1 00:00:09,210 --> 00:00:10,710 It's still there. 2 00:00:11,713 --> 00:00:12,923 Mocking me. 3 00:00:14,132 --> 00:00:17,972 Reminding me of my... my ineptness. 4 00:00:18,470 --> 00:00:21,220 I mean, the truth is... 5 00:00:22,098 --> 00:00:24,268 what do I know of running a country? 6 00:00:25,769 --> 00:00:27,649 I'm dissembled and shook. 7 00:00:29,648 --> 00:00:33,398 Perhaps I am merely a disappointed girl with a big mouth 8 00:00:33,401 --> 00:00:35,901 full of pithy phrases that inspire others to action 9 00:00:35,904 --> 00:00:38,954 but cannot give me the same. 10 00:00:39,741 --> 00:00:40,831 Honestly... 11 00:00:41,743 --> 00:00:44,583 ...I just wish to lie in a field with Leo, 12 00:00:45,538 --> 00:00:48,328 stare at the sun and laugh. 13 00:00:50,335 --> 00:00:51,535 Is that so bad? 14 00:00:55,382 --> 00:00:58,392 - You're a very rude bear. 15 00:01:18,655 --> 00:01:21,115 - Where are we going? - Just wait until you see this. 16 00:01:21,116 --> 00:01:22,696 Hopefully, it is still there. 17 00:01:23,201 --> 00:01:24,791 Oh, look. 18 00:01:24,786 --> 00:01:26,156 Look. 19 00:01:28,748 --> 00:01:29,748 It's a bird. 20 00:01:30,875 --> 00:01:32,625 I could watch it for hours. 21 00:01:32,627 --> 00:01:33,957 Why would you want to do that? 22 00:01:34,963 --> 00:01:36,383 Well, I'm changed, Grigor. 23 00:01:36,881 --> 00:01:38,971 Something happened to me when I was dying. 24 00:01:38,967 --> 00:01:41,757 Although I still can't believe someone tried to kill me. Who would do that? 25 00:01:41,761 --> 00:01:43,221 - It's unfathomable. - Indeed. 26 00:01:43,221 --> 00:01:44,971 Someone deranged. But... 27 00:01:44,973 --> 00:01:48,353 regardless, I lay in that bed, and I knew the me that was dying 28 00:01:48,351 --> 00:01:50,271 was not the me I wished to be. 29 00:01:50,770 --> 00:01:53,480 How fucking strange is that? Huh. 30 00:01:57,944 --> 00:01:59,994 - Sir'. - Who are they? 31 00:01:59,988 --> 00:02:02,738 My new food taster, Lizaveta, and that's Tartar Nick. 32 00:02:02,741 --> 00:02:04,371 Fucking killer. He has a collection 33 00:02:04,367 --> 00:02:06,537 of human windpipes from people he's killed. 34 00:02:06,536 --> 00:02:08,616 He puts holes in them and plays them as flutes. 35 00:02:08,621 --> 00:02:10,671 - Some natty tunes, actually. - Right. 36 00:02:10,665 --> 00:02:12,285 The berries are poisonous, sir. 37 00:02:12,292 --> 00:02:14,462 Hmm. Well, taste them to be sure. 38 00:02:14,461 --> 00:02:17,171 I think they are, Emperor. It is well-known that-- 39 00:02:17,172 --> 00:02:20,012 Nick, your job, kill anyone who wants to kill me. 40 00:02:20,008 --> 00:02:22,428 Her job, food taster. Hmm? 41 00:02:22,427 --> 00:02:24,137 It's food. Taste. 42 00:02:24,137 --> 00:02:26,137 But I already know that they are pois-- 43 00:02:39,027 --> 00:02:42,817 Hmmph. Everything is brighter, Grigor. Everything. 44 00:02:43,323 --> 00:02:45,663 Let us go back. I wish to speak to the court. 45 00:03:21,778 --> 00:03:22,988 Morning, everyone. 46 00:03:23,530 --> 00:03:25,820 Gather the whole court. I have something to say. 47 00:03:34,833 --> 00:03:36,503 Jesus. 48 00:03:37,585 --> 00:03:39,125 Really? 49 00:03:57,313 --> 00:03:59,193 Fucking hell. 50 00:03:59,190 --> 00:04:00,780 Good God. 51 00:04:00,775 --> 00:04:03,355 He killed everyone who had anything to do with the borscht. 52 00:04:03,361 --> 00:04:05,951 The farmer who grew the beets, the guy who delivered them, 53 00:04:05,947 --> 00:04:08,277 the cook who cooked them, the servant who served them, 54 00:04:08,283 --> 00:04:10,203 and the guards he walked past with the soup. 55 00:04:10,201 --> 00:04:12,161 I can't believe he killed his chef, Louis. 56 00:04:12,161 --> 00:04:13,251 He loves Louis. 57 00:04:16,374 --> 00:04:17,504 Whoa. 58 00:04:18,251 --> 00:04:19,631 Jesus. 59 00:04:23,006 --> 00:04:24,466 My God. 60 00:04:25,550 --> 00:04:27,890 Is everything okay? Does he suspect you? 61 00:04:27,886 --> 00:04:30,596 No. He just wanted to show me a bird. 62 00:04:30,597 --> 00:04:32,387 - A bird? - Yep. 63 00:04:35,268 --> 00:04:37,438 Okay. That seems like everyone. 64 00:04:41,149 --> 00:04:46,239 Uh, obviously, last weekend was terrifying for everyone. 65 00:04:46,237 --> 00:04:47,947 But I survived. 66 00:04:48,448 --> 00:04:50,448 - Huzzah'. 67 00:04:50,450 --> 00:04:52,370 Huzzah. 68 00:04:53,953 --> 00:04:57,373 But clearly, someone didn't want me to 69 00:04:57,373 --> 00:05:00,543 and was unhappy with me, and that saddens me. 70 00:05:01,044 --> 00:05:04,764 I want to be the most loved ruler in all of Russian history. 71 00:05:04,756 --> 00:05:08,086 I am happy to hear anyone's problems with me. 72 00:05:08,092 --> 00:05:10,682 Step forward now, anyone. 73 00:05:10,678 --> 00:05:13,678 I'm open to being better, so... 74 00:05:23,358 --> 00:05:24,778 Oh, don't worry about the bodies. 75 00:05:24,776 --> 00:05:26,736 With these killings, it's over. 76 00:05:26,736 --> 00:05:30,066 In the end, I suspect a disgruntled serf or chef. 77 00:05:30,073 --> 00:05:33,083 I had criticized Louis' clafouti rather savagely 78 00:05:33,076 --> 00:05:34,486 and rightfully. 79 00:05:34,494 --> 00:05:37,914 Caramelized fruit is not burnt fruit. 80 00:05:37,914 --> 00:05:41,084 However, today is a new day. 81 00:05:41,709 --> 00:05:43,839 I saw a bird that was... 82 00:05:47,966 --> 00:05:50,046 - Grigor. - Amazing bird. 83 00:05:50,551 --> 00:05:52,681 So it is a new day. I am a new man. 84 00:05:52,679 --> 00:05:55,009 Refreshed, revitalized. Huzzah'. 85 00:05:55,014 --> 00:05:56,394 Huzzah'. 86 00:05:56,391 --> 00:05:58,431 I have created a cake in my honor. 87 00:05:58,434 --> 00:06:01,694 A "new day" cake of honey and fresh figs. 88 00:06:01,688 --> 00:06:03,818 - Huzzah'. - Huzzah'. 89 00:06:03,815 --> 00:06:05,315 Have a fine day. 90 00:06:07,735 --> 00:06:09,235 Where the fuck is Lizaveta? 91 00:06:11,698 --> 00:06:15,028 - Those bodies. Chilling. - I thought it oddly restrained. 92 00:06:19,914 --> 00:06:22,714 But if we are to go forward, we need men who will fight. 93 00:06:23,209 --> 00:06:25,839 I mean, look what he just did. That is not us. 94 00:06:25,837 --> 00:06:29,257 Agreed. You know, maybe we need to reset. 95 00:06:29,257 --> 00:06:30,837 Just rethink. Regroup. 96 00:06:30,842 --> 00:06:32,642 Velementov, he's gone back to the front, 97 00:06:32,635 --> 00:06:34,925 but I think I should go find him and speak to him. 98 00:06:34,929 --> 00:06:36,469 I have a hunch he can be won. 99 00:06:37,181 --> 00:06:38,601 I shall go to the front. 100 00:06:38,599 --> 00:06:40,769 - You? - A slightly terrifying proposition, 101 00:06:40,768 --> 00:06:43,018 but we must be brave, as you've often said. 102 00:06:43,021 --> 00:06:46,981 Hmm. I'm very full of words. That is for certain. 103 00:06:46,983 --> 00:06:47,983 Yes. 104 00:07:03,666 --> 00:07:04,786 Look at this. 105 00:07:04,792 --> 00:07:07,672 It is Dom Pérignon, invented recently in France. 106 00:07:07,670 --> 00:07:10,420 They say it is God's nectar, made by monks. 107 00:07:10,423 --> 00:07:12,803 - A champagne like no other. 108 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:14,220 - Whoo'. 109 00:07:14,218 --> 00:07:15,638 It is fun already'. 110 00:07:17,388 --> 00:07:19,598 - I don't want to drink. - But you must. 111 00:07:19,599 --> 00:07:22,059 We must leave behind what we just saw. 112 00:07:22,060 --> 00:07:23,310 It is vital. 113 00:07:25,396 --> 00:07:27,896 What if I had become empress? 114 00:07:27,899 --> 00:07:31,029 If he had died. What do you think would have happened? 115 00:07:31,027 --> 00:07:33,357 - To us? - To Russia. 116 00:07:33,863 --> 00:07:35,663 You think I would be good? 117 00:07:35,656 --> 00:07:38,406 I think you would be exceptional, as you are. 118 00:07:39,452 --> 00:07:42,832 I turned out not exceptional. Not who I wish to be. 119 00:07:42,830 --> 00:07:45,210 We are always not quite as good as we wish. 120 00:07:45,208 --> 00:07:46,578 As capable, as bright. 121 00:07:46,584 --> 00:07:49,924 It is the human way to fall short of ourselves. Mm. 122 00:07:49,921 --> 00:07:53,131 For our thoughts can be untouched by a hard reality, 123 00:07:53,132 --> 00:07:55,932 whereas our bodies and souls must bump against the world, 124 00:07:55,927 --> 00:07:58,717 and the world will even up the equation over who we are. 125 00:07:59,889 --> 00:08:01,769 You may, unfortunately, be right. 126 00:08:02,558 --> 00:08:03,848 Where are we? 127 00:08:06,270 --> 00:08:07,690 In my apartments. 128 00:08:08,564 --> 00:08:09,574 Who with? 129 00:08:10,858 --> 00:08:12,108 Each other. 130 00:08:13,277 --> 00:08:14,357 What... 131 00:08:15,446 --> 00:08:16,776 is this? 132 00:08:21,577 --> 00:08:22,697 Ooh. 133 00:08:22,703 --> 00:08:24,413 - Zing. Amazing. - Hmm. 134 00:08:25,164 --> 00:08:26,544 Fizzes in the nose. 135 00:08:27,458 --> 00:08:28,628 In this world, 136 00:08:29,710 --> 00:08:31,880 in these walls, we are happy. 137 00:08:32,380 --> 00:08:33,970 We have everything. 138 00:08:35,216 --> 00:08:37,256 That is all we can do at present. 139 00:08:38,302 --> 00:08:39,892 We can do it well. 140 00:08:47,895 --> 00:08:50,765 - Fuck me. 141 00:08:53,901 --> 00:08:55,151 A moment. 142 00:09:00,116 --> 00:09:02,486 - You are mad at me. - I woke up angry, 143 00:09:02,493 --> 00:09:04,543 with the smell of shit in my nostrils. 144 00:09:04,537 --> 00:09:06,077 It is just a day, as usual. 145 00:09:08,916 --> 00:09:10,956 I, too, woke up feeling ill at ease with-- 146 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:13,840 Oh, your cowardice, your inaction, 147 00:09:13,838 --> 00:09:16,218 - your inability to see-- - I can find my own words, Marial. 148 00:09:16,215 --> 00:09:17,835 And I am your servant. 149 00:09:17,842 --> 00:09:21,142 It is my job to furnish you with whatever you require. 150 00:09:21,137 --> 00:09:23,137 Tea, baths, words... 151 00:09:23,139 --> 00:09:25,429 Courage, I cannot do. 152 00:09:25,933 --> 00:09:28,393 But perhaps some caviar, with your bubbly libation, 153 00:09:28,394 --> 00:09:31,904 before you ride Romeo's cock for the rest of the afternoon. 154 00:09:31,898 --> 00:09:33,018 I'm sorry. 155 00:09:33,608 --> 00:09:35,938 I handled the whole thing with the dexterity 156 00:09:35,943 --> 00:09:37,863 of a doughy two-year-old. 157 00:09:37,862 --> 00:09:40,362 I am more limited than I thought. 158 00:09:40,364 --> 00:09:42,534 You want to give up. I can see it. 159 00:09:43,993 --> 00:09:46,913 I think a moment's repose would be good. 160 00:09:46,913 --> 00:09:50,123 To rethink and reset and... 161 00:09:51,334 --> 00:09:54,634 I mean, I have sent Orlo to see Velementov. 162 00:09:55,129 --> 00:09:56,839 So clearly, I'm... 163 00:09:57,757 --> 00:09:59,507 still determined. 164 00:10:20,821 --> 00:10:22,741 Oh. Daughter'. 165 00:10:30,039 --> 00:10:31,789 Dear little fellow. 166 00:10:33,417 --> 00:10:34,997 For the journey. 167 00:10:36,712 --> 00:10:38,762 - You're late. - Hello. 168 00:10:39,507 --> 00:10:40,837 Fucking dead, aren't you? 169 00:10:40,841 --> 00:10:42,051 Sit. 170 00:10:42,051 --> 00:10:44,601 Little tyke. Fuck you. 171 00:10:44,595 --> 00:10:45,845 Never liked him. 172 00:10:47,139 --> 00:10:48,269 Thanks, by the way. 173 00:10:48,266 --> 00:10:49,266 Did it yourself? 174 00:10:49,267 --> 00:10:51,017 Of course. Family. 175 00:10:51,519 --> 00:10:53,309 I would not let a stranger do it. 176 00:10:53,312 --> 00:10:55,112 Well, you gave him a couple of extra years. 177 00:10:55,106 --> 00:10:56,936 I would have done it when we did his mother. 178 00:10:56,941 --> 00:10:59,401 - You do love children. - It is true. I do. 179 00:10:59,402 --> 00:11:02,072 It's a shame yours died. What was he called again? 180 00:11:02,071 --> 00:11:03,701 How do you feel? 181 00:11:03,698 --> 00:11:04,868 I feel great. 182 00:11:05,366 --> 00:11:07,196 A bit weird, being in here. 183 00:11:07,201 --> 00:11:09,951 Had some unsettling dreams about God and a raven. 184 00:11:09,954 --> 00:11:12,294 Then I dreamed Mother was biting chunks out of me. 185 00:11:12,290 --> 00:11:14,830 Oh, she only did it the once, and it was a small piece. 186 00:11:14,834 --> 00:11:16,884 Do not over-dramatize it, darling. 187 00:11:21,132 --> 00:11:23,972 The idea you might die was terrifying. 188 00:11:25,678 --> 00:11:28,178 - You would miss me? - Of course. 189 00:11:28,681 --> 00:11:30,311 And the ramifications. 190 00:11:30,891 --> 00:11:33,021 Poor Catherine looked completely at sea. 191 00:11:33,019 --> 00:11:36,229 Well, she is just a woman. Weak of mind and firm of breast. 192 00:11:36,230 --> 00:11:39,150 - Do not judge her harshly. - People saw her fragility. 193 00:11:39,150 --> 00:11:41,070 For a moment, I thought we might have to kill her 194 00:11:41,068 --> 00:11:43,398 and that I would have to do it, and I am too busy for that. 195 00:11:43,404 --> 00:11:44,824 Hmm. 196 00:11:44,822 --> 00:11:46,952 I have become interested in fertility. 197 00:11:46,949 --> 00:11:49,489 You do love to fuck. It runs in the blood. 198 00:11:49,493 --> 00:11:52,123 And fuck you should, my dear. Your wife. 199 00:11:52,121 --> 00:11:54,211 We need an heir. Preferably male. 200 00:11:54,206 --> 00:11:55,366 I'm trying. 201 00:11:55,374 --> 00:11:58,754 Putting your cock in Madam Dymov does not get Catherine pregnant. 202 00:11:59,420 --> 00:12:02,470 Although, how fabulous if it did. 203 00:12:02,965 --> 00:12:05,505 By doing it to someone, you could get someone else pregnant, 204 00:12:05,509 --> 00:12:07,599 or fellate one man and have another feel it. 205 00:12:07,595 --> 00:12:09,175 Oh, how marvelous. 206 00:12:09,972 --> 00:12:12,102 Hmm. I digress. 207 00:12:12,099 --> 00:12:13,809 Dymov makes me happy. 208 00:12:13,809 --> 00:12:17,769 And having nearly died, happiness is everything. 209 00:12:17,772 --> 00:12:20,692 It is a profound thought I have taken from the experience. 210 00:12:23,986 --> 00:12:25,986 Don't. Don't. 211 00:12:27,281 --> 00:12:28,781 You will ruin us. 212 00:12:28,783 --> 00:12:31,373 I said... don't. 213 00:12:37,333 --> 00:12:39,003 I never believed your mother. 214 00:12:39,543 --> 00:12:41,173 And we shall prove her wrong. 215 00:12:41,170 --> 00:12:43,210 I am something other than what I was. 216 00:12:43,714 --> 00:12:47,014 You were the cat's nightclothes and always have been. 217 00:12:48,177 --> 00:12:50,927 Go seed your wife. Get us an heir. 218 00:12:50,930 --> 00:12:52,010 I will. 219 00:12:52,014 --> 00:12:54,934 I will be the most loved leader Russia has ever known. 220 00:12:54,934 --> 00:12:57,984 That is my prophecy and always has been, darling. 221 00:12:58,479 --> 00:13:00,479 Hmm. Mm. 222 00:13:01,232 --> 00:13:02,402 Mm. 223 00:13:12,076 --> 00:13:13,826 I sometimes wake in the night 224 00:13:13,828 --> 00:13:16,118 and feel like the birds on my wallpaper 225 00:13:16,122 --> 00:13:19,292 have flown to different spots on the wall. 226 00:13:19,291 --> 00:13:22,421 A few more glasses of this delightful stuff, and perhaps they will. 227 00:13:30,845 --> 00:13:32,175 Leo, fuck off for a while. 228 00:13:32,721 --> 00:13:34,811 Empress, let us fuck. 229 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:37,940 Indeed. 230 00:13:43,274 --> 00:13:44,444 I will see him out. 231 00:14:00,332 --> 00:14:01,752 Sorry. 232 00:14:02,376 --> 00:14:03,586 It is what it is. 233 00:14:04,462 --> 00:14:05,552 We just... 234 00:14:06,255 --> 00:14:09,545 It has never happened since I arrived. 235 00:14:10,342 --> 00:14:12,222 - I guess that-- - We forgot. 236 00:14:17,183 --> 00:14:18,483 Fuck. 237 00:14:18,476 --> 00:14:21,056 I cannot have his child. 238 00:14:22,813 --> 00:14:23,903 Lemon tops. 239 00:14:33,115 --> 00:14:35,865 Put this inside you. It acts as a wall, 240 00:14:35,868 --> 00:14:37,658 and the acid kills his juice. 241 00:14:37,661 --> 00:14:39,001 Thank you. 242 00:14:40,539 --> 00:14:41,869 I am your servant. 243 00:14:43,918 --> 00:14:45,248 Waiting'. 244 00:14:52,676 --> 00:14:54,046 It's just so strange. 245 00:14:54,053 --> 00:14:56,353 Even now. Normally, I think of hunting 246 00:14:56,347 --> 00:14:58,427 and what gooseberry is best with pork. 247 00:14:58,432 --> 00:15:02,652 But now I'm thinking about how I have a child in my cock, 248 00:15:02,645 --> 00:15:04,605 and I'm about to shoot it into you. 249 00:15:05,356 --> 00:15:07,646 It is extraordinary to think of, is it not? 250 00:15:07,650 --> 00:15:09,860 It is indeed a lot to ponder. 251 00:15:10,611 --> 00:15:11,991 Something has shifted in me. 252 00:15:12,613 --> 00:15:13,953 I know not what, but... 253 00:15:13,948 --> 00:15:16,658 It has been a torrid few days. 254 00:15:16,659 --> 00:15:17,949 Exactly. 255 00:15:17,952 --> 00:15:20,122 Ooh'. Here he goes. 256 00:15:22,623 --> 00:15:23,753 Huh. 257 00:15:38,847 --> 00:15:40,767 What do you normally do now? 258 00:15:42,309 --> 00:15:43,939 I normally have a bath. 259 00:15:44,436 --> 00:15:45,436 Great. 260 00:15:46,188 --> 00:15:47,478 Let's do that, then. 261 00:15:54,947 --> 00:15:56,157 You have a rash. 262 00:15:56,907 --> 00:15:57,907 Yes. 263 00:15:58,576 --> 00:16:00,536 It broke out about the time you were ill. 264 00:16:00,536 --> 00:16:02,156 Mm. I'm touched. 265 00:16:04,290 --> 00:16:07,130 This shift in you. It is for change. 266 00:16:07,126 --> 00:16:09,126 Yes. But how? 267 00:16:09,628 --> 00:16:11,168 I don't know how. 268 00:16:11,171 --> 00:16:12,511 You would like to be loved. 269 00:16:12,506 --> 00:16:14,086 I am loved. 270 00:16:14,091 --> 00:16:16,841 Mmm, someone tried to kill you. 271 00:16:16,844 --> 00:16:18,684 Toosh-ay. 272 00:16:18,679 --> 00:16:21,679 How to change though. 273 00:16:21,682 --> 00:16:23,142 I am perfect, 274 00:16:23,142 --> 00:16:24,692 but I know I must change somehow. 275 00:16:24,685 --> 00:16:25,885 It's a fucking conundrum. 276 00:16:25,894 --> 00:16:28,774 Yes. I see what you say. 277 00:16:31,233 --> 00:16:35,033 This shift in you must be manifested in Russia. 278 00:16:35,696 --> 00:16:38,156 And then you will be who you desire to be. 279 00:16:39,033 --> 00:16:41,493 - This new man. - I said that? 280 00:16:41,493 --> 00:16:44,203 Your point is that you would need to be a different leader. 281 00:16:44,204 --> 00:16:46,084 Right. Yes. I suppose so. 282 00:16:46,081 --> 00:16:48,501 - Hmm. - Listen to the people. 283 00:16:48,500 --> 00:16:49,750 What do they want? 284 00:16:49,752 --> 00:16:51,552 What do they want? What about what I want? 285 00:16:51,545 --> 00:16:54,205 You would like them to love you and be happy. 286 00:16:55,341 --> 00:16:58,091 So what they want is the key to that. 287 00:16:58,093 --> 00:17:01,183 What they want. It's a novel idea. 288 00:17:01,180 --> 00:17:02,390 Possibly French? 289 00:17:02,389 --> 00:17:04,179 Mm. The thing is, 290 00:17:04,183 --> 00:17:06,393 they may not always know what they want. 291 00:17:06,894 --> 00:17:11,074 But as their leader, you will intuit and seek their counsel. 292 00:17:11,065 --> 00:17:13,105 - Talk to them. - Yes. 293 00:17:13,108 --> 00:17:16,698 I mean, it is easy to guess some things. 294 00:17:16,695 --> 00:17:19,065 It is? Yeah, of course it is. 295 00:17:20,532 --> 00:17:23,542 You may list them, if you like, to aid our conversation, 296 00:17:23,535 --> 00:17:26,455 as I am in a relaxed state and do not wish to exert myself, 297 00:17:26,455 --> 00:17:29,205 but know everything you're about to say. 298 00:17:29,208 --> 00:17:33,378 - Well, some great art from Europe. 299 00:17:33,379 --> 00:17:35,959 More music. Readings at court. 300 00:17:36,632 --> 00:17:40,052 Science exhibitions. People love them. 301 00:17:40,052 --> 00:17:41,602 - They do? - Mm. 302 00:17:42,346 --> 00:17:45,926 In Germany, crowds would gather in the thousands. 303 00:17:45,933 --> 00:17:48,693 And the happiness and gratefulness of the people? 304 00:17:48,686 --> 00:17:50,266 Extraordinary. 305 00:17:50,771 --> 00:17:53,481 Because they knew the emperor wished them happy. 306 00:17:53,482 --> 00:17:56,322 Wished their minds and hearts to grow as the empire would. 307 00:17:56,318 --> 00:17:57,698 Well, that sounds good. 308 00:17:57,695 --> 00:18:00,855 I could pick the art. Things people would love. 309 00:18:00,864 --> 00:18:02,954 - Do it. 310 00:18:04,368 --> 00:18:05,788 I should go. 311 00:18:14,002 --> 00:18:16,802 Good day, serf. What do you say of the kingdom? 312 00:18:16,797 --> 00:18:17,797 I'm sorry? 313 00:18:18,298 --> 00:18:20,048 Any thoughts on how things are? 314 00:18:21,844 --> 00:18:23,354 What is this? 315 00:18:23,345 --> 00:18:24,925 Uh, it is a... a parachute. 316 00:18:24,930 --> 00:18:26,970 Walk with me and explain further. 317 00:18:32,146 --> 00:18:33,686 I have a new plan. 318 00:18:33,689 --> 00:18:37,279 And I will get you and the country everything we need. 319 00:18:37,276 --> 00:18:39,146 And not a drop of blood gets spilled. 320 00:18:40,279 --> 00:18:41,819 Sounds unlikely. 321 00:18:43,365 --> 00:18:45,275 Let's do you a fresh lemon. 322 00:18:50,497 --> 00:18:53,627 So you attach objects to it and throw them from a high place, 323 00:18:53,625 --> 00:18:55,585 and the wind suspends gravity for a moment 324 00:18:55,586 --> 00:18:57,666 by floating it in the air as if it flies. 325 00:18:58,172 --> 00:18:59,722 It's a science experiment. 326 00:18:59,715 --> 00:19:01,335 Oh, science. Say more. 327 00:19:02,217 --> 00:19:05,177 Good morning, Countess Dolzhikov and unknown lady. 328 00:19:05,179 --> 00:19:07,349 - How is your day? - Good. 329 00:19:07,347 --> 00:19:09,637 Any thoughts on the palace? What we could do better? 330 00:19:09,641 --> 00:19:11,601 Nothing. All is bliss. 331 00:19:11,602 --> 00:19:13,442 All. Absolutely all. 332 00:19:13,437 --> 00:19:15,807 Marvelous. Yet uninformative. 333 00:19:16,315 --> 00:19:18,605 So, this parachute. 334 00:19:18,609 --> 00:19:20,529 You throw stuff attached off the roof. 335 00:19:20,527 --> 00:19:22,447 - Yes. - And it flies. 336 00:19:22,446 --> 00:19:25,406 - Yes. - And so it... flies. 337 00:19:25,407 --> 00:19:28,327 Floats, but looks to fly for a bit. 338 00:19:28,327 --> 00:19:29,497 And who are you? 339 00:19:30,370 --> 00:19:33,000 Oleg Kaminski. 340 00:19:32,998 --> 00:19:34,628 Oleg. What do you do here? 341 00:19:34,625 --> 00:19:37,495 - Uh, repair things? - Oh, marvelous. And you enjoy this? 342 00:19:37,503 --> 00:19:39,803 It is a constant, sir, for you break much. 343 00:19:39,797 --> 00:19:41,167 Mm, I suppose we do. 344 00:19:41,173 --> 00:19:43,473 Emperor, these are fresh walnuts 345 00:19:43,467 --> 00:19:45,547 from a tree that I tend in the meadow. 346 00:19:45,552 --> 00:19:48,142 - I offer them to you as a-- - Oleg, you are a friend indeed. 347 00:19:48,138 --> 00:19:49,968 - Nick'. Heel'. 348 00:19:49,973 --> 00:19:53,023 Jesus. Hey'. Give me the fucking walnut back. 349 00:19:54,269 --> 00:19:56,019 I must eat, and we must wait an hour. 350 00:19:56,563 --> 00:19:58,403 You're becoming annoying already. 351 00:20:00,943 --> 00:20:03,033 - Arrange this... - Parachute. 352 00:20:03,028 --> 00:20:05,238 Indeed. Seek out Grigor for help. 353 00:20:05,239 --> 00:20:06,369 Huzzah. 354 00:20:08,617 --> 00:20:11,247 - Good day, sir. Love the hat. - Thank you, Emperor. 355 00:20:11,245 --> 00:20:12,825 Oh, love your hat, too. 356 00:20:12,830 --> 00:20:15,580 - Dress me. 357 00:20:15,582 --> 00:20:18,752 Oh, and thank you for all that you do here. 358 00:20:18,752 --> 00:20:20,752 I don't think the emperor will need his clothes. 359 00:20:20,754 --> 00:20:23,674 Ah, George. Alas, I have much to do. 360 00:20:23,674 --> 00:20:24,844 I have sent for Grigor. 361 00:20:25,342 --> 00:20:26,892 You're turning me down? 362 00:20:28,345 --> 00:20:30,135 - You've never-- - That is true. 363 00:20:30,138 --> 00:20:32,808 Interesting. Huh. 364 00:20:32,808 --> 00:20:34,388 Everything is changing. 365 00:21:31,408 --> 00:21:32,738 Empress. 366 00:21:34,202 --> 00:21:35,202 Leo. 367 00:21:35,871 --> 00:21:38,961 Took a while. Sorry. Wasn't going to mention it. 368 00:21:39,833 --> 00:21:41,463 Best to ignore it. 369 00:21:41,460 --> 00:21:43,090 I thought so, too. 370 00:21:43,086 --> 00:21:45,506 It is like a thorn in my fucking head, though. 371 00:21:46,757 --> 00:21:48,047 I'm sorry. 372 00:21:48,759 --> 00:21:49,929 You're not mine. 373 00:21:50,552 --> 00:21:52,182 I have no right to... 374 00:21:53,138 --> 00:21:55,268 You're the one who has to-- Where was that champagne? 375 00:21:57,017 --> 00:21:59,137 Perhaps you've had enough. 376 00:21:59,144 --> 00:22:01,864 I am babbling at you in a way I find distasteful. 377 00:22:02,898 --> 00:22:06,188 I have had too much, but also, not enough. 378 00:22:08,111 --> 00:22:09,281 We are here. 379 00:22:09,279 --> 00:22:11,949 Now. That is all. 380 00:22:12,658 --> 00:22:15,868 Quote me back to me. Annoying and yet cunning. 381 00:22:16,870 --> 00:22:20,120 Because I am so fucking wise. I get it. 382 00:22:22,834 --> 00:22:23,844 Drink? 383 00:22:24,753 --> 00:22:26,883 Love one. Thanks for asking. 384 00:22:28,298 --> 00:22:29,878 Will you not join us, Empress? 385 00:22:29,883 --> 00:22:31,553 Or are you and Leo about to ride? 386 00:22:32,302 --> 00:22:36,562 I would love to play, ladies, but it is slightly excruciating. 387 00:22:37,307 --> 00:22:38,557 I suppose it is... 388 00:22:39,810 --> 00:22:41,440 fucking dull. 389 00:22:43,772 --> 00:22:45,192 I have an idea. 390 00:22:52,447 --> 00:22:54,027 Huzzah'. 391 00:23:02,416 --> 00:23:04,206 Aw'. 392 00:23:04,209 --> 00:23:06,129 Elizabeth is right. I can do more. 393 00:23:06,128 --> 00:23:08,258 I can be a father. A greater leader. 394 00:23:08,255 --> 00:23:10,715 The thrust for an heir is paramount. I agree. 395 00:23:10,716 --> 00:23:12,796 Well, I did thrust for an heir all morning. 396 00:23:13,552 --> 00:23:16,302 - Grigor, I said I did-- 397 00:23:16,304 --> 00:23:17,564 I am slow this morning. 398 00:23:17,556 --> 00:23:19,346 It landed just then and exploded. 399 00:23:19,349 --> 00:23:22,059 - Huzzah, my friend. - Your juice is sacred. 400 00:23:22,060 --> 00:23:23,900 You've always sprayed it about, 401 00:23:23,895 --> 00:23:26,645 but you have more chance of a baby if you horde it 402 00:23:26,648 --> 00:23:28,318 and spend it only on Catherine. 403 00:23:28,316 --> 00:23:30,236 - Is that actual science? - Yes. 404 00:23:30,235 --> 00:23:32,605 Mm. I did pass up George this morning. 405 00:23:32,612 --> 00:23:35,072 Perhaps inside I know it's time to focus my shots. 406 00:23:35,073 --> 00:23:36,453 Exactly. 407 00:23:42,873 --> 00:23:44,583 Huzzah'. 408 00:23:51,214 --> 00:23:53,684 This new invention of smash bottle game 409 00:23:53,675 --> 00:23:56,505 is a gift to you all from Emperor Peter'. 410 00:23:58,638 --> 00:24:00,348 Huzzah for me. 411 00:24:01,933 --> 00:24:03,853 Announce the art and science. 412 00:24:03,852 --> 00:24:06,692 Oh. Everyone, I'm to remake our court 413 00:24:06,688 --> 00:24:08,898 into an even more perfect one. 414 00:24:08,899 --> 00:24:11,069 Art is coming to delight us, 415 00:24:11,068 --> 00:24:13,398 and we will have a demonstration of science. 416 00:24:13,403 --> 00:24:16,203 Huh. We will make things fly off the top of the palace'. 417 00:24:16,198 --> 00:24:19,078 - What the fuck? 418 00:24:20,410 --> 00:24:22,620 Leo, old pal, you and me. 419 00:24:22,621 --> 00:24:25,461 Pleasure, sir. Best of three shots. Most bottles wins? 420 00:24:25,457 --> 00:24:26,537 Mm. 421 00:24:28,919 --> 00:24:31,509 The emperor 16, Leo 16. 422 00:24:31,505 --> 00:24:33,965 One throw each left. Throw'. 423 00:24:33,965 --> 00:24:35,375 Your best shot, Leo. 424 00:24:43,058 --> 00:24:45,478 - Hooked it. 425 00:24:45,477 --> 00:24:48,767 Ah-ha. An opening. But wait. 426 00:24:58,865 --> 00:25:01,945 Oh, Leo, my friend. 427 00:25:09,251 --> 00:25:11,801 - Time? - Seven minutes. 428 00:25:11,795 --> 00:25:14,205 An hour is the required time to be sure of health. 429 00:25:14,214 --> 00:25:16,014 I would feel my juices curdle, and then I'd-- 430 00:25:16,007 --> 00:25:17,127 Shut up. Just... 431 00:25:17,759 --> 00:25:20,469 I'm starving. Looks delicious. 432 00:25:21,763 --> 00:25:24,473 I've been thinking on your dream of the raven. 433 00:25:24,474 --> 00:25:25,854 I have tried to forget it. 434 00:25:25,851 --> 00:25:27,771 I think it spoke of two roads. 435 00:25:28,270 --> 00:25:32,270 You're on the road away from godliness. The... 436 00:25:32,274 --> 00:25:35,494 fornication, the amorality at court, the bloodshed. 437 00:25:35,485 --> 00:25:36,895 All the fun things. 438 00:25:36,903 --> 00:25:39,533 I think it was asking you to take a path to godliness. 439 00:25:39,531 --> 00:25:42,241 People loved the art and science idea 440 00:25:42,242 --> 00:25:44,082 and the bottle smashing. 441 00:25:44,077 --> 00:25:45,247 Tell me. 442 00:25:46,413 --> 00:25:49,173 Did these ideas come to you in a dream? 443 00:25:49,166 --> 00:25:51,666 No. I... came up with them. 444 00:25:52,210 --> 00:25:55,210 And Catherine, who knows art... stuff. 445 00:25:55,213 --> 00:25:56,303 I see. 446 00:25:57,507 --> 00:26:00,797 The dreams that fly into our brain are God and the fates. 447 00:26:00,802 --> 00:26:03,892 I'm sure the empress means well. 448 00:26:03,889 --> 00:26:06,019 Modernity is a shiny light 449 00:26:06,016 --> 00:26:09,346 that opens a door that leads to a dark cliff 450 00:26:09,352 --> 00:26:11,732 and eternal damnation. 451 00:26:14,107 --> 00:26:16,027 It's just paintings, for fuck's sake. 452 00:26:16,026 --> 00:26:17,776 - Time. - Finally. 453 00:26:22,199 --> 00:26:23,409 Looks like pussy. 454 00:26:24,367 --> 00:26:25,447 Look. 455 00:26:26,244 --> 00:26:27,584 Amazing. 456 00:26:27,579 --> 00:26:29,289 That's God, Archie. 457 00:26:29,289 --> 00:26:31,209 I mean, why make fruit that looks like pussy 458 00:26:31,208 --> 00:26:34,998 if He does not wish us to eat pussy and have fun? Hmm? 459 00:26:35,003 --> 00:26:37,053 I'm getting an heir, eating a fig, 460 00:26:37,047 --> 00:26:39,087 and making people love me. I'm sure it is right. 461 00:26:39,090 --> 00:26:42,970 Hmm. I can't stop thinking about the way the raven 462 00:26:42,969 --> 00:26:45,309 tore at your intestines, like... 463 00:26:45,805 --> 00:26:49,765 ribbons being pulled by depraved schoolchildren. 464 00:26:53,396 --> 00:26:54,856 Let me eat. Thanks. 465 00:27:02,781 --> 00:27:05,701 It's too salty. And cold, and-- 466 00:27:05,700 --> 00:27:07,580 Fuck. 467 00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:09,619 The new chef is no Louis. 468 00:27:09,621 --> 00:27:11,501 He was a genius. 469 00:27:11,498 --> 00:27:12,828 Fuck'. 470 00:27:15,919 --> 00:27:17,129 Huzzah. 471 00:27:17,963 --> 00:27:19,513 - You're so drunk. 472 00:27:19,506 --> 00:27:21,506 I'm Russian. It is our natural state. 473 00:27:21,508 --> 00:27:24,138 - Cute is your natural state. - I do not wish to be cute. 474 00:27:24,135 --> 00:27:27,425 Did you bathe af-- Don't answer that. 475 00:27:27,430 --> 00:27:28,680 Fuck'. 476 00:27:28,682 --> 00:27:30,272 What is wrong with me? 477 00:27:30,267 --> 00:27:33,517 I love you. The way of things is the way of things. 478 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:34,940 I don't care-- Did you? 479 00:27:35,522 --> 00:27:37,522 - We did. - We. 480 00:27:37,524 --> 00:27:39,284 He was strange, and... 481 00:27:40,360 --> 00:27:42,150 I feel I can shift him. 482 00:27:42,153 --> 00:27:44,203 Help everyone in the process. 483 00:27:45,198 --> 00:27:46,448 Excuse me a moment. 484 00:27:54,124 --> 00:27:55,634 I'm sorry. 485 00:27:56,626 --> 00:27:58,456 - I have to. - I know. 486 00:28:05,844 --> 00:28:07,354 I love you. 487 00:28:15,562 --> 00:28:16,732 I love you. 488 00:28:18,773 --> 00:28:21,363 I love you, I love you, I love you. 489 00:28:40,628 --> 00:28:42,458 I am drunk. 490 00:28:43,506 --> 00:28:45,006 I'm foolish. 491 00:28:45,884 --> 00:28:47,304 Both because you love me. 492 00:28:49,429 --> 00:28:50,509 You and a tree. 493 00:28:51,765 --> 00:28:53,265 A happy sight. 494 00:29:04,152 --> 00:29:05,452 Hmm. 495 00:30:42,917 --> 00:30:44,667 Nice bear. 496 00:30:45,795 --> 00:30:46,875 Nice bear. 497 00:31:05,231 --> 00:31:06,441 Shit. 498 00:31:44,771 --> 00:31:46,611 "Soft mattress, soft mind," 499 00:31:46,606 --> 00:31:48,976 my mentor at the monastery used to say. 500 00:31:49,734 --> 00:31:53,284 Led to an obsession with soft mattresses for me. 501 00:31:53,821 --> 00:31:55,741 For I battled my noble upbringing 502 00:31:55,740 --> 00:31:58,790 of soft mattresses and warm baths. 503 00:31:58,785 --> 00:31:59,945 A weakness. 504 00:32:00,954 --> 00:32:03,214 But we all have them, do we not? 505 00:32:03,206 --> 00:32:05,166 You are on my bed. 506 00:32:06,251 --> 00:32:07,921 I have been praying for you. 507 00:32:07,919 --> 00:32:09,669 I thank you kindly. 508 00:32:09,671 --> 00:32:11,421 And also for getting off my bed. 509 00:32:15,051 --> 00:32:16,761 Marial. 510 00:32:20,890 --> 00:32:22,350 I did not see you enter. 511 00:32:22,350 --> 00:32:24,020 I'm stealthy. 512 00:32:24,018 --> 00:32:25,808 The empress and I will have tea. 513 00:32:25,812 --> 00:32:27,652 In the receiving room. 514 00:32:35,697 --> 00:32:38,407 You need a haircut. 515 00:32:38,408 --> 00:32:40,118 Go, please. 516 00:32:46,624 --> 00:32:49,464 I have neglected our friendship, I feel. 517 00:32:49,460 --> 00:32:52,340 - I have been fine. - Have you? 518 00:32:53,506 --> 00:32:54,966 You arrived unhappy. 519 00:32:54,966 --> 00:32:57,676 You were forced into adultery and fornication 520 00:32:57,677 --> 00:33:00,887 and now cling to your Western ideas, 521 00:33:00,888 --> 00:33:04,058 looking for a foothold in our world. 522 00:33:04,058 --> 00:33:06,228 I'm at peace with my life. 523 00:33:06,894 --> 00:33:09,364 Which is what you once asked me to be. 524 00:33:10,189 --> 00:33:11,519 I suppose I did. 525 00:33:12,525 --> 00:33:17,695 My concern is Peter is in a weakened state. 526 00:33:17,697 --> 00:33:19,987 His brush with death has shaken him, 527 00:33:19,991 --> 00:33:23,541 and I feel he is susceptible to... 528 00:33:25,955 --> 00:33:27,535 weakness. 529 00:33:27,540 --> 00:33:29,830 Art. Science. 530 00:33:29,834 --> 00:33:32,174 These ideas are not his. They are yours, 531 00:33:32,170 --> 00:33:33,630 and they are dangerous. 532 00:33:34,339 --> 00:33:35,669 They are the future. 533 00:33:36,299 --> 00:33:38,129 Why do people say that? 534 00:33:38,134 --> 00:33:39,844 As if the future is, by its nature, 535 00:33:39,844 --> 00:33:41,354 better than the past, 536 00:33:41,346 --> 00:33:43,886 or a progression, rather than a setback. 537 00:33:43,890 --> 00:33:45,770 Have you come to threaten me? 538 00:33:45,767 --> 00:33:48,437 Or just cajole in a menacing fashion? 539 00:33:48,436 --> 00:33:49,976 What would work best? 540 00:33:49,979 --> 00:33:51,309 Neither. 541 00:33:51,814 --> 00:33:53,654 Do not make an enemy of me, 542 00:33:54,233 --> 00:33:56,403 for you make an enemy of God. 543 00:33:56,402 --> 00:33:58,282 And while God is filled with love, 544 00:33:58,279 --> 00:34:04,289 He has a capacity for wrath and a desire to fight for good unrivaled. 545 00:34:04,285 --> 00:34:06,035 And as his vessel, 546 00:34:06,913 --> 00:34:08,123 so do I. 547 00:34:09,082 --> 00:34:11,002 Maybe God speaks through me. 548 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:14,090 - A woman? - Indeed. 549 00:34:14,837 --> 00:34:17,797 He made Eve after Adam. 550 00:34:17,799 --> 00:34:19,049 A progression. 551 00:34:19,050 --> 00:34:21,640 You are dancing close to heresy. 552 00:34:21,636 --> 00:34:23,966 Shall I get some musicians in? 553 00:34:25,390 --> 00:34:28,230 I assumed this was a naive manipulation. 554 00:34:28,768 --> 00:34:30,228 Perhaps I was wrong. 555 00:34:30,228 --> 00:34:32,938 Things must change. 556 00:34:32,939 --> 00:34:35,319 - The church could be-- - Shh'. 557 00:34:35,316 --> 00:34:37,316 Listen, girl-- 558 00:34:48,746 --> 00:34:52,376 Do not put your fingers near me ever again'. 559 00:34:52,375 --> 00:34:53,995 What has happened? 560 00:34:54,001 --> 00:34:56,091 The patriarch is leaving. 561 00:34:56,838 --> 00:34:57,958 Indeed. 562 00:35:02,927 --> 00:35:04,347 Ugh. 563 00:35:04,846 --> 00:35:06,306 He is no friend of mine. 564 00:35:06,305 --> 00:35:07,925 You misjudge him. 565 00:35:07,932 --> 00:35:10,642 One of us does. But it is not me. 566 00:35:13,187 --> 00:35:14,477 Ugh. 567 00:35:28,661 --> 00:35:32,081 Women. Women. Country. 568 00:35:36,836 --> 00:35:38,416 - Oh, fuck'. 569 00:35:55,313 --> 00:35:58,113 Russian scum. Who wants to die first? 570 00:35:58,107 --> 00:36:00,147 - Fucking Swede'. 571 00:36:05,823 --> 00:36:08,913 Have you ever tried Swedish meatballs? 572 00:36:15,041 --> 00:36:16,041 Go. 573 00:36:17,168 --> 00:36:19,878 Excuse me. Excuse me. 574 00:36:20,379 --> 00:36:22,299 Uh, hello. Uh... 575 00:36:22,298 --> 00:36:25,428 I am... I'm an official from the Russian government. Count Orlo. 576 00:36:25,426 --> 00:36:28,806 I have come to negotiate the release of these men. I have money 577 00:36:28,805 --> 00:36:31,265 and can arrange for a promissory-- 578 00:36:39,857 --> 00:36:42,437 - Oh, shit'. Sorry'. - Aah'. 579 00:36:42,443 --> 00:36:43,953 - Finish him'. - Do it'. 580 00:36:43,945 --> 00:36:45,735 Kill the Swedish fucker'. 581 00:36:46,239 --> 00:36:47,449 Let us go. We'll do it. 582 00:36:47,448 --> 00:36:49,238 - No one's going to kill-- - Now'. 583 00:36:49,242 --> 00:36:50,912 I, I need-- I need a moment. 584 00:36:53,037 --> 00:36:55,247 You fuck'. Let us go'. 585 00:36:55,248 --> 00:36:57,998 You're being rude. Just... 586 00:36:58,501 --> 00:37:00,461 ...stay there. 587 00:37:20,606 --> 00:37:23,526 In Siberia, this is how they pre-mate. 588 00:37:23,526 --> 00:37:25,776 And some seal fat in your vajuju. 589 00:37:25,778 --> 00:37:27,108 I don't want-- 590 00:37:27,113 --> 00:37:29,033 Alas, we are all out of seal fat. 591 00:37:29,031 --> 00:37:30,741 Ah'. This is fucking freezing, and honestly, 592 00:37:30,741 --> 00:37:32,621 it takes all the joy out of it, quite frankly. 593 00:37:32,618 --> 00:37:34,748 You must eschew the art of lovemaking 594 00:37:34,745 --> 00:37:36,785 for the science of heir-making. 595 00:37:36,789 --> 00:37:38,789 Can everyone stop mentioning science? 596 00:37:40,710 --> 00:37:42,130 Cool juice. Good. 597 00:37:42,128 --> 00:37:45,258 Okay, okay. Get your fucking hands off my balls. 598 00:37:45,256 --> 00:37:46,916 Yes, sir. 599 00:37:46,924 --> 00:37:49,474 - A hundred thrusts and then ejection. - I'll count them. 600 00:37:49,468 --> 00:37:51,638 - I can count them. - Did you say a hundred? 601 00:37:51,637 --> 00:37:54,677 - One, two-- - You want to give us some room? 602 00:37:56,517 --> 00:37:58,017 - Hmm? 603 00:38:07,028 --> 00:38:08,318 Are they still...? 604 00:38:11,699 --> 00:38:12,949 Mm, thank you. 605 00:38:12,950 --> 00:38:16,040 Hmm. It's duty. Sorry. 606 00:38:17,204 --> 00:38:19,254 - Shit. I lost count. - Fifty-three. 607 00:38:26,464 --> 00:38:27,724 Can you step back? 608 00:38:35,222 --> 00:38:37,522 I saw the first starling of the year this morning. 609 00:38:37,516 --> 00:38:39,636 Oh, marvelous. I do love starlings. 610 00:38:39,644 --> 00:38:41,774 Increase force of thrust at 70. 611 00:38:41,771 --> 00:38:43,361 It's 73. 612 00:39:07,546 --> 00:39:08,836 - Ninety. - Oh'. 613 00:39:08,839 --> 00:39:10,219 91, 92... 614 00:39:10,216 --> 00:39:12,636 93, 94, 95, 96, 615 00:39:12,635 --> 00:39:14,845 97, 98, 99... 616 00:39:14,845 --> 00:39:17,215 - 100. - Aah. And one. 617 00:39:18,724 --> 00:39:20,894 - That was close enough. - Who wants some vodka? 618 00:39:20,893 --> 00:39:22,103 Mm. 619 00:39:22,103 --> 00:39:24,863 Catherine, you must lay in repose for a few minutes. 620 00:39:27,233 --> 00:39:29,403 - Well done. 621 00:39:30,778 --> 00:39:32,318 We shall leave now. 622 00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:52,380 - Huh. 623 00:39:59,223 --> 00:40:01,643 I was thinking I might stop the science thingy. 624 00:40:02,393 --> 00:40:04,103 And the art thingy. 625 00:40:04,937 --> 00:40:06,807 You know, think of other ways to change. 626 00:40:07,898 --> 00:40:09,318 As you wish. 627 00:40:11,235 --> 00:40:12,315 Why, though? 628 00:40:13,779 --> 00:40:15,949 When I was dying, God sent me dreams. 629 00:40:16,449 --> 00:40:17,779 Really? 630 00:40:17,783 --> 00:40:19,953 Archie thinks they are to turn me to godliness. 631 00:40:19,952 --> 00:40:21,332 Maybe he's right. 632 00:40:21,328 --> 00:40:24,998 Plus, suddenly, everything tastes shit. Might be a sign. 633 00:40:24,999 --> 00:40:27,209 Arsenic affects the taste. 634 00:40:27,209 --> 00:40:29,249 May just be a lingering aftereffect. 635 00:40:29,253 --> 00:40:31,923 - Really? - Science. 636 00:40:31,922 --> 00:40:33,262 Hmm. 637 00:40:36,927 --> 00:40:38,347 I had a dream once 638 00:40:38,345 --> 00:40:41,305 that a horse ate some berries out of a gold hat. 639 00:40:41,307 --> 00:40:42,887 Gold hat. Berries. 640 00:40:42,892 --> 00:40:44,352 Amusing. Huh. 641 00:40:44,351 --> 00:40:46,901 I don't think all dreams mean things. 642 00:40:48,189 --> 00:40:50,269 What did you think of when you were dying? 643 00:40:50,274 --> 00:40:51,654 My parents. 644 00:40:52,943 --> 00:40:54,903 That I'd be joining them. 645 00:40:54,904 --> 00:40:56,244 And? 646 00:40:56,822 --> 00:40:58,622 I pissed myself at the thought of it. 647 00:40:59,158 --> 00:41:01,578 Or just because of the poisoning. Hard to say. 648 00:41:03,245 --> 00:41:06,245 - It was terrifying. - She was cruel to you. 649 00:41:06,832 --> 00:41:09,792 She worried I would not be enough. 650 00:41:11,837 --> 00:41:13,047 You can be. 651 00:41:14,215 --> 00:41:16,505 It is as simple as deciding to be. 652 00:41:17,968 --> 00:41:19,348 Sleep here. 653 00:41:19,345 --> 00:41:21,805 Oh. Of course. 654 00:41:25,768 --> 00:41:27,688 What do you think our children will be like? 655 00:41:30,731 --> 00:41:33,071 - Small. - Hmmph. Indeed. 656 00:41:35,694 --> 00:41:38,244 I feel like an agave muffin. Do you want anything? 657 00:41:40,366 --> 00:41:41,696 Lemons. 658 00:41:53,587 --> 00:41:57,297 Hey'. Hey'. He's reaching for his bag'. 659 00:42:09,103 --> 00:42:11,063 - Stop. 660 00:42:12,356 --> 00:42:14,436 My... Bible. 661 00:42:14,441 --> 00:42:17,281 My Bible. I want to read before I die. 662 00:42:17,903 --> 00:42:19,163 Of course. 663 00:42:19,655 --> 00:42:22,155 Fucking kill him'. Kill him'. 664 00:42:22,158 --> 00:42:26,038 We must be people of reason and compassion. 665 00:42:26,036 --> 00:42:27,496 He's dying'. 666 00:42:31,208 --> 00:42:32,958 So are you. 667 00:42:36,255 --> 00:42:37,965 Kill him'. Do it, then'. 668 00:42:40,050 --> 00:42:41,510 Kill him'. 669 00:42:43,804 --> 00:42:45,644 Kill him'. Kill him'. 670 00:42:46,932 --> 00:42:48,772 - Do it'. - Kill him'. Kill him'. 671 00:42:51,604 --> 00:42:52,984 - Fucker'. 672 00:42:52,980 --> 00:42:54,190 - Fuck'. 673 00:42:55,482 --> 00:42:56,732 Fucker'. 674 00:43:00,613 --> 00:43:02,953 Aah'. 675 00:43:12,917 --> 00:43:15,497 Aah'. 676 00:43:29,016 --> 00:43:31,556 Fuck. Oh, my God. It's the raven. 677 00:43:37,024 --> 00:43:39,534 It's just a bird. They fly in sometimes. 678 00:43:39,526 --> 00:43:41,986 It's just a bird? It's fucking God. 679 00:43:44,323 --> 00:43:46,663 - Shit'. Oh'. 680 00:43:46,659 --> 00:43:48,199 - Oh'. Oh'. 681 00:43:48,202 --> 00:43:50,162 - Shit'. - Oh'. 682 00:43:51,830 --> 00:43:54,290 - I'm on the wrong path. Fuck'. 683 00:44:01,590 --> 00:44:02,590 Fuck. 684 00:44:02,591 --> 00:44:05,181 Do you want me to take it back to the patriarch? 685 00:44:05,928 --> 00:44:07,008 What? 686 00:44:07,012 --> 00:44:09,312 I saw him wandering back down your hall. 687 00:44:09,306 --> 00:44:11,096 He had a birdcage. 688 00:44:11,100 --> 00:44:12,310 Fucker. 689 00:44:13,477 --> 00:44:14,687 Fucker. 690 00:44:26,115 --> 00:44:29,615 Really fucking out of order. I trusted you. 691 00:44:29,618 --> 00:44:32,288 - I don't know what you're talking-- - The bird. 692 00:44:35,291 --> 00:44:39,211 I just wanted to remind you that God is watching. 693 00:44:39,712 --> 00:44:41,882 You're being taken down the wrong road, 694 00:44:41,880 --> 00:44:43,670 and for the good of you and the nation, 695 00:44:43,674 --> 00:44:45,594 - I cannot allow-- 696 00:44:47,219 --> 00:44:51,469 I realize my method may have been, in retrospect, foolish. 697 00:44:51,473 --> 00:44:53,433 I drank some wine with the bishops, 698 00:44:53,434 --> 00:44:54,814 and something seized me. 699 00:44:54,810 --> 00:44:56,690 An idea that I thought came from God, 700 00:44:56,687 --> 00:44:58,057 but perhaps just the wine-- 701 00:44:58,063 --> 00:44:59,693 - Ooh'. Aah'. 702 00:44:59,690 --> 00:45:01,780 Fuck you. Fuck God. 703 00:45:13,871 --> 00:45:15,041 What is this? 704 00:45:15,039 --> 00:45:18,419 I arranged it. Eggs cannot be tampered with. 705 00:45:18,417 --> 00:45:21,417 We will watch him make them. They will be fresh and hot. 706 00:45:21,420 --> 00:45:23,800 Vlad has also dug up a truffle this morning. 707 00:45:25,090 --> 00:45:27,840 Shaved truffle on eggs? Fucking brilliant. 708 00:45:28,927 --> 00:45:29,927 Lizaveta? 709 00:45:29,928 --> 00:45:31,178 - Sir? - Fuck off. 710 00:45:54,536 --> 00:45:55,946 Souvenir. 711 00:45:57,414 --> 00:45:58,624 His head. 712 00:46:01,668 --> 00:46:02,838 Thanks. 713 00:46:08,300 --> 00:46:10,890 You had to. And you did. 714 00:46:36,286 --> 00:46:37,406 Mm. 715 00:46:38,580 --> 00:46:40,920 Oh, deep tasting truffle. So earthy. 716 00:46:40,916 --> 00:46:44,246 Like you are eating autumn. Fucking-- Thank you. 717 00:46:47,506 --> 00:46:48,916 You know what? 718 00:46:48,924 --> 00:46:52,094 I have thrown men off the roof, and God or Archie did not object. 719 00:46:52,094 --> 00:46:55,474 So what of a silk hankie and objects? 720 00:46:55,472 --> 00:46:59,352 Then fuck it. Fuck God. Trick me. We will do it. 721 00:46:59,351 --> 00:47:01,731 - Boy, do you still have your parachute? - Huh? 722 00:47:02,229 --> 00:47:03,479 I think you're right. 723 00:47:03,480 --> 00:47:05,730 Let us bring men of science from France 724 00:47:05,732 --> 00:47:08,652 to think of new, fun experiments and develop ideas. 725 00:47:08,652 --> 00:47:10,702 Huzzah. Good idea. 726 00:47:14,408 --> 00:47:16,368 - Can I ask a favor? 727 00:47:16,368 --> 00:47:18,158 Indeed you may. Anything. 728 00:47:19,246 --> 00:47:20,406 Marial. 729 00:47:21,707 --> 00:47:24,127 - My maid. - I know who she is. 730 00:47:24,126 --> 00:47:26,206 She was formerly a lady of the court. 731 00:47:26,211 --> 00:47:28,091 I would like her to be raised back. 732 00:47:28,088 --> 00:47:29,878 Her father... 733 00:47:30,466 --> 00:47:31,836 What did he do? 734 00:47:34,094 --> 00:47:36,014 Ooh'. 735 00:47:37,139 --> 00:47:38,929 Such a fine dancer, Brezhnev. 736 00:47:38,932 --> 00:47:40,852 And by fine, I mean ludicrous. 737 00:47:40,851 --> 00:47:44,481 Thank you, dearest Georgina. The finest beauty in the court. 738 00:47:47,483 --> 00:47:49,533 Brezhnev, you are the funniest of men. 739 00:48:02,498 --> 00:48:03,958 Well, well. 740 00:48:03,957 --> 00:48:06,247 Brezhnev needs to be a part of this. 741 00:48:07,336 --> 00:48:09,916 Shall we all adjourn to the bed? 742 00:48:12,174 --> 00:48:14,594 - Uh, George? - You may watch. 743 00:48:15,135 --> 00:48:16,885 Yes. Sit and learn. 744 00:48:16,887 --> 00:48:19,677 I'm a participant in life's rich carnival. 745 00:48:19,681 --> 00:48:21,891 I will find my own bed further, then. 746 00:48:34,279 --> 00:48:36,239 - Oh. 747 00:48:46,250 --> 00:48:49,040 Ah. She was always a noisy one. 748 00:48:49,044 --> 00:48:51,304 So cover your ears. 749 00:48:52,381 --> 00:48:54,131 - Mum? - Oh, shit. 750 00:48:58,178 --> 00:49:00,468 - Yes'. 751 00:49:01,515 --> 00:49:03,635 - Get the fuck off my mother. 752 00:49:04,393 --> 00:49:06,853 Uh... it's just a jape'. 753 00:49:06,853 --> 00:49:08,113 It's a jape'. 754 00:49:10,774 --> 00:49:11,784 Oh. 755 00:49:12,317 --> 00:49:13,397 Right. 756 00:49:13,402 --> 00:49:15,492 So, no. 757 00:49:16,446 --> 00:49:18,276 Anything else. Fuck him. 758 00:49:18,282 --> 00:49:20,082 And she is his, so fuck her. 759 00:49:20,909 --> 00:49:23,289 I... I need to give her something. 760 00:49:23,287 --> 00:49:24,617 Well, you are empress. 761 00:49:24,621 --> 00:49:26,621 You will think of something. 762 00:49:34,131 --> 00:49:35,421 I'm sorry. 763 00:49:35,424 --> 00:49:37,514 Just a dog, Empress. 764 00:49:37,509 --> 00:49:38,509 Bitch. 765 00:49:38,510 --> 00:49:39,720 Empress bitch. 766 00:49:39,720 --> 00:49:41,430 Just keep smiling. 767 00:49:49,521 --> 00:49:51,441 Blini'. Blini'. 768 00:49:51,440 --> 00:49:54,690 I'm sorry. He would not budge on restoring you. 769 00:49:54,693 --> 00:49:56,493 All I could do was get your-- 770 00:49:56,486 --> 00:49:59,656 Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you'. 771 00:50:01,074 --> 00:50:02,374 You really love the dog. 772 00:50:02,367 --> 00:50:04,077 I do. I do. 773 00:50:06,288 --> 00:50:07,748 The rest will be harder. 774 00:50:08,373 --> 00:50:10,543 But I can move him. 775 00:50:11,627 --> 00:50:15,627 He's deep down... tender and troubled. 776 00:50:16,590 --> 00:50:19,680 But that is the sea I put our rudder in. 777 00:50:22,095 --> 00:50:24,805 I will sail him to a new court. 778 00:50:24,806 --> 00:50:26,056 A new Russia. 779 00:50:27,809 --> 00:50:29,439 No bloodshed. 780 00:50:30,354 --> 00:50:32,484 A coup of ideas. 781 00:50:46,662 --> 00:50:47,872 Boo'. 782 00:50:50,165 --> 00:50:52,495 So... so just bottles go off the roof? 783 00:50:52,501 --> 00:50:56,711 Or any object, uh, though small, that may float, sir. 784 00:50:56,713 --> 00:50:58,343 I chose bottles. 785 00:50:59,549 --> 00:51:00,929 If you look to the balcony, 786 00:51:00,926 --> 00:51:05,136 you will see the demonstration of science begin. Huzzah'. 787 00:51:05,138 --> 00:51:07,098 Huzzah'. 788 00:51:12,354 --> 00:51:14,524 Caw'. Caw'. 789 00:51:22,072 --> 00:51:23,452 How's the head? 790 00:51:23,448 --> 00:51:24,488 Not the best. 791 00:51:24,491 --> 00:51:26,701 Looks good from the outside. 792 00:51:26,702 --> 00:51:28,792 - You're very kind. 793 00:51:30,580 --> 00:51:31,710 - Sorry. - Sorry. 794 00:51:38,755 --> 00:51:40,545 The future will be grand. 795 00:51:43,677 --> 00:51:45,177 - Is that a dog? 796 00:51:46,888 --> 00:51:48,308 This is science. 797 00:51:48,807 --> 00:51:50,057 Enjoy. 798 00:51:50,058 --> 00:51:52,348 - Huzzah'. 799 00:51:53,228 --> 00:51:55,768 Just hope the wind is strong enough to gather velocity. 800 00:51:55,772 --> 00:51:57,022 Don't know what that is. 801 00:51:57,023 --> 00:51:59,573 That the wind will provide enough force to hold the dog up. 802 00:52:00,902 --> 00:52:03,112 Well, failure will also be entertaining. 803 00:52:25,927 --> 00:52:28,597 - The future is bright. 804 00:52:31,475 --> 00:52:34,845 Huzzah'. 805 00:52:42,277 --> 00:52:44,357 ♪ It's poetry in motion ♪ 806 00:52:45,864 --> 00:52:48,334 ♪ She turned her tender eyes to me ♪ 807 00:52:49,618 --> 00:52:51,868 ♪ As deep as any ocean ♪ 808 00:52:53,330 --> 00:52:55,830 ♪ As sweet as any harmony ♪ 809 00:52:56,625 --> 00:52:59,375 ♪ But she blinded me with science ♪ 810 00:53:00,462 --> 00:53:03,472 ♪ She blinded me with science ♪ 811 00:53:04,549 --> 00:53:08,219 ♪ And failed me in biology, yeah, yeah ♪ 812 00:53:12,933 --> 00:53:14,143 ♪ Now ♪ 813 00:53:15,310 --> 00:53:16,440 ♪ Huh huh ♪ 814 00:53:17,062 --> 00:53:20,322 ♪ When I'm dancing close to her ♪ 815 00:53:20,315 --> 00:53:23,185 ♪ Blinding me with science, science ♪ 816 00:53:26,488 --> 00:53:28,028 ♪ Science ♪ 817 00:53:31,993 --> 00:53:35,213 ♪ I can smell the chemicals ♪ 818 00:53:35,205 --> 00:53:38,285 ♪ Blinding me with science, science ♪ 819 00:53:41,336 --> 00:53:42,916 ♪ Science ♪ 820 00:53:48,718 --> 00:53:50,258 ♪ Science ♪ 821 00:53:51,263 --> 00:53:55,143 ♪ Mm, but it's poetry in motion ♪ 822 00:53:56,768 --> 00:53:59,348 ♪ When she turned her eyes to me ♪ 823 00:54:00,438 --> 00:54:02,608 ♪ As deep as any ocean ♪ 824 00:54:04,109 --> 00:54:06,779 ♪ As sweet as any harmony ♪ 825 00:54:07,612 --> 00:54:10,122 ♪ She blinded me with science ♪ 826 00:54:11,116 --> 00:54:14,156 ♪ She blinded me with science ♪ 827 00:54:15,412 --> 00:54:18,162 ♪ And failed me in geometry ♪ 828 00:54:20,458 --> 00:54:23,748 ♪ When she's dancing next to me ♪ 829 00:54:23,753 --> 00:54:26,593 ♪ Blinding me with science, science ♪ 830 00:54:29,676 --> 00:54:31,046 ♪ Science ♪