Reign

Previously on "Reign"...

Husband? You can't have found someone already?

We both know you just want to be rid of me.

Greer, are you telling me that lord castleroy is a protestant?

Yes.

Did you hire montgomery to kill our father?

No, I did it myself.

I took montgomery's place.

Narcisse knows, he's blackmailing me.

He has montgomery hidden away somewhere.

This is no longer just about you.

Mary and catherine planned henry's murder

During private mass.

I spoke to the attending priest,

And he told me all the details.

Conde: This is the protestant minister

Whose church was burned down by catholics.

I did come here to beg for a new barn.

We have stolen gunpowder, packed tightly and hidden.

Mary: When we didn't kill their minister,

They did it themselves.

Man: This the crown's doing.

Mary: This is what the radicals wanted.

This is their bomb.

Pierre...?

Pierre?

(grunting with effort, panting)

What do you want with me?

You're going to change the face of France.

(fast tempo acoustic intro playing)

Ah.

Allow me.

For you and your family.

And spread the word about the feast of st. Nicholas.

It will go on as always with gifts for the children,

Music and dancing,

And extra food and provisions for winter.

This is just the start.

More supplies will be coming.

Begging your majesty, but some folks were scared to come today.

For those uneasy about a public gathering,

My representatives will come to your home

With food and supplies and no discussion of your faith.

It is the season for giving, not judging.

The minister hung, right there,

Beaten to death for asking for a new church.

The crown did not murder your minister, as I've said before.

I ask you to look ahead, not backward,

And we will do the same.

Please.

We were neighbors once,

Living side by side.

We can be again.

Thank you, cousin.

Your presence here means a great deal,

Given our recent disagreements.

My politics have left you more aligned with mary.

At least today, we're united,

To stop France from tearing itself in half.

I wonder if we can.

Guard: Your majesty,

Your brother sebastian asks you return to the castle.

Lively, skipping steps.

Ladies, you haven't been practicing.

Oh, let's...

Let's take a break, shall we?

Was that supposed to be the tarantella?

Princess claude.

It's a new dance. From Spain.

I would have invited you to the lesson,

But seeing as you don't respond to any of my invitations...

Your invitations?

To tea, for riding,

Perhaps a simple thank you for the tiara I sent you?

The servants get worse every year.

I swear they forget I live here now.

But here I am.

And I need all three of you, desperately.

What do you know about lord narcisse?

Really? Is it that bad?

Fantastic.

What is he, a whore chaser?

Uh, we cannot speak to that.

Well, what kind of woman does narcisse enjoy?

Well, you can't be asking for yourself.

We can speak to the fact that he kept his last wife in a cage.

A cage? For punishment, or for erotic purposes?

Claude, lord narcisse is completely unsuitable for you.

He's schemer, a liar, and he's dangerous.

Perfect.

Mother's been foisting me on boring suitors

Utterly beneath me.

An affair.

A very public, juicy affair,

With a notorious old man would obliterate

Any chance she has of marrying me off.

Mary: Catherine would have you shackled,

Bound and thrown into the sea.

As to these other suitors,

Why would catherine want you to wed

Beneath your station?

Who you marry, it's a strategic alliance for France.

Claude: The only alliance I'm interested in is

Temporary, delicious, in bed.

Francis...

If this is about the village this morning,

I didn't ask you because things there are still tense.

Things are tense across France,

But I have an idea, so hear me out, please.

What if your sister claude married condé?

Marry a royal to one

Of the most prominent protestants in the country?

Yes.

An interfaith marriage.

In your family.

It sends a message.

It certainly does.

Marriages have been making alliances for centuries.

It's a custom the people understand.

By bringing condé into your family,

You exemplify acceptance, tolerance,

People living together in peace.

I can't.

The nobles will rise against me.

The marriage won't confer any real power on the protestants,

But it would be a balm to them.

Insurance from them rising up against you.

Against us.

I'm sorry, my answer...

Is no. As I knew it would be.

You have fallen completely to the nobles.

But I had to try.

Francis: You said there was a development with narcisse.

Did you find montgomery?

No, but I'm hoping the man inside can help.

It's father michael, the priest catherine was going

To use to poison henry.

The one narcisse was hiding to use against us.

Please, your grace,

I've been a loyal servant to your queen mother for years.

Ask her.

Narcisse threatened my parents and sister

If I didn't do what he said.

You mean stand ready to indict queen mary and my mother

Of attempted regicide?

: Yes.

Father michael, do you know where lord narcisse was keeping

Another hostage-- lord montgomery?

No, the only man I saw, rather than the guard, was balfont.

Narcisse's man. He brought food

And checked on me every two or three days.

I did hear balfont say once,

Because the guard was sick of watching me,

That the man who was guarding montgomery had it much worse.

Balfont also checked on montgomery?

He seemed to be in charge of us.

When is balfont due to visit you next?

He came two days ago.

So, perhaps today, or tomorrow.

When balfont sees that father michael's missing,

He'll run straight to narcisse.

Balfont could be on his way to the farmhouse now.

Narcisse will know that we're eliminating his witnesses.

And play his hand by bringing montgomery

To court to accuse you of regicide.

We have to find montgomery.

There's no turning back now.

I have to get out from underneath narcisse.

I've lost control of my country,

And my own wife can hardly look at me.

I'll have balfont followed.

Or we capture and torture him

Till he reveals montgomery's location.

No, we can't be sure that he'll talk.

And narcisse will miss him.

Narcisse will order balfont to fetch montgomery.

We follow balfont.

It's a dangerous play.

For all his threats, narcisse might not want you gone.

Your successor could be worse in his mind.

Then I'll have to push him.

And I know just how.

Francis: Mary...

I've changed my mind about claude and condé.

You were right.

The marriage is a good option, a viable path towards peace.

We'll announce their engagement tonight

At the st. Nicholas feast.

Well, what about the nobles?

I'll deal with the nobles.

Using your argument that a stable France,

Cheaply bought with a marriage, benefits them most of all.

I'm afraid to believe you.

You've been so erratic lately, as you are now.

Please speak with claude and condé.

I could force their engagement,

But it would hardly engender good will, on either side.

Don't go back on your word, francis.

I'm trusting you.

Don't give me hope for France, for us,