Reign

Previously on "Reign"... How did we die, mother?

Henriette: Do to claude what she did to us.

Claude's a healthy young woman. It'll take

A lot more poison to bring her down.

This is what you've been putting in my soup, isn't it?

Why? You murdered your sisters.

Do not betray your other children.

I realize I can't change the fact that...

You blame me for what happened.

I believe that we should lead separate lives.

The money I gave you was never going to build a school.

Tell me we didn't fund an assassination on our king.

There are plans to have bash legitimized.

You're talking about changing the line of succession,

And that's the sort of talk

That gets bastards and mistresses beheaded.

Give this to queen mary, but not until tomorrow.

I know I agreed to marry claude of behalf of France,

But I've realized I can't--

I've fallen in love with a queen.

Francis: Mary.

I was wondering where you were

When you didn't come for breakfast.

I was weary from my trip. I've been in my chambers.

Not avoiding me?

It's been two days.

I know that you want distance,

But we are king and queen.

I saw you-- the night I returned.

You were sleeping with lola.

The two of you and your baby.

Well, the baby refused to sleep for days.

Lola and I were just exhausted.

There's no need to explain.

I know that there is nothing untoward going on between you.

But it still hurt

To see you at peace with them.

Gave me a glimpse of the happier life you could have.

I want a happier life with you.

I'm sorry.

It's not you.

If any man comes close, I-I get uneasy.

I still can't bear to be touched.

Even the sound of a man breathing near me...

I wish I knew how to help. Just give me time.

All the time you need, of course.

And how can I help you?

I hear that you've been parceling out narcisse's land.

That can't be easy.

It's a feeding frenzy, truth be told.

Impartial advice is difficult

When every counselor wants a piece of the prize himself.

I have more lands than I could ever need.

Perhaps I could help.

I'd love that.

And as you said,

We may be apart, but our duties still remain.

What took you from our bed so early this morning?

Francis sent for me.

Ah, did he want you to do

His dark bidding again, or was it simply

A ménage à trois with your sister claude?

Well, he wanted to offer me lands and a title,

But I said, "my wife wants a husband with honor,

So I must decline."

That's not funny.

Perhaps not, but it's true.

The lands and title part anyway.

I wasn't stupid enough to refuse.

Wait, you're serious?

Really? Oh, bash!

And all this time, I've been bowing

And scraping to countesses and barons,

And now you're saying they can bow to me?

Who will bowing to me, by the way?

Countesses? Do we get a duchy?

Are you even aware you're undressing me?

uh, kenna, uh, there's other news.

Diane: I'm beginning to understand

What henry saw in her.

Mother, you're early.

Well, since you're here, I suppose, uh,

I should formally present my new wife.

So sorry I missed the wedding.

I heard you wept through the entire thing.

Better now?

Uh, kenna, this is the news I was trying to tell you about.

Diane, to what do we owe this unexpected pleasure?

Are you here for the ice festival?

Bash hasn't told you?

My son has gifted me

Some of the lands granted to him by francis.

And, as I was staying nearby with friends,

He invited me here

To go over the details of my new estate.

Well, that's lovely.

Bash, darling,

Did your mother's estate come with a title perchance?

Oh, bash doesn't care about titles.

Or he wouldn't have turned down the duchy

The king offered.

Instead, he took

The barony closer to francis

So he could continue to serve

As the king's deputy.

I could have been a duchess.

Have I caused marital discord?

Nothing could be further from my mind.

Makeup, jewelry.

They're all just distractions

To hide the corrupt flesh underneath.

Your flesh is not nearly corrupt enough

Since you started this campaign of self-flagellation.

And not the enjoyable kind.

I've made a mess of this family.

If only I knew how to make things right.

Run and play while I talk to your father.

And try not to scare anyone to death.

Especially claude.

When I chose to let claude live,

I thought they'd never forgive me.

But they're not angry anymore.

How did you do it?

I listened, catherine.

I gave them time,

Respect and love.

That's what families ought to offer each other, isn't it?

In a perfect world, yes.

Not a perfect world, catherine.

This world, which is so close to yours,

If only you'd choose to be more a part of it.

How can I choose to be a part of your world?

I don't even know if it's real, if you're real.

Am I going mad?

What does "real" even mean, hmm?

Hello, brother.

You don't seem in very high spirits.

Wife troubles?

If so, I'm sorry.

I mean it, bash.

Kenna was rather kind to me, after all.

What are you after?

Do I have to be after something

If, for one moment, I'm not being beastly?

Is that really what people think of me?

Only the ones who know you.

I suppose it's no wonder, then.

The leap between beast and murderer isn't so great, is it?

My mother thinks I killed the twins.

To the point that she was trying to poison me.

Kenna was right.

I was five.

Can you imagine what that's like?

Being accused of something

You're too young to even remember.

This new post you've taken,

You get to the bottom of things, don't you?

You help people.

You want me to look into it.

That's what you're after, isn't it?

Tell me everything you know.

I suggest retaining the montagnol chateau

With the northwest parcels.

They contain grain fields, while the eastern lands

Are suitable for sheep husbandry.

Good.

List montagnol and the northwest parcels

As one holding.

Mary: Lord narcisse.

So good to see you cooperating in carving up your empire.

What crime did you confess to in the end?

I'm guilty of embezzling from the crown, majesty.

Ah, embezzlement.

Excellent choice.

If you had been guilty of blackmailing us--

Unthinkable, really--

We would have taken your lands and your head.

I am grateful for the king's mercy.

I only hope that I can be useful.

Francis, since it's time for the king to take trusted counsel,

I think lord narcisse would be more useful outside the door.

Thank you for your help, narcisse. You may go.

I assume the best parcels of land are to go

To narcisse's allies?

He may bow and scrape to save his neck,

But they won't, not unless we buy them off.

Of course.

But there still is a great deal of land to give away.

I want to start by restoring some lands

To the protestants that narcisse stole them from.

As long as you take care to send the right message

So soon after the castle attack.

That's why I plan to only give lands to lords

Who have proven their loyalty.

Like lord Conde, you mean?

Few protestants have been as loyal as he.

Especially after the attack.

Conde.

Yes, why not?

Queen mary,