1 00:00:08,968 --> 00:00:11,387 ‐ I inaugurate this new salon 2 00:00:11,387 --> 00:00:14,557 with the revelation that is Shakey's paintings. 3 00:00:15,599 --> 00:00:20,187 It is an act of love, for when you look at each painting, 4 00:00:20,187 --> 00:00:21,730 they shimmer with humanity. 5 00:00:21,731 --> 00:00:24,693 They are a gift to us from one we lost. 6 00:00:27,361 --> 00:00:29,114 ‐ Lovely speech, darling. 7 00:00:29,989 --> 00:00:33,534 To remind everyone of your greatest failure is bold. 8 00:00:39,790 --> 00:00:41,207 ‐ Don't play that! 9 00:00:42,502 --> 00:00:45,003 ‐ We abhor Beethoven. Hm. 10 00:00:45,005 --> 00:00:48,884 Abhor, not adore. Please don't be confused. 11 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:53,762 ‐ Something else. 12 00:00:53,762 --> 00:00:57,392 ‐ Berezovsky is always good. 13 00:01:04,316 --> 00:01:05,608 ‐ Mm. 14 00:01:05,608 --> 00:01:06,817 Marvelous. 15 00:01:07,819 --> 00:01:10,655 Thank God you're here to guide these wayward souls. 16 00:01:12,198 --> 00:01:14,867 ‐ Berezovsky. Brilliant. 17 00:01:14,867 --> 00:01:15,993 How's your schnitzel? 18 00:01:18,079 --> 00:01:19,371 ‐ Odd? 19 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:23,250 ‐ It's venison, not veal. 20 00:01:23,251 --> 00:01:26,170 I found it odd at first, but it grows on you. 21 00:01:26,170 --> 00:01:28,715 ‐ We lose our refinements one bad bite at a time. 22 00:01:29,174 --> 00:01:31,676 Epicurus. 23 00:01:35,263 --> 00:01:36,765 ‐ Is she sweating? 24 00:01:37,890 --> 00:01:39,015 ‐ Ah. 25 00:01:39,016 --> 00:01:41,435 ‐ I believe so. ‐ Hmm. 26 00:01:41,436 --> 00:01:44,730 ‐ Look at you, Marial, whisper, whisper. 27 00:01:45,814 --> 00:01:48,109 Such a curious creature you are. 28 00:01:49,277 --> 00:01:52,737 Judas, who got to sit at the table for dessert. 29 00:01:52,739 --> 00:01:55,156 ‐ Oh, Mother. That's not‐‐ 30 00:01:55,158 --> 00:01:58,034 ‐ Anyone else would've cut your throat. 31 00:01:58,036 --> 00:02:00,328 And yet here you are. 32 00:02:00,329 --> 00:02:02,248 ‐ I think you've misconstrued the story. 33 00:02:02,248 --> 00:02:04,792 ‐ Do not prod the lioness. ‐ Really? 34 00:02:04,793 --> 00:02:09,379 So, you helped push my naive daughter into a coup attempt, 35 00:02:09,381 --> 00:02:12,883 and then at the climactic moment, just as all the plans were rolling out, 36 00:02:12,884 --> 00:02:15,677 you told the Emperor, thereby scuppering all the plans 37 00:02:15,679 --> 00:02:19,515 in order to save your own neck and be reinstated as a lady. 38 00:02:21,183 --> 00:02:22,560 What did I get wrong? 39 00:02:22,561 --> 00:02:24,478 ‐ Actually, a pretty good summation. 40 00:02:24,478 --> 00:02:26,312 ‐ Thank you, Orlo. 41 00:02:26,313 --> 00:02:29,775 And yet somehow here she sits, 42 00:02:29,776 --> 00:02:32,235 with a mouthful of potato Dauphinois, 43 00:02:32,236 --> 00:02:35,699 diamonds round her neck and a whisper in her throat. 44 00:02:36,365 --> 00:02:38,449 What other secrets do you carry? 45 00:02:38,450 --> 00:02:40,286 None. 46 00:02:40,287 --> 00:02:43,622 ‐ Everyone does their best in times of war. 47 00:02:43,622 --> 00:02:46,793 ‐ Mm, you did well not to have your head rolling down a hill, Elizabeth. 48 00:02:49,587 --> 00:02:51,588 ‐ Ah, Mother is just teasing. 49 00:02:51,590 --> 00:02:54,841 ‐ Please don't explain me, darling, it ruins the mystery. 50 00:02:54,843 --> 00:02:56,218 Impossible. 51 00:02:56,218 --> 00:03:00,014 Your beauty is a mystery man can never solve, 52 00:03:00,014 --> 00:03:04,394 only gaze upon it in hopes of more revealing clues. 53 00:03:06,437 --> 00:03:09,064 ‐ Oh, men are funny, aren't they? 54 00:03:09,524 --> 00:03:12,484 They imagine themselves still young, attractive, and virile 55 00:03:12,485 --> 00:03:14,069 no matter what the age. 56 00:03:16,489 --> 00:03:19,949 ‐ Ah! A special treat from the Americas. 57 00:03:19,950 --> 00:03:21,868 Mm. A trader just brought them back. 58 00:03:21,870 --> 00:03:24,038 They are called peanuts. 59 00:03:25,289 --> 00:03:27,332 ‐ Mm. Marvelous. 60 00:03:27,334 --> 00:03:28,835 ‐ Ah, aren't they? 61 00:03:29,252 --> 00:03:30,836 I cannot stop eating them, 62 00:03:30,836 --> 00:03:34,215 but then I eat dirt, flowers, 63 00:03:34,216 --> 00:03:37,384 the occasional pickle wrapped in skate wing. 64 00:03:37,384 --> 00:03:40,471 Do not mind my Epicurus strangeness. 65 00:03:40,472 --> 00:03:42,889 ‐ Mm. ‐ But are they not great? 66 00:03:42,890 --> 00:03:44,515 ‐ Mm. Indeed. 67 00:03:44,516 --> 00:03:45,936 ‐ Indeed! 68 00:03:46,353 --> 00:03:47,853 Huzzah! 69 00:03:47,853 --> 00:03:48,853 Peanuts! 70 00:03:48,854 --> 00:03:50,980 ‐ Peanuts! ‐ To my mother! 71 00:03:50,981 --> 00:03:52,858 Huzzah. 72 00:03:52,859 --> 00:03:55,861 ‐ And how long will we have the pleasure of your company, Joanna? 73 00:03:57,155 --> 00:03:58,781 ‐ For as long as I nee... 74 00:03:59,449 --> 00:04:00,532 For... 75 00:04:02,701 --> 00:04:03,995 I... 76 00:04:07,539 --> 00:04:09,000 Mother! 77 00:04:20,052 --> 00:04:20,971 ‐ Take these. 78 00:04:20,971 --> 00:04:22,555 ‐ What are they? 79 00:04:22,555 --> 00:04:24,807 ‐ I can't remember but they seem to cure almost everything. 80 00:04:24,807 --> 00:04:26,141 Mm. 81 00:04:29,896 --> 00:04:32,064 ‐ Oh, Mother, are you all right? I'm mortified. 82 00:04:33,608 --> 00:04:35,401 I thought that was it for a moment. 83 00:04:35,401 --> 00:04:37,026 I thought you'd killed me. 84 00:04:37,028 --> 00:04:38,069 ‐ Don't say that. 85 00:04:38,071 --> 00:04:39,406 I'm sorry. 86 00:04:40,115 --> 00:04:41,574 ‐ I need to rest, darling. 87 00:04:42,324 --> 00:04:45,245 But there's a list... 88 00:04:46,329 --> 00:04:48,163 of everyone you should kill. 89 00:04:49,915 --> 00:04:52,250 ‐ Mother, they fought for me. 90 00:04:52,252 --> 00:04:54,254 ‐ You don't know what they fought for. 91 00:04:56,213 --> 00:04:58,341 All right, go now. Go, go. 92 00:05:00,593 --> 00:05:02,137 ‐ Fuck! 93 00:05:02,637 --> 00:05:04,137 Do not stare at me! 94 00:05:04,139 --> 00:05:08,685 Let us go to work. We will start with banning peanuts! 95 00:05:11,605 --> 00:05:13,230 ‐ She makes me nervous. 96 00:05:13,230 --> 00:05:14,355 Hmm. 97 00:05:14,356 --> 00:05:17,151 ‐ She does send the Empress into an unravel. 98 00:05:17,151 --> 00:05:18,485 ‐ Mothers. 99 00:05:18,485 --> 00:05:20,904 ‐ Well, thank God mine fucking died if that is what it is. 100 00:05:20,906 --> 00:05:23,908 ‐ Be wary, Marial, of getting inside that bubble. 101 00:05:23,908 --> 00:05:25,742 Remember Count Lasky. 102 00:05:25,744 --> 00:05:27,745 ‐ You fucked that guy up. 103 00:05:27,745 --> 00:05:30,874 ‐ I would walk in, and he'd be fucking Mother in the face. 104 00:05:31,957 --> 00:05:37,004 Later, I'd hear him working on her... money, send Samsa away, lose weight. 105 00:05:37,004 --> 00:05:38,338 I had to do something. 106 00:05:38,340 --> 00:05:41,341 ‐ A boy should not see his mother fucked in the face. 107 00:05:41,343 --> 00:05:43,761 ‐ Indeed. It is scarring. 108 00:05:43,762 --> 00:05:45,721 ‐ As were the 30 holes you put in him. 109 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:49,225 ‐ Unfortunately, I was all rage and fire then. 110 00:05:49,225 --> 00:05:51,018 Now, I'm fine though. 111 00:05:51,019 --> 00:05:52,853 ‐ She's not herself around her mother. 112 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:55,521 She has it in for all of us. 113 00:05:55,523 --> 00:05:57,691 ‐ We just need to ride her out. 114 00:05:57,692 --> 00:06:01,569 She will get bored of venison schnitzel and leave. 115 00:06:01,571 --> 00:06:04,740 ‐ She is troubling, and she has a game, 116 00:06:04,740 --> 00:06:08,619 more than "mother tortures daughter," but I cannot quite see it. 117 00:06:08,620 --> 00:06:12,456 ‐ And she is turning Catherine against us, inch by fucking inch, while we wait. 118 00:06:12,456 --> 00:06:16,209 ‐ Patience, it's an underrated strategy. 119 00:06:16,211 --> 00:06:19,672 ‐ So is a handful of peanuts squashed into her big fat mouth. 120 00:06:19,673 --> 00:06:21,173 ‐ I need to measure you. 121 00:06:21,173 --> 00:06:24,052 ‐ My stomach? ‐ Your opening. 122 00:06:34,562 --> 00:06:37,730 ‐ You know it's, it's, it's, it's funny, I was just thinking. 123 00:06:37,731 --> 00:06:40,942 Sometimes I miss my mother. 124 00:06:40,944 --> 00:06:42,278 Hmm. 125 00:06:42,278 --> 00:06:43,778 ‐ Her being dead at an early age, 126 00:06:43,779 --> 00:06:46,281 and sometimes I'm glad she's dead 127 00:06:46,283 --> 00:06:50,120 as I have lived my own life on my own terms. 128 00:06:50,829 --> 00:06:51,995 Subtle. 129 00:06:51,997 --> 00:06:53,163 ‐ What are you...? 130 00:06:53,163 --> 00:06:55,249 ‐ We have some concerns. 131 00:06:55,250 --> 00:06:59,086 Uh, seeing you with your mother, you are not quite yourself. 132 00:06:59,086 --> 00:07:00,838 ‐ We worry what she does to you. 133 00:07:00,838 --> 00:07:04,425 ‐ You mean beside love me beyond any human on this Earth, 134 00:07:04,425 --> 00:07:07,552 care for me and my sisters like we are precious fucking gems, 135 00:07:07,553 --> 00:07:11,557 make a home for us and ignite a fire in us to be the special ones we are? 136 00:07:12,893 --> 00:07:16,812 ‐ Uh, she, she perhaps does not understand us, is our point. 137 00:07:16,812 --> 00:07:18,814 ‐ We worry she wants us dead. 138 00:07:18,814 --> 00:07:21,651 ‐ Oh, she did give me a list and you were on it. 139 00:07:24,278 --> 00:07:27,238 ‐ Oh, I'm first. ‐ Oh. 140 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:30,658 ‐ Hm. Relax. She has always wanted people dead. 141 00:07:30,660 --> 00:07:33,286 For months once, she plotted the death of our neighbor Hess, 142 00:07:33,288 --> 00:07:36,165 as he had eyed Donna in a way she found disturbing. 143 00:07:36,165 --> 00:07:39,584 We would gather round with tea and kugelhopf 144 00:07:39,586 --> 00:07:43,338 and we would all have to think of ways we could kill him and get away with it. 145 00:07:43,340 --> 00:07:44,715 ‐ Fun game. 146 00:07:44,716 --> 00:07:46,466 We just played chess. 147 00:07:46,468 --> 00:07:48,593 ‐ She is protective of me. 148 00:07:48,595 --> 00:07:50,221 Don't trouble yourselves. 149 00:07:52,098 --> 00:07:54,057 Oh, Mother, are you feeling all right? 150 00:07:54,058 --> 00:07:55,725 ‐ Quite fine. 151 00:07:55,726 --> 00:07:57,310 I would not miss your checkup. 152 00:07:57,312 --> 00:08:01,024 ‐ Your rash is worse. ‐ That's interesting... 153 00:08:03,026 --> 00:08:05,444 We have a small opening of some six centimeters. 154 00:08:05,444 --> 00:08:08,279 ‐ Oh, a frog? 155 00:08:08,281 --> 00:08:09,865 ‐ It is well known here. 156 00:08:09,865 --> 00:08:12,158 ‐ Ah, I'm so reassured. 157 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:16,413 ‐ Maybe it seems strange, but I have become used to it. 158 00:08:16,872 --> 00:08:18,374 ‐ Oh, gosh. 159 00:08:18,375 --> 00:08:20,125 It's dead. 160 00:08:20,125 --> 00:08:21,252 ‐ Shit! 161 00:08:22,045 --> 00:08:24,045 What does that mean? Is the baby all right? 162 00:08:24,047 --> 00:08:26,757 ‐ It means you will give birth in seven days. 163 00:08:27,925 --> 00:08:29,634 ‐ I was about to say the same. 164 00:08:40,897 --> 00:08:42,356 ‐ Oh, I love how you eat that. 165 00:08:42,816 --> 00:08:45,525 ‐ Oh. I‐‐ ‐ With sensual relish. 166 00:08:45,527 --> 00:08:48,196 ‐ Oh, just a fig. Don't even like it actually. 167 00:08:48,863 --> 00:08:50,239 Did you want something? 168 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:51,865 ‐ Yes, I did. 169 00:08:51,865 --> 00:08:53,325 I was hungry. 170 00:08:53,326 --> 00:08:54,577 ‐ Oh. 171 00:08:59,957 --> 00:09:01,417 ‐ You have to tongue it. 172 00:09:01,418 --> 00:09:03,168 ‐ Oh, uh... 173 00:09:05,004 --> 00:09:06,214 ‐ Slowly. 174 00:09:07,841 --> 00:09:11,052 To really release its perfumed juices. 175 00:09:12,928 --> 00:09:14,804 ‐ Jesus Christ. 176 00:09:14,806 --> 00:09:15,890 ‐ Ha! 177 00:09:17,392 --> 00:09:18,809 Why fight it? 178 00:09:19,769 --> 00:09:20,852 ‐ Your daughter? 179 00:09:20,854 --> 00:09:24,773 ‐ I think you have a large appetite 180 00:09:24,774 --> 00:09:27,568 that is not constrained by morality. 181 00:09:28,485 --> 00:09:31,154 ‐ Moderation in all things, I always say. 182 00:09:31,155 --> 00:09:32,655 ‐ You always say that? 183 00:09:32,657 --> 00:09:34,326 ‐ No, first time actually. 184 00:09:36,995 --> 00:09:41,331 ‐ I think we could have a very happy family together. 185 00:09:41,332 --> 00:09:42,540 ‐ Right. 186 00:09:42,542 --> 00:09:45,543 A complicated version of family, but‐‐ 187 00:09:45,544 --> 00:09:49,591 ‐ Well, a version where everyone is happy and gets what they want. 188 00:09:52,469 --> 00:09:55,554 Oh! There it is. 189 00:09:58,265 --> 00:10:00,100 It will be intense, won't it? 190 00:10:01,101 --> 00:10:02,894 ‐ You should go, I have... 191 00:10:02,895 --> 00:10:04,687 soufflé class. 192 00:10:04,688 --> 00:10:06,482 ‐ So handsome. 193 00:10:08,192 --> 00:10:10,778 Peter the Great visited Germany once. 194 00:10:12,072 --> 00:10:13,447 What a man. 195 00:10:14,407 --> 00:10:15,615 You remind me of him. 196 00:10:15,616 --> 00:10:16,951 ‐ Really? 197 00:10:16,951 --> 00:10:18,576 Mm. 198 00:10:18,577 --> 00:10:23,250 Women were weak‐kneed, and often splay‐kneed. 199 00:10:24,250 --> 00:10:26,876 ‐ No one has ever told me I reminded them of him. 200 00:10:26,878 --> 00:10:28,504 ‐ And Catherine likes you. 201 00:10:29,548 --> 00:10:32,423 She could be a real asset to you. 202 00:10:32,424 --> 00:10:34,510 You were born to rule. 203 00:10:39,307 --> 00:10:40,807 ‐ I'm betting on part horse. 204 00:10:40,808 --> 00:10:42,350 ‐ I'm betting on her dying. 205 00:10:42,351 --> 00:10:44,354 ‐ Well, that's your heart, not your head, Arkady. 206 00:10:45,145 --> 00:10:46,563 But if she does... 207 00:10:46,565 --> 00:10:49,232 ‐ Peter's on the throne, I kill Grigor. 208 00:10:49,234 --> 00:10:50,652 I'm his number one. 209 00:10:51,485 --> 00:10:52,860 ‐ And I kill Marial. 210 00:10:52,861 --> 00:10:54,196 ‐ What? Why? 211 00:10:54,197 --> 00:10:55,655 ‐ She's so fucking rude. 212 00:10:55,657 --> 00:10:58,116 ‐ Two‐to‐one, the Empress dies in childbirth. 213 00:10:58,118 --> 00:11:00,201 Four‐to‐one, kid is part horse. 214 00:11:00,202 --> 00:11:02,120 Eight‐to‐one, Vinodel kills him. 215 00:11:02,121 --> 00:11:03,746 Possibly accidentally. 216 00:11:03,748 --> 00:11:07,375 ‐ So here it comes. Do you think they'll make us godparents? 217 00:11:07,376 --> 00:11:08,836 ‐ Us? 218 00:11:08,836 --> 00:11:10,211 There is no us. 219 00:11:10,212 --> 00:11:13,131 ‐ Ah, I keep forgetting we're a figment of our imagination. 220 00:11:13,133 --> 00:11:14,258 ‐ Exactly. 221 00:11:14,259 --> 00:11:16,176 Fuck me later? ‐ Love to. 222 00:11:16,177 --> 00:11:18,261 ‐ Ten‐to‐one, baby is tragically born with a vagina. 223 00:11:18,263 --> 00:11:20,931 Four‐to‐one, a boy. Twenty‐to‐one, part crocodile. 224 00:11:20,932 --> 00:11:22,975 - Fucking hell. - Yeah. 225 00:11:22,975 --> 00:11:25,144 ‐ Avoided thinking about it, this day. 226 00:11:25,144 --> 00:11:28,813 ‐ I have been trying to game it out for weeks, every time I looked at her stomach. 227 00:11:28,815 --> 00:11:32,025 Nineteen percent of women die in childbirth. 228 00:11:32,027 --> 00:11:33,818 ‐ Two‐to‐one seems quite good then. 229 00:11:33,820 --> 00:11:38,782 ‐ Point is, if she dies, he comes back, or Archie has some plan in the wings, 230 00:11:38,783 --> 00:11:42,494 or other option, someone kills her and Peter and tries to coup with the baby. 231 00:11:42,495 --> 00:11:44,331 ‐ The Portugal plan. ‐ Exactly. 232 00:11:45,664 --> 00:11:50,126 ‐ Well, whoever ends up in power, they still need an army. 233 00:11:50,128 --> 00:11:52,171 ‐ But do they need you? 234 00:11:52,172 --> 00:11:53,297 And what of me? 235 00:11:53,298 --> 00:11:55,216 ‐ Oh, you're completely expendable. 236 00:11:55,216 --> 00:11:56,884 ‐ So, every man for himself? 237 00:11:56,884 --> 00:11:59,302 ‐ Of course. It's still Russia. 238 00:11:59,303 --> 00:12:02,599 ‐ Vinodel loses tool inside Empress, five‐to‐one. 239 00:12:06,894 --> 00:12:08,979 ‐ For you, from Vinodel. 240 00:12:08,980 --> 00:12:11,316 Take it when you wish to quieten your libido. 241 00:12:12,274 --> 00:12:14,277 Which is whenever Joanna is around. 242 00:12:14,860 --> 00:12:19,114 ‐ Uh, it will have to be powerful stuff as my libido is a fucking orchestra. 243 00:12:19,115 --> 00:12:20,283 ‐ Take much then. 244 00:12:21,533 --> 00:12:23,409 Do not touch that flame. 245 00:12:23,411 --> 00:12:25,037 ‐ Mm. 246 00:12:25,038 --> 00:12:28,414 Ah, my ears don't look like that, fuckhead. 247 00:12:28,416 --> 00:12:31,418 ‐ Hey, you ready? 248 00:12:31,418 --> 00:12:33,169 ‐ Seven days, Grigor! 249 00:12:33,171 --> 00:12:35,588 Seven days, I am to be a father! 250 00:12:35,590 --> 00:12:38,341 I have not been this excited ever! 251 00:12:38,342 --> 00:12:41,553 Ha! And I have killed many, eaten fugu fish blindfolded, 252 00:12:41,554 --> 00:12:43,429 and fucked every which way, 253 00:12:43,431 --> 00:12:47,893 including once with George where I packed my cock in ice until it was frozen and rock hard 254 00:12:47,894 --> 00:12:51,397 and when I thrust it into her wet warmth, we both came instantly, 255 00:12:51,398 --> 00:12:55,442 and both agreed we saw some kind of starburst behind our eyes in that instant. 256 00:12:56,820 --> 00:12:59,153 ‐ That's weird. ‐ Hm. What is? 257 00:12:59,154 --> 00:13:01,197 ‐ Story didn't bother me. 258 00:13:01,198 --> 00:13:02,615 Hm. 259 00:13:02,616 --> 00:13:04,451 ‐ Fuck me, look at that fireplace. 260 00:13:04,451 --> 00:13:05,910 Brilliant, isn't it? 261 00:13:05,912 --> 00:13:09,831 ‐ Slightly terrifying. You don't think too much for a little kid? 262 00:13:09,832 --> 00:13:13,836 ‐ For most kids certainly, but for Paul, he will love it. 263 00:13:13,836 --> 00:13:16,129 We will grill animal parts over the open fire together 264 00:13:16,130 --> 00:13:19,966 and then pull them out pretending we are stealing them from an angry bear, 265 00:13:19,967 --> 00:13:23,303 giving him an appreciation for courage and open fire grilling. 266 00:13:23,304 --> 00:13:24,721 ‐ Huh. ‐ Mm. 267 00:13:24,722 --> 00:13:27,640 ‐ I tell you what, Grigor, I was born to be a father. 268 00:13:27,642 --> 00:13:28,851 I feel it. 269 00:13:29,602 --> 00:13:31,186 ‐ Let's go dig. It's time. 270 00:13:31,187 --> 00:13:32,605 ‐ I don't want to do that. 271 00:13:32,605 --> 00:13:34,230 ‐ You have to do that. 272 00:13:34,231 --> 00:13:35,732 ‐ I don't want to. It seems fucking weird. 273 00:13:35,734 --> 00:13:38,193 ‐ Everyone does it. Your father did it. 274 00:13:39,486 --> 00:13:40,779 It's bad luck not to do it. 275 00:13:41,615 --> 00:13:43,615 ‐ Fuck! ‐ That's a yes! 276 00:13:43,616 --> 00:13:44,951 Let's go! 277 00:13:51,832 --> 00:13:54,461 ‐ So, you will be there. 278 00:13:55,294 --> 00:13:56,629 ‐ I absolutely will not be. 279 00:13:58,756 --> 00:14:00,841 Is that...? ‐ Spectator seating. 280 00:14:00,841 --> 00:14:03,969 ‐ Apparently front rows are going for 2,000 rubles. 281 00:14:03,970 --> 00:14:06,513 ‐ I'm not giving birth while people watch on. 282 00:14:06,514 --> 00:14:10,058 ‐ I know what your concern is, but I assure you when you shit yourself, 283 00:14:10,059 --> 00:14:13,812 an attendant will be standing by to whisk it away, effortlessly, and elegantly. 284 00:14:14,563 --> 00:14:15,649 ‐ Elizabeth. 285 00:14:17,399 --> 00:14:18,734 Help me. 286 00:14:18,735 --> 00:14:20,152 ‐ I wish I could. 287 00:14:20,153 --> 00:14:21,196 It's a horror. 288 00:14:21,988 --> 00:14:24,697 ‐ You must do this, after what happened in Denmark. 289 00:14:24,698 --> 00:14:25,783 ‐ Denmark? 290 00:14:25,783 --> 00:14:28,953 ‐ The baby died, another was procured. 291 00:14:29,537 --> 00:14:31,163 ‐ What do you mean procured? 292 00:14:31,163 --> 00:14:34,332 ‐ Bought, stolen, or perhaps rented. 293 00:14:34,334 --> 00:14:35,375 But the point is‐‐ 294 00:14:35,376 --> 00:14:37,044 ‐ It wasn't the true heir. 295 00:14:37,586 --> 00:14:42,423 Ever since then, public birth. I'm sorry, that's the reality. 296 00:14:42,424 --> 00:14:48,013 ‐ Rumors come out it's not yours, they are hard to refute, and that catches on, and‐‐ 297 00:14:48,014 --> 00:14:52,058 ‐ Opposition forces coalesce round the idea of a fake heir. 298 00:14:52,059 --> 00:14:56,648 ‐ However, the indelible imprint of the royal cunt cannot be faked. 299 00:14:57,274 --> 00:15:00,400 You will not even notice the spectators. The pain will be blinding. 300 00:15:00,402 --> 00:15:02,570 ‐ I feel better. Thank you, Vinodel. 301 00:15:02,571 --> 00:15:04,322 ‐ We must have witnesses. 302 00:15:05,155 --> 00:15:07,116 ‐ It will be delicately handled. 303 00:15:09,785 --> 00:15:12,371 ‐ I am selling the placenta, if anyone's interested. 304 00:15:14,832 --> 00:15:17,585 ‐ Catherine, darling, what are you doing? 305 00:15:17,586 --> 00:15:18,668 ‐ Working. 306 00:15:18,669 --> 00:15:22,255 ‐ Oh, you should be in confinement, resting, 307 00:15:22,256 --> 00:15:25,717 directing all your focus and energy on the baby. 308 00:15:25,719 --> 00:15:28,136 That is the way our family has done it. 309 00:15:28,138 --> 00:15:30,639 ‐ It is actually our ritual too. 310 00:15:30,639 --> 00:15:31,807 ‐ Helpful, Orlo. 311 00:15:32,975 --> 00:15:34,976 I have so much to do, Mother. 312 00:15:34,977 --> 00:15:38,480 ‐ I rested for two weeks before you came, 313 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:43,568 and when you came, of course, it being you, it was a torrid affair, 314 00:15:43,570 --> 00:15:45,946 trying to get you to come into the world, 315 00:15:45,947 --> 00:15:50,826 but finally you slid forth, and I was spent, 316 00:15:50,826 --> 00:15:52,702 slathered in sweat, 317 00:15:52,703 --> 00:15:56,289 bleeding horribly, dizzy with pain, 318 00:15:56,290 --> 00:15:59,043 my eyes flickering... 319 00:15:59,043 --> 00:16:02,796 And you came out all twisted and blue... 320 00:16:02,797 --> 00:16:08,384 a cord wrapped tight round your throat, no breath. 321 00:16:08,385 --> 00:16:10,095 Doctors are screaming. 322 00:16:10,096 --> 00:16:14,182 I heard someone say, "They're both going!" 323 00:16:14,183 --> 00:16:19,187 And I stared at you, and we locked eyes, 324 00:16:19,188 --> 00:16:23,067 and I willed you not to die with everything I had. 325 00:16:24,235 --> 00:16:27,864 Your eyes closed, your head flicked back, 326 00:16:29,198 --> 00:16:31,909 and I thought for a second that was it. 327 00:16:33,536 --> 00:16:35,995 And then you barked out a cough, 328 00:16:35,996 --> 00:16:37,831 almost a laugh, 329 00:16:37,831 --> 00:16:40,584 black stuff spewed out of your mouth, 330 00:16:40,585 --> 00:16:43,128 and you burst out crying... 331 00:16:43,129 --> 00:16:45,798 no, not crying, roaring. 332 00:16:45,798 --> 00:16:48,049 You would live, 333 00:16:48,051 --> 00:16:52,596 and I knew then that I would too, 334 00:16:52,596 --> 00:16:54,557 for I could not leave you. 335 00:16:55,975 --> 00:16:58,602 I would carry you on this journey, 336 00:16:59,562 --> 00:17:02,438 and I swear you smiled at me, 337 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:06,987 and I wept, and I could not stop. 338 00:17:08,904 --> 00:17:10,240 Gosh. 339 00:17:12,576 --> 00:17:13,866 Friends... 340 00:17:13,867 --> 00:17:16,869 We welcome you to the digging of the graves. 341 00:17:16,871 --> 00:17:22,625 When a man's wife is birthing, death may come to one, or to both. 342 00:17:22,626 --> 00:17:24,086 A man must prepare. 343 00:17:24,753 --> 00:17:29,340 Dig their graves and sit three days and nights pondering their possible death. 344 00:17:29,342 --> 00:17:33,095 In this way, he prepares his heart for tragedy 345 00:17:33,096 --> 00:17:35,471 or to have his joy sweetened. 346 00:17:35,472 --> 00:17:38,101 I bless this ground. 347 00:17:39,227 --> 00:17:41,478 May it be left empty 348 00:17:41,479 --> 00:17:44,105 and the sounds we hear in a few days' time 349 00:17:44,106 --> 00:17:47,942 are the insane pained shrieks of woman giving birth 350 00:17:47,943 --> 00:17:50,778 to a wailing, shitting child, 351 00:17:50,779 --> 00:17:54,326 gifted by God with health and wealth... 352 00:17:55,242 --> 00:18:00,080 rather than the images of the dead grey carcasses of your beloved. 353 00:18:00,957 --> 00:18:03,083 ‐ Jesus. Uh, do we have to‐‐ 354 00:18:03,084 --> 00:18:05,376 ‐ Amen. ‐ Amen. 355 00:18:05,377 --> 00:18:07,213 ‐ Begin the digging. 356 00:18:07,963 --> 00:18:09,632 ‐ Uh, this whole thing is fucking macabre. 357 00:18:09,633 --> 00:18:12,509 It is a time of celebration, not depressing Russian shit like‐‐ 358 00:18:17,515 --> 00:18:19,683 Okay. Fuck me. 359 00:18:22,186 --> 00:18:23,939 At least sing something upbeat. 360 00:18:32,614 --> 00:18:37,660 ‐ Oh, Sylvana, she needs tea hourly, only women may visit. 361 00:18:37,661 --> 00:18:41,413 A 15‐minute stroll in the fresh air once a day. 362 00:18:41,413 --> 00:18:44,959 And no vexatious thoughts or excitements. 363 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:46,086 ‐ Yes, ma'am. 364 00:18:47,753 --> 00:18:50,130 ‐ Rest your child, my child. 365 00:18:50,131 --> 00:18:52,590 ‐ Mm. Funny. 366 00:18:52,592 --> 00:18:54,260 That's me. 367 00:18:55,302 --> 00:18:59,431 Oh, and also, you'll probably tear. 368 00:18:59,432 --> 00:19:01,182 So, you need to be prepared for that. 369 00:19:01,183 --> 00:19:03,059 ‐ Tear? What will tear? 370 00:19:03,060 --> 00:19:05,855 ‐ Shhh! Rest. 371 00:19:20,244 --> 00:19:22,746 ‐ Are you really not ever going to stop singing? 372 00:19:22,747 --> 00:19:23,999 ‐ It's bad luck. 373 00:19:26,667 --> 00:19:28,294 ‐ He looks funny. 374 00:19:28,295 --> 00:19:30,005 ‐ Shh! Alyosha, sing. 375 00:19:31,631 --> 00:19:33,464 ‐ The ground is like rock! 376 00:19:33,465 --> 00:19:35,218 Ohh! 377 00:19:37,554 --> 00:19:38,846 Oh, fuck. 378 00:19:39,806 --> 00:19:41,516 Shut the fuck up, you little shit! 379 00:19:43,727 --> 00:19:44,934 ‐ Fuck you. 380 00:19:46,270 --> 00:19:47,396 Crownless eunuch. 381 00:19:49,816 --> 00:19:51,526 Oh, shit. Peter, no. 382 00:19:52,152 --> 00:19:53,987 Ignore him. He's just going through a phase. 383 00:19:56,823 --> 00:19:58,240 ‐ Lobcocked fuckhead. 384 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:01,076 ‐ I will dig you a new arsehole, you little shit! 385 00:20:01,076 --> 00:20:03,162 ‐ Alyosha, go back to the palace! 386 00:20:03,163 --> 00:20:04,830 ‐ Come here, you little... 387 00:20:09,085 --> 00:20:10,295 Stop! 388 00:20:12,130 --> 00:20:13,422 Please. 389 00:20:13,423 --> 00:20:15,173 ‐ Are you going to shoot me? 390 00:20:15,174 --> 00:20:18,384 ‐ I'm not sure what's going to happen. It's a confusing situation. 391 00:20:18,385 --> 00:20:24,017 But you hit him, I think I might, so everyone just stop, please. 392 00:20:36,820 --> 00:20:39,323 Alyosha, go home. 393 00:20:39,324 --> 00:20:40,575 ‐ Okay. 394 00:20:44,828 --> 00:20:46,455 ‐ Have a drink. ‐ Yeah. 395 00:20:48,833 --> 00:20:51,210 Oh, for fuck sakes, must you? 396 00:20:51,211 --> 00:20:53,753 I have no shovel now. We should probably call it a day. 397 00:20:53,755 --> 00:20:55,214 ‐ We have many shovels. 398 00:21:12,691 --> 00:21:14,441 ‐ This is interminable. 399 00:21:14,442 --> 00:21:16,902 ‐ I enjoy your company also. 400 00:21:16,903 --> 00:21:18,737 ‐ I cannot just sit here. 401 00:21:18,738 --> 00:21:22,074 I understand Mother's point, but I must run Russia. 402 00:21:22,075 --> 00:21:24,034 ‐ She just doesn't understand you. 403 00:21:24,035 --> 00:21:25,911 In the way, say, I do. 404 00:21:25,912 --> 00:21:28,664 ‐ Do not speak ill of her or you will be dead. 405 00:21:30,125 --> 00:21:31,875 I am joking. 406 00:21:31,876 --> 00:21:33,167 ‐ Right. 407 00:21:33,169 --> 00:21:36,964 ‐ Your mother is here with ladies to entertain you. 408 00:21:41,385 --> 00:21:46,097 ‐ I was raised in love and joy, that is how all children should be raised. 409 00:21:46,098 --> 00:21:47,266 ‐ Indeed. 410 00:21:47,267 --> 00:21:52,313 ‐ And high expectations, of course, are also important. 411 00:21:52,314 --> 00:21:55,607 ‐ My mother cultivated a dream in us and for us. 412 00:21:55,608 --> 00:21:57,734 Your mother is a legend. 413 00:21:57,736 --> 00:22:00,320 No one has married daughters more well. 414 00:22:00,321 --> 00:22:03,699 ‐ And soon Louis of France for your youngest is the rumor. 415 00:22:03,700 --> 00:22:06,160 ‐ Oh, no, unfo‐‐ ‐ Indeed. 416 00:22:06,161 --> 00:22:07,913 It is exciting. 417 00:22:16,128 --> 00:22:18,463 ‐ Oh, hello. 418 00:22:18,464 --> 00:22:20,507 ‐ I heard you'd banished everyone. 419 00:22:20,508 --> 00:22:22,092 ‐ They were fucking annoying. 420 00:22:25,763 --> 00:22:26,932 ‐ That's funny. 421 00:22:28,892 --> 00:22:33,479 I keep wanting to give up, but Peter the Great did it for me. 422 00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:35,564 ‐ I know. I helped him. 423 00:22:35,565 --> 00:22:37,357 ‐ You did? 424 00:22:37,358 --> 00:22:38,484 ‐ I did. 425 00:22:48,744 --> 00:22:50,871 Yeah, that's enough. That's... 426 00:22:50,872 --> 00:22:53,916 The secret is... not to overdo it. 427 00:22:57,503 --> 00:23:00,423 ‐ It seems fucked up, this, depressing at a time of joy. 428 00:23:01,132 --> 00:23:05,554 ‐ Yeah, I thought so too when I did it, but then I had to use them. 429 00:23:07,096 --> 00:23:08,847 ‐ Right. Shit. 430 00:23:11,308 --> 00:23:14,354 Just the thought of her and Paul. ‐ Yeah. 431 00:23:18,567 --> 00:23:19,901 ‐ Anything can happen. 432 00:23:20,902 --> 00:23:24,445 Yeah. ‐ I was very sure I was going to be a great dad, 433 00:23:24,446 --> 00:23:27,865 and then earlier today I was going to beat a kid to death with a shovel. 434 00:23:27,866 --> 00:23:29,577 ‐ Kids are annoying. 435 00:23:30,996 --> 00:23:32,746 ‐ Are you close to your kids? 436 00:23:32,747 --> 00:23:33,957 ‐ I was away a lot. 437 00:23:35,333 --> 00:23:37,001 ‐ Maybe I should apologize to Alyosha. 438 00:23:37,961 --> 00:23:39,836 ‐ Alyosha. 439 00:23:39,837 --> 00:23:41,672 That kid's a fucking monster. 440 00:23:41,673 --> 00:23:45,092 ‐ Still, it would be a different thing. 441 00:23:45,093 --> 00:23:47,344 No one ever apologized to me, 442 00:23:47,345 --> 00:23:50,390 and as I'm writing a new chapter, perhaps apologizing should be in it. 443 00:23:52,642 --> 00:23:54,019 ‐ Back to work. 444 00:23:59,773 --> 00:24:02,151 ‐ Children are such a solace. 445 00:24:02,152 --> 00:24:03,234 ‐ So true. 446 00:24:03,236 --> 00:24:05,403 When you look at your husband and you hate him, 447 00:24:05,404 --> 00:24:07,948 you remind yourself he gave you your child. 448 00:24:07,949 --> 00:24:10,867 ‐ And try to forget he also gave you syphilis, ran your fortune down, 449 00:24:10,868 --> 00:24:12,662 and smells like cheese‐covered wet dog. 450 00:24:13,496 --> 00:24:15,580 ‐ Why do you stay if you're unhappy? 451 00:24:15,582 --> 00:24:19,042 ‐ Married is for life in Russia. We cannot leave, or we leave with nothing. 452 00:24:19,044 --> 00:24:21,003 ‐ Which is why I've always avoided marriage. 453 00:24:21,796 --> 00:24:24,758 ‐ Your father dies though? What then? You're fucked. 454 00:24:26,425 --> 00:24:30,179 ‐ Ladies, you may all go, but I thank you for the insight into your lives. 455 00:24:30,180 --> 00:24:32,096 It has inspired me. 456 00:24:32,097 --> 00:24:34,307 ‐ Why are you getting up? ‐ I need paper. 457 00:24:34,308 --> 00:24:36,644 ‐ Darling, what are you doing? 458 00:24:37,186 --> 00:24:40,314 ‐ She has that look. What do you need? 459 00:24:40,315 --> 00:24:41,773 ‐ I will set up in here. 460 00:24:41,775 --> 00:24:45,361 Marial, get me the current legal codes regarding women and‐‐ 461 00:24:45,362 --> 00:24:46,653 ‐ What are you talking about? 462 00:24:46,654 --> 00:24:51,200 ‐ Think of it! A woman with the right to divorce a man. 463 00:24:51,201 --> 00:24:55,663 Think of the freedom that would give women who suffer violence, drunkenness, 464 00:24:55,663 --> 00:24:59,791 men rutting on them while sweating and smelling of cheese. 465 00:24:59,792 --> 00:25:03,170 It would change the very dynamics between men and women. 466 00:25:03,171 --> 00:25:05,631 Also, women as property, that must stop. 467 00:25:05,632 --> 00:25:08,008 ‐ Oh! ‐ You must stop this. 468 00:25:08,009 --> 00:25:09,593 It is a delirium. 469 00:25:09,594 --> 00:25:11,595 ‐ Is that not exciting? 470 00:25:11,596 --> 00:25:16,016 To change the systems women live by, take power from men, and give it to us. 471 00:25:16,017 --> 00:25:20,311 ‐ It is easy to take power from men, and sometimes they even enjoy it, 472 00:25:20,313 --> 00:25:25,858 but what you must not do is advertise about it, for then their fists come out. 473 00:25:25,859 --> 00:25:28,820 Must you always bite off more than you can chew? 474 00:25:28,821 --> 00:25:31,740 ‐ Wouldn't you have liked to be freer in your life? 475 00:25:31,740 --> 00:25:33,576 No. 476 00:25:33,867 --> 00:25:35,911 Oh, what now? 477 00:25:35,912 --> 00:25:37,746 ‐ The Ottomans have sent a message. 478 00:25:37,747 --> 00:25:40,249 Stand back. 479 00:25:40,250 --> 00:25:42,750 I suspect it's full of poisonous bees. 480 00:25:42,751 --> 00:25:43,919 We should all be wearing hoods. 481 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:46,797 ‐ Is this really necessary? ‐ Well, at least stand back. 482 00:25:46,798 --> 00:25:49,718 Candles! How beautiful. 483 00:25:50,926 --> 00:25:52,635 "Empress Catherine, 484 00:25:52,636 --> 00:25:56,557 I accept your invitation to discuss the way forward." 485 00:25:56,557 --> 00:26:01,060 "These candles are a token of our esteem and that when our differences are melted 486 00:26:01,061 --> 00:26:05,732 by the warmth of discourse, we will be left with nothing but precious jewels." 487 00:26:05,733 --> 00:26:08,359 ‐ Oh, that is poetic. 488 00:26:08,361 --> 00:26:10,863 ‐ It worked, your way. 489 00:26:10,864 --> 00:26:14,741 ‐ Anyone in the room may congratulate me on my diplomatic victory! 490 00:26:14,742 --> 00:26:16,619 Huzzah! 491 00:26:17,244 --> 00:26:20,788 ‐ Now, let us fashion a response and find ourselves a meeting ground. 492 00:26:20,789 --> 00:26:24,044 Also, Orlo, I'm writing a new legal code for women in Russia. 493 00:26:24,501 --> 00:26:25,836 ‐ Oh, okay. 494 00:26:28,548 --> 00:26:32,384 ‐ Mother, I have had a massive diplomatic victory. 495 00:26:32,384 --> 00:26:33,885 ‐ I'm thrilled. 496 00:26:33,886 --> 00:26:37,097 Bring me my dead grandchild when it falls out of you. 497 00:26:42,019 --> 00:26:43,355 ‐ Let me talk to her. 498 00:26:45,315 --> 00:26:46,816 ‐ So, you know, it's a tense time. 499 00:26:46,857 --> 00:26:48,400 I have a child coming, 500 00:26:48,401 --> 00:26:51,528 this grave digging is fucked up, and I lashed out at you 501 00:26:51,528 --> 00:26:53,865 when you were a prick. For that I'm sorry. 502 00:26:54,615 --> 00:26:55,740 ‐ That's okay. 503 00:26:55,741 --> 00:26:58,327 Dad always says, "Alyosha, you can be a real prick." 504 00:26:59,162 --> 00:27:01,038 ‐ Well, you can. 505 00:27:01,038 --> 00:27:02,957 ‐ The Prince and I are talking. 506 00:27:02,958 --> 00:27:04,290 ‐ Jesus Christ. 507 00:27:04,291 --> 00:27:06,335 ‐ So, apology accepted? 508 00:27:06,336 --> 00:27:07,961 ‐ Sure. 509 00:27:07,962 --> 00:27:09,673 You're a bad man and I respect that. 510 00:27:10,757 --> 00:27:12,842 ‐ I'm not a bad... ‐ I'm bored now. 511 00:27:13,384 --> 00:27:15,386 ‐ Okay, just fuck off. 512 00:27:17,556 --> 00:27:18,931 ‐ That went great. 513 00:27:18,932 --> 00:27:19,932 ‐ You think? 514 00:27:19,932 --> 00:27:20,974 ‐ Very moving. 515 00:27:20,976 --> 00:27:22,519 ‐ It works, you know. 516 00:27:23,644 --> 00:27:25,896 You look at this and you can't but think of them dying. 517 00:27:28,275 --> 00:27:29,857 I can't lose them. 518 00:27:29,858 --> 00:27:31,067 ‐ You won't. 519 00:27:31,068 --> 00:27:32,987 ‐ And even if you do... 520 00:27:32,988 --> 00:27:35,780 ‐ You have a ball sack full of prospective children. 521 00:27:35,781 --> 00:27:36,740 ‐ Exactly. 522 00:27:36,741 --> 00:27:40,868 ‐ And if she dies, you just start again, clean slate. 523 00:27:40,869 --> 00:27:43,454 In some ways, that's the best option. 524 00:27:43,455 --> 00:27:45,541 You come back to being Emperor. 525 00:27:46,542 --> 00:27:50,503 Get that Spanish princess who gave you a hand job under the table at the winter ball. 526 00:27:50,505 --> 00:27:52,172 ‐ She was nice! ‐ So nice. 527 00:27:52,173 --> 00:27:54,090 ‐ I want them! 528 00:27:54,092 --> 00:27:55,550 ‐ Oooh! 529 00:27:55,551 --> 00:28:00,096 ‐ I don't want anything else, you barren‐hearted fuckheads. 530 00:28:00,097 --> 00:28:02,601 ‐ Just trying to‐‐ ‐ Fuck off, both of you! 531 00:28:07,188 --> 00:28:09,190 And sorry, I shouldn't have... 532 00:28:10,692 --> 00:28:12,277 Fuck! 533 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:20,285 ‐ For you. 534 00:28:28,209 --> 00:28:30,169 Oh. 535 00:28:30,170 --> 00:28:33,088 Tacky but amusing. 536 00:28:34,633 --> 00:28:35,967 You have come to game me. 537 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:40,429 Please begin, I'm fascinated with how you go about it. 538 00:28:40,430 --> 00:28:42,472 ‐ There is no game here. 539 00:28:42,473 --> 00:28:45,893 I love and believe in your daughter, that is all. 540 00:28:45,894 --> 00:28:47,894 She is the best thing to happen to Russia. 541 00:28:47,895 --> 00:28:49,730 ‐ Well, that makes us enemies, 542 00:28:49,730 --> 00:28:52,816 because Russia is the worst thing to happen to her. 543 00:28:52,817 --> 00:28:57,153 ‐ You are protective, you worry on her. I understand, but you do not need to. 544 00:28:57,154 --> 00:28:59,156 ‐ Are you a mother? ‐ I am. 545 00:29:00,325 --> 00:29:02,326 Was. I... He died. 546 00:29:02,326 --> 00:29:05,872 ‐ Oh, so, technically not. 547 00:29:06,373 --> 00:29:07,624 ‐ I suppose not. 548 00:29:08,625 --> 00:29:11,460 But once you are, you are forever. 549 00:29:11,461 --> 00:29:13,211 ‐ How did he die? 550 00:29:13,212 --> 00:29:14,631 ‐ He drowned at six. 551 00:29:15,423 --> 00:29:18,634 ‐ Careless to lose one when you only have one. 552 00:29:20,386 --> 00:29:22,305 ‐ I did feel like that after. 553 00:29:24,557 --> 00:29:26,308 How free I'd let him run. 554 00:29:29,019 --> 00:29:31,146 You have kept your four daughters safe... 555 00:29:32,523 --> 00:29:35,317 and mostly married. 556 00:29:35,317 --> 00:29:40,405 ‐ Who a woman marries defines her life, only kings for mine. 557 00:29:40,406 --> 00:29:42,116 I decided on that early. 558 00:29:43,367 --> 00:29:45,618 But I will never believe you wish to help my daughter 559 00:29:45,619 --> 00:29:49,623 because you helped her to the throne and put her under threat. 560 00:29:49,624 --> 00:29:54,796 Even now, could Peter not make some of these decisions while she births? 561 00:29:56,006 --> 00:30:00,968 You say you care for her and yet you enable her delusional nature. 562 00:30:00,969 --> 00:30:04,513 Men will crush her if she takes their power. 563 00:30:04,556 --> 00:30:06,682 ‐ I understand you are upset. 564 00:30:07,182 --> 00:30:08,558 As a mother, 565 00:30:08,559 --> 00:30:12,689 when you see your child is heading down the path to ruin, 566 00:30:14,065 --> 00:30:17,152 and perhaps you feel you cannot stop them, 567 00:30:18,319 --> 00:30:20,571 that is a horror. 568 00:30:25,951 --> 00:30:27,202 Are you all right? 569 00:30:28,579 --> 00:30:29,955 ‐ Yes. I... 570 00:30:31,374 --> 00:30:34,710 I just had a, uh, sudden flash of my son 571 00:30:34,711 --> 00:30:39,633 running down the path to the lake and disappearing amongst the trees. 572 00:30:42,426 --> 00:30:43,761 Gosh. 573 00:30:45,096 --> 00:30:47,641 ‐ My dear woman. ‐ I'm sorry. 574 00:30:50,434 --> 00:30:52,311 I'm fine, I... 575 00:30:52,895 --> 00:30:55,396 I might just go lie down for a minute. 576 00:31:16,586 --> 00:31:19,421 ‐ You okay? ‐ I am working. 577 00:31:19,422 --> 00:31:20,382 I have to. 578 00:31:20,383 --> 00:31:23,008 ‐ I know you do. You are you. 579 00:31:23,009 --> 00:31:25,595 ‐ There's something inevitable about me even to myself. 580 00:31:27,012 --> 00:31:28,346 Is Mother all right? 581 00:31:28,347 --> 00:31:29,765 ‐ Your mother loves you. 582 00:31:29,766 --> 00:31:31,224 As do I. 583 00:31:31,226 --> 00:31:35,145 But I see the woman, and your mother can't help but see the child. 584 00:31:36,105 --> 00:31:38,190 She worries you can't do this. 585 00:31:38,191 --> 00:31:39,942 ‐ No, not at all. 586 00:31:39,942 --> 00:31:44,153 She worries I will be killed in the process, or Russia cannot change. 587 00:31:44,154 --> 00:31:47,031 She has told me of my brilliance from the day I was born. 588 00:31:47,032 --> 00:31:49,368 ‐ Oh, I must have misheard her. 589 00:31:50,619 --> 00:31:52,121 Ah, here you are. 590 00:31:52,122 --> 00:31:53,497 ‐ What can we do? 591 00:31:53,498 --> 00:31:57,459 ‐ You need to rest, but you need to be you too. 592 00:31:57,460 --> 00:31:58,961 ‐ Thank you. 593 00:32:23,278 --> 00:32:25,194 ‐ Eh... 594 00:32:25,195 --> 00:32:26,573 ‐ I do love hunting. 595 00:32:28,490 --> 00:32:29,950 ‐ Indeed. Me too. 596 00:32:29,951 --> 00:32:31,118 ‐ The stalking of prey, 597 00:32:32,037 --> 00:32:35,163 the thrilling anxiety as you see what it is that you want 598 00:32:35,164 --> 00:32:36,583 and you move in for it, 599 00:32:37,375 --> 00:32:41,462 and the dizzying rush at the inescapable takedown. 600 00:32:43,839 --> 00:32:45,007 ‐ Indeed. 601 00:32:45,008 --> 00:32:47,051 An apt description. Well, ma... 602 00:32:48,052 --> 00:32:49,511 ‐ Bang. 603 00:32:53,599 --> 00:32:54,808 ‐ Fucking hell. 604 00:32:58,939 --> 00:33:01,065 ‐ What tree are you imagining us against? 605 00:33:01,066 --> 00:33:02,273 ‐ Oh, uh, the birch. 606 00:33:02,275 --> 00:33:03,401 ‐ Yeah. 607 00:33:04,778 --> 00:33:05,987 Hmm. 608 00:33:06,988 --> 00:33:09,615 ‐ But I have the graves to dig. 609 00:33:09,615 --> 00:33:11,241 Responsibilities. 610 00:33:11,242 --> 00:33:13,243 ‐ So weird, you Russians. 611 00:33:13,244 --> 00:33:14,994 ‐ Hm. 612 00:33:14,996 --> 00:33:16,873 ‐ Well, I'll be waiting. 613 00:33:40,188 --> 00:33:41,230 ‐ Thank you. 614 00:34:10,385 --> 00:34:12,012 Hello, Paul. 615 00:35:06,483 --> 00:35:07,983 Mama. 616 00:35:08,943 --> 00:35:10,237 ‐ Darling. 617 00:35:11,153 --> 00:35:12,780 ‐ I'm scared. 618 00:35:12,780 --> 00:35:14,530 Oh. 619 00:35:14,532 --> 00:35:15,951 I know. 620 00:35:17,369 --> 00:35:19,246 And you should be. 621 00:35:25,626 --> 00:35:27,545 ‐ I haven't thought about being a mother. 622 00:35:28,420 --> 00:35:29,630 This child. 623 00:35:29,630 --> 00:35:32,759 I have my country, how will I? 624 00:35:34,594 --> 00:35:37,637 And they have odds on me dying in the hall. 625 00:35:37,639 --> 00:35:38,974 ‐ It's okay. 626 00:35:40,016 --> 00:35:41,559 It's okay. 627 00:35:41,559 --> 00:35:43,601 ‐ Can I sleep with you? 628 00:35:43,603 --> 00:35:45,353 ‐ Of course. 629 00:35:45,355 --> 00:35:46,523 ‐ Mm. 630 00:35:49,525 --> 00:35:52,570 ‐ Think about our home, hm? 631 00:35:52,570 --> 00:35:55,322 And our lovely house. 632 00:35:55,322 --> 00:35:57,492 ‐ I miss my room some days. 633 00:35:59,077 --> 00:36:03,289 How it looks over the orchard, and when it would blossom. 634 00:36:03,289 --> 00:36:05,541 ‐ When the blossoms came this year, 635 00:36:06,918 --> 00:36:08,918 I stood in your room, 636 00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:10,922 holding one of your teddies 637 00:36:11,672 --> 00:36:14,885 and cried like a baby at how I missed you. 638 00:36:18,054 --> 00:36:19,387 ‐ Don't leave. 639 00:36:19,389 --> 00:36:20,724 ‐ I won't. 640 00:36:21,766 --> 00:36:23,851 Not until you are safe. 641 00:36:25,728 --> 00:36:28,063 ‐ I will never be safe. 642 00:36:28,063 --> 00:36:29,565 Not really. 643 00:36:29,565 --> 00:36:33,360 ‐ Well, I am thinking of a way that you can be. 644 00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:35,278 ‐ Is it kill all my friends? 645 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:36,907 ‐ Shh! 646 00:36:37,699 --> 00:36:39,784 Sleep now. 647 00:37:21,659 --> 00:37:22,952 ‐ Daddy? 648 00:37:23,744 --> 00:37:26,081 ‐ Oh, it's you. 649 00:37:27,373 --> 00:37:28,541 Hello. 650 00:37:29,918 --> 00:37:30,918 ‐ Huh. 651 00:37:35,047 --> 00:37:36,550 I missed you. 652 00:37:37,509 --> 00:37:39,068 ‐ Huh, that's very sweet of you to say. 653 00:37:40,594 --> 00:37:41,887 ‐ Did you miss me? 654 00:37:42,597 --> 00:37:45,391 ‐ It's not really me to do that sort of thing. 655 00:37:45,432 --> 00:37:47,309 I'm in‐the‐moment kind of man. 656 00:37:47,309 --> 00:37:50,186 Don't look back, don't look forward, kill the man in front of me, 657 00:37:50,188 --> 00:37:53,648 eat the pussy in front of me, smell the flowers in front of me. 658 00:37:53,650 --> 00:37:54,818 ‐ Right. 659 00:37:55,568 --> 00:37:56,902 Fair enough. 660 00:37:57,903 --> 00:38:00,780 Hurtful but‐‐ ‐ A man can only be so many things. 661 00:38:00,782 --> 00:38:03,492 I was a poor father but I was a great leader. 662 00:38:04,494 --> 00:38:06,744 I wasn't a great husband, but my wife was a bitch. 663 00:38:06,746 --> 00:38:09,623 We cannot be everything and we shouldn't try to be. 664 00:38:09,623 --> 00:38:11,500 ‐ Wise words, Daddy. 665 00:38:11,501 --> 00:38:14,670 ‐ It's effete to call your father "daddy" at your age. 666 00:38:14,670 --> 00:38:16,422 ‐ Always a problem with me, isn't there? 667 00:38:16,422 --> 00:38:18,507 I thought you said we are who we are. 668 00:38:18,507 --> 00:38:22,010 Maybe I'm a person who calls their father "daddy." 669 00:38:22,012 --> 00:38:24,431 ‐ Huh, and loses Russia. 670 00:38:26,807 --> 00:38:28,182 ‐ I don't want Russia! 671 00:38:28,184 --> 00:38:29,643 I don't think I ever did. 672 00:38:29,643 --> 00:38:30,936 ‐ Bullshit. 673 00:38:32,563 --> 00:38:36,693 Don't explain away your failure like a 12‐year‐old explains a broken toy. 674 00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:39,235 If I have to come up there, you'll be sorry. 675 00:38:39,237 --> 00:38:40,487 ‐ Fuck you. 676 00:38:40,487 --> 00:38:44,992 I want to be a good father unlike you, a good husband unlike you. 677 00:38:47,704 --> 00:38:49,538 I may not have been a good father to you. 678 00:38:49,539 --> 00:38:55,501 Oh, oh, I did make that fucking lion out of rubles once, that was nice of me. 679 00:38:55,503 --> 00:38:56,920 ‐ I loved that. 680 00:38:56,922 --> 00:38:59,590 But I built cities. 681 00:38:59,590 --> 00:39:04,302 I reimagined the world and shaped it to my imaginings 682 00:39:04,304 --> 00:39:07,514 through sheer will and power. 683 00:39:10,601 --> 00:39:12,853 ‐ I just don't know that I'm cut out. 684 00:39:12,896 --> 00:39:15,523 ‐ Don't interrupt Daddy when he's talking. 685 00:39:16,358 --> 00:39:17,398 ‐ I thought you were done. 686 00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:19,610 ‐ I was pausing like the great orators do. 687 00:39:19,610 --> 00:39:20,945 Note that down. 688 00:39:22,364 --> 00:39:24,072 I know you, son. 689 00:39:24,074 --> 00:39:27,369 I watched you grow up, I know who you are. 690 00:39:28,702 --> 00:39:30,996 You're a fucking primal beast. 691 00:39:31,998 --> 00:39:33,583 You love fucking, hm? 692 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:39,088 And blood sport, and friends, japes. 693 00:39:40,590 --> 00:39:45,010 And in your blood lurks the greatness of our line. 694 00:39:45,594 --> 00:39:46,804 ‐ You think? 695 00:39:47,264 --> 00:39:48,931 Are you ever going to tap into it? 696 00:39:49,849 --> 00:39:54,353 Let the animal in your soul have what it wants, 697 00:39:54,353 --> 00:39:56,855 for in those wants are the truth of who you are. 698 00:39:56,856 --> 00:39:59,315 The rest is a spinning top of bullshit in your brain 699 00:39:59,317 --> 00:40:02,653 that lies to you and sprays shit everywhere. 700 00:40:03,572 --> 00:40:04,697 ‐ I disagree. 701 00:40:05,072 --> 00:40:07,324 ‐ You do, do you? Right. 702 00:40:08,659 --> 00:40:10,827 Then I'm coming up there... 703 00:40:10,829 --> 00:40:13,414 and then I'm going to beat you until you agree. 704 00:40:14,791 --> 00:40:15,833 ‐ You think I'm afraid? 705 00:40:15,875 --> 00:40:18,711 ‐ Oh, I think you're pissing in your silk pants, 706 00:40:19,588 --> 00:40:22,130 you fucking foppish‐faced, 707 00:40:22,132 --> 00:40:26,677 lobcocked, bile duct‐laden, roach‐festering, shit whore cunted fuckhead. 708 00:40:30,097 --> 00:40:32,893 Yes! There he is! There's my boy! 709 00:40:58,083 --> 00:40:59,710 Fucking Ottomans... 710 00:41:02,672 --> 00:41:04,423 This would've worked. 711 00:41:27,405 --> 00:41:28,782 ‐ I saw Dad. 712 00:41:30,784 --> 00:41:33,202 It was fucking Vinodel's potion. 713 00:41:33,994 --> 00:41:35,371 ‐ Oh. How is he? 714 00:41:35,829 --> 00:41:37,248 ‐ Seemed about the same. 715 00:41:38,041 --> 00:41:41,668 He doesn't want me like this, no one does. 716 00:41:41,670 --> 00:41:42,920 And she came to me again. 717 00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:46,090 I wanted to take her in a whirl against a tree. 718 00:41:47,092 --> 00:41:48,884 That's just me, Aunt. 719 00:41:48,885 --> 00:41:50,427 What can I do? 720 00:41:50,427 --> 00:41:51,804 ‐ She is a worry. 721 00:41:51,804 --> 00:41:53,556 ‐ Ah, a strange one. 722 00:41:53,556 --> 00:41:56,599 Her own daughter's husband, and she wants us to be a family. 723 00:41:56,601 --> 00:42:01,896 We can be happy together, all of us, and I am an Emperor, born to be it. 724 00:42:01,898 --> 00:42:05,985 "Take what you want," but it is the want that kills me. 725 00:42:05,985 --> 00:42:10,322 I don't know what want to obey and what to fucking deny. 726 00:42:10,322 --> 00:42:12,367 ‐ She said, "We could be a happy family"? 727 00:42:13,076 --> 00:42:16,454 ‐ And licked a fig in a way that... 728 00:42:19,666 --> 00:42:21,458 Well... 729 00:42:21,458 --> 00:42:23,085 I need to lie down for a bit. 730 00:42:55,577 --> 00:42:58,661 ‐ Men should not be able to put knives near our faces. 731 00:42:58,663 --> 00:43:00,789 ‐ Oddly specific, but don't disagree. 732 00:43:03,208 --> 00:43:04,335 Write it. 733 00:43:04,335 --> 00:43:06,295 ‐ Sylvana, breakfast, I think. 734 00:43:06,295 --> 00:43:08,005 Oooh! 735 00:43:32,405 --> 00:43:35,657 ‐ You have the most beautiful skin. 736 00:43:35,659 --> 00:43:39,619 Sitting here, I was overwhelmed by a desire to razor it off 737 00:43:39,621 --> 00:43:41,581 and make wallpaper from it. 738 00:43:42,373 --> 00:43:43,456 Tea? 739 00:43:43,458 --> 00:43:45,543 ‐ What're you doing here? 740 00:43:45,543 --> 00:43:46,835 And where's Catherine? 741 00:43:46,835 --> 00:43:49,463 ‐ Well, I was so excited to speak to you, I could not wait. 742 00:43:49,463 --> 00:43:54,050 ‐ Well, you will wait until I dress. I do not take guests in my bed. 743 00:43:54,052 --> 00:43:58,347 ‐ Well, you do, or hope to, as we both know, 744 00:43:58,347 --> 00:44:00,391 but that is not why I'm here. 745 00:44:00,391 --> 00:44:02,643 Although we could talk on that later, 746 00:44:02,643 --> 00:44:04,728 as your body is Raphaelite good. 747 00:44:06,146 --> 00:44:08,065 I realized what you're doing. 748 00:44:09,275 --> 00:44:10,652 ‐ And what is that? 749 00:44:11,527 --> 00:44:13,987 ‐ You want to transition Catherine out and Peter in 750 00:44:13,989 --> 00:44:18,659 and put your deal to get your daughter married to Louis XIV back together, 751 00:44:18,659 --> 00:44:20,994 keeping Catherine safe at the same time. 752 00:44:20,996 --> 00:44:22,538 ‐ Right. 753 00:44:22,539 --> 00:44:23,873 So you know. 754 00:44:24,748 --> 00:44:26,375 And? 755 00:44:26,376 --> 00:44:28,293 ‐ And nothing. 756 00:44:28,295 --> 00:44:31,380 I will just enjoy your futile railing. 757 00:44:31,380 --> 00:44:34,050 ‐ I am saving her from herself. 758 00:44:34,634 --> 00:44:36,844 Someone will cut her throat! 759 00:44:36,844 --> 00:44:38,096 ‐ Probably. 760 00:44:38,847 --> 00:44:41,849 But she may do much before that happens. 761 00:44:41,849 --> 00:44:43,516 This is Russia. 762 00:44:43,518 --> 00:44:45,476 We hope for the best, expect the worst, 763 00:44:45,478 --> 00:44:48,773 and don't get too exercised about either eventuality. 764 00:44:50,190 --> 00:44:52,108 ‐ Ah, hello. 765 00:44:52,110 --> 00:44:54,110 I was thinking I should talk to you. 766 00:44:54,112 --> 00:44:55,695 ‐ I was just leaving. 767 00:44:55,697 --> 00:44:58,157 ‐ Why does everyone think they can just walk in here? 768 00:44:58,157 --> 00:44:59,449 ‐ Apologies. 769 00:44:59,451 --> 00:45:03,161 Uh, clearly with this morning's attempt on the Empress's life... 770 00:45:03,163 --> 00:45:04,204 ‐ What? 771 00:45:04,204 --> 00:45:09,460 ‐ ...we should start thinking about what psalms you'd like in the inevitable possibility of her demise. 772 00:45:10,628 --> 00:45:13,672 Although they will likely take her head. 773 00:45:13,672 --> 00:45:14,715 ‐ Oh. 774 00:45:17,469 --> 00:45:19,137 ‐ It's a thing here. 775 00:45:21,681 --> 00:45:23,264 ‐ Fucking candles. 776 00:45:23,266 --> 00:45:24,391 ‐ Poison. 777 00:45:24,391 --> 00:45:25,976 ‐ Poor Sylvana. 778 00:45:26,686 --> 00:45:28,561 ‐ I will hold my tongue as to what we should do, 779 00:45:28,563 --> 00:45:31,315 as we all know what I think we should do. 780 00:45:31,315 --> 00:45:33,233 ‐ It is an act of war. 781 00:45:33,235 --> 00:45:34,275 ‐ Fuck. 782 00:45:34,277 --> 00:45:36,862 ‐ Exactly! Fuckers. 783 00:45:36,862 --> 00:45:39,657 ‐ They are not our friend and have no intention to be our friend. 784 00:45:39,657 --> 00:45:41,282 ‐ I don't want this. 785 00:45:41,284 --> 00:45:44,411 ‐ They are still skirmishing in and out of our territory in Reograditch. 786 00:45:44,411 --> 00:45:45,246 It's brutal. 787 00:45:45,248 --> 00:45:46,829 ‐ Killing, pillaging, 788 00:45:46,831 --> 00:45:51,460 and they will eventually take it if we do not respond. 789 00:45:51,460 --> 00:45:54,170 It‐it‐it's like a pie. 790 00:45:54,172 --> 00:45:57,425 You take a bite, you want to keep taking another. 791 00:45:59,094 --> 00:46:01,179 ‐ Well, the pie analogy is quite telling. 792 00:46:06,393 --> 00:46:10,855 ‐ I will talk their language until they beg to learn a new one. 793 00:46:12,523 --> 00:46:14,108 Let's go fuck them up. 794 00:46:14,108 --> 00:46:17,403 ‐ War? ‐ I will find it unseemly if you are too happy about this. 795 00:46:17,862 --> 00:46:22,074 ‐ No. ‐ Velementov, these famed war plans of yours, on my desk tomorrow morning. 796 00:46:23,242 --> 00:46:24,952 ‐ Plans? Right. 797 00:46:24,952 --> 00:46:26,619 ‐ Hello. 798 00:46:26,621 --> 00:46:29,039 ‐ Mother, I am busy, we are at war. 799 00:46:29,039 --> 00:46:31,791 ‐ How sweet. Because you know a lot about war. 800 00:46:31,793 --> 00:46:34,295 ‐ The‐‐ ‐ Leave, gentlemen. 801 00:46:34,295 --> 00:46:35,588 We have much to discuss. 802 00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:42,302 ‐ Mother! I have a job to do! 803 00:46:42,304 --> 00:46:44,262 ‐ Are you yelling at me? ‐ No. 804 00:46:44,264 --> 00:46:46,097 ‐ Factually incorrect. 805 00:46:46,099 --> 00:46:48,851 "Yes" is the answer to my rhetorical question. 806 00:46:48,851 --> 00:46:50,643 ‐ You are undermining me in front of my people. 807 00:46:50,644 --> 00:46:53,856 ‐ You are doing that with every decision you make, from my observation. 808 00:46:53,856 --> 00:46:57,025 Taking power from men and expecting applause. 809 00:46:57,027 --> 00:47:00,653 Cluelessly heading off into war when you wouldn't even step on an ant as a child. 810 00:47:00,655 --> 00:47:03,489 ‐ Are you yelling at me? I mean it rhetorically‐‐ 811 00:47:03,490 --> 00:47:05,242 ‐ Don't be smart with me. 812 00:47:05,784 --> 00:47:07,994 I love that you took this country. 813 00:47:07,996 --> 00:47:11,416 It makes me laugh when it doesn't terrify me. 814 00:47:13,168 --> 00:47:15,293 Someone tried to kill you, darling. 815 00:47:15,295 --> 00:47:16,588 ‐ I'm dealing with it. 816 00:47:17,713 --> 00:47:19,130 It's part of the job. 817 00:47:19,132 --> 00:47:23,052 ‐ And you will die if we don't change the game. 818 00:47:23,929 --> 00:47:25,096 And we can. 819 00:47:25,722 --> 00:47:30,143 ‐ What? ‐ In three days' time, you will have this baby. 820 00:47:32,019 --> 00:47:34,481 And there is a natural pause. 821 00:47:35,356 --> 00:47:40,485 You transition out of power and into motherhood 822 00:47:40,487 --> 00:47:43,864 and Peter transitions back in. 823 00:47:43,864 --> 00:47:47,952 And it can be addressed through Europe as some strange rumor, 824 00:47:48,954 --> 00:47:51,998 and I can get your sister the French job back. 825 00:47:53,583 --> 00:47:54,708 ‐ What? 826 00:47:54,708 --> 00:47:58,295 ‐ It can all be just as I planned, 827 00:47:58,295 --> 00:48:00,715 and you can be safe. 828 00:48:02,384 --> 00:48:03,592 Darling? 829 00:48:04,760 --> 00:48:08,806 You can play that boy, we both can. 830 00:48:08,806 --> 00:48:10,099 Trust me. 831 00:48:13,103 --> 00:48:15,063 You are staring at me blankly. 832 00:48:16,106 --> 00:48:19,442 ‐ I'm just a piece in your perfect tableau. 833 00:48:20,818 --> 00:48:22,737 The maestro of marriage. 834 00:48:23,530 --> 00:48:26,574 ‐ You were born to be a royal wife. 835 00:48:27,742 --> 00:48:30,996 You were trained to be a royal wife. 836 00:48:32,454 --> 00:48:38,168 Be one and stop this, and live. 837 00:48:38,168 --> 00:48:41,588 Darling, your sisters can do it, why can't you? 838 00:48:41,590 --> 00:48:43,215 ‐ Because I am not them! 839 00:48:43,215 --> 00:48:44,632 I'm better! 840 00:48:44,634 --> 00:48:46,052 Oh! 841 00:48:47,094 --> 00:48:48,054 Oh. 842 00:48:48,054 --> 00:48:49,389 ‐ Darling. 843 00:48:50,891 --> 00:48:52,932 Let's calm down. 844 00:48:52,934 --> 00:48:54,768 I can see a happy ending. 845 00:48:54,768 --> 00:48:56,728 You are fond of Peter. 846 00:48:56,730 --> 00:48:59,648 And why not? Handsome as hell. 847 00:48:59,648 --> 00:49:02,735 He's a taste one wants in one's mouth. 848 00:49:04,195 --> 00:49:06,405 We can work this out, darling. 849 00:49:07,615 --> 00:49:09,492 I see a happy ending. 850 00:49:10,452 --> 00:49:16,291 Now, I've raised it with Peter, and I can see a way there. 851 00:49:18,126 --> 00:49:23,130 ‐ You have gone behind my back in my own court... 852 00:49:23,130 --> 00:49:24,297 to unseat me? 853 00:49:24,298 --> 00:49:26,509 ‐ To save you from yourself. 854 00:49:29,929 --> 00:49:34,641 ‐ You are always seeking for me to look at reality. 855 00:49:34,643 --> 00:49:36,311 Well, suddenly I am, 856 00:49:37,519 --> 00:49:39,231 and it is horrifying. 857 00:49:42,858 --> 00:49:44,443 You don't believe in me. 858 00:49:45,862 --> 00:49:48,114 I've spent my life trying to get you to... 859 00:49:50,492 --> 00:49:52,784 and you just don't. 860 00:49:52,786 --> 00:49:54,371 ‐ Darling, trust me. 861 00:49:55,789 --> 00:50:01,626 Your child will become your empire as mine did me. 862 00:50:01,628 --> 00:50:02,920 ‐ It won't. 863 00:50:03,880 --> 00:50:05,630 Russia is my child. ‐ Oh. 864 00:50:05,632 --> 00:50:07,800 See? It's crazy statements like that 865 00:50:07,800 --> 00:50:10,844 that make me worry about your mental state. 866 00:50:11,929 --> 00:50:14,806 ‐ Recognize who and what I am or leave. 867 00:50:14,807 --> 00:50:19,853 ‐ I recognize that you are mad, and you need help, 868 00:50:19,853 --> 00:50:22,731 and I am here to give it. 869 00:50:22,731 --> 00:50:24,525 ‐ Get out of my palace. 870 00:50:24,525 --> 00:50:25,650 ‐ Catherine. 871 00:50:25,652 --> 00:50:27,320 ‐ Get out of my country. 872 00:50:29,405 --> 00:50:30,699 Go! 873 00:50:31,782 --> 00:50:34,242 ‐ Chew, little cat. 874 00:50:34,244 --> 00:50:36,744 Chew, chew, chew. 875 00:50:36,746 --> 00:50:40,623 But I will not stick around while you choke. 876 00:51:02,396 --> 00:51:05,148 Hello. 877 00:51:05,150 --> 00:51:07,110 ‐ Fine, fine. 878 00:51:08,903 --> 00:51:11,195 I give in. ‐ I like that in a man. 879 00:51:11,197 --> 00:51:12,407 Oh! 880 00:51:20,248 --> 00:51:21,291 ‐ Ah! 881 00:51:28,505 --> 00:51:30,300 Ah, ah! 882 00:51:33,844 --> 00:51:34,887 Ah! 883 00:51:58,911 --> 00:52:00,621 Oh! 884 00:52:13,802 --> 00:52:15,052 ‐ I know. Sorry, I... 885 00:52:15,052 --> 00:52:16,262 Oh. 886 00:52:17,429 --> 00:52:19,181 Don't worry, darling. 887 00:52:19,682 --> 00:52:21,684 I'll take care of it. 888 00:52:21,684 --> 00:52:22,978 ‐ Oh, fuck. 889 00:52:30,943 --> 00:52:33,862 So, good news: Joanna's gone. 890 00:52:33,862 --> 00:52:36,239 ‐ Gone? Left? 891 00:52:36,240 --> 00:52:38,909 ‐ Yes. But not in a carriage. 892 00:52:38,909 --> 00:52:40,244 ‐ Oh, I see. 893 00:52:41,246 --> 00:52:42,413 Shame. 894 00:52:42,414 --> 00:52:43,621 ‐ Mm. 895 00:52:43,623 --> 00:52:44,956 ‐ What happened? 896 00:52:44,958 --> 00:52:47,251 ‐ Do you really want the details? ‐ Not really. 897 00:52:48,210 --> 00:52:49,670 What do you need me to do? 898 00:52:49,670 --> 00:52:52,255 ‐ Clean her room into an abrupt departure. 899 00:54:01,826 --> 00:54:02,911 ‐ Hi. 900 00:54:11,920 --> 00:54:13,628 ‐ I love that portrait. 901 00:54:13,630 --> 00:54:17,298 ‐ Ah, yeah, we just need to put his face in. 902 00:54:17,300 --> 00:54:18,842 ‐ My mother left. 903 00:54:19,927 --> 00:54:22,097 We fought, in the night she left. 904 00:54:22,972 --> 00:54:24,349 ‐ I'm sorry. 905 00:54:26,226 --> 00:54:28,978 ‐ I suddenly saw who she truly was. 906 00:54:37,695 --> 00:54:39,405 We will be good parents. 907 00:54:40,657 --> 00:54:42,199 ‐ Indeed. 908 00:54:42,826 --> 00:54:44,452 Better than them, that's the main thing. 909 00:54:45,579 --> 00:54:47,079 ‐ These are our graves? 910 00:54:53,043 --> 00:54:56,172 ‐ I buried my mother. Seemed a wasted hole otherwise. 911 00:54:57,340 --> 00:54:59,259 ‐ Right. You okay? 912 00:55:01,469 --> 00:55:02,762 ‐ I don't need her anymore. 913 00:55:03,637 --> 00:55:05,306 ‐ Exactly how I feel. 914 00:55:08,268 --> 00:55:10,311 This next bit will be alarming. 915 00:55:11,186 --> 00:55:13,023 It is to me, but... 916 00:55:22,782 --> 00:55:24,284 Oh. 917 00:55:25,952 --> 00:55:27,661 Oh. 918 00:55:27,661 --> 00:55:29,621 Shit. 919 00:55:29,623 --> 00:55:30,831 ‐ Paul?