E16 - The Devil Has the Devil’s Way

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[00:05] ---
    Lord Richard.
[00:07] ---
    Catesby.
[00:08] ---
    Mother says she'll take me to the woods
    today because the weather is fine.
[00:14] ---
    Come. Let's go deep into the woods.
[00:19] ---
    Catesby, um...
[00:22] ---
    If I get lost in the woods,
[00:24] ---
    come and find me, okay?
[00:27] ---
    Catesby.
[00:28] ---
    I'll go on alone.
[00:37] ---
    Sweet strawberry pies.
[00:39] ---
    Why not bring one home to your family?
[00:44] ---
    I have no reason to call on him.
[00:48] ---
    If Richard won't speak against
    His Majesty's whims,
[00:51] ---
    you'll have to rely on the queen mother.
[00:54] ---
    But then...
[00:55] ---
    Asking her for a bit of advice
    wouldn't be a betrayal.
[01:00] ---
    Don't tell me...
[01:05] ---
    York of the white rose.
[01:07] ---
    Lancaster of the red rose.
[01:10] ---
    These royal houses with roses for
    their crests battled for the throne.
[01:16] ---
    People call their strife
    the "Wars of the Roses."
[02:56] ---
    The next council will decide whether
    you take the throne at the coronation.
[03:01] ---
    Who might take our side?
[03:05] ---
    By my reckoning, it's evenly split.
[03:08] ---
    The Earl of Northumberland
    and Lord Howard are ours.
[03:12] ---
    Hastings and Stanley could be persuaded.
[03:15] ---
    And the Bishop of Ely?
[03:17] ---
    We can buy his support.
[03:20] ---
    I'll speak to him, then.
[03:22] ---
    I'll meet with Howard
    and the others as well.
[03:25] ---
    But what if they won't join us?
[03:28] ---
    No one could refuse your
    impassioned whisper in their ear.
[03:34] ---
    And if that fails?
[03:36] ---
    We'll need to kill them.
[03:38] ---
    Otherwise, it will be our heads
    on the executioner's block.
[03:42] ---
    We've embarked on a game
    of chance against God.
[03:46] ---
    If Hastings goes that way,
[03:49] ---
    what will become of him?
[03:51] ---
    Of whom?
[03:52] ---
    Catesby is a loyal man.
[03:57] ---
    Will he look at me with hate in his eyes?
[04:02] ---
    If he truly cares for the
    royal family, he'll understand.
[04:06] ---
    But if he becomes a briar in our path,
[04:10] ---
    I'll clear him from it personally.
[04:18] ---
    Mother! He's here!
[04:20] ---
    I see. You've kept me waiting.
[04:24] ---
    Hastings the dolt!
[04:29] ---
    Thank you for your visit, Lord Hastings.
[04:33] ---
    Q-Queen Elizabeth.
[04:36] ---
    I'm sorry that I can't do more for you,
[04:39] ---
    but I now spend my days
    praying for a quiet life.
[04:43] ---
    I guarantee your safety
    so long as you remain here.
[04:47] ---
    But I was hoping you'd advise me.
[04:51] ---
    Goodness. Do you need
    advice from the likes of me?
[04:56] ---
    To earnestly seek knowledge from
    your enemy shows nobility of spirit.
[05:01] ---
    Lord Hastings, a man like
    you should be Protector!
[05:06] ---
    Y-You give me too much credit.
[05:08] ---
    No. I could safely entrust
    Edward to your care.
[05:16] ---
    Should I report to His Grace?
[05:19] ---
    But if the Duke of Buckingham
    learned of this...
[05:24] ---
    Where are you bound for, Lord Hastings?
[05:28] ---
    An abbey is hardly a fitting place
    to rendezvous with a lover,
[05:32] ---
    although it would suit an interview
    with the queen dowager.
[05:36] ---
    She's had a complete change of heart!
[05:39] ---
    You needn't fear her designs on--
[05:40] ---
    Your Grace!
[05:42] ---
    I wish to make a statement.
[05:44] ---
    Lord Hastings acts with the interests
    of the royal family at heart.
[05:50] ---
    Punish me if I speak falsely.
[05:55] ---
    I see. In that case, I wish to speak
    with you in your master's stead.
[06:00] ---
    Come.
[06:03] ---
    Why did you shield Hastings?
[06:05] ---
    Is your wish to remain pure until death?
[06:11] ---
    Whom do you serve?
[06:14] ---
    My master is...
[06:15] ---
    Do you think you
    understand him best of all?
[06:19] ---
    Kindness isn't what he desires now.
[06:23] ---
    You can't become a demon.
[06:26] ---
    You can't save Richard.
[06:37] ---
    You met with the Bishop of Ely.
[06:40] ---
    Were you able to buy him off?
[06:43] ---
    Wait!
[06:44] ---
    What is this mark?!
[06:46] ---
    It appears the bishop has immoral tastes.
[06:50] ---
    He asked for my body rather than gold.
[06:55] ---
    Did he defile you?
[06:58] ---
    I'll gouge out his guts
    and tear him apart!
[07:01] ---
    What is there to be upset about?
[07:03] ---
    This won us the bishop's support.
[07:07] ---
    Why are you angry? Tell me.
[07:11] ---
    Our oath.
[07:14] ---
    I haven't broken it.
[07:17] ---
    This body will not open to anyone but you.
[07:22] ---
    Thank you for earlier!
[07:24] ---
    You're the purest and most
    upstanding man I've ever seen.
[07:30] ---
    Whom do you serve?
[07:33] ---
    You can't save Richard.
[07:40] ---
    Your Grace.
[07:42] ---
    Catesby?
[07:44] ---
    I wish to speak to you.
[07:45] ---
    I can't just now.
[07:47] ---
    I don't mind. Come in.
[07:51] ---
    It's about Lord Hastings.
[07:55] ---
    Pardon me.
[08:01] ---
    If he becomes a briar...
[08:04] ---
    If you turn your sword on me, then...
[08:13] ---
    Lord Hastings often meets the queen
    dowager secretly at Westminster.
[08:19] ---
    I'm certain that their ties
    are strengthening.
[08:24] ---
    And what do you intend
    to do about Hastings?
[08:29] ---
    If he shows signs of treachery,
[08:33] ---
    I'll dispatch him at once.
[08:36] ---
    Your master is loyal to
    the royal family, while I...
[08:41] ---
    I am about to betray even the
    blood of York to gain the crown.
[08:49] ---
    I have only ever served a single lord.
[08:53] ---
    Only you, Your Grace.
[08:57] ---
    I'm a demon. Consigning you
    to hell gives me relief
[09:03] ---
    as you look at me in pain,
    bound by your loyalty.
[09:09] ---
    Then from now on, consider my orders
    as Richard's. We're halves of one whole.
[09:15] ---
    Yes, Your Grace.
[09:18] ---
    In that case, would you
    begin by lopping off
[09:22] ---
    that traitor's head?
[09:25] ---
    His blood will seal our compact.
[09:34] ---
    This warmth burns me.
[09:37] ---
    Nothing is as vivid as this warmth.
[09:40] ---
    Your Grace, allow me.
[09:43] ---
    I'm about to meet with Lord Howard
    and others at a tournament.
[09:47] ---
    They're strongly behind us, but...
[09:50] ---
    Will they still consent
    to back you as king?
[09:55] ---
    I'll have them forge a pact as well.
[09:57] ---
    D-Duke of Gloucester!
[10:00] ---
    Bishop of Ely. What is it?
[10:02] ---
    I-I must tell you...
[10:04] ---
    Then you may speak to me.
[10:07] ---
    But it is a private matter.
[10:09] ---
    No matter. Proceed.
[10:13] ---
    You see... a service is planned for the
    queen mother and her son, Edward V.
[10:20] ---
    A church service?!
[10:21] ---
    I've heard nothing of this.
[10:23] ---
    You were not meant to.
[10:26] ---
    The archbishop proposed it,
[10:28] ---
    but the queen dowager worked through
    Lord Hastings to request it of him.
[10:33] ---
    Good day, Duke of Gloucester.
[10:35] ---
    Please visit to sample my strawberries
    whenever it pleases you.
[10:40] ---
    This proves Hastings a traitor.
[10:44] ---
    Still, I hadn't expected
    Elizabeth to be so bold.
[10:47] ---
    Holding this service
[10:50] ---
    will demonstrate that the queen
    dowager still wields great power.
[10:55] ---
    But if we prevent it,
[10:56] ---
    we'll suffer a fatal backlash as
    enemies of the poor widowed queen.
[11:01] ---
    This is a declaration of war from God
[11:05] ---
    against the devil.
[11:07] ---
    The devil has the devil's way.
[11:11] ---
    I thought it a sin even to wish
    for warmth, but now it is mine.
[11:18] ---
    I'll take what I desire by force.
[11:24] ---
    Lord Hastings, has the date
    of the service been set?
[11:29] ---
    Actually, the service has been canceled.
[11:33] ---
    And what's more, there's to be a service
    for the Duke of Gloucester instead.
[11:39] ---
    Impossible!
[11:40] ---
    Who gave the order?!
[11:42] ---
    It was a royal decree.
[11:45] ---
    Richard must have talked the king into it.
[11:48] ---
    That demon!
[11:49] ---
    Frankly, given his current position,
[11:53] ---
    he might issue royal orders
    without the king's knowledge.
[11:56] ---
    Also, um... I hate to say this,
[12:00] ---
    but the Duke of Gloucester
    demands the younger prince as well.
[12:05] ---
    Queen Elizabeth...
[12:11] ---
    That demon gives no quarter!
[12:14] ---
    Does he plan to take all my
    hopes and leave me in despair?
[12:18] ---
    But I've devoted my life to revenge.
[12:21] ---
    The more he takes,
    the hotter my soul burns.
[12:25] ---
    Just you watch, Richard.
[12:27] ---
    Next time, I'll be the one
    to dash your hopes.
[12:31] ---
    Mother.
[12:33] ---
    Of course. Why didn't I realize?
[12:37] ---
    Who knows--and hates--Richard most of all?
[12:43] ---
    Your Majesty!
[12:44] ---
    The Duke of Gloucester's actions clearly
    overstep his authority as Protector!
[12:50] ---
    True. He has been a bit
    highhanded of late.
[12:53] ---
    Don't you agree, Your Excellency?
[12:55] ---
    A-Absolutely.
[12:57] ---
    Yes! He's far too impudent!
    Far too tyrannical!
[13:01] ---
    Wait, Lord Hastings!
[13:04] ---
    Lord Howard.
[13:05] ---
    It's cowardly to speak
    thus in his absence!
[13:08] ---
    His Majesty formally delegated his
    power to the Duke of Gloucester.
[13:13] ---
    It is you who are impudent!
[13:14] ---
    Mere excuses!
    It's obvious who is in the right!
[13:18] ---
    A mother's purehearted--
[13:19] ---
    Hastings!
[13:21] ---
    Church services are dull.
[13:23] ---
    --But Your Majesty--
    --Leave us.
[13:28] ---
    --They say Hastings is sleeping
    with the queen mother.
[13:28] ---
    --First the witch and now the wife? --He must want to be the king's father.
[13:32] ---
    I realized too late.
[13:35] ---
    The palace is already
    full of rotten apples.
[13:39] ---
    The few of us left must
    talk amongst ourselves.
[13:42] ---
    I know just the place!
[13:44] ---
    May God bless you, guardians of justice.
[13:47] ---
    Lord Stanley. Lord Hastings.
    Bishop of Ely.
[13:52] ---
    The royal family is doomed
[13:54] ---
    unless we seize England back
    from that lawless fiend, Richard!
[13:58] ---
    But our situation is even
    more dire than before.
[14:02] ---
    Richard was a reserved
    and straightforward soldier.
[14:05] ---
    Now, he has a strange
    power to attract people.
[14:08] ---
    It's practically magical!
[14:10] ---
    Wealth and power cast a potent spell.
[14:15] ---
    Qu-Quite right!
[14:17] ---
    If only we knew his secret weakness.
[14:22] ---
    Some scandal that would
    shake people's faith in him.
[14:25] ---
    I take it that's why
    you called, Elizabeth.
[14:29] ---
    Why you summoned me!
[14:31] ---
    Mother-in-law!
[14:32] ---
    Please forgive my abrupt summons.
[14:35] ---
    God has left this task to us.
[14:37] ---
    Elizabeth, I understand.
    Your sorrow is my own,
[14:42] ---
    although my sorrow is many times greater.
[14:47] ---
    But the fruit of my womb and his
    wickedness lies behind it all.
[14:54] ---
    In exchange for my aid,
    I want you to promise me one thing:
[15:00] ---
    Kill Richard.
[15:04] ---
    I've tried many times myself,
    but I couldn't do it.
[15:07] ---
    Oh! If only I could have
    slain him with words!
[15:11] ---
    I should have exposed Richard's secret
    and let the world punish him sooner!
[15:16] ---
    What secret?
[15:18] ---
    I concealed it because it could have
    brought ruin on our house.
[15:24] ---
    And in consequence,
[15:25] ---
    my cowardice has allowed
    that demon to flourish!
[15:31] ---
    But now I have no more left to lose.
[15:34] ---
    Nothing but my dear Edward's children.
[15:38] ---
    Yes, precisely!
[15:39] ---
    For those darling children's sakes,
[15:41] ---
    tell us the truth about Richard now!
[15:45] ---
    Richard Plantagenet is...
[15:53] ---
    A blood-soaked demon
    who defied the will of God!
[15:57] ---
    Let me prophecy!
[15:58] ---
    One day, a host of the elderly,
    of widows, of orphans
[16:04] ---
    will lament the untimely
    deaths that demon caused!
[16:08] ---
    What did he say?
[16:09] ---
    Duke Richard is...?
[16:10] ---
    This will let us strike a fatal
    blow against Gloucester,
[16:14] ---
    although it is quite hard to believe.
[16:17] ---
    No, thinking back, his actions
    were always strange.
[16:22] ---
    It all makes sense. We shall indict
    him at the next council meeting
[16:27] ---
    and expose his true demonic
    nature to the light of day!
[16:32] ---
    Why was he born?
[16:33] ---
    Why was he ever born?!
[16:35] ---
    Curse the day of his birth!
[16:37] ---
    Curse the demon!
[16:38] ---
    The demon, Richard Plantagenet!
[16:47] ---
    What a racket.
[16:49] ---
    He must want the next council
    to have you burned at the stake.
[16:53] ---
    Is that your idea of informing?
[16:55] ---
    It's too late to beg for your life.
[16:58] ---
    I knew His Grace's secret,
    but I didn't tell it.
[17:03] ---
    But do you truly understand yourself?
[17:07] ---
    Have you felt at all unusual?
[17:09] ---
    If you have need of medicines,
    just say the word.
[17:13] ---
    That potion that sapped the king's will?
[17:16] ---
    An abortifacient.
[17:19] ---
    Take care. It causes
    inflammation in sunlight.
[17:25] ---
    It won't be a demon on display
    at the next council meeting.
[17:30] ---
    It will be his head.
[17:36] ---
    Where is the rest of the council?
[17:38] ---
    Oh, we must have arrived too early.
[17:41] ---
    Even the Duke of Gloucester
    isn't here yet.
[17:46] ---
    Can't you stand in for him?
[17:50] ---
    You know his mind better than anyone.
[17:53] ---
    Me? We may be close friends,
    but I can't fathom his innermost thoughts.
[17:59] ---
    Just as you and I cannot
    know each other's minds.
[18:05] ---
    Pardon my tardiness, my lords.
[18:11] ---
    Now, what shall we discuss?
[18:13] ---
    Why, the coronation, of--
[18:15] ---
    By the way, Your Excellency,
[18:18] ---
    was that not an intimate time
    we spent the other day?
[18:21] ---
    Just us two.
[18:24] ---
    You promised to send me
    strawberries from your garden.
[18:28] ---
    Would you go and fetch them now?
[18:30] ---
    N-Now?
[18:32] ---
    Yes, now.
[18:33] ---
    E-Excuse me.
[18:36] ---
    Now, what date shall we set?
[18:39] ---
    The others are too late.
[18:41] ---
    Duke of Gloucester,
[18:43] ---
    may I step out for a moment as well?
[18:46] ---
    By all means.
[18:53] ---
    Lord Hastings,
[18:54] ---
    the other councilors have
    convened in another location.
[18:59] ---
    Damn! So, Gloucester has bought them off.
[19:02] ---
    Catesby! Gather as many
    of the nobles here as you can!
[19:06] ---
    They can witness the charges!
[19:08] ---
    As for that, they are already here.
[19:12] ---
    Incredible. You're the most
    capable and loyal man I know.
[19:17] ---
    Gloucester is your former lord,
    so I'm sure your feelings are conflicted.
[19:24] ---
    I merely wished for His Grace
    to walk in the warm light.
[19:32] ---
    You should at least be
    the one to end his misery.
[19:40] ---
    Duke of Gloucester! Let me tell you
    the true purpose of this council!
[19:45] ---
    Listen well! Richard Plantagenet
    schemes to overthrow the kingdom!
[19:49] ---
    His mother, Duchess Cecily, has revealed
    the truth, heedless of her own dishonor!
[19:56] ---
    Richard harbors a demon in his flesh!
[20:04] ---
    Richard! If you claim innocence,
    then present proofs!
[20:08] ---
    Here and now!
[20:11] ---
    A cursed demon, am I?
[20:14] ---
    And who cursed me?
[20:17] ---
    My body has been twisted into
    this ghastly, demonic form.
[20:23] ---
    Are not those who cast that
    curse the true demons?
[20:27] ---
    Hastings and his allies!
[20:31] ---
    You are the demons!
[20:33] ---
    Y-You lie!
[20:35] ---
    Then behold.
[20:40] ---
    I was not born this way.
[20:46] ---
    This is the result of your curse.
[20:49] ---
    Put these rebels to death!
[20:53] ---
    Now I'm certain of everything,
    even without proof!
[20:57] ---
    You fools seek the empty favor of a demon!
[21:00] ---
    Catesby! Seize Richard!
[21:05] ---
    That day, I could not save him.
[21:09] ---
    Lord Richard! Lord Richard!
[21:12] ---
    What shall I do? If Lord Richard is...
[21:15] ---
    Your Grace,
[21:16] ---
    I can never become the light
    that illumines your path.
[21:21] ---
    Even so...
[21:24] ---
    ...to me, you are life itself.
[21:29] ---
    Lord Hastings, prepare yourself.
[21:31] ---
    Even you?!
[21:33] ---
    Disgusting! I would rather die
    than see a demon crowned!
[21:39] ---
    Even so, I will never leave you alone.
[21:43] ---
    No matter how deep into
    darkness your path takes you.