E24 - Requiem of the Rose King

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    Mother...
[00:09] ---
    Goodbye.
[00:11] ---
    Goodbye, my "curse."
[00:24] ---
    It's your fault!
[00:25] ---
    --Irredeemable!
    --We know your sins!
[00:28] ---
    What are you doing there?
[00:37] ---
    You're...
[00:40] ---
    I know you'll accept me.
[00:43] ---
    You don't know anything.
[00:48] ---
    And you're alone.
[00:52] ---
    Richard, forgive me.
[00:56] ---
    These aren't my memories, I'm certain.
[01:00] ---
    They're fragments I've heard
[01:03] ---
    from the tale of another Henry
    who looked so much like me.
[01:15] ---
    Where is the enemy now?
[01:18] ---
    Reports place them in
    the vicinity of Tamworth.
[01:22] ---
    We'll fight on Bosworth field, then.
[01:26] ---
    Inform the men.
[01:28] ---
    There will be no food
    or rest on the battlefield.
[01:31] ---
    Let them enjoy their last suppers tonight.
[01:36] ---
    He's so haggard.
[01:39] ---
    Why does God demand so much of him?
[01:44] ---
    You too, Catesby.
[01:46] ---
    If you want something, name it.
[01:49] ---
    No fine wine or gift could
    fully repay your loyalty.
[01:54] ---
    I wish only for Your Majesty's
    health and peace of mind.
[01:57] ---
    Speak your true desire!
[01:59] ---
    Don't wish for my sake!
[02:02] ---
    What would you do if I was gone?
[02:06] ---
    What would you live for if
    all this was no more?
[02:33] ---
    I believed that only my
    crown remained to me.
[02:39] ---
    And yet...
[02:41] ---
    Your father
[02:43] ---
    was not Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York.
[02:48] ---
    Did he know?
[02:53] ---
    Did Father know all along?
[03:05] ---
    If even my name and my blood
    were all an illusion,
[03:12] ---
    then what is the sense of this war?
[03:28] ---
    Hey, where are you going?
[03:34] ---
    Strange.
[03:37] ---
    Something like this
[03:39] ---
    happened before.
[03:51] ---
    It's warm.
[03:53] ---
    Far warmer than that empty bed.
[04:01] ---
    I might as well just...
[04:07] ---
    You think so too?
[04:10] ---
    It feels good to sleep here.
[04:15] ---
    It...
[04:17] ---
    It can't be.
[04:19] ---
    You're...
[04:26] ---
    Have you come to kill me, James Tyrrell?!
[04:31] ---
    That isn't my real name.
[04:35] ---
    I have no name now.
[04:38] ---
    No name, no past, no friends.
[04:42] ---
    Nothing.
[04:46] ---
    Nothing.
[04:48] ---
    Even Buckingham is gone now.
    He has no more need to kill me.
[04:54] ---
    I truly have nothing left.
[04:57] ---
    I believed that claiming the crown
    would gain me paradise,
[05:03] ---
    but that paradise was
    home to myself alone.
[05:08] ---
    I didn't mind that.
[05:10] ---
    Solitude had been kind to me.
[05:14] ---
    But now, I find it...
[05:17] ---
    Richard,
[05:18] ---
    if you want to flee,
    I'll take you from here.
[05:22] ---
    If you wish for salvation...
[05:26] ---
    After all, you have nothing left.
[05:32] ---
    Henry,
[05:33] ---
    were you also afflicted by isolation
    within your royal crown?
[05:39] ---
    I've never wished to
    see you more strongly.
[05:42] ---
    The weight of the crown.
    The coldness of the royal bed.
[05:47] ---
    I have so many things
    to talk with you about now.
[05:51] ---
    But that day, at the end,
[05:54] ---
    why were you on the battlefield?
[05:59] ---
    You must have had the means to escape.
[06:07] ---
    That rainy night you spent
    with the Duke of Buckingham,
[06:12] ---
    I learned what this emptiness
    truly is for the first time.
[06:17] ---
    I'm not here merely to perish.
[06:20] ---
    To sustain my existence,
    I want just one...
[06:24] ---
    One ray of light.
[06:25] ---
    Impossible.
[06:26] ---
    To him, the crown was--
[06:29] ---
    Light is not paradise.
[06:31] ---
    You ought to know that too.
[06:33] ---
    Light and briars are one and the same.
[06:38] ---
    Even so,
[06:40] ---
    you can't help seeking it.
[06:47] ---
    Because to seek is the meaning of living.
[06:50] ---
    Whitey, wait.
[06:52] ---
    That isn't the way home.
[06:55] ---
    Will you go with that boar?
[06:58] ---
    I doubt it can survive long in the forest.
[07:11] ---
    Yes, you'll go home.
[07:15] ---
    You don't care if the world rejects you,
[07:18] ---
    as long as that's where you want to be.
[07:25] ---
    What will you do?
[07:28] ---
    Where do you long to be?
[07:31] ---
    I...
[07:32] ---
    I wish to be...
[07:36] ---
    ...neither beneath a cold
    canopy nor in a warm forest.
[07:42] ---
    I gained everything and
    became king with this body.
[07:47] ---
    Not by blood or by name.
[07:49] ---
    I wished for it.
[07:54] ---
    That is my reason to fight.
[08:01] ---
    Then, you'll return to the battlefield.
[08:05] ---
    It's where the king belongs.
[08:10] ---
    I have a request for you.
[08:14] ---
    Would you be my light?
[08:18] ---
    Your light?
[08:22] ---
    We've both lost so many things.
[08:30] ---
    I want you... to be my friend.
[08:46] ---
    Yes, let's be friends.
[08:50] ---
    Thank you, Richard.
[09:01] ---
    Now, let us return.
[09:04] ---
    Even if a sleepless battlefield awaits me.
[09:15] ---
    As long as that's the place I sought.
[09:21] ---
    You're my friend.
[09:28] ---
    Now, I can have no regrets...
[09:33] ---
    ...when I kill you,
[09:35] ---
    Richard.
[09:44] ---
    York of the white rose.
[09:46] ---
    Lancaster of the red rose.
[09:49] ---
    These royal houses with roses for
    their crests battled for the throne.
[09:55] ---
    People call their strife
    the "Wars of the Roses."
[10:06] ---
    The world's in an uproar again.
[10:09] ---
    Our livelihood's up and vanished.
[10:11] ---
    Shall we look for the next James Tyrrell?
[10:14] ---
    Forrest, Dighton,
[10:17] ---
    I'll send you some news
    as thanks for feeding me.
[10:22] ---
    How many times have I
    returned to war since childhood?
[10:27] ---
    At first, I merely sought revenge.
    And now...
[10:33] ---
    Archers, front and center.
[10:35] ---
    Howard, take command.
[10:37] ---
    Stanley, Northumberland,
    see to your own troops.
[10:40] ---
    --At once!
    --Certainly.
[10:44] ---
    Where is Stanley?
[10:47] ---
    Observing Richmond's army,
    or so he claims.
[10:50] ---
    Tell him to array his troops
    by dawn tomorrow.
[10:55] ---
    It appears my stepfather
    still can't make up his mind.
[11:00] ---
    Is this the time to be so easygoing?
[11:02] ---
    I hear that the foe outnumbers us.
[11:05] ---
    And most of those extra troops
    are under my stepfather's command.
[11:09] ---
    And what if that wasn't all?
    What if most of our foes
[11:13] ---
    sided with us?
[11:18] ---
    Your Majesty!
[11:19] ---
    Don't worry. It's nothing.
[11:26] ---
    Lord Northumberland,
[11:28] ---
    has it reached you too?
[11:30] ---
    This letter was apparently sent to
    the major leaders of the king's army.
[11:38] ---
    Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond,
[11:41] ---
    has formally married Elizabeth,
    daughter of Edward IV.
[11:46] ---
    These signatures are genuine.
[11:48] ---
    In which case, Richmond is no longer
    a mere Lancastrian usurper.
[11:54] ---
    He will be a righteous hero,
    shouldering the regrets of kings past.
[12:09] ---
    Howard, thank you for your report.
[12:12] ---
    The cowards only know underhanded tricks.
[12:14] ---
    Tomorrow, we'll teach them
    how to fight with swords.
[12:22] ---
    Your Majesty.
[12:24] ---
    Unsettling rumors were already
    circulating before our march.
[12:29] ---
    Your Majesty, please retreat.
[12:33] ---
    Even if your throne is taken now,
[12:35] ---
    you reclaim it once you rally
    and regain your strength.
[12:40] ---
    I won't get another chance.
    This deadly illness worsens by the day.
[12:47] ---
    I thought I was leaving my peaceful
    palace for a bloody, dreadful battlefield.
[12:54] ---
    But now that I'm here,
    my heart is shockingly calm.
[12:59] ---
    I'm certain now:
    this is where the king belongs.
[13:04] ---
    This is the place I sought.
[13:08] ---
    Do you plan to die in battle?
[13:17] ---
    You told me to name my desire.
[13:22] ---
    I...
[13:25] ---
    I only wished that you could
    walk the path you desired.
[13:32] ---
    Never once have I barred your way
    for the sake of my own desires.
[13:40] ---
    But if you'll hear one
    selfish request at the end,
[13:44] ---
    then please...
[13:46] ---
    Please grant my wish.
[13:50] ---
    King Richard, live!
[13:54] ---
    Live for me!
[14:09] ---
    Forgive me, Catesby.
[14:21] ---
    Forgive me.
[14:23] ---
    I'm frightened!
[14:25] ---
    I dreamed of a horrible forest!
[14:33] ---
    Please, have no more nightmares.
[14:37] ---
    Never again.
[14:55] ---
    My lord!
[14:57] ---
    Yes?
[14:58] ---
    Someone claims to have information for us.
[15:07] ---
    Tell me.
[15:09] ---
    How did you feel about this body of mine?
[15:14] ---
    I've found you beautiful.
[15:18] ---
    Ever since you were born.
[15:28] ---
    I am the king.
[15:30] ---
    I will not fight to lose.
[15:41] ---
    Gentlemen! Richard III is a
    bloody tyrant and a homicide!
[15:46] ---
    One raised in blood,
    and one in blood established!
[15:50] ---
    He schemed to come by what he has and
    slaughtered even his fellow schemers!
[15:55] ---
    Since the moment of his birth,
[15:58] ---
    that demon has ever been God's enemy!
[16:04] ---
    Draw your swords now!
[16:06] ---
    Bend your bows like full moons!
    Spur your chargers into a sea of blood!
[16:14] ---
    A crown...
[16:15] ---
    ...or an honorable death!
[16:36] ---
    Your Majesty, our front line is faltering!
[16:39] ---
    We still have Lords Stanley and
    Northumberland's forces in reserve!
[16:44] ---
    The enemy knows that too.
[16:47] ---
    Oxford is a proven veteran.
    Why would he waste his men like this?
[16:53] ---
    Order Northumberland to advance.
[17:00] ---
    I cannot join in a war without a future.
[17:05] ---
    How could the Earl of
    Northumberland betray us?
[17:08] ---
    More traitors are sure to follow.
[17:12] ---
    To think that I still had more to lose.
[17:16] ---
    I can't blame them. Who would
    choose to join a demon's fall to hell?
[17:22] ---
    In which case...
[17:25] ---
    I will go!
[17:42] ---
    Your Majesty!
[17:44] ---
    Fight! Don't give an inch!
[17:46] ---
    Your king is here!
[17:50] ---
    That's...
[17:52] ---
    Richmond's main line!
[17:54] ---
    Stanley's forces lie ahead!
[17:56] ---
    If he went for reinforcements...
[18:02] ---
    Those who would enter heaven, leave us.
[18:05] ---
    But if you would follow me,
[18:09] ---
    we go to hell together!
[18:14] ---
    Follow the king!
[18:26] ---
    Richmond!
[18:44] ---
    A body double?!
[18:48] ---
    A king hardly needs to fight personally.
[18:53] ---
    Call me when the battle is over.
[19:00] ---
    All troops, advance.
[19:03] ---
    Our enemy is...
[19:08] ---
    ...the vile King Richard III!
[19:14] ---
    My fate is sealed.
[19:20] ---
    But...
[19:26] ---
    I care not how loudly the world wails,
[19:30] ---
    nor how firmly God denies me.
[19:34] ---
    Again, and again...
[19:39] ---
    ...and again...
[19:43] ---
    ...I will reach for the light.
[19:49] ---
    Won't someone come for me?
[19:52] ---
    Everyone went away.
[19:58] ---
    Richard, I'm right here.
[20:05] ---
    I was always alone.
[20:10] ---
    I am neither a man nor a woman.
[20:14] ---
    I thought of myself as
    the loathsome Joan of Arc.
[20:21] ---
    That's right. You were me.
[20:26] ---
    Me bound by my curse,
    convinced that even to wish was a sin.
[20:31] ---
    You feared demons,
    sought solace in your wounds,
[20:34] ---
    and despised yourself more than anyone.
[20:39] ---
    The other me from back then.
[20:46] ---
    Now, is it time for my cue?
[20:50] ---
    If your information proves true,
    I'll give you the title you desire,
[20:56] ---
    my dear Tyrrell.
[20:59] ---
    Did you slay Richard?
[21:01] ---
    Well... He fell from his horse.
    After that, I don't know.
[21:04] ---
    And was his horse black?
[21:07] ---
    Yes, sir. I think so.
[21:10] ---
    That was a fake.
[21:12] ---
    The real Richard is mounted...
[21:19] ---
    ...on a white steed.
[21:30] ---
    Who are you?
[21:34] ---
    I am you.
[21:38] ---
    I love you,
[21:40] ---
    Richard.
[21:48] ---
    Richard.
[21:50] ---
    Richard.
[22:03] ---
    Richard, I...
[22:08] ---
    I love you.
[22:15] ---
    Fate turns and turns again.
[22:22] ---
    No matter how many times I seize it...
[22:29] ---
    No matter how many times I lose it...
[22:35] ---
    I refuse to let you die!
[22:38] ---
    Not even if you wish for it!
[22:49] ---
    Very well.
[22:51] ---
    When I wake,
[22:54] ---
    I'll grant your wish.
[23:17] ---
    But now...
[23:21] ---
    Now, for just a short while,
[23:25] ---
    let me sleep
[23:29] ---
    in a beautiful dream.