Reign

Previously on "Reign"...

What are you doing? It's a binding ritual.

Marcel: I don't feel like myself.

That's because you're not yourself.

Should I feel mistreated,

My response will be a hell of a lot worse

Than a grisly piece of meat.

The royal family will be evacuated.

Francis: I want john to have something.

Tell him, every day,

How much his father loved him.

These may be my last hours on earth.

I'd like to use them in service

To my sovereign king.

It's Condee's army. He doesn't only have his

Elizabeth's gold and support, he has the armies of hundreds

Of french protestant lords at his command.

Surrender now and mary will live.

There can't be two kings.

Condee's still in love with you, mary.

And he probably justifies this whole thing

By clinging to the idea

That he can somehow save your life.

And come tomorrow, barring a miracle,

We will both be dead.

Mary. Louis, I am pregnant.

I am carrying your child.

Please, save me.

(indistinct conversations, laughter)

Ugly business,

But I can't begrudge my men their whores.

Many of them might be dead by tomorrow.

They're not the only ones.

You're safe now, mary.

You know, you made the right decision,

Coming to me.

I will protect you

And our child.

We will...

Survive this...

This coup? War, you mean.

I know there's little joy even in that,

As it means francis must die.

Don't count francis out so quickly, louis.

His men at the castle are outnumbered

And we have him surrounded.

What is it, mary?

Francis has cannons now.

Cannons? They arrived two days ago,

Under the cover of night.

I feel as though I am betraying

Everyone I know and love in the castle.

Can we please just leave here?

I've gone too far to turn back.

No, no, it's francis who must accept defeat

And the people you love will be spared.

Captain.

Bring forward our siege guns.

But my lord, they're at the rear of the column.

It would delay our attack by hours, perhaps more.

Bring them.

Yes, my lord.

This changes nothing.

When my guns are ready,

If francis does not offer up his life, I will attack.

And by tomorrow night, either he or I will be dead.

(fast tempo acoustic intro playing)

Catherine: Mary has gone to Condee.

No, it's not possible.

Of course it's possible!

Your own men saw her riding towards Condee's camp.

Alone, of her own volition.

Are you really so surprised?

You told her of Condee's offer

To protect her if you gave up the crown,

Trusting her loyalty,

And once again, she has betrayed you.

She might even assume

That you will take this offer,

Thinking it will avoid the bloodshed of your people

And save her,

Because she knows in your heart you are merciful.

Too merciful, you think.

Too merciful to her!

Her selfishness,

Her betrayals-- you have looked past them all.

Even when the stress of it has nearly killed you.

But this act of hers

Will not just cost you your life.

We won't be spared,

Your brothers and I,

If Condee is king,

Whether you forfeit the crown

Willingly or not.

If we die, it is at her hands.

And if we live, I will never forgive her for this!

Maidservant: Madame delphine?

Are you here?

I brought blankets.

Madame delphine?

What are you doing down here?

Haven't you heard?

That creature I saw in the passages--

It nearly attacked a maid in delphine's chambers.

You shouldn't be here.

It's just the sort of horrid,

Dank hole a monster would hide in.

Well, if a monster should come down here,

I have plenty of arrows to shoot it with.

They're saying the creature

Might even be delphine herself.

Maybe she can transform,

Shift into other beings. You're telling me

To worry about some make-believe monster

When thousands of actual soldiers

Outside the castle-- where I should be--

Are waiting to kill us? I'm telling you

I know what I saw.

The danger is not only outside the walls.

It's inside as well.

When did this happen to you?

In the middle of the night, your grace.

I had a bit of wine and some fun with them whores.

and then I woke up in my own blood and vomit.

Well, get some rest.

Captain.

My lord.

Tell me my cannons are near.

We need to attack before this spreads.

Field guns and mortars are minutes away, majesty.

Let's begin to form lines for... Woman: Plague!

It's a plague! Soldiers gave me the plague!

It's a plague! Fall in!

Report to your units! Plague! Plague!

Fall in! The plague is here!

It's a pl...! Stop screaming, you're causing a panic.

Ashes. There is no plague. It's a hoax.

Man: Fall in!

Mary...

Your whores.

The imaginary plague.

You planned it all to scatter my men, didn't you?

Francis doesn't have cannons, does he?

And our baby...

Was that a lie, as well?

Yes.

No, mary...

Hats off to you, then.

You crushed the rebellion all by yourself.

Louis, I never wanted to hurt you.

But I had to stop you. I had to...

What's going on? I don't know, but I thought you should see for yourself.

Condee's men are running everywhere.

It's chaos.

Are they forming up for attack?

There's no formation.

They're scattering.

Do you hear the screaming?

Francis, I never told you this--

I didn't think it was relevant-- but right before she left,

Mary gave me a package for greer.

Said it was very important.

There may be more to mary's departure than we know.

Now is the time to attack.

Attack? Even if half his army runs, Condee still

Outnumbers us. Our men will balk.

Which is why I'm going to lead the charge.

And don't let them form up again.

Keep them on the run.

Where is Condee? Find him!

Did you...?

A physician is coming to bind his wound.

When you left last night, you had all this in mind.

Didn't you? The plague and then the whores...

One of you was going to die.

I couldn't let it be you. Why not?

His armies were stronger.

You could have had everything: Condee, your freedom...

Your crown.

You are my husband and my king.

Mary, we're alone. There's no need...

He is a traitor.

And I love you, francis.

I always have.

Always.

The king.

Stephan. What is it?

The coup is over. We're safe.

Oh, most merciful god.

I'm sure you all want to return to your chambers.

Thank you for sharing your strength with the queen.

You're shaking.

the thought of dying and leaving my children alone

In this world, unprotected,

Likely to suffer my fate.

Each of them hunted down, slaughtered--

I couldn't bear it. Right, you-you... You're all right.

And so are your children.