1 00:00:09,260 --> 00:00:10,760 It's still there. 2 00:00:11,763 --> 00:00:12,973 Mocking me. 3 00:00:14,182 --> 00:00:18,022 Reminding me of my... my ineptness. 4 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:21,270 I mean, the truth is... 5 00:00:22,148 --> 00:00:24,318 what do I know of running a country? 6 00:00:25,819 --> 00:00:27,699 I'm dissembled and shook. 7 00:00:29,698 --> 00:00:33,448 Perhaps I am merely a disappointed girl with a big mouth 8 00:00:33,451 --> 00:00:35,951 full of pithy phrases that inspire others to action 9 00:00:35,954 --> 00:00:39,004 but cannot give me the same. 10 00:00:39,791 --> 00:00:40,881 Honestly... 11 00:00:41,793 --> 00:00:44,633 ...I just wish to lie in a field with Leo, 12 00:00:45,588 --> 00:00:48,378 stare at the sun and laugh. 13 00:00:50,385 --> 00:00:51,585 Is that so bad? 14 00:00:55,432 --> 00:00:58,442 - You're a very rude bear. 15 00:01:18,705 --> 00:01:21,165 - Where are we going? - Just wait until you see this. 16 00:01:21,166 --> 00:01:22,746 Hopefully, it is still there. 17 00:01:23,251 --> 00:01:24,841 Oh, look. 18 00:01:24,836 --> 00:01:26,206 Look. 19 00:01:28,798 --> 00:01:29,798 It's a bird. 20 00:01:30,925 --> 00:01:32,675 I could watch it for hours. 21 00:01:32,677 --> 00:01:34,007 Why would you want to do that? 22 00:01:35,013 --> 00:01:36,433 Well, I'm changed, Grigor. 23 00:01:36,931 --> 00:01:39,021 Something happened to me when I was dying. 24 00:01:39,017 --> 00:01:41,807 Although I still can't believe someone tried to kill me. Who would do that? 25 00:01:41,811 --> 00:01:43,271 - It's unfathomable. - Indeed. 26 00:01:43,271 --> 00:01:45,021 Someone deranged. But... 27 00:01:45,023 --> 00:01:48,403 regardless, I lay in that bed, and I knew the me that was dying 28 00:01:48,401 --> 00:01:50,321 was not the me I wished to be. 29 00:01:50,820 --> 00:01:53,530 How fucking strange is that? Huh. 30 00:01:57,994 --> 00:02:00,044 - Sir'. - Who are they? 31 00:02:00,038 --> 00:02:02,788 My new food taster, Lizaveta, and that's Tartar Nick. 32 00:02:02,791 --> 00:02:04,421 Fucking killer. He has a collection 33 00:02:04,417 --> 00:02:06,587 of human windpipes from people he's killed. 34 00:02:06,586 --> 00:02:08,666 He puts holes in them and plays them as flutes. 35 00:02:08,671 --> 00:02:10,721 - Some natty tunes, actually. - Right. 36 00:02:10,715 --> 00:02:12,335 The berries are poisonous, sir. 37 00:02:12,342 --> 00:02:14,512 Hmm. Well, taste them to be sure. 38 00:02:14,511 --> 00:02:17,221 I think they are, Emperor. It is well-known that-- 39 00:02:17,222 --> 00:02:20,062 Nick, your job, kill anyone who wants to kill me. 40 00:02:20,058 --> 00:02:22,478 Her job, food taster. Hmm? 41 00:02:22,477 --> 00:02:24,187 It's food. Taste. 42 00:02:24,187 --> 00:02:26,187 But I already know that they are pois-- 43 00:02:39,077 --> 00:02:42,867 Hmmph. Everything is brighter, Grigor. Everything. 44 00:02:43,373 --> 00:02:45,713 Let us go back. I wish to speak to the court. 45 00:03:21,828 --> 00:03:23,038 Morning, everyone. 46 00:03:23,580 --> 00:03:25,870 Gather the whole court. I have something to say. 47 00:03:34,883 --> 00:03:36,553 Jesus. 48 00:03:37,635 --> 00:03:39,175 Really? 49 00:03:57,363 --> 00:03:59,243 Fucking hell. 50 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:00,830 Good God. 51 00:04:00,825 --> 00:04:03,405 He killed everyone who had anything to do with the borscht. 52 00:04:03,411 --> 00:04:06,001 The farmer who grew the beets, the guy who delivered them, 53 00:04:05,997 --> 00:04:08,327 the cook who cooked them, the servant who served them, 54 00:04:08,333 --> 00:04:10,253 and the guards he walked past with the soup. 55 00:04:10,251 --> 00:04:12,211 I can't believe he killed his chef, Louis. 56 00:04:12,211 --> 00:04:13,301 He loves Louis. 57 00:04:16,424 --> 00:04:17,554 Whoa. 58 00:04:18,301 --> 00:04:19,681 Jesus. 59 00:04:23,056 --> 00:04:24,516 My God. 60 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:27,940 Is everything okay? Does he suspect you? 61 00:04:27,936 --> 00:04:30,646 No. He just wanted to show me a bird. 62 00:04:30,647 --> 00:04:32,437 - A bird? - Yep. 63 00:04:35,318 --> 00:04:37,488 Okay. That seems like everyone. 64 00:04:41,199 --> 00:04:46,289 Uh, obviously, last weekend was terrifying for everyone. 65 00:04:46,287 --> 00:04:47,997 But I survived. 66 00:04:48,498 --> 00:04:50,498 - Huzzah'. 67 00:04:50,500 --> 00:04:52,420 Huzzah. 68 00:04:54,003 --> 00:04:57,423 But clearly, someone didn't want me to 69 00:04:57,423 --> 00:05:00,593 and was unhappy with me, and that saddens me. 70 00:05:01,094 --> 00:05:04,814 I want to be the most loved ruler in all of Russian history. 71 00:05:04,806 --> 00:05:08,136 I am happy to hear anyone's problems with me. 72 00:05:08,142 --> 00:05:10,732 Step forward now, anyone. 73 00:05:10,728 --> 00:05:13,728 I'm open to being better, so... 74 00:05:23,408 --> 00:05:24,828 Oh, don't worry about the bodies. 75 00:05:24,826 --> 00:05:26,786 With these killings, it's over. 76 00:05:26,786 --> 00:05:30,116 In the end, I suspect a disgruntled serf or chef. 77 00:05:30,123 --> 00:05:33,133 I had criticized Louis' clafouti rather savagely 78 00:05:33,126 --> 00:05:34,536 and rightfully. 79 00:05:34,544 --> 00:05:37,964 Caramelized fruit is not burnt fruit. 80 00:05:37,964 --> 00:05:41,134 However, today is a new day. 81 00:05:41,759 --> 00:05:43,889 I saw a bird that was... 82 00:05:48,016 --> 00:05:50,096 - Grigor. - Amazing bird. 83 00:05:50,601 --> 00:05:52,731 So it is a new day. I am a new man. 84 00:05:52,729 --> 00:05:55,059 Refreshed, revitalized. Huzzah'. 85 00:05:55,064 --> 00:05:56,444 Huzzah'. 86 00:05:56,441 --> 00:05:58,481 I have created a cake in my honor. 87 00:05:58,484 --> 00:06:01,744 A "new day" cake of honey and fresh figs. 88 00:06:01,738 --> 00:06:03,868 - Huzzah'. - Huzzah'. 89 00:06:03,865 --> 00:06:05,365 Have a fine day. 90 00:06:07,785 --> 00:06:09,285 Where the fuck is Lizaveta? 91 00:06:11,748 --> 00:06:15,078 - Those bodies. Chilling. - I thought it oddly restrained. 92 00:06:19,964 --> 00:06:22,764 But if we are to go forward, we need men who will fight. 93 00:06:23,259 --> 00:06:25,889 I mean, look what he just did. That is not us. 94 00:06:25,887 --> 00:06:29,307 Agreed. You know, maybe we need to reset. 95 00:06:29,307 --> 00:06:30,887 Just rethink. Regroup. 96 00:06:30,892 --> 00:06:32,692 Velementov, he's gone back to the front, 97 00:06:32,685 --> 00:06:34,975 but I think I should go find him and speak to him. 98 00:06:34,979 --> 00:06:36,519 I have a hunch he can be won. 99 00:06:37,231 --> 00:06:38,651 I shall go to the front. 100 00:06:38,649 --> 00:06:40,819 - You? - A slightly terrifying proposition, 101 00:06:40,818 --> 00:06:43,068 but we must be brave, as you've often said. 102 00:06:43,071 --> 00:06:47,031 Hmm. I'm very full of words. That is for certain. 103 00:06:47,033 --> 00:06:48,033 Yes. 104 00:07:03,716 --> 00:07:04,836 Look at this. 105 00:07:04,842 --> 00:07:07,722 It is Dom Pérignon, invented recently in France. 106 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:10,470 They say it is God's nectar, made by monks. 107 00:07:10,473 --> 00:07:12,853 - A champagne like no other. 108 00:07:12,850 --> 00:07:14,270 - Whoo'. 109 00:07:14,268 --> 00:07:15,688 It is fun already'. 110 00:07:17,438 --> 00:07:19,648 - I don't want to drink. - But you must. 111 00:07:19,649 --> 00:07:22,109 We must leave behind what we just saw. 112 00:07:22,110 --> 00:07:23,360 It is vital. 113 00:07:25,446 --> 00:07:27,946 What if I had become empress? 114 00:07:27,949 --> 00:07:31,079 If he had died. What do you think would have happened? 115 00:07:31,077 --> 00:07:33,407 - To us? - To Russia. 116 00:07:33,913 --> 00:07:35,713 You think I would be good? 117 00:07:35,706 --> 00:07:38,456 I think you would be exceptional, as you are. 118 00:07:39,502 --> 00:07:42,882 I turned out not exceptional. Not who I wish to be. 119 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:45,260 We are always not quite as good as we wish. 120 00:07:45,258 --> 00:07:46,628 As capable, as bright. 121 00:07:46,634 --> 00:07:49,974 It is the human way to fall short of ourselves. Mm. 122 00:07:49,971 --> 00:07:53,181 For our thoughts can be untouched by a hard reality, 123 00:07:53,182 --> 00:07:55,982 whereas our bodies and souls must bump against the world, 124 00:07:55,977 --> 00:07:58,767 and the world will even up the equation over who we are. 125 00:07:59,939 --> 00:08:01,819 You may, unfortunately, be right. 126 00:08:02,608 --> 00:08:03,898 Where are we? 127 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:07,740 In my apartments. 128 00:08:08,614 --> 00:08:09,624 Who with? 129 00:08:10,908 --> 00:08:12,158 Each other. 130 00:08:13,327 --> 00:08:14,407 What... 131 00:08:15,496 --> 00:08:16,826 is this? 132 00:08:21,627 --> 00:08:22,747 Ooh. 133 00:08:22,753 --> 00:08:24,463 - Zing. Amazing. - Hmm. 134 00:08:25,214 --> 00:08:26,594 Fizzes in the nose. 135 00:08:27,508 --> 00:08:28,678 In this world, 136 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:31,930 in these walls, we are happy. 137 00:08:32,430 --> 00:08:34,020 We have everything. 138 00:08:35,266 --> 00:08:37,306 That is all we can do at present. 139 00:08:38,352 --> 00:08:39,942 We can do it well. 140 00:08:47,945 --> 00:08:50,815 - Fuck me. 141 00:08:53,951 --> 00:08:55,201 A moment. 142 00:09:00,166 --> 00:09:02,536 - You are mad at me. - I woke up angry, 143 00:09:02,543 --> 00:09:04,593 with the smell of shit in my nostrils. 144 00:09:04,587 --> 00:09:06,127 It is just a day, as usual. 145 00:09:08,966 --> 00:09:11,006 I, too, woke up feeling ill at ease with-- 146 00:09:11,010 --> 00:09:13,890 Oh, your cowardice, your inaction, 147 00:09:13,888 --> 00:09:16,268 - your inability to see-- - I can find my own words, Marial. 148 00:09:16,265 --> 00:09:17,885 And I am your servant. 149 00:09:17,892 --> 00:09:21,192 It is my job to furnish you with whatever you require. 150 00:09:21,187 --> 00:09:23,187 Tea, baths, words... 151 00:09:23,189 --> 00:09:25,479 Courage, I cannot do. 152 00:09:25,983 --> 00:09:28,443 But perhaps some caviar, with your bubbly libation, 153 00:09:28,444 --> 00:09:31,954 before you ride Romeo's cock for the rest of the afternoon. 154 00:09:31,948 --> 00:09:33,068 I'm sorry. 155 00:09:33,658 --> 00:09:35,988 I handled the whole thing with the dexterity 156 00:09:35,993 --> 00:09:37,913 of a doughy two-year-old. 157 00:09:37,912 --> 00:09:40,412 I am more limited than I thought. 158 00:09:40,414 --> 00:09:42,584 You want to give up. I can see it. 159 00:09:44,043 --> 00:09:46,963 I think a moment's repose would be good. 160 00:09:46,963 --> 00:09:50,173 To rethink and reset and... 161 00:09:51,384 --> 00:09:54,684 I mean, I have sent Orlo to see Velementov. 162 00:09:55,179 --> 00:09:56,889 So clearly, I'm... 163 00:09:57,807 --> 00:09:59,557 still determined. 164 00:10:20,871 --> 00:10:22,791 Oh. Daughter'. 165 00:10:30,089 --> 00:10:31,839 Dear little fellow. 166 00:10:33,467 --> 00:10:35,047 For the journey. 167 00:10:36,762 --> 00:10:38,812 - You're late. - Hello. 168 00:10:39,557 --> 00:10:40,887 Fucking dead, aren't you? 169 00:10:40,891 --> 00:10:42,101 Sit. 170 00:10:42,101 --> 00:10:44,651 Little tyke. Fuck you. 171 00:10:44,645 --> 00:10:45,895 Never liked him. 172 00:10:47,189 --> 00:10:48,319 Thanks, by the way. 173 00:10:48,316 --> 00:10:49,316 Did it yourself? 174 00:10:49,317 --> 00:10:51,067 Of course. Family. 175 00:10:51,569 --> 00:10:53,359 I would not let a stranger do it. 176 00:10:53,362 --> 00:10:55,162 Well, you gave him a couple of extra years. 177 00:10:55,156 --> 00:10:56,986 I would have done it when we did his mother. 178 00:10:56,991 --> 00:10:59,451 - You do love children. - It is true. I do. 179 00:10:59,452 --> 00:11:02,122 It's a shame yours died. What was he called again? 180 00:11:02,121 --> 00:11:03,751 How do you feel? 181 00:11:03,748 --> 00:11:04,918 I feel great. 182 00:11:05,416 --> 00:11:07,246 A bit weird, being in here. 183 00:11:07,251 --> 00:11:10,001 Had some unsettling dreams about God and a raven. 184 00:11:10,004 --> 00:11:12,344 Then I dreamed Mother was biting chunks out of me. 185 00:11:12,340 --> 00:11:14,880 Oh, she only did it the once, and it was a small piece. 186 00:11:14,884 --> 00:11:16,934 Do not over-dramatize it, darling. 187 00:11:21,182 --> 00:11:24,022 The idea you might die was terrifying. 188 00:11:25,728 --> 00:11:28,228 - You would miss me? - Of course. 189 00:11:28,731 --> 00:11:30,361 And the ramifications. 190 00:11:30,941 --> 00:11:33,071 Poor Catherine looked completely at sea. 191 00:11:33,069 --> 00:11:36,279 Well, she is just a woman. Weak of mind and firm of breast. 192 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:39,200 - Do not judge her harshly. - People saw her fragility. 193 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:41,120 For a moment, I thought we might have to kill her 194 00:11:41,118 --> 00:11:43,448 and that I would have to do it, and I am too busy for that. 195 00:11:43,454 --> 00:11:44,874 Hmm. 196 00:11:44,872 --> 00:11:47,002 I have become interested in fertility. 197 00:11:46,999 --> 00:11:49,539 You do love to fuck. It runs in the blood. 198 00:11:49,543 --> 00:11:52,173 And fuck you should, my dear. Your wife. 199 00:11:52,171 --> 00:11:54,261 We need an heir. Preferably male. 200 00:11:54,256 --> 00:11:55,416 I'm trying. 201 00:11:55,424 --> 00:11:58,804 Putting your cock in Madam Dymov does not get Catherine pregnant. 202 00:11:59,470 --> 00:12:02,520 Although, how fabulous if it did. 203 00:12:03,015 --> 00:12:05,555 By doing it to someone, you could get someone else pregnant, 204 00:12:05,559 --> 00:12:07,649 or fellate one man and have another feel it. 205 00:12:07,645 --> 00:12:09,225 Oh, how marvelous. 206 00:12:10,022 --> 00:12:12,152 Hmm. I digress. 207 00:12:12,149 --> 00:12:13,859 Dymov makes me happy. 208 00:12:13,859 --> 00:12:17,819 And having nearly died, happiness is everything. 209 00:12:17,822 --> 00:12:20,742 It is a profound thought I have taken from the experience. 210 00:12:24,036 --> 00:12:26,036 Don't. Don't. 211 00:12:27,331 --> 00:12:28,831 You will ruin us. 212 00:12:28,833 --> 00:12:31,423 I said... don't. 213 00:12:37,383 --> 00:12:39,053 I never believed your mother. 214 00:12:39,593 --> 00:12:41,223 And we shall prove her wrong. 215 00:12:41,220 --> 00:12:43,260 I am something other than what I was. 216 00:12:43,764 --> 00:12:47,064 You were the cat's nightclothes and always have been. 217 00:12:48,227 --> 00:12:50,977 Go seed your wife. Get us an heir. 218 00:12:50,980 --> 00:12:52,060 I will. 219 00:12:52,064 --> 00:12:54,984 I will be the most loved leader Russia has ever known. 220 00:12:54,984 --> 00:12:58,034 That is my prophecy and always has been, darling. 221 00:12:58,529 --> 00:13:00,529 Hmm. Mm. 222 00:13:01,282 --> 00:13:02,452 Mm. 223 00:13:12,126 --> 00:13:13,876 I sometimes wake in the night 224 00:13:13,878 --> 00:13:16,168 and feel like the birds on my wallpaper 225 00:13:16,172 --> 00:13:19,342 have flown to different spots on the wall. 226 00:13:19,341 --> 00:13:22,471 A few more glasses of this delightful stuff, and perhaps they will. 227 00:13:30,895 --> 00:13:32,225 Leo, fuck off for a while. 228 00:13:32,771 --> 00:13:34,861 Empress, let us fuck. 229 00:13:36,650 --> 00:13:37,990 Indeed. 230 00:13:43,324 --> 00:13:44,494 I will see him out. 231 00:14:00,382 --> 00:14:01,802 Sorry. 232 00:14:02,426 --> 00:14:03,636 It is what it is. 233 00:14:04,512 --> 00:14:05,602 We just... 234 00:14:06,305 --> 00:14:09,595 It has never happened since I arrived. 235 00:14:10,392 --> 00:14:12,272 - I guess that-- - We forgot. 236 00:14:17,233 --> 00:14:18,533 Fuck. 237 00:14:18,526 --> 00:14:21,106 I cannot have his child. 238 00:14:22,863 --> 00:14:23,953 Lemon tops. 239 00:14:33,165 --> 00:14:35,915 Put this inside you. It acts as a wall, 240 00:14:35,918 --> 00:14:37,708 and the acid kills his juice. 241 00:14:37,711 --> 00:14:39,051 Thank you. 242 00:14:40,589 --> 00:14:41,919 I am your servant. 243 00:14:43,968 --> 00:14:45,298 Waiting'. 244 00:14:52,726 --> 00:14:54,096 It's just so strange. 245 00:14:54,103 --> 00:14:56,403 Even now. Normally, I think of hunting 246 00:14:56,397 --> 00:14:58,477 and what gooseberry is best with pork. 247 00:14:58,482 --> 00:15:02,702 But now I'm thinking about how I have a child in my cock, 248 00:15:02,695 --> 00:15:04,655 and I'm about to shoot it into you. 249 00:15:05,406 --> 00:15:07,696 It is extraordinary to think of, is it not? 250 00:15:07,700 --> 00:15:09,910 It is indeed a lot to ponder. 251 00:15:10,661 --> 00:15:12,041 Something has shifted in me. 252 00:15:12,663 --> 00:15:14,003 I know not what, but... 253 00:15:13,998 --> 00:15:16,708 It has been a torrid few days. 254 00:15:16,709 --> 00:15:17,999 Exactly. 255 00:15:18,002 --> 00:15:20,172 Ooh'. Here he goes. 256 00:15:22,673 --> 00:15:23,803 Huh. 257 00:15:38,897 --> 00:15:40,817 What do you normally do now? 258 00:15:42,359 --> 00:15:43,989 I normally have a bath. 259 00:15:44,486 --> 00:15:45,486 Great. 260 00:15:46,238 --> 00:15:47,528 Let's do that, then. 261 00:15:54,997 --> 00:15:56,207 You have a rash. 262 00:15:56,957 --> 00:15:57,957 Yes. 263 00:15:58,626 --> 00:16:00,586 It broke out about the time you were ill. 264 00:16:00,586 --> 00:16:02,206 Mm. I'm touched. 265 00:16:04,340 --> 00:16:07,180 This shift in you. It is for change. 266 00:16:07,176 --> 00:16:09,176 Yes. But how? 267 00:16:09,678 --> 00:16:11,218 I don't know how. 268 00:16:11,221 --> 00:16:12,561 You would like to be loved. 269 00:16:12,556 --> 00:16:14,136 I am loved. 270 00:16:14,141 --> 00:16:16,891 Mmm, someone tried to kill you. 271 00:16:16,894 --> 00:16:18,734 Toosh-ay. 272 00:16:18,729 --> 00:16:21,729 How to change though. 273 00:16:21,732 --> 00:16:23,192 I am perfect, 274 00:16:23,192 --> 00:16:24,742 but I know I must change somehow. 275 00:16:24,735 --> 00:16:25,935 It's a fucking conundrum. 276 00:16:25,944 --> 00:16:28,824 Yes. I see what you say. 277 00:16:31,283 --> 00:16:35,083 This shift in you must be manifested in Russia. 278 00:16:35,746 --> 00:16:38,206 And then you will be who you desire to be. 279 00:16:39,083 --> 00:16:41,543 - This new man. - I said that? 280 00:16:41,543 --> 00:16:44,253 Your point is that you would need to be a different leader. 281 00:16:44,254 --> 00:16:46,134 Right. Yes. I suppose so. 282 00:16:46,131 --> 00:16:48,551 - Hmm. - Listen to the people. 283 00:16:48,550 --> 00:16:49,800 What do they want? 284 00:16:49,802 --> 00:16:51,602 What do they want? What about what I want? 285 00:16:51,595 --> 00:16:54,255 You would like them to love you and be happy. 286 00:16:55,391 --> 00:16:58,141 So what they want is the key to that. 287 00:16:58,143 --> 00:17:01,233 What they want. It's a novel idea. 288 00:17:01,230 --> 00:17:02,440 Possibly French? 289 00:17:02,439 --> 00:17:04,229 Mm. The thing is, 290 00:17:04,233 --> 00:17:06,443 they may not always know what they want. 291 00:17:06,944 --> 00:17:11,124 But as their leader, you will intuit and seek their counsel. 292 00:17:11,115 --> 00:17:13,155 - Talk to them. - Yes. 293 00:17:13,158 --> 00:17:16,748 I mean, it is easy to guess some things. 294 00:17:16,745 --> 00:17:19,115 It is? Yeah, of course it is. 295 00:17:20,582 --> 00:17:23,592 You may list them, if you like, to aid our conversation, 296 00:17:23,585 --> 00:17:26,505 as I am in a relaxed state and do not wish to exert myself, 297 00:17:26,505 --> 00:17:29,255 but know everything you're about to say. 298 00:17:29,258 --> 00:17:33,428 - Well, some great art from Europe. 299 00:17:33,429 --> 00:17:36,009 More music. Readings at court. 300 00:17:36,682 --> 00:17:40,102 Science exhibitions. People love them. 301 00:17:40,102 --> 00:17:41,652 - They do? - Mm. 302 00:17:42,396 --> 00:17:45,976 In Germany, crowds would gather in the thousands. 303 00:17:45,983 --> 00:17:48,743 And the happiness and gratefulness of the people? 304 00:17:48,736 --> 00:17:50,316 Extraordinary. 305 00:17:50,821 --> 00:17:53,531 Because they knew the emperor wished them happy. 306 00:17:53,532 --> 00:17:56,372 Wished their minds and hearts to grow as the empire would. 307 00:17:56,368 --> 00:17:57,748 Well, that sounds good. 308 00:17:57,745 --> 00:18:00,905 I could pick the art. Things people would love. 309 00:18:00,914 --> 00:18:03,004 - Do it. 310 00:18:04,418 --> 00:18:05,838 I should go. 311 00:18:14,052 --> 00:18:16,852 Good day, serf. What do you say of the kingdom? 312 00:18:16,847 --> 00:18:17,847 I'm sorry? 313 00:18:18,348 --> 00:18:20,098 Any thoughts on how things are? 314 00:18:21,894 --> 00:18:23,404 What is this? 315 00:18:23,395 --> 00:18:24,975 Uh, it is a... a parachute. 316 00:18:24,980 --> 00:18:27,020 Walk with me and explain further. 317 00:18:32,196 --> 00:18:33,736 I have a new plan. 318 00:18:33,739 --> 00:18:37,329 And I will get you and the country everything we need. 319 00:18:37,326 --> 00:18:39,196 And not a drop of blood gets spilled. 320 00:18:40,329 --> 00:18:41,869 Sounds unlikely. 321 00:18:43,415 --> 00:18:45,325 Let's do you a fresh lemon. 322 00:18:50,547 --> 00:18:53,677 So you attach objects to it and throw them from a high place, 323 00:18:53,675 --> 00:18:55,635 and the wind suspends gravity for a moment 324 00:18:55,636 --> 00:18:57,716 by floating it in the air as if it flies. 325 00:18:58,222 --> 00:18:59,772 It's a science experiment. 326 00:18:59,765 --> 00:19:01,385 Oh, science. Say more. 327 00:19:02,267 --> 00:19:05,227 Good morning, Countess Dolzhikov and unknown lady. 328 00:19:05,229 --> 00:19:07,399 - How is your day? - Good. 329 00:19:07,397 --> 00:19:09,687 Any thoughts on the palace? What we could do better? 330 00:19:09,691 --> 00:19:11,651 Nothing. All is bliss. 331 00:19:11,652 --> 00:19:13,492 All. Absolutely all. 332 00:19:13,487 --> 00:19:15,857 Marvelous. Yet uninformative. 333 00:19:16,365 --> 00:19:18,655 So, this parachute. 334 00:19:18,659 --> 00:19:20,579 You throw stuff attached off the roof. 335 00:19:20,577 --> 00:19:22,497 - Yes. - And it flies. 336 00:19:22,496 --> 00:19:25,456 - Yes. - And so it... flies. 337 00:19:25,457 --> 00:19:28,377 Floats, but looks to fly for a bit. 338 00:19:28,377 --> 00:19:29,547 And who are you? 339 00:19:30,420 --> 00:19:33,050 Oleg Kaminski. 340 00:19:33,048 --> 00:19:34,678 Oleg. What do you do here? 341 00:19:34,675 --> 00:19:37,545 - Uh, repair things? - Oh, marvelous. And you enjoy this? 342 00:19:37,553 --> 00:19:39,853 It is a constant, sir, for you break much. 343 00:19:39,847 --> 00:19:41,217 Mm, I suppose we do. 344 00:19:41,223 --> 00:19:43,523 Emperor, these are fresh walnuts 345 00:19:43,517 --> 00:19:45,597 from a tree that I tend in the meadow. 346 00:19:45,602 --> 00:19:48,192 - I offer them to you as a-- - Oleg, you are a friend indeed. 347 00:19:48,188 --> 00:19:50,018 - Nick'. Heel'. 348 00:19:50,023 --> 00:19:53,073 Jesus. Hey'. Give me the fucking walnut back. 349 00:19:54,319 --> 00:19:56,069 I must eat, and we must wait an hour. 350 00:19:56,613 --> 00:19:58,453 You're becoming annoying already. 351 00:20:00,993 --> 00:20:03,083 - Arrange this... - Parachute. 352 00:20:03,078 --> 00:20:05,288 Indeed. Seek out Grigor for help. 353 00:20:05,289 --> 00:20:06,419 Huzzah. 354 00:20:08,667 --> 00:20:11,297 - Good day, sir. Love the hat. - Thank you, Emperor. 355 00:20:11,295 --> 00:20:12,875 Oh, love your hat, too. 356 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:15,630 - Dress me. 357 00:20:15,632 --> 00:20:18,802 Oh, and thank you for all that you do here. 358 00:20:18,802 --> 00:20:20,802 I don't think the emperor will need his clothes. 359 00:20:20,804 --> 00:20:23,724 Ah, George. Alas, I have much to do. 360 00:20:23,724 --> 00:20:24,894 I have sent for Grigor. 361 00:20:25,392 --> 00:20:26,942 You're turning me down? 362 00:20:28,395 --> 00:20:30,185 - You've never-- - That is true. 363 00:20:30,188 --> 00:20:32,858 Interesting. Huh. 364 00:20:32,858 --> 00:20:34,438 Everything is changing. 365 00:21:31,458 --> 00:21:32,788 Empress. 366 00:21:34,252 --> 00:21:35,252 Leo. 367 00:21:35,921 --> 00:21:39,011 Took a while. Sorry. Wasn't going to mention it. 368 00:21:39,883 --> 00:21:41,513 Best to ignore it. 369 00:21:41,510 --> 00:21:43,140 I thought so, too. 370 00:21:43,136 --> 00:21:45,556 It is like a thorn in my fucking head, though. 371 00:21:46,807 --> 00:21:48,097 I'm sorry. 372 00:21:48,809 --> 00:21:49,979 You're not mine. 373 00:21:50,602 --> 00:21:52,232 I have no right to... 374 00:21:53,188 --> 00:21:55,318 You're the one who has to-- Where was that champagne? 375 00:21:57,067 --> 00:21:59,187 Perhaps you've had enough. 376 00:21:59,194 --> 00:22:01,914 I am babbling at you in a way I find distasteful. 377 00:22:02,948 --> 00:22:06,238 I have had too much, but also, not enough. 378 00:22:08,161 --> 00:22:09,331 We are here. 379 00:22:09,329 --> 00:22:11,999 Now. That is all. 380 00:22:12,708 --> 00:22:15,918 Quote me back to me. Annoying and yet cunning. 381 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:20,170 Because I am so fucking wise. I get it. 382 00:22:22,884 --> 00:22:23,894 Drink? 383 00:22:24,803 --> 00:22:26,933 Love one. Thanks for asking. 384 00:22:28,348 --> 00:22:29,928 Will you not join us, Empress? 385 00:22:29,933 --> 00:22:31,603 Or are you and Leo about to ride? 386 00:22:32,352 --> 00:22:36,612 I would love to play, ladies, but it is slightly excruciating. 387 00:22:37,357 --> 00:22:38,607 I suppose it is... 388 00:22:39,860 --> 00:22:41,490 fucking dull. 389 00:22:43,822 --> 00:22:45,242 I have an idea. 390 00:22:52,497 --> 00:22:54,077 Huzzah'. 391 00:23:02,466 --> 00:23:04,256 Aw'. 392 00:23:04,259 --> 00:23:06,179 Elizabeth is right. I can do more. 393 00:23:06,178 --> 00:23:08,308 I can be a father. A greater leader. 394 00:23:08,305 --> 00:23:10,765 The thrust for an heir is paramount. I agree. 395 00:23:10,766 --> 00:23:12,846 Well, I did thrust for an heir all morning. 396 00:23:13,602 --> 00:23:16,352 - Grigor, I said I did-- 397 00:23:16,354 --> 00:23:17,614 I am slow this morning. 398 00:23:17,606 --> 00:23:19,396 It landed just then and exploded. 399 00:23:19,399 --> 00:23:22,109 - Huzzah, my friend. - Your juice is sacred. 400 00:23:22,110 --> 00:23:23,950 You've always sprayed it about, 401 00:23:23,945 --> 00:23:26,695 but you have more chance of a baby if you horde it 402 00:23:26,698 --> 00:23:28,368 and spend it only on Catherine. 403 00:23:28,366 --> 00:23:30,286 - Is that actual science? - Yes. 404 00:23:30,285 --> 00:23:32,655 Mm. I did pass up George this morning. 405 00:23:32,662 --> 00:23:35,122 Perhaps inside I know it's time to focus my shots. 406 00:23:35,123 --> 00:23:36,503 Exactly. 407 00:23:42,923 --> 00:23:44,633 Huzzah'. 408 00:23:51,264 --> 00:23:53,734 This new invention of smash bottle game 409 00:23:53,725 --> 00:23:56,555 is a gift to you all from Emperor Peter'. 410 00:23:58,688 --> 00:24:00,398 Huzzah for me. 411 00:24:01,983 --> 00:24:03,903 Announce the art and science. 412 00:24:03,902 --> 00:24:06,742 Oh. Everyone, I'm to remake our court 413 00:24:06,738 --> 00:24:08,948 into an even more perfect one. 414 00:24:08,949 --> 00:24:11,119 Art is coming to delight us, 415 00:24:11,118 --> 00:24:13,448 and we will have a demonstration of science. 416 00:24:13,453 --> 00:24:16,253 Huh. We will make things fly off the top of the palace'. 417 00:24:16,248 --> 00:24:19,128 - What the fuck? 418 00:24:20,460 --> 00:24:22,670 Leo, old pal, you and me. 419 00:24:22,671 --> 00:24:25,511 Pleasure, sir. Best of three shots. Most bottles wins? 420 00:24:25,507 --> 00:24:26,587 Mm. 421 00:24:28,969 --> 00:24:31,559 The emperor 16, Leo 16. 422 00:24:31,555 --> 00:24:34,015 One throw each left. Throw'. 423 00:24:34,015 --> 00:24:35,425 Your best shot, Leo. 424 00:24:43,108 --> 00:24:45,528 - Hooked it. 425 00:24:45,527 --> 00:24:48,817 Ah-ha. An opening. But wait. 426 00:24:58,915 --> 00:25:01,995 Oh, Leo, my friend. 427 00:25:09,301 --> 00:25:11,851 - Time? - Seven minutes. 428 00:25:11,845 --> 00:25:14,255 An hour is the required time to be sure of health. 429 00:25:14,264 --> 00:25:16,064 I would feel my juices curdle, and then I'd-- 430 00:25:16,057 --> 00:25:17,177 Shut up. Just... 431 00:25:17,809 --> 00:25:20,519 I'm starving. Looks delicious. 432 00:25:21,813 --> 00:25:24,523 I've been thinking on your dream of the raven. 433 00:25:24,524 --> 00:25:25,904 I have tried to forget it. 434 00:25:25,901 --> 00:25:27,821 I think it spoke of two roads. 435 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:32,320 You're on the road away from godliness. The... 436 00:25:32,324 --> 00:25:35,544 fornication, the amorality at court, the bloodshed. 437 00:25:35,535 --> 00:25:36,945 All the fun things. 438 00:25:36,953 --> 00:25:39,583 I think it was asking you to take a path to godliness. 439 00:25:39,581 --> 00:25:42,291 People loved the art and science idea 440 00:25:42,292 --> 00:25:44,132 and the bottle smashing. 441 00:25:44,127 --> 00:25:45,297 Tell me. 442 00:25:46,463 --> 00:25:49,223 Did these ideas come to you in a dream? 443 00:25:49,216 --> 00:25:51,716 No. I... came up with them. 444 00:25:52,260 --> 00:25:55,260 And Catherine, who knows art... stuff. 445 00:25:55,263 --> 00:25:56,353 I see. 446 00:25:57,557 --> 00:26:00,847 The dreams that fly into our brain are God and the fates. 447 00:26:00,852 --> 00:26:03,942 I'm sure the empress means well. 448 00:26:03,939 --> 00:26:06,069 Modernity is a shiny light 449 00:26:06,066 --> 00:26:09,396 that opens a door that leads to a dark cliff 450 00:26:09,402 --> 00:26:11,782 and eternal damnation. 451 00:26:14,157 --> 00:26:16,077 It's just paintings, for fuck's sake. 452 00:26:16,076 --> 00:26:17,826 - Time. - Finally. 453 00:26:22,249 --> 00:26:23,459 Looks like pussy. 454 00:26:24,417 --> 00:26:25,497 Look. 455 00:26:26,294 --> 00:26:27,634 Amazing. 456 00:26:27,629 --> 00:26:29,339 That's God, Archie. 457 00:26:29,339 --> 00:26:31,259 I mean, why make fruit that looks like pussy 458 00:26:31,258 --> 00:26:35,048 if He does not wish us to eat pussy and have fun? Hmm? 459 00:26:35,053 --> 00:26:37,103 I'm getting an heir, eating a fig, 460 00:26:37,097 --> 00:26:39,137 and making people love me. I'm sure it is right. 461 00:26:39,140 --> 00:26:43,020 Hmm. I can't stop thinking about the way the raven 462 00:26:43,019 --> 00:26:45,359 tore at your intestines, like... 463 00:26:45,855 --> 00:26:49,815 ribbons being pulled by depraved schoolchildren. 464 00:26:53,446 --> 00:26:54,906 Let me eat. Thanks. 465 00:27:02,831 --> 00:27:05,751 It's too salty. And cold, and-- 466 00:27:05,750 --> 00:27:07,630 Fuck. 467 00:27:08,169 --> 00:27:09,669 The new chef is no Louis. 468 00:27:09,671 --> 00:27:11,551 He was a genius. 469 00:27:11,548 --> 00:27:12,878 Fuck'. 470 00:27:15,969 --> 00:27:17,179 Huzzah. 471 00:27:18,013 --> 00:27:19,563 - You're so drunk. 472 00:27:19,556 --> 00:27:21,556 I'm Russian. It is our natural state. 473 00:27:21,558 --> 00:27:24,188 - Cute is your natural state. - I do not wish to be cute. 474 00:27:24,185 --> 00:27:27,475 Did you bathe af-- Don't answer that. 475 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:28,730 Fuck'. 476 00:27:28,732 --> 00:27:30,322 What is wrong with me? 477 00:27:30,317 --> 00:27:33,567 I love you. The way of things is the way of things. 478 00:27:33,570 --> 00:27:34,990 I don't care-- Did you? 479 00:27:35,572 --> 00:27:37,572 - We did. - We. 480 00:27:37,574 --> 00:27:39,334 He was strange, and... 481 00:27:40,410 --> 00:27:42,200 I feel I can shift him. 482 00:27:42,203 --> 00:27:44,253 Help everyone in the process. 483 00:27:45,248 --> 00:27:46,498 Excuse me a moment. 484 00:27:54,174 --> 00:27:55,684 I'm sorry. 485 00:27:56,676 --> 00:27:58,506 - I have to. - I know. 486 00:28:05,894 --> 00:28:07,404 I love you. 487 00:28:15,612 --> 00:28:16,782 I love you. 488 00:28:18,823 --> 00:28:21,413 I love you, I love you, I love you. 489 00:28:40,678 --> 00:28:42,508 I am drunk. 490 00:28:43,556 --> 00:28:45,056 I'm foolish. 491 00:28:45,934 --> 00:28:47,354 Both because you love me. 492 00:28:49,479 --> 00:28:50,559 You and a tree. 493 00:28:51,815 --> 00:28:53,315 A happy sight. 494 00:29:04,202 --> 00:29:05,502 Hmm. 495 00:30:42,967 --> 00:30:44,717 Nice bear. 496 00:30:45,845 --> 00:30:46,925 Nice bear. 497 00:31:05,281 --> 00:31:06,491 Shit. 498 00:31:44,821 --> 00:31:46,661 "Soft mattress, soft mind," 499 00:31:46,656 --> 00:31:49,026 my mentor at the monastery used to say. 500 00:31:49,784 --> 00:31:53,334 Led to an obsession with soft mattresses for me. 501 00:31:53,871 --> 00:31:55,791 For I battled my noble upbringing 502 00:31:55,790 --> 00:31:58,840 of soft mattresses and warm baths. 503 00:31:58,835 --> 00:31:59,995 A weakness. 504 00:32:01,004 --> 00:32:03,264 But we all have them, do we not? 505 00:32:03,256 --> 00:32:05,216 You are on my bed. 506 00:32:06,301 --> 00:32:07,971 I have been praying for you. 507 00:32:07,969 --> 00:32:09,719 I thank you kindly. 508 00:32:09,721 --> 00:32:11,471 And also for getting off my bed. 509 00:32:15,101 --> 00:32:16,811 Marial. 510 00:32:20,940 --> 00:32:22,400 I did not see you enter. 511 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:24,070 I'm stealthy. 512 00:32:24,068 --> 00:32:25,858 The empress and I will have tea. 513 00:32:25,862 --> 00:32:27,702 In the receiving room. 514 00:32:35,747 --> 00:32:38,457 You need a haircut. 515 00:32:38,458 --> 00:32:40,168 Go, please. 516 00:32:46,674 --> 00:32:49,514 I have neglected our friendship, I feel. 517 00:32:49,510 --> 00:32:52,390 - I have been fine. - Have you? 518 00:32:53,556 --> 00:32:55,016 You arrived unhappy. 519 00:32:55,016 --> 00:32:57,726 You were forced into adultery and fornication 520 00:32:57,727 --> 00:33:00,937 and now cling to your Western ideas, 521 00:33:00,938 --> 00:33:04,108 looking for a foothold in our world. 522 00:33:04,108 --> 00:33:06,278 I'm at peace with my life. 523 00:33:06,944 --> 00:33:09,414 Which is what you once asked me to be. 524 00:33:10,239 --> 00:33:11,569 I suppose I did. 525 00:33:12,575 --> 00:33:17,745 My concern is Peter is in a weakened state. 526 00:33:17,747 --> 00:33:20,037 His brush with death has shaken him, 527 00:33:20,041 --> 00:33:23,591 and I feel he is susceptible to... 528 00:33:26,005 --> 00:33:27,585 weakness. 529 00:33:27,590 --> 00:33:29,880 Art. Science. 530 00:33:29,884 --> 00:33:32,224 These ideas are not his. They are yours, 531 00:33:32,220 --> 00:33:33,680 and they are dangerous. 532 00:33:34,389 --> 00:33:35,719 They are the future. 533 00:33:36,349 --> 00:33:38,179 Why do people say that? 534 00:33:38,184 --> 00:33:39,894 As if the future is, by its nature, 535 00:33:39,894 --> 00:33:41,404 better than the past, 536 00:33:41,396 --> 00:33:43,936 or a progression, rather than a setback. 537 00:33:43,940 --> 00:33:45,820 Have you come to threaten me? 538 00:33:45,817 --> 00:33:48,487 Or just cajole in a menacing fashion? 539 00:33:48,486 --> 00:33:50,026 What would work best? 540 00:33:50,029 --> 00:33:51,359 Neither. 541 00:33:51,864 --> 00:33:53,704 Do not make an enemy of me, 542 00:33:54,283 --> 00:33:56,453 for you make an enemy of God. 543 00:33:56,452 --> 00:33:58,332 And while God is filled with love, 544 00:33:58,329 --> 00:34:04,339 He has a capacity for wrath and a desire to fight for good unrivaled. 545 00:34:04,335 --> 00:34:06,085 And as his vessel, 546 00:34:06,963 --> 00:34:08,173 so do I. 547 00:34:09,132 --> 00:34:11,052 Maybe God speaks through me. 548 00:34:11,050 --> 00:34:14,140 - A woman? - Indeed. 549 00:34:14,887 --> 00:34:17,847 He made Eve after Adam. 550 00:34:17,849 --> 00:34:19,099 A progression. 551 00:34:19,100 --> 00:34:21,690 You are dancing close to heresy. 552 00:34:21,686 --> 00:34:24,016 Shall I get some musicians in? 553 00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:28,280 I assumed this was a naive manipulation. 554 00:34:28,818 --> 00:34:30,278 Perhaps I was wrong. 555 00:34:30,278 --> 00:34:32,988 Things must change. 556 00:34:32,989 --> 00:34:35,369 - The church could be-- - Shh'. 557 00:34:35,366 --> 00:34:37,366 Listen, girl-- 558 00:34:48,796 --> 00:34:52,426 Do not put your fingers near me ever again'. 559 00:34:52,425 --> 00:34:54,045 What has happened? 560 00:34:54,051 --> 00:34:56,141 The patriarch is leaving. 561 00:34:56,888 --> 00:34:58,008 Indeed. 562 00:35:02,977 --> 00:35:04,397 Ugh. 563 00:35:04,896 --> 00:35:06,356 He is no friend of mine. 564 00:35:06,355 --> 00:35:07,975 You misjudge him. 565 00:35:07,982 --> 00:35:10,692 One of us does. But it is not me. 566 00:35:13,237 --> 00:35:14,527 Ugh. 567 00:35:28,711 --> 00:35:32,131 Women. Women. Country. 568 00:35:36,886 --> 00:35:38,466 - Oh, fuck'. 569 00:35:55,363 --> 00:35:58,163 Russian scum. Who wants to die first? 570 00:35:58,157 --> 00:36:00,197 - Fucking Swede'. 571 00:36:05,873 --> 00:36:08,963 Have you ever tried Swedish meatballs? 572 00:36:15,091 --> 00:36:16,091 Go. 573 00:36:17,218 --> 00:36:19,928 Excuse me. Excuse me. 574 00:36:20,429 --> 00:36:22,349 Uh, hello. Uh... 575 00:36:22,348 --> 00:36:25,478 I am... I'm an official from the Russian government. Count Orlo. 576 00:36:25,476 --> 00:36:28,856 I have come to negotiate the release of these men. I have money 577 00:36:28,855 --> 00:36:31,315 and can arrange for a promissory-- 578 00:36:39,907 --> 00:36:42,487 - Oh, shit'. Sorry'. - Aah'. 579 00:36:42,493 --> 00:36:44,003 - Finish him'. - Do it'. 580 00:36:43,995 --> 00:36:45,785 Kill the Swedish fucker'. 581 00:36:46,289 --> 00:36:47,499 Let us go. We'll do it. 582 00:36:47,498 --> 00:36:49,288 - No one's going to kill-- - Now'. 583 00:36:49,292 --> 00:36:50,962 I, I need-- I need a moment. 584 00:36:53,087 --> 00:36:55,297 You fuck'. Let us go'. 585 00:36:55,298 --> 00:36:58,048 You're being rude. Just... 586 00:36:58,551 --> 00:37:00,511 ...stay there. 587 00:37:20,656 --> 00:37:23,576 In Siberia, this is how they pre-mate. 588 00:37:23,576 --> 00:37:25,826 And some seal fat in your vajuju. 589 00:37:25,828 --> 00:37:27,158 I don't want-- 590 00:37:27,163 --> 00:37:29,083 Alas, we are all out of seal fat. 591 00:37:29,081 --> 00:37:30,791 Ah'. This is fucking freezing, and honestly, 592 00:37:30,791 --> 00:37:32,671 it takes all the joy out of it, quite frankly. 593 00:37:32,668 --> 00:37:34,798 You must eschew the art of lovemaking 594 00:37:34,795 --> 00:37:36,835 for the science of heir-making. 595 00:37:36,839 --> 00:37:38,839 Can everyone stop mentioning science? 596 00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:42,180 Cool juice. Good. 597 00:37:42,178 --> 00:37:45,308 Okay, okay. Get your fucking hands off my balls. 598 00:37:45,306 --> 00:37:46,966 Yes, sir. 599 00:37:46,974 --> 00:37:49,524 - A hundred thrusts and then ejection. - I'll count them. 600 00:37:49,518 --> 00:37:51,688 - I can count them. - Did you say a hundred? 601 00:37:51,687 --> 00:37:54,727 - One, two-- - You want to give us some room? 602 00:37:56,567 --> 00:37:58,067 - Hmm? 603 00:38:07,078 --> 00:38:08,368 Are they still...? 604 00:38:11,749 --> 00:38:12,999 Mm, thank you. 605 00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:16,090 Hmm. It's duty. Sorry. 606 00:38:17,254 --> 00:38:19,304 - Shit. I lost count. - Fifty-three. 607 00:38:26,514 --> 00:38:27,774 Can you step back? 608 00:38:35,272 --> 00:38:37,572 I saw the first starling of the year this morning. 609 00:38:37,566 --> 00:38:39,686 Oh, marvelous. I do love starlings. 610 00:38:39,694 --> 00:38:41,824 Increase force of thrust at 70. 611 00:38:41,821 --> 00:38:43,411 It's 73. 612 00:39:07,596 --> 00:39:08,886 - Ninety. - Oh'. 613 00:39:08,889 --> 00:39:10,269 91, 92... 614 00:39:10,266 --> 00:39:12,686 93, 94, 95, 96, 615 00:39:12,685 --> 00:39:14,895 97, 98, 99... 616 00:39:14,895 --> 00:39:17,265 - 100. - Aah. And one. 617 00:39:18,774 --> 00:39:20,944 - That was close enough. - Who wants some vodka? 618 00:39:20,943 --> 00:39:22,153 Mm. 619 00:39:22,153 --> 00:39:24,913 Catherine, you must lay in repose for a few minutes. 620 00:39:27,283 --> 00:39:29,453 - Well done. 621 00:39:30,828 --> 00:39:32,368 We shall leave now. 622 00:39:49,930 --> 00:39:52,430 - Huh. 623 00:39:59,273 --> 00:40:01,693 I was thinking I might stop the science thingy. 624 00:40:02,443 --> 00:40:04,153 And the art thingy. 625 00:40:04,987 --> 00:40:06,857 You know, think of other ways to change. 626 00:40:07,948 --> 00:40:09,368 As you wish. 627 00:40:11,285 --> 00:40:12,365 Why, though? 628 00:40:13,829 --> 00:40:15,999 When I was dying, God sent me dreams. 629 00:40:16,499 --> 00:40:17,829 Really? 630 00:40:17,833 --> 00:40:20,003 Archie thinks they are to turn me to godliness. 631 00:40:20,002 --> 00:40:21,382 Maybe he's right. 632 00:40:21,378 --> 00:40:25,048 Plus, suddenly, everything tastes shit. Might be a sign. 633 00:40:25,049 --> 00:40:27,259 Arsenic affects the taste. 634 00:40:27,259 --> 00:40:29,299 May just be a lingering aftereffect. 635 00:40:29,303 --> 00:40:31,973 - Really? - Science. 636 00:40:31,972 --> 00:40:33,312 Hmm. 637 00:40:36,977 --> 00:40:38,397 I had a dream once 638 00:40:38,395 --> 00:40:41,355 that a horse ate some berries out of a gold hat. 639 00:40:41,357 --> 00:40:42,937 Gold hat. Berries. 640 00:40:42,942 --> 00:40:44,402 Amusing. Huh. 641 00:40:44,401 --> 00:40:46,951 I don't think all dreams mean things. 642 00:40:48,239 --> 00:40:50,319 What did you think of when you were dying? 643 00:40:50,324 --> 00:40:51,704 My parents. 644 00:40:52,993 --> 00:40:54,953 That I'd be joining them. 645 00:40:54,954 --> 00:40:56,294 And? 646 00:40:56,872 --> 00:40:58,672 I pissed myself at the thought of it. 647 00:40:59,208 --> 00:41:01,628 Or just because of the poisoning. Hard to say. 648 00:41:03,295 --> 00:41:06,295 - It was terrifying. - She was cruel to you. 649 00:41:06,882 --> 00:41:09,842 She worried I would not be enough. 650 00:41:11,887 --> 00:41:13,097 You can be. 651 00:41:14,265 --> 00:41:16,555 It is as simple as deciding to be. 652 00:41:18,018 --> 00:41:19,398 Sleep here. 653 00:41:19,395 --> 00:41:21,855 Oh. Of course. 654 00:41:25,818 --> 00:41:27,738 What do you think our children will be like? 655 00:41:30,781 --> 00:41:33,121 - Small. - Hmmph. Indeed. 656 00:41:35,744 --> 00:41:38,294 I feel like an agave muffin. Do you want anything? 657 00:41:40,416 --> 00:41:41,746 Lemons. 658 00:41:53,637 --> 00:41:57,347 Hey'. Hey'. He's reaching for his bag'. 659 00:42:09,153 --> 00:42:11,113 - Stop. 660 00:42:12,406 --> 00:42:14,486 My... Bible. 661 00:42:14,491 --> 00:42:17,331 My Bible. I want to read before I die. 662 00:42:17,953 --> 00:42:19,213 Of course. 663 00:42:19,705 --> 00:42:22,205 Fucking kill him'. Kill him'. 664 00:42:22,208 --> 00:42:26,088 We must be people of reason and compassion. 665 00:42:26,086 --> 00:42:27,546 He's dying'. 666 00:42:31,258 --> 00:42:33,008 So are you. 667 00:42:36,305 --> 00:42:38,015 Kill him'. Do it, then'. 668 00:42:40,100 --> 00:42:41,560 Kill him'. 669 00:42:43,854 --> 00:42:45,694 Kill him'. Kill him'. 670 00:42:46,982 --> 00:42:48,822 - Do it'. - Kill him'. Kill him'. 671 00:42:51,654 --> 00:42:53,034 - Fucker'. 672 00:42:53,030 --> 00:42:54,240 - Fuck'. 673 00:42:55,532 --> 00:42:56,782 Fucker'. 674 00:43:00,663 --> 00:43:03,003 Aah'. 675 00:43:12,967 --> 00:43:15,547 Aah'. 676 00:43:29,066 --> 00:43:31,606 Fuck. Oh, my God. It's the raven. 677 00:43:37,074 --> 00:43:39,584 It's just a bird. They fly in sometimes. 678 00:43:39,576 --> 00:43:42,036 It's just a bird? It's fucking God. 679 00:43:44,373 --> 00:43:46,713 - Shit'. Oh'. 680 00:43:46,709 --> 00:43:48,249 - Oh'. Oh'. 681 00:43:48,252 --> 00:43:50,212 - Shit'. - Oh'. 682 00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:54,340 - I'm on the wrong path. Fuck'. 683 00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:02,640 Fuck. 684 00:44:02,641 --> 00:44:05,231 Do you want me to take it back to the patriarch? 685 00:44:05,978 --> 00:44:07,058 What? 686 00:44:07,062 --> 00:44:09,362 I saw him wandering back down your hall. 687 00:44:09,356 --> 00:44:11,146 He had a birdcage. 688 00:44:11,150 --> 00:44:12,360 Fucker. 689 00:44:13,527 --> 00:44:14,737 Fucker. 690 00:44:26,165 --> 00:44:29,665 Really fucking out of order. I trusted you. 691 00:44:29,668 --> 00:44:32,338 - I don't know what you're talking-- - The bird. 692 00:44:35,341 --> 00:44:39,261 I just wanted to remind you that God is watching. 693 00:44:39,762 --> 00:44:41,932 You're being taken down the wrong road, 694 00:44:41,930 --> 00:44:43,720 and for the good of you and the nation, 695 00:44:43,724 --> 00:44:45,644 - I cannot allow-- 696 00:44:47,269 --> 00:44:51,519 I realize my method may have been, in retrospect, foolish. 697 00:44:51,523 --> 00:44:53,483 I drank some wine with the bishops, 698 00:44:53,484 --> 00:44:54,864 and something seized me. 699 00:44:54,860 --> 00:44:56,740 An idea that I thought came from God, 700 00:44:56,737 --> 00:44:58,107 but perhaps just the wine-- 701 00:44:58,113 --> 00:44:59,743 - Ooh'. Aah'. 702 00:44:59,740 --> 00:45:01,830 Fuck you. Fuck God. 703 00:45:13,921 --> 00:45:15,091 What is this? 704 00:45:15,089 --> 00:45:18,469 I arranged it. Eggs cannot be tampered with. 705 00:45:18,467 --> 00:45:21,467 We will watch him make them. They will be fresh and hot. 706 00:45:21,470 --> 00:45:23,850 Vlad has also dug up a truffle this morning. 707 00:45:25,140 --> 00:45:27,890 Shaved truffle on eggs? Fucking brilliant. 708 00:45:28,977 --> 00:45:29,977 Lizaveta? 709 00:45:29,978 --> 00:45:31,228 - Sir? - Fuck off. 710 00:45:54,586 --> 00:45:55,996 Souvenir. 711 00:45:57,464 --> 00:45:58,674 His head. 712 00:46:01,718 --> 00:46:02,888 Thanks. 713 00:46:08,350 --> 00:46:10,940 You had to. And you did. 714 00:46:36,336 --> 00:46:37,456 Mm. 715 00:46:38,630 --> 00:46:40,970 Oh, deep tasting truffle. So earthy. 716 00:46:40,966 --> 00:46:44,296 Like you are eating autumn. Fucking-- Thank you. 717 00:46:47,556 --> 00:46:48,966 You know what? 718 00:46:48,974 --> 00:46:52,144 I have thrown men off the roof, and God or Archie did not object. 719 00:46:52,144 --> 00:46:55,524 So what of a silk hankie and objects? 720 00:46:55,522 --> 00:46:59,402 Then fuck it. Fuck God. Trick me. We will do it. 721 00:46:59,401 --> 00:47:01,781 - Boy, do you still have your parachute? - Huh? 722 00:47:02,279 --> 00:47:03,529 I think you're right. 723 00:47:03,530 --> 00:47:05,780 Let us bring men of science from France 724 00:47:05,782 --> 00:47:08,702 to think of new, fun experiments and develop ideas. 725 00:47:08,702 --> 00:47:10,752 Huzzah. Good idea. 726 00:47:14,458 --> 00:47:16,418 - Can I ask a favor? 727 00:47:16,418 --> 00:47:18,208 Indeed you may. Anything. 728 00:47:19,296 --> 00:47:20,456 Marial. 729 00:47:21,757 --> 00:47:24,177 - My maid. - I know who she is. 730 00:47:24,176 --> 00:47:26,256 She was formerly a lady of the court. 731 00:47:26,261 --> 00:47:28,141 I would like her to be raised back. 732 00:47:28,138 --> 00:47:29,928 Her father... 733 00:47:30,516 --> 00:47:31,886 What did he do? 734 00:47:34,144 --> 00:47:36,064 Ooh'. 735 00:47:37,189 --> 00:47:38,979 Such a fine dancer, Brezhnev. 736 00:47:38,982 --> 00:47:40,902 And by fine, I mean ludicrous. 737 00:47:40,901 --> 00:47:44,531 Thank you, dearest Georgina. The finest beauty in the court. 738 00:47:47,533 --> 00:47:49,583 Brezhnev, you are the funniest of men. 739 00:48:02,548 --> 00:48:04,008 Well, well. 740 00:48:04,007 --> 00:48:06,297 Brezhnev needs to be a part of this. 741 00:48:07,386 --> 00:48:09,966 Shall we all adjourn to the bed? 742 00:48:12,224 --> 00:48:14,644 - Uh, George? - You may watch. 743 00:48:15,185 --> 00:48:16,935 Yes. Sit and learn. 744 00:48:16,937 --> 00:48:19,727 I'm a participant in life's rich carnival. 745 00:48:19,731 --> 00:48:21,941 I will find my own bed further, then. 746 00:48:34,329 --> 00:48:36,289 - Oh. 747 00:48:46,300 --> 00:48:49,090 Ah. She was always a noisy one. 748 00:48:49,094 --> 00:48:51,354 So cover your ears. 749 00:48:52,431 --> 00:48:54,181 - Mum? - Oh, shit. 750 00:48:58,228 --> 00:49:00,518 - Yes'. 751 00:49:01,565 --> 00:49:03,685 - Get the fuck off my mother. 752 00:49:04,443 --> 00:49:06,903 Uh... it's just a jape'. 753 00:49:06,903 --> 00:49:08,163 It's a jape'. 754 00:49:10,824 --> 00:49:11,834 Oh. 755 00:49:12,367 --> 00:49:13,447 Right. 756 00:49:13,452 --> 00:49:15,542 So, no. 757 00:49:16,496 --> 00:49:18,326 Anything else. Fuck him. 758 00:49:18,332 --> 00:49:20,132 And she is his, so fuck her. 759 00:49:20,959 --> 00:49:23,339 I... I need to give her something. 760 00:49:23,337 --> 00:49:24,667 Well, you are empress. 761 00:49:24,671 --> 00:49:26,671 You will think of something. 762 00:49:34,181 --> 00:49:35,471 I'm sorry. 763 00:49:35,474 --> 00:49:37,564 Just a dog, Empress. 764 00:49:37,559 --> 00:49:38,559 Bitch. 765 00:49:38,560 --> 00:49:39,770 Empress bitch. 766 00:49:39,770 --> 00:49:41,480 Just keep smiling. 767 00:49:49,571 --> 00:49:51,491 Blini'. Blini'. 768 00:49:51,490 --> 00:49:54,740 I'm sorry. He would not budge on restoring you. 769 00:49:54,743 --> 00:49:56,543 All I could do was get your-- 770 00:49:56,536 --> 00:49:59,706 Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you'. 771 00:50:01,124 --> 00:50:02,424 You really love the dog. 772 00:50:02,417 --> 00:50:04,127 I do. I do. 773 00:50:06,338 --> 00:50:07,798 The rest will be harder. 774 00:50:08,423 --> 00:50:10,593 But I can move him. 775 00:50:11,677 --> 00:50:15,677 He's deep down... tender and troubled. 776 00:50:16,640 --> 00:50:19,730 But that is the sea I put our rudder in. 777 00:50:22,145 --> 00:50:24,855 I will sail him to a new court. 778 00:50:24,856 --> 00:50:26,106 A new Russia. 779 00:50:27,859 --> 00:50:29,489 No bloodshed. 780 00:50:30,404 --> 00:50:32,534 A coup of ideas. 781 00:50:46,712 --> 00:50:47,922 Boo'. 782 00:50:50,215 --> 00:50:52,545 So... so just bottles go off the roof? 783 00:50:52,551 --> 00:50:56,761 Or any object, uh, though small, that may float, sir. 784 00:50:56,763 --> 00:50:58,393 I chose bottles. 785 00:50:59,599 --> 00:51:00,979 If you look to the balcony, 786 00:51:00,976 --> 00:51:05,186 you will see the demonstration of science begin. Huzzah'. 787 00:51:05,188 --> 00:51:07,148 Huzzah'. 788 00:51:12,404 --> 00:51:14,574 Caw'. Caw'. 789 00:51:22,122 --> 00:51:23,502 How's the head? 790 00:51:23,498 --> 00:51:24,538 Not the best. 791 00:51:24,541 --> 00:51:26,751 Looks good from the outside. 792 00:51:26,752 --> 00:51:28,842 - You're very kind. 793 00:51:30,630 --> 00:51:31,760 - Sorry. - Sorry. 794 00:51:38,805 --> 00:51:40,595 The future will be grand. 795 00:51:43,727 --> 00:51:45,227 - Is that a dog? 796 00:51:46,938 --> 00:51:48,358 This is science. 797 00:51:48,857 --> 00:51:50,107 Enjoy. 798 00:51:50,108 --> 00:51:52,398 - Huzzah'. 799 00:51:53,278 --> 00:51:55,818 Just hope the wind is strong enough to gather velocity. 800 00:51:55,822 --> 00:51:57,072 Don't know what that is. 801 00:51:57,073 --> 00:51:59,623 That the wind will provide enough force to hold the dog up. 802 00:52:00,952 --> 00:52:03,162 Well, failure will also be entertaining. 803 00:52:25,977 --> 00:52:28,647 - The future is bright. 804 00:52:31,525 --> 00:52:34,895 Huzzah'. 805 00:52:42,327 --> 00:52:44,407 ♪ It's poetry in motion ♪ 806 00:52:45,914 --> 00:52:48,384 ♪ She turned her tender eyes to me ♪ 807 00:52:49,668 --> 00:52:51,918 ♪ As deep as any ocean ♪ 808 00:52:53,380 --> 00:52:55,880 ♪ As sweet as any harmony ♪ 809 00:52:56,675 --> 00:52:59,425 ♪ But she blinded me with science ♪ 810 00:53:00,512 --> 00:53:03,522 ♪ She blinded me with science ♪ 811 00:53:04,599 --> 00:53:08,269 ♪ And failed me in biology, yeah, yeah ♪ 812 00:53:12,983 --> 00:53:14,193 ♪ Now ♪ 813 00:53:15,360 --> 00:53:16,490 ♪ Huh huh ♪ 814 00:53:17,112 --> 00:53:20,372 ♪ When I'm dancing close to her ♪ 815 00:53:20,365 --> 00:53:23,235 ♪ Blinding me with science, science ♪ 816 00:53:26,538 --> 00:53:28,078 ♪ Science ♪ 817 00:53:32,043 --> 00:53:35,263 ♪ I can smell the chemicals ♪ 818 00:53:35,255 --> 00:53:38,335 ♪ Blinding me with science, science ♪ 819 00:53:41,386 --> 00:53:42,966 ♪ Science ♪ 820 00:53:48,768 --> 00:53:50,308 ♪ Science ♪ 821 00:53:51,313 --> 00:53:55,193 ♪ Mm, but it's poetry in motion ♪ 822 00:53:56,818 --> 00:53:59,398 ♪ When she turned her eyes to me ♪ 823 00:54:00,488 --> 00:54:02,658 ♪ As deep as any ocean ♪ 824 00:54:04,159 --> 00:54:06,829 ♪ As sweet as any harmony ♪ 825 00:54:07,662 --> 00:54:10,172 ♪ She blinded me with science ♪ 826 00:54:11,166 --> 00:54:14,206 ♪ She blinded me with science ♪ 827 00:54:15,462 --> 00:54:18,212 ♪ And failed me in geometry ♪ 828 00:54:20,508 --> 00:54:23,798 ♪ When she's dancing next to me ♪ 829 00:54:23,803 --> 00:54:26,643 ♪ Blinding me with science, science ♪ 830 00:54:29,726 --> 00:54:31,096 ♪ Science ♪