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(BEE BUZZING LOUDLY)
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(SOFT THUMPING)
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(GRUNTING SOFTLY)
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(PETER PANTING)
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You're not Great, are you?
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What?
Peter the Great, not you.
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No, that's my father.
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I'm Peter the...
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Could we be silent?
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I'm trying to concentrate, and it's
already hard enough when there's a bee.
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I was once stung in the eye and it really
hurt, so I find them quite unnerving.
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Of course.
PETER: (QUIETLY) Thank you.
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(PETER GRUNTS)
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(BEE BUZZING)
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(PETER GASPS, GROANS)
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(PETER EXHALES, PANTING)
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Empress. Emperor.
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(DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)
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Marial! A bath.
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(FESTIVE MELODY PLAYING)
(MEN SINGING IN RUSSIAN)
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(PEOPLE CHATTERING)
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Huzzah!
Fuck off. I'm in a mood.
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Oh, let me guess. A bad mood?
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To repeat myself, fuck off.
Charming.
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You are the emperor of Russia,
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lord of all you survey.
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That's true. So...
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don't be so fucking mournful.
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Oh, you're right.
She cannot make me mournful.
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So I say again, huzzah.
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Huzzah. Thank you, my friend.
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(PETER SIGHS)
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(GLASS SHATTERING)
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(GUESTS LAUGHING, CHATTERING)
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Hmm.
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(BREATHES DEEPLY)
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(MEN SINGING IN RUSSIAN)
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(GEORGINA GRUNTS GIGGLES)
(PETER GROANS)
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Ah!
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(GEORGINA SIGHS)
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(MEN SINGING CONTINUES)
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(GEORGINA PANTING)
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(PETER GRUNTS)
GEORGINA: Oh! No!
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(GEORGINA GASPING, MOANING)
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Louder! (GEORGINA MOANING)
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Louder! Sing louder, you fuckers!
(MEN SINGING IN RUSSIAN)
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(GEORGINA SHRIEKING RHYTHMICALLY)
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(BOTH MOANING) PETER: Yeah.
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Exactly. That's exactly my point.
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(BRIGHT, FRENETIC STRING MUSIC PLAYS)
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(WATER DRIPS, SLOSHES)
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I've been thinking.
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We must begin the planning,
sooner rather than later.
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MARIAL: That bad, huh?
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Mm, more dull than horrific.
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But Russia must be saved, and I with it.
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How, is the question.
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I've never done a coup before,
so I'm unsure how to proceed.
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Well, I would suggest,
next time he is rutting on you,
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take a knife, plunge it
into his neck, and face.
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You're all hot blood, aren't you?
Thank you.
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You just need someone who will kill him.
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Why would they do that?
Because they hate him.
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And yet that has not been enough
to make it happen.
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True.
They need a reason for it.
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Besides, I do not seek to kill for hatred,
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but to create a greater Russia,
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a progressive and humane place.
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Oh, okay... Right.
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(INHALES) That's good.
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We need a philosophical backbone
that people can gather behind,
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believe in.
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I will need help to develop that.
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For while I am brilliant,
it must be tested and impregnable.
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Orlo is the man to help me.
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What? Are you mad?
I am brilliant,
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which has often been misconstrued as mad.
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Orlo is one of Peter's inner circle.
Not in his heart.
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For when he speaks of Descartes,
he lit from within.
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That is the truth of him.
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He is a player who has survived
ten years, that is not easy.
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He is a bumbler with women,
but not with politics.
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So? He is a savvy to boot, bonus for us.
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Let us go find him. My robe?
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Empress, it is a dangerous game,
do you realize?
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Of course I do.
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How so?
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If Peter were to discover you plotting,
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you would be good as dead.
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I am as good as dead here,
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so I have nothing to lose.
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ORLO: Forty‐one, Count Smolny.
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(DOOR CLOSES)
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(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
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A small thing, Emperor.
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I would like the take the land
of my recently widowed
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sister‐in‐law and nephews.
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Oh, that's sad. How did Orlovsky die?
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A sword was found in his back,
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though it's unclear how it got there.
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Hmm.
I agree with Count Smolny,
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and perhaps some of the lands
he takes could be tithed to the church‐‐
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a small percentage, say, 15,
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laid before our Lord God's feet.
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So much is laid at the church's feet,
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I sometimes fear they cannot
see the congregation
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for the dazzling riches
they stack before them.
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Funny, Orlo. You greedy fuck, Archie!
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ORLO: And if we allow this,
swords might start appearing
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in brothers' backs all over Russia,
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causing great tension
at family gatherings and parties.
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Good one, Orlo.
Let's not ruin the parties.
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SMOLNY: Emperor.
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(SIGHS) This is so dull.
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(DOOR CLOSES)
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Velementov, do a funny little dance
to amuse me.
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Sir, I am...
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leader of the armed forces.
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I do not do a funny little‐‐
Arkady?
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Stab Velementov in the face.
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(SWORD CLINKS, SWISHES)
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(PETER LAUGHING)
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(MEN LAUGHING)
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Uh, uh, 42...
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uh, Count Rostov.
(DOOR CLOSES)
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PETER: Rostov?
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ROSTOV:
I bring you the peaches you love, Emperor,
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and the love of the people of my region.
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What the fuck, Rostov?
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Why do you still wear a beard?
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It is why I come before you today.
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I would like special dispensation
to wear one.
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And I would like a bird
that shits chocolate.
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Gentlemen, I said I would like a bird
that shits chocolate.
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(MEN LAUGHING)
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Orlo, explain my fucking edict
while I eat this peach.
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Dispensation on beards is
for the guards and the priests only.
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PETER: Fuck me, that's a good peach.
It's fragrant, sweet.
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There's a slight lemon to that.
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Jesus, Rostov. Look at you.
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I am a modern ruler,
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making things happen in a modern,
European way. No beards.
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Sir... I beg you.
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Well, you are not on your knees,
so you don't.
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Get up, fuck off,
and come back with a shaved face.
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ORLO:
We should, uh, hear Rostov out.
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It is the custom that aristocrats
make requests of their emperor.
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Oh, I agree.
For I would love to know
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why a man comes before you
with a beard that says, "Fuck you."
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Is that what your beard says, Rostov?
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Uh, Grigor,
I do not believe he is saying that.
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Metaphorically. What else?
ROSTOV: No!
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My wife has never seen my face...
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and it is unfortunate.
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(SCOFFS) Unfortunate how?
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It is a mix of boils and pustules,
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scarring.
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I fear she will not...
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want me, not be happy with me.
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So your wife will not be happy,
but I will, and that's all that matters.
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A man's wife's happiness should not be
so fucking important.
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Shave it off and return to me tomorrow.
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Rostov.
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Orlo.
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Taxes may be slow
for my region this month.
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And every peach will be bruised.
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Our family hold the region together.
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I thought he'd have some compassion.
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Delusional optimism, Rostov.
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But I believe we can win this.
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How? Peter is often swayed
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if the whole group is against something.
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Let me gather numbers, and then
tomorrow, we will bring you to him.
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(LAUGHTER, LIVELY CHATTERING)
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(LIGHT INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING QUIETLY)
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Hmm.
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I cannot see him.
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Empress, you look radiant.
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We would love for you to join us.
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We have cakes in the shape
of woodland animals,
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and it is a lark to dunk their faces
in vodka and eat them.
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It sounds interminable, Lady Svenska,
so I shall pass.
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If you would move...
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(GLASS SHATTERING)
(WOMEN GASPING)
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Well, I will be the first to say
what we are all thinking.
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She is a bitch, who sides with a serf.
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TATYANA: Who's stuck up and rude.
MARINA: She is a great disappointment.
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She is new, and we must try harder.
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For we must make her happy
to make the emperor happy.
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I thought you take care
of his happiness, Madam Dymov.
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(WOMEN TITTERING)
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ORLO: Grigor, a moment.
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I'm leaving, Orlo.
But Count, Count Rostov's beard.
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I want him to keep it.
It's a question of free will.
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You can help me convince Peter.
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I can't help you, Orlo.
We live at the emperor's whim.
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People should accept that.
Shut the fuck up, and have a drink.
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I thought if anyone would
like the idea of free will taking hold,
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it would be you.
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And Madam Dymov.
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I shall refrain from
punching you in the face
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for the next 12 seconds.
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You should walk on.
You know...
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GEORGINA:
Fabulous party, isn't it?
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It is a happy court, it seems.
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All is bliss in the court of Peter.
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Do I detect a slight jest in your voice?
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I ate a radish.
It can affect the vocal cords.
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Empress.
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Darling. Are you drunk yet?
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Um, not yet, despite strenuous efforts.
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In fact, I thought
I might retire to our apartment.
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Then I go with you.
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Orlo.
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I have a pamphlet by Voltaire,
I would love to share with you.
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Mm. Thank you.
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I am learning much of the kingdom,
dear Orlo.
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It has come to my attention
the emperor is not Peter the Great.
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That was his father, a great man.
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What is this Peter's flourish?
He does not have one.
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Hmm.
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Peter the...
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Not Quite Adequate?
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I think you already thought of this jest.
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I don't know what you mean.
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(ORLO CLEARS THROAT)
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I am sure. Set a meet.
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(BUGLE PLAYS FANFARE)
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MAN: Here we are.
(DOG BARKING)
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(DOG BARKING)
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(CROWD CHEERS)
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(RACCOON SQUEALING)
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(DOG GROWLING)
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(RACCOON SHRIEKING)
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(GUESTS CHEERING)
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♪♪
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(BIRDS CHIRPING)
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Velementov.
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Velementov.
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(YELLS)
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Oh. Orlo.
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Oh, God. Oh, God, my fucking head.
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
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You all right? You look
even more nervy than usual.
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I'm fine. I must talk of Rostov.
Mm.
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We must work on Peter to keep his beard.
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What the fuck do I care about his beard?
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Men are dying in the field.
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A beard is not my concern. Huh?
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00:13:01,949 --> 00:13:04,344
The day is unstable for lack of‐‐
250
00:13:04,368 --> 00:13:06,119
(BODY THUDS)
251
00:13:08,539 --> 00:13:10,892
Ah, yes. I remember now.
252
00:13:10,916 --> 00:13:12,501
I'm drunk, yes.
253
00:13:13,836 --> 00:13:16,648
No beards was always a stupid idea.
254
00:13:16,672 --> 00:13:19,359
And might I remind you, it was your idea.
255
00:13:19,383 --> 00:13:21,069
It is stupid.
256
00:13:21,093 --> 00:13:24,239
But it is a modern European court idea
and Peter allowed it,
257
00:13:24,263 --> 00:13:27,700
which allows us to present
more modern European ideas,
258
00:13:27,724 --> 00:13:29,452
and perhaps one day, a meaningful one.
259
00:13:29,476 --> 00:13:32,271
Always playing the long game, Orlo.
260
00:13:32,896 --> 00:13:37,168
I, however, have some short‐term debts
261
00:13:37,192 --> 00:13:39,337
the treasury might see to.
262
00:13:39,361 --> 00:13:41,548
You've said no before, but, uh,
263
00:13:41,572 --> 00:13:44,801
perhaps your beard is important to you.
264
00:13:44,825 --> 00:13:46,261
Prick.
265
00:13:46,285 --> 00:13:48,203
I know a "yes" when I hear one.
266
00:13:49,246 --> 00:13:52,165
♪♪
267
00:13:53,417 --> 00:13:54,710
(SIGHS)
268
00:13:56,044 --> 00:13:59,023
Oh, no! No, my darlings, no!
(DOOR OPENS)
269
00:13:59,047 --> 00:14:00,358
PETER: Hello. Oh!
270
00:14:00,382 --> 00:14:01,401
Problem?
271
00:14:01,425 --> 00:14:04,487
ELIZABETH: I'm training them.
The butterflies?
272
00:14:04,511 --> 00:14:08,658
What if I could get them to align,
and fly in forms of my own choosing?
273
00:14:08,682 --> 00:14:11,119
How wonderful that would be.
274
00:14:11,143 --> 00:14:13,163
And how is that working out?
275
00:14:13,187 --> 00:14:15,290
I admire their willfulness.
276
00:14:15,314 --> 00:14:16,499
Quite.
277
00:14:16,523 --> 00:14:19,586
Now you, my dearest nephew.
278
00:14:19,610 --> 00:14:23,006
I was noticing the unhappy nature
of your bride.
279
00:14:23,030 --> 00:14:25,091
Dark clouds have covered the sun.
280
00:14:25,115 --> 00:14:27,427
Well, fuck her. She has everything.
281
00:14:27,451 --> 00:14:30,054
She is unhappy.
It is spoken of at court.
282
00:14:30,078 --> 00:14:32,515
Unhappiness in a court can be contagious.
283
00:14:32,539 --> 00:14:34,601
You must clear the clouds.
284
00:14:34,625 --> 00:14:36,811
She must clear the fucking clouds.
285
00:14:36,835 --> 00:14:38,730
I'm the emperor.
286
00:14:38,754 --> 00:14:42,525
As you know, my taste in love
runs wild and free,
287
00:14:42,549 --> 00:14:46,654
but I know I cannot make a heart sing
just because I am the emperor's family.
288
00:14:46,678 --> 00:14:50,074
That does not get a man hard
or a woman wet.
289
00:14:50,098 --> 00:14:52,118
You must capture their heart.
290
00:14:52,142 --> 00:14:55,246
It is her job to make me happy.
291
00:14:55,270 --> 00:14:57,040
She does not love me.
292
00:14:57,064 --> 00:14:59,942
Everyone else does,
so the fault lies with her.
293
00:15:01,860 --> 00:15:03,838
Your mother once confided in me
294
00:15:03,862 --> 00:15:06,865
that she saw something within you
that made her heart curdle.
295
00:15:07,991 --> 00:15:10,261
What?
She insisted that there was
296
00:15:10,285 --> 00:15:13,473
something quite... rancid about you.
297
00:15:13,497 --> 00:15:16,309
What is the point of this conversation?
298
00:15:16,333 --> 00:15:18,436
Oh, I wonder whether Catherine
has seen the same thing,
299
00:15:18,460 --> 00:15:20,420
and it is stopping her from loving you.
300
00:15:24,925 --> 00:15:26,569
I punched her.
301
00:15:26,593 --> 00:15:29,739
Oh. Some enjoy that,
302
00:15:29,763 --> 00:15:31,908
but perhaps she does not.
303
00:15:31,932 --> 00:15:35,018
Regardless, you must do
something about it.
304
00:15:37,187 --> 00:15:38,814
Oh, hello.
305
00:15:41,817 --> 00:15:44,778
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
306
00:15:51,952 --> 00:15:53,972
(FOOTSTEPS DEPARTING)
307
00:15:53,996 --> 00:15:55,807
(CRICKETS CHIRRING)
(OWL HOOTS)
308
00:15:55,831 --> 00:15:57,517
MARIAL: What are they?
309
00:15:57,541 --> 00:15:58,893
Just some notes.
310
00:15:58,917 --> 00:16:01,604
This is on the basic principles
for the new government:
311
00:16:01,628 --> 00:16:03,314
Some ideals,
312
00:16:03,338 --> 00:16:06,049
the question of citizens' rights
we must discuss.
313
00:16:07,176 --> 00:16:09,654
I must excite his mind
to the possibilities
314
00:16:09,678 --> 00:16:11,197
that we can build together.
315
00:16:11,221 --> 00:16:14,117
And then you'll fuck him, right?
316
00:16:14,141 --> 00:16:15,726
CATHERINE: What?
317
00:16:16,602 --> 00:16:19,247
He needs to be cunt‐struck by you.
318
00:16:19,271 --> 00:16:20,623
You must fuck him,
319
00:16:20,647 --> 00:16:24,568
and then he will set his face on fire
if you ask it.
320
00:16:26,028 --> 00:16:28,197
Seduce him.
CATHERINE: Seduce him?
321
00:16:29,323 --> 00:16:32,993
I have never done that.
(SIGHS)
322
00:16:38,290 --> 00:16:40,518
It's easy. You just lie back.
323
00:16:40,542 --> 00:16:43,337
Expose some flesh,
be suggestive, but not explicit.
324
00:16:44,922 --> 00:16:48,318
Go on.
Touch him casually about his person,
325
00:16:48,342 --> 00:16:49,903
and be loose.
326
00:16:49,927 --> 00:16:52,489
Maybe a breast falls from your blouse.
327
00:16:52,513 --> 00:16:54,515
And then he will be on you.
328
00:16:55,182 --> 00:16:56,266
On me.
329
00:16:56,975 --> 00:17:00,413
Okay.
And then after he has done you,
330
00:17:00,437 --> 00:17:03,458
profess love, union, stars in alignment,
331
00:17:03,482 --> 00:17:06,169
fate, philosophy,
shed some tears of unhappiness,
332
00:17:06,193 --> 00:17:09,380
and then talk knives in necks.
333
00:17:09,404 --> 00:17:11,865
And eat an oyster. Helps your mood.
334
00:17:15,661 --> 00:17:17,162
(MUTTERS DISGUSTEDLY)
335
00:17:19,248 --> 00:17:20,832
(GULPS)
336
00:17:24,002 --> 00:17:25,295
(GAGS)
337
00:17:26,630 --> 00:17:27,630
(GULPS)
338
00:17:29,591 --> 00:17:31,885
(KNOCKING AT DOOR) Enter.
339
00:17:33,178 --> 00:17:34,697
Dear Orlo.
340
00:17:34,721 --> 00:17:36,741
(PANTING)
341
00:17:36,765 --> 00:17:38,451
Thank you for coming.
342
00:17:38,475 --> 00:17:40,161
It is my pleasure.
343
00:17:40,185 --> 00:17:42,688
I have the Voltaire pamphlet.
344
00:17:43,188 --> 00:17:48,110
Giving me gifts, alone,
in a secluded cottage.
345
00:17:48,902 --> 00:17:51,506
It is completely inappropriate, you know.
346
00:17:51,530 --> 00:17:53,049
Shit. Sorry.
347
00:17:53,073 --> 00:17:57,303
Um, should, should we go to the, um,
uh, library or the, the garden?
348
00:17:57,327 --> 00:17:59,872
It is thrilling to break the rules,
is it not?
349
00:18:01,373 --> 00:18:05,353
(CHUCKLES) I can't wait to confess
and see Archie's face.
350
00:18:05,377 --> 00:18:08,398
He put his fingers inside me.
351
00:18:08,422 --> 00:18:13,153
Oh. Okay, um, that's not good, is it?
352
00:18:13,177 --> 00:18:15,071
Sorry. (GROANS)
353
00:18:15,095 --> 00:18:17,907
Let's not‐I don't‐(SIGHS)
354
00:18:17,931 --> 00:18:19,659
That's not why we're here.
355
00:18:19,683 --> 00:18:20,976
(GROANS)
356
00:18:22,019 --> 00:18:26,023
You have caught my eye.
Oh. Thank you. I am flattered.
357
00:18:26,940 --> 00:18:29,294
Shall we read?
358
00:18:29,318 --> 00:18:31,653
Is that what you want to do?
359
00:18:32,571 --> 00:18:35,425
Are you okay? You, you seem...
360
00:18:35,449 --> 00:18:37,051
something. Do I?
361
00:18:37,075 --> 00:18:38,720
ORLO: Yes.
362
00:18:38,744 --> 00:18:40,204
Does it stir you?
363
00:18:41,288 --> 00:18:43,016
Um... Champagne?
364
00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:46,269
I, I, I don't drink.
I, I don't need anything.
365
00:18:46,293 --> 00:18:49,564
But is there anything you want?
366
00:18:49,588 --> 00:18:52,066
ORLO: I'm fine. (SIGHS)
367
00:18:52,090 --> 00:18:54,384
Come and get it.
368
00:18:56,845 --> 00:18:59,407
(GASPS) Oh, my God.
You are trying to seduce me.
369
00:18:59,431 --> 00:19:01,993
(GAGGING)
370
00:19:02,017 --> 00:19:03,453
(GROANING)
371
00:19:03,477 --> 00:19:05,705
(VOMITING)
372
00:19:05,729 --> 00:19:07,773
Oh. (GROANS)
373
00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:10,627
ORLO: You had the oysters.
(CATHERINE GAGS)
374
00:19:10,651 --> 00:19:14,464
I'm, I'm always reluctant.
They travel them some distance.
375
00:19:14,488 --> 00:19:16,716
(CATHERINE SPITS, MOANS)
376
00:19:16,740 --> 00:19:18,051
CATHERINE: I'm a failure.
377
00:19:18,075 --> 00:19:21,745
No. No, you're not.
I, I, I would, of course, have sex.
378
00:19:23,288 --> 00:19:24,432
(CATHERINE GROANS)
379
00:19:24,456 --> 00:19:27,143
Um, I'm not‐‐
Yes, uh, should we read first?
380
00:19:27,167 --> 00:19:28,853
I'm not used to, um...
381
00:19:28,877 --> 00:19:31,481
I feel a bit breathless, actually.
Might sit.
382
00:19:31,505 --> 00:19:33,691
I actually feel very unwell.
383
00:19:33,715 --> 00:19:37,821
Empress, I am not
well‐versed with women.
384
00:19:37,845 --> 00:19:39,155
Um...
385
00:19:39,179 --> 00:19:42,432
I have in some way ruined things.
I apologize. Sorry.
386
00:19:43,308 --> 00:19:45,185
(DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)
387
00:19:45,894 --> 00:19:48,438
(PANTING) Orlo! Don't go!
388
00:19:49,106 --> 00:19:50,959
I will say it plain.
389
00:19:50,983 --> 00:19:52,961
I was hoping you'd be mad
with desire for me,
390
00:19:52,985 --> 00:19:54,921
and then you'd help me
inspire an army to kill Peter.
391
00:19:54,945 --> 00:19:56,297
What?
392
00:19:56,321 --> 00:19:59,425
You wouldn't, would you?
Kill him with me?
393
00:19:59,449 --> 00:20:02,911
A coup?
Don't say anything else.
394
00:20:04,997 --> 00:20:07,225
(WHISPERING) Fuck, fuck, fuck.
395
00:20:07,249 --> 00:20:09,727
(WHISPERING) Oh, Fuck, fuck...
(SHRIEKS) fuck!
396
00:20:09,751 --> 00:20:12,087
(PANTING)
397
00:20:15,674 --> 00:20:17,569
(INHALES) I failed.
398
00:20:17,593 --> 00:20:19,654
(EXHALES) I was not good at seducing,
399
00:20:19,678 --> 00:20:22,448
and he was not good at understanding
that he was being seduced.
400
00:20:22,472 --> 00:20:25,410
And then when I just asked him
straight out if he would kill Peter,
401
00:20:25,434 --> 00:20:26,828
he said, "fuck" and ran away.
402
00:20:26,852 --> 00:20:29,247
When you what?
I do not wish to apportion blame,
403
00:20:29,271 --> 00:20:31,958
but I believe your seduction plan
was ill‐advised.
404
00:20:31,982 --> 00:20:33,918
You told him of the coup?
405
00:20:33,942 --> 00:20:37,422
I did.
That also may have been ill‐advised.
406
00:20:37,446 --> 00:20:40,091
Shit. It is bad.
407
00:20:40,115 --> 00:20:41,634
I'm sure he will not tell him.
408
00:20:41,658 --> 00:20:42,886
He is good at heart.
409
00:20:42,910 --> 00:20:45,054
He has survived at court ten years.
410
00:20:45,078 --> 00:20:47,039
It takes dark skills.
411
00:20:47,956 --> 00:20:50,792
Loyalty is rewarded here.
He could tell Peter.
412
00:20:51,210 --> 00:20:54,022
Then I must win him over before he does.
413
00:20:54,046 --> 00:20:56,983
I will go to him and try again.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
414
00:20:57,007 --> 00:20:59,593
VLAD: The emperor requests
the empress's presence.
415
00:21:06,350 --> 00:21:09,228
How is the emperor's mood this morning?
416
00:21:16,693 --> 00:21:19,130
Ah. Here you are. (CHUCKLES)
417
00:21:19,154 --> 00:21:22,467
Taste this bacon.
They are fed only on acorns and honey.
418
00:21:22,491 --> 00:21:23,992
It is amazing.
419
00:21:29,164 --> 00:21:30,850
Mm. Yes. Delicious.
420
00:21:30,874 --> 00:21:32,519
We concur. We agree.
421
00:21:32,543 --> 00:21:35,045
We share a love of bacon.
Huzzah. (CHUCKLES)
422
00:21:38,131 --> 00:21:39,299
Sit.
423
00:21:44,179 --> 00:21:45,806
As requested.
424
00:21:49,351 --> 00:21:50,894
(PETER SIGHS)
425
00:21:53,856 --> 00:21:55,208
You probably don't remember this,
426
00:21:55,232 --> 00:21:57,693
but a week or two ago,
I shot your bear and punched you.
427
00:21:58,318 --> 00:22:01,256
Perhaps it has cast a pall between us.
428
00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:03,550
The fact you shot my bear
and punched me?
429
00:22:03,574 --> 00:22:07,428
Yes. I think I was angry
because no one has ever not liked me.
430
00:22:07,452 --> 00:22:08,888
Or at least, they're pretending to.
431
00:22:08,912 --> 00:22:10,747
Hmm. Toosh.
432
00:22:11,498 --> 00:22:13,810
What? (LOUDLY) Toosh.
433
00:22:13,834 --> 00:22:15,562
Do you mean touché?
434
00:22:15,586 --> 00:22:18,231
What, is it not toosh?
No. Touché.
435
00:22:18,255 --> 00:22:20,650
See. That's great. How smart you are.
436
00:22:20,674 --> 00:22:23,319
Point is, it's a new day,
a time to put things behind us.
437
00:22:23,343 --> 00:22:25,572
Teething problems, I believe they call it.
438
00:22:25,596 --> 00:22:27,240
Are you apologizing to me?
439
00:22:27,264 --> 00:22:29,701
I'm looking forward, not dwelling.
440
00:22:29,725 --> 00:22:32,477
It is hell to dwell.
441
00:22:33,270 --> 00:22:35,248
It is a saying I just made up.
442
00:22:35,272 --> 00:22:37,292
So you wish to forget it?
443
00:22:37,316 --> 00:22:40,444
Regret it and forget it. Another saying.
444
00:22:41,486 --> 00:22:43,339
Look, here's what I think's happened.
445
00:22:43,363 --> 00:22:46,259
You've come in here
with a very romantic notion of me,
446
00:22:46,283 --> 00:22:47,635
and marriage, and your life.
447
00:22:47,659 --> 00:22:49,804
A little naive, I guess. Not a criticism.
448
00:22:49,828 --> 00:22:51,639
It's actually a lovely attribute.
449
00:22:51,663 --> 00:22:55,560
You met me, and I'm not a romantic man,
more a practical chap.
450
00:22:55,584 --> 00:22:58,730
And I like to have fun,
larks and jokes and weird sex.
451
00:22:58,754 --> 00:23:02,424
Point is, we're married,
but we don't do it for each other.
452
00:23:03,842 --> 00:23:05,195
We finally agree.
453
00:23:05,219 --> 00:23:09,199
Huzzah. Yes, accepting that truth
might be liberating for us.
454
00:23:09,223 --> 00:23:12,327
You're really a drag around court.
I want you to find happiness here.
455
00:23:12,351 --> 00:23:13,912
Hence, strawberries.
456
00:23:13,936 --> 00:23:16,247
Also, a new bear,
to replace the one I shot.
457
00:23:16,271 --> 00:23:19,083
Live as empress and enjoy it.
458
00:23:19,107 --> 00:23:22,128
We should also find you a lover.
I should take a lover?
459
00:23:22,152 --> 00:23:23,505
PETER:
Yes, we should reach an agreement,
460
00:23:23,529 --> 00:23:25,089
because what's the alternative?
461
00:23:25,113 --> 00:23:28,510
You remain unhappy, I become
more and more angry, and then I kill you.
462
00:23:28,534 --> 00:23:31,119
I don't want to kill you.
You're not a bad person.
463
00:23:32,037 --> 00:23:35,499
I could kill you.
You are a bad person.
464
00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,270
(SNORTS, CHUCKLES)
465
00:23:39,294 --> 00:23:42,982
See? I like you. You're funny,
in a droll, despairing sort of way.
466
00:23:43,006 --> 00:23:45,592
I couldn't take a lot of it,
but occasionally, it's refreshing.
467
00:23:46,385 --> 00:23:47,779
Now, would it be so bad?
468
00:23:47,803 --> 00:23:49,280
We have enough in common to get on.
469
00:23:49,304 --> 00:23:51,449
We do? Like what?
470
00:23:51,473 --> 00:23:53,701
Well, we're both...
471
00:23:53,725 --> 00:23:55,060
pretty.
472
00:23:55,936 --> 00:23:57,580
(PETER CHUCKLES)
473
00:23:57,604 --> 00:24:01,042
Now, I never imagined myself
as the guy who punches his wife.
474
00:24:01,066 --> 00:24:02,710
And yet you are.
475
00:24:02,734 --> 00:24:04,379
Is that your mother's necklace?
476
00:24:04,403 --> 00:24:05,964
Yes.
477
00:24:05,988 --> 00:24:08,508
I wear it sometimes to feel close.
478
00:24:08,532 --> 00:24:09,801
Did your father punch her?
479
00:24:09,825 --> 00:24:12,095
I have said regrets and new day things.
480
00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:14,305
You must cheer up
and look forward to the future.
481
00:24:14,329 --> 00:24:17,642
I do, very much
look forward to the future.
482
00:24:17,666 --> 00:24:20,043
PETER: Oh. That's great.
483
00:24:21,503 --> 00:24:23,731
For I gather,
you will not punch me again.
484
00:24:23,755 --> 00:24:25,567
I won't.
485
00:24:25,591 --> 00:24:27,360
We are agreed? Oh.
486
00:24:27,384 --> 00:24:29,219
That one is rancid.
487
00:24:30,220 --> 00:24:32,181
As is your whole idea.
488
00:24:35,225 --> 00:24:36,602
(DOOR OPENS)
489
00:24:37,978 --> 00:24:39,831
(CLATTERS)
490
00:24:39,855 --> 00:24:41,607
(GROANS)
491
00:24:42,149 --> 00:24:44,794
(ARCHBISHOP GROWLING)
492
00:24:44,818 --> 00:24:46,486
(BOTH GRUNTING)
493
00:24:48,780 --> 00:24:50,532
(ROARS)
494
00:24:51,408 --> 00:24:53,202
You're still strong.
495
00:24:54,661 --> 00:24:57,331
We all are if we know where to find it.
496
00:25:00,083 --> 00:25:01,936
Oh, your heart is pounding.
497
00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:03,146
I've been fighting.
498
00:25:03,170 --> 00:25:05,148
Your joy in pain is disturbing.
499
00:25:05,172 --> 00:25:07,484
We must all know our darkness,
500
00:25:07,508 --> 00:25:10,695
for how else do we know
where to shine the light?
501
00:25:10,719 --> 00:25:12,614
So profound, cousin.
502
00:25:12,638 --> 00:25:15,241
Occupational hazard.
It's like a reflex now.
503
00:25:15,265 --> 00:25:16,826
You want some breakfast?
504
00:25:16,850 --> 00:25:18,620
Oh, God, yes.
505
00:25:18,644 --> 00:25:21,021
The shit I get served downstairs.
506
00:25:21,980 --> 00:25:25,543
Um, I have a concern
I wish your help with.
507
00:25:25,567 --> 00:25:27,504
Anything.
508
00:25:27,528 --> 00:25:28,963
The empress.
509
00:25:28,987 --> 00:25:32,342
I'm worried something she said to Orlo
could be taken the wrong way.
510
00:25:32,366 --> 00:25:34,469
What did she say?
511
00:25:34,493 --> 00:25:38,223
She expressed some unhappiness
with the emperor.
512
00:25:38,247 --> 00:25:42,125
Orlo may exaggerate the situation
to enlarge himself at court.
513
00:25:42,709 --> 00:25:46,606
Be to your detriment if he did,
as you're the author of her presence.
514
00:25:46,630 --> 00:25:50,068
I had a vision from God.
I do not resile from it.
515
00:25:50,092 --> 00:25:52,594
In Catherine's defense,
perhaps Orlo tried to rape her.
516
00:25:58,767 --> 00:26:00,119
To rape her?
517
00:26:00,143 --> 00:26:04,249
He is a man who famously lacks
the skills to see his desires met.
518
00:26:04,273 --> 00:26:06,525
Fuck a man up. Don't you agree?
519
00:26:07,651 --> 00:26:10,654
If you need a defense, that could be one,
that's all I'm saying.
520
00:26:12,406 --> 00:26:14,133
I will deal with it.
521
00:26:14,157 --> 00:26:15,885
Thank you.
522
00:26:15,909 --> 00:26:17,369
Aah!
523
00:26:17,828 --> 00:26:19,580
My gift.
524
00:26:25,377 --> 00:26:26,420
Orlo!
525
00:26:34,219 --> 00:26:36,906
ORLO: No, please.
Please do not speak to me. I beg you.
526
00:26:36,930 --> 00:26:38,366
CATHERINE:
Help me with the coup.
527
00:26:38,390 --> 00:26:42,203
Oh, my God, you cannot say that word.
Why? It's just a word.
528
00:26:42,227 --> 00:26:44,605
But it does excite the mind, does it not?
529
00:26:46,565 --> 00:26:48,459
Here's my plan.
530
00:26:48,483 --> 00:26:52,505
You and I will create a philosophy
and plan for my regime,
531
00:26:52,529 --> 00:26:55,466
one that will inspire others to act
532
00:26:55,490 --> 00:26:57,635
and be a blueprint for my reign.
533
00:26:57,659 --> 00:26:59,762
Your‐My reign.
534
00:26:59,786 --> 00:27:03,808
When we create a strong, vibrant Russia,
535
00:27:03,832 --> 00:27:08,771
alive with ideas, humane and progressive,
536
00:27:08,795 --> 00:27:12,508
and here people live
with dignity and purpose.
537
00:27:13,091 --> 00:27:14,986
In Russia? Indeed.
538
00:27:15,010 --> 00:27:17,030
Huzzah.
539
00:27:17,054 --> 00:27:18,573
Do you want to die?
540
00:27:18,597 --> 00:27:21,659
I am indifferent.
I certainly do not want to live like this.
541
00:27:21,683 --> 00:27:24,662
You'll get used to it,
and I know it looks bad,
542
00:27:24,686 --> 00:27:26,539
but we make progress.
543
00:27:26,563 --> 00:27:29,959
At the moment, we have an issue
over the free will of beard‐wearing.
544
00:27:29,983 --> 00:27:31,711
I feel if‐Beards?
545
00:27:31,735 --> 00:27:34,363
No. I have no time to waste
and neither do the people.
546
00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:36,823
Are you in?
547
00:27:37,658 --> 00:27:39,427
I cannot join for the simple reason
548
00:27:39,451 --> 00:27:42,722
you have already proved yourself
incapable of executing it successfully.
549
00:27:42,746 --> 00:27:45,457
How? You chose me.
550
00:27:47,376 --> 00:27:49,336
You are‐A civil servant.
551
00:27:50,003 --> 00:27:51,922
A coward. I don't believe you.
552
00:27:52,881 --> 00:27:54,633
You are not a coward.
553
00:27:55,759 --> 00:27:57,386
I know you different.
554
00:27:58,554 --> 00:28:02,534
When we talk of ideas and humanity,
555
00:28:02,558 --> 00:28:05,102
I see a light ablaze in you.
556
00:28:07,229 --> 00:28:08,814
You don't know me at all.
557
00:28:09,898 --> 00:28:12,544
You married badly.
I'm, I'm sorry you made a mistake.
558
00:28:12,568 --> 00:28:15,213
Don't drag me and Russia into it.
559
00:28:15,237 --> 00:28:18,842
Russia and I are married
to the same man. It is the same thing.
560
00:28:18,866 --> 00:28:22,387
You are an angry, mad person,
so you will forgive me if I say no.
561
00:28:22,411 --> 00:28:25,181
And you must promise me
never to speak of this to anyone else.
562
00:28:25,205 --> 00:28:27,749
I beg you, for your own sake.
563
00:28:29,084 --> 00:28:31,437
And will you speak of it?
564
00:28:31,461 --> 00:28:33,148
Or will you take it to Peter?
565
00:28:33,172 --> 00:28:37,134
It is something I am forgetting
as I walk away from you. Good day.
566
00:28:48,770 --> 00:28:51,249
(GUNSHOT ECHOES) (GROANS)
567
00:28:51,273 --> 00:28:54,544
As we hunt, we shall discuss
whether or not to kill the empress.
568
00:28:54,568 --> 00:28:57,505
What? Sir, no, no.
She is a, a radiant presence.
569
00:28:57,529 --> 00:28:59,757
She is shimmering, a godsend.
570
00:28:59,781 --> 00:29:02,760
She is a misery at court,
made fun of the ladies' wig hats,
571
00:29:02,784 --> 00:29:05,972
and is a strange creature who I sense is,
at times, laughing at me.
572
00:29:05,996 --> 00:29:08,183
I was thinking a small carriage accident,
573
00:29:08,207 --> 00:29:11,269
a suitable period of mourning,
and onward to a new choice.
574
00:29:11,293 --> 00:29:12,562
Archie, you will not be involved,
575
00:29:12,586 --> 00:29:14,856
as you were abysmally fucking wrong,
and tell that to God.
576
00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:17,358
Emperor, she's going through
some transition.
577
00:29:17,382 --> 00:29:18,943
We should help her with compassionate‐‐.
578
00:29:18,967 --> 00:29:21,404
Shut the fuck up. Orlo, thoughts.
579
00:29:21,428 --> 00:29:22,697
I think not, sir.
580
00:29:22,721 --> 00:29:25,283
It would look bad in Europe
and be whispered at court.
581
00:29:25,307 --> 00:29:28,286
No one at court likes her,
except apparently you disloyal fucks.
582
00:29:28,310 --> 00:29:30,955
Go, all of you. George and Grigor stay.
583
00:29:30,979 --> 00:29:32,606
(GUNSHOT ECHOES)
584
00:29:33,815 --> 00:29:36,211
Mother lit up
when Father walked into a room.
585
00:29:36,235 --> 00:29:39,422
I could kill her and start again.
Why is no one excited by this idea?
586
00:29:39,446 --> 00:29:40,465
GRIGOR: Orlo's right.
587
00:29:40,489 --> 00:29:43,885
It would look like a failure in court,
and in Europe...
588
00:29:43,909 --> 00:29:45,887
(WHISPERING) that you could not keep
your woman happy.
589
00:29:45,911 --> 00:29:47,555
He is the emperor.
590
00:29:47,579 --> 00:29:50,892
You, of course, may kill her if you wish.
She will be forgotten about in weeks.
591
00:29:50,916 --> 00:29:52,918
Finally, some loyalty.
592
00:29:54,378 --> 00:29:55,671
(PETER SIGHS)
593
00:29:59,341 --> 00:30:02,237
Between us, I thought her and I
might be as you two,
594
00:30:02,261 --> 00:30:03,613
a perfect union.
595
00:30:03,637 --> 00:30:04,864
GRIGOR: (CLEARS THROAT)
Perhaps she could be.
596
00:30:04,888 --> 00:30:06,449
Why give up now?
597
00:30:06,473 --> 00:30:10,578
She may be all you need,
as George is to me.
598
00:30:10,602 --> 00:30:12,956
I suspect I will always need more,
599
00:30:12,980 --> 00:30:15,333
as I am a person who always needs more.
600
00:30:15,357 --> 00:30:18,920
It seems to me, all you really want is
for her to be more cheerful in court
601
00:30:18,944 --> 00:30:21,464
and to bear you an heir,
that is all you want from a wife.
602
00:30:21,488 --> 00:30:24,676
Yes. Yes, and she does not provide it.
603
00:30:24,700 --> 00:30:26,261
(SIGHS) Grigor,
604
00:30:26,285 --> 00:30:28,787
you never told me how tricky
this marriage business is.
605
00:30:29,580 --> 00:30:32,892
Until one is in it, one cannot imagine.
606
00:30:32,916 --> 00:30:34,168
PETER: Hmm.
607
00:30:34,751 --> 00:30:36,646
ARCHBISHOP:
I sometimes feel that
608
00:30:36,670 --> 00:30:38,648
due to our political differences,
609
00:30:38,672 --> 00:30:42,652
I perhaps do not offer you
the spiritual counsel that you need.
610
00:30:42,676 --> 00:30:44,320
This is my flaw.
611
00:30:44,344 --> 00:30:47,073
I am fine for counsel, but thank you.
612
00:30:47,097 --> 00:30:50,410
And if you're seeking flaws,
I could also make a list of yours
613
00:30:50,434 --> 00:30:53,538
if it would aid you. How kind.
614
00:30:53,562 --> 00:30:56,541
I see you occasionally huddled
with the empress
615
00:30:56,565 --> 00:30:58,585
and wonder if you're trying
to butt‐fuck her.
616
00:30:58,609 --> 00:31:00,170
(GASPS) Hmm.
617
00:31:00,194 --> 00:31:03,214
As flustered as a freshly
raped novice, Orlo.
618
00:31:03,238 --> 00:31:05,216
No, I am not.
619
00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:08,261
She is my friend in literature,
that is all.
620
00:31:08,285 --> 00:31:12,015
Let us go back and ask the emperor,
see what he makes of it.
621
00:31:12,039 --> 00:31:14,100
He seems in a forgiving mood.
622
00:31:14,124 --> 00:31:17,645
And perhaps remind him
your vision brought her here.
623
00:31:17,669 --> 00:31:20,815
God is right in all things.
624
00:31:20,839 --> 00:31:22,841
(DISTANT GUNSHOT ECHOES)
625
00:31:23,509 --> 00:31:25,778
But she is upsetting him,
626
00:31:25,802 --> 00:31:28,263
when I hoped being married
would settle him.
627
00:31:29,681 --> 00:31:33,119
You and I are men of power,
and I'm sure would like to remain so.
628
00:31:33,143 --> 00:31:35,455
We have that much in common.
629
00:31:35,479 --> 00:31:38,500
Do not take advantage of her unhappiness.
630
00:31:38,524 --> 00:31:39,942
I am not.
631
00:31:40,776 --> 00:31:43,630
You must offer her counsel,
632
00:31:43,654 --> 00:31:46,841
lead her to a safe path, for all of us.
633
00:31:46,865 --> 00:31:50,577
So I believe you ask a favor?
Hmm.
634
00:31:51,161 --> 00:31:53,973
I've always said you're the smartest man
in the kingdom.
635
00:31:53,997 --> 00:31:55,892
She is smarter than I hoped,
636
00:31:55,916 --> 00:31:59,395
but we will manage, and you will help me.
637
00:31:59,419 --> 00:32:02,190
You just have to try
and control everyone, don't you?
638
00:32:02,214 --> 00:32:06,486
I must do God's will, and he often
wants us all to not be as we are.
639
00:32:06,510 --> 00:32:07,886
(SCOFFS)
640
00:32:09,137 --> 00:32:12,224
And in exchange, you will help me
with Rostov's beard.
641
00:32:16,854 --> 00:32:19,415
GRIGOR: I thought perhaps
he really wanted her dead.
642
00:32:19,439 --> 00:32:21,376
He lashes out if he feels alone.
643
00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:24,444
Such insight. You know him so well.
644
00:32:25,028 --> 00:32:26,905
Do not scratch at me.
645
00:32:39,585 --> 00:32:41,086
(SIGHS)
646
00:32:42,379 --> 00:32:44,173
(DISTANT GUNSHOT ECHOES)
647
00:32:48,594 --> 00:32:51,072
(URINATING)
648
00:32:51,096 --> 00:32:53,741
I'm killing her,
a carriage accident later in the week.
649
00:32:53,765 --> 00:32:56,435
You must decide how to make it work
with Europe and the court.
650
00:32:58,145 --> 00:32:59,521
(WHISPERS) Shit.
651
00:33:22,586 --> 00:33:24,046
Hello?
652
00:33:29,343 --> 00:33:30,945
(DOG WHINING)
653
00:33:30,969 --> 00:33:32,471
Come here.
654
00:33:33,722 --> 00:33:36,600
Oh. Wow. (KISSES)
655
00:33:41,897 --> 00:33:44,566
(SCOFFS) Look what those shits
have done to my house.
656
00:33:45,067 --> 00:33:46,193
(KISSES)
657
00:33:58,497 --> 00:34:01,851
Trespassing. That is not yours anymore.
658
00:34:01,875 --> 00:34:05,146
Guards.
You're really doing this then?
659
00:34:05,170 --> 00:34:07,232
It will help you adjust to your place.
660
00:34:07,256 --> 00:34:09,692
Think of it as an act of friendship.
661
00:34:09,716 --> 00:34:11,986
(GUARDS GRUNT)
MARIAL: Let us make it worth it then!
662
00:34:12,010 --> 00:34:15,198
(LADY SVENSKA SHOUTS)
663
00:34:15,222 --> 00:34:16,783
(YELLS)
664
00:34:16,807 --> 00:34:18,517
(GUARDS GRUNT)
(MARIAL YELLS)
665
00:34:20,310 --> 00:34:21,704
(MARIAL YELLS)
666
00:34:21,728 --> 00:34:24,707
(THWACKING)
667
00:34:24,731 --> 00:34:27,693
(MARIAL WHIMPERING)
668
00:34:30,946 --> 00:34:34,092
Yes. Yes.
I knew you would see reason, Orlo.
669
00:34:34,116 --> 00:34:37,720
I have not. I come to you
to help you see reason.
670
00:34:37,744 --> 00:34:40,098
Your obvious unhappiness endangers you.
671
00:34:40,122 --> 00:34:42,791
In what way?
He will kill you.
672
00:34:44,501 --> 00:34:46,646
(FOOTSTEPS RECEDING)
673
00:34:46,670 --> 00:34:47,671
Marial!
674
00:34:50,549 --> 00:34:52,777
(STAMMERS) Uh, you wanted something,
Empress?
675
00:34:52,801 --> 00:34:54,487
Where is Marial?
676
00:34:54,511 --> 00:34:57,532
She's... not here. Um, but she will be,
677
00:34:57,556 --> 00:34:59,325
at an unknown time‐‐
You are lying,
678
00:34:59,349 --> 00:35:01,578
which is both out of character
and really annoying.
679
00:35:01,602 --> 00:35:02,704
Take me to her.
680
00:35:02,728 --> 00:35:06,315
(LAUGHING, CHATTERING)
681
00:35:14,072 --> 00:35:15,949
Adieu. (DISTANT MAN YELLING)
682
00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:25,351
Vlad, you will look worse than me
when I am done with you.
683
00:35:25,375 --> 00:35:27,020
She will not touch you, Vlad.
684
00:35:27,044 --> 00:35:29,022
He wants me to touch him.
Don't you, Vlad?
685
00:35:29,046 --> 00:35:30,714
Um... uh...
686
00:35:34,176 --> 00:35:37,113
What happened?
I forgot my place.
687
00:35:37,137 --> 00:35:39,157
Who?
MARIAL: It does not matter.
688
00:35:39,181 --> 00:35:43,161
My nature and my station collided,
that is all.
689
00:35:43,185 --> 00:35:44,746
No one has the right to do this.
690
00:35:44,770 --> 00:35:48,607
Technically untrue.
I am property, not a person.
691
00:35:49,566 --> 00:35:52,086
Give me a few minutes and I will be out
to dress you for dinner.
692
00:35:53,737 --> 00:35:56,633
What has happened? Are you all right?
693
00:35:56,657 --> 00:35:58,218
I did not realize I would be
having so many guests.
694
00:35:58,242 --> 00:36:00,762
I would have had tea brought down.
Who did this?
695
00:36:00,786 --> 00:36:03,765
She will not say. Lady Svenska, perhaps.
696
00:36:03,789 --> 00:36:06,017
It was not her.
697
00:36:06,041 --> 00:36:07,519
I have a job to do.
698
00:36:07,543 --> 00:36:09,253
(MARIAL GROANS)
699
00:36:10,546 --> 00:36:13,691
I am ready. Let us go, Empress.
700
00:36:13,715 --> 00:36:16,528
Empress, I had a vision
from God this afternoon.
701
00:36:16,552 --> 00:36:17,928
Oh, he does that.
702
00:36:19,972 --> 00:36:22,140
I came to Marial to pass it to you.
703
00:36:22,933 --> 00:36:26,371
Knives were raining down from the clouds,
704
00:36:26,395 --> 00:36:28,206
headed for your soft skin.
705
00:36:28,230 --> 00:36:31,251
And you smiled, and they all disappeared
706
00:36:31,275 --> 00:36:33,044
and became flower petals,
707
00:36:33,068 --> 00:36:35,404
floating gently down.
708
00:36:36,196 --> 00:36:38,216
Everyone wants me to be happy,
709
00:36:38,240 --> 00:36:40,158
now even God.
710
00:36:41,368 --> 00:36:44,329
God's love... is all.
711
00:36:45,205 --> 00:36:48,584
(FESTIVE MUSIC PLAYING)
712
00:36:57,050 --> 00:37:00,512
(LIVELY CHATTERING)
713
00:37:10,731 --> 00:37:12,316
(INHALES)
714
00:37:18,113 --> 00:37:19,907
I am training them.
715
00:37:20,908 --> 00:37:24,137
(COUGHS, GAGS)
716
00:37:24,161 --> 00:37:25,913
(COUGHS)
717
00:37:27,206 --> 00:37:29,684
They do not all make the journey
to a new land.
718
00:37:29,708 --> 00:37:31,060
(SIGHS)
719
00:37:31,084 --> 00:37:33,003
My dear, sit.
720
00:37:34,755 --> 00:37:36,399
And let's talk of how you are.
721
00:37:36,423 --> 00:37:39,402
I'm quite well. Note my smiling face.
722
00:37:39,426 --> 00:37:42,971
I do. Has Emperor Peter
had something to do with this?
723
00:37:44,139 --> 00:37:48,411
He has been sweet.
Oh. At heart, that is him.
724
00:37:48,435 --> 00:37:52,457
You know, as a young boy,
Peter would run to his mother,
725
00:37:52,481 --> 00:37:56,461
holding aloft a picture he'd drawn
or a boat fashioned from leaves,
726
00:37:56,485 --> 00:37:59,756
his eyes and words
begging for approbation,
727
00:37:59,780 --> 00:38:01,591
for love.
728
00:38:01,615 --> 00:38:04,761
And she would level a gaze at him
and hold him in it,
729
00:38:04,785 --> 00:38:07,972
and he would fall silent and go so still.
730
00:38:07,996 --> 00:38:10,433
And then tears would run from his eyes,
731
00:38:10,457 --> 00:38:13,686
and his whole body would begin
shaking uncontrollably,
732
00:38:13,710 --> 00:38:16,606
and urine would pool at his feet.
733
00:38:16,630 --> 00:38:19,317
MARIAL: Hmm.
It was a curious phenomenon.
734
00:38:19,341 --> 00:38:21,402
Why would she do that?
735
00:38:21,426 --> 00:38:23,029
ELIZABETH:
Everyone has their thing.
736
00:38:23,053 --> 00:38:25,573
Hers was cruelty.
737
00:38:25,597 --> 00:38:28,076
So I'm asking for some forgiveness,
738
00:38:28,100 --> 00:38:32,354
some empathy, from one
I can tell is filled with both.
739
00:38:36,066 --> 00:38:37,359
(SNAPS)
740
00:38:39,319 --> 00:38:41,548
(MEN CHEERING)
That is amazing.
741
00:38:41,572 --> 00:38:43,282
Indeed.
742
00:38:45,826 --> 00:38:47,971
GRIGOR:
Aah, stop. Stop. Get back here.
743
00:38:47,995 --> 00:38:49,973
(LAUGHING)
744
00:38:49,997 --> 00:38:52,624
Aah. Good evening, husband.
745
00:38:53,417 --> 00:38:55,061
Empress.
746
00:38:55,085 --> 00:38:57,522
You look marvelous.
(PETER EXHALES)
747
00:38:57,546 --> 00:38:59,941
And your skirt,
748
00:38:59,965 --> 00:39:02,318
it is very pretty. Thanks.
749
00:39:02,342 --> 00:39:05,530
It also allows one's cock
to swing free in the air.
750
00:39:05,554 --> 00:39:07,949
Marvelous. Old Madam Bolzoi whipped it up.
751
00:39:07,973 --> 00:39:10,034
It is genius.
752
00:39:10,058 --> 00:39:13,079
I apologize if I have been
of sour face lately.
753
00:39:13,103 --> 00:39:16,916
I had my blood in,
and you know how that goes. Rrrr.
754
00:39:16,940 --> 00:39:20,378
Oh, right. I see.
Well, that explains much.
755
00:39:20,402 --> 00:39:22,005
But I feel much restored.
756
00:39:22,029 --> 00:39:24,507
What is the nature of this
stunning banquet?
757
00:39:24,531 --> 00:39:26,176
We are honoring some of our wounded,
758
00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:28,761
who finally won a battle for us
against Sweden.
759
00:39:28,785 --> 00:39:30,805
Poor fucking guys.
760
00:39:30,829 --> 00:39:32,891
No eyes, that one.
761
00:39:32,915 --> 00:39:36,102
To never see a naked woman
or a deer in full fucking fight again.
762
00:39:36,126 --> 00:39:38,378
Still, he may fuck ugly women
and be happy now.
763
00:39:38,962 --> 00:39:41,548
(LAUGHS) Huzzah.
764
00:39:43,133 --> 00:39:45,344
Let us dance. Ooh.
765
00:39:48,847 --> 00:39:50,307
(PETER GRUNTS)
766
00:39:53,769 --> 00:39:56,039
(GASPS) You're an exceptional dancer.
767
00:39:56,063 --> 00:39:58,440
The secret is to imagine
your feet have wings on them.
768
00:39:59,483 --> 00:40:01,443
(PETER GRUNTING)
(CROWD EXCLAIMING)
769
00:40:06,198 --> 00:40:07,491
(GRUNTS)
770
00:40:14,748 --> 00:40:17,936
Orlo, you virgin.
Pretend to mount your own hand.
771
00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:19,729
(PETER LAUGHS)
(CROWD LAUGHING)
772
00:40:19,753 --> 00:40:21,523
(LAUGHS) Brilliant!
773
00:40:21,547 --> 00:40:23,525
(PETER MOANS)
774
00:40:23,549 --> 00:40:25,425
George, do the thing.
775
00:40:26,051 --> 00:40:28,947
(CHUCKLES) Watch this. It is marvelous.
776
00:40:28,971 --> 00:40:30,114
(PANTS)
777
00:40:30,138 --> 00:40:32,367
(GEORGINA GRUNTS)
(PETER LAUGHING)
778
00:40:32,391 --> 00:40:33,934
Huzzah! CROWD: Huzzah!
779
00:40:37,229 --> 00:40:40,291
Whoo! Ah! (PETER LAUGHING)
780
00:40:40,315 --> 00:40:43,068
Ah! Cake! Cake! (LAUGHS)
781
00:40:44,027 --> 00:40:45,696
Ah! Thank you!
782
00:40:46,697 --> 00:40:49,092
PETER: Ah, rich!
783
00:40:49,116 --> 00:40:52,011
He will suffocate,
yet die the happiest of men.
784
00:40:52,035 --> 00:40:54,037
(GIGGLES)
785
00:40:57,416 --> 00:41:00,687
To the men who died in battle.
786
00:41:00,711 --> 00:41:03,940
To those who returned without
all their fucking limbs.
787
00:41:03,964 --> 00:41:05,066
Huzzah!
788
00:41:05,090 --> 00:41:06,901
ALL: Huzzah!
789
00:41:06,925 --> 00:41:08,093
(GLASS SHATTERS)
790
00:41:10,137 --> 00:41:12,907
Oh. That was delicious. Mm.
791
00:41:12,931 --> 00:41:14,534
I agree entirely.
792
00:41:14,558 --> 00:41:16,995
I knew we had things in common.
Good taste.
793
00:41:17,019 --> 00:41:18,913
And our prettiness.
794
00:41:18,937 --> 00:41:20,456
Hmm.
795
00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:21,583
(GLASSES CLINK)
796
00:41:21,607 --> 00:41:22,691
(CATHERINE CHUCKLES)
797
00:41:25,110 --> 00:41:27,213
Bring in those Swedish heads.
798
00:41:27,237 --> 00:41:29,406
We will eat dessert
under their beady gaze.
799
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:41,543
Hmm.
800
00:41:46,381 --> 00:41:48,109
Mmm.
801
00:41:48,133 --> 00:41:50,719
Fucking lemoniest of lemon. Extraordinary.
802
00:41:52,971 --> 00:41:55,867
Would you like mine? It matches your hair.
803
00:41:55,891 --> 00:41:57,368
Hmm.
804
00:41:57,392 --> 00:41:59,436
Indeed.
805
00:42:07,236 --> 00:42:09,696
It is happy to be happy together,
is it not?
806
00:42:10,656 --> 00:42:12,592
It is marvelous.
807
00:42:12,616 --> 00:42:14,385
You are marvelous.
808
00:42:14,409 --> 00:42:17,514
You gave me a bear
and have ceased punching me.
809
00:42:17,538 --> 00:42:19,641
What woman would not be happy?
810
00:42:19,665 --> 00:42:21,184
Huzzah. Huzzah.
811
00:42:21,208 --> 00:42:22,208
Hmm.
812
00:42:25,212 --> 00:42:27,381
I feel we are being stared at.
813
00:42:29,299 --> 00:42:31,093
(WHISPERS) I believe we are.
814
00:42:33,804 --> 00:42:35,740
You rude fucker.
815
00:42:35,764 --> 00:42:37,057
Hmm?
816
00:42:42,563 --> 00:42:44,415
(SQUISHING)
817
00:42:44,439 --> 00:42:47,943
(CHUCKLES) Everyone,
poke their fucking eyes out.
818
00:42:51,738 --> 00:42:53,615
(CHAIRS SCRAPING)
819
00:43:09,798 --> 00:43:12,926
♪♪
820
00:43:16,805 --> 00:43:18,724
(EYEBALLS THUDDING)
821
00:43:20,017 --> 00:43:21,226
Huzzah.
822
00:43:22,227 --> 00:43:24,038
(SIGHS)
823
00:43:24,062 --> 00:43:27,816
To be true to my heart, apparently,
I must be disingenuous with my face.
824
00:43:28,442 --> 00:43:30,253
MARIAL:
It is the way for all of us.
825
00:43:30,277 --> 00:43:33,298
It is not a crime to lie to others,
826
00:43:33,322 --> 00:43:35,532
just to lie to one's self.
827
00:43:36,450 --> 00:43:40,430
Very profound.
It is very fucking unpleasant to me.
828
00:43:40,454 --> 00:43:43,266
Hmm. You perhaps thought the taking
of an empire would be effortless.
829
00:43:43,290 --> 00:43:47,437
I do not like your tone.
Why? It contains the prick of truth.
830
00:43:47,461 --> 00:43:49,397
Yes, that is exactly why.
831
00:43:49,421 --> 00:43:51,274
(DISTANT CLOCK CHIMING)
832
00:43:51,298 --> 00:43:53,401
Are you sore?
833
00:43:53,425 --> 00:43:56,678
(KNOCKING AT DOOR)
The emperor requests entrance.
834
00:43:57,930 --> 00:44:00,098
(BED SQUEAKING RHYTHMICALLY)
835
00:44:01,016 --> 00:44:02,559
(PETER GRUNTS)
836
00:44:12,611 --> 00:44:15,614
(PANTING)
837
00:44:19,326 --> 00:44:20,869
(GRUNTS, PANTS)
838
00:44:22,996 --> 00:44:24,790
(GRUNTS)
839
00:44:26,208 --> 00:44:27,584
(GRUNTS)
840
00:44:31,880 --> 00:44:34,734
(SIGHS) Thank you and have
a pleasant night, husband.
841
00:44:34,758 --> 00:44:36,510
Right. You, too.
842
00:44:37,469 --> 00:44:39,113
Was good, huh?
843
00:44:39,137 --> 00:44:40,264
Indeed.
844
00:44:41,014 --> 00:44:42,224
Indeed.
845
00:44:43,517 --> 00:44:45,435
Okay. Good.
846
00:44:46,520 --> 00:44:47,521
Indeed.
847
00:44:52,150 --> 00:44:53,461
(DOOR CLOSES)
848
00:44:53,485 --> 00:44:55,505
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
849
00:44:55,529 --> 00:44:56,965
Empress.
850
00:44:56,989 --> 00:44:58,967
What a life you live, Orlo.
851
00:44:58,991 --> 00:45:02,470
You will not get your cock wet
or your knife bloody
852
00:45:02,494 --> 00:45:04,305
or your heart even pumping,
853
00:45:04,329 --> 00:45:08,226
but you will perform
like a cock‐pumping circus for him.
854
00:45:08,250 --> 00:45:11,229
These books, these ideas,
855
00:45:11,253 --> 00:45:13,773
as dead on your shelves as you are inside.
856
00:45:13,797 --> 00:45:16,484
They are poetry, not reality.
857
00:45:16,508 --> 00:45:20,238
Would you not like to see
a strong, vibrant Russia,
858
00:45:20,262 --> 00:45:23,158
alive with ideas, humane and progressive,
859
00:45:23,182 --> 00:45:25,493
where people live
with dignity and purpose?
860
00:45:25,517 --> 00:45:27,078
I would.
861
00:45:27,102 --> 00:45:30,790
And a talking pig,
and a dog that cooks omelets.
862
00:45:30,814 --> 00:45:33,525
But I suspect I will die disappointed.
863
00:45:34,359 --> 00:45:38,590
Well, there's an aspiration,
to die disappointed.
864
00:45:38,614 --> 00:45:41,259
Good luck with that.
I suspect you will make it.
865
00:45:41,283 --> 00:45:45,662
Empress, I have looked at the situation
and at what I can achieve within reason.
866
00:45:46,747 --> 00:45:50,417
What's the point in believing
in something if you will not act for it?
867
00:45:50,918 --> 00:45:54,439
I, too, believe in reason,
in a nation ruled by it.
868
00:45:54,463 --> 00:45:59,009
But I believe only action and passion
will achieve it.
869
00:46:00,844 --> 00:46:03,573
I will not live my life on the sidelines,
870
00:46:03,597 --> 00:46:05,033
some half‐hearted coward.
871
00:46:05,057 --> 00:46:07,518
I promised myself a great love.
872
00:46:08,268 --> 00:46:10,455
That didn't work out.
873
00:46:10,479 --> 00:46:12,189
Then I realized...
874
00:46:12,940 --> 00:46:16,586
it is a great life that I want.
875
00:46:16,610 --> 00:46:18,278
Everyone does that.
876
00:46:18,987 --> 00:46:22,550
Then they grow up and realize
that there are parameters.
877
00:46:22,574 --> 00:46:25,678
Treason is what we're discussing here,
878
00:46:25,702 --> 00:46:28,056
which could get you cut open,
filled with baby rats,
879
00:46:28,080 --> 00:46:29,331
and then sewn back up.
880
00:46:30,374 --> 00:46:32,209
I hate rats. So do I.
881
00:46:34,545 --> 00:46:36,272
What else do you hate?
882
00:46:36,296 --> 00:46:38,358
I hate the war.
883
00:46:38,382 --> 00:46:41,653
I hate the fucking state of my country.
884
00:46:41,677 --> 00:46:43,363
But this is Russia,
885
00:46:43,387 --> 00:46:45,889
things change incrementally.
886
00:46:47,140 --> 00:46:48,910
As I said, you'll get used to it.
887
00:46:48,934 --> 00:46:53,122
If I am ever used to it,
I will not be me.
888
00:46:53,146 --> 00:46:55,482
I make a difference, Empress.
889
00:46:56,233 --> 00:46:59,420
I spread ideas. I make progress.
890
00:46:59,444 --> 00:47:01,422
I understand.
891
00:47:01,446 --> 00:47:04,741
If you did this,
you would be a different man.
892
00:47:07,286 --> 00:47:12,875
You would be a man
who had been on fire all this time...
893
00:47:13,917 --> 00:47:17,063
but finally, one day,
894
00:47:17,087 --> 00:47:19,381
let himself take the lid off,
895
00:47:20,465 --> 00:47:23,903
and let the fire burn away the fear,
896
00:47:23,927 --> 00:47:26,781
and leave him raw and ready
897
00:47:26,805 --> 00:47:29,808
to do what it took to join hands with me.
898
00:47:31,268 --> 00:47:34,229
And we would transform this country,
899
00:47:35,772 --> 00:47:39,234
and die, if needs be, in the process.
900
00:47:42,070 --> 00:47:45,008
But we would happily die,
901
00:47:45,032 --> 00:47:48,160
knowing we lived as we should.
902
00:47:49,661 --> 00:47:51,705
You would be that man.
903
00:47:59,588 --> 00:48:00,797
I can't.
904
00:48:02,466 --> 00:48:06,261
I saw a small man
and imagined something bigger.
905
00:48:07,804 --> 00:48:09,657
I apologize, sir.
906
00:48:09,681 --> 00:48:11,683
(DISTANT THUNDER RUMBLES)
907
00:48:13,685 --> 00:48:15,187
(DOOR OPENS)
908
00:48:15,812 --> 00:48:17,189
(DOOR CLOSES)
909
00:48:17,773 --> 00:48:19,650
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
910
00:48:23,362 --> 00:48:25,113
(GLASS CLINKING)
911
00:48:32,246 --> 00:48:33,997
(SILVERWARE CLATTERING)
912
00:48:37,668 --> 00:48:39,878
♪♪
913
00:48:43,340 --> 00:48:44,925
What will you do with them?
914
00:48:46,635 --> 00:48:48,136
Burn them.
915
00:48:56,270 --> 00:48:57,980
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
916
00:48:59,189 --> 00:49:01,358
I need you to give these
a Christian burial.
917
00:49:02,776 --> 00:49:04,778
I can only do a whole body.
918
00:49:07,698 --> 00:49:10,009
♪♪
919
00:49:10,033 --> 00:49:12,262
I could bless them.
920
00:49:12,286 --> 00:49:14,454
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
(RAIN PATTERING)
921
00:49:18,041 --> 00:49:22,105
ARCHBISHOP: Grant rest eternal
in blessed repose, O Lord,
922
00:49:22,129 --> 00:49:24,607
to Thy servant who's fallen asleep,
923
00:49:24,631 --> 00:49:27,402
and make their memory to be eternal.
924
00:49:27,426 --> 00:49:32,222
(CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)
925
00:49:34,016 --> 00:49:37,060
♪♪
926
00:49:41,857 --> 00:49:43,418
So I've decided not to kill her.
927
00:49:43,442 --> 00:49:45,170
She was full of happy japes.
928
00:49:45,194 --> 00:49:47,797
She explained her blood
was in for weeks, apparently,
929
00:49:47,821 --> 00:49:50,133
which was strange but may be
an Austrian thing,
930
00:49:50,157 --> 00:49:52,576
so let us forgive her
and give her another chance.
931
00:49:53,827 --> 00:49:55,871
Emperor, Count Rostov.
932
00:49:58,457 --> 00:50:01,895
Rostov, you still have a beaver
on your face. What the fuck?
933
00:50:01,919 --> 00:50:05,148
Emperor, perhaps a gesture
934
00:50:05,172 --> 00:50:09,277
would be to make the having of beards
an issue of free will.
935
00:50:09,301 --> 00:50:10,612
We've been talking.
936
00:50:10,636 --> 00:50:12,530
Who's "we"? All of us.
937
00:50:12,554 --> 00:50:15,283
Velementov, you explained it well.
938
00:50:15,307 --> 00:50:16,975
VELEMENTOV: I, um...
939
00:50:17,935 --> 00:50:20,413
Perhaps an idea of, um...
940
00:50:20,437 --> 00:50:24,501
allowing people to choose
would be a way to...
941
00:50:24,525 --> 00:50:27,045
express love, and, uh,
942
00:50:27,069 --> 00:50:29,947
share the strength
of your leadership, and, um...
943
00:50:31,031 --> 00:50:32,967
our quest for modernity.
944
00:50:32,991 --> 00:50:36,971
They realize your wisdom
and almost all happily honor it,
945
00:50:36,995 --> 00:50:39,140
while allowing some freedom.
946
00:50:39,164 --> 00:50:41,100
They love you more.
947
00:50:41,124 --> 00:50:45,271
And what if they all wear beards
as an open "fuck you"?
948
00:50:45,295 --> 00:50:46,731
They would not.
ARCHBISHOP: Of course they would not,
949
00:50:46,755 --> 00:50:48,691
for they love the emperor,
950
00:50:48,715 --> 00:50:51,110
but I agree with Grigor.
951
00:50:51,134 --> 00:50:53,905
It opens the door for the unhappiness
952
00:50:53,929 --> 00:50:56,574
to have a visual symbol of rebellion.
953
00:50:56,598 --> 00:51:00,119
It's just a beard.
I just need dispensation, that is all.
954
00:51:00,143 --> 00:51:02,062
My wife‐Shut up.
955
00:51:02,813 --> 00:51:05,416
What unhappiness? Archie?
956
00:51:05,440 --> 00:51:06,960
There is no unhappiness.
957
00:51:06,984 --> 00:51:09,128
None at all.
Mere hypothetics, I'm sure‐‐.
958
00:51:09,152 --> 00:51:11,864
They should all do
as the emperor fucking says!
959
00:51:12,698 --> 00:51:15,343
His will is what we all must bend to.
960
00:51:15,367 --> 00:51:18,388
His wisdom.
Why should some bend and not others?
961
00:51:18,412 --> 00:51:20,473
Hear. Hear.
Now, now I think on it properly,
962
00:51:20,497 --> 00:51:22,392
this is a silly thing to ever consider.
963
00:51:22,416 --> 00:51:25,436
So the edict stands.
Rostov, get rid of that fucking beard.
964
00:51:25,460 --> 00:51:27,605
You cannot just force everyone
to just bend to your will,
965
00:51:27,629 --> 00:51:30,817
for externally they will, but inside,
simmering discontent will rise,
966
00:51:30,841 --> 00:51:33,218
and may spew forth.
967
00:51:34,094 --> 00:51:35,512
(ORLO EXHALES SHARPLY)
968
00:51:37,681 --> 00:51:39,284
Are you yelling at me, Orlo?
969
00:51:39,308 --> 00:51:41,310
Sir, you must win their minds.
970
00:51:47,858 --> 00:51:50,044
Sir. Sir, uh,
971
00:51:50,068 --> 00:51:53,089
we can move the country on
and bring the people with us by choice,
972
00:51:53,113 --> 00:51:54,465
rather than force.
973
00:51:54,489 --> 00:51:56,759
Free will is an important‐‐
Emperor‐‐.
974
00:51:56,783 --> 00:51:58,636
Shut the fuck up, fatso.
975
00:51:58,660 --> 00:52:01,246
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
976
00:52:05,042 --> 00:52:07,812
Shave him. What?
977
00:52:07,836 --> 00:52:10,356
Fucking shave him.
978
00:52:10,380 --> 00:52:13,550
Rostov, move, and you'll lose
more than your beard.
979
00:52:15,677 --> 00:52:18,263
Of course, you have free will,
you can refuse me.
980
00:52:18,764 --> 00:52:20,265
Go ahead. Make your choice.
981
00:52:21,391 --> 00:52:24,353
And then I will have free will
to make my next choice.
982
00:52:29,024 --> 00:52:32,194
♪♪
983
00:52:36,448 --> 00:52:38,426
Um, water and soap.
984
00:52:38,450 --> 00:52:39,993
Just do it.
985
00:52:47,960 --> 00:52:50,462
Orlo, you fuck.
986
00:52:51,964 --> 00:52:54,216
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
987
00:53:01,265 --> 00:53:03,141
It is Orlo.
988
00:53:16,572 --> 00:53:19,658
♪♪
989
00:53:21,076 --> 00:53:23,388
("MOVIN' ON UP"
BY PRIMAL SCREAM PLAYING)
990
00:53:23,412 --> 00:53:25,807
♪ Now I can see ♪
991
00:53:25,831 --> 00:53:31,354
♪ You made a believer out of me ♪
992
00:53:31,378 --> 00:53:33,731
♪ I was blind ♪
993
00:53:33,755 --> 00:53:36,151
♪ Now I can see ♪
994
00:53:36,175 --> 00:53:38,945
♪ You made a believer ♪
995
00:53:38,969 --> 00:53:40,738
♪ Out of me ♪
996
00:53:40,762 --> 00:53:43,348
♪ I'm moving on up now ♪
997
00:53:45,267 --> 00:53:48,687
♪ Getting out of the darkness ♪
998
00:53:50,731 --> 00:53:55,920
♪ My life shines on,
my life shines on ♪
999
00:53:55,944 --> 00:53:59,990
♪ My life shines on ♪
1000
00:54:01,867 --> 00:54:04,179
♪ I was lost ♪
1001
00:54:04,203 --> 00:54:06,556
♪ Now I'm found ♪
1002
00:54:06,580 --> 00:54:09,309
♪ I believe in you ♪
1003
00:54:09,333 --> 00:54:12,228
♪ I got no bounds ♪
1004
00:54:12,252 --> 00:54:14,647
♪ I was lost ♪
1005
00:54:14,671 --> 00:54:16,774
♪ Now I'm found ♪
1006
00:54:16,798 --> 00:54:19,235
♪ I believe in you ♪
1007
00:54:19,259 --> 00:54:21,404
♪ I got no bounds ♪
1008
00:54:21,428 --> 00:54:24,181
♪ I'm moving on up now ♪
1009
00:54:26,141 --> 00:54:29,353
♪ Getting out of the darkness ♪
1010
00:54:31,313 --> 00:54:36,544
♪ My life shines on,
my life shines on ♪
1011
00:54:36,568 --> 00:54:38,880
♪ My life shines on ♪
1012
00:54:38,904 --> 00:54:41,382
♪ My life shines on ♪
1013
00:54:41,406 --> 00:54:43,992
♪ My life shines on ♪
1014
00:54:44,243 --> 00:54:46,245
♪ My life shines on ♪
1015
00:54:46,787 --> 00:54:48,789
♪ My life shines on ♪
1016
00:54:54,586 --> 00:54:56,588
♪♪