Reign

Previously on Reign...

I told you he's been like this for weeks.

Sullen, unresponsive.

I should never have become king.

I will fix this.

No!

This is what you two have been doing.

Misplacing the king of France.

The time has come for the Valois

to step down.

Spain must take control.

Is the Queen asking me to use military force?

The Queen is asking you to bring her Darnley.

This englishman killed my guard

and then tried to murder me.

Get out of our country

or we will drive you out.

Tell me what you gave Agatha.

The cure you're looking for

doesn't exist.

Then she will die?

Yes.

Elizabeth will keep coming after us.

Let her come; let the danger come.

Doesn't it make you feel alive?

Keira, what are you doing here?

I'm going to marry the Queen of Scotland.

She'll never win your heart, Darnley.

It's mine.

This is not the dead body I was hoping for, Ambassador.

Queen Mary insisted I bring

the assassin's corpse back to you.

She blames me

for the assassination attempt

On Lord Darnley's life.

Your failure to eliminate Darney

has caused me public embarrassment.

I'm sorry, Your Majesty.

Do you want me to send another Agent?

No.

Any further attempt on his life,

successful or not,

will clearly point back to me

and make me appear weak.

And I see no way to stop this wedding.

Then what do you suggest?

Because after Lord Darney

and Queen Mary wed, they will raise an army.

They'll gather international support,

and they will come after my throne.

The time to move on Scotland is now.

- Your Majesty, if I may... - What?

Help me?

Advise me?

Please, Ambassador.

Lord Blackburn and I occasionally disagreed,

but at least he didn't mince words.

Then neither will I.

You cannot invade Scotland

without reason.

Then find me a reason.

This marriage is an act

of aggression and I will not sit by,

helplessly waiting for the sword to fall.

*REIGN* Season 04 Episode 07 "Hanging Swords"

Come on, Greer, we're almost there.

Oh, Mary,

- It's beautiful. - I told you.

Darnley and I found it while on one of our rides.

Admit it, Greer, it's the perfect place to get married.

Not for a Queen.

Well, Queen of the fairies,

maybe, but your wedding

is a major political event.

Hundreds of guests,

Official ceremonies, legal formalities...

and that's the problem.

So much of this wedding isn't about

who Darney and I really are.

You mean, who you and Darney have become.

As much as I'd like to run away

and elope in a magical forest,

political realities are part

of my life... And this wedding.

You did have an assassination attempt

at your engagement party.

Darnley and I have been

under attack since before we met.

By Elizabeth, John Knox, the protestants,

even some of my own Catholic lords.

Something is going to happen, Greer.

I just... don't know where it's going to come from.

I see why the idea of running away with Darney

is suddenly so appealing.

And while I'm checking over my shoulder

for assassins and the like,

I still have the politics

of a royal wedding to deal with.

The guest list, the seating chart,

A million little things that could alienate

my supporters at home. And you will deal

with those challenges as you always do.

except that now, at the end of the day,

You will have achieved more than a political alliance.

You will have a chance to find love again.

Well...

It's almost

too much to hope for.

But I'm willing to try.

We have a problem.

If you're referring to the fact

that Charles hasn't been seen in weeks

and he gave his crown to a peasant,

we don't have a "problem," Narcisse.

We have a disaster.

Well, it's about to get a lot worse.

I've just learned your daughter,

Leeza, is drafting a letter

for Charles to sign,

formally abdicating the throne.

If Charles abdicates the throne, then what?

His brother, Henry, is next in line.

He's even younger than Charles. There will be

a vacuum. They'll make their own bid for the throne,

which will allow king Philip to take advantage

of the instability and present Spain

as a better option.

Making France a Spanish territory.

Yes.

Charles's absence buys us time.

He can't sign anything

if his whereabouts are unknown.

Leeza has her Spanish guards

combing the countryside as we speak.

Then we must find him first.

- Yes. - My sources told me of

a family outside Meaux.

They recently took in a mysterious boarder.

maybe it's Charles.

I will go at once.

Uh, Catherine...

Charles didn't just run away

from his duty.

He also ran away from...

You.

I'm the problem now?

You must admit, your relationship with Charles

has been strained.

Perhaps Charles would respond better

to a strong, male

authority figure.

But in the absence of such a man,

I'll settle for you.

Hmm.

I will hold my tongue and I'll let you do the talking,

but rest assured, I am the right person

to bring Charles home.

There's an unbreakable bond between a mother and her son.

I can't believe you're taking my lands for your fiancé.

I have no choice.

It's a requirement of our marriage.

Darnley must be given a Scottish title.

That requires me to Grant him lands

that earn him a certain amount of income.

and somehow it has to be my lands.

The old Lennox estates are the only lands

that earn enough income to give Darney the right title.

And I'm sure this has nothing to do with the fact

that these are the same lands taken from Darney's father

for being a traitor.

I won't deny that erasing Darney's family's stigma

is a benefit.

I know it's a loss.

Another loss... Of valuable trade routes,

of money out of my pocket.

- I will compensate you. - Will you compensate me

for the political allies I've given up?

Or for my position at court,

which Darney has already declared redundant?

He even took my favorite Arabian stallion.

Will you compensate me for that, as well?

Nothing that has been done

was meant to harm you personally.

And I didn't realize

he had taken your horse.

I will talk to him about it.

It's not about the horse.

It's that I don't like

making sacrifices for someone

who isn't worthy of you to begin with.

He only came here

to promote his power, not yours.

He set fire to a building so he could look like a hero.

Darnley's a better man than you think.

Really?

Who told you that?

Darnley?

You forged a letter to end my relationship with Keira.

- How could you do this? - It wasn't easy.

I paid a fortune.