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(HOOVES CLOPPING)
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(HORSE NEIGHING)
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(ELIZABETH SIGHS)
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(SIGHS)
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It is nivering.
A bit.
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But I am glad to be going.
Thank you for taking me.
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Oh, I enjoy your company.
You laugh at my jokes.
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And your tales of German childhood
are whimsical,
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and make me wish I knew
what a kugelhopf was.
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It is just a cake.
Oh.
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I'd envisaged it being a small beaver.
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That changes the nature
of many of your stories.
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(LAUGHS)
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You should prepare yourself
for a little unpleasantness on arrival.
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Yes. Of course.
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(HOOVES CLOPPING)
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(MEN YELLING AND CHATTERING)
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(BREATHES HEAVILY)
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(DISTANT GUNFIRE)
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VELEMENTOV: Ladies.
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Empresses.
How wonderful that you've come.
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You are an inspiration to us all.
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Would you care for a macaroon, General?
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We brought 300 for the men.
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Do, do you mind if I take a couple?
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(MUFFLED)
Please. Follow me.
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(DISTANT GUNFIRE)
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What is that smell?
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Bodies. Mud. Horse shit.
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Smoke of cannons.
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It's not a place for women.
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If it is a place where Russian men die,
then it is a place for us.
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CATHERINE:
How is the war progressing, General?
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VELEMENTOV:
We have received some setbacks.
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But what the peevish Swede entirely lacks
is our ferocious Russian fighting spirit.
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That, in the end,
always guarantees victory.
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So we're losing.
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Catherine, focus on the men.
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And only victory. They need hope.
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CATHERINE:
May I offer you a macaroon?
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I have lost my fingers.
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Oh.
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I'm so sorry.
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(DISTANT GUNFIRE)
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I'll just pop it in your mouth.
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It's pistachio, if that's helpful.
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(CRUNCHING)
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Thank you.
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Thank you for coming to see us.
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Of course.
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(DISTANT GUNFIRE)
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(CATHERINE PANTING SOFTLY)
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Good morning, Captain.
Would you care for a macaroon?
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There's strawberry, or...
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A strawberry macaroon
would be a wonder to me.
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VELEMENTOV: Ahem.
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I'm told you're prepared to pose
for a battle painting.
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Yes, indeed, General.
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Whatever will help fire the men's morale.
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(DISTANT GUNFIRE)
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A grand, victorious painting
of the two of you is sure to do that.
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(DISTANT GUNFIRE)
(MEN YELLING)
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(HORSE NEIGHING)
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Just dressing the dead.
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What?
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Not enough dead Swedes, so we're
dressing our dead in their uniforms,
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so as to make a victorious pile.
Huzzah!
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I'd love a confident smile
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of inevitable victory, if you could.
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(DISTANT GUNFIRE)
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(SOLDIER COUGHING)
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♪♪
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(BREATHING SHAKILY)
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♪♪
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(RAIN POURING)
(HOOVES CLOPPING)
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Stop.
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(KNOCKING)
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(HORSE SNORTING)
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(BIRDS CHIRPING)
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(AGONIZED SCREAMING)
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(WAILING)
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(WAILING CONTINUES)
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(HUFFS)
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(WIND BLOWING)
(PANTING)
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(DOOR CLOSES)
(KNOCKING)
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(HORSE NEIGHS SOFTLY)
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(HOOVES CLOPPING)
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Are you all right?
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Of course.
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Whatever it was is
floating on the wind now.
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Do you need to? We can stop.
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I need to scream. But not into the air,
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but at the world,
for allowing this to happen.
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War is inevitable,
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since cavemen smashed
each other's faces in
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for control of the fire stick.
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It cannot be. It is a choice.
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Things that are built into our nature
are not choices.
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Can't decide if I can stomach
a macaroon or not.
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Fuck!
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There you go. Let it out.
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We have to object to this.
We cannot subject men to this nightmare,
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their lives and hopes extinguished.
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Russia cannot continue on this path.
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We will prevail.
At what cost?
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Well, that is the trick to it.
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Knowing when the cost is still bearable
and when it has tipped too far.
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That seemed too far.
I've seen worse.
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But I admire your heart and fire.
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I am scorched by that, certainly,
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and will not forget it.
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What?
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I hoped it would happen.
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You are becoming a Russian.
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Holy fuck!
(GASPS)
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Indeed.
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(PANTING)
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(LAUGHING)
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(PANTING)
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You fucking savage.
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(GEORGINA SIGHS)
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You must stop the war.
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I just did. Madam Dymov won.
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I need food. I'm starving.
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I think a moose tartar prepared with
fresh horseradish and a quail's egg.
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I was at the front.
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Ah, did Elizabeth take you?
Why does she do that?
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As if the men need to have macaroons
thrown at them by a woman with big hair.
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They're dying up there.
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Hope so.
Not much of a war if they're not.
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(CHUCKLES)
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And why are we at war?
(GRUNTS) I...
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needed to teach the Swedes a lesson,
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like my father before me.
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You need to stop it.
I will. When we win.
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We do not seem to be winning.
Hence, I cannot stop it yet.
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You must.
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Because men are dying?
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That is the way, with a war.
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It sits hard in your eyes,
and I understand entirely,
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as you are tender of heart,
and soft of thought, but‐‐.
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Tell them to grate the horseradish,
not slice it.
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Dying horribly, and pointlessly.
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For the glory of Russia.
Not pointlessly.
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Talk to the Swedes.
I'd rather die.
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Well, you will not, but thousands are.
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Yes. Happily so,
for the glory of Russia.
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I will stop it when we win,
then they will not have died pointlessly.
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You are not Russian, so do not understand,
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and so I will forgive
your annoying tone. Go.
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I wish to eat in silence.
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Tell Louis I will want borscht as well.
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(DOOR OPENS)
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GRIGOR: Hi.
Oh, hi.
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What the fuck?
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Uh, it's nothing.
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You're bruised.
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He got a little out of hand.
Fucker!
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It's nothing.
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I am fine. Do not talk of it.
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(EXHALES)
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(CRASHING)
(CLANGING)
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(GLASS SHATTERING)
(CLATTERING)
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(GRIGOR PANTING)
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(GRIGOR EXHALES)
Feeling better?
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(GRIGOR PANTING)
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(SIGHS)
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I will bathe and dress,
and we will play bridge.
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As planned.
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Svetlana?
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Run me a bath.
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Fuck off. Go.
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(FOOTSTEPS DEPARTING)
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♪♪
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(EXHALES)
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Oh, Grigor.
Try this black bread with moose lips.
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Makes my cock hard.
Which, considering your wife, is a feat.
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(GRUNTS)
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Fucking delicious.
Mm.
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There's Louis' amazing borscht, too.
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Mm.
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Remember when we shot
that fucking pig?
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The fucker ran straight at us.
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We were dead if we hadn't hit first time.
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Well, I hadn't hit.
Huh.
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Great day.
Hmm.
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You want some?
I've eaten.
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We should go play handball after this.
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Mm.
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Let's go now.
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Uh, m‐maybe leave the food.
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Louis' borscht?
Are you out of your fucking mind?
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Of course I'm bringing it.
(SCOFFS)
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Zeus! (WHISTLES)
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(ZEUS BARKS)
196
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(DISTANT DOG BARKING)
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(MUNCHING)
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(GRUNTS)
Oh! Aah!
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You all right?
Hmm. Yeah. Mm.
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Feel a bit funny now, actually.
Funny?
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Mm. A bit... farty.
202
00:12:43,597 --> 00:12:46,618
You want to stop?
Maybe it was the cheese.
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I'll have some of this.
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(GRUNTS)
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(SIGHS)
(DISTANT GLASS SHATTERING)
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That's better.
207
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(GRUNTS)
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(PETER FARTS)
(GRUNTS)
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Shit fuck!
Feeling all right?
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00:13:07,955 --> 00:13:09,248
Yeah.
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Mm‐hmm.
(FARTING)
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00:13:12,417 --> 00:13:14,646
(FARTING CONTINUES)
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Countess Belanova is back from Europe.
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I have an urge to tell you about
the bridges and bell towers of Florence.
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Love to hear it.
(CHUCKLES)
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(PANTING SOFTLY)
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(COUNTESS LAUGHING AND MOANING)
218
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(PETER GRUNTS)
(PANTING)
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Jesus. (GRUNTS)
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(RATTLING)
(PETER GRUNTS)
221
00:13:49,621 --> 00:13:51,808
(COUNTESS EXCLAIMING AND PANTING)
(GLASS SHATTERING)
222
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Oh, I've missed being at court!
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(LAUGHING)
You have been missed.
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(BOTH GRUNTING AND GROANING)
225
00:14:00,591 --> 00:14:02,735
PETER: Ah! I'm coming!
(RHYTHMIC MOANING)
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00:14:02,759 --> 00:14:04,946
Aah!
(FARTING)
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00:14:04,970 --> 00:14:06,823
(GROANS)
Why are you stopping?
228
00:14:06,847 --> 00:14:08,682
(COUNTESS GROANS)
(PETER MOANING)
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Apologies. I don't feel quite myself.
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(COUNTESS MOANING)
(PETER SIGHS, FARTS)
231
00:14:17,357 --> 00:14:19,776
(DISTANT THUNDER RUMBLING)
(RAIN PATTERING)
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Can't stop thinking about it?
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I really can't.
234
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Covered in blood, and mud.
235
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It's a horror.
236
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And I am standing there,
237
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in a ridiculous dress,
handing them a pistachio macaroon.
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You brought him a moment of respite.
239
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It is not enough.
240
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I'm ashamed.
241
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You felt like a foolish princess.
242
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Exactly.
243
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And you will tell me to forget it,
sleep soundly.
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"They liked their macaroons."
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(SCOFFS)
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I cannot bear the inaction.
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Heartlessness.
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Of me?
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Yes.
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Of everyone in this fucking court.
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You felt like a foolish princess
because you are.
252
00:15:20,838 --> 00:15:22,232
What?
253
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You stood in a gold dress
while men died around you,
254
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handing out sugared treats.
255
00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:30,114
It is as it looks and feels.
I do not judge you on it.
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But spare me the precious,
self‐righteous loathing.
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You are cruel.
I'm sorry, I just‐‐.
258
00:15:36,687 --> 00:15:38,915
And you are a fop
who does not care for anything
259
00:15:38,939 --> 00:15:41,501
but wine, and love, and fucking poetry.
260
00:15:41,525 --> 00:15:43,211
I do care for wine and poetry,
261
00:15:43,235 --> 00:15:46,130
but I also care for the dozens of boys
I grew up with on my estate
262
00:15:46,154 --> 00:15:48,949
who are now fucking dead from this war.
263
00:15:52,911 --> 00:15:54,889
So you know boys who died,
264
00:15:54,913 --> 00:15:58,417
and your response is to toast them
with a sonnet.
265
00:15:59,376 --> 00:16:01,271
It is as weak as my macaroon giving.
266
00:16:01,295 --> 00:16:05,191
They go knowing this is Russia,
and they are cannon fodder.
267
00:16:05,215 --> 00:16:08,194
So I try to do them the honor
of not confecting pointless outrage
268
00:16:08,218 --> 00:16:10,155
and fake fury.
It is not fake!
269
00:16:10,179 --> 00:16:12,931
Perhaps not. But it is pointless.
270
00:16:17,227 --> 00:16:18,604
I disagree.
271
00:16:21,106 --> 00:16:23,376
I don't like you much right now.
272
00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:26,612
So be it. Truth is truth.
273
00:16:28,363 --> 00:16:31,092
I will not live a powerless life.
274
00:16:31,116 --> 00:16:33,052
You are perhaps living
in the wrong country, then.
275
00:16:33,076 --> 00:16:34,745
(DOORS OPEN)
276
00:16:36,580 --> 00:16:38,474
The Emperor's going to die.
277
00:16:38,498 --> 00:16:40,876
♪♪
278
00:16:42,085 --> 00:16:44,671
♪♪
279
00:16:45,130 --> 00:16:47,883
(DISTANT THUNDER RUMBLING)
280
00:16:49,718 --> 00:16:51,154
(PEOPLE WHISPERING)
281
00:16:51,178 --> 00:16:53,931
How is he?
He's very ill.
282
00:16:55,766 --> 00:16:57,035
Can we go in?
283
00:16:57,059 --> 00:16:59,037
Well, everyone's being kept out here.
284
00:16:59,061 --> 00:17:00,330
Fear of contagion.
285
00:17:00,354 --> 00:17:03,124
He's been vomiting continuously
throughout the night,
286
00:17:03,148 --> 00:17:06,794
and he runs a high fever,
and he has fits of wild delirium.
287
00:17:06,818 --> 00:17:09,547
The doctor and archbishop
are in there with him.
288
00:17:09,571 --> 00:17:11,198
(DOOR OPENS)
289
00:17:12,407 --> 00:17:13,635
Excuse me.
290
00:17:13,659 --> 00:17:16,036
(PETER COUGHING AND GROANING)
291
00:17:17,871 --> 00:17:19,831
(MOANING)
292
00:17:20,415 --> 00:17:21,667
(COUGHS)
293
00:17:26,255 --> 00:17:27,464
How is he?
294
00:17:28,465 --> 00:17:30,610
ARCHIE: Extremely ill.
295
00:17:30,634 --> 00:17:33,238
The fear is that it may be cholera.
296
00:17:33,262 --> 00:17:34,447
Cholera?
297
00:17:34,471 --> 00:17:36,115
ARCHIE:
Which I suspect he will have caught
298
00:17:36,139 --> 00:17:38,451
from a possessed, nocturnal animal.
299
00:17:38,475 --> 00:17:40,036
Probably a badger.
300
00:17:40,060 --> 00:17:43,289
Where would he have come across
a possessed badger?
301
00:17:43,313 --> 00:17:47,043
If it is cholera,
he will die, will he not?
302
00:17:47,067 --> 00:17:49,796
ARCHIE: It's a strong possibility
that we must face.
303
00:17:49,820 --> 00:17:51,673
Oh, my little man.
304
00:17:51,697 --> 00:17:53,800
ARCHIE:
The doctor is working hard on cures.
305
00:17:53,824 --> 00:17:55,009
It may be something else.
306
00:17:55,033 --> 00:17:57,512
Has he said anything?
Is he talking?
307
00:17:57,536 --> 00:17:59,931
ARCHIE: He speaks intermittently.
308
00:17:59,955 --> 00:18:02,892
Much of it is deranged.
Said he was a wolf.
309
00:18:02,916 --> 00:18:05,895
Wanted to eat Swedish
children for breakfast.
310
00:18:05,919 --> 00:18:07,730
And there was some talk
of what he'd like to do
311
00:18:07,754 --> 00:18:10,275
with various ladies of the court.
312
00:18:10,299 --> 00:18:12,068
I'll spare you the details,
313
00:18:12,092 --> 00:18:15,220
before more bouts of diarrhea
and vomiting.
314
00:18:16,972 --> 00:18:18,158
(DOOR OPENS)
315
00:18:18,182 --> 00:18:20,952
I will go in to see him.
Do not risk your life.
316
00:18:20,976 --> 00:18:23,770
I want to be there for my friend.
(PETER GROANING)
317
00:18:26,023 --> 00:18:28,418
I had no idea your husband
was so brave, Georgina.
318
00:18:28,442 --> 00:18:30,170
Oh, yes. Famously so.
319
00:18:30,194 --> 00:18:31,653
(PETER MOANING)
320
00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:37,618
Fuck off, birdie.
321
00:18:38,744 --> 00:18:41,639
I fear it is the blue death,
but he is strong,
322
00:18:41,663 --> 00:18:44,017
and with God's blessing,
he may survive.
323
00:18:44,041 --> 00:18:45,602
ARCHIE:
That is our earnest prayer.
324
00:18:45,626 --> 00:18:47,854
It's definitely cholera, you think?
Without a doubt.
325
00:18:47,878 --> 00:18:49,606
Terrible affliction.
326
00:18:49,630 --> 00:18:54,652
There are various possible aids
and cures I have perfected.
327
00:18:54,676 --> 00:18:58,323
Um, he should wear a dead mouse
around his neck.
328
00:18:58,347 --> 00:19:01,409
(CLEARS THROAT)
To draw the disease from his body.
329
00:19:01,433 --> 00:19:02,869
Well, hello, furry friend.
330
00:19:02,893 --> 00:19:05,413
He must avoid all blue food.
331
00:19:05,437 --> 00:19:06,873
ARCHIE: Are there blue foods?
332
00:19:06,897 --> 00:19:10,543
I will make a restorative vinegar
and arsenic drink for him.
333
00:19:10,567 --> 00:19:11,836
Good one.
334
00:19:11,860 --> 00:19:13,946
(DISTORTED MURMURING)
335
00:19:15,656 --> 00:19:17,407
Am I dying?
336
00:19:22,996 --> 00:19:26,100
(WHISPERS) If this is cholera,
he could be dead within the day.
337
00:19:26,124 --> 00:19:27,644
Right.
338
00:19:27,668 --> 00:19:29,479
That means‐‐ Yes.
339
00:19:29,503 --> 00:19:31,731
Yes, it will be yours.
340
00:19:31,755 --> 00:19:34,025
You will rule Russia.
341
00:19:34,049 --> 00:19:36,903
After all our planning, it just‐‐.
342
00:19:36,927 --> 00:19:39,054
ORLO: Falls into your lap.
(DOOR OPENS)
343
00:19:41,932 --> 00:19:44,786
In light of this terrible situation,
344
00:19:44,810 --> 00:19:48,122
a meeting is being called to deal with
the possible transition of power.
345
00:19:48,146 --> 00:19:49,499
To me.
346
00:19:49,523 --> 00:19:52,627
Indeed. It seems so.
347
00:19:52,651 --> 00:19:55,463
You are the next...
348
00:19:55,487 --> 00:19:58,466
should the worst happen.
349
00:19:58,490 --> 00:20:00,385
Prepare with prayer,
350
00:20:00,409 --> 00:20:02,887
and the senate will be called.
351
00:20:02,911 --> 00:20:04,746
CATHERINE: I look forward to it.
352
00:20:05,455 --> 00:20:08,059
Not him dying. That is bad.
353
00:20:08,083 --> 00:20:11,545
And sad. And we hope for the best.
354
00:20:12,671 --> 00:20:14,566
God will be with us.
355
00:20:14,590 --> 00:20:16,216
He always is.
356
00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:26,035
(WHISPERS) It's happening.
It's really happening.
357
00:20:26,059 --> 00:20:28,246
I feel a bit... dizzy.
358
00:20:28,270 --> 00:20:29,956
As do I.
359
00:20:29,980 --> 00:20:31,291
You must prepare for the meeting.
360
00:20:31,315 --> 00:20:34,419
There are a lot of things to touch on.
I'll try and order them for you.
361
00:20:34,443 --> 00:20:37,088
You must carry the senate, Empress.
362
00:20:37,112 --> 00:20:39,090
Inspire, and reassure.
363
00:20:39,114 --> 00:20:41,968
That is my way, Orlo.
I know.
364
00:20:41,992 --> 00:20:45,305
Destiny has kicked the door open
earlier than expected,
365
00:20:45,329 --> 00:20:47,473
but we shall run through it.
366
00:20:47,497 --> 00:20:51,126
(GIGGLING)
367
00:20:52,794 --> 00:20:56,215
♪♪
368
00:20:58,717 --> 00:21:00,487
(EXCITED PANTING)
369
00:21:00,511 --> 00:21:02,179
(PETER SIGHS)
370
00:21:03,889 --> 00:21:05,599
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
371
00:21:08,310 --> 00:21:11,206
Have you ever come, vomited,
372
00:21:11,230 --> 00:21:14,358
and shat yourself all at the same time?
373
00:21:17,110 --> 00:21:18,779
It's amazing.
374
00:21:22,950 --> 00:21:24,493
(SIGHS)
375
00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:34,920
(LABORED BREATHING)
376
00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:54,314
(BREATHING SHAKILY)
377
00:22:00,654 --> 00:22:02,698
(GASPING)
378
00:22:05,033 --> 00:22:06,702
(DOOR OPENS)
379
00:22:09,705 --> 00:22:11,415
What are you doing?
380
00:22:13,417 --> 00:22:15,061
What you wished me to do.
381
00:22:15,085 --> 00:22:16,146
Something.
382
00:22:16,170 --> 00:22:17,254
Fuck!
383
00:22:19,381 --> 00:22:20,549
(GRIGOR GRUNTS)
384
00:22:23,552 --> 00:22:24,636
(COUGHS)
385
00:22:26,930 --> 00:22:29,534
You looked at me,
and the look said, "Be a man."
386
00:22:29,558 --> 00:22:30,702
You poisoned him?
387
00:22:30,726 --> 00:22:32,787
Arsenic. From the wall,
in his borscht.
388
00:22:32,811 --> 00:22:33,538
(SLAPS)
389
00:22:33,562 --> 00:22:34,562
(PAINED GROAN)
390
00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:38,168
(RASPY WHISPERING)
What happens to us when he's dead?
391
00:22:38,192 --> 00:22:39,752
Think what Peter provides for us.
392
00:22:39,776 --> 00:22:40,879
You didn't want this?
Yes!
393
00:22:40,903 --> 00:22:42,863
No. I wasn't saying‐‐
I was just‐‐.
394
00:22:44,656 --> 00:22:46,718
Our situation is complex.
395
00:22:46,742 --> 00:22:47,969
Yet also simple.
396
00:22:47,993 --> 00:22:49,387
We have a safe life with him.
397
00:22:49,411 --> 00:22:51,514
Luxury, security, a place in court.
398
00:22:51,538 --> 00:22:53,641
Who's he gonna be replaced by?
Catherine?
399
00:22:53,665 --> 00:22:54,851
We're nothing to her.
400
00:22:54,875 --> 00:22:56,186
What happens to us then?
401
00:22:56,210 --> 00:22:57,770
PETER: Grigor?
402
00:22:57,794 --> 00:22:59,272
Grigor!
403
00:22:59,296 --> 00:23:00,464
We're here.
404
00:23:01,965 --> 00:23:04,510
Ah, George.
Oh, dear.
405
00:23:06,136 --> 00:23:07,137
There, there.
406
00:23:08,722 --> 00:23:09,722
Oh.
407
00:23:10,265 --> 00:23:12,309
(SCRIBBLING)
408
00:23:13,810 --> 00:23:16,980
CATHERINE:
"I will lead this country to a new age."
409
00:23:18,190 --> 00:23:19,626
"Dawn."
410
00:23:19,650 --> 00:23:21,544
"Place."
411
00:23:21,568 --> 00:23:23,463
All of them.
412
00:23:23,487 --> 00:23:24,839
MARIAL: What will you wear?
413
00:23:24,863 --> 00:23:27,091
What? Who cares about that?
414
00:23:27,115 --> 00:23:30,011
You're presenting yourself
as the Empress of Russia.
415
00:23:30,035 --> 00:23:31,471
You must look good.
416
00:23:31,495 --> 00:23:33,288
It only matters what I say.
417
00:23:33,830 --> 00:23:36,601
Honestly, as a woman,
it's far more important what you wear.
418
00:23:36,625 --> 00:23:38,770
Marial, that is‐‐
Incredibly true.
419
00:23:38,794 --> 00:23:40,647
I shall dig out some options,
420
00:23:40,671 --> 00:23:42,231
and then you can help me write my list.
421
00:23:42,965 --> 00:23:44,567
What list?
422
00:23:44,591 --> 00:23:46,903
Of all the people who've disparaged
and abused me,
423
00:23:46,927 --> 00:23:47,946
as a servant.
424
00:23:47,970 --> 00:23:50,406
The people I will have revenge on
when he dies,
425
00:23:50,430 --> 00:23:52,641
and you raise me
back to my former station.
426
00:23:58,438 --> 00:24:00,083
You will do that.
427
00:24:00,107 --> 00:24:01,358
Won't you?
428
00:24:01,942 --> 00:24:05,004
Don't want to be presumptuous,
and while I enjoy being your servant‐‐
429
00:24:05,028 --> 00:24:07,507
"enjoy" being a strong word,
basically inaccurate,
430
00:24:07,531 --> 00:24:09,467
I‐‐ Your list can wait.
431
00:24:09,491 --> 00:24:11,618
Let me write now. Please.
432
00:24:14,580 --> 00:24:16,373
This was my destiny.
433
00:24:18,208 --> 00:24:20,210
We talked about it in this very room.
434
00:24:21,336 --> 00:24:23,380
And you saved me that day.
435
00:24:24,548 --> 00:24:25,591
I thank you.
436
00:24:29,386 --> 00:24:30,697
I will pick your dress.
437
00:24:30,721 --> 00:24:32,323
It's a great day for me.
438
00:24:32,347 --> 00:24:33,348
For Russia.
439
00:24:33,807 --> 00:24:35,160
Them, too.
440
00:24:35,184 --> 00:24:36,184
(DOOR OPENS)
441
00:24:37,853 --> 00:24:38,853
(DOOR CLOSES)
442
00:24:43,567 --> 00:24:44,567
Hi.
443
00:24:44,860 --> 00:24:45,962
Hi.
444
00:24:45,986 --> 00:24:47,505
I am writing.
445
00:24:47,529 --> 00:24:49,924
LEO: If Peter dies,
you'll become Empress.
446
00:24:49,948 --> 00:24:52,576
I know.
It is an extraordinary day.
447
00:24:52,910 --> 00:24:54,637
I can stop the war.
448
00:24:54,661 --> 00:24:56,848
And in doing so,
perhaps win our argument.
449
00:24:56,872 --> 00:24:59,767
It did taste bitter.
And made me want to punch you.
450
00:24:59,791 --> 00:25:01,478
LEO: I will tell you the truth, always.
451
00:25:01,502 --> 00:25:03,086
I accept the danger of it.
452
00:25:04,171 --> 00:25:05,631
So you want this.
453
00:25:06,423 --> 00:25:07,591
To be Empress.
454
00:25:09,551 --> 00:25:10,551
I do.
455
00:25:14,139 --> 00:25:15,432
And you with me.
456
00:25:16,517 --> 00:25:18,560
No one yells at me so well.
457
00:25:19,269 --> 00:25:20,646
Perhaps I need that.
458
00:25:23,148 --> 00:25:24,816
(WHISPERS)
We need each other.
459
00:25:33,700 --> 00:25:34,700
(DOOR OPENS)
460
00:25:35,911 --> 00:25:36,680
(DOOR CLOSES)
461
00:25:36,704 --> 00:25:38,330
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
462
00:25:39,331 --> 00:25:40,475
(SIGHS)
463
00:25:40,499 --> 00:25:41,542
Wow.
464
00:25:43,919 --> 00:25:45,712
(DISTANT TALKING)
(FIRE CRACKLING)
465
00:25:54,096 --> 00:25:55,222
He was eating this.
466
00:25:56,056 --> 00:25:58,684
Peter.
Oh, my God. Yes!
467
00:25:59,810 --> 00:26:01,937
Someone's fucking poisoned him.
468
00:26:02,980 --> 00:26:04,314
How do you get to that?
469
00:26:05,983 --> 00:26:08,044
He ate it. He's dying.
470
00:26:08,068 --> 00:26:10,112
The dog ate it. He's fucking dead.
471
00:26:10,696 --> 00:26:11,697
I guess.
472
00:26:12,781 --> 00:26:15,802
Yeah, I see. Definite...
473
00:26:15,826 --> 00:26:17,202
possibility.
474
00:26:25,294 --> 00:26:27,313
ORLO:
Also mention regional stability,
475
00:26:27,337 --> 00:26:28,606
and its importance.
476
00:26:28,630 --> 00:26:31,317
Reinforce the status quo.
Don't scare them.
477
00:26:31,341 --> 00:26:32,902
Promise them broad things.
478
00:26:32,926 --> 00:26:35,155
Leave the war alone, and, and‐‐.
479
00:26:35,179 --> 00:26:36,179
Gentlemen.
480
00:26:38,307 --> 00:26:41,018
It is a terrible moment for our country.
481
00:26:57,284 --> 00:26:58,928
I came here...
482
00:26:58,952 --> 00:27:00,078
a German.
483
00:27:01,663 --> 00:27:05,226
And as soon as I laid eyes on the land,
484
00:27:05,250 --> 00:27:08,605
my heart's rhythm changed.
485
00:27:08,629 --> 00:27:10,422
And my blood rushed...
486
00:27:11,006 --> 00:27:14,426
as if I was being born
for the first time.
487
00:27:16,011 --> 00:27:18,865
If the Emperor dies,
488
00:27:18,889 --> 00:27:21,826
I want you to know that my whole being
489
00:27:21,850 --> 00:27:25,020
will be at the people's service.
490
00:27:32,069 --> 00:27:36,341
The first thing we must do
is to end the war with Sweden.
491
00:27:36,365 --> 00:27:39,802
To pull our poor, suffering troops
back from the front,
492
00:27:39,826 --> 00:27:43,455
so that no more young Russian lives
are wasted in vain.
493
00:27:44,331 --> 00:27:46,309
There will be no more war.
494
00:27:46,333 --> 00:27:47,501
Huzzah!
495
00:27:50,254 --> 00:27:53,900
So you wish to relinquish to Sweden
the land they have taken?
496
00:27:53,924 --> 00:27:55,735
They are deep in our territory.
497
00:27:55,759 --> 00:27:57,779
They have Vyborg.
498
00:27:57,803 --> 00:27:59,096
What's Vyborg?
499
00:27:59,555 --> 00:28:00,449
A town.
500
00:28:00,473 --> 00:28:02,450
BISHOP LEONTIUS:
Of some 50,000 souls,
501
00:28:02,474 --> 00:28:04,702
who may not love the fact
that they are now Swedish,
502
00:28:04,726 --> 00:28:06,412
and dine on meatballs
503
00:28:06,436 --> 00:28:08,832
and lingonberry each night.
(MEN LAUGHING)
504
00:28:08,856 --> 00:28:11,417
Well, I have not seen the current
military map.
505
00:28:11,441 --> 00:28:12,585
RASKOLNIKOV: Also, Empress,
506
00:28:12,609 --> 00:28:15,338
there is the matter of the famine
in the Urals.
507
00:28:15,362 --> 00:28:17,465
The Urals, was it?
508
00:28:17,489 --> 00:28:19,342
I'd love a map at this point.
509
00:28:19,366 --> 00:28:22,720
Of course. Your newness is...
510
00:28:22,744 --> 00:28:23,763
what it is.
511
00:28:23,787 --> 00:28:29,585
The Empress' fresh,
outsider take on things will be an asset.
512
00:28:30,085 --> 00:28:32,272
Let me get on top of these situations.
513
00:28:32,296 --> 00:28:34,732
Mm, that would be excellent, Empress.
514
00:28:34,756 --> 00:28:36,466
I have made notes.
515
00:28:46,476 --> 00:28:47,728
(PAPERS RUSTLING)
(INHALES)
516
00:28:53,817 --> 00:28:56,004
Be in no doubt
517
00:28:56,028 --> 00:28:58,214
that the Russian people
518
00:28:58,238 --> 00:29:00,216
will become educated,
519
00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:02,802
and will be liberated
520
00:29:02,826 --> 00:29:04,053
from servitude.
521
00:29:04,077 --> 00:29:05,180
(GROANS)
522
00:29:05,204 --> 00:29:08,224
I will end serfdom immediately.
523
00:29:08,248 --> 00:29:10,351
(MEN LAUGHING)
That‐That's not so‐‐.
524
00:29:10,375 --> 00:29:11,936
You wish to dismantle
525
00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:15,482
the whole economic and cultural basis
of our society.
526
00:29:15,506 --> 00:29:16,649
Fucking German.
527
00:29:16,673 --> 00:29:18,026
I understand
528
00:29:18,050 --> 00:29:20,028
it is bold, but we will have‐‐
ARCHIE: The Empress surely jests.
529
00:29:20,052 --> 00:29:23,198
ORLO: It's not something
we need to deal with now, and‐‐.
530
00:29:23,222 --> 00:29:26,159
I‐The details of these things...
531
00:29:26,183 --> 00:29:27,660
(MEN CHATTERING)
532
00:29:27,684 --> 00:29:30,103
will be‐‐
Worked out in time.
533
00:29:30,521 --> 00:29:34,501
Uh, of course it is too much
to expect the Empress‐‐.
534
00:29:34,525 --> 00:29:37,003
To know what she's talking about.
I agree.
535
00:29:37,027 --> 00:29:38,630
She is new,
536
00:29:38,654 --> 00:29:40,906
and will need our guidance.
537
00:29:41,532 --> 00:29:44,302
At this point I feel we'd all like to pray
538
00:29:44,326 --> 00:29:46,411
for the Emperor's swift recovery.
539
00:29:46,828 --> 00:29:47,828
Uh...
540
00:29:48,789 --> 00:29:50,749
Yes. Of course.
541
00:29:51,375 --> 00:29:53,168
You have a rash on your neck.
542
00:29:55,546 --> 00:29:56,630
I do?
543
00:30:00,050 --> 00:30:01,050
Right.
544
00:30:03,595 --> 00:30:05,055
(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)
545
00:30:05,806 --> 00:30:08,243
(PANTS)
That was a disaster in there.
546
00:30:08,267 --> 00:30:10,119
It, it could have gone better.
547
00:30:10,143 --> 00:30:11,996
I don't know anything about Russia.
548
00:30:12,020 --> 00:30:14,457
You will. They will get to know you,
and you them and‐‐.
549
00:30:14,481 --> 00:30:15,750
Did you hear?
550
00:30:15,774 --> 00:30:17,418
The Emperor was poisoned.
It's possible.
551
00:30:17,442 --> 00:30:19,212
ARKADY: Chekhov confirmed it.
552
00:30:19,236 --> 00:30:21,196
Arsenic in his borscht.
553
00:30:21,572 --> 00:30:23,174
Poisoned?
554
00:30:23,198 --> 00:30:25,534
Was this you poisoning him?
Of course not.
555
00:30:25,909 --> 00:30:26,762
No!
556
00:30:26,786 --> 00:30:28,304
Then who?
557
00:30:28,328 --> 00:30:29,848
And if there is another "who,"
558
00:30:29,872 --> 00:30:31,081
maybe it's a coup.
559
00:30:31,456 --> 00:30:32,475
Someone else.
560
00:30:32,499 --> 00:30:33,852
Who is trying to take the throne.
561
00:30:33,876 --> 00:30:35,979
So you've heard.
562
00:30:36,003 --> 00:30:37,063
Marial.
563
00:30:37,087 --> 00:30:38,148
Actually wasn't.
564
00:30:38,172 --> 00:30:40,567
I hate him,
and I'm glad he's going to die.
565
00:30:40,591 --> 00:30:42,986
About in there, before, Patriarch.
566
00:30:43,010 --> 00:30:44,362
Just had a stumble.
567
00:30:44,386 --> 00:30:48,158
With my husband dying,
I am, of course, distraught.
568
00:30:48,182 --> 00:30:49,784
I will gather myself.
569
00:30:49,808 --> 00:30:52,954
Of course.
Which brings me to Ivan.
570
00:30:52,978 --> 00:30:54,706
Ivan is still alive,
571
00:30:54,730 --> 00:30:56,416
and next in line to you, Empress.
572
00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:59,210
Ivan the Small? Be serious.
573
00:30:59,234 --> 00:31:00,587
How do you know he's still alive?
574
00:31:00,611 --> 00:31:02,029
You told me.
What?
575
00:31:02,446 --> 00:31:04,591
(NERVOUS CHUCKLE)
In confidence.
576
00:31:04,615 --> 00:31:06,509
And it is some gossip I'd heard.
577
00:31:06,533 --> 00:31:10,054
I have no actual anecdote
about anyone seeing him.
578
00:31:10,078 --> 00:31:13,016
Perhaps others have heard,
and wish him installed.
579
00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:14,708
And have poisoned Peter.
580
00:31:15,959 --> 00:31:17,461
And do not want me.
581
00:31:22,382 --> 00:31:23,926
(CHILDREN CHATTERING AND SHRIEKING)
582
00:31:32,309 --> 00:31:33,560
(RECORDER BLOWING)
583
00:31:34,353 --> 00:31:36,581
If Catherine becomes Empress,
I'm fucked.
584
00:31:36,605 --> 00:31:37,665
We all are.
585
00:31:37,689 --> 00:31:39,608
And we don't even know this Ivan.
586
00:31:40,651 --> 00:31:42,629
We, we can't be seen to do this.
587
00:31:42,653 --> 00:31:43,630
TATYANA: Do what?
588
00:31:43,654 --> 00:31:45,131
ARKADY:
The Emperor is on his deathbed,
589
00:31:45,155 --> 00:31:47,759
and you're literally eating cake
and drinking wine.
590
00:31:47,783 --> 00:31:49,260
TATYANA: It's Boris' birthday!
591
00:31:49,284 --> 00:31:51,596
ARKADY:
It looks like you're celebrating.
592
00:31:51,620 --> 00:31:55,767
We are. His birthday.
He nearly died last week.
593
00:31:55,791 --> 00:31:57,727
But think how this looks.
594
00:31:57,751 --> 00:32:00,647
Now, there's a curfew.
We've got to send everyone home.
595
00:32:00,671 --> 00:32:03,900
No. There's no point stopping it.
596
00:32:03,924 --> 00:32:06,444
If Peter lives, we'll all be fine.
597
00:32:06,468 --> 00:32:08,738
If he dies, we're all fucked.
598
00:32:08,762 --> 00:32:11,157
So, might as well have a party.
599
00:32:11,181 --> 00:32:12,700
George, do you agree?
600
00:32:12,724 --> 00:32:14,702
I do. We are perhaps all doomed,
601
00:32:14,726 --> 00:32:16,478
so let's enjoy it while we can.
602
00:32:18,522 --> 00:32:19,731
(CHILD SCREAMS)
603
00:32:20,774 --> 00:32:21,859
Come.
604
00:32:23,861 --> 00:32:25,946
(RECORDER BLOWING)
605
00:32:27,656 --> 00:32:28,675
TATYANA: Hey!
606
00:32:28,699 --> 00:32:31,094
Hey, what are you doing?
Ivan. Ivan.
607
00:32:31,118 --> 00:32:32,345
We're looking for Ivan.
TATYANA: Get out!
608
00:32:32,369 --> 00:32:33,264
Excuse me.
CLERGY: Is Ivan here?
609
00:32:33,288 --> 00:32:35,968
TATYANA: Get out! May I speak to
you? What are you doing? Excuse me.
610
00:32:36,039 --> 00:32:37,374
Excuse me.
611
00:32:38,917 --> 00:32:41,503
♪♪
612
00:32:47,801 --> 00:32:49,028
(BOTH GROAN)
613
00:32:49,052 --> 00:32:50,220
(GEORGINA MOANING)
614
00:32:55,976 --> 00:32:57,394
(HOOVES CLOPPING)
615
00:33:05,777 --> 00:33:07,255
Seal the palace.
616
00:33:07,279 --> 00:33:09,424
No one is to be allowed in, or out.
617
00:33:09,448 --> 00:33:10,448
(DOOR SLAMS)
618
00:33:11,283 --> 00:33:13,327
(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)
619
00:33:20,709 --> 00:33:22,961
Captain, guard this door.
No one gets in.
620
00:33:25,297 --> 00:33:26,900
What are you doing?
621
00:33:26,924 --> 00:33:28,985
You must stay in the Emperor's quarters
for your own safety.
622
00:33:29,009 --> 00:33:30,195
You will remain there
623
00:33:30,219 --> 00:33:32,864
until I am certain
security has been restored.
624
00:33:32,888 --> 00:33:33,907
You can't tell me where I can‐‐.
625
00:33:33,931 --> 00:33:36,034
If the Emperor was a target
for assassination,
626
00:33:36,058 --> 00:33:36,951
then so are you.
627
00:33:36,975 --> 00:33:37,912
Well done, Lieutenant.
628
00:33:37,936 --> 00:33:40,217
Confine both the ladies
in the Emperor's quarters for now.
629
00:33:40,687 --> 00:33:42,582
Tend to their wishes.
630
00:33:42,606 --> 00:33:45,585
No one is allowed to enter
or exit without my word.
631
00:33:45,609 --> 00:33:46,860
Including them.
632
00:33:54,201 --> 00:33:56,888
Is he allowed to do this? Confine us?
633
00:33:56,912 --> 00:33:58,556
If there's a killer within the palace,
634
00:33:58,580 --> 00:34:00,099
the family must protect itself.
635
00:34:00,123 --> 00:34:01,392
Do not attempt to leave.
636
00:34:01,416 --> 00:34:03,377
There are guards outside the door.
637
00:34:05,212 --> 00:34:06,314
(DOOR CLOSES)
638
00:34:06,338 --> 00:34:07,381
(LOCK CLICKS)
639
00:34:17,432 --> 00:34:18,827
You didn't poison him, did you?
640
00:34:18,851 --> 00:34:20,018
No!
641
00:34:20,394 --> 00:34:22,664
(SIGHS)
I knew you hadn't.
642
00:34:22,688 --> 00:34:24,707
You have a good heart.
(CHUCKLES)
643
00:34:24,731 --> 00:34:27,401
How terrible I asked you that.
Slap me if you like. I deserve it.
644
00:34:27,901 --> 00:34:29,087
No.
645
00:34:29,111 --> 00:34:31,113
It is a bewildering moment.
646
00:34:32,281 --> 00:34:34,259
You seemed ill‐prepared
for leadership in the state room.
647
00:34:34,283 --> 00:34:35,659
Of course you didn't do it.
648
00:34:36,994 --> 00:34:37,994
You saw that?
649
00:34:38,745 --> 00:34:40,265
A small stumble.
650
00:34:40,289 --> 00:34:42,457
You had no idea you could
one day be empress.
651
00:34:44,168 --> 00:34:45,294
Exactly.
652
00:34:45,878 --> 00:34:46,878
(PETER MOANS)
653
00:34:48,297 --> 00:34:50,007
(DISTANT BELL RINGING)
654
00:34:55,095 --> 00:34:56,281
Aunt Elizabeth.
655
00:34:56,305 --> 00:34:57,723
My poor boy.
656
00:34:58,348 --> 00:34:59,534
How do you feel?
657
00:34:59,558 --> 00:35:01,643
Blood is seeping out of me,
so not great.
658
00:35:02,519 --> 00:35:04,956
I heard servants whispering.
659
00:35:04,980 --> 00:35:06,106
Poisoned.
660
00:35:06,940 --> 00:35:08,168
Yes.
661
00:35:08,192 --> 00:35:09,752
Must be a mistake.
662
00:35:09,776 --> 00:35:11,629
Everyone loves me.
663
00:35:11,653 --> 00:35:13,298
I'm an astonishing Emperor.
664
00:35:13,322 --> 00:35:14,133
Yes.
665
00:35:14,157 --> 00:35:15,866
Oh. You're here.
666
00:35:17,159 --> 00:35:19,387
Someone is coming for us.
667
00:35:19,411 --> 00:35:21,455
That little cunt Ivan, no doubt.
668
00:35:21,830 --> 00:35:23,725
Possibly, but not necessarily.
669
00:35:23,749 --> 00:35:25,310
I always said we should kill him,
670
00:35:25,334 --> 00:35:27,604
in case his supporters tried something.
671
00:35:27,628 --> 00:35:29,022
Are you pregnant?
672
00:35:29,046 --> 00:35:31,441
No.
(HUFFS) Disappointing.
673
00:35:31,465 --> 00:35:32,901
PETER: The nobility love me
674
00:35:32,925 --> 00:35:34,944
because I turned the palace
into a big party
675
00:35:34,968 --> 00:35:37,262
and delicious buffet, and‐‐
(GROANS)
676
00:35:38,555 --> 00:35:39,741
(GROANS)
677
00:35:39,765 --> 00:35:40,765
(WHIMPERS)
678
00:35:42,267 --> 00:35:44,787
(GASPS, THEN EXHALES)
679
00:35:44,811 --> 00:35:47,207
And women love me
because of my massive cock.
680
00:35:47,231 --> 00:35:49,191
There's no need to speak.
681
00:35:50,317 --> 00:35:52,277
If I die, you'll be ruling Russia.
682
00:35:54,863 --> 00:35:56,966
Be ruthless.
683
00:35:56,990 --> 00:35:59,260
Torture every traitor.
684
00:35:59,284 --> 00:36:00,536
Be terrible.
685
00:36:01,787 --> 00:36:03,205
I wish I'd been terrible.
686
00:36:04,623 --> 00:36:05,832
Peter the Terrible.
687
00:36:07,334 --> 00:36:09,312
In many ways you were.
688
00:36:09,336 --> 00:36:10,336
Are.
689
00:36:12,422 --> 00:36:13,799
I have regrets.
690
00:36:15,592 --> 00:36:17,427
Things I wish I'd done.
691
00:36:21,390 --> 00:36:24,285
I wanted to rename July after myself.
692
00:36:24,309 --> 00:36:25,561
Call it "Peter."
693
00:36:26,228 --> 00:36:27,813
It's a wonderful idea.
694
00:36:28,689 --> 00:36:29,982
Now you must rest.
695
00:36:34,069 --> 00:36:36,297
You need to kill the fucker.
696
00:36:36,321 --> 00:36:37,364
Ivan.
697
00:36:43,078 --> 00:36:44,078
(SNIFFLES)
698
00:37:00,304 --> 00:37:02,157
(WHISPERS)
This is insane.
699
00:37:02,181 --> 00:37:03,682
I don't want to, either.
700
00:37:05,017 --> 00:37:06,185
He's sweet.
701
00:37:07,603 --> 00:37:09,414
But they're searching for him.
702
00:37:09,438 --> 00:37:10,731
They'll find him.
703
00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:13,710
And we'll be in danger.
704
00:37:13,734 --> 00:37:14,776
Right.
705
00:37:18,030 --> 00:37:20,508
He's a little boy.
I'm sure we can talk him out of it.
706
00:37:20,532 --> 00:37:22,201
He doesn't want to be Emperor.
707
00:37:23,911 --> 00:37:24,911
(KEYS JANGLING)
708
00:37:28,373 --> 00:37:29,601
CATHERINE: Now Ivan,
709
00:37:29,625 --> 00:37:31,686
a lot is going on today.
710
00:37:31,710 --> 00:37:33,521
The Emperor is sick,
711
00:37:33,545 --> 00:37:35,106
and may die.
712
00:37:35,130 --> 00:37:37,341
They're coming for me, aren't they?
713
00:37:38,759 --> 00:37:40,904
That is what I wanted to
talk to you about.
714
00:37:40,928 --> 00:37:44,908
These are bad people who would use you
to do their bidding.
715
00:37:44,932 --> 00:37:47,202
Would they let me have fresh air,
716
00:37:47,226 --> 00:37:48,328
and wine,
717
00:37:48,352 --> 00:37:49,728
and boys to play with?
718
00:37:51,980 --> 00:37:54,292
ELIZABETH: I have tried
to treat you well, my darling.
719
00:37:54,316 --> 00:37:56,044
I know you have.
720
00:37:56,068 --> 00:37:57,110
Tried.
721
00:37:59,696 --> 00:38:01,674
Is that what you want?
722
00:38:01,698 --> 00:38:03,218
We can do that for you.
723
00:38:03,242 --> 00:38:06,012
An estate. Friends.
724
00:38:06,036 --> 00:38:07,680
You seem young for wine,
725
00:38:07,704 --> 00:38:09,474
but... okay.
726
00:38:09,498 --> 00:38:11,559
She is scared, Lizzie.
727
00:38:11,583 --> 00:38:12,520
I see it.
728
00:38:12,544 --> 00:38:13,961
I am not.
729
00:38:14,419 --> 00:38:15,939
But I do not wish bloodshed.
730
00:38:15,963 --> 00:38:17,482
I love bloodshed.
731
00:38:17,506 --> 00:38:19,400
You don't even know what bloodshed is.
732
00:38:19,424 --> 00:38:21,402
You are a little boy who thinks he does,
733
00:38:21,426 --> 00:38:22,695
but you fucking don't.
734
00:38:22,719 --> 00:38:23,322
Bitch!
735
00:38:23,346 --> 00:38:24,638
ELIZABETH: Let's pause.
736
00:38:25,222 --> 00:38:27,033
And I mean dog paws!
737
00:38:27,057 --> 00:38:28,076
Ruff!
738
00:38:28,100 --> 00:38:30,310
I'm nine, for fuck's sake.
739
00:38:31,603 --> 00:38:33,605
Maybe this conversation is done.
740
00:38:34,815 --> 00:38:36,441
You seem tired and grumpy, darling.
741
00:38:42,197 --> 00:38:43,258
What do I do?
742
00:38:43,282 --> 00:38:44,867
He is intransigent.
743
00:38:48,829 --> 00:38:50,956
There is a knife in my pocket.
744
00:39:05,345 --> 00:39:07,097
We will see each other soon.
745
00:39:12,352 --> 00:39:16,040
I will be kind.
I promise.
746
00:39:16,064 --> 00:39:19,234
Aunt Lizzie,
help me draw some words to say.
747
00:39:20,569 --> 00:39:21,921
Of course, darling.
748
00:39:21,945 --> 00:39:23,113
Whatever you want.
749
00:39:27,242 --> 00:39:29,578
(DISTANT CHOIR SINGING)
750
00:39:39,379 --> 00:39:41,590
(ALL SINGING)
751
00:39:59,733 --> 00:40:01,443
(SINGING CONTINUES)
752
00:40:04,196 --> 00:40:05,916
CATHERINE:
They're praying for his recovery.
753
00:40:07,282 --> 00:40:09,344
I thought they all hated him.
754
00:40:09,368 --> 00:40:12,013
They're searching for Ivan.
755
00:40:12,037 --> 00:40:14,265
Whoever it is.
756
00:40:14,289 --> 00:40:16,059
Clergy and guards.
757
00:40:16,083 --> 00:40:17,292
It could be Archie.
758
00:40:18,585 --> 00:40:20,170
Peter says I need to kill him.
759
00:40:21,463 --> 00:40:22,965
Elizabeth, too.
760
00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:26,552
It's madness.
They're right.
761
00:40:27,678 --> 00:40:29,030
What?
762
00:40:29,054 --> 00:40:30,824
Orlo.
763
00:40:30,848 --> 00:40:32,492
I cannot kill a child.
764
00:40:32,516 --> 00:40:34,369
(WHISPERS)
I do not want to, either,
765
00:40:34,393 --> 00:40:36,704
of course, but we must.
766
00:40:36,728 --> 00:40:38,105
We knew there would be blood.
767
00:40:39,523 --> 00:40:41,501
You are this close to power,
768
00:40:41,525 --> 00:40:43,402
and this close to death.
769
00:40:45,279 --> 00:40:47,382
Velementov got here very quickly.
770
00:40:47,406 --> 00:40:49,133
He's locked down the palace,
771
00:40:49,157 --> 00:40:50,718
taken control.
772
00:40:50,742 --> 00:40:53,388
If it looks like a military coup,
but is he for you?
773
00:40:53,412 --> 00:40:55,247
Empress, you have to do it.
774
00:41:03,172 --> 00:41:05,591
(SOBBING QUIETLY)
775
00:41:07,301 --> 00:41:08,802
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
776
00:41:12,181 --> 00:41:13,348
(DOOR SLAMS)
777
00:41:16,768 --> 00:41:17,895
(PANTING)
778
00:41:25,444 --> 00:41:26,486
(PANTING)
779
00:41:33,994 --> 00:41:35,245
(PANICKED GASPING)
780
00:41:42,419 --> 00:41:43,545
(GROANS)
781
00:41:47,674 --> 00:41:48,842
(PANICKED GASPS CONTINUE)
782
00:41:58,018 --> 00:41:59,018
(GROANS)
783
00:42:17,955 --> 00:42:20,582
(BREATHING SLOWS)
784
00:42:30,843 --> 00:42:32,678
(GROANS SOFTLY)
785
00:42:37,224 --> 00:42:38,785
(EXHALES)
786
00:42:38,809 --> 00:42:39,893
Archie.
787
00:42:42,104 --> 00:42:43,689
You called for me.
788
00:42:45,399 --> 00:42:47,025
I had a horrible dream.
789
00:42:48,652 --> 00:42:50,320
I'm in the forest.
790
00:42:51,113 --> 00:42:52,823
I keep having this one.
791
00:42:54,032 --> 00:42:58,429
There's a boy with a crown
in a dark forest.
792
00:42:58,453 --> 00:43:00,890
I come to a fork in the woods.
793
00:43:00,914 --> 00:43:02,040
There are two roads.
794
00:43:04,001 --> 00:43:06,295
I take a step. Next thing I know,
795
00:43:07,629 --> 00:43:10,883
my stomach's been ripped open somehow.
796
00:43:12,509 --> 00:43:13,886
My guts are hanging out.
797
00:43:16,305 --> 00:43:17,639
And I'm on the ground.
798
00:43:20,601 --> 00:43:23,604
This raven flies down
and lands on my face.
799
00:43:25,022 --> 00:43:27,691
It's pecking at my guts
while I'm still alive.
800
00:43:30,277 --> 00:43:31,612
I scream.
801
00:43:40,954 --> 00:43:42,372
(WHISPERS)
Emperor.
802
00:43:46,418 --> 00:43:47,628
(SLOW BREATHING)
803
00:44:02,351 --> 00:44:03,977
Here you go.
(CLEARS THROAT)
804
00:44:13,028 --> 00:44:13,881
(DOOR CLOSES)
805
00:44:13,905 --> 00:44:15,572
Any word on his health?
806
00:44:16,365 --> 00:44:17,824
You got here fast.
807
00:44:18,617 --> 00:44:20,202
I was on my way back when I heard.
808
00:44:21,745 --> 00:44:23,664
Can still ride like the wind.
809
00:44:24,414 --> 00:44:25,391
(PEN SCRIBBLING)
810
00:44:25,415 --> 00:44:26,917
Will you support the Empress?
811
00:44:28,585 --> 00:44:30,420
Let's worry about him dying first.
812
00:44:31,421 --> 00:44:33,399
I'm protecting her.
813
00:44:33,423 --> 00:44:34,776
What is it?
814
00:44:34,800 --> 00:44:36,343
We lost the Empress.
815
00:44:40,639 --> 00:44:41,639
Wake up.
816
00:44:49,356 --> 00:44:50,356
(WHISPERS)
Come on.
817
00:44:53,151 --> 00:44:54,152
Please live.
818
00:44:55,988 --> 00:44:57,281
I'm not ready.
819
00:45:00,492 --> 00:45:01,785
MARIAL: Kill the cunt.
820
00:45:03,620 --> 00:45:05,080
Save Russia.
821
00:45:12,212 --> 00:45:13,212
No.
822
00:45:16,758 --> 00:45:20,179
Life of one to improve life
for everyone else.
823
00:45:23,015 --> 00:45:25,475
I want a transformed Russia, like you.
824
00:45:27,978 --> 00:45:29,289
But not this way.
825
00:45:29,313 --> 00:45:31,416
You criticize Orlo for inaction,
826
00:45:31,440 --> 00:45:33,108
but you are just the same.
827
00:45:34,276 --> 00:45:35,444
I can't.
828
00:45:37,696 --> 00:45:38,798
(SIGHS)
829
00:45:38,822 --> 00:45:39,907
I'll do it, then.
830
00:45:49,041 --> 00:45:50,459
No!
(MARIAL WHIMPERS)
831
00:45:52,169 --> 00:45:53,169
(YELLS)
832
00:45:54,004 --> 00:45:55,004
(HUFFS)
833
00:45:57,424 --> 00:45:58,467
(THUDS)
(GRUNTS)
834
00:45:59,092 --> 00:46:00,361
VELEMENTOV:
The Empress is missing.
835
00:46:00,385 --> 00:46:02,447
ORLO: You got here quick, is my point.
836
00:46:02,471 --> 00:46:03,990
(MARIAL GRUNTING)
VELEMENTOV: Yes, you keep saying that.
837
00:46:04,014 --> 00:46:05,933
I don't know what‐‐
(MARIAL YELLS)
838
00:46:07,809 --> 00:46:08,828
Hello.
839
00:46:08,852 --> 00:46:11,039
We are just‐‐
MARIAL: Upset, and hysterical.
840
00:46:11,063 --> 00:46:12,898
As women often are.
841
00:46:15,400 --> 00:46:18,046
Guards and clergy are
looking for Ivan, Archie.
842
00:46:18,070 --> 00:46:19,631
Do you know anything about that?
843
00:46:19,655 --> 00:46:21,966
I am loyal to the Emperor,
and when he dies,
844
00:46:21,990 --> 00:46:24,260
I'm to be loyal to what is best
for the country,
845
00:46:24,284 --> 00:46:25,803
and the Russian people.
846
00:46:25,827 --> 00:46:27,597
Is Ivan in the palace?
847
00:46:27,621 --> 00:46:28,557
Do we know that?
848
00:46:28,581 --> 00:46:30,475
Are you both behind the Empress?
849
00:46:30,499 --> 00:46:32,644
We must do what is best for Russia.
850
00:46:32,668 --> 00:46:34,395
If Ivan is that,
851
00:46:34,419 --> 00:46:35,605
so be it.
852
00:46:35,629 --> 00:46:37,923
I fear that is a dead end, Archie.
853
00:46:46,056 --> 00:46:48,618
Take him and display him
in the Great Hall.
854
00:46:48,642 --> 00:46:50,662
Just so those who would rally behind him
855
00:46:50,686 --> 00:46:53,397
realize the futility
of their little quest.
856
00:46:56,984 --> 00:46:59,903
Obviously, my preference was always you,
Empress.
857
00:47:01,405 --> 00:47:03,031
Goes without saying, um...
858
00:47:04,324 --> 00:47:05,409
I...
859
00:47:07,786 --> 00:47:09,162
You killed that boy.
860
00:47:11,456 --> 00:47:12,456
You're welcome.
861
00:47:18,922 --> 00:47:19,923
(PETER GROANS)
862
00:47:21,133 --> 00:47:22,485
(GRUNTS)
863
00:47:22,509 --> 00:47:23,611
(EXHALES)
864
00:47:23,635 --> 00:47:24,635
I feel...
865
00:47:29,808 --> 00:47:30,976
a bit hungry.
866
00:47:31,393 --> 00:47:34,497
("NOBODY REALLY CARES IF YOU GO TO
THE PARTY" BY COURTNEY BARNETT PLAYING)
867
00:47:34,521 --> 00:47:38,168
♪ You're saying definitely maybe ♪
868
00:47:38,192 --> 00:47:40,485
♪ I'm saying probably no ♪
869
00:47:41,862 --> 00:47:43,256
♪ You say you'll sleep when you're dead ♪
870
00:47:43,280 --> 00:47:44,841
♪ I'm scared I'll die in my sleep ♪
871
00:47:44,865 --> 00:47:47,451
♪ I guess that's not a bad way to go ♪
872
00:47:48,577 --> 00:47:52,515
♪ I wanna go out ♪
873
00:47:52,539 --> 00:47:54,875
♪ But I wanna stay home ♪
874
00:47:55,584 --> 00:47:59,564
♪ I wanna go out ♪
875
00:47:59,588 --> 00:48:01,840
♪ But I wanna stay home ♪
876
00:48:09,848 --> 00:48:12,559
♪ Why are you so eager to please? ♪
877
00:48:13,352 --> 00:48:16,372
♪ I wear my heart on my sleeve ♪
878
00:48:16,396 --> 00:48:17,957
♪ Gets harder in the winter ♪
879
00:48:17,981 --> 00:48:19,918
♪ Gotta be a fake or shiver ♪
880
00:48:19,942 --> 00:48:22,611
♪ It takes a great deal outta me ♪
881
00:48:23,820 --> 00:48:27,425
♪ Yes I like hearing your stories ♪
882
00:48:27,449 --> 00:48:30,470
♪ But I've heard them all before ♪
883
00:48:30,494 --> 00:48:31,804
♪ I'd rather stay in bed ♪
884
00:48:31,828 --> 00:48:33,598
♪ With the rain over my head ♪
885
00:48:33,622 --> 00:48:36,834
♪ Than have to pick my brain
up off of the floor ♪
886
00:48:37,709 --> 00:48:41,439
♪ I wanna go out ♪
887
00:48:41,463 --> 00:48:43,966
♪ But I wanna stay home ♪
888
00:48:44,675 --> 00:48:48,446
♪ I wanna go out ♪
889
00:48:48,470 --> 00:48:50,639
♪ But I wanna stay home ♪
890
00:49:02,025 --> 00:49:06,113
♪♪
891
00:49:19,751 --> 00:49:23,439
♪ I wanna go out ♪
892
00:49:23,463 --> 00:49:25,757
♪ But I wanna stay home ♪
893
00:49:26,675 --> 00:49:30,470
♪ I wanna go out... ♪