1 00:00:16,643 --> 00:00:19,273 - Huh. - And then my father died-- 2 00:00:19,270 --> 00:00:21,440 It looks like a bear, don't you think? 3 00:00:22,357 --> 00:00:24,977 - Huh. - Indeed it does. Marvelous. 4 00:00:24,984 --> 00:00:27,404 Mmm, it tastes like you. 5 00:00:28,780 --> 00:00:30,120 What is it? 6 00:00:30,115 --> 00:00:33,695 I am sorry, Emperor, the news could not wait. 7 00:00:33,702 --> 00:00:38,582 Overnight, the patriarch, Bishop Ivan Illyich, 8 00:00:38,581 --> 00:00:43,671 leader of our great Russian Orthodox Church, is dead, sir. 9 00:00:43,670 --> 00:00:46,300 - Right. Shit. 10 00:00:46,297 --> 00:00:50,177 - Are you crying? - I am not, Madam Dymov. 11 00:00:50,176 --> 00:00:52,636 - You look like you are. - I said I'm not'. 12 00:00:52,637 --> 00:00:54,847 - Hmm. - I'm just commenting on my impression. 13 00:00:54,848 --> 00:00:58,768 And I am refraining from commenting on my impression. 14 00:00:58,768 --> 00:01:01,308 Though you seem to enjoy my confessions. 15 00:01:01,312 --> 00:01:05,732 He is being laid out in the chapel for a blessing this day, 16 00:01:05,734 --> 00:01:10,614 and immediately following, the choosing of the new patriarch ritual will take place. 17 00:01:10,613 --> 00:01:12,413 Right. Go. 18 00:01:18,705 --> 00:01:20,415 He's a nice old guy, the patriarch. 19 00:01:20,415 --> 00:01:21,955 He was very close with my mother. 20 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:25,629 - Should I suck your cock? - What? 21 00:01:25,628 --> 00:01:28,298 Sometimes you like that when you talk of your mother. 22 00:01:28,298 --> 00:01:31,008 Not now. A kind thought, though. Thanks. 23 00:01:32,343 --> 00:01:36,313 My mother used to bring him in when I was a child and ask him to stare into my eyes. 24 00:01:36,306 --> 00:01:39,476 - Why? - To see if I had a soul. 25 00:01:39,476 --> 00:01:40,976 And? 26 00:01:40,977 --> 00:01:44,267 He would tell her I did, but he used to wink at me when he said it. 27 00:01:44,939 --> 00:01:49,689 My mother used to say, "God sees all. What must he make of you?" 28 00:01:49,694 --> 00:01:53,364 If God sees all, then we must put on a show. 29 00:01:54,365 --> 00:01:57,035 - Huh. You are bad. - As are you, my dear. 30 00:01:57,035 --> 00:01:58,905 - Huh. 31 00:02:07,921 --> 00:02:11,591 - I'm scared. - You must trust me. 32 00:02:11,591 --> 00:02:14,341 - What is it? - It is my own ingenious concoction. 33 00:02:14,344 --> 00:02:15,854 Ginger beer, vodka, separate. 34 00:02:15,845 --> 00:02:18,765 Two different things. As they combine in your mouth to a crescendo, 35 00:02:18,765 --> 00:02:21,305 drop in a lime, which will give it a kick and voilà. 36 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:25,900 Okay. Go. 37 00:02:28,066 --> 00:02:29,896 - Whoo'. 38 00:02:31,027 --> 00:02:32,237 - Mmm'. - Mmm? 39 00:02:33,029 --> 00:02:34,449 That's delicious'. 40 00:02:34,447 --> 00:02:37,367 Our own drink. Invented this day. 41 00:02:41,788 --> 00:02:44,118 I know it's only 10:00, but we should return to bed at once. 42 00:02:44,791 --> 00:02:46,581 10:00? Oh, shit. 43 00:02:46,584 --> 00:02:48,754 Ugh. I must go. 44 00:02:48,753 --> 00:02:51,763 I have... duties and whatnot. 45 00:02:51,756 --> 00:02:56,506 I command you, be in my bed, naked and waiting, when I return. 46 00:02:56,511 --> 00:02:59,851 You'. I need your mule. 47 00:03:14,654 --> 00:03:16,534 This was our box. 48 00:03:16,531 --> 00:03:19,871 We would come here, my father and I. 49 00:03:19,868 --> 00:03:21,578 How is your father? 50 00:03:21,578 --> 00:03:23,958 He remains a fucking idiot who ruined my life. 51 00:03:24,956 --> 00:03:26,286 But I believe he is healthy 52 00:03:27,041 --> 00:03:31,961 and enjoying life shoveling shit in the stables and fucking pox-ridden maids. 53 00:03:31,963 --> 00:03:34,923 - Oh. I am winded. 54 00:03:34,924 --> 00:03:38,184 Oh. These corsets are inhuman at the best of times, but... 55 00:03:38,177 --> 00:03:41,467 Sorry. I was... 56 00:03:43,391 --> 00:03:45,851 We have left a gap for a description of any sex acts 57 00:03:45,852 --> 00:03:47,902 - you would like to entertain us on. - Untrue. 58 00:03:47,896 --> 00:03:50,476 I have no need to hear anything. 59 00:03:50,481 --> 00:03:54,401 I was allowing your breath to return so as to begin the business of the day. 60 00:03:54,402 --> 00:03:58,162 - I'm sorry. - Two things have happened. 61 00:03:58,156 --> 00:04:00,906 The patriarch is dead, and a new one must be named. 62 00:04:00,909 --> 00:04:05,119 Peter will name him, but we must have a dog in the fight. 63 00:04:05,121 --> 00:04:07,751 Bishop Tarcinkus is our man. 64 00:04:07,749 --> 00:04:11,919 For when you take power, the church must back you from 100,000 pulpits. 65 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:13,000 You need to meet him. 66 00:04:14,589 --> 00:04:19,049 The second thing is to do with, uh, the women, and they have... 67 00:04:19,052 --> 00:04:22,972 They have started a rumor, Svenska and her gang. 68 00:04:22,972 --> 00:04:24,142 A rumor? 69 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:30,940 That, uh, you were not a virgin when you arrived. 70 00:04:30,939 --> 00:04:33,439 You had, in fact, uh... 71 00:04:33,441 --> 00:04:35,861 I'll just ask it. There's no other way. Have you ever fucked a horse? 72 00:04:36,486 --> 00:04:39,026 A what? No'. 73 00:04:39,030 --> 00:04:41,030 Well, I assumed not, but it never hurts to ask. 74 00:04:41,032 --> 00:04:44,622 Oh, my God. They just neighed at me in the hall. 75 00:04:45,620 --> 00:04:47,790 I was riding a mule, I thought that was why. 76 00:04:47,789 --> 00:04:49,869 - You must win them back, and quickly. 77 00:04:49,874 --> 00:04:51,964 Rumors spread and become fact. 78 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:53,500 No one will believe that. 79 00:04:53,503 --> 00:04:54,883 The rumor is a symptom. 80 00:04:55,838 --> 00:04:58,588 You are a foreigner who has made a bad initial impression at court. 81 00:04:58,591 --> 00:05:01,261 The women will drip poison in the ears of the men, 82 00:05:01,260 --> 00:05:03,720 and your reputation will never recover. 83 00:05:03,721 --> 00:05:05,561 And we need the men in the court. 84 00:05:11,145 --> 00:05:13,105 How would one even fuck a horse? 85 00:05:13,106 --> 00:05:15,106 I can't explain it, but I could draw it. 86 00:05:20,321 --> 00:05:23,161 I'm sorry. In avenging me, you have suffered. 87 00:05:23,866 --> 00:05:25,866 You may have to slap me down in front of them. 88 00:05:25,868 --> 00:05:27,448 You mean put you in your place? 89 00:05:27,453 --> 00:05:29,293 I mean literally slap me to the floor. 90 00:05:29,288 --> 00:05:30,788 I will not do that. 91 00:05:30,790 --> 00:05:32,670 But I will make peace with her. 92 00:05:32,667 --> 00:05:34,997 It is done now, this tit for tat. 93 00:05:35,753 --> 00:05:37,673 I will win them back. 94 00:05:37,672 --> 00:05:39,762 Everyone likes me, always have. 95 00:05:39,757 --> 00:05:41,837 As ever, your confidence is an inspiration. 96 00:05:41,843 --> 00:05:45,433 - Vlad likes me. Don't you, Vlad? - I... Yes, Empress. 97 00:05:45,430 --> 00:05:47,640 - What are you reading, Vlad? - Triangles. 98 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:49,980 Triangles. Hmm. That's fun. 99 00:05:49,976 --> 00:05:52,266 - Isosceles is particularly good. - Yes. 100 00:05:52,270 --> 00:05:54,060 Uh, the emperor is, is waiting. 101 00:05:57,859 --> 00:05:59,819 - Where the fuck have you been? - Apologies. 102 00:05:59,819 --> 00:06:03,029 You have duties. We have duties. We must wave the troops off. 103 00:06:08,911 --> 00:06:10,251 Fuck them up'. 104 00:06:17,795 --> 00:06:20,255 - Huzzah. 105 00:06:21,841 --> 00:06:24,471 My spies tell me you have kept Leo as your lover. 106 00:06:24,469 --> 00:06:27,259 - I did. - So? 107 00:06:27,263 --> 00:06:29,273 - So? - "Thank you, husband. 108 00:06:29,265 --> 00:06:31,635 You were right after all, with your impeccable judgment, 109 00:06:31,642 --> 00:06:33,232 good looks, and massive cock." 110 00:06:33,227 --> 00:06:36,057 Thank you, husband. You were right after all, 111 00:06:36,064 --> 00:06:39,824 with your impeccable "fudgement," good socks, and massive clock. 112 00:06:39,817 --> 00:06:40,937 Was that it? 113 00:06:42,153 --> 00:06:44,823 No, it was... close enough. 114 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:48,950 Don't fall in love with him, or I'll bust his head open with a bat. 115 00:06:48,951 --> 00:06:51,701 It is a pleasant diversion, that is all. 116 00:06:51,704 --> 00:06:54,924 We will still make an heir. I'd do it now, but I just blew my bag on Madam Dymov. 117 00:06:54,916 --> 00:06:57,996 Mm. My God. 118 00:06:59,295 --> 00:07:01,955 - A phrase I've never heard. 119 00:07:03,299 --> 00:07:05,259 The bishops assemble, sir. 120 00:07:05,259 --> 00:07:09,059 - Why? - To pick a new patriarch. 121 00:07:09,055 --> 00:07:12,805 It is tradition to name a new one the following day. 122 00:07:12,809 --> 00:07:15,349 And important to stop the regions 123 00:07:15,353 --> 00:07:19,403 sending their representatives to court to lobby their men. 124 00:07:19,398 --> 00:07:22,648 Twenty years ago, it led to much bloodshed. 125 00:07:22,652 --> 00:07:25,322 I remember. Or was told or... 126 00:07:27,115 --> 00:07:30,075 These eggs need salt or salmon or something. 127 00:07:30,076 --> 00:07:32,156 Fuck off. I'll be in. 128 00:07:39,168 --> 00:07:41,298 Is it true we exist before we are born? 129 00:07:43,881 --> 00:07:45,131 What did you say? 130 00:07:45,133 --> 00:07:47,933 Is-- I am emperor, ordained by God. 131 00:07:47,927 --> 00:07:51,177 So he must have known me before I existed, I assume. 132 00:07:51,180 --> 00:07:53,720 - I see. - And he sees everything. 133 00:07:53,724 --> 00:07:58,774 But I am emperor by divine right, so... there's that. 134 00:07:59,313 --> 00:08:02,233 If I could be of assistance to you, Emperor? 135 00:08:05,194 --> 00:08:06,904 A woman pick the patriarch? 136 00:08:06,904 --> 00:08:08,784 Huzzah. 137 00:08:08,781 --> 00:08:10,531 You have cheered me. You are sweet. 138 00:08:29,635 --> 00:08:31,255 Lady Svenska. 139 00:08:33,848 --> 00:08:35,518 Have you been crying? 140 00:08:35,516 --> 00:08:37,476 At first sign of spring, my allergies act up. 141 00:08:38,269 --> 00:08:43,149 - Your husband is leaving. - Indeed. Huzzah. 142 00:08:43,149 --> 00:08:45,149 I feel we may have got off on the wrong foot. 143 00:08:45,151 --> 00:08:48,321 - Really? How so? - The dress thing, 144 00:08:48,321 --> 00:08:51,701 some general disdain on my part, 145 00:08:51,699 --> 00:08:53,239 you beating my servant. 146 00:08:53,242 --> 00:08:56,082 I must confess, I do not know to what you refer. 147 00:08:56,078 --> 00:08:59,078 You are our empress, and we are all blessed by it. 148 00:09:01,334 --> 00:09:02,424 Right. 149 00:09:04,003 --> 00:09:07,473 For even if we thought you were a vicious cunt filled with arrogance, 150 00:09:07,465 --> 00:09:12,045 who fucked a horse before she arrived, we would still respect you as our empress. 151 00:09:15,097 --> 00:09:16,767 I never fucked a horse'. 152 00:09:16,766 --> 00:09:20,976 Do not fluster. No good Christian will believe it. 153 00:09:20,978 --> 00:09:23,808 You have our respect, Empress. 154 00:09:31,239 --> 00:09:34,159 - Well? 155 00:09:34,158 --> 00:09:37,158 She's oddly impervious to my charms. 156 00:09:37,161 --> 00:09:39,411 What's the hold she has over the other women? 157 00:09:39,413 --> 00:09:42,463 Well, she's very rich, from one of the best families in Russia. 158 00:09:42,458 --> 00:09:43,998 And some owe her money. 159 00:09:44,001 --> 00:09:48,591 And she showers them all with gifts, attention, and fun. 160 00:09:48,589 --> 00:09:52,129 Well, I'm rich and all the other things and more. 161 00:09:52,134 --> 00:09:56,934 If we cannot win Svenska, perhaps we can peel the women off her. 162 00:09:56,931 --> 00:09:59,431 Empress, we have pressing business. 163 00:10:00,184 --> 00:10:02,354 Indeed. I now recall that. 164 00:10:02,353 --> 00:10:04,363 Count Voronsky. 165 00:10:04,355 --> 00:10:06,855 - Count Orlo. Good day, sir. - Empress. 166 00:10:06,857 --> 00:10:09,027 Bishop Tarcinkus is here. 167 00:10:09,026 --> 00:10:10,236 You should meet him. 168 00:10:10,236 --> 00:10:13,406 Orlo, unfortunately the pressures on her time are great today. 169 00:10:13,406 --> 00:10:16,026 I shall be the judge of the pressures on my day. 170 00:10:16,033 --> 00:10:18,203 Indeed. I am your humble servant. 171 00:10:18,202 --> 00:10:20,582 - I shall away. 172 00:10:22,456 --> 00:10:24,876 - Did he just bite you? - He did. 173 00:10:24,875 --> 00:10:27,165 I felt it a little inside myself. 174 00:10:27,169 --> 00:10:30,629 I do not wish to be annoying, but to do this... 175 00:10:30,631 --> 00:10:32,971 coup will take utter focus. 176 00:10:32,967 --> 00:10:34,387 I am focused, Orlo. 177 00:10:35,386 --> 00:10:37,886 But I must deal with the count's insolence first. 178 00:10:40,725 --> 00:10:44,265 I do not understand this scattered approach. 179 00:10:44,270 --> 00:10:46,150 Do you really not understand? 180 00:10:47,565 --> 00:10:49,855 I will now need to check you for a cock. 181 00:10:50,860 --> 00:10:53,200 Oh. Are you actually backing away? 182 00:11:52,004 --> 00:11:53,674 Wow. 183 00:11:55,466 --> 00:11:57,126 What is "wow"? 184 00:11:58,302 --> 00:12:02,472 I don't know. It is a word that came to me. 185 00:12:03,474 --> 00:12:05,314 It is right, I think. 186 00:12:14,819 --> 00:12:17,449 - You all right? - I've enjoyed our time together. 187 00:12:18,322 --> 00:12:19,572 You may go. 188 00:12:22,076 --> 00:12:26,656 - And when shall I return? - At my pleasure. 189 00:12:26,664 --> 00:12:29,714 Speak no more, depart at once. 190 00:12:38,926 --> 00:12:41,636 - Empress. - Do not... 191 00:12:43,472 --> 00:12:46,062 - ...argue with me. 192 00:12:53,315 --> 00:12:55,855 - Are you all right? 193 00:12:56,610 --> 00:12:58,450 Of course. 194 00:12:58,446 --> 00:13:00,066 It's a sad day for our nation. 195 00:13:00,072 --> 00:13:03,332 He was a father to you, as you were to me. 196 00:13:04,660 --> 00:13:07,200 I feel a hole ripped in the earth... 197 00:13:08,664 --> 00:13:09,874 that may swallow me. 198 00:13:09,874 --> 00:13:12,044 As I felt when Mother died. 199 00:13:13,461 --> 00:13:18,171 But you grabbed my hand and the hole did not swallow me. 200 00:13:18,174 --> 00:13:22,434 - You were eight. - Loss is loss. 201 00:13:28,225 --> 00:13:31,015 I must, uh... see to my duties. 202 00:13:33,022 --> 00:13:34,232 Thank you. 203 00:13:41,739 --> 00:13:43,819 No one has seen him since breakfast. 204 00:13:48,996 --> 00:13:50,996 Go. I'll find him. 205 00:14:06,472 --> 00:14:08,272 They're looking for you. 206 00:14:16,106 --> 00:14:19,026 - Of course. - The patriarch. 207 00:14:19,026 --> 00:14:22,106 That old fuck, staring in your eyes. 208 00:14:22,112 --> 00:14:23,822 Why I've avoided him for years. 209 00:14:24,740 --> 00:14:26,530 And I've fucking given them everything. 210 00:14:27,034 --> 00:14:29,454 Why can't they choose their own fucking person? 211 00:14:31,789 --> 00:14:35,079 You don't want that. You need to choose. 212 00:14:35,084 --> 00:14:36,634 The church must be controlled. 213 00:14:37,711 --> 00:14:39,761 Come on. It'll be fun. 214 00:14:39,755 --> 00:14:41,005 I'll come. 215 00:14:42,007 --> 00:14:46,427 It'll be like, uh... when we interviewed those French courtesans with your dad 216 00:14:46,428 --> 00:14:48,468 for who would be your first. 217 00:14:48,472 --> 00:14:50,892 Yes, it was good to be 1 1, wasn't it? 218 00:14:51,767 --> 00:14:53,687 Happy days. 219 00:14:54,520 --> 00:14:55,520 Come on. 220 00:15:04,321 --> 00:15:07,201 Ah. He's excited. 221 00:15:07,199 --> 00:15:09,489 They can be funny about women, some of them, 222 00:15:09,493 --> 00:15:13,833 so, uh, he won't speak to you or look you directly in the eye. 223 00:15:13,831 --> 00:15:17,841 You may pass by and get on your knees, and he will bless you. 224 00:15:19,461 --> 00:15:22,921 He will not speak to me? How could he be a good choice for us? 225 00:15:22,923 --> 00:15:25,093 He is aligned with some of our views. 226 00:15:25,092 --> 00:15:29,392 One of my views is that women are humans. He does not seem aligned with that. 227 00:15:29,388 --> 00:15:33,848 No, he is. He is. Just... they are old. 228 00:15:33,851 --> 00:15:35,811 We need to do this. 229 00:15:41,525 --> 00:15:43,355 Hello. 230 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:45,780 How are you today? 231 00:15:45,779 --> 00:15:47,569 Bless this maiden. 232 00:15:49,033 --> 00:15:50,123 Oh. 233 00:15:56,206 --> 00:15:57,876 Lovely meeting you. 234 00:16:04,048 --> 00:16:06,758 - Trust me. - I do, obviously. 235 00:16:10,554 --> 00:16:12,894 Here is a list of the candidates. 236 00:16:14,892 --> 00:16:16,102 Aren't you staying? 237 00:16:16,685 --> 00:16:19,725 I cannot join you, sir. I am junior to these men. 238 00:16:19,730 --> 00:16:22,730 Oh, such a shame, only candidates are present. 239 00:16:22,733 --> 00:16:25,443 However, I'll be with you every step of the way, Emperor, 240 00:16:25,444 --> 00:16:27,244 to facilitate the ritual. 241 00:16:27,237 --> 00:16:30,907 God will give the emperor a sign. He will feel it. He does not need-- 242 00:16:30,908 --> 00:16:32,948 Rational thought applied to it? 243 00:16:32,951 --> 00:16:36,411 The emperor may question them to ascertain their holiness 244 00:16:36,413 --> 00:16:38,003 and their love and loyalty to him. 245 00:16:38,582 --> 00:16:40,422 That's good. I'm judging them. 246 00:16:40,417 --> 00:16:42,247 - Of course. - Exactly. 247 00:16:42,252 --> 00:16:44,052 Oh, Grigor, we are in the middle of-- 248 00:16:44,046 --> 00:16:46,216 Shut up, Orlo. The emperor's asked for my help. 249 00:16:46,215 --> 00:16:49,465 For instance, how are we going to tell them apart? 250 00:16:49,468 --> 00:16:53,758 Next, can we have the old bearded man who smells of moldy crotch and incense? 251 00:16:53,764 --> 00:16:55,774 Brilliant. 252 00:16:55,766 --> 00:16:58,516 Grigor will help make it a jape. 253 00:16:58,519 --> 00:17:01,359 It is not a... jape. 254 00:17:01,355 --> 00:17:04,105 It needs to be taken seriously. 255 00:17:04,108 --> 00:17:06,398 It is God's representative on Earth. 256 00:17:06,402 --> 00:17:09,112 I am well aware of the fucking import, Archie. 257 00:17:09,113 --> 00:17:10,663 Right. Where shall we start? 258 00:17:10,656 --> 00:17:14,116 - I suggest order by beard length. 259 00:17:14,118 --> 00:17:16,328 Rich. That's rich. 260 00:17:19,039 --> 00:17:21,379 This is a good and holy man. 261 00:17:21,375 --> 00:17:23,375 Right. Do we want that? 262 00:17:23,377 --> 00:17:25,497 - We want someone who loves you. - Hmm. 263 00:17:25,504 --> 00:17:30,554 Emperor Peter, I am Pavel Lopov Tarcinkus of Mogilev. 264 00:17:30,551 --> 00:17:34,721 Your loyalty to the emperor is as strong as your bond with God, is it not? 265 00:17:34,722 --> 00:17:38,562 - That seems a good question. - It is an unbreakable bond. 266 00:17:38,559 --> 00:17:40,849 You are God. God is you. God is love. 267 00:17:41,812 --> 00:17:43,272 Huh. I like this guy. 268 00:17:43,981 --> 00:17:48,821 Emperor, I am Herman Aleksy Leontius of Vilna. 269 00:17:48,819 --> 00:17:52,909 And I believe you to be the greatest leader Russia has ever seen. 270 00:17:52,906 --> 00:17:55,196 He seems like a strong possibility, too. 271 00:17:55,200 --> 00:18:00,120 I would be honored to serve under you, at the feet of God himself. 272 00:18:00,122 --> 00:18:01,212 I like this guy. 273 00:18:01,749 --> 00:18:04,459 I do not claim to be good enough for this office. 274 00:18:04,460 --> 00:18:06,000 I know only one thing. 275 00:18:06,712 --> 00:18:11,472 This emperor is a man who brings us to destruction, 276 00:18:11,467 --> 00:18:14,887 - amoral, devil-worshipping... 277 00:18:14,887 --> 00:18:19,017 ...a fornicator, a man to be turned on by the church 278 00:18:19,016 --> 00:18:23,476 and denounced from every pulpit in the land as a soulless heretic. 279 00:18:23,479 --> 00:18:25,189 You fucking-- 280 00:18:25,189 --> 00:18:28,319 I commit myself to the flames of God's love... 281 00:18:28,317 --> 00:18:31,027 - ...and leave this place to its inequity'. 282 00:18:40,370 --> 00:18:41,750 Jesus. 283 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:46,840 How dare he speak to me like that? 284 00:18:46,835 --> 00:18:49,295 Take some snuff. It's in the nostrils. 285 00:18:49,296 --> 00:18:52,166 It is why we must be sure you are supported and loved. 286 00:18:52,174 --> 00:18:55,724 It is a danger we have just seen, if the church denounce you. 287 00:18:55,719 --> 00:18:58,009 It would be grossly unfair and fucking dangerous. 288 00:18:58,013 --> 00:19:00,433 Archie, what the fuck? Why was he on the list? 289 00:19:00,432 --> 00:19:02,022 It was voted on by the synod. 290 00:19:02,017 --> 00:19:05,477 He is a troubled man. I had no idea he was this-- 291 00:19:05,479 --> 00:19:07,519 How do I know they don't all think like that? 292 00:19:07,523 --> 00:19:09,903 That is the danger of the wrong choice. They turn on the emperor. 293 00:19:09,900 --> 00:19:13,200 That's why I think Bishop Tarcinkus would be a good choice. 294 00:19:13,195 --> 00:19:16,865 - Which one was he? - Old guy, gray beard, not on fire. 295 00:19:16,865 --> 00:19:18,155 You're not helpful, Grigor. 296 00:19:19,326 --> 00:19:22,616 It's not at all my place to advise on this, 297 00:19:22,621 --> 00:19:27,131 but obviously you would have seen Kerlov as a strong candidate. 298 00:19:27,125 --> 00:19:30,085 - He preaches hate and fear. - Yes, fear. 299 00:19:30,087 --> 00:19:32,377 You cannot hold Russia without it. 300 00:19:32,381 --> 00:19:36,721 It's a lever in the emperor's hand the church happily wields for him. 301 00:19:38,804 --> 00:19:40,264 Yes, I have made a decision. 302 00:19:41,932 --> 00:19:46,562 I'll start with a beer, move on to vodka, and then eat some pussy for dessert. 303 00:19:46,562 --> 00:19:48,442 Grigor, let's go. 304 00:19:50,899 --> 00:19:53,359 It is not your place to advise on this. 305 00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:57,450 - Why do you care who it is so much? - I desire Russia's goodness. 306 00:19:57,447 --> 00:20:00,367 I do not wish someone who will take us back to the Dark Ages. 307 00:20:00,367 --> 00:20:04,407 Mm. You lie so well, Orlo. 308 00:20:04,413 --> 00:20:08,003 From one so accomplished, the greatest of compliments. 309 00:20:09,042 --> 00:20:10,042 Oh. 310 00:20:14,756 --> 00:20:17,586 Such a burning love for God. 311 00:20:17,593 --> 00:20:19,973 One can love too much. 312 00:20:28,478 --> 00:20:30,018 These are pretty things. 313 00:20:32,024 --> 00:20:33,574 As are you, Vlad. 314 00:20:41,992 --> 00:20:43,372 The empress. 315 00:20:43,368 --> 00:20:46,708 - Oh, Empress. 316 00:20:46,705 --> 00:20:48,665 I saw it and thought of you. 317 00:20:48,665 --> 00:20:50,875 It is delightful. 318 00:20:50,876 --> 00:20:54,086 I'm sorry about my children. 319 00:20:54,713 --> 00:20:57,633 - Boris is sick, and they are... 320 00:20:57,633 --> 00:20:59,093 ...just crazy'. 321 00:21:03,180 --> 00:21:04,970 They are delightful. 322 00:21:09,853 --> 00:21:11,523 It is so elegant. 323 00:21:12,522 --> 00:21:14,072 A lovely color. 324 00:21:15,734 --> 00:21:19,204 I saw it and it made me think of you in your elegance. 325 00:21:19,863 --> 00:21:20,913 Thank you. 326 00:21:25,953 --> 00:21:27,703 They are made of Georgian gold, 327 00:21:27,704 --> 00:21:30,584 and I wished you to have one the minute I saw them. 328 00:21:33,669 --> 00:21:36,249 - You should not beg like this. - What? 329 00:21:36,254 --> 00:21:39,424 You are the empress. Status is everything. 330 00:21:40,092 --> 00:21:41,762 I wish to be their friend. 331 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:45,060 Aren't you sweet? And don't they love to eat sweet things. 332 00:21:46,390 --> 00:21:47,850 Thanks for the egg. 333 00:21:51,144 --> 00:21:53,734 You will not become actual friends with them, will you? 334 00:21:54,731 --> 00:21:55,941 I could not bear it. 335 00:21:56,942 --> 00:22:02,072 You are my first friend here, my true friend. Nothing shall shake that. 336 00:22:10,831 --> 00:22:12,251 Excuse me. 337 00:22:28,140 --> 00:22:29,560 Good day. 338 00:22:29,558 --> 00:22:31,558 Join me at midnight in my apartments. 339 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:35,020 I will not be at your or anyone's whim. 340 00:22:35,022 --> 00:22:37,192 Of course, Empress. 341 00:22:38,483 --> 00:22:41,863 However, I often go walking at night, 342 00:22:41,862 --> 00:22:46,452 so I may be there, coincidentally, or I may not. 343 00:22:47,492 --> 00:22:50,622 I do so enjoy the length of these hallways. 344 00:22:53,957 --> 00:22:57,087 Oh. I've not been in here since your father had an orgy one night 345 00:22:57,085 --> 00:22:58,995 and a man put a carrot in my asshole. 346 00:22:59,004 --> 00:23:00,844 Emperor. 347 00:23:00,839 --> 00:23:03,759 Yes. My old family apartments. 348 00:23:04,801 --> 00:23:07,011 It's been a few years, but I am to stay a while. 349 00:23:07,012 --> 00:23:09,812 - What are you doing? - I like trees. 350 00:23:09,806 --> 00:23:11,976 I am used to seeing them from my bed at home. 351 00:23:11,975 --> 00:23:15,435 The aspect of these windows do not allow it, so I'm planting one. 352 00:23:15,437 --> 00:23:17,647 Odd, but okay. 353 00:23:17,647 --> 00:23:19,727 You are officially the empress' lover. 354 00:23:19,733 --> 00:23:21,573 I released you, but she kept you. 355 00:23:21,568 --> 00:23:25,198 - You released me? - She was to tell you. She did not? 356 00:23:26,615 --> 00:23:29,905 She is a witch. Two things. Welcome to court. 357 00:23:29,910 --> 00:23:31,660 - You're one of us now. 358 00:23:31,661 --> 00:23:33,251 - Huzzah. 359 00:23:33,246 --> 00:23:35,576 Ah, Grigor. He's planting trees. 360 00:23:35,582 --> 00:23:37,292 - He's a curious one. - Mm. 361 00:23:37,292 --> 00:23:39,882 - He also seems unwell. 362 00:23:39,878 --> 00:23:41,838 Oh, I hit him quite hard. Give him a drink. 363 00:23:41,838 --> 00:23:44,588 Let us sit in this indoor forest and drink together. 364 00:23:44,591 --> 00:23:46,971 A man should be friends with his wife's lover. 365 00:23:46,968 --> 00:23:48,178 My father taught me. 366 00:23:48,178 --> 00:23:51,098 It is the only way things go well and do not end in bloodshed. 367 00:23:51,098 --> 00:23:53,638 - Grigor, do you agree? - Indeed. 368 00:23:53,642 --> 00:23:54,812 See, Grigor and I love each other. 369 00:23:54,810 --> 00:23:57,850 This morning, I ate a fig out of his wife's pussy, and here we are. 370 00:23:57,854 --> 00:24:00,114 - Wha-- What? - It is a bond unbreakable. 371 00:24:00,107 --> 00:24:03,397 - Leo, we shall be friends. - My honor, sir. 372 00:24:29,594 --> 00:24:30,684 What is this? 373 00:24:32,639 --> 00:24:35,309 A plum. P-L-U-M. 374 00:24:35,308 --> 00:24:37,438 Mm. Your reading goes well. 375 00:24:37,435 --> 00:24:39,855 Count Leo Voronsky requests admittance. 376 00:24:46,486 --> 00:24:48,526 I know you're busy, so I'll keep this brief. 377 00:24:49,489 --> 00:24:50,569 Go on. 378 00:24:52,450 --> 00:24:53,540 That was it. 379 00:24:54,661 --> 00:24:55,701 What was it? 380 00:24:57,414 --> 00:25:02,094 I was lying in my bed, thinking of you, how exquisite you are, 381 00:25:02,085 --> 00:25:04,955 and I began to think my mind was exaggerating it. 382 00:25:06,214 --> 00:25:09,434 - And was it? - A little, yes, but not much. 383 00:25:12,387 --> 00:25:16,177 I came to see you last night, and found you with Peter in a fruit fest. 384 00:25:16,183 --> 00:25:19,063 Ah. He wishes for us to be friends. 385 00:25:19,060 --> 00:25:21,100 I must be friends. 386 00:25:22,772 --> 00:25:25,402 You are good at this game, pretending. 387 00:25:26,151 --> 00:25:29,281 - I suppose I am. - So how can I believe you? 388 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:32,820 - That you are-- - True with you? 389 00:25:35,118 --> 00:25:37,948 I suppose you only have your instincts on it. 390 00:25:40,373 --> 00:25:41,883 I am something of a romantic. 391 00:25:44,711 --> 00:25:47,461 - My fear is that you will-- - Break your heart. 392 00:25:48,632 --> 00:25:50,512 Were I to fall for you, that is. 393 00:25:50,508 --> 00:25:54,138 - Which you have not. - Not at all. 394 00:25:54,804 --> 00:25:58,184 You were a pleasure I decided to take to slake my curiosity. 395 00:25:59,851 --> 00:26:01,691 You have a ruthless side. 396 00:26:02,687 --> 00:26:05,227 It makes my blood rush around a little. 397 00:26:05,232 --> 00:26:07,152 - You are complicating me. - And you me. 398 00:26:07,150 --> 00:26:09,280 Seeing you with Peter. 399 00:26:10,070 --> 00:26:11,150 Am I a fool? 400 00:26:11,988 --> 00:26:14,068 - I can be. - We all can be. 401 00:26:15,283 --> 00:26:17,993 Being with you, I've made myself a part of his world. 402 00:26:17,994 --> 00:26:21,834 Mercurial as he is, delightful, but unknown, as you are, 403 00:26:21,831 --> 00:26:24,631 I am aware I invite trouble into my otherwise easy life. 404 00:26:24,626 --> 00:26:27,376 And usually, all I like to invite is guests for drinks 405 00:26:27,379 --> 00:26:29,089 and a wander in the estate woods. 406 00:26:29,089 --> 00:26:31,879 Do not charm me so relentlessly. 407 00:26:31,883 --> 00:26:33,893 I have fallen for you. 408 00:26:35,178 --> 00:26:36,348 So... 409 00:26:38,348 --> 00:26:39,848 I'm fucked. 410 00:26:40,892 --> 00:26:43,312 I have decided to embrace it. 411 00:26:43,311 --> 00:26:46,441 If you wish to toss me aside now, you will break a large piece of me inside, 412 00:26:46,439 --> 00:26:48,359 but I would be free to escape to my estate, 413 00:26:48,358 --> 00:26:51,358 and, in time, I'd perhaps mend. 414 00:26:51,361 --> 00:26:54,241 You'd do me a brutal favor if you did, so... 415 00:26:55,365 --> 00:26:56,865 Choose? 416 00:26:58,785 --> 00:27:00,195 Choose. 417 00:27:02,539 --> 00:27:03,869 I... 418 00:27:05,750 --> 00:27:06,960 You may go. 419 00:27:10,171 --> 00:27:12,131 Just for the moment. 420 00:27:12,841 --> 00:27:14,091 I'm... 421 00:27:15,552 --> 00:27:16,802 I'll think. 422 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:31,900 Daddy loved gambling. 423 00:27:31,901 --> 00:27:33,991 I once awoke to him chopping off my pigtails 424 00:27:33,987 --> 00:27:35,527 because he'd lost them to the creepy footman. 425 00:27:35,530 --> 00:27:37,200 - Mm. 426 00:27:37,198 --> 00:27:39,238 The worst part was him losing the fucking vineyards, 427 00:27:39,242 --> 00:27:41,832 and now we have to pay for this delicious wine. 428 00:27:41,828 --> 00:27:44,658 It is delicious. Mm. 429 00:27:46,291 --> 00:27:48,131 - Mm. 430 00:27:51,087 --> 00:27:54,297 - Sh'. 431 00:27:56,217 --> 00:27:59,467 Ahem. The bishops assemble, sir. 432 00:27:59,471 --> 00:28:01,431 We must decide today. 433 00:28:01,431 --> 00:28:03,771 We are eating oysters, for fuck's sakes. 434 00:28:03,767 --> 00:28:05,887 Must you interrupt? Get out'. 435 00:28:12,484 --> 00:28:13,784 So rude'. 436 00:28:13,777 --> 00:28:16,027 - Mm. - How's it going? 437 00:28:16,029 --> 00:28:18,619 Badly. God should really give me a sign. 438 00:28:18,615 --> 00:28:21,445 - Lazy fucker. - Me? 439 00:28:21,451 --> 00:28:23,581 - God'. - Oh. 440 00:28:23,578 --> 00:28:25,958 - Well, both of you, really. 441 00:28:25,955 --> 00:28:28,495 Why don't they just kill them all and instate me? 442 00:28:28,500 --> 00:28:31,960 I look good in black, and I'm under 100. It'll be refreshing for all. 443 00:28:31,961 --> 00:28:34,631 - That's a brilliant idea. Well done. - Thank you. 444 00:28:34,631 --> 00:28:37,721 No. What I said. A fucking sign. 445 00:28:37,717 --> 00:28:40,007 Why must I do all the work? 446 00:28:46,017 --> 00:28:47,437 For you. 447 00:28:51,064 --> 00:28:53,154 This is from Svenska. 448 00:28:53,149 --> 00:28:55,149 She's invited me to a tea dance this day. 449 00:28:56,152 --> 00:28:58,662 Someone realizes she needs to make peace. 450 00:28:58,655 --> 00:28:59,655 Hmm. 451 00:29:09,082 --> 00:29:11,582 Thank you for your beautiful gift. 452 00:29:11,584 --> 00:29:14,884 Give the empress some air. You will crush her. 453 00:29:15,713 --> 00:29:17,343 Sit, my dear. 454 00:29:21,511 --> 00:29:24,601 Thank you. And for the invitation. 455 00:29:24,597 --> 00:29:28,097 Your gift was beautiful. You have exquisite taste. 456 00:29:28,977 --> 00:29:30,687 I always think that of you. 457 00:29:31,271 --> 00:29:34,691 I try, as there isn't much else to do here. 458 00:29:34,691 --> 00:29:37,441 - How is your lover? 459 00:29:37,444 --> 00:29:39,244 Oh, yes. Do tell. 460 00:29:39,237 --> 00:29:42,617 - His father was astonishing. - He was my first. 461 00:29:42,615 --> 00:29:46,445 Lay Leo on a dish for us, Empress. We wish to know you. 462 00:29:47,954 --> 00:29:50,674 It's... it's a private thing. 463 00:29:51,958 --> 00:29:53,038 Of course. 464 00:29:54,502 --> 00:29:55,592 Shall we dance? 465 00:30:01,050 --> 00:30:02,390 Oh'. 466 00:30:22,572 --> 00:30:23,952 Hmm. 467 00:30:56,731 --> 00:30:59,861 - Dear Catherine, are you all right? - We get caught up in the music. 468 00:30:59,859 --> 00:31:03,149 And you are new to the dance. It is a very precise thing. 469 00:31:03,154 --> 00:31:05,574 If you are not right place, right time, 470 00:31:05,573 --> 00:31:08,283 and in tune with your partner, it is a dangerous thing. 471 00:31:08,284 --> 00:31:11,124 Oh. No, I'm fine. 472 00:31:14,207 --> 00:31:17,087 Oh. That is my nose blood. 473 00:31:17,085 --> 00:31:19,745 Let us applaud the empress for her bravery. 474 00:31:19,754 --> 00:31:21,554 Show her our respect. 475 00:31:22,257 --> 00:31:23,627 The empress. 476 00:31:30,390 --> 00:31:32,180 I could tell my husband what you did. 477 00:31:32,183 --> 00:31:35,233 There are plates of food your husband likes better than you. 478 00:31:35,228 --> 00:31:37,768 You are nothing but a tolerated womb. 479 00:31:37,772 --> 00:31:39,692 We will never disrespect you in front of him, 480 00:31:39,691 --> 00:31:43,241 but you will do well to know your place in regard to me and my ladies. 481 00:31:44,612 --> 00:31:48,912 Do not attempt to take them from me again, horse fucker. 482 00:32:12,807 --> 00:32:15,847 - What's happened? - A tea dance. 483 00:32:17,103 --> 00:32:20,613 - Are you all right? - It is unbearable, this place. 484 00:32:20,607 --> 00:32:21,817 Fuck'. 485 00:32:21,816 --> 00:32:25,276 Cry. I can feel it in you. 486 00:32:41,628 --> 00:32:44,838 I... I miss home. 487 00:32:46,341 --> 00:32:49,891 - What else? - I hate everyone. 488 00:32:50,428 --> 00:32:54,218 - What else? - I don't like eating moose lips, 489 00:32:54,223 --> 00:32:57,773 but everyone's always going on about them. 490 00:32:57,769 --> 00:32:59,849 Disgusting stuff. 491 00:33:02,732 --> 00:33:05,572 Like a storm departing your body. 492 00:33:10,573 --> 00:33:12,533 To cry is very Russian. 493 00:33:12,533 --> 00:33:15,663 Tears salty and vodka-laced, usually. 494 00:33:22,377 --> 00:33:26,297 What of politics? You never even speak of it. 495 00:33:26,297 --> 00:33:28,377 What needs to be said of throwing your life at a brick wall 496 00:33:28,383 --> 00:33:32,353 until the wall is still there, but you're bones and mush in a skin bag? 497 00:33:32,345 --> 00:33:34,305 Change is possible. 498 00:33:38,935 --> 00:33:43,935 When I was 12, the war edged its way toward us. 499 00:33:44,524 --> 00:33:47,244 Suddenly, men appeared in our wheat fields. 500 00:33:47,235 --> 00:33:49,445 The whole of the land was lost in a blue smoke 501 00:33:49,445 --> 00:33:52,615 with shapes like ghosts shifting amid it. 502 00:33:52,615 --> 00:33:54,485 Then the fighting stopped. 503 00:33:54,492 --> 00:33:56,832 Rain came and washed the blood away. 504 00:33:57,662 --> 00:34:01,962 We replanted. The wheat grew back. 505 00:34:01,958 --> 00:34:04,918 And as my father and I walked through the field again, 506 00:34:04,919 --> 00:34:09,299 he asked me, "Who won?" 507 00:34:10,967 --> 00:34:14,427 - So nothing matters? - We'll all be dust. 508 00:34:15,471 --> 00:34:17,561 I will be happy dust. 509 00:34:18,683 --> 00:34:21,443 So, your happiness is a political stand? 510 00:34:21,978 --> 00:34:25,398 Indeed it is, and I will not resile from it. 511 00:34:25,398 --> 00:34:29,188 - Shall we have another? - I do not know whether I... 512 00:34:29,193 --> 00:34:31,613 admire it or despise it. 513 00:34:31,612 --> 00:34:34,492 Neither do I, so I suggest you do neither. 514 00:34:39,203 --> 00:34:40,503 Merely enjoy me. 515 00:34:41,914 --> 00:34:45,754 Maybe... lick me a little, if you feel like it. 516 00:34:50,506 --> 00:34:52,256 Hmm. 517 00:34:52,258 --> 00:34:55,428 You know, I'm sorry, but I cannot let you go. 518 00:34:58,347 --> 00:35:01,727 I never thought being doomed would feel so pleasant. 519 00:35:17,658 --> 00:35:20,908 Archie, you still have your visions and communications with God? 520 00:35:21,537 --> 00:35:25,537 Uh, they come to me under certain conditions. 521 00:35:25,541 --> 00:35:27,711 Or he says they do. 522 00:35:27,710 --> 00:35:29,590 I am blessed to have a connection with our Lord. 523 00:35:29,587 --> 00:35:31,797 It's so unusual, I understand your disbelief, 524 00:35:31,798 --> 00:35:34,718 for your faith and imagination are pedestrian. 525 00:35:34,717 --> 00:35:36,587 He just said, "Fuck you," if you did not get that, Orlo. 526 00:35:36,594 --> 00:35:39,434 - I did, sir. - Great. So, my idea. 527 00:35:39,430 --> 00:35:41,890 Do your vision. Ask God who I should pick. 528 00:35:42,558 --> 00:35:46,348 - What? No. No. - No? What the fuck are you talking for? 529 00:35:46,354 --> 00:35:49,864 I will pull out your tongue and eat it with a nice salsa verde if it moves again. 530 00:35:49,857 --> 00:35:52,317 It does not really work like that. 531 00:35:52,318 --> 00:35:55,658 - God-- - Tell him I'm fucking asking. 532 00:35:55,655 --> 00:35:59,075 I am ordained by God, so he needs to play handball with me on this 533 00:35:59,075 --> 00:36:01,575 if he doesn't want it all fucked up by a wrong choice. 534 00:36:01,577 --> 00:36:07,327 Of course. I will see if I can create the conditions for a vision. 535 00:36:07,333 --> 00:36:09,843 - Fuck me. - Did you just speak? 536 00:36:23,516 --> 00:36:26,806 C... D... 537 00:36:26,811 --> 00:36:30,691 - E... F... 538 00:36:30,690 --> 00:36:32,940 - He has sent Archie... - G... 539 00:36:32,942 --> 00:36:35,652 ...to commune with God. 540 00:36:36,779 --> 00:36:39,659 God will show Archie a sign, 541 00:36:39,657 --> 00:36:43,237 and he will pick the patriarch and inform Peter. 542 00:36:43,244 --> 00:36:45,714 He fucking has whoever he wants. 543 00:36:45,705 --> 00:36:48,665 Lying, disingenuous prick. Ow'. 544 00:36:48,666 --> 00:36:50,326 Marial'. 545 00:36:50,334 --> 00:36:53,754 He is a good man, and a holy man in his heart. 546 00:36:53,754 --> 00:36:56,134 He is your friend and cousin. You are biased. 547 00:36:56,132 --> 00:37:00,512 He's a political animal, always protecting the power and wealth of the church. 548 00:37:00,511 --> 00:37:03,931 He is a bishop, that is what you would call his job. 549 00:37:03,931 --> 00:37:07,771 As it is your job to be an annoying, un-fucked insect. 550 00:37:07,768 --> 00:37:09,478 Marial, take a breath. 551 00:37:11,147 --> 00:37:16,817 Orlo, if he is a political animal, he can be reasoned with. 552 00:37:16,819 --> 00:37:20,779 He does at least speak to women, so he has one up on our man anyway. 553 00:37:21,782 --> 00:37:23,582 You have done deals in the past? 554 00:37:24,827 --> 00:37:26,077 Yes. 555 00:37:26,078 --> 00:37:28,748 So... push him toward our man. 556 00:37:28,748 --> 00:37:29,828 I could talk to him. 557 00:37:29,832 --> 00:37:33,922 And he'll wonder why a woman cares about the patriarch and tip our hand. 558 00:37:34,712 --> 00:37:37,052 It is my job. 559 00:37:37,048 --> 00:37:39,378 The patriarch affects the women too. 560 00:37:40,176 --> 00:37:44,096 Just ask my nanny, who got pregnant out of wedlock, 561 00:37:44,096 --> 00:37:49,726 and they fucking killed her in her village at the priest's behest'. 562 00:37:55,191 --> 00:37:56,611 Orlo is wrong. 563 00:37:56,609 --> 00:37:58,439 Archie is a good man. 564 00:37:59,028 --> 00:38:01,408 I never got over the fingering, to be honest. 565 00:38:01,405 --> 00:38:05,905 He had to do that. It is his role and duty. 566 00:38:07,536 --> 00:38:09,036 When my mother died, 567 00:38:09,872 --> 00:38:12,712 and my father clutched a bottle and a whore to his breast 568 00:38:12,708 --> 00:38:14,498 instead of his young children... 569 00:38:15,503 --> 00:38:20,053 he took care of me and my sister, every day. 570 00:38:20,049 --> 00:38:23,639 He has a hard head for politics but, trust me, a good heart. 571 00:38:24,887 --> 00:38:26,967 Leaving the bony fingers aside. 572 00:38:36,023 --> 00:38:37,693 Archie. 573 00:38:38,776 --> 00:38:40,396 Orlo. 574 00:38:40,403 --> 00:38:42,993 Can we talk about who the patriarch should be? 575 00:38:43,739 --> 00:38:47,699 Always with the politics, Orlo. What a small world you live in. 576 00:38:47,702 --> 00:38:51,002 Everything is politics, Archie. That just means your price is high. 577 00:38:51,956 --> 00:38:56,456 You are going to have a vision, and lo and behold, it will be Kerlov. 578 00:38:56,460 --> 00:38:59,260 I feel sorry for you that you think that. 579 00:38:59,255 --> 00:39:01,335 That's the problem with your philosophy. 580 00:39:01,340 --> 00:39:04,800 You aggrandize the individual, think we're not part of something bigger. 581 00:39:05,761 --> 00:39:10,561 It's a barren wasteland of aloneness that you try to push us towards. 582 00:39:10,558 --> 00:39:13,268 God enfolds us. 583 00:39:13,269 --> 00:39:15,939 His love enfolds us. 584 00:39:15,938 --> 00:39:19,108 And right now, your bullshit enfolds me. 585 00:39:19,108 --> 00:39:22,238 Any warmth I can bring, my friend. 586 00:39:22,236 --> 00:39:26,696 Let us work out who suits us both best. All I ask. 587 00:39:26,699 --> 00:39:29,199 I'm God's servant, not yours. 588 00:39:29,201 --> 00:39:32,791 No politics. He directs me. 589 00:39:32,788 --> 00:39:36,958 Tarcinkus is a good man, all I wanted to say, 590 00:39:36,959 --> 00:39:38,959 a man we can both work with. 591 00:39:39,962 --> 00:39:42,052 He has no real opinions. 592 00:39:42,048 --> 00:39:43,548 Shit. 593 00:39:43,549 --> 00:39:48,759 "Now here, now there, the roving Fancy flies, 594 00:39:48,763 --> 00:39:53,273 till some lov'd object strikes her wand'ring eyes, 595 00:39:53,267 --> 00:39:58,647 whose silken fetters all the senses bind, 596 00:39:58,647 --> 00:40:03,857 and soft captivity involves the mind." 597 00:40:03,861 --> 00:40:05,281 Hello. 598 00:40:06,155 --> 00:40:09,365 - The women. - Ah, yes. 599 00:40:09,366 --> 00:40:11,906 I heard a tea dance got out of hand. 600 00:40:16,624 --> 00:40:18,134 They hate me. 601 00:40:19,043 --> 00:40:22,803 Well, you did stripe Svenska most marvelously. 602 00:40:22,797 --> 00:40:26,967 But her surface is what matters to her, and you scratched it hard. 603 00:40:28,844 --> 00:40:33,474 - I want them to like me. - Why? They are dreary. 604 00:40:33,474 --> 00:40:38,944 All you need to do is be respected by them and show responsibility for them. 605 00:40:38,938 --> 00:40:43,188 - Show responsibility? - You are the only voice the women have. 606 00:40:43,776 --> 00:40:45,396 But I do not have a voice. 607 00:40:45,402 --> 00:40:49,872 You must grow one, as you will grow an heir in your bright, shiny womb. 608 00:40:49,865 --> 00:40:51,235 Oh, wait. 609 00:40:57,706 --> 00:40:59,166 What are these? 610 00:40:59,166 --> 00:41:02,496 Inspiration and education. 611 00:41:02,503 --> 00:41:04,803 Is it physically possible? 612 00:41:04,797 --> 00:41:08,377 I thought not, but as long as you have someone to brace you, 613 00:41:08,384 --> 00:41:09,974 that one is excellent. 614 00:41:11,053 --> 00:41:12,933 Though painful for a few days after. 615 00:41:14,348 --> 00:41:15,638 You're intrigued. 616 00:41:16,642 --> 00:41:20,652 - They fire something in me. - Hmm. 617 00:41:21,397 --> 00:41:24,397 Which brings me to this horse story. 618 00:41:25,276 --> 00:41:29,066 I wanted to, but the horse said no, and neigh means neigh. 619 00:41:29,071 --> 00:41:32,531 You are a delight. 620 00:41:32,533 --> 00:41:37,003 We are all animals, so I would not judge it harshly if you had. 621 00:41:36,996 --> 00:41:39,786 I once saw a deer so beautiful, 622 00:41:39,790 --> 00:41:42,130 I leant against a tree with my dress raised, 623 00:41:42,126 --> 00:41:44,206 hoping it would mount me. 624 00:41:48,174 --> 00:41:51,724 Anyways... the ladies. 625 00:41:51,719 --> 00:41:53,849 You may have to slap Marial down. 626 00:41:53,846 --> 00:41:56,596 - That's what she said. - Wise girl. 627 00:41:56,599 --> 00:41:59,849 You cannot choose a servant over a lady. It will not do. 628 00:41:59,852 --> 00:42:01,232 I will not. 629 00:42:06,066 --> 00:42:09,986 Just like that. See? 630 00:42:10,696 --> 00:42:13,736 It is not easy being empress, but you can do it. 631 00:42:15,117 --> 00:42:17,657 Now, I have these sticks from Asia. 632 00:42:17,661 --> 00:42:19,411 They are to enhance your fertility, 633 00:42:19,413 --> 00:42:23,793 but I cannot work out whether we wave them over your womb or insert them into you. 634 00:42:24,877 --> 00:42:27,797 I'm pretty sure it's a "wave them" situation. 635 00:42:55,741 --> 00:42:57,451 Are you all right? 636 00:43:03,082 --> 00:43:07,212 You shimmer... with radiance. 637 00:43:07,211 --> 00:43:09,761 Are you an angel? 638 00:43:09,755 --> 00:43:12,085 Some have said it. 639 00:43:12,091 --> 00:43:15,931 Guidance. Thank you for coming. 640 00:43:15,928 --> 00:43:19,638 Apparently, you have a good heart under those dark clothes. 641 00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:21,020 I do. 642 00:43:22,601 --> 00:43:25,351 You could help Russia. 643 00:43:25,354 --> 00:43:26,984 It is awry. 644 00:43:26,981 --> 00:43:29,231 I wish nothing else. 645 00:43:30,985 --> 00:43:35,025 Who should it be, the patriarch? 646 00:43:35,030 --> 00:43:37,660 Guidance is sought. 647 00:43:38,951 --> 00:43:41,081 Perhaps it is you. 648 00:43:41,912 --> 00:43:43,212 Me? 649 00:43:45,165 --> 00:43:47,035 But I'm not... 650 00:43:49,295 --> 00:43:50,705 worthy. 651 00:43:50,713 --> 00:43:55,093 You see women. You are smart. 652 00:43:55,092 --> 00:43:57,802 You can bring Russia right, 653 00:43:57,803 --> 00:44:01,433 through your heart and through faith and change. 654 00:44:05,894 --> 00:44:08,274 Okay. Good. 655 00:44:09,648 --> 00:44:10,728 Bye. 656 00:44:15,904 --> 00:44:18,824 Emperor, I must make an impassioned plea 657 00:44:18,824 --> 00:44:21,414 for you to just choose Bishop Pavel Lopov Tarcinkus. 658 00:44:21,410 --> 00:44:25,660 He is of fair, wise mind, and if you sit with him and sip vodka a minute, 659 00:44:25,664 --> 00:44:29,174 you will see he is of tender heart and the perfect choice. 660 00:44:29,168 --> 00:44:31,338 I suppose I could. Does he like me? 661 00:44:31,337 --> 00:44:33,837 Of course'. He-- He loves you. 662 00:44:33,839 --> 00:44:36,009 Emperor'. A sign'. 663 00:44:36,925 --> 00:44:38,925 God sent me an angel'. 664 00:44:38,927 --> 00:44:40,717 He does look completely strange. 665 00:44:40,721 --> 00:44:42,641 His eyes. And he's-- He's shaking. 666 00:44:42,639 --> 00:44:44,599 - Sir-- - God sent a vision? 667 00:44:44,600 --> 00:44:46,730 What did he say? Who does he want? 668 00:44:46,727 --> 00:44:50,307 Emperor, allow me to present... 669 00:44:51,523 --> 00:44:53,153 myself'. 670 00:44:53,150 --> 00:44:56,570 - Yourself? - As the patriarch'. 671 00:44:56,570 --> 00:45:02,280 It's what He wants, for me to rise and help you make Russia great. 672 00:45:03,285 --> 00:45:04,905 Did the angel talk about me? 673 00:45:06,205 --> 00:45:08,495 - Not directly. - Of course he can't. 674 00:45:08,499 --> 00:45:10,629 It's totally against the rules. He's not old enough, 675 00:45:10,626 --> 00:45:14,796 - not a senior member of the synod-- - Shut up. We can deal with that. 676 00:45:16,048 --> 00:45:17,258 Archie... 677 00:45:19,426 --> 00:45:21,046 Look into my eyes. 678 00:45:22,012 --> 00:45:23,432 Tell me what you see. 679 00:45:32,689 --> 00:45:35,479 The soul of a king'. 680 00:46:04,596 --> 00:46:08,476 So... tell me of your lives here. 681 00:46:08,475 --> 00:46:10,185 All is bliss in the court of Peter. 682 00:46:10,686 --> 00:46:12,766 Of course life is bliss here, 683 00:46:12,771 --> 00:46:17,991 but if tiny improvements could be made, and I could help you as empress, 684 00:46:17,985 --> 00:46:21,695 that would gladden my heart to be a friend and a use to you all. 685 00:46:21,697 --> 00:46:23,447 Why don't you stop the war? 686 00:46:23,449 --> 00:46:25,409 - I will note it down, 687 00:46:25,409 --> 00:46:28,539 but it is probably beyond me at this point. 688 00:46:28,537 --> 00:46:31,617 Maybe more immediate things. 689 00:46:32,666 --> 00:46:34,996 Well, the carriages are always in disrepair. 690 00:46:35,002 --> 00:46:37,052 They do not fix them fast enough. 691 00:46:37,045 --> 00:46:39,085 I see. I shall look into it. 692 00:46:40,090 --> 00:46:42,130 How is your son, Tatyana? Boris. 693 00:46:42,134 --> 00:46:43,514 He was unwell. 694 00:46:43,510 --> 00:46:45,550 Fucking Chekhov saw him, but... 695 00:46:46,555 --> 00:46:48,965 We need better doctors than the Chekhovs. 696 00:46:48,974 --> 00:46:52,234 Boris coughs blood, and the fool puts leeches on his throat. 697 00:46:52,227 --> 00:46:55,647 Now, I do not know doctoring, but it seems ridiculous, 698 00:46:55,647 --> 00:46:57,897 and my dearest Boris gets sicker. 699 00:46:57,900 --> 00:46:59,940 - He basically killed Raisa. - Exactly. 700 00:46:59,943 --> 00:47:01,153 Indeed. 701 00:47:01,153 --> 00:47:03,703 We must have the most modern medicine. 702 00:47:03,697 --> 00:47:06,407 We shall bring a new doctor from France. 703 00:47:06,408 --> 00:47:08,448 What a friend you are to us. 704 00:47:09,661 --> 00:47:11,581 How is Leo? 705 00:47:13,999 --> 00:47:17,749 He makes my skin tingle and my heart gladden. 706 00:47:17,753 --> 00:47:21,133 - Surely more detail than that. 707 00:47:21,131 --> 00:47:24,131 If you really are our friend, we will need you to open up to us, 708 00:47:24,134 --> 00:47:26,934 if it is true, and we are to feel you love us. 709 00:47:26,929 --> 00:47:28,759 Shut up, whore. 710 00:47:29,556 --> 00:47:31,886 - She cannot-- - Apologize. 711 00:47:34,603 --> 00:47:35,853 I will see to her later. 712 00:47:37,147 --> 00:47:41,067 - Go back to your quarters, Marial. - Neeeeigh'. 713 00:47:41,068 --> 00:47:44,818 - Do not ever do that. 714 00:47:45,989 --> 00:47:48,529 That goes for all of you. Am I heard? 715 00:47:49,701 --> 00:47:53,871 I have spoken to my husband on this, and he sees it as a sleight on him. 716 00:47:54,456 --> 00:47:58,956 If it is heard again, no matter what family, what wealth, 717 00:47:58,961 --> 00:48:02,011 they will be a servant, stripped of everything, 718 00:48:02,005 --> 00:48:05,465 and we will slap the shit out of them on a daily basis. 719 00:48:05,467 --> 00:48:06,637 Am I heard? 720 00:48:08,595 --> 00:48:11,465 Marial, wipe the blood from your nose. 721 00:48:11,473 --> 00:48:13,063 Pour me wine. 722 00:48:15,519 --> 00:48:19,189 Now, other things you ladies need from me? 723 00:48:19,815 --> 00:48:23,565 Lady Svenska, can I help you in any way? 724 00:48:25,112 --> 00:48:28,822 - No, Empress. I am satisfied. - Mm. Marvelous. 725 00:48:29,783 --> 00:48:30,833 Good day, then. 726 00:48:37,249 --> 00:48:40,709 Empress, I think you may be a natural. Well done. 727 00:48:40,711 --> 00:48:44,171 - Thank you. Amazing party. - Oh. 728 00:48:44,172 --> 00:48:46,632 You seem to live by your own rules. 729 00:48:46,633 --> 00:48:48,763 It helps they think I'm mad. 730 00:48:49,761 --> 00:48:51,391 A new patriarch'. 731 00:48:51,388 --> 00:48:53,678 - Huzzah'. - Huzzah'. 732 00:48:53,682 --> 00:48:58,062 - This is a terrible mistake. - Do not worry. 733 00:48:58,061 --> 00:49:00,861 All is bliss in the court of Catherine the Great. 734 00:49:00,856 --> 00:49:05,686 Oh, to the empress. She is finding her feet here, and her fists. 735 00:49:05,694 --> 00:49:06,704 Huzzah'. 736 00:49:06,695 --> 00:49:09,025 Apparently, she fucked a horse before she got here. 737 00:49:09,031 --> 00:49:11,411 - Huzzah. - For I am all for fucking, 738 00:49:11,408 --> 00:49:14,038 and after Archie blesses us, we will all begin. 739 00:49:14,036 --> 00:49:15,786 Huzzah'. 740 00:49:30,969 --> 00:49:33,389 What else can one have faith in but love? 741 00:49:34,389 --> 00:49:36,429 I thought it was an answer. 742 00:49:37,476 --> 00:49:39,806 I now realize it is a question. 743 00:49:43,273 --> 00:49:44,693 Pick one. 744 00:49:48,612 --> 00:49:51,952 ♪ Well, you tried it just for once Found it all right for kicks ♪ 745 00:49:51,948 --> 00:49:54,618 ♪ But nowyou find out That it's a habit that sticks ♪ 746 00:49:54,618 --> 00:49:56,788 ♪ And you're an orgasm addict ♪ 747 00:49:56,787 --> 00:49:59,407 ♪ You're an orgasm addict ♪ 748 00:49:59,414 --> 00:50:01,424 ♪ Sneaking in the back door With dirty magazines ♪ 749 00:50:01,416 --> 00:50:04,496 ♪ Nowyour mother wants to know About all the stains on your jeans ♪ 750 00:50:04,503 --> 00:50:06,593 ♪ And you're an orgasm addict ♪ 751 00:50:06,588 --> 00:50:08,758 ♪ You're an orgasm addict ♪ 752 00:50:08,757 --> 00:50:11,427 ♪ Uh-huh, uh-huh ♪ 753 00:50:11,426 --> 00:50:12,586 ♪ Uh ♪ 754 00:50:14,137 --> 00:50:16,557 ♪ Uh, uh ♪ 755 00:50:16,556 --> 00:50:17,926 ♪ Uh ♪ 756 00:50:19,267 --> 00:50:21,727 ♪ You get in a heat You get in a sulk ♪ 757 00:50:21,728 --> 00:50:24,268 ♪ Butyou still keep a-beating Your meat to pulp ♪ 758 00:50:24,272 --> 00:50:26,612 ♪ And you're an orgasm addict ♪ 759 00:50:26,608 --> 00:50:28,568 ♪ You're an orgasm addict ♪ 760 00:50:28,568 --> 00:50:31,318 ♪ You're a kid Casanova You're no Joseph ♪ 761 00:50:31,321 --> 00:50:34,281 ♪ It's a labor of love Fucking yourself to death ♪ 762 00:50:34,282 --> 00:50:36,162 ♪ Orgasm addict ♪ 763 00:50:36,159 --> 00:50:38,449 ♪ You're an orgasm addict ♪ 764 00:50:38,453 --> 00:50:40,913 ♪ Uh-huh, uh-huh ♪ 765 00:50:40,914 --> 00:50:43,714 ♪ Uh, uh, uh, uh ♪ 766 00:50:43,709 --> 00:50:47,249 ♪ Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh ♪ 767 00:50:49,256 --> 00:50:51,626 ♪ You're making out with school kids ♪ 768 00:50:51,633 --> 00:50:54,263 ♪ Winos and heads of state ♪ 769 00:50:54,261 --> 00:50:56,601 ♪ You even made it with the lady ♪ 770 00:50:56,596 --> 00:50:59,806 ♪ Who puts the little plastic bobbins On the Christmas cakes ♪ 771 00:50:59,808 --> 00:51:02,228 ♪ Butchers' assistants and bellhops ♪ 772 00:51:02,227 --> 00:51:04,597 ♪ You've had them all here and there ♪ 773 00:51:04,604 --> 00:51:07,234 ♪ Children of God and their joy strings ♪ 774 00:51:07,232 --> 00:51:09,822 ♪ International women with no body hair ♪ 775 00:51:13,697 --> 00:51:15,907 ♪ Ooh, so whether You're asking in an alley ♪ 776 00:51:15,907 --> 00:51:17,907 ♪ And your voice ain't steady ♪ 777 00:51:17,909 --> 00:51:19,999 ♪ Your sex mechanic's rough You're more than ready ♪ 778 00:51:19,995 --> 00:51:24,705 ♪ You're an orgasm addict ♪ 779 00:51:24,708 --> 00:51:27,418 ♪ Johnny want fuckie Always and all ways ♪ 780 00:51:27,419 --> 00:51:29,879 ♪ He's got the energy And he will remain ♪ 781 00:51:29,880 --> 00:51:31,970 ♪ He's an orgasm addict ♪ 782 00:51:32,215 --> 00:51:35,005 ♪ He's an orgasm addict ♪ 783 00:51:35,010 --> 00:51:39,720 ♪ He's always at it ♪ 784 00:51:39,723 --> 00:51:41,733 ♪ And he's an orgasm addict ♪ 785 00:51:41,725 --> 00:51:44,515 ♪ He's an orgasm addict ♪