1 00:00:54,408 --> 00:00:55,719 Come, bear. 2 00:00:55,743 --> 00:00:59,014 It's a new day for us and for Russia. 3 00:01:00,288 --> 00:01:01,600 Bravo! 4 00:01:01,624 --> 00:01:02,750 Bravo! 5 00:01:03,167 --> 00:01:04,210 The victor. 6 00:01:05,086 --> 00:01:06,521 We've been looking for you. 7 00:01:06,545 --> 00:01:10,383 No doubt, the Patriarch is essential in all of Russia's affairs. 8 00:01:10,883 --> 00:01:13,403 I was in the forest communing with God. 9 00:01:13,427 --> 00:01:14,595 You mean hiding. 10 00:01:15,346 --> 00:01:20,118 In my communication with God, He told me I have to play my part in your reign. 11 00:01:20,142 --> 00:01:23,145 - He did? And I always thought He was infallible. 12 00:01:23,980 --> 00:01:26,208 Now I suppose having not thought things through properly, 13 00:01:26,232 --> 00:01:28,085 you've probably resolved to kill me. 14 00:01:28,109 --> 00:01:31,046 Orlo's plan is to stab 60 holes in you 15 00:01:31,070 --> 00:01:34,091 and then something involving salt, honey and ants. 16 00:01:34,115 --> 00:01:36,510 Well, some of that I would enjoy. 17 00:01:36,534 --> 00:01:39,846 I'm happy just to simply cut your throat, but I promised him. 18 00:01:39,870 --> 00:01:42,182 I'll let the guards know where to find you. 19 00:01:42,206 --> 00:01:44,935 Let us ponder your situation. 20 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:49,940 You are to be consecrated today before the court and God. 21 00:01:49,964 --> 00:01:51,608 That is the plan. 22 00:01:51,632 --> 00:01:54,611 I find it exciting just hearing it out loud. 23 00:01:54,635 --> 00:01:56,863 The Russian church is everything in Russia. 24 00:01:56,887 --> 00:01:59,700 There is one Church, one God, one Patriarch. 25 00:01:59,724 --> 00:02:02,244 The people listen to the Church across this land. 26 00:02:02,268 --> 00:02:03,704 Its rule is iron. 27 00:02:03,728 --> 00:02:06,582 Its word is trusted in a way the Emperor's is not. 28 00:02:06,606 --> 00:02:08,625 The Church lives in people's hearts. 29 00:02:08,649 --> 00:02:10,711 - As fear. - And love. 30 00:02:10,735 --> 00:02:12,296 It's a powerful combination. 31 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:15,966 So, my question is: Are you really going to be consecrated 32 00:02:15,990 --> 00:02:18,427 with the blood of the Patriarch on your hand? 33 00:02:18,451 --> 00:02:20,012 I'll wash. 34 00:02:20,036 --> 00:02:21,513 And who would you replace me with? 35 00:02:21,537 --> 00:02:22,598 I'll find someone. 36 00:02:22,622 --> 00:02:23,724 Who? 37 00:02:23,748 --> 00:02:26,101 I'm the most progressive cleric on the synod. 38 00:02:26,125 --> 00:02:28,395 Here I am chatting with a woman, 39 00:02:28,419 --> 00:02:30,772 respecting and applauding her taking of power. 40 00:02:30,796 --> 00:02:32,399 It's not the general consensus. 41 00:02:32,423 --> 00:02:33,400 Good God. 42 00:02:33,424 --> 00:02:34,735 Indeed, He is. 43 00:02:34,759 --> 00:02:37,428 Indeed, He is. 44 00:02:38,095 --> 00:02:43,285 Now, I have sent two sermons to every regional bishop in the land. 45 00:02:43,309 --> 00:02:46,496 "A" is saying that you are God's choice. 46 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:51,084 "B" is saying that you are a German devil who has stolen our country 47 00:02:51,108 --> 00:02:54,296 and wishes to render us all dead, or Lutheran, 48 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:57,215 and is intent on burning Russia to the ground. 49 00:02:57,239 --> 00:03:01,178 I then call on all Russians in quite a moving way 50 00:03:01,202 --> 00:03:05,098 to rise up as one and destroy you and your rule. 51 00:03:05,122 --> 00:03:10,670 Burn your bones, spread the ashes on the wind, et cetera. 52 00:03:11,545 --> 00:03:14,399 If I die, they read "B," 53 00:03:14,423 --> 00:03:16,276 I don't, they read "A," 54 00:03:16,300 --> 00:03:19,345 and we all have cake and champagne after consecration. 55 00:03:21,013 --> 00:03:22,013 Right. 56 00:03:23,933 --> 00:03:28,271 It's a joy to finally have someone smart on the throne who sees reason. 57 00:03:29,021 --> 00:03:32,400 You're right, I have no one to replace you with. 58 00:03:33,067 --> 00:03:34,378 Yet. 59 00:03:34,402 --> 00:03:37,488 But when I do, I will kill you. 60 00:03:38,322 --> 00:03:42,970 I will relish each day more, knowing it could be my last. 61 00:03:42,994 --> 00:03:45,973 All I ask is to put my case until God decides to take me. 62 00:03:45,997 --> 00:03:48,416 Which will be when I decide to send you. 63 00:03:50,042 --> 00:03:51,919 Congratulations again. 64 00:03:55,298 --> 00:03:56,275 Uh, s... sir... 65 00:03:56,299 --> 00:03:58,068 Just let me fucking do it. 66 00:04:07,476 --> 00:04:09,413 - Time? - 8:15. 67 00:04:10,688 --> 00:04:12,290 Ah! Here you... 68 00:04:12,314 --> 00:04:13,417 Oh, it's you. 69 00:04:13,441 --> 00:04:15,252 Darling, hello. 70 00:04:15,276 --> 00:04:17,588 I thought you might be sad, so I brought you a mouse. 71 00:04:17,612 --> 00:04:20,114 I don't want a fucking mouse, and why would I be sad? 72 00:04:21,282 --> 00:04:24,052 You... lost the empire. 73 00:04:24,076 --> 00:04:25,846 I thought it might be sad for you. 74 00:04:25,870 --> 00:04:26,847 Not at all. 75 00:04:26,871 --> 00:04:29,474 I have always been Emperor, or Emperor to be, 76 00:04:29,498 --> 00:04:32,519 but I have never woken up just Peter. 77 00:04:32,543 --> 00:04:33,854 I can do as I like. 78 00:04:33,878 --> 00:04:35,022 Who would I like to be? 79 00:04:35,046 --> 00:04:39,067 No, what would I like to be while I'm unburdened by my office? 80 00:04:39,091 --> 00:04:40,777 How fascinating. 81 00:04:40,801 --> 00:04:43,905 You are free to be free. Huzzah! 82 00:04:43,929 --> 00:04:44,866 Exactly. 83 00:04:44,890 --> 00:04:46,158 I am doing things, Aunt. 84 00:04:46,182 --> 00:04:50,495 Improving, indulging my whims, violin lessons, philosophy with Voltaire. 85 00:04:50,519 --> 00:04:53,123 And learning Kung Fu, 86 00:04:53,147 --> 00:04:55,584 an eastern fighting art I have long wondered on 87 00:04:55,608 --> 00:04:57,818 and seems I have a natural proclivity for. 88 00:04:59,612 --> 00:05:03,050 I applaud it, but we must focus on one thing as well. 89 00:05:03,074 --> 00:05:05,260 Ah, my coronation suit. 90 00:05:05,284 --> 00:05:06,452 Brilliant. 91 00:05:07,036 --> 00:05:08,597 - You're going? - Of course. 92 00:05:08,621 --> 00:05:11,224 It's important the court see me give it to her. 93 00:05:11,248 --> 00:05:12,893 I can't let people think she took it from me. 94 00:05:12,917 --> 00:05:14,436 I see. 95 00:05:14,460 --> 00:05:16,480 It is her I wish to speak of. 96 00:05:16,504 --> 00:05:17,856 Yes? 97 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:20,716 Paul is wonderful, but he may die. 98 00:05:21,175 --> 00:05:22,486 Why would you say that? 99 00:05:22,510 --> 00:05:23,570 Don't say that! 100 00:05:23,594 --> 00:05:26,281 - Most women have many miscarriages. I had seven. 101 00:05:26,305 --> 00:05:29,308 - Seven? Hm, I only know about the wet one. 102 00:05:30,476 --> 00:05:34,105 Igor drowned and was a walking child. 103 00:05:35,398 --> 00:05:40,254 A miscarriage is when the baby in you does not make it and bleeds out of you. 104 00:05:40,278 --> 00:05:41,630 Oh, fuck. 105 00:05:41,654 --> 00:05:44,132 That happens every month, doesn't it, with women? 106 00:05:44,156 --> 00:05:46,385 Every month there is a dead baby, fuck. 107 00:05:46,409 --> 00:05:48,470 That, that is tragic. 108 00:05:48,494 --> 00:05:50,305 No. Uh... 109 00:05:50,329 --> 00:05:52,307 I cannot explain at length. 110 00:05:52,331 --> 00:05:57,086 My point: If she does not carry your child, your blood, we are nothing. 111 00:05:58,629 --> 00:06:00,857 If she loves you, you will make more babies 112 00:06:00,881 --> 00:06:02,818 and you will protect the family line. 113 00:06:02,842 --> 00:06:05,779 This is a dynasty, and we must protect it. 114 00:06:05,803 --> 00:06:07,823 You must make her love you. 115 00:06:07,847 --> 00:06:11,118 - She does love me. She killed Leo and she kept me. 116 00:06:11,142 --> 00:06:12,393 Evidence in. 117 00:06:13,019 --> 00:06:16,832 I fear she is only dimly aware of the fact of her love. 118 00:06:16,856 --> 00:06:18,667 This is my plan, Aunt. 119 00:06:18,691 --> 00:06:22,963 She will soon realize Russia is an old sow of a country that lays near dead 120 00:06:22,987 --> 00:06:24,756 and heaving in a pile of mud, 121 00:06:24,780 --> 00:06:27,634 impossible to move, and she has failed. 122 00:06:27,658 --> 00:06:32,121 She will come to me, humbled, sad and in need of my love and massive cock. 123 00:06:33,331 --> 00:06:34,600 Marvelous plan. 124 00:06:34,624 --> 00:06:36,042 I know. 125 00:06:37,293 --> 00:06:40,063 A woman often likes to reshingle a man. 126 00:06:40,087 --> 00:06:44,651 Ask her if, when she looks at you, she sees faulty bits. 127 00:06:44,675 --> 00:06:47,195 Because if her eye is constantly drawn to them, 128 00:06:47,219 --> 00:06:48,780 the whole building looks bad, 129 00:06:48,804 --> 00:06:50,949 but if you replace those shingles, 130 00:06:50,973 --> 00:06:53,827 she has nothing to do but admire the whole edifice. 131 00:06:53,851 --> 00:06:56,038 Hm. And want to fuck it. 132 00:06:56,062 --> 00:06:57,438 Exactly. 133 00:07:03,778 --> 00:07:05,696 I shall receive my guest. 134 00:07:07,365 --> 00:07:10,218 Lady Marial, how lovely you look. 135 00:07:10,242 --> 00:07:11,929 And how happy we are to have you returned. 136 00:07:11,953 --> 00:07:13,162 What is it, bitch? 137 00:07:14,246 --> 00:07:15,849 We left some things... 138 00:07:15,873 --> 00:07:19,144 some art and some children's toys, in a box in the back of the... 139 00:07:19,168 --> 00:07:20,419 I burnt them. 140 00:07:22,004 --> 00:07:23,673 Slam that for me, will you? 141 00:07:51,575 --> 00:07:52,928 Oh. 142 00:07:52,952 --> 00:07:54,954 Dearest Orlo. 143 00:07:56,539 --> 00:07:58,082 Look where we are. 144 00:07:58,708 --> 00:08:00,209 What a day. 145 00:08:01,961 --> 00:08:03,939 What a day, what a day! 146 00:08:03,963 --> 00:08:06,525 Indeed. A dream. 147 00:08:06,549 --> 00:08:07,651 Is it a dream? 148 00:08:07,675 --> 00:08:08,801 Come here. 149 00:08:10,803 --> 00:08:12,489 Let us remake Russia, my friend. 150 00:08:12,513 --> 00:08:13,848 Indeed. 151 00:08:15,099 --> 00:08:16,118 Mm! 152 00:08:17,393 --> 00:08:20,205 It's a detailed statement of aims and actions we should take 153 00:08:20,229 --> 00:08:21,623 in a methodical and precise way. 154 00:08:21,647 --> 00:08:23,316 I have arranged it in sections. 155 00:08:24,859 --> 00:08:27,754 I have my list, but I shall read yours, 156 00:08:27,778 --> 00:08:30,114 and no doubt, there is much crossover. 157 00:08:30,947 --> 00:08:32,384 Oh, Orlo. 158 00:08:32,408 --> 00:08:33,468 I feel giddy. 159 00:08:33,492 --> 00:08:35,220 Huzzah! 160 00:08:35,244 --> 00:08:38,538 Huzzah! Hu-fucking-zah! 161 00:08:39,332 --> 00:08:41,393 Russia is ours! 162 00:08:41,417 --> 00:08:44,646 I have a special vodka given to me by Peter the Great 163 00:08:44,670 --> 00:08:46,940 on the day he made me a General. 164 00:08:46,964 --> 00:08:48,734 Which you have opened in advance. 165 00:08:48,758 --> 00:08:52,029 Uh, taste testing in case it's poisoned. 166 00:08:52,053 --> 00:08:55,181 I lay my life before my Empress. 167 00:08:59,560 --> 00:09:01,121 - Mm. - Mm! 168 00:09:02,105 --> 00:09:04,440 So, where shall we start? 169 00:09:05,483 --> 00:09:07,669 Our first daily agenda. 170 00:09:07,693 --> 00:09:09,838 Look how happy an agenda makes him. 171 00:09:09,862 --> 00:09:14,426 Is that the fast-beating heart of a bureaucrat unleashed I hear? 172 00:09:14,450 --> 00:09:17,429 It is. The school opens this morning. 173 00:09:17,453 --> 00:09:20,098 Huzzah! I shall be there. 174 00:09:20,122 --> 00:09:22,851 And this evening, your coronation. 175 00:09:22,875 --> 00:09:24,669 So, the lay of the land is this. 176 00:09:25,544 --> 00:09:28,106 Everyone expects you to last a year. 177 00:09:28,130 --> 00:09:30,317 I am safe until the baby is born. 178 00:09:30,341 --> 00:09:31,860 He is my savior. 179 00:09:31,884 --> 00:09:34,696 Exactly. Until he is born and then he is a threat. 180 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:37,366 Children seem endlessly problematic to me. 181 00:09:37,390 --> 00:09:42,329 So, we must act fast and show that I am a great leader, 182 00:09:42,353 --> 00:09:46,649 indispensable, destined and loved. 183 00:09:47,566 --> 00:09:51,404 So, let us do some big things. 184 00:09:52,530 --> 00:09:57,928 Free the serfs, outlaw violence, build a hundred art galleries, 185 00:09:57,952 --> 00:10:02,349 open an academy of sciences, drawing the greatest minds from Europe. 186 00:10:02,373 --> 00:10:05,185 Dismantle the laws around women's rights, 187 00:10:05,209 --> 00:10:07,271 build roads, ports, 188 00:10:07,295 --> 00:10:10,023 open trade treaty discussions with the nations of Europe. 189 00:10:10,047 --> 00:10:12,943 Raise taxes, lower mortality rates, 190 00:10:12,967 --> 00:10:15,779 and make dancing and jokes 191 00:10:15,803 --> 00:10:18,264 a prerequisite of every dinner. 192 00:10:20,099 --> 00:10:21,285 Let us start with... 193 00:10:21,309 --> 00:10:23,227 With meeting the nobles. 194 00:10:23,811 --> 00:10:24,955 What? 195 00:10:24,979 --> 00:10:26,832 Ah, it is ritual. 196 00:10:26,856 --> 00:10:29,442 They, they come from everywhere. 197 00:10:31,110 --> 00:10:34,881 - God bless you. Welcome! - Oh, there is a lot. Oh. 198 00:10:34,905 --> 00:10:36,216 Archie! 199 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:38,468 Fucker! In broad daylight. 200 00:10:38,492 --> 00:10:40,554 Guards, go and seize him. 201 00:10:40,578 --> 00:10:44,641 Oh, let us kill him slowly until he realizes he's been abandoned by God. 202 00:10:44,665 --> 00:10:48,312 - Relax, Orlo. Let's just behead him like civilized men. 203 00:10:48,336 --> 00:10:51,023 Wait! I have done a deal with him. 204 00:10:51,047 --> 00:10:52,381 What? 205 00:10:53,090 --> 00:10:54,735 He has a gun to my head. 206 00:10:54,759 --> 00:10:57,321 I cannot walk into the coronation with a dead Patriarch, 207 00:10:57,345 --> 00:10:59,531 or he'll unleash chaos from the grave. 208 00:10:59,555 --> 00:11:02,993 R-right. Y... I mean, y-you didn't want to discuss it first? 209 00:11:03,017 --> 00:11:05,203 It was clear what to do, so I did it. 210 00:11:05,227 --> 00:11:06,330 But we had a plan. 211 00:11:06,354 --> 00:11:10,042 We had Simkey to replace him with and he died, and our plan with it. 212 00:11:10,066 --> 00:11:13,420 That's the problem, these old fuckers die. 213 00:11:13,444 --> 00:11:15,363 It's celibacy I blame. 214 00:11:15,905 --> 00:11:17,925 It fucks 'em up. 215 00:11:17,949 --> 00:11:19,343 Thank you, Velementov. 216 00:11:19,367 --> 00:11:21,178 I really, really want to kill him. 217 00:11:21,202 --> 00:11:24,765 My head is still soft in places from that fucking Bible he dropped on my head. 218 00:11:24,789 --> 00:11:28,518 The Bible has damaged many heads in a myriad of ways. 219 00:11:28,542 --> 00:11:31,921 We will kill him, Orlo, but not yet. 220 00:11:35,841 --> 00:11:38,010 Wily fucker, give him that. 221 00:11:45,017 --> 00:11:46,036 Time! 222 00:11:46,060 --> 00:11:47,603 8:35. 223 00:11:48,479 --> 00:11:51,357 - She should be here for breakfast. That is the agreement. 224 00:11:52,817 --> 00:11:56,445 But she has a big day, so I will go to her. 225 00:11:57,405 --> 00:11:58,406 Guards! 226 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:02,618 You're not supposed to... leave. 227 00:12:05,121 --> 00:12:06,330 Door. 228 00:12:12,628 --> 00:12:13,629 Morning. 229 00:12:14,547 --> 00:12:15,548 Morning. 230 00:12:19,510 --> 00:12:20,696 Morning. 231 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:21,822 Orlo, out. 232 00:12:21,846 --> 00:12:24,366 You too, Velementov, you fat traitorous fuck. 233 00:12:24,390 --> 00:12:25,534 What are you doing here? 234 00:12:25,558 --> 00:12:27,578 Breakfast. This is our day. 235 00:12:27,602 --> 00:12:28,870 Hello, Paul. 236 00:12:28,894 --> 00:12:30,455 I shall have him returned to quarters. 237 00:12:30,479 --> 00:12:31,748 Oh, do it yourself, fat boy. 238 00:12:31,772 --> 00:12:33,417 With pleasure and alacrity. 239 00:12:33,441 --> 00:12:34,710 Wh-what's alacrity? 240 00:12:34,734 --> 00:12:36,027 Speed! 241 00:12:38,195 --> 00:12:39,405 Hi-ya! 242 00:12:40,698 --> 00:12:41,925 Oh, sh... 243 00:12:47,913 --> 00:12:49,308 Enough! 244 00:12:49,332 --> 00:12:51,542 I made a deal, I shall honor it. 245 00:12:52,543 --> 00:12:55,212 - Empress? - It's fine. I will do this. 246 00:13:01,177 --> 00:13:02,988 What would my father say? 247 00:13:03,012 --> 00:13:05,181 My sentiments exactly. 248 00:13:05,973 --> 00:13:08,476 Velementov, just go. 249 00:13:18,527 --> 00:13:20,005 I know it was supposed to be in my apartments, 250 00:13:20,029 --> 00:13:21,798 but I realized what a busy day you would have, 251 00:13:21,822 --> 00:13:23,300 and so I thought I'd come to you. 252 00:13:23,324 --> 00:13:24,593 It's thoughtful of me, I know. 253 00:13:24,617 --> 00:13:25,844 Put it on the desk. 254 00:13:29,372 --> 00:13:30,456 Hmm. 255 00:13:33,125 --> 00:13:34,227 Ah. 256 00:13:34,251 --> 00:13:35,252 Of course. 257 00:13:42,635 --> 00:13:43,678 Mm. 258 00:13:44,887 --> 00:13:46,597 Caviar and rosemary crepe? 259 00:13:50,101 --> 00:13:53,830 - Lady Marial, another forgiven traitor. Look at you. 260 00:13:53,854 --> 00:13:56,083 I do look great in this dress. 261 00:13:56,107 --> 00:13:59,336 I also had cantaloupes and raspberries for breakfast, Orlo, 262 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:01,421 bathed in vanilla scented cream, 263 00:14:01,445 --> 00:14:04,216 and slept for nine glorious hours, 264 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:07,261 naked and wrapped in silken sheets. 265 00:14:07,285 --> 00:14:08,637 Unbelievable. 266 00:14:08,661 --> 00:14:10,430 All our enemies are alive and having a lovely day. 267 00:14:10,454 --> 00:14:13,350 - Oh, relax, Orlo. - Yes, relax, Orlo. 268 00:14:13,374 --> 00:14:14,685 I saved her life. 269 00:14:14,709 --> 00:14:17,604 I'm the real hero here, and the prettiest. 270 00:14:17,628 --> 00:14:20,232 Agreed. You, you smell like vanilla. 271 00:14:20,256 --> 00:14:21,608 Drink it in, big boy. 272 00:14:21,632 --> 00:14:22,967 Oh. 273 00:14:26,887 --> 00:14:28,514 Marvelous. 274 00:14:31,809 --> 00:14:33,078 That your list? 275 00:14:33,102 --> 00:14:34,228 It is. 276 00:14:35,396 --> 00:14:37,624 Go fast, change much, my advice. 277 00:14:37,648 --> 00:14:39,585 I thought I'd go fast. 278 00:14:39,609 --> 00:14:41,169 - You think I should? - Yes. 279 00:14:41,193 --> 00:14:43,338 Once Paul's out, someone will try and kill you, 280 00:14:43,362 --> 00:14:45,632 steal the baby and coup us both with it. 281 00:14:45,656 --> 00:14:49,011 Here's a question I had: If there's one thing you didn't like about me... 282 00:14:49,035 --> 00:14:51,722 a tiny aspect, and there may not be, probably there isn't, 283 00:14:51,746 --> 00:14:53,640 but if there is one thing I could change 284 00:14:53,664 --> 00:14:56,476 about my relatively flawless self, what would it be? 285 00:14:56,500 --> 00:14:57,894 Your mercurial violence. 286 00:14:57,918 --> 00:14:59,146 Really? Huh. 287 00:14:59,170 --> 00:15:00,689 Father always thought that my best quality. 288 00:15:00,713 --> 00:15:01,649 - Really? - Yeah. 289 00:15:01,673 --> 00:15:02,899 He'd say, "There's not much going on in there, 290 00:15:02,923 --> 00:15:05,694 but give him a knife and light his wick, the boy has something." 291 00:15:05,718 --> 00:15:09,323 Reason and compassion can win any argument better than violence. 292 00:15:09,347 --> 00:15:11,950 Well, you don't have to win an argument with someone who has a slashed larynx 293 00:15:11,974 --> 00:15:13,643 as they struggle to make their point. 294 00:15:14,769 --> 00:15:16,204 Not that I'm saying that's good. 295 00:15:16,228 --> 00:15:17,980 I'm not. Just saying... 296 00:15:18,856 --> 00:15:20,900 Hm. I'll work on that. 297 00:15:21,734 --> 00:15:24,546 How will you spend your days while I am making Russia better? 298 00:15:24,570 --> 00:15:26,506 - You mean different. - I actually mean better. 299 00:15:26,530 --> 00:15:30,052 While you improve Russia, I shall improve myself. 300 00:15:30,076 --> 00:15:35,206 Mm. We both share lofty, or possibly in your case, unattainable ambitions. 301 00:15:36,540 --> 00:15:37,959 Should we have sex? 302 00:15:39,168 --> 00:15:41,355 I'd rather choke to death on this tiny chicken. 303 00:15:41,379 --> 00:15:44,757 That's a poor decision and does not augur well for Russia. 304 00:15:46,676 --> 00:15:48,946 - You are forgiving. She betrayed you. - Saved her. 305 00:15:48,970 --> 00:15:51,990 It is a point of conjecture, but I am benevolent, it's true. 306 00:15:52,014 --> 00:15:54,117 I have fabrics for your gown for the coronation 307 00:15:54,141 --> 00:15:56,411 and seamstresses standing by. 308 00:15:56,435 --> 00:15:58,020 I was thinking this. 309 00:15:59,146 --> 00:16:00,499 Very Versailles. 310 00:16:00,523 --> 00:16:02,960 It doesn't matter how I look, just what I do. 311 00:16:06,654 --> 00:16:08,757 Adorable. 312 00:16:08,781 --> 00:16:12,636 If you dress well, no one notices what you do, just what you wear. 313 00:16:12,660 --> 00:16:14,221 Voltaire said that. 314 00:16:14,245 --> 00:16:15,288 He did not. 315 00:16:16,372 --> 00:16:18,558 - Maybe I said it then. I've heard it before. 316 00:16:18,582 --> 00:16:21,127 I am wearing a blue velvet so let us not clash. 317 00:16:22,003 --> 00:16:23,754 Must go. I have violin. 318 00:16:27,133 --> 00:16:28,527 He's coming? 319 00:16:28,551 --> 00:16:30,094 Door! 320 00:16:30,761 --> 00:16:31,846 Peter! 321 00:16:33,014 --> 00:16:35,367 You're not coming. You're under house arrest. 322 00:16:35,391 --> 00:16:37,911 - Of course I'm coming. I have to give you the throne. 323 00:16:37,935 --> 00:16:39,496 I took it. You did not give it. 324 00:16:39,520 --> 00:16:41,290 Yes, I did. Yes, I do. 325 00:16:41,314 --> 00:16:43,166 Guards, come on, guard me. 326 00:16:43,190 --> 00:16:44,626 You're not coming! 327 00:16:44,650 --> 00:16:46,169 - See you there! - The school. 328 00:16:46,193 --> 00:16:48,213 It begins. You wish to be there, I imagine? 329 00:16:48,237 --> 00:16:49,214 Of course. 330 00:16:49,238 --> 00:16:51,717 I really need a decision on the style. 331 00:16:51,741 --> 00:16:53,802 We only have four hours for them to make it. 332 00:16:53,826 --> 00:16:56,888 - I don't know what I want. Something... special. 333 00:16:56,912 --> 00:16:59,099 Right. Not that specific, is it? 334 00:16:59,123 --> 00:17:00,474 The school. 335 00:17:00,498 --> 00:17:01,542 Yes, let's go. 336 00:17:06,921 --> 00:17:08,275 Shouldn't they bow or something? 337 00:17:08,299 --> 00:17:10,318 - They don't know it's you. They're from all over Russia. 338 00:17:10,342 --> 00:17:12,136 You look like just a woman to them. 339 00:17:17,265 --> 00:17:18,516 Shall we greet the day? 340 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:20,621 You all right? 341 00:17:20,645 --> 00:17:21,872 I didn't sleep. 342 00:17:21,896 --> 00:17:24,415 I kept waiting for someone to come in and cut our throats. 343 00:17:24,439 --> 00:17:26,168 I don't think she will. 344 00:17:26,192 --> 00:17:29,755 There's a proclamation of forgiveness, amnesty, and reconciliation. 345 00:17:29,779 --> 00:17:31,131 "We are all Russians," et cetera. 346 00:17:31,155 --> 00:17:32,758 It is a bad day. 347 00:17:32,782 --> 00:17:35,135 Maybe this won't be so bad for us. 348 00:17:35,159 --> 00:17:36,678 I'm optimistic. 349 00:17:36,702 --> 00:17:38,055 Cunt. 350 00:17:38,079 --> 00:17:39,556 Ah... 351 00:17:39,580 --> 00:17:40,831 Ugh. 352 00:17:42,458 --> 00:17:45,103 They seem to have not read the proclamation. 353 00:17:45,127 --> 00:17:47,272 Fucking Belanova just spat in my face. 354 00:17:47,296 --> 00:17:48,690 A new dawn for all of us. 355 00:17:48,714 --> 00:17:51,777 - She gave our apartment to Marial. - Who burnt the children's teddys. 356 00:17:54,595 --> 00:17:57,115 You need to read the proclamation, you fucks! 357 00:17:57,139 --> 00:18:01,185 - Ah! Hello, friends. What a great day. Come. 358 00:18:02,103 --> 00:18:03,914 - Ah, Tarzinsky. - Dickhead. 359 00:18:10,444 --> 00:18:11,838 Did he just call me a dickhead? 360 00:18:11,862 --> 00:18:14,424 I'll fucking go shoot him and she can do what she will with me. 361 00:18:14,448 --> 00:18:15,592 Just say the word. 362 00:18:15,616 --> 00:18:17,844 - The word is widow. Jesus, Arkady. 363 00:18:17,868 --> 00:18:20,013 No, it's fine. 364 00:18:20,037 --> 00:18:22,015 "Dickhead," merely a word, 365 00:18:22,039 --> 00:18:24,101 like "cheese" or "low flying bird." 366 00:18:24,125 --> 00:18:25,686 Just words. 367 00:18:25,710 --> 00:18:28,897 - Arkady, come help me write this speech. - I thought you were under house arrest. 368 00:18:28,921 --> 00:18:30,023 I am. 369 00:18:30,047 --> 00:18:32,550 And I'm actually finding it less restricting than I imagined. 370 00:18:34,635 --> 00:18:36,363 Ah, I thought I was late for the start. 371 00:18:36,387 --> 00:18:38,824 Good they're not here yet. What a day! 372 00:18:38,848 --> 00:18:40,867 Well, you can't be late as you're Empress. 373 00:18:40,891 --> 00:18:42,828 We work on your time frame. 374 00:18:42,852 --> 00:18:44,687 But this is it, I'm afraid. 375 00:18:45,479 --> 00:18:47,624 - One? - Alas. 376 00:18:47,648 --> 00:18:51,086 I was going to punish whoever was late. Make a statement. 377 00:18:51,110 --> 00:18:53,005 Like my school in France did. 378 00:18:53,029 --> 00:18:55,424 But then everyone was late, so I wasn't sure what to do. 379 00:18:55,448 --> 00:19:00,262 And then no one came, and I realized, oh dear, no one's coming. 380 00:19:00,286 --> 00:19:02,097 Orlo, you put out the proclamation? 381 00:19:02,121 --> 00:19:04,600 Yes. Every apartment with female children in the palace 382 00:19:04,624 --> 00:19:07,728 was invited to send their child to the Empress's new school for girls. 383 00:19:07,752 --> 00:19:09,879 Oh, right. 384 00:19:10,838 --> 00:19:13,382 Marial, gather the mothers, I wish to speak to them. 385 00:19:15,051 --> 00:19:16,636 Velementov, come with me. 386 00:19:22,350 --> 00:19:25,811 Your soldiers are not guarding Peter well. We must make a point. 387 00:19:27,897 --> 00:19:31,835 Gentlemen, your job is to keep Peter in his quarters. 388 00:19:31,859 --> 00:19:34,463 He is your prisoner, do you understand that? 389 00:19:34,487 --> 00:19:36,048 He cannot leave this wing. 390 00:19:36,072 --> 00:19:39,343 He cannot walk unimpeded about court ordering a salmon or a cock sucking, 391 00:19:39,367 --> 00:19:40,719 do you understand? 392 00:19:40,743 --> 00:19:43,305 He is not your Emperor, he is your prisoner. 393 00:19:43,329 --> 00:19:45,557 If you need to shoot him, do so. 394 00:19:45,581 --> 00:19:49,561 In the leg ideally, but in the head if you must. 395 00:19:49,585 --> 00:19:51,587 Hm? Understood? 396 00:19:55,633 --> 00:19:56,610 Is that true? 397 00:19:56,634 --> 00:19:59,553 - Now, do your jobs, men. Do your fucking jobs. 398 00:20:01,722 --> 00:20:03,533 - So, Poland. - Poland? 399 00:20:03,557 --> 00:20:04,660 We can take it. 400 00:20:04,684 --> 00:20:07,120 It's basically full of Russians waiting to be liberated. 401 00:20:07,144 --> 00:20:08,330 You want to start a war? 402 00:20:08,354 --> 00:20:09,373 It'll be swift. 403 00:20:09,397 --> 00:20:12,125 Territory that we lost decades ago will be returned to us. 404 00:20:12,149 --> 00:20:15,879 Russia will become bigger, stronger, and made whole once again. 405 00:20:15,903 --> 00:20:18,382 I'm not starting a war the first day of my reign, Velementov. 406 00:20:18,406 --> 00:20:19,383 Well, which day then? 407 00:20:19,407 --> 00:20:21,760 I vaguely recall a deal where you said you were not against war. 408 00:20:21,784 --> 00:20:26,014 When I find a war I see the point of, we shall go in guns blazing. 409 00:20:26,038 --> 00:20:27,557 But Poland is not it. 410 00:20:27,581 --> 00:20:29,101 Right. I felt it was a... 411 00:20:29,125 --> 00:20:32,104 a, a big plan and might fit the bill for early victories. 412 00:20:32,128 --> 00:20:35,816 When I said only big plans, Velementov, I meant my big plans. 413 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:37,109 Ah. I see. 414 00:20:37,133 --> 00:20:39,861 Can you not just revel in your victory a bit longer? 415 00:20:39,885 --> 00:20:40,946 Why this need for war? 416 00:20:40,970 --> 00:20:43,073 It's, it's what I do. 417 00:20:43,097 --> 00:20:46,034 Well, instead you will be vigilant for threats to our great nation 418 00:20:46,058 --> 00:20:48,787 and offer me your wisdom born of blood and pain. 419 00:20:48,811 --> 00:20:50,813 Doesn't seem like a real job. 420 00:20:53,149 --> 00:20:57,713 - May I apologize, Orlo, for your injury? Although you were trying to kill me. 421 00:20:57,737 --> 00:21:01,425 The point is, your poisonous intent and murderous actions 422 00:21:01,449 --> 00:21:05,304 do not diminish my fondness for you, as I know Russia was in your heart. 423 00:21:05,328 --> 00:21:07,121 I wish a knife was in your heart. 424 00:21:07,788 --> 00:21:10,642 The Bible speaks much of forgiveness, perhaps you should read on it. 425 00:21:10,666 --> 00:21:13,895 - Well, it speaks much of killing too. I might just read on that. 426 00:21:13,919 --> 00:21:16,148 Let us begin the charm offensive. 427 00:21:16,172 --> 00:21:17,590 Number one! 428 00:21:19,175 --> 00:21:21,653 Empress, it is our honor to be here. 429 00:21:21,677 --> 00:21:23,822 Um, we brought you a horse as a gift. 430 00:21:23,846 --> 00:21:24,948 Lovely. 431 00:21:24,972 --> 00:21:26,349 As we know you love them. 432 00:21:28,267 --> 00:21:29,953 Anything else, Raskolvy? 433 00:21:29,977 --> 00:21:31,371 Um, simple thing, really. 434 00:21:31,395 --> 00:21:34,041 Um, we're taxed heavily, and would like it lessened. 435 00:21:34,065 --> 00:21:36,317 I want a complete reprieve in my taxes. 436 00:21:37,735 --> 00:21:39,755 I'm not across the tax situation, 437 00:21:39,779 --> 00:21:42,591 but as it is used to build Russia and her greatness, 438 00:21:42,615 --> 00:21:44,718 it is a sacrifice I am happy for you to make. 439 00:21:44,742 --> 00:21:45,886 Good day. 440 00:21:45,910 --> 00:21:47,054 Brilliantly handled. 441 00:21:47,078 --> 00:21:48,454 Don't suck up, Archie. 442 00:21:49,789 --> 00:21:50,915 Number two! 443 00:21:52,625 --> 00:21:54,561 Ah, Count Nazakov. 444 00:21:54,585 --> 00:21:55,962 Nazakov. 445 00:22:00,257 --> 00:22:01,610 What did you do?! 446 00:22:01,634 --> 00:22:03,862 What the fuck did you do, Velementov? 447 00:22:03,886 --> 00:22:06,490 - Killed him. He's on the list, right, Orlo? 448 00:22:06,514 --> 00:22:07,574 What list? 449 00:22:07,598 --> 00:22:10,118 Oh, uh, we, we haven't discussed this. 450 00:22:10,142 --> 00:22:13,538 Uh, I made a list, as there are people who will never see our way 451 00:22:13,562 --> 00:22:15,040 and will work to destroy us. 452 00:22:15,064 --> 00:22:19,211 - We cannot leave them alive. - No, no, no! 453 00:22:19,235 --> 00:22:21,046 This is not how I wish it to be. 454 00:22:21,070 --> 00:22:23,298 We are creating a new Russia. 455 00:22:23,322 --> 00:22:25,509 Well, the road to the new Russia will need to be paved with the dead bodies 456 00:22:25,533 --> 00:22:27,803 of some of the old or we will not get to the new Russia. 457 00:22:27,827 --> 00:22:30,722 Even your charm cannot win all battles. 458 00:22:30,746 --> 00:22:32,474 - Oh, I disagree. - Shut up, Archie. 459 00:22:32,498 --> 00:22:34,393 What message does this send? 460 00:22:34,417 --> 00:22:36,061 "Fuck you, we mean business." 461 00:22:36,085 --> 00:22:37,396 No! 462 00:22:37,420 --> 00:22:40,607 Shit. We cannot carry him out there, murdered. 463 00:22:40,631 --> 00:22:41,692 We just can't. 464 00:22:41,716 --> 00:22:43,026 Well, drop him from a window. 465 00:22:43,050 --> 00:22:45,028 He'll land, someone will find him and think it random. 466 00:22:45,052 --> 00:22:47,698 - We don't need your help. You are not part of this. 467 00:22:47,722 --> 00:22:49,032 Of course. 468 00:22:49,056 --> 00:22:51,410 I shall stay clear of the seamless working 469 00:22:51,434 --> 00:22:53,579 of this new machinery of government. 470 00:22:53,603 --> 00:22:57,916 I have it. He attacked the Empress, shot me, Orlo killed him. 471 00:22:57,940 --> 00:22:59,001 I'll be a hero. 472 00:22:59,025 --> 00:23:00,961 - It's not funny, Orlo. - It'll work. 473 00:23:00,985 --> 00:23:02,838 No one will believe... 474 00:23:02,862 --> 00:23:04,464 Oh! 475 00:23:04,488 --> 00:23:06,633 Guards! Help us! 476 00:23:10,411 --> 00:23:12,681 Hm. I look great. 477 00:23:12,705 --> 00:23:14,182 So where are we up to? 478 00:23:14,206 --> 00:23:15,434 Ah. 479 00:23:15,458 --> 00:23:17,853 "I give this freely of my own volition, 480 00:23:17,877 --> 00:23:21,106 "an experiment, perhaps a whim for the good of my people. 481 00:23:21,130 --> 00:23:23,317 Let us love Catherine as we do me." 482 00:23:23,341 --> 00:23:24,818 Love it. 483 00:23:24,842 --> 00:23:26,194 "Dickhead." 484 00:23:26,218 --> 00:23:28,113 You hear fucking Tarzinsky? 485 00:23:28,137 --> 00:23:30,449 I mean, once he would've been fishing his balls out of the fountain, 486 00:23:30,473 --> 00:23:34,119 his tongue from a hot pan, and his feet from a hole in the forest. 487 00:23:34,143 --> 00:23:36,580 But it's just words. 488 00:23:36,604 --> 00:23:38,624 You are very forgiving, Emperor. 489 00:23:38,648 --> 00:23:41,043 - Mm. - Arkady, are you very forgiving? 490 00:23:41,067 --> 00:23:42,794 What do you mean, French cunt? 491 00:23:42,818 --> 00:23:44,671 Mm. You might need to be. 492 00:23:44,695 --> 00:23:46,340 Your wife. 493 00:23:50,660 --> 00:23:54,181 - What did you say to her? - He's just teasing. 494 00:23:54,205 --> 00:23:56,141 I am French, she is beautiful. 495 00:23:56,165 --> 00:24:01,480 It only stands to reason that I would like to lick her slowly to yelping 496 00:24:01,504 --> 00:24:04,107 and then slowly fuck her over a table. 497 00:24:07,218 --> 00:24:09,863 I mean, that's just logic, Arkady. 498 00:24:09,887 --> 00:24:12,240 I know you might not mind other men fucking your wife... 499 00:24:12,264 --> 00:24:13,599 Rude fucker. 500 00:24:17,979 --> 00:24:19,063 Oh! 501 00:24:20,356 --> 00:24:22,233 Arkady! 502 00:24:23,776 --> 00:24:25,462 Arkady, Grigor! 503 00:24:25,486 --> 00:24:28,215 Jesus. Enough with the violence. 504 00:24:28,239 --> 00:24:31,343 That's not an appropriate response to things said 505 00:24:31,367 --> 00:24:33,887 of a funny but sexual nature. 506 00:24:33,911 --> 00:24:36,306 I got the message that you needed to see me. 507 00:24:36,330 --> 00:24:38,165 I have no time. What is so urgent? 508 00:24:43,587 --> 00:24:44,630 Mm? 509 00:24:45,423 --> 00:24:46,525 Ah. 510 00:24:46,549 --> 00:24:48,235 Mm. It's for you. 511 00:24:48,259 --> 00:24:50,612 You can't give me a gift for couping you. 512 00:24:50,636 --> 00:24:53,073 Well, I can if I'm the most generous chap you ever met. 513 00:24:53,097 --> 00:24:55,057 - Ponder that. - You can't come. 514 00:24:56,183 --> 00:24:57,244 Oh, you don't like it? 515 00:24:57,268 --> 00:24:58,912 I like it. 516 00:24:58,936 --> 00:25:01,331 I won Russia. I took it. 517 00:25:01,355 --> 00:25:03,375 I will not have it that it looks like you gave it. 518 00:25:03,399 --> 00:25:04,585 I did give it. 519 00:25:04,609 --> 00:25:07,588 I gave up because I was hungry and gave it up. 520 00:25:07,612 --> 00:25:09,214 So, I did give it. 521 00:25:09,238 --> 00:25:10,591 Perhaps I should've killed you. 522 00:25:10,615 --> 00:25:11,883 Mm. But could not. 523 00:25:11,907 --> 00:25:13,218 Ponder that. 524 00:25:13,242 --> 00:25:14,428 And then ponder this. 525 00:25:14,452 --> 00:25:16,555 If you did, you would've looked like you took it, 526 00:25:16,579 --> 00:25:19,308 but then would've been illegitimate and everyone would've lined up 527 00:25:19,332 --> 00:25:23,228 to stab you in the face a lot and Russia would've fallen into chaos and strife. 528 00:25:23,252 --> 00:25:27,524 I actually have avoided a civil war for Russia. Huzzah! 529 00:25:27,548 --> 00:25:30,027 I am a leader as I see all this and you do not. 530 00:25:30,051 --> 00:25:31,302 You're not coming. 531 00:25:32,303 --> 00:25:36,199 I'm chosen by God, you were chosen by mail order. 532 00:25:36,223 --> 00:25:38,076 Most of the court see you 533 00:25:38,100 --> 00:25:40,370 as a grasping whore of a German who stole the throne. 534 00:25:40,394 --> 00:25:42,831 I... What... They do not. 535 00:25:42,855 --> 00:25:45,876 There's pockets of loyalists who may harm you and Paul. 536 00:25:45,900 --> 00:25:47,961 You're my wife, Paul is my child. 537 00:25:47,985 --> 00:25:50,571 I will protect that which I love. No matter what. 538 00:25:53,115 --> 00:25:57,763 I have a busy day running Russia, the country I just took from you. 539 00:25:57,787 --> 00:25:59,121 Goodbye. 540 00:26:11,968 --> 00:26:14,595 You are all parents of young girls at court. 541 00:26:15,513 --> 00:26:18,766 Indeed, I say you are all parents of the future of Russia. 542 00:26:19,684 --> 00:26:23,580 And while you nourish your children in their bodies with care and love, 543 00:26:23,604 --> 00:26:27,292 we must do the same with their souls and minds. 544 00:26:27,316 --> 00:26:32,089 I was educated and it is the thing I am most grateful for every day. 545 00:26:32,113 --> 00:26:35,008 For it has made me who I am. 546 00:26:35,032 --> 00:26:37,344 I have a baby who will one day be born 547 00:26:37,368 --> 00:26:39,972 and when I pluck it from the bloody floods, 548 00:26:39,996 --> 00:26:42,683 I will want to feed that baby a variet... 549 00:26:42,707 --> 00:26:45,918 - A wet nurse will do it. You do not do it yourself. 550 00:26:48,796 --> 00:26:50,983 I was speaking metaphorically. 551 00:26:51,007 --> 00:26:52,693 Metaphorically? 552 00:26:52,717 --> 00:26:54,528 - It is a German word. - Ah. 553 00:26:54,552 --> 00:26:56,345 It is not a German word! 554 00:26:58,264 --> 00:27:02,369 My point is, we feed on the great thinkers of Europe 555 00:27:02,393 --> 00:27:05,497 and when we look up, we see the world differently 556 00:27:05,521 --> 00:27:09,317 and that we are vibrant, fierce creatures who can build a better Russia. 557 00:27:13,863 --> 00:27:15,299 Yeah. 558 00:27:15,323 --> 00:27:16,425 So, you will send them? 559 00:27:16,449 --> 00:27:18,176 Will we be shot if we don't? 560 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:20,220 No, you won't be shot if you don't. 561 00:27:20,244 --> 00:27:21,245 Then no. 562 00:27:22,747 --> 00:27:24,099 Why not? 563 00:27:24,123 --> 00:27:26,059 You want the best for them, do you not? 564 00:27:26,083 --> 00:27:29,062 Well, while our love and admiration for you is huge, 565 00:27:29,086 --> 00:27:33,400 your unique nature is not something we wish to replicate in our girls. 566 00:27:33,424 --> 00:27:35,676 It will make marrying them harder. 567 00:27:36,385 --> 00:27:39,114 - What? - No one wants a fierce wife. 568 00:27:39,138 --> 00:27:40,365 Exactly. 569 00:27:40,389 --> 00:27:42,784 And marrying well is everything. 570 00:27:42,808 --> 00:27:46,830 My father used to say, if you know when it's time to shut your mouth 571 00:27:46,854 --> 00:27:48,999 and when it's time to open your legs, 572 00:27:49,023 --> 00:27:52,294 you will find a good match and your life be assured. 573 00:27:55,488 --> 00:27:57,966 So, in essence you just do not wish them to be me? 574 00:27:57,990 --> 00:27:59,593 There is only one you. 575 00:27:59,617 --> 00:28:01,094 Hooray for the Empress! 576 00:28:01,118 --> 00:28:02,453 Hooray! 577 00:28:04,956 --> 00:28:07,041 Just shoot them. Seriously. 578 00:28:09,502 --> 00:28:11,772 I can't believe they don't want better things for their daughters. 579 00:28:11,796 --> 00:28:14,816 They think better things come from better husbands. 580 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:17,319 On the coronation, as you could not decide, 581 00:28:17,343 --> 00:28:19,655 I have three gowns being made. 582 00:28:19,679 --> 00:28:20,930 Oh, I found what I want. 583 00:28:21,973 --> 00:28:23,599 Is this not marvelous? 584 00:28:24,517 --> 00:28:25,869 What? No! 585 00:28:25,893 --> 00:28:26,870 No. 586 00:28:26,894 --> 00:28:29,039 It is bold, and very Russian. 587 00:28:29,063 --> 00:28:31,708 Yes, both those attributes being its problem. 588 00:28:31,732 --> 00:28:34,628 It's what our grandmothers used to wear before they were beaten to death 589 00:28:34,652 --> 00:28:36,028 for wearing something so ugly. 590 00:28:36,487 --> 00:28:38,030 I like it. I will do it. 591 00:28:38,656 --> 00:28:39,824 You cannot. 592 00:28:40,950 --> 00:28:42,427 Listen to your friend. 593 00:28:42,451 --> 00:28:46,289 I saved your life once before, allow me to do it again. 594 00:28:47,039 --> 00:28:48,517 When you betrayed me. 595 00:28:48,541 --> 00:28:49,559 Exactly. 596 00:28:49,583 --> 00:28:53,021 Which got you standing here hours before your coronation 597 00:28:53,045 --> 00:28:55,565 about to make a huge mistake. 598 00:28:55,589 --> 00:28:56,882 Make it happen. 599 00:28:57,717 --> 00:28:59,427 They will laugh you from the chamber. 600 00:29:00,303 --> 00:29:02,930 You do not understand, to our eyes, this is... 601 00:29:03,514 --> 00:29:04,574 a joke. 602 00:29:04,598 --> 00:29:07,643 Catherine, please. 603 00:29:08,936 --> 00:29:09,979 Are you crying? 604 00:29:11,856 --> 00:29:14,692 If it will help, yes. 605 00:29:15,401 --> 00:29:18,005 I will do it my way. I feel it's right. 606 00:29:18,029 --> 00:29:19,989 And when they laugh in your stupid face? 607 00:29:20,865 --> 00:29:22,617 I will have them shot. 608 00:29:24,076 --> 00:29:26,078 If only that were true. 609 00:29:36,631 --> 00:29:37,733 Are you praying? 610 00:29:37,757 --> 00:29:38,757 Hm? 611 00:29:39,300 --> 00:29:40,718 No. Uh, I dropped a ruble. 612 00:29:42,219 --> 00:29:43,405 Are you a Muslim? 613 00:29:43,429 --> 00:29:45,866 No. This is Russia, we're all Orthodox. 614 00:29:45,890 --> 00:29:47,200 Are you lying to me? 615 00:29:47,224 --> 00:29:48,911 Do not insult me, Empress. 616 00:29:48,935 --> 00:29:51,538 If I were a Muslim, I would smell of rats and sin 617 00:29:51,562 --> 00:29:53,707 and strange incense that I've heard they burn. 618 00:29:53,731 --> 00:29:55,500 The Russian church is all. 619 00:29:55,524 --> 00:29:57,502 God bless you. God bless Russia. 620 00:29:57,526 --> 00:29:59,212 God bless God. 621 00:29:59,236 --> 00:30:00,363 Huzzah! 622 00:30:19,382 --> 00:30:20,442 A gift of? 623 00:30:20,466 --> 00:30:21,568 Six stallions. 624 00:30:21,592 --> 00:30:25,447 Fast, handsome, and pliant with you in the saddle, I have no doubt. 625 00:30:25,471 --> 00:30:27,699 An idea is taking hold. 626 00:30:27,723 --> 00:30:29,868 My region would like a port, 627 00:30:29,892 --> 00:30:33,145 uh, and a million rubles in cash to throw a party in your honor. 628 00:30:34,146 --> 00:30:36,375 Great. Orlo, take care of that. 629 00:30:36,399 --> 00:30:37,793 Next! 630 00:30:37,817 --> 00:30:39,878 Tarzinsky is next. 631 00:30:39,902 --> 00:30:41,171 Shit. Okay. 632 00:30:41,195 --> 00:30:42,839 You should just be agreeable and get him out. 633 00:30:52,123 --> 00:30:57,920 It is a jape, this blond strip of a baby-bumped whore overthrew him? 634 00:30:58,671 --> 00:31:00,023 I did. 635 00:31:00,047 --> 00:31:01,716 And you will speak with respect. 636 00:31:03,676 --> 00:31:06,029 Easy, Tarzinsky. 637 00:31:06,053 --> 00:31:09,783 You will send Velementov to Alaska to take it from the Americans 638 00:31:09,807 --> 00:31:11,785 so the sea otter trade can continue. 639 00:31:11,809 --> 00:31:13,537 I could take Alaska, actually. 640 00:31:13,561 --> 00:31:15,080 Step back, sir. 641 00:31:15,104 --> 00:31:18,375 For you smell like a sea otter has died in your mouth. 642 00:31:18,399 --> 00:31:22,963 That is the smell of Russia, German bitch. 643 00:31:22,987 --> 00:31:24,405 Step back, sir! 644 00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:30,328 If I could summarize my response to your request as elegantly as possible... 645 00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:35,434 Go die, you pig. 646 00:31:39,337 --> 00:31:42,214 Really, Tarzinsky? 647 00:31:47,637 --> 00:31:50,157 Velementov, shoot him. 648 00:31:50,181 --> 00:31:51,766 - Seriously? - Very. 649 00:31:55,728 --> 00:31:57,188 Tarzinsky! 650 00:31:59,148 --> 00:32:02,068 Kneel before me and atone for your sins 651 00:32:02,944 --> 00:32:06,739 or feel the wrath of God upon your miserable soul, sir. 652 00:32:09,283 --> 00:32:14,556 Now, show some respect to our Empress and then leave and sober up, sir. 653 00:32:14,580 --> 00:32:15,807 I have this, Archie. 654 00:32:15,831 --> 00:32:17,291 Indeed. 655 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,670 Tarzinsky, you heard me. 656 00:32:21,504 --> 00:32:22,672 Patriarch. 657 00:32:23,381 --> 00:32:25,025 Gentlemen. 658 00:32:29,887 --> 00:32:31,597 I did not need you to step in. 659 00:32:34,266 --> 00:32:38,580 Why is it everyone who comes in here, "I want, I want, I want"? 660 00:32:38,604 --> 00:32:40,982 Does anyone have something to offer Russia? 661 00:32:41,607 --> 00:32:42,918 Fuck. 662 00:32:42,942 --> 00:32:45,111 Selfish, grasping fucks! 663 00:32:46,654 --> 00:32:47,738 And also... 664 00:32:50,825 --> 00:32:52,827 I never fucked a horse! 665 00:32:57,581 --> 00:33:00,185 I would like to do something of importance today. 666 00:33:00,209 --> 00:33:02,312 I cannot get my hands around it. 667 00:33:02,336 --> 00:33:03,462 We could take a break. 668 00:33:04,714 --> 00:33:05,983 Are there Muslims in Russia? 669 00:33:06,007 --> 00:33:07,258 Not anymore. 670 00:33:07,758 --> 00:33:09,885 Why? Did you see one? 671 00:33:10,636 --> 00:33:12,239 I am interrupting. 672 00:33:12,263 --> 00:33:14,157 Empress, if I may? 673 00:33:14,181 --> 00:33:16,225 No. Come through. 674 00:33:16,934 --> 00:33:19,413 Patriarch. An honor. 675 00:33:19,437 --> 00:33:21,873 Of course it is. Father...? 676 00:33:21,897 --> 00:33:24,191 I am Father Basil, in from the west. 677 00:33:24,900 --> 00:33:26,569 You have hay in your beard. 678 00:33:30,573 --> 00:33:31,991 You wanted to see me. 679 00:33:32,742 --> 00:33:34,619 I am Leo Voronsky's cousin. 680 00:33:37,246 --> 00:33:38,307 You are? 681 00:33:38,331 --> 00:33:39,975 He wrote me often of you. 682 00:33:39,999 --> 00:33:42,978 His love was a river of such purity and light, 683 00:33:43,002 --> 00:33:45,171 it took my breath away when I would read those words. 684 00:33:45,796 --> 00:33:47,399 I'm sorry about... 685 00:33:47,423 --> 00:33:49,508 Do not judge yourself, he would not. 686 00:33:50,134 --> 00:33:53,405 God will, but that is a long way off, I hope. 687 00:33:53,429 --> 00:33:57,350 And I see you, and I know that God will be happy with His creation. 688 00:33:58,643 --> 00:34:00,061 You are lit from within. 689 00:34:02,021 --> 00:34:03,564 Leo's letters. 690 00:34:04,147 --> 00:34:06,150 I thought maybe you should have them. 691 00:34:07,567 --> 00:34:12,239 They speak of you, but I suspect they will speak to you as well. 692 00:34:16,201 --> 00:34:17,870 Thank you. 693 00:34:25,710 --> 00:34:26,938 Okay, shall we... 694 00:34:26,962 --> 00:34:28,839 We... Yeah. 695 00:34:51,569 --> 00:34:53,048 Leo. 696 00:34:53,072 --> 00:34:55,050 And you fools just stand there? 697 00:34:55,074 --> 00:34:59,161 I thought the new Russia was one where we held each other in our joys and sorrows. 698 00:35:04,333 --> 00:35:06,127 Let it go. 699 00:35:07,253 --> 00:35:08,379 It is a storm. 700 00:35:09,297 --> 00:35:12,693 They will never stop coming, but pass through and away. 701 00:35:12,717 --> 00:35:13,759 They always will. 702 00:35:18,681 --> 00:35:19,700 Thank you. 703 00:35:19,724 --> 00:35:20,975 Have some mullet. 704 00:35:24,437 --> 00:35:26,665 Do you have some dirt? 705 00:35:26,689 --> 00:35:27,773 In the pot. 706 00:35:31,902 --> 00:35:34,780 So many nobles, you must be tired. 707 00:35:40,745 --> 00:35:42,830 Peter wants to come to the coronation. 708 00:35:43,748 --> 00:35:45,892 Can you explain to him why he cannot? 709 00:35:45,916 --> 00:35:47,811 It is a good idea for you. 710 00:35:47,835 --> 00:35:49,479 Uh, he should not. 711 00:35:49,503 --> 00:35:50,856 She took it. 712 00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:53,275 He must be made an unpleasant memory at court. 713 00:35:53,299 --> 00:35:56,820 Orlo, so much racing blood now? 714 00:35:56,844 --> 00:36:00,616 You might want to try fucking people or running or some such. 715 00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:02,433 Why do you think Peter should come? 716 00:36:03,100 --> 00:36:06,288 If one has a party and all the guests can think about 717 00:36:06,312 --> 00:36:09,023 is who is not there, whose party is it? 718 00:36:09,607 --> 00:36:11,293 And what stories do those guests, 719 00:36:11,317 --> 00:36:14,671 angry at the host, tell themselves about this ghost? 720 00:36:14,695 --> 00:36:17,073 Dangerous ones, of course. 721 00:36:17,907 --> 00:36:19,492 But as you wish. 722 00:36:20,159 --> 00:36:22,429 You are right, I think. 723 00:36:22,453 --> 00:36:26,099 Well, if women of our intelligence both think something right, 724 00:36:26,123 --> 00:36:27,959 I suspect it is. 725 00:36:28,709 --> 00:36:30,586 I will leave you to business. 726 00:36:40,179 --> 00:36:41,555 You wished to see me? 727 00:36:42,181 --> 00:36:43,450 Look at this. 728 00:36:43,474 --> 00:36:46,453 If you squint, you can see a cat appear, 729 00:36:46,477 --> 00:36:49,790 and if-if you slightly shake your head a bit, 730 00:36:49,814 --> 00:36:53,794 more cats, and they appear to be dancing. 731 00:36:53,818 --> 00:36:55,545 Cats? 732 00:36:55,569 --> 00:36:57,113 Indeed. 733 00:36:58,114 --> 00:36:59,365 Sit. 734 00:37:06,831 --> 00:37:08,100 What are you... 735 00:37:08,124 --> 00:37:10,185 I thought we should have a conversation. 736 00:37:10,209 --> 00:37:13,170 Clearly a conversation you don't wish me to leave abruptly. 737 00:37:14,088 --> 00:37:16,483 She has let you live, wisely. 738 00:37:16,507 --> 00:37:18,026 I'm glad you think so. 739 00:37:18,050 --> 00:37:20,988 She has an optimism for our people and our nation, 740 00:37:21,012 --> 00:37:25,158 and I very much wish to see her execute her vision unhindered. 741 00:37:25,182 --> 00:37:27,995 But I sadly have a pessimistic view of human nature, 742 00:37:28,019 --> 00:37:31,665 so I worry on you wandering free. 743 00:37:31,689 --> 00:37:33,292 I must do God's work. 744 00:37:33,316 --> 00:37:34,876 Oh, you may do that. 745 00:37:34,900 --> 00:37:37,546 But If I sense there is a game at play against her, 746 00:37:37,570 --> 00:37:39,256 I will know you're at the center of it. 747 00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:41,717 Killing a Patriarch will unleash chaos. 748 00:37:41,741 --> 00:37:45,095 But a carriage accident, an arsenic biscuit, 749 00:37:45,119 --> 00:37:47,723 a statue falling at the wrong moment. 750 00:37:47,747 --> 00:37:49,874 I knew a man once who drowned in soup. 751 00:37:50,499 --> 00:37:55,588 A myriad of unexplained tragic deaths float before my eyes. 752 00:37:56,297 --> 00:37:57,590 I see. 753 00:37:58,549 --> 00:38:02,595 Is something stirring beneath your cassock, Archie? 754 00:38:03,262 --> 00:38:05,240 I like knives. 755 00:38:05,264 --> 00:38:06,599 Of course. 756 00:38:07,141 --> 00:38:08,726 Do we understand each other? 757 00:38:09,936 --> 00:38:10,936 We do. 758 00:38:12,688 --> 00:38:14,732 Mm, but a small aside. 759 00:38:15,900 --> 00:38:19,338 You should really lead us. You have everything we need. 760 00:38:19,362 --> 00:38:23,008 We cut her throat at the coronation, put the crown on your head. 761 00:38:23,032 --> 00:38:25,409 Simple, and fun for the crowd. 762 00:38:26,202 --> 00:38:29,264 It's talk like that which will get you killed. 763 00:38:29,288 --> 00:38:30,599 But not today. 764 00:38:30,623 --> 00:38:32,309 Today, I am safe. 765 00:38:32,333 --> 00:38:36,104 Ponder that we could all make a better Russia together. 766 00:38:36,128 --> 00:38:37,755 Indeed. 767 00:38:39,298 --> 00:38:41,485 A day for optimism. 768 00:38:44,929 --> 00:38:47,032 Hello, my darlings. 769 00:38:47,056 --> 00:38:49,016 I don't know how you do that. 770 00:38:49,976 --> 00:38:51,143 Will. 771 00:39:04,657 --> 00:39:05,759 Greetings... 772 00:39:32,310 --> 00:39:33,787 Full Russian. 773 00:39:33,811 --> 00:39:35,914 Fuck. I've actually banned most of those fabrics. 774 00:39:35,938 --> 00:39:38,959 I thought you were taking Russia into the future, not into grandmother's house. 775 00:39:38,983 --> 00:39:40,234 Shut up. 776 00:39:41,110 --> 00:39:44,071 - Court, if... - Oh, you don't talk, my love. 777 00:39:44,739 --> 00:39:48,719 God has blessed us with many great leaders, 778 00:39:48,743 --> 00:39:52,431 and now He has blessed us with another. 779 00:39:52,455 --> 00:39:58,437 What a breath of fresh golden air that blows through our court and our land. 780 00:39:58,461 --> 00:40:01,589 How blessed we are by our Lord. 781 00:40:02,381 --> 00:40:05,193 I bless Catherine the Great, 782 00:40:05,217 --> 00:40:06,486 for she is our new... 783 00:40:06,510 --> 00:40:08,363 You're calling yourself "The Great"? 784 00:40:08,387 --> 00:40:10,365 - Of course. - Bow before her... 785 00:40:10,389 --> 00:40:12,910 It seems... arrogant. 786 00:40:12,934 --> 00:40:14,745 It is if you are not great. 787 00:40:14,769 --> 00:40:17,164 If you are, it is just calling things what they are. 788 00:40:17,188 --> 00:40:18,290 Right. 789 00:40:18,314 --> 00:40:19,666 - Shh! - I have a speech. 790 00:40:19,690 --> 00:40:23,378 Just put the crown on me when the long-winded blessing stops, 791 00:40:23,402 --> 00:40:25,130 or I will have you dragged out right now. 792 00:40:25,154 --> 00:40:26,131 You wouldn't. 793 00:40:26,155 --> 00:40:30,427 It will be embarrassing for us both and make it clear I took it. 794 00:40:30,451 --> 00:40:33,805 So... maybe it is a good idea. 795 00:40:33,829 --> 00:40:35,957 ...father of love. 796 00:40:40,962 --> 00:40:45,007 Blessings, blessings, blessings, 797 00:40:45,925 --> 00:40:48,320 from the one true church, 798 00:40:48,344 --> 00:40:50,822 the one true God. 799 00:40:50,846 --> 00:40:54,892 May you keep us on a righteous path to heaven. 800 00:41:03,943 --> 00:41:07,363 I crown you Empress of Russia. 801 00:41:16,247 --> 00:41:17,623 You look stunning. 802 00:41:20,876 --> 00:41:22,938 One day we'll tell Paul about this. 803 00:41:22,962 --> 00:41:24,547 Go sit. 804 00:41:29,385 --> 00:41:33,431 Fellow Russians, what is God? 805 00:41:34,515 --> 00:41:37,452 When I came here, I stood by a lake 806 00:41:37,476 --> 00:41:41,606 and I felt God come out of the Russian mountains and shake me, 807 00:41:42,231 --> 00:41:46,110 change me, so I knew what I was, 808 00:41:46,861 --> 00:41:48,195 who to love. 809 00:41:49,030 --> 00:41:50,156 Russia. 810 00:41:50,990 --> 00:41:55,596 I will not constrain love, for it is eternal in all of us, 811 00:41:55,620 --> 00:42:00,475 and yet the expression of it unique and individual. 812 00:42:00,499 --> 00:42:03,437 What God asks all of us is different. 813 00:42:03,461 --> 00:42:08,150 I believe who each person's God is can be as individual. 814 00:42:08,174 --> 00:42:12,571 So today, I announce my first proclamation. 815 00:42:12,595 --> 00:42:15,824 No more shall we be a one-church country. 816 00:42:15,848 --> 00:42:18,118 People are free to worship as Muslim, 817 00:42:18,142 --> 00:42:22,247 Hindu, Jew even, or even not at all. 818 00:42:22,271 --> 00:42:24,499 God would not constrain our hearts, 819 00:42:24,523 --> 00:42:27,502 and nor shall I do Him the insult of doing it. 820 00:42:27,526 --> 00:42:30,714 I will not constrain people's love for a deity, 821 00:42:30,738 --> 00:42:33,634 for it traps their hearts in fear 822 00:42:33,658 --> 00:42:36,345 and I will not lead a land such as this. 823 00:42:36,369 --> 00:42:40,182 Fucking, fucking fuck. 824 00:42:40,206 --> 00:42:41,725 I think if I can just... 825 00:42:41,749 --> 00:42:44,061 We may also all have beards again 826 00:42:44,085 --> 00:42:46,730 because that seemed like a confusing and trivial rule. 827 00:42:46,754 --> 00:42:48,607 - What? - Let us celebrate! 828 00:42:48,631 --> 00:42:49,983 A banquet is served! 829 00:42:50,007 --> 00:42:51,759 Huzzah! 830 00:42:52,927 --> 00:42:54,988 Oh, good. What are we having? 831 00:42:55,012 --> 00:42:56,698 I probably should've perused the menu. 832 00:42:56,722 --> 00:43:00,786 Guards. Escort the Emp... Peter, back to his apartments. 833 00:43:00,810 --> 00:43:02,788 Right. Of course. 834 00:43:02,812 --> 00:43:06,250 Uh, just let me read this to you. I went to a bit of trouble. 835 00:43:06,274 --> 00:43:08,001 Uh, quickly. 836 00:43:10,319 --> 00:43:13,090 Uh, "It is a strange thing to hand your crown to another", 837 00:43:13,114 --> 00:43:16,802 "and yet I feel a peace in my heart knowing I'm handing it to one I love, 838 00:43:16,826 --> 00:43:20,121 "the one I love who loves our great nation, despite being German. 839 00:43:20,830 --> 00:43:23,934 "I have seen up close her wiseness and fierceness, 840 00:43:23,958 --> 00:43:27,604 "and her naked body as it shimmers and glows 841 00:43:27,628 --> 00:43:29,731 "like God put the sun inside her. 842 00:43:29,755 --> 00:43:31,942 "I have also been inside her 843 00:43:31,966 --> 00:43:35,570 "and we have made a Paul together and thus the future of Russia is assured. 844 00:43:35,594 --> 00:43:37,572 "Give her your fear as you gave it me. 845 00:43:37,596 --> 00:43:39,473 Fuck with her, you fuck with me." 846 00:43:40,099 --> 00:43:41,767 Strangely touching. 847 00:43:59,410 --> 00:44:00,745 A moment. 848 00:44:05,082 --> 00:44:06,375 Hello, darling. 849 00:44:07,460 --> 00:44:08,502 I lost it. 850 00:44:09,295 --> 00:44:10,713 I know. 851 00:44:11,339 --> 00:44:12,882 What do you think he'd think? 852 00:44:14,008 --> 00:44:16,194 - I'm not sure. - Liar. 853 00:44:16,218 --> 00:44:18,697 He wouldn't have given up, would he? 854 00:44:18,721 --> 00:44:20,782 He didn't get as hungry as you do. 855 00:44:20,806 --> 00:44:22,326 My body let me down. 856 00:44:22,350 --> 00:44:23,702 My mind was... 857 00:44:23,726 --> 00:44:25,537 As sharp as it has always been. 858 00:44:25,561 --> 00:44:26,788 Indeed. 859 00:44:26,812 --> 00:44:29,708 If-If he knew how hungry I was though! 860 00:44:29,732 --> 00:44:34,296 And if he knew you had placed an heir safely inside Catherine 861 00:44:34,320 --> 00:44:36,632 and assured the family line in doing so 862 00:44:36,656 --> 00:44:38,383 and aimed to make her love you 863 00:44:38,407 --> 00:44:41,470 so you would create more babies, he would be proud. 864 00:44:41,494 --> 00:44:42,388 Oh. 865 00:44:42,412 --> 00:44:44,723 And that she will fuck it up and give it back 866 00:44:44,747 --> 00:44:46,350 after falling in love with me. 867 00:44:46,374 --> 00:44:48,084 He would think that was cunning, right? 868 00:44:49,502 --> 00:44:55,108 He would see it as a unique and unexpected plan, 869 00:44:55,132 --> 00:44:58,427 as he saw you a unique and unexpected child. 870 00:44:59,303 --> 00:45:00,471 Indeed. 871 00:45:01,597 --> 00:45:04,534 - Emperor, we... - All right, fuckhead, I'm talking? 872 00:45:04,558 --> 00:45:09,539 Let the conversation come to a natural end, you boorish forest thug. 873 00:45:09,563 --> 00:45:10,916 Sorry. 874 00:45:10,940 --> 00:45:12,251 It is fine. 875 00:45:12,275 --> 00:45:14,711 I'm perhaps ill tempered, the suit is tight. 876 00:45:14,735 --> 00:45:16,672 And you're hungry. 877 00:45:16,696 --> 00:45:18,465 I am actually. 878 00:45:18,489 --> 00:45:21,802 The menu is very substandard at the dinner. 879 00:45:21,826 --> 00:45:23,220 It is? Huh. 880 00:45:23,244 --> 00:45:24,680 Of course it is. 881 00:45:24,704 --> 00:45:26,098 The court will miss me indeed. 882 00:45:26,122 --> 00:45:27,873 - Indeed. - Hm. 883 00:45:37,508 --> 00:45:40,654 I aimed to build a bridge of peace between us 884 00:45:40,678 --> 00:45:43,907 and yet you rip at the foundations of my church. 885 00:45:43,931 --> 00:45:45,516 You seem angry. 886 00:45:46,309 --> 00:45:50,122 No. I am concerned... 887 00:45:50,146 --> 00:45:53,292 that you act from spite rather than concern for the country. 888 00:45:53,316 --> 00:45:56,402 - Well, rest your concerned soul, Archie. I don't. 889 00:45:57,111 --> 00:45:59,840 You create religious disharmony. 890 00:45:59,864 --> 00:46:02,467 I rely on you to lead us all to tolerance, Archie. 891 00:46:02,491 --> 00:46:05,762 These fucking infidels don't know tolerance. 892 00:46:05,786 --> 00:46:09,725 Well, from your tone, perhaps we need to learn it ourselves. 893 00:46:09,749 --> 00:46:11,643 My advice, pray. 894 00:46:11,667 --> 00:46:13,711 As if your life depended on it. 895 00:46:15,671 --> 00:46:17,399 I've seen more stylish lampshades. 896 00:46:18,633 --> 00:46:20,611 I mean, Russian? What the fuck? 897 00:46:22,386 --> 00:46:25,157 She looks amazing and you look like a French whore 898 00:46:25,181 --> 00:46:29,995 at the end of a long night, so I... I think she wins. 899 00:46:30,019 --> 00:46:33,773 Also, she's got the crown, so shut up and bow. 900 00:46:34,690 --> 00:46:37,044 Marial, we missed you. 901 00:46:37,068 --> 00:46:38,795 How delighted we are. 902 00:46:38,819 --> 00:46:40,339 You look stunning. 903 00:46:40,363 --> 00:46:42,841 That was the thing, I forgot how stunning you are. 904 00:46:42,865 --> 00:46:44,384 Why are you being nice to her? 905 00:46:44,408 --> 00:46:46,553 Because I'm the Empress's best friend, dummy. 906 00:46:46,577 --> 00:46:48,871 Do you not see your place now, Tatyana? 907 00:46:49,580 --> 00:46:53,018 - I think the Empress seeks you. You must run. 908 00:46:53,042 --> 00:46:55,670 Perhaps she still sees you as a servant. 909 00:46:56,921 --> 00:47:00,817 I intended to be all calm and high-handedly bitchy with you, Svenska, 910 00:47:00,841 --> 00:47:04,154 but I am unfortunately not that person. 911 00:47:05,638 --> 00:47:07,491 That's for the beating. 912 00:47:07,515 --> 00:47:09,475 We are square. Come for tea sometime. 913 00:47:18,067 --> 00:47:20,528 Before we begin, a blessing. 914 00:47:21,904 --> 00:47:25,050 Father Basil, visiting us from the west. 915 00:47:25,074 --> 00:47:26,701 I would like you to do it. 916 00:47:27,994 --> 00:47:29,328 Indeed. 917 00:47:33,249 --> 00:47:35,668 Lord, we thank you for this day... 918 00:47:39,630 --> 00:47:41,257 Can you not take those downstairs? 919 00:47:41,924 --> 00:47:43,944 We're trying to celebrate the Empress's coronation. 920 00:47:43,968 --> 00:47:47,197 I do not wish to do it surrounded by licked fucking plates. 921 00:47:47,221 --> 00:47:50,325 We also have not even been served our main courses yet? 922 00:47:50,349 --> 00:47:52,744 - Relax. - Relax? 923 00:47:52,768 --> 00:47:54,454 It is embarrassing. 924 00:47:54,478 --> 00:47:56,999 I have never been in salon Four-B before. 925 00:47:57,023 --> 00:47:59,251 I did not even know there was a salon Four-B. 926 00:47:59,275 --> 00:48:00,419 There is alcohol. 927 00:48:00,443 --> 00:48:04,590 And as I say, when there is alcohol, food is an inadequate diversion. 928 00:48:04,614 --> 00:48:05,757 - Huzzah. - Hmm. 929 00:48:05,781 --> 00:48:08,343 So, you idiots wish to drink our way through this? 930 00:48:08,367 --> 00:48:09,761 As all good Russians should. 931 00:48:09,785 --> 00:48:10,911 Huzzah! 932 00:48:13,748 --> 00:48:15,041 George. 933 00:48:15,958 --> 00:48:17,561 Stay and get drunk. 934 00:48:17,585 --> 00:48:19,062 We're lucky to be alive. 935 00:48:19,086 --> 00:48:21,940 Salon Four-B is not life to me, Grigor. 936 00:48:21,964 --> 00:48:23,525 She does not like us. 937 00:48:23,549 --> 00:48:25,694 He has a plan. She will fail. 938 00:48:25,718 --> 00:48:27,279 And what if she doesn't? 939 00:48:27,303 --> 00:48:29,239 We will never have status at this court. 940 00:48:29,263 --> 00:48:30,848 You can charm anyone. 941 00:48:31,724 --> 00:48:32,993 I think she likes us. 942 00:48:33,017 --> 00:48:34,536 She knows our loyalties. 943 00:48:34,560 --> 00:48:36,455 She will never trust us, and rightfully so. 944 00:48:36,479 --> 00:48:39,833 I will leave you to do nothing as usual. 945 00:48:42,735 --> 00:48:44,171 She is right. 946 00:48:44,195 --> 00:48:45,797 It's a disaster. 947 00:48:45,821 --> 00:48:48,008 We must trust Peter's plan. 948 00:48:48,032 --> 00:48:49,200 She will fail. 949 00:48:49,742 --> 00:48:52,220 Not really a plan though, is it? 950 00:48:52,244 --> 00:48:54,598 Just waiting and hoping... 951 00:48:54,622 --> 00:48:57,309 like I will be to see if you can get it up tonight. 952 00:48:57,333 --> 00:48:59,269 Maybe we should help then. 953 00:48:59,293 --> 00:49:00,378 I can get it up! 954 00:49:01,504 --> 00:49:04,131 I mean help her... 955 00:49:05,174 --> 00:49:07,510 Catherine, fail. 956 00:49:13,891 --> 00:49:16,018 - Huzzah! - Huzzah! 957 00:49:17,728 --> 00:49:18,813 I like him. 958 00:49:22,733 --> 00:49:23,752 I don't like him. 959 00:49:23,776 --> 00:49:28,173 It's turned into a very challenging evening. 960 00:49:28,197 --> 00:49:31,635 Empress, do I see a plan forming? 961 00:49:31,659 --> 00:49:32,719 You do. 962 00:49:32,743 --> 00:49:35,973 He is just a priest, but if he was at court for a time, 963 00:49:35,997 --> 00:49:38,934 I believe he could find favor amongst the old bishops. 964 00:49:38,958 --> 00:49:40,435 And we could end Archie. 965 00:49:40,459 --> 00:49:42,062 Indeed. 966 00:49:42,086 --> 00:49:44,547 Oh, we are as one on that. Brilliant. 967 00:49:45,715 --> 00:49:46,817 Remember that, Orlo. 968 00:49:46,841 --> 00:49:47,985 What? 969 00:49:48,009 --> 00:49:49,653 That I am brilliant. 970 00:49:49,677 --> 00:49:51,238 Trust it. 971 00:49:51,262 --> 00:49:52,739 I shall. 972 00:49:55,433 --> 00:49:57,327 Huzzah. 973 00:49:59,061 --> 00:50:00,646 Jesus. 974 00:50:18,748 --> 00:50:20,166 Ah, George. Brilliant. 975 00:50:21,083 --> 00:50:22,126 Let us fuck. 976 00:50:23,127 --> 00:50:25,147 Ow! Jesus. 977 00:50:25,171 --> 00:50:26,773 Are you angry or are we fucking? 978 00:50:26,797 --> 00:50:29,026 - Both. - Oh. 979 00:50:29,050 --> 00:50:30,343 Huh. 980 00:50:54,367 --> 00:50:55,701 Fucker. 981 00:50:57,787 --> 00:50:59,080 Oh, it's fine. 982 00:51:00,039 --> 00:51:01,248 It's fine. 983 00:51:05,711 --> 00:51:07,338 I'll be back. Promise. 984 00:51:11,550 --> 00:51:12,445 Hey! 985 00:51:14,011 --> 00:51:18,391 - What the fuck do you... - Don't be so fucking rude! 986 00:51:19,684 --> 00:51:22,436 No need for it. Fucker. 987 00:51:27,858 --> 00:51:29,586 Oh, that's disappointing. 988 00:51:29,610 --> 00:51:31,171 Fuck. 989 00:51:31,195 --> 00:51:32,905 Really didn't want to do that. 990 00:51:35,283 --> 00:51:36,969 Hands up who had sex last night? 991 00:51:36,993 --> 00:51:38,470 Oh, good grief. 992 00:51:38,494 --> 00:51:39,930 Indeed. Indeed. 993 00:51:39,954 --> 00:51:42,724 As I finished, that's what I yelled, "Indeed!" 994 00:51:42,748 --> 00:51:44,017 Who was it? 995 00:51:44,041 --> 00:51:45,102 Some regional guy. 996 00:51:45,126 --> 00:51:47,562 Lovely, smelt nice, and also leaving court today. 997 00:51:47,586 --> 00:51:48,981 Perfect combination. 998 00:51:49,005 --> 00:51:50,524 Indeed. 999 00:51:50,548 --> 00:51:52,174 We're being followed. 1000 00:51:53,926 --> 00:51:54,927 Girls, come. 1001 00:51:57,680 --> 00:52:00,158 You liked what I wore at the coronation? 1002 00:52:00,182 --> 00:52:01,392 You looked stunning. 1003 00:52:02,893 --> 00:52:04,496 Would you like to be more like me 1004 00:52:04,520 --> 00:52:07,732 and perhaps have a life different from your mothers? 1005 00:52:08,441 --> 00:52:09,442 Come. 1006 00:52:13,404 --> 00:52:14,590 Empress? 1007 00:52:14,614 --> 00:52:17,426 Let us educate these fine young women. 1008 00:52:17,450 --> 00:52:19,011 I would love to. 1009 00:52:19,035 --> 00:52:20,429 Girls, sit. 1010 00:52:20,453 --> 00:52:21,787 We were discussing Plato. 1011 00:52:24,582 --> 00:52:27,603 If our parents don't like this, will we be shot? 1012 00:52:27,627 --> 00:52:30,689 No. You are your own people. 1013 00:52:30,713 --> 00:52:33,549 How you spend your days is your business, is it not? 1014 00:52:37,345 --> 00:52:38,822 The dress... 1015 00:52:38,846 --> 00:52:41,283 turns out you were right. 1016 00:52:41,307 --> 00:52:44,018 They looked at it and saw the future, Marial. 1017 00:52:45,061 --> 00:52:47,331 You mean they saw you. 1018 00:52:47,355 --> 00:52:48,689 Exactly.