1 00:00:00,010 --> 00:00:05,010 - Synced and corrected by chamallow - - www.addic7ed.com - 2 00:00:09,138 --> 00:00:13,017 Just remember the wine bladder is Paul. 3 00:00:13,017 --> 00:00:16,395 - Mm-hmm. - Head shot is the go. 4 00:00:23,318 --> 00:00:24,653 It fucking moved. 5 00:00:24,653 --> 00:00:26,530 Yes, they do that. 6 00:00:26,530 --> 00:00:28,240 Need some more practice. 7 00:00:31,118 --> 00:00:33,954 Don't worry, Paul. This is why we practice. 8 00:00:44,757 --> 00:00:47,676 So, they're having to source a lot of monkeys. 9 00:00:47,676 --> 00:00:49,345 History will judge me harshly 10 00:00:49,345 --> 00:00:51,347 for the "monkey in every village" idea. 11 00:00:51,347 --> 00:00:52,431 Rightfully. 12 00:00:52,431 --> 00:00:54,600 You did what you had to do. Huzzah! 13 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:56,435 Peter must be happy. 14 00:00:56,435 --> 00:00:58,645 He came up with the idea when he was 12. 15 00:00:58,645 --> 00:01:00,064 Of course, he did. 16 00:01:00,064 --> 00:01:02,191 They killed Simitz. 17 00:01:02,191 --> 00:01:05,027 Of course, they did. They had to. 18 00:01:05,027 --> 00:01:06,945 Why is the day already unbearable? 19 00:01:06,945 --> 00:01:08,655 It is not! 20 00:01:08,655 --> 00:01:11,367 It is ripe with possibility and joy. 21 00:01:11,367 --> 00:01:14,286 Leave that behind and focus on Paul's ordination 22 00:01:14,286 --> 00:01:15,287 and the Stag Ritual. 23 00:01:15,287 --> 00:01:17,915 What is this stag thing? 24 00:01:17,915 --> 00:01:19,208 Peter the Great invented it 25 00:01:19,208 --> 00:01:21,585 as a celebration of Peter's ordination. 26 00:01:21,585 --> 00:01:23,420 It's a fun way to celebrate. 27 00:01:23,420 --> 00:01:26,715 Peter loved the idea of continuing the tradition. 28 00:01:26,715 --> 00:01:31,136 Ah! Actually, I have a surprise in this regard. Wait. 29 00:01:45,901 --> 00:01:47,403 Fuck. 30 00:01:48,821 --> 00:01:50,322 Paul's ordination. 31 00:01:50,322 --> 00:01:51,990 If we could go over the words, 32 00:01:51,990 --> 00:01:54,159 some of which are the traditional blessing, 33 00:01:54,159 --> 00:01:57,788 and then I follow on with some inspired freeform... 34 00:01:58,539 --> 00:02:00,040 Bad news? 35 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:01,750 Can I help? 36 00:02:01,750 --> 00:02:03,544 No. Um... 37 00:02:03,544 --> 00:02:04,628 What were you saying? 38 00:02:04,628 --> 00:02:06,588 Uh, Paul's ordination. 39 00:02:06,588 --> 00:02:08,132 Paul's ordination! 40 00:02:08,132 --> 00:02:10,134 What a day it will be! 41 00:02:10,134 --> 00:02:11,760 Taste this. 42 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:16,807 Ooh! Delicious! What is it? 43 00:02:16,807 --> 00:02:19,852 When Paul was born, your placenta was taken 44 00:02:19,852 --> 00:02:22,604 and placed in a barrel of the finest vodka, 45 00:02:22,604 --> 00:02:26,525 to be toasted on Paul's special day at the end of the Stag Ritual. 46 00:02:26,525 --> 00:02:27,818 I just drank my placenta? 47 00:02:27,818 --> 00:02:29,236 You did. 48 00:02:29,236 --> 00:02:31,363 Sweet and strong, like you. 49 00:02:31,363 --> 00:02:33,824 It's a little yeasty, though. 50 00:02:33,824 --> 00:02:35,367 If we could look at the wording. 51 00:02:35,367 --> 00:02:37,202 We're hoping for a shaft of sunlight 52 00:02:37,202 --> 00:02:43,042 to hit his forehead as I say, "You are anointed by God to lead." 53 00:02:43,042 --> 00:02:44,626 I do it in a baritone for effect. 54 00:02:44,626 --> 00:02:47,087 I will cry, I know it. 55 00:02:47,087 --> 00:02:49,923 Right. I need to go to the Nakaz salon. 56 00:03:10,611 --> 00:03:13,864 I thought that the Nakaz would taste of the future, 57 00:03:13,864 --> 00:03:17,034 but it is fucking merde in my mouth. 58 00:03:17,034 --> 00:03:18,494 How dare you, Voltaire? 59 00:03:18,494 --> 00:03:22,581 Our Empress is the bravest and brightest and she will prevail. 60 00:03:22,581 --> 00:03:24,708 Oh, I... I didn't see you come in. 61 00:03:24,708 --> 00:03:26,710 Awkwardly singing your praises. 62 00:03:26,710 --> 00:03:30,547 We started with murder, we've ended up with monkey. 63 00:03:30,547 --> 00:03:32,216 The people love the monkeys. 64 00:03:36,637 --> 00:03:39,515 Let us focus on what's next for the Nakaz. 65 00:03:39,515 --> 00:03:41,183 Education for all. 66 00:03:41,183 --> 00:03:42,975 The peasants were reluctant to vote, 67 00:03:42,976 --> 00:03:44,812 as the Church said they should not. 68 00:03:44,812 --> 00:03:46,313 And having talked to them, 69 00:03:46,313 --> 00:03:49,441 they would also prefer to be whipped than made to read books. 70 00:03:49,441 --> 00:03:51,819 The Church clings to them like a succubus. 71 00:03:51,819 --> 00:03:53,487 I'm right here, Frenchie. 72 00:03:53,487 --> 00:03:55,948 Perhaps we could have a reasonable discussion 73 00:03:55,948 --> 00:03:58,617 about the role of the Church in our lives, Archie. 74 00:03:58,617 --> 00:04:00,035 Open hearts. 75 00:04:00,035 --> 00:04:03,247 Wife! Ah! Amazing news. 76 00:04:03,247 --> 00:04:04,248 In the middle of something. 77 00:04:04,248 --> 00:04:07,501 Something not as important as Paul's first word. 78 00:04:07,501 --> 00:04:08,794 What? 79 00:04:11,422 --> 00:04:15,259 We were sitting on the floor playing and suddenly he looked up at me 80 00:04:15,259 --> 00:04:17,428 with this delighted look and said... 81 00:04:17,428 --> 00:04:18,595 What was it? 82 00:04:19,930 --> 00:04:21,557 Pussy! 83 00:04:25,561 --> 00:04:27,521 - What? - Pussy. 84 00:04:27,521 --> 00:04:29,732 I suspect his next word will be "eat." 85 00:04:29,732 --> 00:04:32,651 Say "eat," Paul. Hmm? Who would like to hear Paul's next word? 86 00:04:32,651 --> 00:04:34,069 No, stop! 87 00:04:34,069 --> 00:04:35,779 What? Yeah, say it to Mummy, Paul. 88 00:04:35,779 --> 00:04:37,281 Paul, no! 89 00:04:37,281 --> 00:04:38,532 Hmm? 90 00:04:44,121 --> 00:04:46,331 - Leave him. - Take him! 91 00:04:46,331 --> 00:04:49,376 Uh, very confused right now. How is this a bad thing? 92 00:04:49,376 --> 00:04:52,504 I do not want his first word to be "pussy"! 93 00:04:52,504 --> 00:04:55,507 Why not? He has focused on what will be a joy in his life. 94 00:04:55,507 --> 00:04:59,219 I want him to be a thoughtful and kind child, 95 00:04:59,219 --> 00:05:02,931 led by brain and love, not by... pussy! 96 00:05:02,931 --> 00:05:05,601 Well, I for one accept him as he is. 97 00:05:05,601 --> 00:05:08,312 Of course, you do! He's like you! 98 00:05:08,312 --> 00:05:09,605 Huzzah! 99 00:05:09,605 --> 00:05:11,523 And you fucking love me, I will remind you. 100 00:05:11,523 --> 00:05:13,692 Not today! 101 00:05:15,486 --> 00:05:17,488 Ooh! 102 00:05:18,947 --> 00:05:23,160 You are out of control! And also very fucking annoying. 103 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:26,830 He is a child uttering a word, he doesn't know what it means! 104 00:05:26,830 --> 00:05:28,832 But I do know what it means. 105 00:05:28,832 --> 00:05:30,960 It means his next word will be "murder," 106 00:05:30,961 --> 00:05:33,796 and then "cunt" and then "knife fight" 107 00:05:33,796 --> 00:05:37,299 and then "bacon-wrapped fig" and then "cut some fucking throats!" 108 00:05:37,299 --> 00:05:40,386 It means he's like you! 109 00:05:40,386 --> 00:05:45,057 And you want him to be ordained by God to lead this country? 110 00:05:45,057 --> 00:05:49,103 No, not fucking happening! 111 00:05:49,103 --> 00:05:53,190 - Don't you fucking dare. - The ordination is cancelled. 112 00:05:53,190 --> 00:05:57,277 - What? - And so is the fucking stag ludicrousness! 113 00:05:57,277 --> 00:06:00,239 - Fuck. - There are lines that cannot be crossed. 114 00:06:00,239 --> 00:06:02,533 My son's destiny is one of them. 115 00:06:02,533 --> 00:06:05,369 Do not even threaten it. 116 00:06:05,953 --> 00:06:07,913 I do not threaten it! 117 00:06:07,913 --> 00:06:09,581 I promise it! 118 00:06:09,581 --> 00:06:12,418 For I will not risk he grows up to be you 119 00:06:12,418 --> 00:06:15,254 and I gave him the chance and the right 120 00:06:15,254 --> 00:06:18,507 to manhandle this country's people. 121 00:06:18,507 --> 00:06:22,511 Shut the fuck up, or I am cutting throats! 122 00:06:22,511 --> 00:06:24,304 Oh, point made. 123 00:06:24,304 --> 00:06:27,057 Got a problem, grab a knife! Cut a throat. 124 00:06:29,893 --> 00:06:31,770 Come and get it. 125 00:06:31,770 --> 00:06:37,693 Cut my dumb, dumb heart out for loving you. 126 00:06:38,861 --> 00:06:40,446 I came here with happy news 127 00:06:40,446 --> 00:06:44,158 and you have been a terrible wife and a fucking bad mother. 128 00:07:04,178 --> 00:07:05,429 She can't mean it. 129 00:07:05,429 --> 00:07:07,389 Of course not. Of course not. 130 00:07:07,389 --> 00:07:08,932 That was very... 131 00:07:08,932 --> 00:07:10,059 Gosh. 132 00:07:10,059 --> 00:07:12,895 Paul has to be legitimized in the eyes of God. 133 00:07:12,895 --> 00:07:16,106 Even she must recognize the danger of leaving that door open. 134 00:07:16,106 --> 00:07:19,234 They just had a fight that was a bit rattling to soul and mind. 135 00:07:19,234 --> 00:07:20,234 That's all. 136 00:07:21,278 --> 00:07:23,614 If you're not worried, then why are you shaking? 137 00:07:23,614 --> 00:07:25,366 Oh, God, I am a bit. 138 00:07:25,366 --> 00:07:26,408 How odd. 139 00:07:35,876 --> 00:07:36,876 Good Lord. 140 00:07:37,878 --> 00:07:39,171 Brings my center together. 141 00:07:45,511 --> 00:07:47,262 All right, I'm fine. 142 00:07:48,180 --> 00:07:50,182 We have to nip this in the bud. 143 00:07:50,182 --> 00:07:51,433 Indeed. 144 00:08:00,818 --> 00:08:02,319 Grigor! You're not gonna bel... 145 00:08:05,322 --> 00:08:06,782 Well, isn't this adorable. 146 00:08:06,782 --> 00:08:08,992 - Was. - What's up? 147 00:08:08,992 --> 00:08:11,787 A little war broke out between Catherine and Peter, 148 00:08:11,787 --> 00:08:14,123 and fuck me, I thought there was going to be bloodshed for a second. 149 00:08:14,123 --> 00:08:16,667 - What? - Shit! Is he all right? 150 00:08:16,667 --> 00:08:18,440 He looked as angry as when they took his pet tiger 151 00:08:18,441 --> 00:08:19,795 off him when he was nine. 152 00:08:19,795 --> 00:08:21,255 Oh, God. Towel! 153 00:08:35,310 --> 00:08:37,229 Thinking about your former friend? 154 00:08:39,982 --> 00:08:41,233 I can't believe he likes fucking that. 155 00:08:43,736 --> 00:08:45,863 He loves fucking that. 156 00:08:46,947 --> 00:08:49,616 And he loves me. 157 00:08:51,410 --> 00:08:54,246 Love is blind, and I guess, in your case, it needs to be. 158 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:57,499 You broke his heart a thousand times. 159 00:08:58,584 --> 00:09:00,669 I guess he gets to do it to you once. 160 00:09:13,015 --> 00:09:14,933 I do not want to see anyone. 161 00:09:15,809 --> 00:09:19,730 My role is pastoral care as well as political avarice. 162 00:09:20,356 --> 00:09:21,940 Are you all right? 163 00:09:21,940 --> 00:09:23,859 Not really, no. 164 00:09:26,987 --> 00:09:30,574 I once told fat Mother that I would never visit her again 165 00:09:30,574 --> 00:09:32,868 if I saw her eating another cream cake, 166 00:09:32,868 --> 00:09:36,497 and as I did I angrily pushed one into her enormous mouth. 167 00:09:36,497 --> 00:09:38,374 What the fuck are you talking about? 168 00:09:38,374 --> 00:09:40,918 Things get said. They're just words. 169 00:09:40,918 --> 00:09:45,923 They blow away on the wind, but the love is left in the body. 170 00:09:45,923 --> 00:09:47,850 Two days later, we sat at afternoon tea 171 00:09:47,851 --> 00:09:50,636 and I let her eat herself to vomiting. 172 00:09:51,220 --> 00:09:52,971 Archie. Go away. 173 00:09:52,971 --> 00:09:56,725 The ordination is about Paul, not Peter. 174 00:09:56,725 --> 00:10:00,062 Ah. So it is not pastoral care after all that brings you here? 175 00:10:00,854 --> 00:10:04,983 I am a gifted priest so I can do two things at once. 176 00:10:04,983 --> 00:10:07,361 Moving on to political avarice. 177 00:10:07,361 --> 00:10:11,156 Without the ordination, the Russian throne stops being hereditary, 178 00:10:11,156 --> 00:10:14,785 a tradition that, if we're to be fucking honest, has kept you in power. 179 00:10:14,785 --> 00:10:16,370 I'm not hereditary. 180 00:10:16,370 --> 00:10:18,038 You are seen as such. 181 00:10:18,038 --> 00:10:20,708 Had you not had the marriage that made you family, 182 00:10:20,708 --> 00:10:22,459 you would not still be on the throne. 183 00:10:22,459 --> 00:10:23,919 Bear shit! 184 00:10:23,919 --> 00:10:28,966 The family ordained by God, or any cunt can decide to take it. 185 00:10:28,966 --> 00:10:32,469 You risk the legitimacy of your rule. 186 00:10:33,220 --> 00:10:38,308 Am I risking the legitimacy of my throne or the power of your God? 187 00:10:38,308 --> 00:10:39,643 Both. 188 00:10:40,602 --> 00:10:42,146 High stakes, isn't it? 189 00:10:54,616 --> 00:10:56,952 Fuck me, that was something! 190 00:10:56,952 --> 00:11:00,289 I was at the front in our war and it was less fucking intense. 191 00:11:00,289 --> 00:11:01,915 Sauternes and duck liver parfait? 192 00:11:01,915 --> 00:11:05,169 I'm too fucking angry to... 193 00:11:05,169 --> 00:11:06,545 Oh, it looks good. 194 00:11:06,545 --> 00:11:07,796 Soothes the soul. 195 00:11:08,380 --> 00:11:10,341 What the fuck is she doing? 196 00:11:11,050 --> 00:11:13,052 Trying to take the throne off your own son? 197 00:11:13,052 --> 00:11:15,929 I mean fucking oj, as we say in Sweden. 198 00:11:15,929 --> 00:11:17,348 Are you okay? 199 00:11:17,348 --> 00:11:19,892 I don't want to speak ill of her. She's a monster who hates your son. 200 00:11:19,892 --> 00:11:21,894 I brought a carrot cake. 201 00:11:21,894 --> 00:11:24,605 For an emperor? Fucking carrot cake? Do you hate him? 202 00:11:24,605 --> 00:11:26,273 That will not fucking do. 203 00:11:26,273 --> 00:11:27,608 I was rushing. 204 00:11:27,608 --> 00:11:29,902 I just heard. It's the talk of the halls. 205 00:11:29,902 --> 00:11:31,751 Passion! I mean, I still remember that 206 00:11:31,752 --> 00:11:33,983 when we were first married. It's beautiful. 207 00:11:33,989 --> 00:11:36,033 - It's not passion. - It's an attack is what it is. 208 00:11:36,033 --> 00:11:37,534 She cannot do this to you. 209 00:11:37,534 --> 00:11:39,995 I need to do something. Let us run at bags. 210 00:11:50,047 --> 00:11:53,258 I will not fucking talk to her until she apologizes. 211 00:11:53,258 --> 00:11:56,220 Will you fuck her? Because fucking often leads to talking. 212 00:11:56,220 --> 00:11:59,348 - Do not fuck her. - For once we are in agreement. 213 00:11:59,348 --> 00:12:00,974 Of course, I will fuck her, I'm not a monster. 214 00:12:00,974 --> 00:12:02,851 But there will be no talking. 215 00:12:02,851 --> 00:12:04,311 Out, gentlemen! 216 00:12:05,062 --> 00:12:08,357 - They're giving me solace. - And some amazing sauternes. 217 00:12:08,357 --> 00:12:11,819 Are you all still here? It seems an eternity since I said "out!" 218 00:12:15,030 --> 00:12:16,156 Are you all right? 219 00:12:16,156 --> 00:12:18,534 Not really. It was a bruising encounter. 220 00:12:18,534 --> 00:12:20,494 I don't understand this rage. 221 00:12:24,123 --> 00:12:25,999 Thank you, Aunt. 222 00:12:25,999 --> 00:12:28,043 Never pick up a knife like that again in front of the court. 223 00:12:28,043 --> 00:12:29,753 I wanted to chin her. I was... 224 00:12:29,753 --> 00:12:30,753 Angry? 225 00:12:31,547 --> 00:12:32,715 Hurt. 226 00:12:32,715 --> 00:12:35,467 She does not want my son to be like me, and yet she loves me. 227 00:12:35,467 --> 00:12:37,636 That is a fucking head-splitting conundrum. 228 00:12:38,303 --> 00:12:39,847 Well, let me simplify. 229 00:12:39,847 --> 00:12:41,598 This has nothing to do with love. 230 00:12:41,598 --> 00:12:43,726 Your feelings don't matter. 231 00:12:43,726 --> 00:12:45,686 Your love does not matter. 232 00:12:45,686 --> 00:12:47,605 Only your family and your job matters 233 00:12:47,606 --> 00:12:49,273 and you will do what you need to do. 234 00:12:49,273 --> 00:12:50,482 You're being very aggressive. 235 00:12:50,482 --> 00:12:52,901 You have one job as a son to your father, 236 00:12:52,901 --> 00:12:54,778 and that is to preserve the line. 237 00:12:54,778 --> 00:12:57,364 Right. Well, she couldn't have meant that. 238 00:13:01,326 --> 00:13:03,537 I remember playing badminton in this room, 239 00:13:03,537 --> 00:13:06,832 naked, using passion fruit as shuttlecocks. 240 00:13:07,875 --> 00:13:12,504 Your father sent a forehand smashing into me and I loved that, 241 00:13:12,504 --> 00:13:16,675 the sting of it as the fruit broke all over my nakedness. 242 00:13:16,675 --> 00:13:20,846 And he roared with laughter, as only he could, dropped to the floor. 243 00:13:20,846 --> 00:13:22,389 And I ran to him... 244 00:13:24,308 --> 00:13:25,940 and he looked at me with those eyes 245 00:13:25,941 --> 00:13:28,145 that held you and broke you at the same time 246 00:13:28,145 --> 00:13:31,982 and he said, "Keep my line, my love." 247 00:13:35,277 --> 00:13:36,612 Then he died. 248 00:13:39,281 --> 00:13:40,324 Right. 249 00:13:43,827 --> 00:13:47,915 I'm not going to say anything more, as what else do we need? 250 00:13:49,208 --> 00:13:52,294 Understood. Understood. 251 00:14:01,345 --> 00:14:03,389 Ah, I hoped you'd be here 252 00:14:03,389 --> 00:14:05,724 having heated, sensual lovemaking, 253 00:14:05,724 --> 00:14:09,603 slick with sweat and bruising. 254 00:14:10,270 --> 00:14:11,605 Let me smell you. 255 00:14:11,605 --> 00:14:12,815 Fuck off. 256 00:14:12,815 --> 00:14:13,941 Did you see the fight? 257 00:14:13,941 --> 00:14:18,278 Yes, and I feel like it offers an ajar door for you and her. 258 00:14:18,278 --> 00:14:21,782 Ah! And I suspect, from your sudden giving a toss, for you. 259 00:14:21,782 --> 00:14:24,118 Why shouldn't we all win? That's what God wants. 260 00:14:24,118 --> 00:14:26,078 Funny. 261 00:14:26,078 --> 00:14:29,498 This baby needs to be ordained by the Church. 262 00:14:29,498 --> 00:14:31,709 A soft ear for her 263 00:14:31,709 --> 00:14:35,045 and a whisper of, "let's not take that off Paul just to spite Peter." 264 00:14:35,045 --> 00:14:37,423 Also, "let's not take away the Church's right 265 00:14:37,423 --> 00:14:39,675 to deify leaders and undermine its power." 266 00:14:39,675 --> 00:14:41,927 I knew you'd understand. 267 00:14:41,927 --> 00:14:44,638 You're actually simmering. I can see. 268 00:14:44,638 --> 00:14:49,143 Mm, broiling with a mélange of emotion. 269 00:14:50,644 --> 00:14:52,896 Go on. Get in there, get a nostril full. 270 00:14:55,607 --> 00:14:57,401 Vanilla. 271 00:14:57,401 --> 00:14:59,028 How strange. 272 00:14:59,028 --> 00:15:01,321 I was hoping for musky. 273 00:15:19,423 --> 00:15:20,883 Are you fucking kidding me? 274 00:15:22,176 --> 00:15:24,845 You have a fight with your idiot husband, you come running to me? 275 00:15:24,845 --> 00:15:26,638 I was actually just walking past. 276 00:15:26,638 --> 00:15:27,639 Liar. 277 00:15:31,018 --> 00:15:32,811 Oh, fuck's sake. 278 00:15:36,398 --> 00:15:40,819 I am the ruler of this great country because it was my destiny. 279 00:15:40,819 --> 00:15:42,613 Also because I suggested it. 280 00:15:42,613 --> 00:15:45,324 Possibly mainly because I suggested it. 281 00:15:45,324 --> 00:15:49,495 I took it because I have the ideas and heart to do it, 282 00:15:49,495 --> 00:15:53,040 not because a man in a big hat representing a God 283 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:54,333 who may or may not exist 284 00:15:54,333 --> 00:15:58,504 in league with one noble family decides that the fate of millions 285 00:15:58,504 --> 00:16:01,465 is on a baby who could become a fucking monster. 286 00:16:02,091 --> 00:16:05,386 Albeit we are talking about my son, who I love, obviously. 287 00:16:05,386 --> 00:16:07,680 Yes. Yes. Agreed. 288 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:09,682 We are at a leader's whim, and if the whim is that 289 00:16:09,682 --> 00:16:11,809 of a blind giant dancing, we're all doomed. 290 00:16:11,809 --> 00:16:14,103 Thankfully we are all at my whim. 291 00:16:14,103 --> 00:16:16,105 Clearly my next point. 292 00:16:18,524 --> 00:16:21,068 It is a relief to have you beside me again. 293 00:16:21,944 --> 00:16:24,738 Against your husband, we will always be in agreement. 294 00:16:26,865 --> 00:16:28,659 I understand you hate him. 295 00:16:29,993 --> 00:16:31,954 You just do not have to throw it in my face. 296 00:16:31,954 --> 00:16:33,956 Or you, your love for him in my face. 297 00:16:36,375 --> 00:16:38,127 That could be a rule. 298 00:16:38,127 --> 00:16:39,461 Because I hate it. 299 00:16:40,587 --> 00:16:41,588 This love. 300 00:16:44,383 --> 00:16:45,801 Today I do too. 301 00:16:47,344 --> 00:16:48,345 But... 302 00:16:49,263 --> 00:16:51,348 it is there, even in the rage. 303 00:16:51,348 --> 00:16:53,225 - You're about to talk about it again. - Strong... 304 00:16:58,105 --> 00:16:59,773 Let us fence it off. 305 00:17:00,607 --> 00:17:03,193 And then my love for you can live next door. 306 00:17:06,030 --> 00:17:07,573 I've missed you. 307 00:17:08,407 --> 00:17:09,700 Hated you. 308 00:17:11,535 --> 00:17:12,870 And missed you. 309 00:17:21,795 --> 00:17:24,006 Empress! Hello. 310 00:17:24,006 --> 00:17:25,257 Welcome. 311 00:17:25,257 --> 00:17:27,134 Darling, you never said she was coming. 312 00:17:27,134 --> 00:17:28,510 Maxim. 313 00:17:28,510 --> 00:17:32,514 Why are you using those glasses? I'll get the crystal. And snacks? 314 00:17:33,432 --> 00:17:34,516 Such a catch. 315 00:17:38,062 --> 00:17:39,897 There you are. 316 00:17:39,897 --> 00:17:41,273 I was worried. 317 00:17:41,273 --> 00:17:43,859 I went to your apartment. Are you all right? 318 00:17:43,859 --> 00:17:46,445 I am. I went to Marial's. 319 00:17:46,445 --> 00:17:47,821 Lovely. 320 00:17:47,821 --> 00:17:50,824 When love is at the root, it always grows back. 321 00:17:51,408 --> 00:17:53,535 I suppose. I am very angry. 322 00:17:55,245 --> 00:17:57,289 Things are said in anger we don't mean. 323 00:17:57,289 --> 00:18:00,125 I meant every word. Anger aside. 324 00:18:01,794 --> 00:18:05,631 Here is a book on the science of marriage, by the Choglokovs. 325 00:18:05,631 --> 00:18:07,925 It's very modern, you'll love it. 326 00:18:08,634 --> 00:18:11,804 Your love is fierce, too fierce at times. 327 00:18:11,804 --> 00:18:13,138 This will help. 328 00:18:15,766 --> 00:18:17,726 A royal marriage is a job. 329 00:18:17,726 --> 00:18:20,479 Do the work, or broken hearts, shattered lives, 330 00:18:20,479 --> 00:18:21,939 and blood all over the floor. 331 00:18:39,206 --> 00:18:41,041 I am writing notes to myself. 332 00:18:41,834 --> 00:18:46,005 "My wife does not like interruptions during intellectual salons." 333 00:18:46,005 --> 00:18:47,172 Hmm. Funny. 334 00:18:47,172 --> 00:18:49,591 "What the fuck" is my prevailing reaction 335 00:18:49,591 --> 00:18:51,427 to what the fuck happened in there. 336 00:18:51,427 --> 00:18:52,803 It did escalate. 337 00:18:52,803 --> 00:18:56,306 It was like I was falling off a cliff and the momentum kept building. 338 00:18:56,306 --> 00:19:00,602 Hmm. I believe it happens, sudden outbreaks in marriage. 339 00:19:00,602 --> 00:19:03,397 Father would often throw urns at Mother, 340 00:19:03,397 --> 00:19:04,625 and Mother would often fill his mouth 341 00:19:04,626 --> 00:19:06,316 with crushed glass while he slept. 342 00:19:06,316 --> 00:19:10,029 My mother would suddenly break loose, similarly to me then. 343 00:19:10,904 --> 00:19:13,198 A boiling hot wave that swept the room 344 00:19:13,198 --> 00:19:14,575 and took my father's legs out, 345 00:19:14,575 --> 00:19:16,952 and then she held him under the metaphorical water 346 00:19:16,952 --> 00:19:19,079 as he gasped out lame excuses. 347 00:19:19,079 --> 00:19:20,914 Huh. So it is normal. 348 00:19:20,914 --> 00:19:25,169 A kind of momentary marital madness where things not meant are thrown. 349 00:19:25,169 --> 00:19:26,503 Some of it I meant. 350 00:19:31,675 --> 00:19:33,844 From my sister Angela. 351 00:19:34,553 --> 00:19:35,637 "Where is Mother? 352 00:19:35,637 --> 00:19:37,681 "She does not answer my letters. 353 00:19:37,681 --> 00:19:39,933 Please respond. I am concerned." 354 00:19:40,934 --> 00:19:42,561 Ah. Right. 355 00:19:43,645 --> 00:19:46,023 That's annoying. Thought that one was buried. 356 00:19:46,023 --> 00:19:48,984 Perhaps today was an accumulation of our past. 357 00:19:48,984 --> 00:19:52,738 It seems every week something else adds to the weight of it. 358 00:19:53,489 --> 00:19:55,074 Let us forget it. Hmm? 359 00:19:55,074 --> 00:19:58,702 We said things we didn't mean, or did, but so what? Just words. 360 00:19:58,702 --> 00:20:01,372 I suggest we remove our clothes and stop talking. 361 00:20:02,539 --> 00:20:04,917 I meant what I said about the ordination. 362 00:20:04,917 --> 00:20:06,001 Know that. 363 00:20:06,835 --> 00:20:08,837 What are you doing? Hm? 364 00:20:09,963 --> 00:20:11,632 I have no choice. 365 00:20:11,632 --> 00:20:13,550 You will break us. 366 00:20:17,054 --> 00:20:19,056 Elizabeth gave me a book. 367 00:20:20,516 --> 00:20:22,017 We could try it. 368 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:25,854 The science of marriage, apparently. 369 00:20:26,522 --> 00:20:27,815 Hmm. 370 00:20:33,987 --> 00:20:35,823 How is it? 371 00:20:35,823 --> 00:20:37,616 How do you think it is, Agnes? 372 00:20:37,616 --> 00:20:40,244 It's like a rat threw up blood in a glass. 373 00:20:42,079 --> 00:20:43,789 I miss aquavit. 374 00:20:49,086 --> 00:20:50,504 Don't wait up for me. 375 00:20:55,217 --> 00:20:56,844 I'm going to your apartment. 376 00:20:56,844 --> 00:20:57,970 Meet me there tonight. 377 00:20:57,970 --> 00:20:59,888 I, um... 378 00:20:59,888 --> 00:21:01,015 yes. 379 00:21:05,310 --> 00:21:07,604 But we need fire and action, not just words. 380 00:21:07,604 --> 00:21:09,064 Oh, blinis! 381 00:21:09,064 --> 00:21:10,065 Here. 382 00:21:11,025 --> 00:21:12,067 What's that? 383 00:21:12,067 --> 00:21:13,556 Oh, I just thought you'd need to wash the taste 384 00:21:13,557 --> 00:21:15,195 of all the lies out of your mouth. 385 00:21:15,195 --> 00:21:16,739 You should join us. 386 00:21:16,739 --> 00:21:19,033 That wit is wasted on just being a bitter bitch. 387 00:21:19,033 --> 00:21:20,659 Disagree. Hm. 388 00:21:20,659 --> 00:21:21,869 Hmm. 389 00:21:21,869 --> 00:21:23,710 I just think our job for the Empress 390 00:21:23,711 --> 00:21:25,914 is to challenge her on every level, 391 00:21:25,914 --> 00:21:28,125 for the country, for isn't that... 392 00:21:28,125 --> 00:21:29,626 I'm torn. 393 00:21:29,626 --> 00:21:30,711 How so? 394 00:21:30,711 --> 00:21:32,129 I want to keep listening, 395 00:21:32,129 --> 00:21:34,923 but I want to listen whilst you suck my cock. 396 00:21:34,923 --> 00:21:36,800 Yet that would make it hard for you to talk. 397 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:38,719 It's... a conundrum. 398 00:21:39,553 --> 00:21:40,637 Blini? 399 00:21:40,637 --> 00:21:41,764 Ooh! 400 00:21:41,764 --> 00:21:45,100 You have trampled a very romantic moment, Georgina. 401 00:21:45,100 --> 00:21:47,353 She really hasn't. 402 00:21:47,353 --> 00:21:49,633 I imagine sometimes if you were castrated 403 00:21:49,634 --> 00:21:51,857 and could focus only on ideas, 404 00:21:51,857 --> 00:21:53,525 how great you would be, Voltaire. 405 00:21:53,525 --> 00:21:56,278 And sad, no? Voltaire without a cock. 406 00:21:56,278 --> 00:21:58,030 No. No, no, no. 407 00:21:58,030 --> 00:22:01,825 Well, let's leave Voltaire to suck his own cock and ponder that, 408 00:22:01,825 --> 00:22:03,577 and we shall go and speak words unencumbered. 409 00:22:03,577 --> 00:22:04,620 Love to. 410 00:22:08,624 --> 00:22:10,417 This exercise is called... 411 00:22:10,417 --> 00:22:11,877 Tug of war. 412 00:22:11,877 --> 00:22:13,575 The papers attached to the rope 413 00:22:13,576 --> 00:22:14,963 have your issues written upon them. 414 00:22:14,963 --> 00:22:16,423 You each argue a point, 415 00:22:16,423 --> 00:22:18,007 the other attempts to see your side 416 00:22:18,008 --> 00:22:20,386 and takes a step toward you when they do. 417 00:22:20,386 --> 00:22:21,970 You hopefully both see enough 418 00:22:21,970 --> 00:22:24,890 that you slowly reach the line together. 419 00:22:24,890 --> 00:22:26,350 Go! 420 00:22:29,436 --> 00:22:31,814 Ah! Catherine's reign. 421 00:22:34,191 --> 00:22:36,944 You do not share my desire to transform this country. 422 00:22:36,944 --> 00:22:38,112 Because it's bad. 423 00:22:38,112 --> 00:22:40,322 Brilliant, but fucking mad! 424 00:22:40,322 --> 00:22:42,157 And you don't listen to my advice. 425 00:22:42,157 --> 00:22:45,327 I would like you to read all the works of Diderot, 426 00:22:45,327 --> 00:22:46,912 as you cannot truly know me 427 00:22:46,912 --> 00:22:49,498 and know what it is I seek here without it. 428 00:22:49,498 --> 00:22:50,874 How many are there? 429 00:22:50,874 --> 00:22:53,168 Forty-seven, not including annotated pamphlets. 430 00:22:53,168 --> 00:22:55,921 Forty-seven? Are you fucking mad? Is she mad? 431 00:22:55,921 --> 00:22:58,966 You can't read a book? You do nothing but eat and hunt all day. 432 00:22:58,966 --> 00:23:02,344 Set yourself free in the forest and I will hunt and eat you all day. 433 00:23:02,344 --> 00:23:03,846 - Off topic! - Was it? 434 00:23:03,846 --> 00:23:06,348 - Arkady! - Marriage science is strangely fun. 435 00:23:06,348 --> 00:23:07,391 You're losing. 436 00:23:07,391 --> 00:23:08,726 No, you're losing! 437 00:23:13,981 --> 00:23:15,607 I don't think that's the, uh... 438 00:23:16,984 --> 00:23:18,902 Well, that's just fucking bragging. 439 00:23:18,902 --> 00:23:20,696 The couple must stay balanced, 440 00:23:20,696 --> 00:23:23,824 keep connected at all times, as we throw balls at you. 441 00:23:23,824 --> 00:23:25,784 I have you always. 442 00:23:25,784 --> 00:23:27,202 I know you do. 443 00:23:27,745 --> 00:23:29,163 Ow! 444 00:23:29,163 --> 00:23:30,414 Sorry. 445 00:23:30,414 --> 00:23:34,126 We can take anything. Look at me and tell me we can't. 446 00:23:36,086 --> 00:23:37,755 I do believe it now. 447 00:23:37,755 --> 00:23:39,214 If we are just in the now. 448 00:23:39,214 --> 00:23:41,258 But the past and the world outside... 449 00:23:41,258 --> 00:23:42,843 Ow! Fuck! 450 00:23:42,843 --> 00:23:45,137 Sorry, it says "increase force as it goes." 451 00:23:45,137 --> 00:23:46,388 Where? 452 00:23:46,388 --> 00:23:47,765 Somewhere. 453 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:51,018 It was just an argument, out of hand. 454 00:23:51,018 --> 00:23:52,478 We can pretend it never happened. 455 00:23:52,478 --> 00:23:55,147 Is that the secret to an unhappy marriage, amnesia? 456 00:23:55,147 --> 00:23:56,607 Fuck! 457 00:23:56,607 --> 00:23:59,193 The next ball that gets thrown comes out of Arkady's ball bag! 458 00:24:01,612 --> 00:24:06,033 In arguments, it is best to use "You always" statements. 459 00:24:06,033 --> 00:24:10,037 "You always do this and I hate it about you." 460 00:24:10,037 --> 00:24:12,247 You always go to work and I hate it about you. 461 00:24:12,247 --> 00:24:14,166 - Excellent. - Thanks. 462 00:24:14,166 --> 00:24:16,377 I'm saving Russia. 463 00:24:16,377 --> 00:24:19,838 No, you have to say, "I accept what you say." 464 00:24:19,838 --> 00:24:22,007 "I am awful, have me anyway." 465 00:24:22,007 --> 00:24:23,050 I'm not saying that. 466 00:24:23,050 --> 00:24:24,541 I am to hit you in the back of the head 467 00:24:24,542 --> 00:24:26,261 using a protruding knuckle if you don't. 468 00:24:26,261 --> 00:24:28,138 And then I have to fuck Peter while you watch. 469 00:24:28,138 --> 00:24:31,225 - It doesn't say that. - It says "some improvisation allowed." 470 00:24:32,976 --> 00:24:35,854 Fine. I accept I am awful, 471 00:24:35,854 --> 00:24:37,439 and I do put work, 472 00:24:37,439 --> 00:24:40,567 and the saving of Russia from all you did to it, before you. 473 00:24:40,567 --> 00:24:42,194 Accept me anyway. 474 00:24:42,194 --> 00:24:43,362 I do. 475 00:24:43,362 --> 00:24:48,617 You always kill whenever you want, hunt, eat and fuck when you want, 476 00:24:48,617 --> 00:24:51,370 and do whatever you want, and I hate that about you. 477 00:24:51,370 --> 00:24:53,292 Hm. I accept I am amazing 478 00:24:53,293 --> 00:24:56,333 at arranging my life in an exceptional and fun way. 479 00:24:56,333 --> 00:24:59,586 - Accept me anyway. - Funny. 480 00:24:59,586 --> 00:25:03,799 We are now, terrifyingly enough, apparently to make an observation. 481 00:25:03,799 --> 00:25:04,799 You two? 482 00:25:05,759 --> 00:25:08,929 You are a fucking big-cocked hedonist, 483 00:25:08,929 --> 00:25:11,265 and you are a stuck-up bitch married to her work. 484 00:25:11,265 --> 00:25:12,266 It's doomed. 485 00:25:12,266 --> 00:25:13,392 Wrong. No. 486 00:25:13,392 --> 00:25:14,852 Arkady, what do you think? 487 00:25:16,228 --> 00:25:20,315 I think you are both exceptional people. And that makes it hard. 488 00:25:20,315 --> 00:25:23,527 You live life at its edges, and the edge of anything is sharp, 489 00:25:23,527 --> 00:25:27,573 so you wound each other merely because you are you. 490 00:25:27,573 --> 00:25:31,285 So you need to find a way to accept that there will be wounds, 491 00:25:31,285 --> 00:25:34,413 or that at points you will need to step back from yourselves 492 00:25:34,413 --> 00:25:36,373 for the sake of the other. 493 00:25:37,124 --> 00:25:38,333 Fucking hell, Arkady. 494 00:25:39,626 --> 00:25:40,753 Indeed. 495 00:25:40,753 --> 00:25:42,421 I do notice things, you know. 496 00:25:42,421 --> 00:25:43,714 He does. 497 00:25:43,714 --> 00:25:46,508 He has excellent fucking eyes. 498 00:25:48,344 --> 00:25:51,388 Peter, I have brought you a pheasant. 499 00:25:51,388 --> 00:25:52,681 Pheasant as a present. 500 00:25:52,681 --> 00:25:55,559 And 11 bottles of rosé and 46 oysters, 501 00:25:55,559 --> 00:25:59,229 and I had the chef make madeleines stuffed with cantaloupe. 502 00:25:59,229 --> 00:26:03,692 And I was going to suggest badminton, but you are... something. 503 00:26:03,692 --> 00:26:05,444 Finished with this. I have work. 504 00:26:05,444 --> 00:26:06,445 Oh, stay and play. 505 00:26:06,445 --> 00:26:09,365 You are always improving Russia. Let us have fun. 506 00:26:09,365 --> 00:26:10,407 Fun? 507 00:26:10,407 --> 00:26:12,076 It's actually chapter six. 508 00:26:13,577 --> 00:26:14,578 Hmm? 509 00:26:16,246 --> 00:26:17,456 Let's try it. 510 00:26:17,456 --> 00:26:18,624 - Oh! - Ah... 511 00:26:18,624 --> 00:26:21,752 We need four then. Shall I get George? 512 00:26:21,752 --> 00:26:23,879 - Or six of us is good. - Hugo? 513 00:26:23,879 --> 00:26:25,673 I think he died. 514 00:26:25,673 --> 00:26:28,676 I heard that too. Well, we can stay. 515 00:26:28,676 --> 00:26:29,927 Me and Tatyana? 516 00:26:31,053 --> 00:26:33,347 No, Grigor. Get Marial. 517 00:26:34,515 --> 00:26:36,100 Thank you, you two. You can go. 518 00:26:36,100 --> 00:26:37,434 A four. 519 00:26:37,434 --> 00:26:38,602 Unbelievable. 520 00:26:41,063 --> 00:26:43,774 - Marial? - Marial. 521 00:26:44,650 --> 00:26:47,736 "Get Marial," she said. Fucking couldn't believe it. 522 00:26:47,736 --> 00:26:50,280 - Once you love me... - I, of course, agree. 523 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:52,366 You're so happy. 524 00:26:52,366 --> 00:26:56,245 The four of us together, friends, fucking amazing. 525 00:26:56,912 --> 00:26:59,456 And Hugo can fuck off. 526 00:26:59,456 --> 00:27:00,541 Glad it's about me. 527 00:27:01,291 --> 00:27:04,294 I'm happy for you. Don't fuck this up. 528 00:27:04,294 --> 00:27:05,629 I won't fuck it up. 529 00:27:05,629 --> 00:27:08,590 You hate him. Just hide it. All of it. 530 00:27:09,383 --> 00:27:11,969 I am a very good actress. 531 00:27:12,553 --> 00:27:14,888 Yesterday, that orgasm... 532 00:27:15,681 --> 00:27:16,932 It was real! 533 00:27:16,932 --> 00:27:18,726 Was it? 534 00:27:21,103 --> 00:27:23,397 Ah! That was good. 535 00:27:23,397 --> 00:27:25,065 I almost believed you. 536 00:27:25,065 --> 00:27:26,608 You'll end up loving him. 537 00:27:26,608 --> 00:27:27,860 We all do. 538 00:27:28,736 --> 00:27:29,778 You all do. 539 00:27:29,778 --> 00:27:31,488 That's almost a good point. 540 00:27:34,700 --> 00:27:36,326 - Hello! - Hello. 541 00:27:37,453 --> 00:27:39,663 One rule. You can't speak ill of him. 542 00:27:39,663 --> 00:27:41,123 But I can think it. 543 00:27:41,123 --> 00:27:43,667 If you must, but we are in agreement on the speaking part. 544 00:27:43,667 --> 00:27:44,918 Understood. 545 00:27:45,919 --> 00:27:48,255 I have half-filled your glass. We cannot have slosh. 546 00:27:48,255 --> 00:27:49,757 But we can be sloshed? 547 00:27:49,757 --> 00:27:51,759 By the end of the game, it is essential. 548 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:55,888 What are the sides? 549 00:27:55,888 --> 00:27:57,139 I'll play with you. 550 00:28:04,688 --> 00:28:06,190 Agnes. 551 00:28:06,190 --> 00:28:08,150 I was hoping you weren't undressed 552 00:28:08,150 --> 00:28:11,403 so I could tear every stitch from your body. 553 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:16,909 First this. 554 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:24,875 We're going to play a war game. 555 00:28:24,875 --> 00:28:27,461 - What? - I'm Sweden. You're Russia. 556 00:28:27,461 --> 00:28:30,547 This is where the battle was when the ceasefire deal was done. 557 00:28:31,173 --> 00:28:33,008 You think you would've won. 558 00:28:33,008 --> 00:28:34,635 I know I would've. 559 00:28:34,635 --> 00:28:37,513 Well, I know what our plan was. 560 00:28:37,513 --> 00:28:38,972 Let's find out. 561 00:28:40,599 --> 00:28:42,184 I may be in love. 562 00:28:43,519 --> 00:28:44,895 Be offensive if you weren't. 563 00:28:44,895 --> 00:28:46,438 Let's begin. 564 00:28:49,066 --> 00:28:50,234 Keep your eye on the cock. 565 00:28:50,234 --> 00:28:52,653 I cannot keep my eyes off it. 566 00:28:52,653 --> 00:28:54,863 Are you flirting with your own husband? 567 00:28:55,948 --> 00:28:58,075 I'm using his self-love against him. 568 00:28:58,075 --> 00:28:59,993 - One-nil. - Brilliant! 569 00:29:06,125 --> 00:29:07,418 Fuck! 570 00:29:08,293 --> 00:29:10,629 Aaah! I'm very competitive. 571 00:29:10,629 --> 00:29:12,297 - And very shit so far. - Hey. 572 00:29:12,297 --> 00:29:15,092 Back off my partner and serve the cock. 573 00:29:16,802 --> 00:29:18,053 Okay? 574 00:29:18,053 --> 00:29:19,053 Yep. Yep. 575 00:29:21,056 --> 00:29:22,516 Whoa! 576 00:29:22,516 --> 00:29:24,935 Two-one. 577 00:29:27,938 --> 00:29:29,773 Marial, stand further up court. 578 00:29:30,649 --> 00:29:32,067 I know where to stand. 579 00:29:36,864 --> 00:29:38,032 Oh, fuck! 580 00:29:38,032 --> 00:29:40,200 - Three-one. - Eyes on the cock. 581 00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:41,326 A yard up court. 582 00:29:41,326 --> 00:29:42,411 I know how to play. 583 00:29:42,411 --> 00:29:44,872 Ah, with all the missing, it was confusing. 584 00:29:44,872 --> 00:29:49,001 Ah! Then we counterattacked 585 00:29:49,001 --> 00:29:51,045 on your flank with a division... 586 00:29:51,045 --> 00:29:53,797 But I'd turned you, so it's not my flank anymore. 587 00:29:55,299 --> 00:29:58,510 You're looking into the teeth of thousands of men. 588 00:29:58,510 --> 00:30:01,305 Bristling, guns ready, cocks hard. 589 00:30:01,305 --> 00:30:02,598 Fuck. 590 00:30:02,598 --> 00:30:03,682 Then we retreat and... 591 00:30:03,682 --> 00:30:07,353 I'm on the ridge above the valley you retreat into... 592 00:30:08,937 --> 00:30:12,733 Ha! And that's it! 593 00:30:14,985 --> 00:30:17,404 You know where I march next, don't you? 594 00:30:20,657 --> 00:30:22,326 Stockholm. 595 00:30:22,326 --> 00:30:23,702 I win! 596 00:30:25,287 --> 00:30:27,498 I knew I fucking would. 597 00:30:27,498 --> 00:30:32,127 Well, maybe you would've. Guess you'll never know, really. 598 00:30:34,296 --> 00:30:39,051 And now I'm in Stockholm, 599 00:30:39,051 --> 00:30:41,595 are you the spoils of war? 600 00:30:43,806 --> 00:30:45,349 Come here. 601 00:30:45,349 --> 00:30:47,393 Get on all fours. 602 00:30:51,563 --> 00:30:54,692 Smell me, and wail like a buffalo. 603 00:31:08,914 --> 00:31:12,126 As much as I want to, I can never fuck you. I'm married. 604 00:31:12,126 --> 00:31:13,293 No. But... 605 00:31:13,293 --> 00:31:14,450 But know that I am slick with want. 606 00:31:14,451 --> 00:31:17,089 It is a sweet torture we must endure. 607 00:31:17,089 --> 00:31:19,508 No. I'm... 608 00:31:19,508 --> 00:31:21,135 I'm dying... 609 00:31:25,431 --> 00:31:28,350 This is something I desperately want before I die. 610 00:31:28,350 --> 00:31:29,852 And so is Sweden. 611 00:31:29,852 --> 00:31:30,852 Oh. 612 00:31:32,104 --> 00:31:33,731 Yes. 613 00:31:33,731 --> 00:31:38,360 It's horrible to die with many things unfucked and unwon. 614 00:31:39,111 --> 00:31:40,446 My heart breaks for you. 615 00:31:46,827 --> 00:31:48,412 Ow! 616 00:31:49,204 --> 00:31:50,748 Fuck! 617 00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:59,923 So, I'm to sit and rely on Peter to solve this for us? 618 00:31:59,923 --> 00:32:03,427 Peter? I'll just say it again for impact. 619 00:32:03,427 --> 00:32:04,970 Peter? 620 00:32:04,970 --> 00:32:08,098 He has his gifts, and making her love him is one. 621 00:32:08,098 --> 00:32:12,561 And if... and if I may say the obvious out loud... 622 00:32:12,561 --> 00:32:16,398 when he fails, what then? 623 00:32:16,398 --> 00:32:20,152 Archie, you and I united against anyone, who wins? 624 00:32:21,403 --> 00:32:22,654 True. 625 00:32:23,322 --> 00:32:26,575 Understand, though, this is... 626 00:32:26,575 --> 00:32:28,452 how shall I put this... 627 00:32:28,452 --> 00:32:30,954 a big fucking deal. 628 00:32:30,954 --> 00:32:33,082 I have tried to stay aligned with her 629 00:32:33,082 --> 00:32:36,001 and she does nothing to stay aligned with me. 630 00:32:36,001 --> 00:32:38,128 At some point, you will hear a tearing noise 631 00:32:38,128 --> 00:32:42,383 and it will be me coming loose and letting loose. 632 00:32:43,717 --> 00:32:45,594 You're very worked up. 633 00:32:46,136 --> 00:32:47,888 Should I teach you the bird noises? 634 00:32:50,099 --> 00:32:51,600 I came to take you... 635 00:32:54,937 --> 00:32:56,689 but obviously not a good time. 636 00:33:01,318 --> 00:33:03,404 I envy your life sometimes. 637 00:33:03,404 --> 00:33:06,448 Really? I never envy you. 638 00:33:06,448 --> 00:33:08,659 Although sometimes I love your hats. 639 00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:12,705 You could ask Vinodel to come back. 640 00:33:12,705 --> 00:33:14,957 I love to watch. 641 00:33:14,957 --> 00:33:16,959 Still watching? 642 00:33:16,959 --> 00:33:19,253 When are you going to give in, Archie? 643 00:33:19,253 --> 00:33:22,172 That's a tearing noise I'd like to hear. 644 00:33:22,172 --> 00:33:23,424 Mm. 645 00:33:24,842 --> 00:33:26,844 Mm! This fucking pheasant! 646 00:33:26,844 --> 00:33:28,137 It's how I shoot them. 647 00:33:28,137 --> 00:33:29,388 With a gun? 648 00:33:32,307 --> 00:33:34,226 Mm. It is amazing. 649 00:33:34,226 --> 00:33:37,604 We all sit at a table gorging on pheasant and forgiveness. 650 00:33:37,604 --> 00:33:41,191 Even Marial and her myriad of betrayals are in the fire. 651 00:33:41,191 --> 00:33:43,569 - My fucking betrayal? - To Marial! Hmm? 652 00:33:43,569 --> 00:33:44,903 All love is complicated. 653 00:33:44,903 --> 00:33:47,865 And sometimes love is unintelligible to outsiders. 654 00:33:47,865 --> 00:33:50,993 A monster to one... I tend to shoot them in the neck. 655 00:33:50,993 --> 00:33:52,202 - What? - Pheasants. 656 00:33:52,202 --> 00:33:53,996 So the shot does not get in the breast, 657 00:33:53,996 --> 00:33:57,249 and when pan-fried, the pheasant retains a silky texture. 658 00:33:57,249 --> 00:34:00,210 - Amazing. - Hmm. Silky. Well done, darling. 659 00:34:01,295 --> 00:34:03,547 Are you being sweet to another human? 660 00:34:03,547 --> 00:34:05,341 It is sporadic. 661 00:34:05,341 --> 00:34:08,177 It is a sight to see, you in love. 662 00:34:08,177 --> 00:34:10,596 And you in love is also a sight to see. 663 00:34:10,596 --> 00:34:12,723 - Careful. - To Grigor and Marial! 664 00:34:13,349 --> 00:34:16,101 To Catherine and... the future of Russia. 665 00:34:16,101 --> 00:34:18,937 - And to Peter and Catherine! Huzzah. - Well, yeah... 666 00:34:18,937 --> 00:34:20,272 - Huzzah. - Huzzah. 667 00:34:24,109 --> 00:34:26,028 Catherine got a letter from her sister today. 668 00:34:28,155 --> 00:34:32,409 A strange and possibly incendiary subject 669 00:34:32,409 --> 00:34:34,745 to lob into our dinner, husband. 670 00:34:34,745 --> 00:34:36,872 Gosh. What did she say? "Where's Mum?" 671 00:34:36,872 --> 00:34:41,043 Marial, put a whole lot of pork in your mouth and chew... slowly. 672 00:34:41,043 --> 00:34:43,128 I've been thinking on how we respond. 673 00:34:43,128 --> 00:34:46,799 - I've written a letter, all in my head, but... - You what? 674 00:34:46,799 --> 00:34:48,960 "Dear sister-in-law, you don't know me, 675 00:34:48,961 --> 00:34:50,594 but I am the former head of Russia, 676 00:34:50,594 --> 00:34:52,470 married and sick with love for the new head of Russia, 677 00:34:52,471 --> 00:34:54,098 your sister Catherine. 678 00:34:54,098 --> 00:34:55,864 In regards to your mother's whereabouts 679 00:34:55,865 --> 00:34:57,476 and state of health, we'll get to it." 680 00:34:57,476 --> 00:34:58,560 I like the start. 681 00:34:58,560 --> 00:34:59,895 Are you really doing this? 682 00:34:59,895 --> 00:35:03,482 I am. You will not be alone in this. I start strong. 683 00:35:03,482 --> 00:35:04,858 "Love! 684 00:35:04,858 --> 00:35:06,316 It is a prick. Take it from a prick 685 00:35:06,317 --> 00:35:08,404 who has been led too often by his prick. 686 00:35:08,404 --> 00:35:09,947 Your mother's love, for instance. 687 00:35:09,947 --> 00:35:13,200 She came and saw her daughter had blossomed into a leader 688 00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:15,536 of such light and power and could not abide it 689 00:35:15,536 --> 00:35:19,456 so wished to suffocate her for it, and our love with it. 690 00:35:19,456 --> 00:35:22,209 And for two and a half minutes, including all foreplay, 691 00:35:22,209 --> 00:35:23,877 I aided her in it. 692 00:35:23,877 --> 00:35:25,254 Your mother is dead. 693 00:35:25,254 --> 00:35:28,716 I do not regret her death, but the circumstances of it, yes. 694 00:35:28,716 --> 00:35:31,010 If I had my time again, I would not fuck her, 695 00:35:31,010 --> 00:35:33,220 merely pick her up and toss her out the fucking window." 696 00:35:33,220 --> 00:35:34,763 - Right. - Indeed. 697 00:35:34,763 --> 00:35:37,891 "For she came to destroy us and we are a love that cannot be destroyed. 698 00:35:37,891 --> 00:35:40,426 Rest assured, your sister did avenge your mother 699 00:35:40,427 --> 00:35:42,396 and stabbed me five times. 700 00:35:42,396 --> 00:35:44,648 Each stab in my body was deserved, 701 00:35:44,648 --> 00:35:47,735 and as I watched the blade go into me over and over, 702 00:35:48,444 --> 00:35:51,572 the fact she could live without me brought a chilling blackness, 703 00:35:51,572 --> 00:35:54,658 the look of pain in her eye as she did it almost worse, 704 00:35:54,658 --> 00:35:58,620 the terror I would leave her and Paul forever, worse still. 705 00:36:00,164 --> 00:36:01,290 Somehow I lived. 706 00:36:01,290 --> 00:36:03,542 As I said, our love is fierce, it is a sun. 707 00:36:03,542 --> 00:36:06,250 It burns within us and sometimes it feels 708 00:36:06,251 --> 00:36:08,714 it will consume us, but it never does. 709 00:36:10,174 --> 00:36:13,218 All the best, your brother-in-law, Peter." 710 00:36:14,845 --> 00:36:16,555 "P.S., Please come visit. 711 00:36:16,555 --> 00:36:18,849 Spring is the nicest time." 712 00:36:22,519 --> 00:36:23,854 Thoughts? 713 00:36:23,854 --> 00:36:25,356 You are a wonder to me. 714 00:36:25,356 --> 00:36:27,566 And you me. 715 00:36:27,566 --> 00:36:28,776 And also to me. 716 00:36:28,776 --> 00:36:31,570 Are you fucking... Ugh! 717 00:36:32,363 --> 00:36:36,825 Tasting this pork thing is amazing. 718 00:36:36,825 --> 00:36:38,702 Mm. 719 00:36:43,123 --> 00:36:45,876 Two great discoveries I made in France... 720 00:36:45,876 --> 00:36:48,545 the Enlightenment and French 75s. 721 00:36:49,171 --> 00:36:50,881 I also discovered cunnilingus there. 722 00:36:50,881 --> 00:36:52,091 Giving it or getting it? 723 00:36:52,091 --> 00:36:53,884 - Both. - What a country. 724 00:36:53,884 --> 00:36:55,219 Très bien. 725 00:36:55,803 --> 00:36:57,054 Thanks for helping me. 726 00:36:57,054 --> 00:36:58,972 To women and ideas. 727 00:36:58,972 --> 00:37:02,393 These fucking weak, mealy-mouthed, all-talk intellectuals. 728 00:37:02,393 --> 00:37:03,811 I hoped for fire in there. 729 00:37:03,811 --> 00:37:04,853 You're really on her side? 730 00:37:05,771 --> 00:37:09,191 No one knows. You're mysterious. 731 00:37:09,191 --> 00:37:10,943 I am not at all. 732 00:37:10,943 --> 00:37:13,237 France changed me. Forever. 733 00:37:13,237 --> 00:37:15,781 My concern is it is all talk from Voltaire and the others. 734 00:37:15,781 --> 00:37:18,492 The Empress needs us to be wild, as you said, 735 00:37:18,492 --> 00:37:22,496 with our ideas, our push, our actions if need be. 736 00:37:22,496 --> 00:37:24,164 I so agree. 737 00:37:24,164 --> 00:37:25,332 Wow, this is strong. 738 00:37:25,332 --> 00:37:27,334 As are we. 739 00:37:28,043 --> 00:37:30,087 I need a friend who believes in what I do. 740 00:37:30,087 --> 00:37:32,631 If the drinks are always this good, you have one. 741 00:37:34,258 --> 00:37:36,135 What a fucking night. 742 00:37:36,135 --> 00:37:38,512 Felt so right, all of us together. 743 00:37:38,512 --> 00:37:40,180 Are you fucking kidding me? 744 00:37:40,180 --> 00:37:41,682 What? You liked him. 745 00:37:41,682 --> 00:37:44,893 He is a fucking monster and someone needs to kill him 746 00:37:44,893 --> 00:37:47,021 so you idiots are free from his spell. 747 00:37:47,479 --> 00:37:51,191 Wow, I really thought you were having a good time. 748 00:37:51,191 --> 00:37:52,651 Misread. 749 00:37:52,651 --> 00:37:54,403 Like the orgasm thing. 750 00:38:00,159 --> 00:38:02,536 I'm relatively sure we just made a new baby. 751 00:38:03,495 --> 00:38:04,580 Perhaps. 752 00:38:10,294 --> 00:38:12,212 Ah, Paul! 753 00:38:12,212 --> 00:38:14,840 You said to bring him if he said anything new. 754 00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:16,425 Ooh! What is it? 755 00:38:16,425 --> 00:38:17,843 I'm scared to ask. 756 00:38:17,843 --> 00:38:19,887 I don't want to ruin the surprise. 757 00:38:21,930 --> 00:38:24,475 - What a cutie. - Paul. 758 00:38:25,392 --> 00:38:27,102 What did you say, Paul? Hmm? 759 00:38:27,102 --> 00:38:29,480 I'm really hoping for the word "enlightenment" 760 00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:30,606 to balance your mother and I. 761 00:38:30,606 --> 00:38:32,191 Hmm? 762 00:38:36,070 --> 00:38:39,907 I don't want to ruin the moment, but you can't take this off him. 763 00:38:40,866 --> 00:38:42,201 Just think about it. 764 00:38:43,952 --> 00:38:46,246 All right. I will. 765 00:38:46,246 --> 00:38:47,664 Book. 766 00:38:50,167 --> 00:38:52,544 Did he just say "book"? 767 00:38:52,544 --> 00:38:54,922 I think he did. Perfect. 768 00:38:54,922 --> 00:38:57,132 Hey, practice! 769 00:38:57,132 --> 00:38:59,051 Let's practice the Stag Ritual. 770 00:38:59,051 --> 00:39:00,803 It's the middle of the night, Velementov. 771 00:39:00,803 --> 00:39:04,139 We're a long time dead, and you must get it right. 772 00:39:04,139 --> 00:39:06,266 Or Paul's head... 773 00:39:08,519 --> 00:39:10,354 Look at him. 774 00:39:11,313 --> 00:39:13,357 Peter the Great. 775 00:39:13,357 --> 00:39:15,609 Velementov, are you all right? 776 00:39:15,609 --> 00:39:18,195 He's always there. I miss you. 777 00:39:20,406 --> 00:39:22,324 Go home, Velementov. 778 00:39:22,324 --> 00:39:24,326 We should honor this man. 779 00:39:24,326 --> 00:39:26,829 Little Paul. Look at him. 780 00:39:27,830 --> 00:39:30,457 Ruling family cuddling up. 781 00:39:30,457 --> 00:39:34,044 What... what a day it will be. 782 00:39:34,795 --> 00:39:37,756 I am glad I lived to see it. 783 00:39:37,756 --> 00:39:39,550 Anyway... 784 00:39:39,550 --> 00:39:41,176 let's practice! 785 00:39:41,176 --> 00:39:42,469 I'll take him home. 786 00:39:43,012 --> 00:39:47,474 To see... to see him ordained, 787 00:39:47,474 --> 00:39:50,978 and knowing how your father wept the day you were. 788 00:39:50,978 --> 00:39:53,230 - He did? - Like a baby. 789 00:39:53,230 --> 00:39:58,861 Made me... he made me slap him several times to try to stop him. 790 00:39:58,861 --> 00:40:00,571 - Oh. - Just... 791 00:40:16,128 --> 00:40:18,005 So, you remade the friendship. 792 00:40:18,672 --> 00:40:19,757 How do you know? 793 00:40:19,757 --> 00:40:22,426 The court is all a-flurry. I felt proud of you. 794 00:40:22,426 --> 00:40:25,304 And Peter and you, how did that go? 795 00:40:25,304 --> 00:40:27,806 I prefer Pugachev's version. 796 00:40:27,806 --> 00:40:28,891 What? 797 00:40:28,891 --> 00:40:30,851 He's living downstairs. 798 00:40:31,518 --> 00:40:33,437 I sometimes go back to my old life. 799 00:40:34,104 --> 00:40:38,442 He is fucking funny, that guy, and he does Peter pitch-perfect. 800 00:40:38,442 --> 00:40:40,611 Evil and charm fused. 801 00:40:40,611 --> 00:40:43,864 Really? Interesting. 802 00:40:43,864 --> 00:40:46,116 And you mentioned the ordination tonight? 803 00:40:47,826 --> 00:40:48,826 No. 804 00:40:49,578 --> 00:40:51,663 But she's going to give in. 805 00:40:52,373 --> 00:40:55,125 I can see her wavering and he'll keep pushing. 806 00:40:55,125 --> 00:40:57,711 He knows just where to punch her in the heart. 807 00:40:57,711 --> 00:40:59,963 He was born to have what he wants. 808 00:40:59,963 --> 00:41:03,175 Great news. Join Maxim and I in a port. 809 00:41:03,175 --> 00:41:05,010 The drink and the game. 810 00:41:05,010 --> 00:41:06,512 No, I'm exhausted. 811 00:41:06,512 --> 00:41:07,763 Good night. 812 00:41:09,098 --> 00:41:11,266 Women. So delicate. 813 00:41:25,614 --> 00:41:27,741 So many late-night visitors. 814 00:41:28,450 --> 00:41:31,745 - Don't give in. - I'm not. 815 00:41:31,745 --> 00:41:34,540 Your voice is faltering even as you say it. 816 00:41:34,540 --> 00:41:37,042 You cannot leave Russia in the hands of... 817 00:41:37,042 --> 00:41:39,670 - He's half of me. - His first word was "pussy." 818 00:41:40,546 --> 00:41:43,048 A salient point. His second, "book," though. 819 00:41:44,383 --> 00:41:46,760 He works you and you don't even see it. 820 00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:47,886 Don't. 821 00:41:47,886 --> 00:41:49,513 We had rules, Marial. 822 00:41:49,513 --> 00:41:51,890 I love you too much for rules. 823 00:41:57,021 --> 00:41:58,814 Don't give in. 824 00:42:14,413 --> 00:42:17,791 Well, this is a sight for tired eyes. 825 00:42:17,791 --> 00:42:18,917 Success, I take it? 826 00:42:18,917 --> 00:42:19,960 Guaranteed. 827 00:42:19,960 --> 00:42:21,545 As in, not yet? 828 00:42:21,545 --> 00:42:24,506 As in, not yet, and yet it will be. 829 00:42:25,215 --> 00:42:27,634 As in, "No, I haven't done my job"? 830 00:42:27,634 --> 00:42:29,011 Don't scratch at me. 831 00:42:29,011 --> 00:42:30,302 I have mended our hearts 832 00:42:30,303 --> 00:42:32,514 and will soon give the gentlest push and she will fall. 833 00:42:32,514 --> 00:42:34,558 When? There is no time. 834 00:42:34,558 --> 00:42:36,810 I will know the moment, as is my way. 835 00:42:36,810 --> 00:42:40,939 The whole family line rests on my impeccable instincts. 836 00:42:40,939 --> 00:42:43,359 You can be confident I will bring it home. 837 00:42:43,359 --> 00:42:45,319 Indeed. 838 00:42:45,319 --> 00:42:46,820 I'll rest easy, then. 839 00:42:55,412 --> 00:42:57,539 - Morning! - Morning. 840 00:42:57,539 --> 00:43:00,417 I hear you found peace with your husband. 841 00:43:00,417 --> 00:43:02,670 Such passion you two have. 842 00:43:02,670 --> 00:43:03,712 We do. 843 00:43:04,588 --> 00:43:05,988 I look at Paul and I think, 844 00:43:05,989 --> 00:43:09,051 how can he not be anything but extraordinary? 845 00:43:10,969 --> 00:43:13,263 Obvious and clumsy from you. 846 00:43:13,972 --> 00:43:15,724 It is important. 847 00:43:15,724 --> 00:43:18,727 My mind shakes a little at the mistake you could make. 848 00:43:18,727 --> 00:43:20,646 Also slightly threaten-y. 849 00:43:20,646 --> 00:43:22,815 I'll stop, you start. 850 00:43:24,024 --> 00:43:26,652 I cannot espouse the ideals of meritocracy 851 00:43:26,652 --> 00:43:29,738 and then let the Church say, "A man in a cloud has chosen my son 852 00:43:29,738 --> 00:43:32,741 to rule all your lives, whether he is built for the job or not." 853 00:43:33,534 --> 00:43:35,953 I enjoyed the speech, but that's not why. 854 00:43:35,953 --> 00:43:39,289 It is why. Also, what if I had a daughter? 855 00:43:39,289 --> 00:43:42,084 I don't think that's happening when you have a cunt full of lemon top. 856 00:43:42,084 --> 00:43:44,086 I don't know what you're talking about. 857 00:43:46,296 --> 00:43:49,800 What are you... What the fuck are you doing? 858 00:43:50,592 --> 00:43:52,594 I can smell it. Lemon top! 859 00:43:52,594 --> 00:43:53,971 Get away from me! 860 00:43:53,971 --> 00:43:56,682 I will get it out, or you will admit it's in. 861 00:43:59,435 --> 00:44:01,228 Yes! All right. 862 00:44:02,062 --> 00:44:03,230 God. 863 00:44:03,814 --> 00:44:07,067 I am too busy to have another baby. That is all. 864 00:44:07,067 --> 00:44:09,319 Ah, the truth. 865 00:44:09,319 --> 00:44:11,238 Let's have more of that, shall we? 866 00:44:15,117 --> 00:44:16,368 Let me go. 867 00:44:19,455 --> 00:44:23,250 It's fucking madness ordaining Paul, you should see that. 868 00:44:23,250 --> 00:44:25,377 It makes him an option for others. 869 00:44:25,377 --> 00:44:27,546 Get rid of me, choose him. 870 00:44:27,546 --> 00:44:28,797 Yes. 871 00:44:28,797 --> 00:44:30,466 So you know that! 872 00:44:30,466 --> 00:44:31,967 Yes, of course. 873 00:44:31,967 --> 00:44:33,969 And you would still have me do it! 874 00:44:33,969 --> 00:44:37,056 You've always been under threat, always will be. 875 00:44:37,056 --> 00:44:39,391 People are plotting to kill you somewhere right now. 876 00:44:40,434 --> 00:44:42,895 - Perhaps even in here? - Funny. 877 00:44:44,271 --> 00:44:45,564 Was it? 878 00:44:46,523 --> 00:44:49,276 It strengthens you as much as it weakens you. 879 00:44:49,276 --> 00:44:53,822 And it preserves the family line of Peter the Great. 880 00:44:53,822 --> 00:44:55,157 Your great love. 881 00:44:55,157 --> 00:44:56,283 And you. 882 00:44:57,451 --> 00:44:58,702 But mainly him. 883 00:44:58,702 --> 00:45:00,287 For you. 884 00:45:01,205 --> 00:45:02,790 It can work for all of us. 885 00:45:14,802 --> 00:45:20,391 I always think you are for me, but really it is all for him. 886 00:45:21,600 --> 00:45:24,603 I think I've done enough to prove my love for you. 887 00:45:24,603 --> 00:45:28,649 I am asking you rather desperately to do something for me. 888 00:45:30,901 --> 00:45:32,027 My instinct is no. 889 00:45:34,655 --> 00:45:36,281 It screams in me. 890 00:45:37,616 --> 00:45:38,616 No. 891 00:45:42,830 --> 00:45:44,331 As you wish. 892 00:45:52,840 --> 00:45:54,633 Are we sure the barrel of this gun is straight? 893 00:45:54,633 --> 00:45:56,051 Yes, we're sure. 894 00:45:56,051 --> 00:45:58,512 I think Paul said "dead." 895 00:45:58,512 --> 00:46:00,556 "Bed." He said "bed." 896 00:46:00,556 --> 00:46:02,307 Maybe we need an old, slow stag. 897 00:46:02,307 --> 00:46:05,102 They are. Should I find a three-legged one? 898 00:46:05,102 --> 00:46:06,562 Fuck off, fatboy. 899 00:46:06,562 --> 00:46:08,939 Why don't you shoot me? I'm probably more your range. 900 00:46:08,939 --> 00:46:10,983 Let's just do it again. 901 00:46:24,371 --> 00:46:25,706 Huzzah! 902 00:46:26,707 --> 00:46:28,500 Ah, Paul! 903 00:46:28,500 --> 00:46:30,586 Huzzah, Paul! Oh! 904 00:46:30,586 --> 00:46:34,048 Chosen by God... 905 00:46:34,048 --> 00:46:37,217 and loved by Daddy. 906 00:46:37,217 --> 00:46:38,802 Yeah. 907 00:46:39,428 --> 00:46:42,806 Hi. Mum. 908 00:46:48,604 --> 00:46:49,604 Did you see that? 909 00:46:52,107 --> 00:46:53,484 I saw you. 910 00:46:54,818 --> 00:46:56,362 I've thought on it. 911 00:46:56,362 --> 00:46:58,489 I will allow the Stag Ritual. 912 00:46:58,489 --> 00:46:59,823 Huzzah! 913 00:46:59,823 --> 00:47:01,492 But not the ordination. 914 00:47:03,369 --> 00:47:05,704 I don't have the right to discard my father's legacy. 915 00:47:05,704 --> 00:47:07,414 How do I explain that to him? 916 00:47:07,414 --> 00:47:09,958 - He's dead. - No, he's not. 917 00:47:09,958 --> 00:47:11,543 We are the future. 918 00:47:11,543 --> 00:47:12,795 You mean you. Hmm? 919 00:47:12,795 --> 00:47:16,382 So I must push my family into a ditch to get out of your way? 920 00:47:16,382 --> 00:47:19,343 My father built the room we live in, the palace we live in, 921 00:47:19,343 --> 00:47:21,929 in the city he built with a will of iron. 922 00:47:21,929 --> 00:47:23,310 A thousand-year reign was his desire. 923 00:47:23,311 --> 00:47:25,766 You are legitimate because of him. 924 00:47:25,766 --> 00:47:28,477 I am legitimate because I fucking took it, 925 00:47:28,477 --> 00:47:29,895 because it is my destiny. 926 00:47:29,895 --> 00:47:32,189 - No, because I gave it. - Oh, we're back here. 927 00:47:32,189 --> 00:47:34,108 Yes. And what of Paul? 928 00:47:34,817 --> 00:47:35,859 Paul will have us. 929 00:47:35,859 --> 00:47:38,320 How do we explain to him he's a fucking nobody? 930 00:47:38,946 --> 00:47:41,573 Do you not think we are exceptional, you and I? 931 00:47:41,573 --> 00:47:42,574 Of course. 932 00:47:42,574 --> 00:47:44,827 And that our child will likely be similar? 933 00:47:46,036 --> 00:47:47,454 You ask too much. 934 00:47:48,288 --> 00:47:49,790 Of me. Of Paul. 935 00:47:49,790 --> 00:47:52,209 I ask you to choose us. 936 00:48:11,895 --> 00:48:13,188 Oooh! 937 00:48:15,149 --> 00:48:16,358 What the fuck? 938 00:48:16,358 --> 00:48:18,152 You fucking brought her here. 939 00:48:18,152 --> 00:48:21,113 You chose her as a wife. This is your fucking fault. 940 00:48:21,113 --> 00:48:22,781 You couldn't control her. 941 00:48:22,781 --> 00:48:23,949 Because I love her! 942 00:48:23,949 --> 00:48:25,784 You should never have brought me someone I would love. 943 00:48:25,784 --> 00:48:27,077 Total mismanagement! 944 00:48:27,077 --> 00:48:29,997 It's not my fault. Peter the Great ruled his women. 945 00:48:29,997 --> 00:48:32,458 I thought you might be something beyond a shadow of him. 946 00:48:32,458 --> 00:48:33,876 Total misjudgment! 947 00:48:33,876 --> 00:48:36,253 Oh, that was cruel. 948 00:48:36,253 --> 00:48:38,255 Oooh! 949 00:48:42,051 --> 00:48:44,887 Ah, you're both here. How fortuitous. 950 00:48:44,887 --> 00:48:46,347 Archie, get off the ground. 951 00:48:46,347 --> 00:48:48,891 She's not doing it. I failed. 952 00:48:48,891 --> 00:48:50,726 What the fuck will Daddy say? 953 00:48:50,726 --> 00:48:53,145 - Happy to make some guesses. - Hush. 954 00:48:53,145 --> 00:48:55,647 Which is why I have a plan. A sedative. 955 00:48:55,647 --> 00:48:57,775 You dab it on her lips once she's asleep, 956 00:48:57,775 --> 00:49:00,611 it will absorb and put her in a heavy sleep. 957 00:49:00,611 --> 00:49:02,154 At midnight, Paul will be one. 958 00:49:02,154 --> 00:49:04,031 You bring him to the chapel. 959 00:49:04,031 --> 00:49:07,826 He is officially ordained. She never knows until she needs to. 960 00:49:07,826 --> 00:49:11,455 I like it. God has intervened. 961 00:49:11,455 --> 00:49:13,248 Eh... fuck it! Give me it. 962 00:49:13,248 --> 00:49:16,251 It is a secret you must keep until it's done. 963 00:49:16,877 --> 00:49:18,003 Right, right, right. 964 00:49:18,003 --> 00:49:20,589 Oh, that's fucking reassuring, "right, right, right." 965 00:49:20,589 --> 00:49:24,176 - I will hit you again. - And God will note it down again. 966 00:49:25,886 --> 00:49:27,971 I believe in you, darling. 967 00:49:27,971 --> 00:49:30,974 To Emperor Paul. Huzzah! 968 00:49:30,974 --> 00:49:32,643 - Huzzah! - Huzzah. 969 00:49:35,104 --> 00:49:37,064 So yummy. 970 00:49:37,064 --> 00:49:40,025 - Her placenta is divine. - Yeah, it tastes like Mummy's. 971 00:50:11,515 --> 00:50:13,100 This is exciting, Paul. 972 00:50:13,100 --> 00:50:15,894 Your first step toward becoming an emperor. 973 00:50:20,566 --> 00:50:23,027 What if it is not for you? 974 00:50:23,027 --> 00:50:24,862 It was not for me. 975 00:50:25,863 --> 00:50:28,532 What if I am just putting a burden on your neck? 976 00:50:28,532 --> 00:50:32,077 It is exhausting to carry the weight of Peter the Great. 977 00:50:33,078 --> 00:50:35,414 Maybe a good father should protect you from that. 978 00:50:38,751 --> 00:50:39,960 Nod if you want it. 979 00:50:44,089 --> 00:50:45,507 Imperceptible. 980 00:50:45,507 --> 00:50:48,385 You're right, I'll decide. 981 00:50:57,478 --> 00:50:58,520 He's late. 982 00:51:01,065 --> 00:51:02,608 Right. 983 00:51:12,576 --> 00:51:14,119 Oh, watch, watch, watch. 984 00:51:14,119 --> 00:51:16,330 - Uh, noble. - Emperor. 985 00:51:16,330 --> 00:51:17,414 Come here and bend over. 986 00:51:27,508 --> 00:51:29,677 Ooh! 987 00:51:29,677 --> 00:51:32,221 Thank you, sir. You may go. 988 00:51:34,640 --> 00:51:38,018 He actually thought you were him. 989 00:51:38,018 --> 00:51:39,478 Good at my job. 990 00:51:42,981 --> 00:51:45,567 These frescoes are so beautiful. 991 00:51:46,235 --> 00:51:49,697 Are you trying to distract yourself from the weakness of your nephew? 992 00:51:51,573 --> 00:51:54,034 Yes. I am, actually. 993 00:51:54,785 --> 00:51:57,287 Only God can control destiny. 994 00:51:57,287 --> 00:51:59,498 Well, have a word, then, will you? 995 00:52:10,509 --> 00:52:12,636 This is fucking bizarre. 996 00:52:12,636 --> 00:52:15,097 One minute, they're like he's chosen by God, 997 00:52:15,097 --> 00:52:17,850 and now we're strapping him to a wild animal and shooting at him. 998 00:52:17,850 --> 00:52:19,685 This is Russia. 999 00:52:19,685 --> 00:52:21,478 We'll be home soon, though. 1000 00:52:21,478 --> 00:52:22,604 I can feel it. 1001 00:52:23,689 --> 00:52:26,483 I'm sorry, I know what it meant to you. 1002 00:52:26,483 --> 00:52:28,485 Love can carry wounds. 1003 00:52:28,485 --> 00:52:29,862 I will carry mine. 1004 00:52:30,446 --> 00:52:32,823 I took it out this morning. The lemon top. 1005 00:52:32,823 --> 00:52:35,117 I look forward to meeting your daughter, 1006 00:52:35,117 --> 00:52:38,537 or the possibility of a bushel of children to choose a leader from. 1007 00:52:53,802 --> 00:52:56,680 - Grigor, should I be nervous? - Not at all. 1008 00:52:59,683 --> 00:53:00,851 New gun! 1009 00:53:00,851 --> 00:53:02,353 It's fine. 1010 00:53:11,987 --> 00:53:13,947 Release the stag! 1011 00:53:36,136 --> 00:53:38,514 Pugachev. 1012 00:53:39,181 --> 00:53:40,974 God has called you. 1013 00:53:41,892 --> 00:53:43,686 You fucking me, or I fucking you? 1014 00:53:43,686 --> 00:53:46,313 Neither. We're fucking the Empress. 1015 00:53:47,106 --> 00:53:49,149 Oh. Love it. 1016 00:53:52,010 --> 00:53:57,010 - Synced and corrected by chamallow - - www.addic7ed.com -