1 00:00:00,163 --> 00:00:02,722 The following programme contains strong language 2 00:00:02,723 --> 00:00:04,843 and scenes of a sexual nature. 3 00:00:10,963 --> 00:00:13,162 Somerset will topple. Be sure you're there, 4 00:00:13,163 --> 00:00:14,962 stood tall, when he falls. 5 00:00:14,963 --> 00:00:18,042 Robert Carr, you will be hanged, until dead. 6 00:00:18,043 --> 00:00:20,442 Just remember, the King had boys before Somerset, 7 00:00:20,443 --> 00:00:22,162 and more will come, as you have. 8 00:00:22,163 --> 00:00:25,002 I still think a union of my Frances and your John 9 00:00:25,003 --> 00:00:26,522 benefits both families. 10 00:00:26,523 --> 00:00:28,442 Who marries John if this is known? 11 00:00:28,443 --> 00:00:30,842 How dare you pretend he is good enough for her? 12 00:00:30,843 --> 00:00:32,682 He will never have my daughter, 13 00:00:32,683 --> 00:00:34,842 as long as there's blood in my strong heart. 14 00:00:34,843 --> 00:00:36,563 As long as the terms are clear. 15 00:01:23,963 --> 00:01:25,882 And there's no coffin? 16 00:01:25,883 --> 00:01:28,562 - Just "remains", they said. - Who wants 'em? 17 00:01:28,563 --> 00:01:31,283 - And fuckin' why? - They wouldnae say. 18 00:01:32,843 --> 00:01:35,563 They did say, we ever tell a soul of this we're dead men. 19 00:01:36,403 --> 00:01:37,603 And, well... 20 00:01:39,003 --> 00:01:40,603 ... we're gravediggers. So... 21 00:01:41,683 --> 00:01:42,683 ... dig. 22 00:01:58,563 --> 00:02:00,682 Jesus fucking wept! 23 00:02:00,683 --> 00:02:03,163 - How deep has this bastard dug? - Deep. 24 00:02:16,403 --> 00:02:18,162 What the fuck is that? 25 00:02:18,163 --> 00:02:21,163 What sort of demented wee man are we working for here? 26 00:04:00,843 --> 00:04:03,003 What's wrong, boy? It's early. 27 00:04:05,123 --> 00:04:06,123 You bit me. 28 00:04:08,763 --> 00:04:10,163 Let me see. 29 00:04:23,643 --> 00:04:24,843 Mmm. 30 00:04:25,963 --> 00:04:27,363 All better. 31 00:04:29,723 --> 00:04:31,602 Poor lamb. 32 00:04:31,603 --> 00:04:33,043 And poor wolf. 33 00:04:34,003 --> 00:04:37,163 On the edge of the dark, dark woods. 34 00:04:38,883 --> 00:04:41,122 Do we enter? 35 00:04:41,123 --> 00:04:45,043 Or, no... no... no. 36 00:04:46,803 --> 00:04:48,003 No? 37 00:05:39,803 --> 00:05:41,322 Mm, mm. 38 00:05:41,323 --> 00:05:43,482 A sheep for breakfast?! 39 00:05:43,483 --> 00:05:45,682 - It's animal, Mother. - Oh, for fuck's sake, Susan, 40 00:05:45,683 --> 00:05:47,123 let him devour what he wants. 41 00:05:52,283 --> 00:05:54,922 Oi, open the bloody door then! 42 00:05:54,923 --> 00:05:57,922 Come on. Ya colossal collection of coddled cunts! 43 00:05:57,923 --> 00:05:59,802 Not again? 44 00:05:59,803 --> 00:06:01,442 Yes, again! 45 00:06:01,443 --> 00:06:03,362 Does he not know he can't swim? 46 00:06:03,363 --> 00:06:05,443 You talk to him you know. Why don't you ask him? 47 00:06:06,323 --> 00:06:08,762 Why do you swim, John? 48 00:06:08,763 --> 00:06:10,602 In the tide, there is a sun. 49 00:06:10,603 --> 00:06:12,522 - Well that's cleared that up. - I understand. 50 00:06:12,523 --> 00:06:14,762 - I'm glad someone does. - I'm glad that you're glad. 51 00:06:14,763 --> 00:06:17,042 I've raised six boys, three girls. 52 00:06:17,043 --> 00:06:18,483 I like some of them. 53 00:06:19,283 --> 00:06:21,202 Not a single one is like any of yours. 54 00:06:21,203 --> 00:06:22,802 What family's perfect? 55 00:06:22,803 --> 00:06:25,563 I'm really getting to miss being bored... 56 00:06:26,603 --> 00:06:27,802 ... and alone! 57 00:06:30,363 --> 00:06:32,042 Don't worry. 58 00:06:32,043 --> 00:06:33,683 We're all in the tide. 59 00:06:39,243 --> 00:06:41,482 Swimming? Why? 60 00:06:41,483 --> 00:06:43,122 I think he wants to go to France. 61 00:06:43,123 --> 00:06:44,762 And be like you. 62 00:06:44,763 --> 00:06:46,803 I haven't the will to tell him it's a lake. 63 00:06:47,803 --> 00:06:49,282 I worry about him. 64 00:06:49,283 --> 00:06:51,242 Do. John is so sad. 65 00:06:51,243 --> 00:06:52,722 He misses you. 66 00:06:52,723 --> 00:06:54,642 I miss him, too. 67 00:06:54,643 --> 00:06:56,483 Is the King not keeping you busy? 68 00:07:00,203 --> 00:07:01,442 He bit me. 69 00:07:01,443 --> 00:07:03,162 Like a lover at play? 70 00:07:03,163 --> 00:07:05,442 - More like a terrier on a hunt. - Who? 71 00:07:05,443 --> 00:07:07,403 Who's like a hunting terrier? 72 00:07:08,563 --> 00:07:10,802 Me! Ruff! Ruff! 73 00:07:13,723 --> 00:07:15,163 Ruff, ruff! 74 00:07:16,963 --> 00:07:17,963 Ruff? 75 00:07:19,483 --> 00:07:20,883 Will you feed the old girl? 76 00:07:22,963 --> 00:07:25,123 - Of course. - Let's see if she trusts you. 77 00:07:36,883 --> 00:07:39,283 Oh, that doesn't bode well. 78 00:07:45,163 --> 00:07:47,482 Come, who can win her favour? 79 00:07:47,483 --> 00:07:50,082 What about you, Sir Edward? 80 00:07:50,083 --> 00:07:52,322 - Where is Lady Hatton? - Go on. It's not gonna bite you! 81 00:07:52,323 --> 00:07:54,802 In Italy. Trying to find Frances a husband. 82 00:07:54,803 --> 00:07:56,602 Some Earl. 83 00:07:56,603 --> 00:07:58,042 Hmm. Interesting. 84 00:07:58,043 --> 00:07:59,522 We've not got all day! 85 00:07:59,523 --> 00:08:00,642 Imagine the dowry. 86 00:08:02,403 --> 00:08:04,402 If John wed their young Frances... 87 00:08:04,403 --> 00:08:06,602 We've been there before, remember? 88 00:08:06,603 --> 00:08:08,322 - Never again. - Why not? 89 00:08:08,323 --> 00:08:10,642 Oh, I don't know, Lady fucking Hatton for a start?! 90 00:08:10,643 --> 00:08:13,522 Well, she's not here, as you said. Her husband's much more: pliable. 91 00:08:13,523 --> 00:08:15,083 He who waits and all that. 92 00:08:16,203 --> 00:08:18,523 Oh! 93 00:08:22,043 --> 00:08:24,242 - Come on, have a go. Don't be shy! - A thought strikes me, 94 00:08:24,243 --> 00:08:25,802 every day, like a hard fist. 95 00:08:25,803 --> 00:08:28,202 I do not own my home... 96 00:08:28,203 --> 00:08:29,762 ... or any asset. 97 00:08:29,763 --> 00:08:31,082 My children are unwed. 98 00:08:31,083 --> 00:08:34,242 If the King's affection for you curdles, we have nothing. 99 00:08:34,243 --> 00:08:36,203 And I will not return to that, George. Ever. 100 00:08:37,363 --> 00:08:38,763 He would never leave me. 101 00:08:40,643 --> 00:08:42,562 Would he...- 102 00:08:45,883 --> 00:08:47,162 Thank you. 103 00:08:47,163 --> 00:08:49,682 You taste good today. 104 00:08:49,683 --> 00:08:51,442 Bacon! Your go now, son! 105 00:08:51,443 --> 00:08:54,482 His mood changes every hour. Every second. 106 00:08:54,483 --> 00:08:56,042 I'm exhausted. 107 00:08:56,043 --> 00:08:57,642 Grin and bear it. 108 00:08:57,643 --> 00:08:59,083 I fucking try. 109 00:08:59,883 --> 00:09:01,083 Come on, now! 110 00:09:02,523 --> 00:09:03,843 Ah! Ha-ha! 111 00:09:05,363 --> 00:09:08,122 We can always count on Sir Frances! 112 00:09:08,123 --> 00:09:09,562 Well done! 113 00:09:09,563 --> 00:09:12,603 Wonderful! Oh! So wonderful! 114 00:09:13,683 --> 00:09:15,283 Everyone, good day. 115 00:09:16,403 --> 00:09:19,363 Now that she's fed, you should know that this is Helen. 116 00:09:20,203 --> 00:09:21,882 From Jamestown, Virginia. 117 00:09:21,883 --> 00:09:23,802 They mate with just one partner 118 00:09:23,803 --> 00:09:25,562 for all their long lives. 119 00:09:25,563 --> 00:09:27,362 These exotic creatures. 120 00:09:27,363 --> 00:09:28,603 So loyal. 121 00:09:30,123 --> 00:09:31,643 Is there a finer quality? 122 00:09:33,443 --> 00:09:36,922 I brought you all here, friends, men of note, others, 123 00:09:36,923 --> 00:09:38,802 to tell you I'll be going to Edinburgh 124 00:09:38,803 --> 00:09:40,923 for the first time since I became your King. 125 00:09:41,723 --> 00:09:43,842 I've yet to decide who will be the Keeper of the Seal, 126 00:09:43,843 --> 00:09:46,162 in my absence, but there are several... 127 00:09:46,163 --> 00:09:48,322 ... strong candidates, in my view. 128 00:09:48,323 --> 00:09:52,003 But whoever it is, we need more of her devoted kind. 129 00:09:56,323 --> 00:09:59,882 All his loyalty talk scares me. When you go up north, 130 00:09:59,883 --> 00:10:02,283 don't take your eyes off him for a fucking second. 131 00:11:05,643 --> 00:11:07,243 This is the border? 132 00:11:08,123 --> 00:11:09,123 Aye. 133 00:11:10,683 --> 00:11:14,403 Beware, the nation behind us is a deep feather bed for a sound sleep. 134 00:11:16,803 --> 00:11:19,042 The nation before you, a bare stony couch 135 00:11:19,043 --> 00:11:21,043 to keep you forever awake in fear. 136 00:11:23,563 --> 00:11:24,883 Why propose we come? 137 00:11:29,483 --> 00:11:30,683 Duty. 138 00:11:48,123 --> 00:11:49,163 Page. 139 00:11:51,003 --> 00:11:55,642 Mary. I don't think I ever thanked you for the Somerset case. 140 00:11:55,643 --> 00:11:57,882 Gave me a brief moment centre stage. 141 00:11:57,883 --> 00:11:59,322 Not enough, alas, 142 00:11:59,323 --> 00:12:02,362 to be chosen as Keeper of the Seal instead of Bacon. 143 00:12:02,363 --> 00:12:06,202 - Hmm. That was a curious choice. - Yes. How can I help you? 144 00:12:06,203 --> 00:12:07,535 Do you know a father can authorise 145 00:12:07,536 --> 00:12:09,122 a marriage contract for his daughter. 146 00:12:09,123 --> 00:12:11,762 We tried that and it didn't work... 147 00:12:11,763 --> 00:12:14,522 Lady Hatton would feed my knees and joints to her dogs. 148 00:12:14,523 --> 00:12:16,602 Use my skull as a brandy glass. 149 00:12:16,603 --> 00:12:18,882 Do you not fear for your own legacy more? 150 00:12:18,883 --> 00:12:20,322 A man of your standing, 151 00:12:20,323 --> 00:12:23,122 passed over for roles of state he so deserves, 152 00:12:23,123 --> 00:12:25,482 again and again... 153 00:12:25,483 --> 00:12:28,282 ... ever humiliated by your own cold wife? 154 00:12:28,283 --> 00:12:30,242 And what would solve all those ills? 155 00:12:30,243 --> 00:12:31,682 The King. 156 00:12:31,683 --> 00:12:33,962 He is George's now, no doubt. 157 00:12:33,963 --> 00:12:36,122 Join our family and the stage is yours. 158 00:12:36,123 --> 00:12:38,642 My wife to pay you for my rise? 159 00:12:38,643 --> 00:12:40,803 Yes, I love that part. 160 00:13:10,843 --> 00:13:12,482 Oh my God alive. 161 00:13:12,483 --> 00:13:14,243 Christ! Lucifer! 162 00:13:15,203 --> 00:13:17,442 - That is my vase. Give me my vase! - No, no! 163 00:13:17,443 --> 00:13:18,765 - Be strong. - How? 164 00:13:18,766 --> 00:13:21,162 - Follow me. - They're ransacking my possessions! 165 00:13:21,163 --> 00:13:22,842 I thought you were in Italy? 166 00:13:22,843 --> 00:13:25,202 Ah. Well, I'm not. 167 00:13:25,203 --> 00:13:27,682 - Ciao. - Ciao. What have you done? 168 00:13:27,683 --> 00:13:29,602 Is that the contract for Frances? 169 00:13:29,603 --> 00:13:32,642 Thought you could turn up, wave it around whilst I was away, 170 00:13:32,643 --> 00:13:35,042 do a spry jig and merrily steal off with her? 171 00:13:35,043 --> 00:13:37,002 It's not stealing when you own a thing. 172 00:13:37,003 --> 00:13:38,442 Frances is his daughter. 173 00:13:38,443 --> 00:13:40,282 Yes, we all make mistakes. 174 00:13:40,283 --> 00:13:41,842 How did you find out? 175 00:13:41,843 --> 00:13:46,042 Your clerk, Page, is an ale-riddled, flatulent blabbermouth. 176 00:13:46,043 --> 00:13:48,282 It's why I changed my plans for Italy. 177 00:13:48,283 --> 00:13:50,842 Fucking, Page! Where is Frances? 178 00:13:50,843 --> 00:13:53,322 Well, she was the first thing secured away. Next... 179 00:13:53,323 --> 00:13:56,122 ... everything I own, which you thought you owned. 180 00:13:56,123 --> 00:13:58,402 - Wrong again. - So where have you taken her? 181 00:13:58,403 --> 00:14:02,402 Tell us, so we can this done civilly and with a modicum of fuss. 182 00:14:02,403 --> 00:14:03,722 Oh, really do get fucked. 183 00:14:03,723 --> 00:14:05,883 No, I really will get Frances. 184 00:14:24,963 --> 00:14:26,362 Look, he's here! 185 00:14:44,283 --> 00:14:46,922 It's a beautiful city, Your Majesty. 186 00:14:46,923 --> 00:14:48,563 Outwardly, maybe. 187 00:14:49,483 --> 00:14:50,882 But within... 188 00:14:50,883 --> 00:14:52,522 What is there to fear? 189 00:14:52,523 --> 00:14:54,923 Can you not just fucking trust me on this? 190 00:14:56,363 --> 00:14:57,963 I know where we tread. 191 00:15:09,963 --> 00:15:12,642 I know I am just here to get me out of mothers hair, 192 00:15:12,643 --> 00:15:14,683 but why are we on the children's table? 193 00:15:15,923 --> 00:15:17,803 He told me I'd be bored with his. 194 00:15:18,963 --> 00:15:20,963 Looks like he is already bored of you, brother. 195 00:15:22,043 --> 00:15:23,643 Dirty old sausage. 196 00:15:26,643 --> 00:15:28,322 Don't worry, my Lords, 197 00:15:28,323 --> 00:15:30,323 you're better off here with us wee bairns. 198 00:15:31,203 --> 00:15:32,602 Didn't ask you, pal. 199 00:15:32,603 --> 00:15:34,843 And I'm not a Lord, I'm just wee Master Kit. 200 00:15:39,083 --> 00:15:40,642 Why would we better off? 201 00:15:40,643 --> 00:15:45,122 James is just protecting your fresh... innocence. 202 00:15:45,123 --> 00:15:47,002 - Protecting?! - Mm-hmm. 203 00:15:47,003 --> 00:15:49,642 - I don't need protecting. - We all do, love. 204 00:15:49,643 --> 00:15:52,042 No shame in the shelter of another man's arms. 205 00:15:52,043 --> 00:15:54,162 Who are you, mate? 206 00:15:54,163 --> 00:15:55,562 Sir Peter Carr. 207 00:15:55,563 --> 00:15:57,963 Call me Sir or Peter. But never Pete. 208 00:15:58,803 --> 00:16:00,283 Do you mean "Carr"? 209 00:16:01,363 --> 00:16:03,642 The Earl of Somerset was Something Carr. 210 00:16:03,643 --> 00:16:05,723 He was Scottish. And you do seem... 211 00:16:06,603 --> 00:16:11,162 ... incredibly Scottish yourself, no offence, Pete. 212 00:16:11,163 --> 00:16:13,322 I am Scottish, none taken but... 213 00:16:13,323 --> 00:16:15,563 ... call me Pete again and we may fight, son. 214 00:16:17,003 --> 00:16:18,522 And yes, Somerset. 215 00:16:18,523 --> 00:16:20,683 My... my cousin. 216 00:16:21,963 --> 00:16:25,203 Well! That's very awkward. 217 00:16:26,163 --> 00:16:28,642 I... I admired the man a great amount... 218 00:16:28,643 --> 00:16:31,002 Fuck that! He brought disgrace to our nation. 219 00:16:31,003 --> 00:16:34,323 An arrogant, selfish cunt who deserves his cell. 220 00:16:36,083 --> 00:16:39,482 Sorry, the Earl of Buckingham is a much better man for the King. 221 00:16:39,483 --> 00:16:41,442 Everyone knows. 222 00:16:41,443 --> 00:16:43,883 - They've heard of me, up here? - The things we hear! 223 00:16:44,803 --> 00:16:46,242 Can they all be true though? 224 00:16:46,243 --> 00:16:49,123 My dear gosh. No, James chose very well. 225 00:16:50,043 --> 00:16:52,363 Even if he keeps you on such a long, distant leash. 226 00:16:56,803 --> 00:16:58,242 I'm on no man's leash. 227 00:16:58,243 --> 00:16:59,883 Good, then you're free to roam. 228 00:17:13,763 --> 00:17:15,442 So? 229 00:17:15,443 --> 00:17:17,283 Are you sure? How can you be? 230 00:17:18,403 --> 00:17:20,362 I persuaded the scullery boy in the house, 231 00:17:20,363 --> 00:17:23,362 that I was from the farm over, out looking for a lost spaniel. 232 00:17:23,363 --> 00:17:25,403 I collared him in the pigpen. 233 00:17:26,283 --> 00:17:27,482 And he was a chatty catty! 234 00:17:27,483 --> 00:17:29,482 Frances is in the main house? 235 00:17:29,483 --> 00:17:31,762 - Mmm. Clever girl. - Where's Lady Hatton? 236 00:17:31,763 --> 00:17:33,642 It's her cousin's house, is she there? 237 00:17:33,643 --> 00:17:35,962 They're in town somewhere, but could be back any minute. 238 00:17:35,963 --> 00:17:38,722 Hatton has her men with her, armed, 239 00:17:38,723 --> 00:17:41,203 and so left behind half in the house, on watch. 240 00:17:42,483 --> 00:17:44,002 - What do we do, then? - We move now. 241 00:17:44,003 --> 00:17:45,843 - Before the guard doubles. - Agreed. 242 00:17:47,403 --> 00:17:50,762 Make sure you ask them, do any inside want to die 243 00:17:50,763 --> 00:17:53,402 to prevent the oldest legal right of all: 244 00:17:53,403 --> 00:17:56,163 a father's dominion over his progeny? 245 00:17:58,483 --> 00:18:00,722 I might be a bit more blunt than that, sir. 246 00:18:00,723 --> 00:18:02,843 Right, lads! Come on! 247 00:18:55,763 --> 00:18:58,042 Got her! 248 00:18:58,043 --> 00:19:00,042 Stop resisting! 249 00:19:01,483 --> 00:19:03,802 Take her hands! Move. Move! 250 00:19:03,803 --> 00:19:07,282 Ow! Help me! Ow! Let go of me or you'll hang! 251 00:19:07,283 --> 00:19:09,322 This is insanity! 252 00:19:09,323 --> 00:19:12,322 Let me go! You will fucking hang for this! 253 00:19:12,323 --> 00:19:15,162 You will fucking hang for this. 254 00:19:15,163 --> 00:19:17,883 - Let go of me! - Move! 255 00:19:20,483 --> 00:19:22,923 Your dirty animals broke my arm. 256 00:19:24,323 --> 00:19:27,283 Bones heal. Reputations do not. 257 00:19:28,083 --> 00:19:29,562 I know, Father. 258 00:19:29,563 --> 00:19:31,282 Don't worry, Frances. 259 00:19:31,283 --> 00:19:32,923 This is all for the best. 260 00:19:34,443 --> 00:19:36,683 Not mine. Is it? 261 00:19:55,643 --> 00:19:57,963 Do you like me, brother? 262 00:19:59,203 --> 00:20:00,242 What? 263 00:20:00,243 --> 00:20:01,602 Mother doesn't. 264 00:20:01,603 --> 00:20:03,642 Nor our sister. 265 00:20:03,643 --> 00:20:06,962 The staff. Or even John. 266 00:20:06,963 --> 00:20:09,042 Yes. John loves everyone. 267 00:20:09,043 --> 00:20:10,923 - No. You didn't answer my question... - Kit! 268 00:20:11,883 --> 00:20:13,802 I'm busy. Alright? 269 00:20:13,803 --> 00:20:17,763 And you're drunk and you are sad. You need a drink. 270 00:20:28,523 --> 00:20:30,642 Won't King Sausage cut your head off 271 00:20:30,643 --> 00:20:32,563 if you dip it in another pig? 272 00:20:33,843 --> 00:20:35,443 He doesn't care what I do. 273 00:20:36,843 --> 00:20:39,523 Besides, I'm just... looking. 274 00:20:41,443 --> 00:20:43,362 I don't trust him. 275 00:20:43,363 --> 00:20:45,043 Anyone that amiable... 276 00:20:46,323 --> 00:20:48,002 ... they want something. 277 00:20:48,003 --> 00:20:49,242 Don't worry, brother. 278 00:20:51,043 --> 00:20:53,842 I will keep my guard entirely... 279 00:20:53,843 --> 00:20:56,723 ... you know... up! 280 00:21:14,923 --> 00:21:17,483 - What's wrong? - My turn, no? 281 00:21:18,883 --> 00:21:20,682 If he finds out. 282 00:21:20,683 --> 00:21:22,642 He knows what his young pups do. 283 00:21:22,643 --> 00:21:25,722 - Does he? - Fucking aye, he must! 284 00:21:25,723 --> 00:21:28,362 Know how many men he had here before we lost him down to England? 285 00:21:34,323 --> 00:21:37,123 No one can find out. Never. 286 00:21:39,923 --> 00:21:41,323 Our secret. 287 00:21:42,723 --> 00:21:44,123 To the grave. 288 00:21:49,283 --> 00:21:50,683 Thank you. 289 00:21:55,563 --> 00:21:57,723 You know, my brother doesn't think I should trust you. 290 00:21:59,083 --> 00:22:00,523 Well, you'll have to. 291 00:22:01,403 --> 00:22:03,522 With your life. 292 00:22:03,523 --> 00:22:05,602 I'm an officer in the Scottish Guard. 293 00:22:05,603 --> 00:22:07,123 My job: protect the King on this tour. 294 00:22:09,203 --> 00:22:11,003 And all his hangers-on. 295 00:22:12,643 --> 00:22:14,122 So, I'll be seeing a lot more of you then? 296 00:22:14,123 --> 00:22:16,163 Mm. If that's possible, aye. 297 00:22:39,643 --> 00:22:42,003 - How were the Lords you were... - Quiet, cunt. 298 00:22:47,843 --> 00:22:49,483 It was just a question. 299 00:22:54,163 --> 00:22:56,883 I saw you, with your darling little soldier boy. 300 00:22:58,323 --> 00:23:00,283 I know his family, do you ken? 301 00:23:01,763 --> 00:23:03,363 We were actually just chatting. 302 00:23:04,683 --> 00:23:06,442 - Amiably. - Chatting of what? 303 00:23:06,443 --> 00:23:08,522 Spit and cock? 304 00:23:08,523 --> 00:23:10,763 No, nothing. Well... 305 00:23:12,443 --> 00:23:14,402 ... actually about how much he admires you. 306 00:23:14,403 --> 00:23:18,202 Which is it? Nothing or admiration? 307 00:23:18,203 --> 00:23:21,362 Your lies reek almost as much as you do; of the gutter and worse. 308 00:23:21,363 --> 00:23:23,202 I'm not lying! 309 00:23:23,203 --> 00:23:25,922 And I'm not the one touching other boys in front of you! 310 00:23:25,923 --> 00:23:28,482 - Laughing and ogling... - And it's all I do! 311 00:23:28,483 --> 00:23:30,322 Open play, that all may see. 312 00:23:30,323 --> 00:23:32,282 You're the creeping fellow out in the dark, 313 00:23:32,283 --> 00:23:34,882 - playing secret games with violent soldiers. - Creeping? 314 00:23:34,883 --> 00:23:38,362 Maybe if I wasn't relegated to this far off table, 315 00:23:38,363 --> 00:23:40,202 - then I wouldn't... - Oh, I've heard it all now! 316 00:23:40,203 --> 00:23:43,323 My table placement had me fuck a chap's arse! 317 00:23:59,283 --> 00:24:01,523 You know, I had a love, once. 318 00:24:05,163 --> 00:24:06,563 A true love. 319 00:24:09,363 --> 00:24:11,963 A man worthy of me, as a vessel of God. 320 00:24:15,403 --> 00:24:17,483 And he told me, once, that man... 321 00:24:19,723 --> 00:24:24,123 "No one... will ever be as true to you as I." 322 00:24:28,203 --> 00:24:29,843 How right he was. 323 00:24:32,163 --> 00:24:33,363 Who was he? 324 00:24:36,323 --> 00:24:37,523 Was... 325 00:24:39,563 --> 00:24:40,963 ... this man... 326 00:24:43,723 --> 00:24:45,163 It wasn't Somerset? 327 00:24:50,163 --> 00:24:51,963 It was another? 328 00:24:53,803 --> 00:24:56,763 This country has already infected you. 329 00:24:59,563 --> 00:25:02,443 Why don't you go and find a bed elsewhere? Hmm. 330 00:25:03,563 --> 00:25:05,243 You're good at that, no? 331 00:25:26,163 --> 00:25:27,763 You're reading my fortune? 332 00:25:28,883 --> 00:25:30,683 Isn't that what she is, to you? 333 00:25:35,243 --> 00:25:36,763 Whoa-eh! 334 00:25:47,083 --> 00:25:48,883 My turn to face the fire. 335 00:26:00,563 --> 00:26:02,042 Fuck. 336 00:26:02,043 --> 00:26:03,962 How did you find us? 337 00:26:03,963 --> 00:26:05,883 I am Sir Francis Bacon. 338 00:26:06,683 --> 00:26:08,402 We all have our crosses. 339 00:26:08,403 --> 00:26:10,682 This will not look good for anyone, will it? 340 00:26:10,683 --> 00:26:13,962 Both sides forcibly taking away the girl. 341 00:26:13,963 --> 00:26:16,762 Even the King would not approve, I'm sure. Very sordid. 342 00:26:16,763 --> 00:26:19,762 She is ours. It is plain fact. 343 00:26:19,763 --> 00:26:21,402 Clear in law and custom. 344 00:26:21,403 --> 00:26:23,842 No, heavily disputed in both. 345 00:26:23,843 --> 00:26:25,002 Not by me. 346 00:26:25,003 --> 00:26:27,642 And when I speak to the King: he will listen, and agree. 347 00:26:27,643 --> 00:26:30,482 How? He is not responding to any letters. 348 00:26:30,483 --> 00:26:33,123 He may be away for a long time. We're on our own. 349 00:26:34,163 --> 00:26:36,162 I imagine you have a proposal? 350 00:26:36,163 --> 00:26:37,482 In James' absence, 351 00:26:37,483 --> 00:26:41,123 as Keeper of the Seal, I must be Kingly. 352 00:26:42,443 --> 00:26:44,482 But perhaps I can be like another King. 353 00:26:44,483 --> 00:26:45,923 Solomon? 354 00:26:47,643 --> 00:26:50,082 So we slice a baby in half? 355 00:26:50,083 --> 00:26:52,323 In a manner, yes. 356 00:26:58,003 --> 00:26:59,402 What will we do today? 357 00:26:59,403 --> 00:27:01,443 What we do every day. 358 00:27:02,323 --> 00:27:04,763 We wait, for the King's word. 359 00:27:05,883 --> 00:27:08,683 Until then, you'll have two mothers to look after you. 360 00:27:10,443 --> 00:27:11,723 Don't worry, Frances. 361 00:27:12,843 --> 00:27:16,683 Bacon's little joint custody experiment will soon be over. 362 00:27:17,723 --> 00:27:20,403 I hear Scotland's going very badly for her boy. 363 00:27:21,523 --> 00:27:26,003 Maybe James will find another young catamite up there to... 364 00:27:27,043 --> 00:27:29,402 ... plug and pound to an early grave? 365 00:27:29,403 --> 00:27:32,603 - Who cares what you hear or think? - And when he does... 366 00:27:34,483 --> 00:27:35,683 ... where are you? 367 00:27:37,403 --> 00:27:39,402 Back to the provinces you plod. 368 00:27:39,403 --> 00:27:41,682 Mother. If we must live together by law, 369 00:27:41,683 --> 00:27:43,763 perhaps we could be a little less cruel? 370 00:27:44,723 --> 00:27:46,443 - It could be many months. - Years. 371 00:27:47,483 --> 00:27:48,883 If that's what it takes. 372 00:27:55,723 --> 00:27:58,402 I have letters. Some from Bacon. 373 00:27:58,403 --> 00:28:01,723 But most of them are from my mother. She wants me to read them to you. 374 00:28:04,243 --> 00:28:07,003 - She says my brother has been... - Put them on like all the rest. 375 00:28:07,923 --> 00:28:10,323 And stop smiling at me for Christ's sake. 376 00:28:11,443 --> 00:28:13,122 Your judgement is needed, back home. 377 00:28:13,123 --> 00:28:14,963 I don't care a given shit. 378 00:28:27,163 --> 00:28:29,203 It's not good for you to be this long in Edinburgh. 379 00:28:30,963 --> 00:28:34,563 We should get out, we should... We should see the country. 380 00:28:36,923 --> 00:28:40,122 Look, whatever has been troubling you, 381 00:28:40,123 --> 00:28:42,402 the people have been kind to me here. 382 00:28:42,403 --> 00:28:43,643 Kind?! 383 00:28:44,803 --> 00:28:47,563 These people killed my father before I was born. 384 00:28:48,403 --> 00:28:51,803 Gave my mother to the English to be caged and beheaded. 385 00:28:52,723 --> 00:28:55,803 I spent no second on this sorry soil at peace. 386 00:28:58,083 --> 00:29:00,523 So don't you fucking "kind" me, boy. 387 00:29:06,323 --> 00:29:07,842 But you're right! 388 00:29:07,843 --> 00:29:11,723 On my life, we need get out of this rabid city! 389 00:29:14,883 --> 00:29:17,042 Bastard! 390 00:29:20,403 --> 00:29:22,403 What the fuck are you looking at? 391 00:29:38,403 --> 00:29:40,002 We won't wake them, you're sure? 392 00:29:40,003 --> 00:29:42,003 Lady Hatton and Frances are dead to the world. 393 00:29:46,043 --> 00:29:47,243 Mmm. 394 00:29:49,323 --> 00:29:51,683 How is John? Did you give him my letter? 395 00:29:52,923 --> 00:29:55,042 - I tried. - What is it? 396 00:29:55,043 --> 00:29:57,642 I went back to the house, as you told me, 397 00:29:57,643 --> 00:30:00,043 and... it was hell. 398 00:30:00,843 --> 00:30:03,482 Tears and screams and more. 399 00:30:03,483 --> 00:30:04,963 And John stood by... 400 00:30:05,923 --> 00:30:07,322 ... with a blade. 401 00:30:11,523 --> 00:30:13,562 Out of my way! 402 00:30:13,563 --> 00:30:15,322 Your serving girl... 403 00:30:15,323 --> 00:30:17,202 Jenny! 404 00:30:17,203 --> 00:30:18,962 He sliced her. 405 00:30:18,963 --> 00:30:22,122 Look at me, look at me. 406 00:30:22,123 --> 00:30:23,762 I need you to breathe. 407 00:30:27,083 --> 00:30:28,482 Why would he hurt her? 408 00:30:28,483 --> 00:30:30,442 He kept going in the lake. 409 00:30:30,443 --> 00:30:32,522 And your husband, in his fury, 410 00:30:32,523 --> 00:30:33,963 locked John away in his room. 411 00:30:34,803 --> 00:30:36,762 First dinner he was allowed out, 412 00:30:36,763 --> 00:30:40,203 he just, grabbed the knife off a plate she carried and just... 413 00:30:46,563 --> 00:30:48,043 She'll be compensated. 414 00:30:49,883 --> 00:30:52,522 How?! Put her eye back in?! 415 00:30:52,523 --> 00:30:54,602 Oh, don't be daft. The dowry will help. 416 00:30:54,603 --> 00:30:55,962 You still want him wed? 417 00:30:55,963 --> 00:30:57,802 - What does this change? - What doesn't it? 418 00:30:57,803 --> 00:30:59,482 I don't see that. 419 00:30:59,483 --> 00:31:01,562 - What about Frances? - Oh, she'll be fine. 420 00:31:01,563 --> 00:31:04,642 I'll speak to John. He listens to me. He wants to be wed. 421 00:31:04,643 --> 00:31:06,163 He'll behave, from now on. 422 00:31:07,283 --> 00:31:09,042 Do you even believe that, yourself? 423 00:31:09,043 --> 00:31:10,683 You'll share in the dowry, too. 424 00:31:15,123 --> 00:31:16,723 Where does all this end, Mary? 425 00:31:18,483 --> 00:31:20,083 Nothing ever ends. 426 00:31:22,043 --> 00:31:23,923 Everything's a ceaseless fight. 427 00:31:26,603 --> 00:31:28,642 But I vow to you, 428 00:31:28,643 --> 00:31:31,003 as I battle, you will rise. 429 00:31:57,883 --> 00:31:59,283 I told you. 430 00:32:00,563 --> 00:32:02,923 Country air. It's healing. 431 00:32:04,803 --> 00:32:06,643 Depends on the severity of the wound. 432 00:32:13,963 --> 00:32:15,563 It's good to be by your side... 433 00:32:17,123 --> 00:32:19,442 ... without the distractions of the city. 434 00:32:19,443 --> 00:32:21,563 Distractions? Him? 435 00:32:22,763 --> 00:32:23,963 Not me. 436 00:32:25,763 --> 00:32:29,042 Your Majesty. Forgive me but, this laddie, he loves you. 437 00:32:29,043 --> 00:32:30,283 Does he now? 438 00:32:49,643 --> 00:32:51,282 James? Are you alright? 439 00:32:51,283 --> 00:32:53,242 Where are our horses? 440 00:32:53,243 --> 00:32:55,242 Our horses, they were here. They were right here. 441 00:32:55,243 --> 00:32:57,562 - No, we tied them further up. - Is this Treason? 442 00:32:57,563 --> 00:32:59,202 Trapped by water, no means to leave! 443 00:32:59,203 --> 00:33:01,443 George is right, we tied them up over the hill. 444 00:33:03,083 --> 00:33:05,323 Who planned this? Which traitor? 445 00:33:06,643 --> 00:33:08,122 You? You're the soldier. 446 00:33:08,123 --> 00:33:09,602 No. Yes. 447 00:33:09,603 --> 00:33:12,042 No, no, you, the brother. Yes, you. 448 00:33:12,043 --> 00:33:14,403 It's... It's treachery. 449 00:33:16,283 --> 00:33:18,083 James?! 450 00:33:19,243 --> 00:33:21,002 - James! - Your Majesty! 451 00:33:21,003 --> 00:33:22,962 - James! - Your Majesty! 452 00:33:24,523 --> 00:33:26,043 James! 453 00:33:28,003 --> 00:33:29,482 What's he doing? 454 00:33:29,483 --> 00:33:30,803 I don't know. 455 00:33:33,883 --> 00:33:35,323 Bring him here! 456 00:33:51,203 --> 00:33:53,443 Lay him here. 457 00:33:55,563 --> 00:33:56,963 Let him breathe. 458 00:34:01,043 --> 00:34:03,442 Cover him with... 459 00:34:03,443 --> 00:34:06,603 Get him out! 460 00:34:15,963 --> 00:34:17,363 Go on, then. 461 00:34:18,443 --> 00:34:20,442 - Off you go. - Oh, you little fucking shi... 462 00:34:24,363 --> 00:34:26,043 George, leave him be. 463 00:34:26,963 --> 00:34:28,363 Give him space. 464 00:34:29,283 --> 00:34:31,163 Let him crave your return. 465 00:34:32,003 --> 00:34:34,162 Let's you and me get away together. 466 00:34:34,163 --> 00:34:36,483 I know places we may go to kill some time. 467 00:34:37,763 --> 00:34:39,882 Kit can come, too, if he wants. 468 00:34:39,883 --> 00:34:41,642 Or would he advise against it? 469 00:34:41,643 --> 00:34:43,642 I fear he doesn't like me very much. 470 00:34:43,643 --> 00:34:45,842 Kit doesn't know you, Pete. 471 00:34:45,843 --> 00:34:47,882 And I'm not George's keeper. Or anyone's. 472 00:34:47,883 --> 00:34:50,162 I'm only here to see if the Mad River King is 473 00:34:50,163 --> 00:34:52,803 gonna have us all killed in our beds tonight. And do you know what? 474 00:34:53,723 --> 00:34:55,123 I think he fucking might. 475 00:35:11,443 --> 00:35:13,442 Hit her with a poker or something. 476 00:35:13,443 --> 00:35:15,403 He attempted to bludgeon the girl. 477 00:35:17,123 --> 00:35:20,963 So John maimed a servant, did he? 478 00:35:22,043 --> 00:35:24,482 Good. Wait till the King hears. 479 00:35:24,483 --> 00:35:27,362 It the first thing I'll tell him when he's back. 480 00:35:27,363 --> 00:35:30,162 You understand I had to appear to be fair, to her? 481 00:35:30,163 --> 00:35:33,803 I do. You did very well. As ever. 482 00:35:35,003 --> 00:35:38,282 - If only I'd married you. - My wife probably agrees with you. 483 00:35:47,643 --> 00:35:50,282 - Have you heard of Ruthven Castle? - No. 484 00:35:50,283 --> 00:35:52,642 It's got quite the history, this place. 485 00:35:52,643 --> 00:35:55,843 - You're sure we weren't followed? - No, we are entirely alone, love. 486 00:35:57,723 --> 00:35:58,923 Come on! 487 00:36:03,123 --> 00:36:04,963 The King stayed here, long ago. 488 00:36:06,403 --> 00:36:08,482 Why? 489 00:36:08,483 --> 00:36:10,523 It's too dark and gloomy for him. 490 00:36:14,763 --> 00:36:16,163 I suppose it is. 491 00:36:21,203 --> 00:36:22,803 Did you know he had a lover? 492 00:36:24,843 --> 00:36:26,162 No. 493 00:36:26,163 --> 00:36:27,603 Lord Lennox. 494 00:36:29,283 --> 00:36:31,123 Lennox was much older than the King. 495 00:36:32,203 --> 00:36:35,283 James was... besotted. 496 00:36:36,923 --> 00:36:39,763 Let Lennox rule us by his every whim. 497 00:36:40,563 --> 00:36:42,643 Just like my cousin Somerset ruled you. 498 00:36:56,323 --> 00:37:01,883 But other Lords here were not happy with this Lord Lennox. 499 00:37:03,563 --> 00:37:06,763 Just like your Lords who... hated Somerset. 500 00:37:08,403 --> 00:37:12,363 Including... Lord Ruthven of this castle... 501 00:37:14,883 --> 00:37:16,682 ... who kidnapped the King, 502 00:37:16,683 --> 00:37:19,443 - brought him here as prisoner. - Kidnapped? 503 00:37:20,843 --> 00:37:23,162 - For how long? - Ten months. 504 00:37:23,163 --> 00:37:24,603 Before James escaped. 505 00:37:26,123 --> 00:37:27,323 Fuck. 506 00:37:29,683 --> 00:37:32,483 And Lennox? When did he... 507 00:37:40,243 --> 00:37:41,763 But after he escaped here... 508 00:37:42,923 --> 00:37:44,523 ... the King had his revenge. 509 00:37:45,483 --> 00:37:48,883 Lord Ruthven and family executed. 510 00:37:50,443 --> 00:37:53,243 The name Ruthven erased from history. 511 00:37:54,603 --> 00:37:56,523 Called Huntingtower Castle now. 512 00:37:58,643 --> 00:38:02,083 So, if anything happened to you here... 513 00:38:03,083 --> 00:38:05,523 ... all in Scotland would know its significance. 514 00:38:06,523 --> 00:38:08,123 Its... beauty. 515 00:38:13,603 --> 00:38:15,442 Thought you could brag about 516 00:38:15,443 --> 00:38:17,682 what you did to my cousin to my face? 517 00:38:19,883 --> 00:38:21,402 It wasn't me. 518 00:38:21,403 --> 00:38:23,323 You already admitted it, wretch. 519 00:38:27,803 --> 00:38:29,362 Don't... kill. 520 00:38:29,363 --> 00:38:31,682 We can... talk. 521 00:38:31,683 --> 00:38:35,162 Who the fuck do you think you're talking to, you wee English slut? 522 00:38:38,283 --> 00:38:39,882 Me. 523 00:38:39,883 --> 00:38:41,323 He was talking to me. 524 00:39:09,403 --> 00:39:10,803 Lo siento. 525 00:39:11,963 --> 00:39:13,363 Mi spiace. 526 00:39:15,283 --> 00:39:16,683 Signomi. 527 00:39:19,043 --> 00:39:20,443 Why are you sorry? 528 00:39:22,843 --> 00:39:24,562 I'm the one who fucked up. 529 00:39:24,563 --> 00:39:27,883 Whoever you fucked, I pushed you away and into his arms. 530 00:39:28,763 --> 00:39:30,363 I was like you, once. 531 00:39:31,803 --> 00:39:33,243 I was too trusting. 532 00:39:34,403 --> 00:39:36,002 But then... 533 00:39:36,003 --> 00:39:38,083 Lord Lennox, he found me. 534 00:39:41,563 --> 00:39:43,523 He was my age. As I am now. 535 00:39:44,683 --> 00:39:46,563 I was as young as poor you. 536 00:39:48,923 --> 00:39:50,323 Where did he go? 537 00:39:51,363 --> 00:39:52,563 Lennox? 538 00:39:54,203 --> 00:39:57,483 Whilst I was detained in that awful tower, he was exiled. 539 00:39:59,363 --> 00:40:02,083 He died in France, impoverished, and alone. 540 00:40:03,723 --> 00:40:05,563 No one ever let me bring him back. 541 00:40:09,803 --> 00:40:11,603 He was your first great love? 542 00:40:12,923 --> 00:40:14,763 Every Scot thought he was using me. 543 00:40:16,163 --> 00:40:18,083 - Was he? - He loved me. 544 00:40:19,603 --> 00:40:21,003 I have proof. 545 00:40:23,363 --> 00:40:24,803 He gave me his heart. 546 00:40:26,843 --> 00:40:28,803 His actual heart. 547 00:40:42,763 --> 00:40:44,763 After he died, in Aubigny. He... 548 00:40:46,163 --> 00:40:48,483 He left instructions for it to be embalmed... 549 00:40:49,443 --> 00:40:50,842 ... and sent to me. 550 00:41:01,683 --> 00:41:04,723 I had it buried above Edinburgh, in a quiet, secret spot. 551 00:41:06,683 --> 00:41:09,083 But I decided, recently, to bring him home. 552 00:41:15,243 --> 00:41:17,683 The real purpose of this whole sorry trip. 553 00:41:20,963 --> 00:41:22,563 Am I a lovesick fool? 554 00:41:24,403 --> 00:41:25,803 No, James. 555 00:41:28,363 --> 00:41:30,003 We both are. 556 00:41:31,003 --> 00:41:32,323 But I'm older. 557 00:41:34,283 --> 00:41:36,083 And I've got less excuse. 558 00:41:39,883 --> 00:41:41,283 And I'm your King. 559 00:41:43,363 --> 00:41:44,763 I should know better. 560 00:41:47,683 --> 00:41:49,563 I'll teach you, as I've being taught. 561 00:42:12,883 --> 00:42:14,483 Will you learn, under me? 562 00:42:16,323 --> 00:42:17,723 I would love to. 563 00:42:58,363 --> 00:42:59,963 Call the men to shovel. 564 00:43:02,723 --> 00:43:03,923 Let me do it. 565 00:43:05,803 --> 00:43:07,003 Why? 566 00:43:07,963 --> 00:43:09,163 Duty. 567 00:43:37,603 --> 00:43:39,003 What does it say? 568 00:43:41,123 --> 00:43:42,523 "Semper mea." 569 00:43:44,363 --> 00:43:45,563 Always mine. 570 00:44:39,683 --> 00:44:41,282 Bacon? 571 00:44:41,283 --> 00:44:44,243 - I wasn't expecting to see you. - May I see the King? 572 00:44:45,403 --> 00:44:47,642 You're Keeper of the Seal, you don't need my permission. 573 00:44:47,643 --> 00:44:49,283 I should bow to you, really. 574 00:44:51,363 --> 00:44:52,763 And yet you don't? 575 00:44:53,963 --> 00:44:55,162 Come on. 576 00:44:55,163 --> 00:44:56,882 Heard from your mother, recently? 577 00:44:56,883 --> 00:44:59,203 - Did she write? - Yes. A lot. 578 00:45:00,803 --> 00:45:03,802 I heard you stuck her in a house with Lady Hatton and Frances? 579 00:45:03,803 --> 00:45:07,442 I did. I fear she's scared to leave 580 00:45:07,443 --> 00:45:10,843 - in case Lady Hatton whips Frances away again. - Hmm. 581 00:45:12,123 --> 00:45:13,923 How's your John faring? 582 00:45:15,163 --> 00:45:17,043 Fine, I think. Why? 583 00:45:18,923 --> 00:45:20,962 And why ride out to meet us? 584 00:45:20,963 --> 00:45:22,923 We'll be in London in a couple of days. 585 00:45:24,243 --> 00:45:27,242 Did you want to make sure it was your version James heard first? 586 00:45:27,243 --> 00:45:29,483 Am I quite so transparent? 587 00:45:30,563 --> 00:45:31,763 Not just you. 588 00:45:40,163 --> 00:45:42,682 Sir Francis, so good to see you. 589 00:45:42,683 --> 00:45:44,402 I hope you've had a pleasant journey. 590 00:45:44,403 --> 00:45:46,163 You missed hours of conversation. 591 00:45:50,163 --> 00:45:52,323 - Pity. - Yes. A tragedy. 592 00:45:53,323 --> 00:45:54,962 Have you met young Kit, Francis? 593 00:45:54,963 --> 00:45:56,402 He's a hero now. 594 00:45:56,403 --> 00:45:57,962 I've made him the Earl of Anglesey. 595 00:45:57,963 --> 00:45:59,842 Suits him, I think. 596 00:45:59,843 --> 00:46:01,322 He's a noble soul, this one. 597 00:46:01,323 --> 00:46:03,162 Oh, Your Majesty flatters me. 598 00:46:03,163 --> 00:46:04,562 Don't be modest, Kit. 599 00:46:04,563 --> 00:46:06,242 I'm so proud of my boys. 600 00:46:06,243 --> 00:46:08,122 And all they might be. 601 00:46:08,123 --> 00:46:09,963 What could possibly stop us now? 602 00:46:21,123 --> 00:46:23,762 She's... so unhappy. 603 00:46:23,763 --> 00:46:25,282 Well, she's getting married. 604 00:46:27,843 --> 00:46:30,283 - Still. - Look what it means to John. 605 00:46:38,243 --> 00:46:40,162 It's a shame Lady Hatton couldn't make it. 606 00:46:40,163 --> 00:46:42,562 - She paid for all of this. - Maybe be gracious in victory? 607 00:46:42,563 --> 00:46:45,443 I am. I'll find you a wife next. 608 00:46:46,363 --> 00:46:48,443 - Can I please choose my own? - No. 609 00:46:49,443 --> 00:46:51,803 Don't worry, I'll choose well. 610 00:46:52,843 --> 00:46:54,443 I look after you, don't I? 611 00:46:55,403 --> 00:46:56,603 All of you. 612 00:47:05,643 --> 00:47:10,643 - Synced and corrected by chamallow - - www.addic7ed.com -