that passes makes their capture less likely.
They won't get away.
I will find the men responsible. They could be
Miles away by now. It doesn't matter where they are,
Mary, I will hunt them to the ends of the earth.
♪ they all need something
♪ to hold on to, they all mean well ♪
♪ you could never feel my story ♪
♪ it's all you know... Oh!
♪
Where are you going?
Morning mass.
Come with me. Greer, I go to services now, not mass.
After all that's happened? It was the act
Of a small group of violent radicals.
You gave money and they used it to fund their crimes.
I gave money for a school.
What difference does it make?
If your involvement comes to light,
You will hang for treason.
They tried to kill our king.
You must separate yourself from this faith
And you must do it immediately.
I can't do that.
You are going down a dangerous path
And you are dragging me with you.
I beg of you:
Change course.
What can I do for you?
Are you cold?
I'll fetch you a blanket.
I should have known those weren't our guards.
Mary, you were startled in the dead of night.
There were three armed men against you.
Please don't torment yourself.
I'm so sorry that this happened.
That my choices brought this violence into our home.
Don't blame yourself for the actions of evil people.
We've disagreed about tolerance, but
You were just doing what you believed was right,
What you thought was best for France.
No.
I wasn't doing what I believed was right
Or what I thought was best.
I made choices...
Under pressure from another.
I was being blackmailed.
Blackmailed? For what?
I killed my father at the joust.
He was a threat to France, to you.
Oh, my god.
It was regicide.
Francis, who found out the truth?
Narcisse.
All the hard-line choices
Favoring catholics,
All the violence that you allowed...
Why didn't you tell me what he was doing to you?
Because if it ever came to light...
You needed to be able to deny any knowledge
Or involvement— I couldn't let you be implicated
For what I did.
I kept thinking that I'd find a way out,
But things got so bloody, so awful, and...
The lies and mistakes
Kept piling up.
Till last night—
I found a way out.
I found montgomery.
Where is he?
You killed him. I had to.
I have done terrible things to protect us.
And I have lied to you
Time and time again, to protect you.
Protect me?
I know the events of last night can never be undone,
But they will pay with their lives.
I will kill them.
Every last person who brought us to this.
And once they're gone, we will come back from this.
And I will never let anyone hurt you again.
(door opens) francis,
You need to come outside.
It's freezing. You can't leave us out here.
When the sun goes down, we'll die— take us inside!
More prisoners are coming in, but the dungeons are filling up.
They're right— it's too cold,
Many won't survive the night.
Many here didn't survive the last.
Guards and servants were killed,
And they got in because they thought us vulnerable.
Against the wall!
I wanted to be one kind of king,
And then I was forced to be another.
Now I can't go back.
Francis... What is needed now
Is a king to be feared.
And not just for the prisoners, but for all of France,
And, by god, I will give them one.
So that this never happens again.
Let them freeze.
Thank you. Mary, they told us
You were in your old chambers.
Why are they moving your things in?
I'm going to be staying here for a while.
Why? It's because
Of the attacks last night. Um...
I can't stay in my old rooms anymore.
Well, they told us you were fine, that your
Guards were killed, but the men fled before they could get in.
Uh, that was a lie I told.
And one you will have to tell, too.
The truth is...
Those men broke into my chambers
And I was raped.
Dear god...
I'm-I'm still in some pain and I'd prefer not to be touched.
They beat me and one held me down while the other...
These men—
Were they captured?
Uh, no, they got away.
He got away.
So I will be staying here,
Under guard, for a while.
I cannot hear any talk of an heir,
At all, not from you, not from anyone.
Not until I'm sure that any pregnancy,
Any child isn't...
Of course. We'll make sure
No one asks.
I'm not ashamed of what happened to me.
I was wronged by
Evil men, but this was an act of war
And hatred against the monarchy,
Which is why no one can ever know. Mary...
We understand, but right now we don't care
About the monarchy. We're your friends
And we care about you.
I'm so sorry.
What-what can we do?
Francis will make this right.
He will find those men and he will
Slay them and it will be over.
May I have a word with you, please?
I know about what happened to mary.
Francis, I'm so sorry.
So am I.
I can't help but think
If I'd helped you weaken narcisse earlier,
Things might have gone differently.
The vatican, the edict...
You are not responsible.
I am. (sighs) we can't
Undo the choices we made,
But we can use all our energy,
All our power, to avenge mary.
Which is why I won't rest until I do.
Francis, I heard
Narcisse fled.
I might have an idea where to.
Once, he mentioned a kind of oasis for him,
A villa out in the countryside.
I don't think he'd remember mentioning it to me,
Which is why... Which is why
He might be there.
Thank you.
I know narcisse deserves whatever he gets,
But after last night, you will need nobles at your side.
Ask yourself
Whether narcisse is more valuable to you dead or alive.
Leith.
Where's your husband?
We came here when we heard of the attack,
But he had business with some nobles.
Do you know what my orders are now?
To round up every known protestant for questioning,
Even torture. It's a witch hunt.
Oh, god.
Does mary know castleroy is a protestant?
Yes. Will she protect you?
Both of you? No.
I-I can't turn to her, not this time.
Then you need to leave.
Before he is named by one of the others.
Oh, this can't be happening. It is, greer.
And you warned me, didn't you?
That I was taking an enormous risk with a man
I originally turned to, because he offered me safety.
I feel more for him than gratitude. I'm glad.
But now, if you love him, then you need to leave with him.
You need to get as far away from here as possible.
Francis.
There's been a riot in the south keep.
Some prisoners heard a rumor
You were going to let them freeze to death.
They panicked and two guards were killed.
Hang the men responsible.
We don't yet know who started it
Or who dealt the killing blow.
Defiant even in captivity.
Because they foresee death
By your command.
Are you defending them? Of course not.
I'm only advising you to choose your next move carefully.
The time has come to either
Dole out mercy or to crush them all.
Whichever you choose,
There is no turning back.
Terror worked for you and father.
It kept the realm safe.
But at a price, francis.
How many men are in the south keep?
A dozen or so. Hang them all.
Here in the courtyard, so the others
Can see what fate has in store
For those who would rise against us.
Hyah! (horse neighs)
Claude, please leave this room.
There are over 100 rooms in this castle
And you need this one?
Get out of here.
Now.
Get out. Now.
Go to hell.
You're out of your mind.
Leave her be.
Leave her be. She's but a child.
She hated us.
Have you forgotten?
I remember everything.
How did we die, mother?
She suffocated you.
Those flowers from claude's dress, the ones
You'd been pulling at. No!
She put one... In each of your throats.
And then you lied.
I blamed it on an illness.
She was my daughter, and you were both gone.
Choose us this time.
There's no choice.
You are both dead.
Aah! My wrist. Please.
We are here.
Don't you feel us?
Do to claude what she did to us.
I can't.
Blame me. She was only five.
If you don't do it,
Then we will.
And she will suffer.
We promise.
Hugo, where are you?
This place is empty. Silent as death.
If this hugo funneled money to the conspirators as you say,
Perhaps he fled with them. Hugo worked for me.
I know he only aided those men out of fear.
Perhaps the king's guards took him.
He didn't give them the chance.
Lord castleroy, you have been named greer! Get back!
By another suspect in the attempted murder
Of king francis. Please, no,
He's a good man.
You can't do this. I am one
Of the queen's ladies! Greer! Don't put yourself at risk,
Do you hear me? I'll be all right.
I'll be all right!
The letter I asked you to deliver to mary last night,
Was it delivered?
I don't think so.
The servant I charged
With delivering the letter
Was killed outside mary's chambers.
He never reached the queen.
I see.
Do you want it back, my lord?
We could take it from the body.
No. Let the man rest in peace.
Did the assassins
Really make it that close to the royal chambers?
Lord condé.
I just found out how close the attackers came—
Right to your door. Are you sure you're all right?
Yes, I'm fine.
You were lucky.
Francis asked me to bring back some information,
But I can't find him.
What information?
He's left the castle. If it's about the attackers,
There's no time to lose. Share it with me.
The man who aided them with money, he...
He hanged himself.
To avoid torture.
I won't give up searching,
But anyone guilty has either been rounded up,
Hiding, or on the run if they managed to get out
Before the roads were blocked by the guards.
Louis...
Did the man who funded the attackers have a wife?
Yes. Take me to her.
I could have her brought in. To be tortured?
We don't have the time, and people in pain
Will say anything.
I need the truth, names, information
To find the men who...
Are most responsible, and I need it now.
No, it's too dangerous.
It's worth the risk.
Louis, these men broke into my home.
It's worth the risk.
My lover in brussels had a penchant for gold leaf.
Once, he had me wrapped in it, all but my...
I would like a word alone with my daughter.
Your majesty. Your majesty.
What is it now, mother?
Would you like this room, too? Claude.
It's not safe for you, here, in the castle.
I have done all that I could.
I don't know how much longer I can keep you from harm.
Keep me from harm? You struck me.
Listen to me,
There are other things to fear. What things?
To take you anywhere you want to go.
Rome, paris... I'm perfectly happy here.
Please... Please, claude, I am begging you.
You know, for the longest time,
I thought there was something wrong with me.
But there's something wrong with you.
I am finished asking why you want me gone.
Please...
I don't need your money.
I have far more value to francis.
You're a relic who's outlived her usefulness.
I...
Am the future. If you don't leave
This castle, you will leave me no choice but...
Do not threaten me.
I swear,
If you dare lay a hand on me again,
You will woefully regret it.
I'd be careful threatening catherine like that.
She's more deadly than you give her credit for.
Lady kenna.
Lurking on the sidelines, privy to family squabbles.
Is that how you got into my father's bed?
I'm trying to help you.
The women in this castle have it hard enough
Without us turning on each other.
And you worry for me.
I have no idea what's happening between you and your mother...
She hates me, and you're enjoying that, aren't you?
I'm trying not to, but you're being such a spiteful
Little shrew. And what are you?
You're nothing.
Catherine is still my mother.
We have a bond.
And if you know anything about her, you'll know this:
She will do anything
For her blood.
Don't bother. There's nowhere to run.
My men are outside. You're surrounded.
And there's no blackmail to save you now.
Get up.
I won't fight you.
But know that I deeply regret the pressure
I put you under. I see now that there is nothing
More dangerous than men who have nothing left to lose.
Shut up.
I heard about the protestants you've already slaughtered.
There is no getting off this road now.
They hate you.
I know you hate me, too,
For everything I've done to you, for making you
A different kind of king, but that is who you are now.
You need me. Nobody needs you.
You need me alive because I have changed my will.
You kill me and all my lands, my armies,
My gold go to the protestant cause.
You kill me, you hand them everything I have,
And they will use it against you.
It is a new France,
And I shall be loyal to you, I swear.
I see you will resort to anything to stay alive.
You'll soon find out there are fates worse than death.
This way. My husband hanged himself to avoid the king's guards.
They'll come for me soon. You have to get me out of France!
I can't help you if you don't help me.
I need information on the men that carried out this attack.
Do you know where they are? If I talk to you, they'll know.
They'll kill me. No, they won't.
Your majesty.
If you help us find these men,
They will never hurt you
Or anyone else again,
And this manhunt against your brethren will stop.
My husband— this wasn't his doing.
They forced him to give them money for weapons,
Men... I believe you, and you must trust in me, as well.
I will ensure your safety.
What do you know about a man called severin?
He was just a farmer.
His son was a minister, the one they strung up.
And by "they," you mean us, the royals.
(thunder rumbling) that's when severin joined the radicals.
After the attack at the castle, he and two others
Came back for money, enough to get them out of the country.
They threatened to kill me if hugo didn't help them.
Your husband paid them to save your life?
But he needed time to gather the funds.
He planned to leave the money waiting for them
At a peasant house north of here.
We need to head back, tell francis.
We're not going back.
What? The house is closer to us than the castle is.
If we leave now, we might be able
To catch these men before they escape.
"we?" mary, I'm not taking you anywhere near that house.
There's no reason for you to endanger yourself.
I can identify them. How?
You saw their faces?
Yes. I-I was huddled in a doorway
When I saw three men trying to make their escape.
Louis, our only chance of catching them
Is if we leave now.
But without guards... There's no time.
If we miss our chance, I won't be able to forgive myself.
Not to mention,
There are three of them. You're going to need help.
Mary, you're not even armed...
Good lord. We need to capture them alive.
I want them questioned,
And I want them publicly hanged for treason.
I'll take out their legs, then we drag them back to court.
Together.
What are you doing here?
I've been a bit on edge.
There's so much tension in the region,
And I have taken it out on you.
You've always taken it out on me.
Whatever it is,
Whatever ails you.
I know. I'm sorry.
You weren't like that with anyone else,
Even your other daughters.
You know you favor boys.
Claude,
I'm trying to apologize.
What for?
For the wrongs that I've done.
I love you.
I always have.
I don't want you to suffer more than you already have.
♪ you're my star...
I haven't been much of a mother to you,
And I thought it was about time I behaved as such.
♪ then I'll follow...
You know, I can't help but think
Things would be different between us
If I'd been kinder
To you from the start,
When you were young. (thunder rumbling)
Forgive me.
For all that I have done.
♪ I...
♪ I'll never be afraid
♪ oh, oh, ooh
♪ I...
Forgive me.
Your majesty, I've come to ask something of you.
Leave us.
There is a prisoner being held
For questioning in the dungeons—
Lord castleroy. I know this.
I know that he is greer's husband.
I've come to ask you to set him free.
He was named by another prisoner.
Sharing the same faith, that is all.
I know castleroy. He is not your enemy.
There's no way he had any part in this attack.
He was brought in for questioning. People are dying
While they await what you so politely call "questioning."
Forgive me? But I was a soldier at your side.
When you saved my life.
When we saw so much death.
To feel its grip,
To push back an enemy, to wonder how much force
Is too much.
If some small part of you
Is wondering that now, I'm offering you a way out.
A chance to show mercy with one man.
I can't.
You can.
When you took my lands away, you said that
You'd make it up to me one day.
Well, this is that day.
I want repayment.
Let castleroy go.
Leith, are you sure this is how you want me to repay you?
Lord castleroy...
Come with me.
You're free.
Leith, uh...
Thank you.
Oh, you're
Still in danger here.
People know who you are, so, whatever you do,
Don't come back.
They're not here.
Are we too late?
This is the place.
They're coming.
Hide, mary.
Aye, hugo kept his word.
The money's here.
Who in the hell?
(groaning): Dear god, no.
It is you. Yeah.
I remember you.
I make no apologies.
You deserved what I gave you.
You savage!
You will be hanged for what you did to me.
You will suffer and die, and I will live.
In a hundred years, as queen, I will be remembered,
And your name will be forgotten.
You'll see that you are erased from history.
And god have mercy on your soul.
Damn your pity and your king!
God will forgive me.
He will grant me absolution
From the fire.
Mary...!
Kill them...
And let them burn with their sins.
No, my lord, I beg you— aah!
Does francis know what happened?
Yes. So does catherine and my ladies.
What happened to me can never become public knowledge.
It would weaken us. Mary...
You can trust me.
I know.
We should keep moving.
You're nearly home.
Am I?
Mary? I thought that
By killing those men I could find my way back
To my old life with francis.
But how can I?
It's done, and it can't be undone.
What they did to me, the events that led us here,
So far from where we began.
That's not true.
Look at me, mary.
France is your home now; your country.
And you are still its queen.
Your people need you.
Hello, claude.
Hello, bash.
Did you know
48 hours ago, I had not one but two suitors
Vying for my hand in marriage.
And now I have none.
Bad luck.
You're still here.
Good bash.
Dependable bash.
Such hands...
Such fingers.
How drunk are you?
You're burning up.
You warned me and I... I didn't listen.
I won't make that mistake in the future.
In our future.
Greer, you are leaving with me.
I can't.
Mary needs me now more than ever.
Besides...
If we both run now, just after your release,
You'll look guilty of something more,
Something undiscovered.
But if I stay...
Greer, no.
I can protect you from suspicion.
Take your children and go somewhere safe.
I'll make up an excuse for your absence.
My permanent absence?
Please don't say that.
I love you.
I know.
And I pray I'll see you again.
Mary, I've been looking for you everywhere.
We've caught and executed
Nine of the conspirators whose role in the...
Attack was confirmed,
But severin...
He's dead.
As are his accomplices.
You were wise to use condé.
He helped me find them.
You killed them? Together?
There wasn't time— I had to act.
I didn't want them to escape.
But you can release the rest of the prisoners,
Francis.
It's over.
(voice breaking): It's over.
Mary, no.
This notion that we could
Put the pieces back together.
I wanted to believe that we could.
That we just needed to find these men and punish them.
But now I realize...
I can't change the fact that...
You blame me for what happened.
I know it's irrational, but...
It feels forever linked to you.
And to us.
Mary, I was...
Desperately trying to save your life.
What would we have done differently
If you'd known the truth?
For me to put you in that kind of danger?
I'm not sure.
I don't know if it would have gone differently
Or better, but you never gave us a chance.
And now we'll never know.
I've had some time to think.
I believe that we should lead separate lives.
What does that mean?
That we will continue to work together as king and queen,
But that I will be your wife
In name only.
I can't do that.
I won't.
We wouldn't be the first people in history to do so.
If you're talking about my parents,
We are nothing like them.
I would do anything for you, mary.
I love you and you love me.
And look where that love has brought us.
I thought about throwing you in with the protestants.
They'd rip a fine catholic lord like you limb from limb.
And then I realized
I have better use for you alive.
You cost me
More than you could possibly imagine,
But your debt will be paid.
Anything.
You ask and it's yours.
Yes...
Anything.
Because from now on, you belong to me.
You will do and say as I command.
You will be charged with...
Well, whatever I damn well please,
Before I publicly take everything you have.
You're my puppet now.
And should you outlive your usefulness,
I'll have you slaughtered in the dead of night.
Sleep well, narcisse.
Henry?
You can't be real.
Don't I feel real?
(breathlessly): Stop.
(moans) stop.
St-stop it.
What is happening to me?
Why are you here?
The twins found me.
You mustn't...
Feel guilty about claude.
You did right by us.
No, but...
Doesn't this feel right, too?
Uh-huh.
The fun we'll have, catherine.
Say it, say it,
Say that you want me back.
Catherine, please,
I need you to say it.
I want you back.
Antoine.
Little brother.
I, um, I let myself in.
You don't mind, do you?
Did you have anything to do with the attack on the castle?
Oh, come on, louis, you know me.
If I had set that in motion, it would have been a success.
It was the work of fanatics.
All passion, no organization.
Then why are you here?
As the king of navarre,
I suppose you could call it work-related.
Your reports have grown briefer
And fewer.
Why is that?
You were supposed to befriend francis,
Find out what kind of king he is,
Where he's vulnerable,
But as I hear it, you've grown closer
To the queen instead.
I'm... I'm told she's a... A great beauty.
Have you fallen for her?
No.
Of course not.
Good.
If the time should come when you need to choose between
Your new friends, and your family...
Well, your choice will be clear.
Queen mary.
We found this in the royal chambers
As we were clearing out your things.
It must have slid under the carpet
When it was delivered.
Mary,
When you read this, I'll be gone.
I'm sorry I didn't say good-bye,
But seeing you again would have weakened my resolve.
I know I agreed to marry claude on behalf of France
But I've realized I can't.
My heart lies with another.
I've fallen in love with a queen.
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Oh, no.