Reign

Henriette: How did we die, mother? She suffocated you.

Do to claude what she did to us.

If you don't do it, then we will,

And she will suffer.

Forgive me. You're burning up.

The brand of the three dark riders.

They wanted me to know that whenever they choose,

They can lift up my shirt

And demonize me.

Antoine.

Antoine: Little brother.

Your reports have grown briefer.

And fewer. Why is that?

Conde: I know I agreed to marry claude

On behalf of France,

But I've realized I can't.

I've fallen in love with a queen.

You blame me for what happened.

I believe that we should lead separate lives.

Hang them all

Here in the courtyard, so the others can see what fate has

In store for those who would rise against us.

Man: Go on, take it back now.

Man 2: Yeah, how much longer? It's freezing.

Careful with that one.

I just can't stop thinking about your sister.

Kenna...

I know she wasn't well, you were just taking her to her chamber.

I don't know why I keep dwelling on it.

Then don't.

It's just, claude is so pretty and so adventurous.

She was in your arms...

Kenna, please not now.

It's so silly of me to be so jealous.

She's your sister.

Half sister.

What?

Just being accurate.

We have different mothers.

Let's not talk about our families.

Man: An urgent matter, my lord.

Orders were to display the traitors

For two weeks, then cut them down.

The good thing about this cold, there's barely...

Get to the point.

Well, some of them, their clothes are torn.

You know how it is, my lord, the birds come and peck...

I know.

So we saw it.

Checked every body, it's the same.

It's in the same place on each traitor who stormed the castle.

Bash: Looks like the mark of the dark riders.

Cardinal perazzo.

Cardinal vasari told us rumors of these dark riders,

But he thought it a tale for the credulous.

What do you think happened?

The dead men are all protestant traitors.

They all bear a mark.

Must be some secret seal,

A pledge amongst their brotherhood.

You make a great deal of sense, your eminence.

They must have made up this story of the dark riders

To cover their tracks, should anyone spy the brand.

I'll send my swiss guard to discover these traitors among us

And root them out.

Forgive me, your eminence,

But this is a matter for the king's justice,

And as I am the king's deputy,

I assure you I will handle it.

After I gather evidence.

My son,

These men are religious extremists,

Answerable to the ecclesiastical courts.

You're telling me to step aside?

Speak to your brother, the king.

You'll find he has no wish to challenge the pope.

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Excuse me.

Castle is freezing,

And, as I suspected, your hearth's gone cold.

I'll only be a moment.

How long are you going to keep playing this game?

I don't understand.

I told you that we would lead separate lives.

And yet, every day or two,

You come here with something to keep me more comfortable.

You don't say anything,

But I can feel you pressing me to talk.

You're wrong.

I don't expect you to talk to me

Or do anything you don't wish to do.

I was thinking, it might be good to get away from the castle

For a while-- away from the memories.

I haven't yet visited our château in chambord.

Well, that sounds like a very good idea.

I'll come with you, to make sure you're safe.

I prefer to go alone.

Don't you see, francis?

If we go together, it will only give you hope.

Hope that things will return to the way they were.

I don't have hope.

I know that I'm a constant reminder of what happened.

Additional guards then, to accompany you.

I'll see to it.

Your eminence, I've come to discuss the branded men.

The matter is in hand.

Public notices displaying the brand

My men are there to encourage neighbor

To speak out against neighbor.

Yes, but, as it happens, I'm not convinced

The bodies weren't marked after death.

Someone may be deliberately linking the brand

With protestants, using it to fan the flames

Of hate toward them.

Yes, come in.

Cardinal, forgive me.

But this noble lady has information

Concerning a traitor,

A man she saw who bears the mark.

Go on, dear lady, unburden yourself.

I'm afraid I can only share this under the oath of confession.

As you know, the mark is hidden by clothing, so when I saw it,

I'm afraid I was sinning at the time.

I will hear your confession myself.

May we have the room?

are you sure that he's all right?

The nannies say it's common at this age.

They just won't settle for days on end.

It goes away in time,

All we can do is wait for it to pass.

Well, let the nannies relieve you at least.

Where are they?

Perhaps it's foolish, but...

Oh, I just don't feel comfortable

Leaving him with someone else.

Not since the attack on the castle.

shh...

Prince Condé has been accused of bearing the brand.

Who has accused him?

I learned the news during confession;

My source must remain secret.

My penitent is a married lady.

So Condé slept with that woman.

Convenient she's coming forward now, isn't it?

Condé is a good patriot, who's helped the crown.

I struggle to see him as dangerous.

Perazzo: I understand your reluctance,

But the matter is easily settled.

My men will bring prince Condé in,

And we will see if he has the brand or not.

If he does, he'll hang.

To the carriage at once.

Your grace, as the new captain of the royal escort,

I am charged with providing your protection to chambord.

Chambord can wait.

Besides you, the only other person who saw the brand

Was a woman named josephine.

Whom you slept with?

After you'd been branded?

Yes.

Uh, why are you taking your spurs?

My horse is...

No, forget your horse.

You'll be arrested before you've gone half a mile.

You'll travel in my carriage-- I will take you to chambord.

Your home in Condé is the first place they'll look for you.

And if someone finds out we're traveling together,

Chambord will be the next place they look.

If only we could get you to your brother, the king of navarre.

But the roads along the border will be crawling

With swiss guards. My brother's not in navarre.

There's an estate one day's ride south from here.

It belongs to a friend of antoine's.

If we can get you there,

You can travel to navarre under his protection.

man: Prince Condé.

By word of cardinal perazzo, we demand you open up.

Quick, to my carriage.

It's in the alley, out of sight.

My god, I've missed the way you mix garlic with arsenic.

Oh, you'll exhaust yourself flattering me.

Death made me lovesick.

It's cold there in the dark.

But you... You are downright toasty.

Yes.

Don't be stingy.

Claude's a healthy young woman.

It'll take a lot more to bring her down.

Slowly poisoning her protects me from getting caught.

Is that what this is really about, hmm?

Not getting caught?

She's our child.

So are the twins.

And since I'll be with them for eternity,

I take their wish for vengeance into account.

Claude was only five when she murdered the twins.

She didn't know right from wrong.

God must take these things into consideration.

I don't doubt claude will go to heaven.

And believe me, she'll get more mercy from god than the twins.