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[water splashing]
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[lathered scrubbing]
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[light instrumental music plays]
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If Your Majesty prefers to retire,
Mr. Reynolds and I...
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Am I not permitted to wash the king?
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It is just not usual.
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I confess I still have much to learn
about palace procedure.
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For instance, I just pulled the king
out of a hole in the vegetable garden
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where he was busy discoursing
with the sky. Is that usual?
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No, Your Majesty.
The king has not been himself lately.
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What is this?
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What is happening?
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What has happened to my husband?
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[George] He has a strong will.
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A mind of his own.
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Cuts his own trail now and then,
but nothing better for driving a plow.
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Purpose-bred on my farm at Richmond.
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- He is a beautiful creature, Your Majesty.
- [George] Mm.
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Though I confess...
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- [horse grunts]
- Go on, speak plainly.
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I'm used to the old ways.
Oxen are so much more predictable.
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- Is he free?
- Yes, sir.
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- [clicking tongue]
- [horse grunting]
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- [horse neighs]
- [George grunts, pats horse]
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- [snorts]
- Go on.
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When you see that two
of these horses can accomplish in a day
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what took a team of oxen a week,
you shall learn how easily old habits die.
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- With the new plows the Dutch are...
- [Reynolds] Excuse me, Your Majesty.
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It is the Dowager Princess.
You're needed at the palace.
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- Tell her I'm busy in a field.
- I'm afraid she insists.
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I believe...
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I believe she's found you a bride.
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- [horse snorts, neighs]
- [soft music playing]
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[Augusta] George.
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So good of you to clean up for us.
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[George] I did not expect so much company.
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You should not have troubled them.
I cannot stay long.
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Let us get on with the thing, then.
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The thing?
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You know, the thing.
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The thing where you enumerate
the many meritorious qualities
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of some chosen noblewoman.
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And I remind you how uninterested I am
in the qualities of noblewomen.
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Your Majesty, just this week,
Pitt and Newcastle moved to place
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royal revenues
under control of the House...
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Bute, you interrupted my mother.
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She was about to say that
this lady's ancestors fought at Hastings,
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and is said to be very fine
at the harpsichord.
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And then I was going to say...
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that I do not care for the harpsichord.
See? I can play both parts.
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Every day you fail to produce an heir,
our family's position weakens.
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- [snaps]
- Right.
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Thank you for the cue.
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Now I ask, is that all a king is?
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A royal stud-horse
trotted out for the chosen mare?
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Or can a king rule in his own way
through practical scientific study?
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Agricultural improvement?
Tell me, what would the people prefer?
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A royal baby or cheap bread?
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Right now, they have neither.
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The war has drained our coffers.
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Now the American colonies
threaten to withhold taxes,
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and Parliament revolts.
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The people need a king.
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A real king.
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God knows you have had your... obstacles,
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but we cannot brook obstacles.
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- Not any longer.
- [sighs]
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So... I have found you a queen.
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Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
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A German?
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How exotic.
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I will not bore you with her qualities
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except for the best one.
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She is on a ship.
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A ship?
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- Now?
- Bound for London.
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The betrothal contracts are signed.
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- It is done.
- Impossible.
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[tense music stirring]
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She will lose...
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She will lose the... moon.
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Lose the... moon, Your Majesty?
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There are storms over the North Sea.
Matters not your captain or your sextant.
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No sky, no moon. No moon, no lunars.
No lunars, no longitude.
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No longitude, no bride.
She loses the moon, and she is lost.
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Withdraw! Withdraw!
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- You heard. Everyone out!
- Not only the moon. Pollux, lost.
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Regulus, lost.
Pollux, lost. Regulus, lost.
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- And... after Pollux...
- George! George... George...
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- [hushing]
- [George pants]
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- George.
- [grunting]
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[continues murmuring]
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[Augusta hushing softly]
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- [George panting shakily]
- [Augusta hushing softly]
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The symptoms remain consistent
with an inflamed cerebellum.
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It is time to consider trepanation.
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Nonsense. I had a patient
just like him in Chichester.
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- It is an excess of ill humor in the legs.
- We tried your methods.
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They succeeded in nothing
but driving the humor into his stomach.
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Your Highness, I implore you.
Diet is the key.
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Enough.
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We've entertained all your theories
and their hideous treatments.
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Now it is a week before his wedding.
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- And the king remains...
- [George breathing shakily]
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...as before.
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We need new theories.
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[doctor] Indeed, Your Highness.
It may be time to consider
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what none of your physicians have dared.
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That the king's condition
is not merely physical but nervous.
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Do you understand
what you are saying, sir?
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That is treason.
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If the king is declared insane,
he loses the throne!
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[doctor] Not insane.
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Merely suffering
a disorganization of the nerves.
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A disorganization I have devoted
my career to curing.
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[pensive music playing]
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Dr. John Monro of the Bethlehem Hospital.
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You mean Bedlam, the madhouse.
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Your Highness, this quack
has no place among proper doctors.
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The proper doctors have failed me,
so I have had to cast a wider net.
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Continue, sir.
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Unlike my esteemed colleagues,
my methods do not require
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bleeding the patient
or stinging him with poison beetles,
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or bruising his legs with tourniquets.
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Aye. What do they involve, then?
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Simply talking to him.
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Talking? Ha! Are we to believe
this malady can be cured with one's voice?
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It depends on the voice.
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[dramatic music builds slowly]
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Listen, boy.
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Remember yourself.
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You are the king of England.
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You have thousands prepared
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to die at a word from you.
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You have armies, navies at your command.
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You command an entire kingdom.
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You can command yourself too.
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[gasps and sighs softly]
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You're to marry in a week.
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Are you fit to marry, George?
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I am.
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[dramatic music fades out]
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[rousing instrumental music builds]
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[indistinct overlapping chatter]
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Do not gawk like a peasant. [chuckles]
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Behave as though you've been here before.
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[all clamoring]
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[lively string ensemble playing]
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- There is a problem.
- [Reynolds] What have you done, Brimsley?
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Bride is missing.
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[tense music builds slowly]
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[Brimsley] I don't know what to do.
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- How? When did it happen?
- [Brimsley whispers indistinctly]
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I don't know what to do.
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[exhales sharply]
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[door slams shut]
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What are you doing?
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Disappearing.
As evidently the bride has done.
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No bride, no wedding.
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If your bride is missing,
it is your responsibility to remedy that.
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Probably for the best.
It was... uh, premature, all this.
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I'm not ready. Not right.
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I have examined you thoroughly,
and you are perfectly right.
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[George] Do I look perfectly right to you?
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You are perfectly right.
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- [smack]
- [grunts]
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- [guard 1] His Majesty!
- [guard 2] Quickly. Go!
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Wait, no. He... He is right.
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[sniffs, exhales sharply]
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I am right.
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I forgot myself. Thank you, Doctor.
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[guards sheathing blades]
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[upbeat instrumental music plays]
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[clears throat] Hello, my lady.
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Are you in need
of assistance of some kind?
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[theme music playing]
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[tense music playing]
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What is the surprise?
Where are you taking me?
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You will see. Just wait.
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I do not need to do anything.
I decide! I have decided!
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[shouts] I am your king!
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Oh.
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My mistake.
I thought you were just George.
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- Forgive me, Your Majesty.
- Char... Charlotte.
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Come on, then!
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- Just a tipple!
- [chuckling]
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- The devil are you two doing?
- Celebrating!
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Take the night off, Reynolds!
The king is at Buckingham House.
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His Majesty is back here. Now.
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[horse neighing]
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[driver] Whoa.
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Whoa there.
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Welcome back, Your Majesty.
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Observatory, now. Just you.
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[Reynolds] Does Your Majesty
not find the queen attractive?
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[sighs] I didn't know
a woman could be so beautiful.
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Perhaps is she dull?
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She's terrifyingly clever.
That is the problem.
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If she were ugly, if she were dull,
I might feel up to the task. Instead, her...
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brilliance shows that... [sighs]
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Shows the troll I am.
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[somber music plays softly]
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If I may. Your Majesty may
only be blinded by that brilliance.
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Her perfection is matched
only by my deformity.
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She belongs as far from me as she can get.
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Will Your Majesty not be returning
to Buckingham House?
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I have done as they asked. I married.
Now I shall leave her alone, safe from me.
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I shall return to my... planets, my stars.
They, at least, I can be sure not to harm.
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Good night, Reynolds.
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[utensils clinking]
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- [table thumps]
- [Charlotte] Brimsley?
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Yes, Your Majesty.
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Ready the carriage.
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Yes, Your Majesty.
May I say our destination?
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We are going to see my husband.
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[Reynolds] Your Majesty.
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- I already had my dinner.
- Of course.
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- There is something I need...
- Reynolds.
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Was I not clear I'm not to be disturbed
under any circumstances?
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You were, Your Majesty. It is just
that this circumstance is rather...
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The queen is coming.
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What? Why was I not informed?
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No one was informed. She just appeared.
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Good God!
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She is at the bridge.
She will be here any moment.
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[horses trotting]
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- [horses neighing]
- [drivers urging]
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Where is he?
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- Your Majesty, we were not expecting you.
- Where is he?
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The observatory, Your Majesty.
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- What is this place?
- Charlotte.
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Oh. Hello.
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Here you are.
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- [Brimsley] Will he be cross with her?
- Absolutely.
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But she is standing up to him.
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Perhaps this is good.
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Perhaps. Perhaps it is bad.
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[George] I do not understand
what you complain about.
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I am seven and ten years old,
and suddenly I am queen
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in a strange country
with strange food and strange customs.
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You do not understand
because this is who you were born to be.
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I cannot do whatever I like.
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The queen is not allowed
to go to the modiste,
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or the galleries, or the ice shops.
I cannot make friends.
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I must hold myself apart.
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I don't know
a single soul here except for you.
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I'm completely alone,
and you prefer the sky to me.
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- George!
- What?
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Say something!
250
00:16:36,328 --> 00:16:38,914
- I do not want to fight.
- I want to fight with you!
251
00:16:38,998 --> 00:16:41,125
Fight with me! Fight for me!
252
00:16:41,208 --> 00:16:43,127
Go home, Charlotte!
253
00:16:43,877 --> 00:16:45,671
[melancholy music builds slowly]
254
00:16:52,344 --> 00:16:53,512
[Charlotte sighs]
255
00:17:02,312 --> 00:17:04,440
[door creaks open]
256
00:17:06,358 --> 00:17:08,485
[George] Doctor,
thank you for coming so quickly.
257
00:17:08,569 --> 00:17:10,070
Of course, Your Majesty.
258
00:17:10,904 --> 00:17:13,782
A most impressive scientific collection.
259
00:17:14,366 --> 00:17:17,411
I do not know that there is another
to match it in England.
260
00:17:17,494 --> 00:17:20,039
Well, there are a few advantages
to being monarch.
261
00:17:20,622 --> 00:17:22,041
One is you get the best stuff.
262
00:17:23,208 --> 00:17:24,418
Monro, I...
263
00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:27,004
[sighs] I need your help.
264
00:17:27,629 --> 00:17:28,756
Of course.
265
00:17:29,256 --> 00:17:33,385
I am near at hand for whenever
Your Majesty feels a fit coming on.
266
00:17:33,469 --> 00:17:35,471
Well, the thing is, that is not enough.
267
00:17:36,055 --> 00:17:38,974
Look, I have learned
a thing or two about science,
268
00:17:39,058 --> 00:17:41,518
and one thing I have learned is this.
269
00:17:42,269 --> 00:17:44,938
Scientists keep
the best of it to themselves.
270
00:17:45,022 --> 00:17:46,106
Am I right, Monro?
271
00:17:47,316 --> 00:17:49,026
I'm not sure I understand, Your Majesty.
272
00:17:49,109 --> 00:17:52,112
It can be years before the public learns
of the newest discoveries,
273
00:17:52,196 --> 00:17:53,405
and for good reason.
274
00:17:53,489 --> 00:17:57,910
Say a doctor is brought in
to treat a king, just for example.
275
00:17:57,993 --> 00:18:00,871
He could not risk failure or,
God forbid, harming his Sovereign.
276
00:18:00,954 --> 00:18:04,291
So he would employ only his safest,
his most proven treatments,
277
00:18:04,374 --> 00:18:07,127
keeping the cutting edge
of his methods to himself
278
00:18:07,211 --> 00:18:09,755
until they are proven beyond a doubt.
Do you understand me now?
279
00:18:10,547 --> 00:18:11,590
I may begin to.
280
00:18:11,673 --> 00:18:13,967
It is not enough
to cure the fits once they start.
281
00:18:14,968 --> 00:18:18,055
If the queen were
to ever see me like that, if she were to
282
00:18:19,348 --> 00:18:21,600
flee from me,
God forbid, if I were to hurt her...
283
00:18:22,851 --> 00:18:24,611
Surely, there must be
something you could do.
284
00:18:26,188 --> 00:18:30,025
Something to end the fits... forever.
285
00:18:30,984 --> 00:18:34,530
I have been experimenting
with something more proactive.
286
00:18:34,613 --> 00:18:35,614
[George] Please.
287
00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:37,324
I want to be well.
288
00:18:40,661 --> 00:18:45,916
I would require rooms in the palace,
full access to Your Majesty at any time,
289
00:18:45,999 --> 00:18:49,378
and license to pursue more
290
00:18:49,962 --> 00:18:51,213
extreme measures.
291
00:18:51,296 --> 00:18:52,840
Anything. Whatever you have to do.
292
00:18:52,923 --> 00:18:54,683
We have the time
and privacy of my honeymoon.
293
00:18:56,468 --> 00:18:58,512
[pensive music playing]
294
00:19:01,765 --> 00:19:04,226
[Monro] The problem in your case is clear.
295
00:19:04,309 --> 00:19:05,227
[bells jingling]
296
00:19:05,310 --> 00:19:06,478
[Monro] You are a king.
297
00:19:11,191 --> 00:19:12,401
As such,
298
00:19:12,484 --> 00:19:15,112
you are used to the obedience of others.
299
00:19:23,120 --> 00:19:25,372
You have not learned to obey.
300
00:19:29,751 --> 00:19:32,171
We require solitude. You are dismissed.
301
00:19:40,596 --> 00:19:43,849
You are used to splendor. Luxury.
302
00:19:43,932 --> 00:19:45,225
Comfort.
303
00:19:47,978 --> 00:19:51,732
You have never known
the salubrious powers of Spartan habits.
304
00:19:51,815 --> 00:19:52,815
[screaming]
305
00:19:53,775 --> 00:19:55,402
[gasping, panting]
306
00:19:55,485 --> 00:19:56,486
[Monro] Again.
307
00:19:57,404 --> 00:19:59,698
[screaming]
308
00:20:00,532 --> 00:20:01,950
[Monro] Simple ways.
309
00:20:10,167 --> 00:20:13,503
Above all,
you have never learned to submit.
310
00:20:14,213 --> 00:20:16,215
[pensive music intensifies]
311
00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:23,430
Your mind ranges undisciplined.
312
00:20:26,558 --> 00:20:29,811
Unbound, it tests the limits of reason.
313
00:20:33,982 --> 00:20:35,442
[dog whimpering]
314
00:20:37,110 --> 00:20:40,239
That is the origin of your fits.
315
00:20:42,741 --> 00:20:45,702
This... is the cure.
316
00:20:46,995 --> 00:20:48,080
Submission.
317
00:21:00,676 --> 00:21:03,845
If you cannot govern yourself,
you're not fit to govern others.
318
00:21:03,929 --> 00:21:05,305
[dog whimpers]
319
00:21:05,389 --> 00:21:06,598
Until then,
320
00:21:06,682 --> 00:21:08,225
I shall govern you.
321
00:21:09,101 --> 00:21:10,894
Do you understand me, boy?
322
00:21:12,437 --> 00:21:15,107
I don't give a damn who your father was,
how many titles you have,
323
00:21:15,190 --> 00:21:17,567
or whether you are
God's own representative on Earth.
324
00:21:17,651 --> 00:21:19,778
In here, you are just
another animal in a cage.
325
00:21:19,861 --> 00:21:22,698
[shouts] And just like an animal,
I will break you!
326
00:21:26,535 --> 00:21:28,537
[pensive music fades out]
327
00:21:34,293 --> 00:21:35,544
No! Ah!
328
00:21:35,627 --> 00:21:38,714
[shouting]
329
00:21:38,797 --> 00:21:40,299
[shuddering]
330
00:21:40,382 --> 00:21:41,883
[muffled] Doctor! Doctor!
331
00:21:42,509 --> 00:21:44,886
Doctor! Doctor!
332
00:21:44,970 --> 00:21:46,680
- Doctor!
- What is that?
333
00:21:48,015 --> 00:21:49,224
Ungag him.
334
00:21:57,316 --> 00:21:59,234
We have been at this for days!
335
00:21:59,318 --> 00:22:00,610
How much longer?
336
00:22:01,528 --> 00:22:04,823
As long as it takes to achieve our goal.
That was our agreement.
337
00:22:05,449 --> 00:22:07,326
Our goal was to restore me to myself.
338
00:22:07,409 --> 00:22:10,537
Much more of this,
and I will not have a self to return to!
339
00:22:11,121 --> 00:22:13,874
Is a broken king
really better than a mad one?
340
00:22:13,957 --> 00:22:17,919
I do not call it
the "terrific method" for nothing.
341
00:22:18,003 --> 00:22:19,963
Terror is its very basis!
342
00:22:22,132 --> 00:22:25,093
But from that terror, what result.
343
00:22:25,177 --> 00:22:27,471
The wolves of the German Black Forest
344
00:22:27,554 --> 00:22:31,308
were famous, the fiercest in the world.
345
00:22:31,391 --> 00:22:34,269
Not content to steal chickens and cattle,
346
00:22:34,936 --> 00:22:38,106
they ran off with children, the old.
347
00:22:40,650 --> 00:22:42,194
Where are those wolves now?
348
00:22:42,903 --> 00:22:46,156
Only in legends, fairy tales, and here.
349
00:22:46,656 --> 00:22:48,408
Through science and force of will,
350
00:22:48,492 --> 00:22:52,954
the Germans transformed their wolves
into this thing.
351
00:22:53,663 --> 00:22:56,792
See, boy? Animal nature is clay.
352
00:22:56,875 --> 00:22:59,711
With enough strength, you can mold it.
353
00:22:59,795 --> 00:23:02,297
I will do to you
what the Germans did to their wolves.
354
00:23:02,381 --> 00:23:06,468
Mold you until you are
as harmless and obedient as he is.
355
00:23:09,638 --> 00:23:11,765
- [Brimsley] He must act.
- I cannot make him act.
356
00:23:11,848 --> 00:23:14,893
You made him consummate the marriage
in front of the Dowager Princess.
357
00:23:14,976 --> 00:23:16,436
What would you have the king do?
358
00:23:18,021 --> 00:23:19,147
- A gesture.
- A gesture?
359
00:23:19,231 --> 00:23:20,273
A gesture.
360
00:23:24,903 --> 00:23:28,240
[screaming]
361
00:23:31,743 --> 00:23:34,204
[shuddering breaths]
362
00:23:34,287 --> 00:23:35,287
[Monro] Again.
363
00:23:35,831 --> 00:23:37,749
[gurgling shouts]
364
00:23:39,376 --> 00:23:41,878
[door opens and closes]
365
00:23:52,806 --> 00:23:55,434
- Is Your Majesty quite all right?
- Of course. Why wouldn't I be?
366
00:23:57,519 --> 00:23:59,688
Forgive me, Your Majesty.
No reason at all.
367
00:24:02,941 --> 00:24:06,736
Though... it is a prodigious quantity of ice
368
00:24:06,820 --> 00:24:08,280
they keep carting around here.
369
00:24:08,363 --> 00:24:10,782
And as for the food,
I do not know that I'd see it fed
370
00:24:10,866 --> 00:24:11,992
to our lowest stable hand.
371
00:24:12,075 --> 00:24:14,953
Are you questioning
the doctor's methods, Reynolds?
372
00:24:20,292 --> 00:24:21,292
[George huffs]
373
00:24:21,626 --> 00:24:24,129
I have my own doubts about them,
but I have to try.
374
00:24:26,173 --> 00:24:28,258
It's the only chance I have
of being with her.
375
00:24:33,221 --> 00:24:35,765
With respect, Your Majesty is His Majesty.
376
00:24:35,849 --> 00:24:37,434
His Majesty can do as he pleases.
377
00:24:37,517 --> 00:24:39,478
His Majesty could be with her right now.
378
00:24:40,020 --> 00:24:43,857
I cannot take the risk,
especially with a woman so unpredictable.
379
00:24:43,940 --> 00:24:47,402
So capricious.
Could you believe her the other night?
380
00:24:48,069 --> 00:24:51,239
Abandoning her honeymoon chambers
in violation of all custom and decorum,
381
00:24:51,323 --> 00:24:54,075
not to mention my direct order.
382
00:24:55,118 --> 00:24:57,204
Bursting in unannounced on the king.
383
00:24:58,371 --> 00:25:00,040
Why, she's almost as mad as I am.
384
00:25:01,082 --> 00:25:02,083
[George sighs]
385
00:25:02,792 --> 00:25:05,420
A woman like that
is too dangerous for a man like me.
386
00:25:06,505 --> 00:25:07,964
Or maybe a perfect match.
387
00:25:13,637 --> 00:25:14,471
You think?
388
00:25:14,554 --> 00:25:17,224
We cannot know until His Majesty
spends more time with her.
389
00:25:22,562 --> 00:25:23,939
I cannot be with her.
390
00:25:25,398 --> 00:25:26,398
But...
391
00:25:29,194 --> 00:25:30,487
perhaps I could be near her.
392
00:25:32,948 --> 00:25:34,950
[pleasant music playing]
393
00:25:36,076 --> 00:25:39,371
Ready the carriage, Reynolds.
We are going to Buckingham House.
394
00:25:44,417 --> 00:25:45,919
[door opens]
395
00:26:23,331 --> 00:26:24,457
[George] Look at her.
396
00:26:25,292 --> 00:26:27,043
She's playing chess with herself.
397
00:26:28,253 --> 00:26:29,546
She is mad.
398
00:26:29,629 --> 00:26:32,215
[Reynolds] I believe
she is lonely, Your Majesty.
399
00:26:32,299 --> 00:26:33,299
[George] Lonely?
400
00:26:34,092 --> 00:26:37,220
Imagine that. I've spent my whole life
longing for time to myself.
401
00:26:38,054 --> 00:26:40,974
She is just married, Your Majesty.
It is her honeymoon.
402
00:26:41,057 --> 00:26:42,601
She may miss her husband.
403
00:26:44,185 --> 00:26:45,562
I think I miss her too.
404
00:26:50,150 --> 00:26:53,612
Your Majesty might provide
the queen a... gesture.
405
00:26:54,404 --> 00:26:55,488
A gesture?
406
00:26:55,572 --> 00:26:59,117
Some token,
some sign that she is not really alone.
407
00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:02,579
- That you shall be with her soon.
- Something to be with her until I can be.
408
00:27:02,662 --> 00:27:03,705
[Reynolds] Precisely.
409
00:27:05,624 --> 00:27:09,919
Say... what hours does the doctor
keep in his laboratory?
410
00:27:10,003 --> 00:27:11,921
Does Your Majesty require his attention?
411
00:27:14,132 --> 00:27:15,383
On the contrary.
412
00:27:15,467 --> 00:27:18,053
[whimsical music playing]
413
00:27:29,522 --> 00:27:30,732
I was thinking flowers.
414
00:27:30,815 --> 00:27:33,401
I'm still the king, mad as I may be.
415
00:27:34,611 --> 00:27:37,197
Cannot a king move freely
about his own palace?
416
00:27:43,203 --> 00:27:45,038
- [cage creaks]
- [dog whimpers]
417
00:27:50,335 --> 00:27:51,711
Fitting present, no?
418
00:27:52,420 --> 00:27:54,089
From my cage to hers.
419
00:27:54,172 --> 00:27:56,883
I want the queen to know
we will not be caged forever.
420
00:28:05,433 --> 00:28:07,102
[whimsical music ends]
421
00:28:07,185 --> 00:28:09,020
[whimpers softly]
422
00:28:15,026 --> 00:28:16,026
[barks]
423
00:28:27,831 --> 00:28:30,834
Is Your Majesty
quite confident in his security?
424
00:28:32,419 --> 00:28:34,462
My security, Doctor?
425
00:28:34,546 --> 00:28:37,048
Your Majesty's guards, footmen, retainers.
426
00:28:37,132 --> 00:28:39,413
In these sad days,
there are so many enemies of the Crown.
427
00:28:39,467 --> 00:28:43,388
One would hate to think a spy
had penetrated Your Majesty's circle.
428
00:28:44,013 --> 00:28:47,767
To say nothing of rogues,
charlatans, and petty thieves.
429
00:28:47,851 --> 00:28:50,019
- Doctor, what are you saying?
- [sighs]
430
00:28:51,646 --> 00:28:54,023
My dog is missing.
431
00:28:55,108 --> 00:28:59,320
I arrived in my laboratory this morning
to find the cage unlatched
432
00:29:00,071 --> 00:29:03,074
and the stupid beast nowhere to be found.
433
00:29:05,326 --> 00:29:07,412
It may be that
the beast was not so stupid.
434
00:29:08,538 --> 00:29:09,664
Lapdog or wolf,
435
00:29:10,582 --> 00:29:13,543
soon enough an animal tires of its cage.
Do you agree, Doctor?
436
00:29:16,588 --> 00:29:17,588
[Monro] Hm.
437
00:29:19,299 --> 00:29:23,344
Your Majesty has been spending
too much time in the observatory.
438
00:29:23,428 --> 00:29:26,598
I do not like the color
of Your Majesty's skin
439
00:29:26,681 --> 00:29:29,559
or the color around his eyes.
440
00:29:30,185 --> 00:29:33,313
I worry another fit may be imminent.
441
00:29:33,396 --> 00:29:36,065
Inauspicious timing, I am afraid, as
442
00:29:37,275 --> 00:29:41,529
the Dowager Princess has asked me
to convey a message to Your Majesty.
443
00:29:48,536 --> 00:29:53,249
I am afraid
we have forgotten our objectives.
444
00:29:53,333 --> 00:29:56,753
Grown too lax in our routine.
445
00:29:56,836 --> 00:29:59,214
But no matter, we can right ourselves.
446
00:29:59,798 --> 00:30:02,342
I will have an ice bath
prepared immediately
447
00:30:02,425 --> 00:30:04,761
and then straight to the chair.
448
00:30:04,844 --> 00:30:06,763
- [knocking at door]
- [door opens]
449
00:30:08,097 --> 00:30:10,266
Your Majesty, news from Buckingham House.
450
00:30:10,850 --> 00:30:14,229
The queen has received your... gesture.
451
00:30:15,230 --> 00:30:16,230
Oh.
452
00:30:17,315 --> 00:30:19,192
And what did she think of it?
453
00:30:22,862 --> 00:30:23,862
Go on.
454
00:30:24,405 --> 00:30:26,115
She called it a deformed bunny.
455
00:30:26,950 --> 00:30:28,284
[laughs]
456
00:30:31,830 --> 00:30:32,830
You know what?
457
00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:35,041
No ice bath.
458
00:30:35,625 --> 00:30:37,252
No chair today. [clears throat]
459
00:30:37,335 --> 00:30:38,253
Uh, Your Majesty.
460
00:30:38,336 --> 00:30:40,171
Boy! I command you to stay.
461
00:30:40,255 --> 00:30:43,550
Sorry, Doctor.
Today, I would rather work on my farm.
462
00:30:48,221 --> 00:30:49,848
[light instrumental music plays]
463
00:31:01,442 --> 00:31:02,442
[grunts]
464
00:31:11,286 --> 00:31:12,287
[music ends]
465
00:31:14,747 --> 00:31:15,747
See?
466
00:31:16,207 --> 00:31:18,668
As I said.
Drives the plow straight as an arrow.
467
00:31:18,751 --> 00:31:19,878
Aye, Your Majesty.
468
00:31:19,961 --> 00:31:21,296
It goes to show.
469
00:31:21,379 --> 00:31:24,424
The most skittish creature in the barn
can be the stoutest in the field.
470
00:31:24,507 --> 00:31:27,218
You can't know
until they have a chance to try.
471
00:31:28,678 --> 00:31:30,305
Chance to try? Hey!
472
00:31:32,056 --> 00:31:33,056
[grunts]
473
00:31:34,684 --> 00:31:35,684
Quite right.
474
00:31:38,855 --> 00:31:40,189
This work has made me hungry.
475
00:31:40,273 --> 00:31:43,943
I am afraid my larder may not rate
with Your Majesty's usual fare,
476
00:31:44,027 --> 00:31:47,280
but I could run and fetch
a crust of bread or... or some stew.
477
00:31:47,363 --> 00:31:48,823
Thank you, sir. No.
478
00:31:50,533 --> 00:31:53,953
I think... I shall dine with my wife.
479
00:31:55,163 --> 00:31:57,165
[soaring music rises and fades out]
480
00:32:13,014 --> 00:32:15,808
He has realized the error of his ways.
481
00:32:15,892 --> 00:32:18,102
His heart has opened like a flower.
482
00:32:18,186 --> 00:32:20,730
His loins throb only for Her Majesty.
483
00:32:20,813 --> 00:32:24,233
- You would do well to express gratitude.
- And yet I feel only suspicion.
484
00:32:24,817 --> 00:32:26,945
His Majesty is coming to Buckingham House.
485
00:32:27,028 --> 00:32:29,322
- That is a welcome development.
- It is.
486
00:32:30,114 --> 00:32:31,574
Have his bits healed, then?
487
00:32:32,533 --> 00:32:34,827
- His bits are fine. I've told you.
- You have.
488
00:32:35,536 --> 00:32:38,706
- I spoke out of turn. I offer apologies.
- Accepted.
489
00:32:38,790 --> 00:32:40,875
You confirm
his Majesty's condition has eased?
490
00:32:40,959 --> 00:32:41,834
What condition?
491
00:32:41,918 --> 00:32:43,795
Whatever condition
has kept him away so long.
492
00:32:43,878 --> 00:32:45,213
There is no condition.
493
00:32:46,297 --> 00:32:47,382
We could work together.
494
00:32:49,258 --> 00:32:51,803
I could be useful.
I am a patriot. I serve the Crown.
495
00:32:53,221 --> 00:32:54,889
You cannot take all of this on alone.
496
00:32:54,973 --> 00:32:57,350
- You are climbing, Brimsley.
- I am not.
497
00:32:57,433 --> 00:33:00,561
He is mine. Stay down.
498
00:33:01,270 --> 00:33:03,731
- No fish around the king.
- Yes, sir.
499
00:33:36,597 --> 00:33:37,598
[distant whooshing]
500
00:33:46,983 --> 00:33:48,985
[piercing notes screech softly]
501
00:34:02,957 --> 00:34:04,959
[distant whooshing]
502
00:34:08,296 --> 00:34:10,048
[indistinct whisperings echo]
503
00:34:12,341 --> 00:34:13,634
[whooshing echoes]
504
00:34:14,635 --> 00:34:16,095
[whooshing echoes]
505
00:34:16,179 --> 00:34:17,430
[whispering continues]
506
00:34:23,352 --> 00:34:25,354
[heartbeat thumping loudly]
507
00:34:25,438 --> 00:34:27,440
[whooshing and echoes dissipate]
508
00:34:27,523 --> 00:34:29,525
[heartbeat calms]
509
00:34:45,917 --> 00:34:47,001
[exhales]
510
00:35:00,932 --> 00:35:02,767
It's good color on this wine, Reynolds.
511
00:35:02,850 --> 00:35:04,685
I shall let the kitchen know,
Your Majesty.
512
00:35:04,769 --> 00:35:05,895
[George] Hm.
513
00:35:18,699 --> 00:35:19,699
Hello, Charlotte.
514
00:35:21,869 --> 00:35:22,869
Hello.
515
00:35:24,664 --> 00:35:26,707
Is it all right if I join you for a meal?
516
00:35:26,791 --> 00:35:27,917
A meal?
517
00:35:29,460 --> 00:35:30,753
A meal? Are you...
518
00:35:31,838 --> 00:35:32,838
A meal?!
519
00:35:35,133 --> 00:35:36,717
- [scoffs]
- Charlotte.
520
00:35:37,343 --> 00:35:39,137
Where are you going? Where are you going?
521
00:35:39,220 --> 00:35:42,431
I do not know! Just away from you.
Wherever you are not.
522
00:35:42,515 --> 00:35:44,016
Charlotte. Charlotte!
523
00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:48,062
Charlotte, if you'll give me a chance...
Charlotte, stop walking this instant!
524
00:35:54,110 --> 00:35:55,110
I...
525
00:35:55,444 --> 00:35:57,738
I realize you have no reason to like me.
526
00:35:58,698 --> 00:36:00,533
You have no reason to trust me.
I marry you,
527
00:36:00,616 --> 00:36:02,702
and then I disappear into my observatory.
528
00:36:02,785 --> 00:36:04,579
And then I come in to dine as if...
529
00:36:05,496 --> 00:36:08,416
But if you give me
just one evening of your time,
530
00:36:09,584 --> 00:36:11,544
allow me to show you
where my mind has been.
531
00:36:12,837 --> 00:36:16,507
It might not make you forgive me,
but it might make you hate me a bit less.
532
00:36:29,145 --> 00:36:32,064
Does this mean you're coming home
to Buckingham House?
533
00:36:33,399 --> 00:36:35,318
I am coming home to Buckingham House.
534
00:36:38,821 --> 00:36:40,823
[light instrumental music playing]
535
00:36:49,332 --> 00:36:50,332
Your Majesty?
536
00:36:51,459 --> 00:36:52,960
Not now, Doctor. I'm busy moving.
537
00:36:53,044 --> 00:36:54,563
- [Monro] Moving?
- To Buckingham House.
538
00:36:54,587 --> 00:36:56,047
Without consulting me?
539
00:36:58,341 --> 00:37:00,468
I've instructed the men
to find you quarters there.
540
00:37:00,551 --> 00:37:04,680
Though I am afraid our consultations
may become rather less frequent, alas.
541
00:37:04,764 --> 00:37:07,767
Such a change could have
disastrous consequences for your health.
542
00:37:07,850 --> 00:37:08,976
My health.
543
00:37:09,644 --> 00:37:11,938
Doctor, I feel healthier
than I have in years.
544
00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:17,944
- [indistinct chatter]
- [gentle, dramatic music builds slowly]
545
00:37:27,745 --> 00:37:29,080
You are breathtaking.
546
00:37:33,834 --> 00:37:36,963
[Augusta] I need to know
if you have properly bedded her.
547
00:37:37,046 --> 00:37:40,383
- The Crown...
- You told me to wed for the Crown. I did.
548
00:37:40,466 --> 00:37:42,760
You told me to charm her
to make it easier for the Crown.
549
00:37:42,843 --> 00:37:45,429
I have done my best.
You told me I could not let her know me
550
00:37:45,513 --> 00:37:48,015
because I must protect
the secrets of the Crown. I have not.
551
00:37:48,099 --> 00:37:50,226
You told me to bed her. I have done so!
552
00:37:50,309 --> 00:37:52,895
It has been abundantly clear
since my first breath
553
00:37:52,979 --> 00:37:55,982
that I was born for the happiness
or misery of a great nation.
554
00:37:56,065 --> 00:37:59,193
And consequently must often
act contrary to my passions!
555
00:38:01,445 --> 00:38:02,613
She is gone?
556
00:38:02,697 --> 00:38:04,949
[Reynolds]
Your mother has departed. I saw to it.
557
00:38:05,032 --> 00:38:06,117
And Charlotte?
558
00:38:06,659 --> 00:38:09,453
The queen is at breakfast.
If you would like to join her, I...
559
00:38:10,830 --> 00:38:12,623
Shall I send for the doctor, Your Majesty?
560
00:38:12,748 --> 00:38:14,333
Yes. Yes. Get him here.
561
00:38:14,417 --> 00:38:15,626
[breathing shakily]
562
00:38:15,710 --> 00:38:16,711
Charlotte.
563
00:38:18,212 --> 00:38:19,588
She will never know of it.
564
00:38:20,089 --> 00:38:22,091
[gentle, dramatic music builds slowly]
565
00:38:26,387 --> 00:38:27,555
[panting]
566
00:38:28,681 --> 00:38:30,016
[grunting]
567
00:38:30,099 --> 00:38:31,517
[dishes clattering]
568
00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:33,436
[moaning softly]
569
00:38:38,858 --> 00:38:40,318
[Charlotte] Are you not well?
570
00:38:41,319 --> 00:38:42,737
Was that not up to your standards?
571
00:38:42,820 --> 00:38:45,448
You saw a doctor
the other day in the cellar.
572
00:38:46,866 --> 00:38:47,867
It's Coronation Day.
573
00:38:47,950 --> 00:38:50,411
The Crown must be examined
on Coronation Day.
574
00:38:50,494 --> 00:38:52,496
[dramatic music playing]
575
00:38:54,874 --> 00:38:57,543
No more even days and odd days.
576
00:38:58,794 --> 00:39:00,963
- We shall just have days.
- Mm-hmm.
577
00:39:03,466 --> 00:39:04,466
[music ends]
578
00:39:11,724 --> 00:39:12,975
Careful, Doctor.
579
00:39:13,059 --> 00:39:16,937
Remember the giant razor in your hand
when you are waving it around like that.
580
00:39:17,021 --> 00:39:21,400
If Your Majesty would hold still,
I might avoid nicking the royal neck.
581
00:39:21,901 --> 00:39:24,236
The light down here
is not what I'm used to.
582
00:39:25,029 --> 00:39:26,364
[George] Oh, right.
583
00:39:26,447 --> 00:39:29,033
Sorry we cannot better accommodate you.
584
00:39:29,116 --> 00:39:31,285
We cannot risk the queen learning of you.
585
00:39:31,869 --> 00:39:34,789
I worry about the effects
of the cellar's humidity
586
00:39:34,872 --> 00:39:37,583
on Your Majesty's constitution.
587
00:39:37,666 --> 00:39:39,710
My constitution is fine.
588
00:39:39,794 --> 00:39:42,171
I worry about the effects
of this whole place.
589
00:39:42,254 --> 00:39:45,800
Since you moved here,
you've not been to the chair once.
590
00:39:46,300 --> 00:39:48,886
If we do not resume treatment soon,
591
00:39:48,969 --> 00:39:52,473
we risk losing
everything we have accomplished.
592
00:39:52,556 --> 00:39:53,556
[George] We?
593
00:39:54,308 --> 00:39:57,186
You and I, Doctor,
have accomplished nothing.
594
00:39:57,269 --> 00:39:59,814
Anything accomplished for me
has been the work of my bride.
595
00:39:59,897 --> 00:40:02,817
Her methods have done more for me
than you and your chair ever could.
596
00:40:03,734 --> 00:40:05,653
Your Majesty forgets himself.
597
00:40:06,695 --> 00:40:07,863
Grow reckless...
598
00:40:10,574 --> 00:40:14,286
and you give free rein
to your most capricious urges.
599
00:40:19,250 --> 00:40:20,250
So does she.
600
00:40:21,627 --> 00:40:22,627
[clears throat]
601
00:40:28,384 --> 00:40:33,097
When I was an infant,
my colic was never just colic.
602
00:40:33,180 --> 00:40:35,724
My colic was a disaster.
603
00:40:36,725 --> 00:40:40,980
An ill omen.
The potential... ruin of England.
604
00:40:41,814 --> 00:40:43,149
When I was a boy,
605
00:40:44,358 --> 00:40:46,944
refusal to eat my peas
was the potential ruin of England.
606
00:40:47,027 --> 00:40:50,739
An incorrect sum at mathematics,
the potential ruin of England.
607
00:40:51,490 --> 00:40:55,244
I have lived my entire life
in terror of acting incorrectly
608
00:40:55,327 --> 00:40:59,582
because every incorrect action
threatened the ruin of England.
609
00:40:59,665 --> 00:41:02,084
That terror nearly broke me.
610
00:41:03,627 --> 00:41:05,838
I found places to hide.
My farms, my observatory.
611
00:41:07,089 --> 00:41:08,132
My madness.
612
00:41:09,592 --> 00:41:13,012
I thought that terror
was the price of being royal.
613
00:41:14,972 --> 00:41:19,185
Now, I have met a woman
who is never terrified.
614
00:41:19,268 --> 00:41:21,562
Who does as she pleases.
615
00:41:21,645 --> 00:41:24,607
Breaks rules, courts scandal.
616
00:41:25,566 --> 00:41:29,111
Commits unthinkable impertinences.
617
00:41:33,824 --> 00:41:36,952
And she is the most royal person
I have ever known.
618
00:41:42,541 --> 00:41:45,085
Excuse me, Doctor.
I have a party to attend.
619
00:41:46,462 --> 00:41:47,588
You are dismissed.
620
00:41:49,048 --> 00:41:53,093
[man] His Majesty King George the Third
and Queen Charlotte!
621
00:42:03,854 --> 00:42:06,482
[George] I do not know
if you understand what you have done.
622
00:42:06,565 --> 00:42:08,651
With one evening, one party,
623
00:42:08,734 --> 00:42:10,903
we have created more change,
624
00:42:11,487 --> 00:42:15,241
stepped forward more
than Britain has in the last century.
625
00:42:15,324 --> 00:42:18,160
- More than I would have dreamed.
- You can do anything, George.
626
00:42:18,244 --> 00:42:20,037
With you by my side, I think I can.
627
00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:21,413
[chuckles softly]
628
00:42:22,831 --> 00:42:24,833
[gentle instrumental music playing]
629
00:42:46,897 --> 00:42:47,897
[sighs]
630
00:43:01,870 --> 00:43:03,497
Monro, what are you doing here?
631
00:43:04,790 --> 00:43:06,875
A spot of insomnia, Your Majesty?
632
00:43:07,376 --> 00:43:10,129
Unfortunately, I'm not free
for treatment just now.
633
00:43:10,212 --> 00:43:13,924
Perhaps I failed to speak clearly before.
You will never treat me again.
634
00:43:14,008 --> 00:43:15,759
- You are no longer my doctor.
- Oh.
635
00:43:16,343 --> 00:43:19,471
Pity. Nevertheless, I remain the queen's.
636
00:43:21,056 --> 00:43:22,141
The queen's?
637
00:43:22,224 --> 00:43:25,436
Yes. I'm preparing
this poultice for her now.
638
00:43:27,479 --> 00:43:28,606
Stay away from her.
639
00:43:28,689 --> 00:43:30,441
But Your Majesty, she came to me.
640
00:43:31,025 --> 00:43:33,068
Heard the king's doctor
was here and figured
641
00:43:33,152 --> 00:43:36,196
that she should not settle
for anything less
642
00:43:36,280 --> 00:43:37,740
than doctor to the king.
643
00:43:38,365 --> 00:43:39,533
Why would she need a doctor?
644
00:43:39,617 --> 00:43:41,368
Well, because obviously
645
00:43:42,369 --> 00:43:43,829
she is with child.
646
00:43:43,912 --> 00:43:45,539
[tense music builds slowly]
647
00:43:45,623 --> 00:43:47,958
She was not sure, but I am.
648
00:43:49,084 --> 00:43:50,878
Congratulations, Your Majesty.
649
00:43:51,378 --> 00:43:53,464
A joyous day for England.
650
00:44:29,750 --> 00:44:31,752
[music intensifies]
651
00:45:00,656 --> 00:45:02,658
[panting softly]
652
00:45:04,993 --> 00:45:06,995
[distant whooshing]
653
00:45:07,663 --> 00:45:09,832
[breathing shakily]
654
00:45:11,500 --> 00:45:12,668
[gasping, mutters]
655
00:45:12,751 --> 00:45:15,254
[piercing notes screech softly]
656
00:45:19,174 --> 00:45:22,136
[indistinct whisperings echo]
657
00:45:30,561 --> 00:45:33,480
[piercing notes screech softly]
658
00:45:42,531 --> 00:45:43,907
[distant whooshing]
659
00:45:44,867 --> 00:45:47,536
Farmer. Farmer King.
Farmer George. Farmer King.
660
00:45:49,329 --> 00:45:50,497
That is not right.
661
00:45:50,581 --> 00:45:51,832
[grunts]
662
00:45:51,915 --> 00:45:53,917
[Charlotte] George, is that you?
663
00:45:54,001 --> 00:45:55,169
Recalculating.
664
00:45:57,004 --> 00:45:59,006
- [scratching]
- [George] Farm... Farmer.
665
00:46:00,299 --> 00:46:01,341
[Charlotte] George?
666
00:46:01,425 --> 00:46:02,509
[pencil clatters]
667
00:46:08,056 --> 00:46:09,850
[George] Venus, my angel! I'm here!
668
00:46:11,643 --> 00:46:12,643
Talk to me!
669
00:46:13,145 --> 00:46:15,022
- [gasping]
- Farmer George.
670
00:46:15,731 --> 00:46:16,731
Here.
671
00:46:19,943 --> 00:46:20,943
Come on.
672
00:46:35,042 --> 00:46:35,918
What is this?
673
00:46:36,001 --> 00:46:37,252
What is happening?
674
00:46:39,338 --> 00:46:41,465
What has happened to my husband?
675
00:46:41,548 --> 00:46:43,425
[tense music fades]
676
00:46:43,509 --> 00:46:45,511
[somber instrumental music plays]
677
00:47:09,785 --> 00:47:11,328
- [horse neighs]
- [driver] Whoa!
678
00:47:11,411 --> 00:47:13,413
[horses trotting]
679
00:47:19,419 --> 00:47:20,419
Reynolds!
680
00:47:21,463 --> 00:47:22,840
Reynolds, my carriage!
681
00:47:34,476 --> 00:47:37,020
- Your Majesty.
- Brimsley, stop following me.
682
00:47:37,771 --> 00:47:40,065
- I... I beg, Your Ma...
- Brimsley, stop!
683
00:47:43,443 --> 00:47:44,443
[doors open]
684
00:47:44,486 --> 00:47:46,822
[Augusta laughing]
685
00:47:46,905 --> 00:47:50,826
Ah, Charlotte. I did not expect you.
The Danbury ball was a triumph.
686
00:47:50,909 --> 00:47:53,579
Has Your Highness tried
cutting mutton with a dull knife?
687
00:47:53,662 --> 00:47:54,788
I beg your pardon.
688
00:47:54,872 --> 00:47:57,082
The knives at Buckingham House
used to be sharp enough.
689
00:47:57,165 --> 00:47:59,084
Then one day, they were all dull.
690
00:47:59,585 --> 00:48:01,585
It happened to be the day
the king joined me there.
691
00:48:03,338 --> 00:48:07,551
I believe we may have to break fast
another morning, Lady Howe.
692
00:48:07,634 --> 00:48:08,634
Yes, Ma'am.
693
00:48:12,848 --> 00:48:15,434
[Charlotte] Odd, I thought,
but surely a coincidence.
694
00:48:15,517 --> 00:48:17,978
Surely a coincidence, too,
that the very same day,
695
00:48:18,061 --> 00:48:20,606
the windows were sealed shut
on the upper floors,
696
00:48:20,689 --> 00:48:22,524
and suddenly locks everywhere.
697
00:48:22,608 --> 00:48:24,651
Locks on the armory, the kitchen,
698
00:48:24,735 --> 00:48:27,237
the shed where the gardeners
keep their shears.
699
00:48:27,321 --> 00:48:28,906
A coincidence, surely.
700
00:48:30,157 --> 00:48:32,910
What I could not convince myself
was a coincidence, though,
701
00:48:32,993 --> 00:48:35,871
was when the library set
of Shakespeare was missing King Lear.
702
00:48:35,954 --> 00:48:38,248
Forgive me.
I am not a Shakespeare enthusiast.
703
00:48:38,332 --> 00:48:39,416
The one about the mad king
704
00:48:39,499 --> 00:48:41,919
because the king is mad,
and I live in a mad house!
705
00:48:42,002 --> 00:48:44,796
- You forget yourself, Charlotte.
- I thought I was the damaged one.
706
00:48:45,380 --> 00:48:47,633
That somehow I was deficient, when he...
707
00:48:47,716 --> 00:48:49,676
The king is not mad!
708
00:48:50,427 --> 00:48:52,471
The king is merely exhausted
709
00:48:52,554 --> 00:48:56,350
from holding the greatest nation
in the world on his shoulders!
710
00:48:57,726 --> 00:49:00,270
What could you know about that?
711
00:49:01,313 --> 00:49:03,565
The weight of that on a boy.
712
00:49:04,441 --> 00:49:09,154
The weight on his mother
as she watches her son start to crack.
713
00:49:10,614 --> 00:49:13,659
If, God grant, you ever do bear an heir,
714
00:49:13,742 --> 00:49:17,204
then you may start to learn,
and your first lesson will be this.
715
00:49:17,913 --> 00:49:20,832
You would do anything
to stop the cracking.
716
00:49:22,084 --> 00:49:26,421
You would engage hideous doctors
and a thousand disgusting treatments!
717
00:49:26,505 --> 00:49:29,800
You would scour Europe
for a queen grateful enough to aid him.
718
00:49:29,883 --> 00:49:32,803
And yes, if necessary,
719
00:49:33,595 --> 00:49:38,016
you'd leave the rough edges of his nature
for his bride to discover in due course.
720
00:49:38,100 --> 00:49:40,394
Rough edges? He was talking to the sky!
721
00:49:40,477 --> 00:49:41,937
And what of it?
722
00:49:42,020 --> 00:49:45,565
[Augusta] You were nothing.
You came from nowhere.
723
00:49:45,649 --> 00:49:48,110
Now, you sit at the helm of the world.
724
00:49:48,193 --> 00:49:50,445
What matter
if your husband has his peculiarities?
725
00:49:50,529 --> 00:49:52,572
I did not ask
to sit at the helm of the world.
726
00:49:52,656 --> 00:49:54,241
I did not even ask for a husband!
727
00:49:54,324 --> 00:49:56,868
But if I must have one,
if I must leave my home,
728
00:49:56,952 --> 00:50:01,248
my family, my language, my life,
it cannot be for a man I do not know!
729
00:50:01,832 --> 00:50:03,375
A man I was not allowed to know.
730
00:50:03,458 --> 00:50:04,334
For a lie!
731
00:50:04,418 --> 00:50:07,254
[Augusta] Your insolence
truly knows no bounds.
732
00:50:07,754 --> 00:50:11,425
You are unhappy with your situation,
perched at the pinnacle of power.
733
00:50:11,508 --> 00:50:13,635
A mere foal plucked from nowhere...
734
00:50:13,719 --> 00:50:15,429
[Augusta continues indistinctly]
735
00:50:15,512 --> 00:50:17,514
[pensive music playing]
736
00:50:26,773 --> 00:50:27,773
Your Majesty?
737
00:50:31,069 --> 00:50:32,446
Strap me back in.
738
00:50:40,412 --> 00:50:42,414
[music intensifies]
739
00:50:46,835 --> 00:50:49,254
[music builds to crescendo and fades out]
740
00:50:54,634 --> 00:50:56,553
[closing theme music playing]