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He intercepted a message. He mentioned the Queen's birthday.

They're planning an attack.

What happened is... Your false reign is finally coming to an end. Your Majesty.

The Queen's in danger.

We shouldn't go poisoning here. We were so careful.

Please, wake up. This portrait really matters. It's how I'll be remembered.

Mrs. C, I had my portrait painted when I was really small.

And here's Sarah. When she came back from France, she was a different person.

I have a new message from Jack.

Get rid of Lady Grace.

Day the 7th. Court of the Queen Elizabeth.

The so-called Queen's birthday.

Another day of duty, service, and sacrifice.

Another day of having to endure the puppets at court.

Grumpy.

Judgey. Dopey.

Dumb and dumber.

We ladies spend all our time together. Do you wish to be an actor?

This is a silly dream of mine. You're going to be amazing.

It's because, Sarah, we're almost done.

Paint, paint, antidote.

But where is the poison?

Lord Osborne, a message for you. Come in.

It's done.

I could have sworn I gave you the uniform, but it's vanished.

A couple of others have too.

Someone is playing silly games.

Lady Sarah!

What's wrong?

I'm all right. I really am. I just... I just feel so wretched.

Do you want to stick at me, ma'am?

Oh, Ralph.

You're so sweet and such a sap.

But I just really need to talk to Lady Grace.

Have you seen her?

If I'm right about Sarah being the traitor, I need to act now.

It's the Queen's birthday.

Andalsborn got that tip off.

Walsingham had an informant at the docks. He intercepted a message. He

mentioned the Queen's birthday.

They're planning an attack.

A cold feeling has set inside my stomach.

And my instincts are usually right.

I need to confront her.

Sorry,

just channelling the bird king for the performance later.

You okay?

Yes. Fine.

If the Queen's in danger, I need to find Sarah fast, or it's on me.

Oh, you know something, don't you?

No lies, remember?

Not to prove.

Whatever it is,

at least talk to Osborne about it.

There is something.

But I might be wrong.

I've been wrong before, haven't I?

What's so right about a lot of things?

Time I don't want to be right.

That smell.

This is not good.

My lady!

Massive emergency!

Is the Queen okay? The Queen's fine.

But Lady Sarah is crying.

Is she?

She's been asking everywhere for you.

I asked her to get me mum, but she said that you're the only person she can talk

to. When was this?

She was here not ten minutes ago. She said she was going to her room.

Where is she?

Grace can never resist a damsel in distress.

And the... She didn't want everybody to see her crying. But she was ever so

upset, Grace.

Still looked lovely, mind.

I know you want to help, Ralph, but it would be best if everyone left her

alone. For now.

I will deal with Lady Sarah.

But not on my own.

Grace, Lady Sarah went that way.

Oddball, are you in here?

Oh, no, I'm running out of time.

I'm not safe, Grace. I want you to be my personal spy.

Queen Elizabeth, I will keep you safe.

Wait.

Mrs. Champanel's tonics are completely disgusting, but very effective.

Grace says they taste like boiled water. That's very true.

How is my goddaughter?

I know you two are close. Yes, ma'am.

Well, we were, anyway.

Continue.

And yes, that is an order from your queen.

It's just... It's all changing.

She's got all these new duties, and honestly, sometimes I'm like, do I know

this person? And then I'm like, of course I do, it's great. And I think of

all the stuff we've been through together, and I think, maybe it's me? Am

I holding on too tight? But I just want things to be like they were, but they

can't be, can they? That's not how life works. What I'm trying to say is, it's a

lot.

Right.

Gosh, I'm so sorry, Your Majesty.

I should probably get back to work.

Grace and I both lost our mothers when we were very young.

We both struggle sometimes.

Make choices that are hard for our friends to understand.

But you matter too, Ellie.

You must try and find a way to be there for Grace without losing sight of

yourself.

That is how Margaret was with me.

Enough. Today is about the future.

No dwelling on the past.

Happy birthday, Your Majesty.

We're all really proud of you, if that's right for me to say.

Thank you, Ellie.

It's going to be a lovely party.

Orpheum told me it's not enough to think.

You have to know.

I have to be sure.

Finally.

I'm coming in.

Jodie, Sarah.

Grace, thank goodness you came.

Everything is absolutely awful.

Close the door.

What's wrong?

It's Jack.

He stumped me.

His heart belongs to another.

You're absolutely the only person I can talk to about... You've become such a

dear friend.

We're all really proud of you, if that's right for me to say. She's brave.

She rules with her art.

She's our queen.

She's doing all right. Your Majesty is loved by all your subjects.

Probably by your side. Every one of us.

Where have you been anyways?

I've been waiting ages.

To get you out of my hair.

You were so sad about your painting.

Small in sadness.

You sounded so lost.

Like you didn't have a place in this world.

She gets me.

Here we go.

That's exactly how I felt.

My only portrait.

Gone. Right?

Except... It wasn't your only portrait.

What? We all had them done as children.

Gotcha. Don't you remember?

Darn. Of course.

How clever, Grace.

Those old paintings are lost in the palace somewhere.

I found them.

Of course you did.

I wanted to give you this to show you that you matter, but the girl in this

painting has a heart-shaped mould above her right eye.

A beauty spot.

The painter must have added it. Thought it would look pretty.

Nice try.

There are more differences.

Your hairline, the shape of your eyes.

It's close.

Very close.

But it's not you, is it? No! No, no, no!

Lady Jane.

It's not like you to assist a humble actor.

These silly things are in my way.

That's all.

But since I'm being forced to hold them, I may as well walk with you.

Thank you, Jane. That's kind of you.

It's a one-off.

In town, actors have teams of people to help run the show.

But here, I must be stagehand and bird king.

Forever, it would seem.

That's the problem with staying at court.

Once people see you a certain way, that's it.

You will forever be the bird king, and I will forever be the lady-in-waiting who

isn't Lady Sarah.

I...

She's

clever. She's so annoying.

Your move, Sarah.

I remember now.

The artist had zero talent.

Check, Lady Grace.

Nicely played. But it's still such a kind, thoughtful thing to do.

Thank you, Grace.

You're a true friend. I so want to believe you, Sarah.

Let us walk a while in the gardens.

I have felt like we're friends.

Really?

I know.

It surprised me, too.

You're not how you seem, Sarah.

You're cool.

Which is why I'm finally ready to show you my locket.

Only Ellie and Masu have seen inside of it.

I saw Grace earlier. She was being a bit weird. I thought... Masu.

Whatever she's up to, I'm sure she'll tell us whenever she's ready.

Okay, who are you and what have you done with the real Ellie?

If you want to stay friends, you have to accept that she's changing.

We all are, but that's nothing to be scared of.

Your mother?

Of course.

She's so beautiful, Grace.

So like you.

You must miss her so much.

I'd love to hear more about her in the gardens.

My mother is the reason for everything I ever do.

She drives me.

Now show me what's inside yours.

I'm afraid I'm not ready to share. Show me. It's just Jack. I don't believe you.

Grace, you're being so weird. Let's just go in the garden. What drives you?

What's really inside of your heart?

You are spiderweb.

Well done, Grace.

You've finally solved the case.

An assassin penetrated the heart of court again. It is folly to even think

about a birthday party.

You're right. And I know you'll just be determined to blindly carry on, even

though the risks... I said you're right.

Oh. This party was supposed to be about the future.

Her Majesty's new way, but it's far too risky, and the Queen has not yet

recovered.

Presenting Her Majesty the Queen.

You're up.

We were just discussing the birthday celebrations. We thought,

to protect Your Majesty, we should... postpone.

The birthday plans will continue.

My people are proud of me and wish to celebrate. I will not let them down.

As you wish.

The party's starting soon and I am still two ladies down. I expect that kind of

thing from Grace. But now Sarah is bunking off too. Those girls are in so

much trouble.

Maybe she's with Sarah.

Don't look at me like that. It's fine.

I know Grace has other friends.

No, but... She'll be here soon.

What have you done with the real Lady Sarah?

She's still in France.

She never left.

My uncle Burns, he's your uncle.

Do keep up, Grace.

Family means a lot to me, too.

My uncle knew I had the look of the real Lady Sarah and saw a chance.

We fake letters to Cecil claiming that Sarah's parents wanted her to return

from France to court.

Aye. Simply arrived instead.

Didn't anyone realize?

Didn't anyone check?

Of course.

No one expects a girl to be anything much, let alone a spy.

You get that.

More than anyone.

All I had to do was play lady in waiting and bide my time.

I love stuff like this.

You were right about Jack.

I always thought he sounded too good to be true.

The love letters were just my coded orders.

Jack says I'm going to be the belle of the ball.

Everything I had to do to further the cause of the true queen, Mary.

The true queen?

You helped Burns escape from the dungeon.

You were right there beside me, Grace.

And you didn't see a thing. Hang on.

You switched Princess Pornu's ruby.

And then planted it on Ellie because she saw your letters.

You couldn't risk her realising they were in code.

You taught her to read, Grace.

And that was actually your fault.

She's picking it up so quickly.

You put the crown under Miss Sue's bed.

Guilty. You knew the hawk message was a fake. This is the Queen. Now.

Wait.

You gave Hillyard the poison.

Quickly. This is the poison. And this is the antidote.

Not to make changes to order, ladies and gentlemen. Every time we came close to

completing our mission, you turned up and spoiled things.

Asking questions, noticing things, getting close to finding out my

identity.

That whole business with Mathieu's play was a lot.

I know.

I needed you to stop meddling. I was trying to warn you.

You came back for something.

That night, I nearly caught you.

What would have given you away?

Silly lucky coin.

Turned out it wasn't that lucky for me.

Anyway, I'd love to hang out here chatting.

Really, I would.

My latest love letter is super clear.

Get rid of Lady Grace.

If you knew what I was, why did you come here to confront me on your own?

I wanted to give you a chance to confess to the Queen.

Why would I do that?

Sarah, you know what happens to traitors.

Deadly poison.

Don't make me do anything silly.

Move.

Let's go for that walk.

Go. My lord. What is it?

Speak quietly, boy.

The queen has made it very clear that today is to be a happy occasion.

I've cross-checked the visits made to the palace by the artist Tillyard. She

was here when the crown went missing.

She was in the palace again when the hawk was taken and the message from

Dudley was forged.

But... Hilliard was at Hampton Court when Princess Bennu visited and she

didn't return until after the play.

A source there has confirmed it.

Hilliard can't be spiderweb, which means that the traitor is still at large.

Grace was right.

Has anyone seen Grace?

No, but... Oh, I can't do this. She's missing.

Sarah is too. I have to know she's okay. Let's go.

Where are you going?

It's Grace.

I think she's in danger. Your duty is to your queen.

I'm sorry, sir, but I've got to go.

I'm going.

I'm going.

Hurry up. The show's starting soon.

The show?

The big finale.

What are you going to do?

Everyone is prepping for the party.

I'm on my own.

I could run now, but then I wouldn't know what she's planning.

Okay, think, Grace.

This is still Sarah.

Sort of.

Flattery is your weapon of choice.

I always knew you were a good actor.

Award-winning.

I didn't realise how good.

It has been quite the performance, hasn't it?

It's hard to imagine how you're going to top everything.

Don't worry about that.

If you kill Elizabeth, no one will accept Mary as queen.

Clever, Grace.

I've been saying this for months. We're finally doing things my way.

Your way.

Final act worthy of Spider-Web.

This will definitely make it to the history books.

Now move.

What's the plan?

You may as well tell me.

Like I can stop you.

No one can.

We're just going to give the Queen a birthday present.

What kind of present?

What kept you?

Burns.

Right, we've been here before. She's probably fine. We're in terrible danger.

One of the two.

Who saw our last? I did.

She was up to something, and I told her to talk to you.

Which obviously she didn't do.

I think I saw her last.

She was going to help poor Lady Sarah.

Then she sort of did a funny turn.

She had a funny turn?

No, she was heading one way.

Then it was like she was doing that really difficult bit in Monsieur

Pierre's dance.

Where was this?

Outside Lord Cecil's office.

She went towards the stairs.

Toward Osborne's room? Maybe you missed that.

We'll start there.

Please. Sarah, don't do this. Get down there.

Just be quiet, Gray.

Right, lads.

You've got your guard positions from Kat.

Kat? Take him out. Aye.

What happened to your eye? All in the cause of duty.

Don't worry about it.

I told you to get rid of her.

She's more valuable alive.

We can use her.

Yeah, overthinking things, as usual.

She's a menace.

I know you can hear me.

Careful.

That thing's loaded with gunpowder.

That goes off where all the gun is.

Don't worry, I'll come to that. I promise.

I'll set it for 30 minutes and that should be enough.

My plan will work.

Take the key.

What about Lady Grave?

She's tied up and the door won't open from the inside.

We just need her out of the way until it's all over.

Oh, what then?

I suppose you think you're going to go back to being best friends again, eh?

Don't patronise me, Uncle.

I just don't have a taste for murder.

Well, luckily, I do.

No! Grace!

No!

Grace.

The clock's ticking.

Let's go.

Pieces are all in place.

The web is spun.

My duty is done.

But no victory is worth this feeling.

Come on, Kat!

I'm sorry.