Reign

Previously on Reign...

Does the archduke know about us?

I told the archduke I would

never give you up.

- (Grunts) - Gideon!

He was poisoned, Jane.

Your Majesty, we have to go.

I will find who did this to you.

I stand before you to announce

that I am blessed and honored to carry within me

an heir with a claim

to both the Scottish and English thrones.

Please tell me that you didn't burn those men.

She convinced me that it was the only way to protect myself.

- Who convinced you? - Keira.

Keira is dead.

You know that this is dangerous.

I'm sorry, Mother. I forgot you're a believer in the occult.

As soon as Charles chooses one of the brides approved

by Philip, Spain will finally support his reign.

The love of my life

and the new queen of France. Come, Nicole!

You're with the wrong man. You deserve

someone that cares for you.

Spain wants me in power.

By marrying Nicole, you risk

losing the backing of Spain and your throne

along with it.

Leeza, my child, oh, it's been so long.

Spare me the pleasantries, Mother.

I'm not here to see you.

I want to talk to Charles and his Protestant fiancée.

Her name is Nicole.

Your Majesty.

Charles, do you truly intend

to go through with this marriage against

Spain's wishes?

I'm sorry, Leeza,

but I must follow my heart.

You cannot be swayed?

I cannot.

Well, then...

I suppose there's nothing to be done.

Except stay for the king's wedding.

You can't be serious, Leeza.

I was almost sent to a nunnery for following my heart!

Water under the bridge. Better yet, champagne.

Oh, and I brought a gift, too, as a token of goodwill.

On the way here, my soldiers rounded up

all these French heretics.

Oh, the one with the nasty gleam in her eye

is a notorious witch.

I thought the trials could

bring us all together.

That is so thoughtful of you.

Whatever it is that you're up to,

can we please just get it over with?

Why would I be up to something?

After reflection and prayer,

I realized France isn't worth my efforts.

I'll take my holiday here and then...

leave you to your own mess.

You've been avoiding me.

I've been busy.

Charles is taking me on a tour of France in a few days

to celebrate our engagement.

Are you going by choice or by order of the king?

What's the difference?

And don't pretend to be heartbroken about it.

We both know you only pursued me to sabotage Charles

and take his throne.

However our affair began,

it bloomed into something very, very real.

I can hardly eat or sleep.

Even my favorite earrings fail to cheer me.

Nicole, you understand me as no woman ever has.

And I understand you.

Admit it, you don't love Charles...

- you love me. - It doesn't matter.

He can make me queen of France.

Which means I cannot love you, Henri.

Well, it seems we're agreed then.

We shouldn't love each other, and yet we do.

You look...

- huge! - (Chuckles)

Thank you, Greer.

I've secretly decided I'm not leaving this chair

until I give birth.

I have some news that might interest you.

I've called James back to court.

You've lifted your brother's banishment?

I haven't heard back from him yet,

but I've told him how urgent my situation here is.

I'm still operating without a full privy council.

You want James to fill one of the seats?

No. I want to name him regent.

Just in case something happens to me during childbirth,

I want someone trustworthy to step in to lead.

You're going to be fine, Mary.

And James will come as soon as he can.

He's loyal to you.

What is it?

Something I probably shouldn't tell you.

I know you're trying, against all odds, to keep the peace with Darnley...

What has he done now?

Mary.

Oh, um, um, I have something. Look at it.

Look what I have made for the little one.

It's nice, isn't it?

Oh, uh, please, have a seat.

- How are you feeling? - Darnley, I thought that we agreed

that you wouldn't make a drunken,

whoring spectacle of yourself anymore.

And yet Greer tells me

that you were stumbling around the halls

last night, drunk and incoherent.

Last night? Really?

Were you so drunk you don't remember?

No. I-I don't remember drinking.

You don't look well.

I'm, um... I'm not, uh...

not feeling quite myself. Itchy shirt.

I don't know what... This itches.

Your skin.

Hmm?

Darnley, your back!

Wh-What?

Here, look.

They're lesions.

I-I...

I've seen something like this before.

When I was little, in the convent,

we used to visit the sick...

Darnley,

have you taken any lovers with, um...

with syphilis?

No! I've...

No, that's-that's... that's not possible. I...

I've seen men with that. The-the...

the lesions all over their bodies. The-the madness.

I had a friend who thought he was the red devil,

and then his teeth fell out. I can't possibly have that.

Darnley, listen to me.

You need to see a doctor immediately.

You need treatment.

What do you care what happens to me?

You had me thrown in a dungeon.

Darnley, you're my husband and the father of my child.

I don't want to see you suffer.

I want to help you.

It...

Please, let me help you.

I don't know what to do.

I know of a facility where they have the best treatment.

If you want to be a part of our child's life,

you need to go there and heal.

Please.

For all of us.

You actually feel sympathy?

For Darnley,

the snake that's tried to ruin you.

Bothwell, the man is ill.

For all we know, his illness could have caused his insanity

and cruelty.

Don't waste this moment making excuses for him.

This may be your last chance to save yourself and destroy him.

I told you, I'm not interested in bloodshed.

There's been enough already.

It seems the disease will kill him for us.

We need only lock him away.

Then maybe you and I might still have a chance.

Bothwell, stop.

Darnley is the king of Scotland

and he is still my husband.

We had our chance to convict him,

and we failed.

We must accept that.

I have nothing to offer you as a woman.

I don't believe that.

I am the man fated to be with you.

It's dangerous for us to be close.

And it will be especially so when the baby comes.

My enemies will be watching me closely.

I cannot afford to give them any cause to gossip.

You would spend your life denying your heart?

You are my bodyguard

and my most trusted protector.

But you can't be anything more.

I understand.

What do you mean you can't give Luc and me the annulment? You promised!

I promised to try. A king is not a pope, Claude.

We can't go on like this, Charles. You said weeks ago

that this annulment would happen.

And it will. Someday.

But right now, my fiancée happens

to be a Protestant. I-I can't be asking Spain

and the Vatican for favors.

Because you're marrying who you choose.

I have no choice.

I know it doesn't seem fair,