1 00:00:01,002 --> 00:00:03,004 [Bee buzzing] 2 00:00:08,342 --> 00:00:10,344 [Panting] 3 00:00:15,057 --> 00:00:17,059 [Peter breathing heavily] 4 00:00:20,563 --> 00:00:22,565 You're not great, are you? 5 00:00:24,108 --> 00:00:26,610 - What? - Peter the great. Not you. 6 00:00:26,611 --> 00:00:28,612 No. That's my father. 7 00:00:28,613 --> 00:00:29,864 I'm Peter the... 8 00:00:31,824 --> 00:00:33,283 Could we be silent? 9 00:00:33,284 --> 00:00:35,952 I'm trying to concentrate, and it's already hard enough when there's a bee. 10 00:00:35,953 --> 00:00:37,537 I was once stung in the eye, and it really hurt, 11 00:00:37,538 --> 00:00:38,580 so I find them quite unnerving. 12 00:00:38,581 --> 00:00:40,708 - Of course. - [Peter] Thank you. 13 00:00:42,043 --> 00:00:43,419 [Peter grunts] 14 00:00:48,257 --> 00:00:51,260 [Peter gasps, groans] 15 00:00:51,844 --> 00:00:54,847 [Peter exhales, pants] 16 00:00:58,059 --> 00:01:00,268 - Empress. - Emperor. 17 00:01:00,269 --> 00:01:03,230 [Door opens, closes] 18 00:01:03,231 --> 00:01:05,565 Marial. A bath. 19 00:01:05,566 --> 00:01:08,236 [Men singing in Russian] 20 00:01:10,488 --> 00:01:13,114 [Chattering] 21 00:01:13,115 --> 00:01:15,075 - Huzzah! - Fuck off. I'm in a mood. 22 00:01:15,076 --> 00:01:16,785 0h, let me guess. A bad mood? 23 00:01:16,786 --> 00:01:19,913 - To repeat myself, fuck off. - Charming. 24 00:01:19,914 --> 00:01:21,915 You are the emperor of Russia. 25 00:01:21,916 --> 00:01:24,209 Lord of all you survey. 26 00:01:24,210 --> 00:01:27,713 - That's true. - So... don't be so fucking mournful. 27 00:01:28,506 --> 00:01:31,132 Oh, you're right. She cannot make me mournful. 28 00:01:31,133 --> 00:01:34,135 So I say again, huzzah! 29 00:01:34,136 --> 00:01:35,680 Huzzah. Thank you, my friend. 30 00:01:38,224 --> 00:01:42,103 [Laughter, chattering] 31 00:01:43,020 --> 00:01:44,689 Hmm. 32 00:01:47,441 --> 00:01:49,443 [Inhales, exhales] 33 00:01:53,698 --> 00:01:56,701 [Men singing in Russian] 34 00:02:01,414 --> 00:02:04,249 - [Georgina grunts, chuckles] - [Peter grunting] 35 00:02:06,961 --> 00:02:08,045 Aah. 36 00:02:09,839 --> 00:02:12,549 [Georgina breathing heavily] 37 00:02:12,550 --> 00:02:16,304 [Georgina moaning rhythmically] 38 00:02:18,723 --> 00:02:20,682 - Louder! - [Georgina moaning] 39 00:02:20,683 --> 00:02:23,768 - Louder! Sing louder, you fuckers! - [Men singing in Russian] 40 00:02:23,769 --> 00:02:27,773 [Screaming rhythmically] 41 00:02:30,568 --> 00:02:32,694 [Both groaning] 42 00:02:32,695 --> 00:02:35,405 [Both panting] 43 00:02:35,406 --> 00:02:38,074 Exactly. That's exactly my point. 44 00:02:38,075 --> 00:02:42,246 [Upbeat classic music playing] 45 00:02:48,169 --> 00:02:52,922 I've been thinking. We must begin the planning sooner rather than later. 46 00:02:52,923 --> 00:02:54,507 [Marial] That bad, huh? 47 00:02:54,508 --> 00:02:57,385 Mm, more dull than horrific. 48 00:02:57,386 --> 00:03:00,598 But Russia must be saved. And I with it. 49 00:03:01,432 --> 00:03:03,309 How is the question. 50 00:03:04,018 --> 00:03:07,437 I've never done a coup before. So I'm unsure how to proceed. 51 00:03:07,438 --> 00:03:10,774 Well, I would suggest, next time he is rutting on you, 52 00:03:10,775 --> 00:03:14,110 take a knife, plunge it into his neck. 53 00:03:15,321 --> 00:03:16,946 You're all hot blood, aren't you? 54 00:03:16,947 --> 00:03:18,281 Thank you. 55 00:03:18,282 --> 00:03:20,158 You just need someone who will kill him. 56 00:03:20,159 --> 00:03:23,495 - Why would they do that? - [Marial] Because they hate him. 57 00:03:23,496 --> 00:03:25,455 And yet that has not been enough to make it happen. 58 00:03:25,456 --> 00:03:28,375 - True. - They need a reason for it. 59 00:03:28,376 --> 00:03:33,755 Besides, I do not seek to kill for hatred, but to create a greater Russia. 60 00:03:33,756 --> 00:03:36,633 A progressive and humane place. 61 00:03:36,634 --> 00:03:40,136 Oh, okay... right. 62 00:03:40,137 --> 00:03:42,263 [Inhales] That's good. 63 00:03:42,264 --> 00:03:45,517 We need a philosophical backbone that people can gather behind. 64 00:03:45,518 --> 00:03:46,852 Believe in. 65 00:03:47,686 --> 00:03:49,688 I will need help to develop that. 66 00:03:50,481 --> 00:03:54,651 For while I am brilliant, it must be tested and impregnable. 67 00:03:54,652 --> 00:03:57,071 [Exhales] Orlo is the man to help me. 68 00:03:58,197 --> 00:04:00,698 - What? Are you mad? - I am brilliant, 69 00:04:00,699 --> 00:04:03,410 which has often been misconstrued as mad. 70 00:04:03,411 --> 00:04:06,704 - 0rlo is one of Peter's inner circle. - Not in his heart. 71 00:04:06,705 --> 00:04:10,834 For when he speaks of descartes, he lit from within. 72 00:04:10,835 --> 00:04:12,836 That is the truth of him. 73 00:04:12,837 --> 00:04:17,382 He is a player who has survived ten years. That is not easy. 74 00:04:17,383 --> 00:04:19,551 He is a bumbler with women, but not with politics. 75 00:04:19,552 --> 00:04:22,804 So, he is a savvy, to boot. Bonus for us. 76 00:04:22,805 --> 00:04:24,931 Let us go find him. My robe? 77 00:04:24,932 --> 00:04:26,767 [Water splashing] 78 00:04:31,772 --> 00:04:35,024 Empress, it is a dangerous game, you realize. 79 00:04:35,025 --> 00:04:36,193 Of course I do. 80 00:04:39,196 --> 00:04:40,280 How so? 81 00:04:40,281 --> 00:04:45,410 If Peter were to discover you plotting, you would be good as dead. 82 00:04:45,411 --> 00:04:47,913 I am as good as dead here. 83 00:04:48,914 --> 00:04:51,082 So I have nothing to lose. 84 00:04:51,083 --> 00:04:53,751 [Orlo] Forty-one, count smolny. 85 00:04:53,752 --> 00:04:54,836 [Door closes] 86 00:04:54,837 --> 00:04:57,256 [Footsteps approaching] 87 00:04:58,674 --> 00:05:00,467 A small thing, emperor. 88 00:05:00,468 --> 00:05:01,718 I would like the take the land 89 00:05:01,719 --> 00:05:04,345 of my recently widowed sister-in-law and nephews. 90 00:05:04,346 --> 00:05:06,306 Oh, that's sad. How did orlovsky die? 91 00:05:06,307 --> 00:05:08,392 A sword was found in his back. 92 00:05:09,685 --> 00:05:11,769 Though it's unclear how it got there. 93 00:05:11,770 --> 00:05:14,314 - Hmm. - I agree with count smolny, 94 00:05:14,315 --> 00:05:18,234 and perhaps some of the lands he takes could be tithed to the church. 95 00:05:18,235 --> 00:05:23,823 A small percentage. Say, 15, laid before our lord god's feet. 96 00:05:23,824 --> 00:05:25,909 So much is laid at the church's feet, 97 00:05:25,910 --> 00:05:28,286 I sometimes fear they cannot see the congregation 98 00:05:28,287 --> 00:05:30,872 for the dazzling riches they stack before them. 99 00:05:30,873 --> 00:05:33,082 Funny, orlo. You greedy fuck, Archie! 100 00:05:33,083 --> 00:05:35,752 And if we allow this, swords might start appearing 101 00:05:35,753 --> 00:05:37,712 in brothers' backs all over Russia, 102 00:05:37,713 --> 00:05:40,465 causing great tension at family gatherings and parties. 103 00:05:40,466 --> 00:05:42,717 Good one, orlo. Let's not ruin the parties. 104 00:05:42,718 --> 00:05:44,345 [Smolny] Emperor. 105 00:05:46,722 --> 00:05:49,682 - [Sighs] This is so dull. - [Door closes] 106 00:05:49,683 --> 00:05:52,143 Velementov, do a funny little dance to amuse me. 107 00:05:52,144 --> 00:05:56,606 Sir, I am... leader of the armed forces. 108 00:05:56,607 --> 00:05:58,942 - I do not do a funny little dance. - Arkady? 109 00:05:58,943 --> 00:06:00,152 Stab velementov in the face. 110 00:06:00,986 --> 00:06:02,738 [Sword clinks] 111 00:06:06,867 --> 00:06:07,952 [Peter laughing] 112 00:06:08,911 --> 00:06:11,329 [Men laughing] 113 00:06:11,330 --> 00:06:15,625 Uh, uh, 42. Uh, count rostov. 114 00:06:15,626 --> 00:06:17,086 [Door closes] 115 00:06:18,671 --> 00:06:20,089 [Peter] Rostov. 116 00:06:21,131 --> 00:06:23,967 [Rostov] I bring you the peaches you love, emperor, 117 00:06:23,968 --> 00:06:26,636 and the love of the people of my region. 118 00:06:26,637 --> 00:06:28,763 What the fuck, rostov? 119 00:06:28,764 --> 00:06:31,140 Why do you still wear a beard? 120 00:06:31,141 --> 00:06:34,018 It is why I come before you today. 121 00:06:34,019 --> 00:06:36,521 I would like special dispensation to wear one. 122 00:06:36,522 --> 00:06:38,399 And I would like a bird that shits chocolate. 123 00:06:39,358 --> 00:06:42,235 Gentlemen, I said I would like a bird that shits chocolate. 124 00:06:42,236 --> 00:06:44,153 [Men laughing] 125 00:06:44,154 --> 00:06:46,990 Orlo, explain my fucking edict while I eat this peach. 126 00:06:46,991 --> 00:06:50,994 Dispensation on beards is for the guards and the priests only. 127 00:06:50,995 --> 00:06:54,038 0h, fuck me, that's a good peach. It's fragrant, sweet. 128 00:06:54,039 --> 00:06:57,459 There's a slight lemon to it. Jesus, rostov. Look at you. 129 00:06:58,002 --> 00:07:02,338 I am a modern ruler, making things happen in a modern, European way. 130 00:07:02,339 --> 00:07:03,340 No beards. 131 00:07:04,466 --> 00:07:05,676 Sir. 132 00:07:06,844 --> 00:07:08,052 I beg you. 133 00:07:08,053 --> 00:07:10,306 Well, you are not on your knees, so you don't. 134 00:07:13,475 --> 00:07:16,812 Get up. Fuck off. And come back with a shaved face. 135 00:07:18,856 --> 00:07:21,024 [Orlo] We should, uh, hear rostov out. 136 00:07:21,025 --> 00:07:25,278 It is the custom that aristocrats make requests of their emperor. 137 00:07:25,279 --> 00:07:29,073 Oh, I agree. For I would love to know why a man comes before you 138 00:07:29,074 --> 00:07:30,658 with a beard that says, "fuck you." 139 00:07:30,659 --> 00:07:32,869 Is that what your beard says, rostov? 140 00:07:32,870 --> 00:07:34,621 Uh, grigor, I do not believe he is saying that. 141 00:07:34,622 --> 00:07:36,749 - Metaphorically. What else? - [Rostov] No! 142 00:07:37,541 --> 00:07:41,754 My wife has never seen my face. 143 00:07:43,088 --> 00:07:45,882 And it is unfortunate. 144 00:07:45,883 --> 00:07:48,260 [Scoffs] Unfortunate how? 145 00:07:48,927 --> 00:07:53,057 It is a mix of boils and pustules. 146 00:07:54,016 --> 00:07:55,476 Scarring. 147 00:07:57,728 --> 00:07:59,772 I fear she will not... 148 00:08:01,190 --> 00:08:04,776 Want me. Not be happy with me. 149 00:08:04,777 --> 00:08:08,196 So your wife will not be happy, but I will, and that's all that matters. 150 00:08:08,197 --> 00:08:10,907 A man's wife's happiness should not be so fucking important. 151 00:08:10,908 --> 00:08:13,118 Shave it off and return to me tomorrow. 152 00:08:19,291 --> 00:08:22,877 Taxes may be slow from my region this month. 153 00:08:22,878 --> 00:08:25,088 And every peach will be bruised. 154 00:08:25,089 --> 00:08:30,259 Our family hold the region together. I thought he'd have some compassion. 155 00:08:30,260 --> 00:08:32,513 Delusional optimism, rostov. 156 00:08:34,056 --> 00:08:35,598 But I believe we can win this. 157 00:08:35,599 --> 00:08:38,059 - H ow? - Peter is often swayed 158 00:08:38,060 --> 00:08:40,770 if the whole group is against something. 159 00:08:40,771 --> 00:08:44,149 Let me gather numbers, and then tomorrow we will bring you to him. 160 00:08:47,486 --> 00:08:50,906 [Laughter, chattering] 161 00:08:59,957 --> 00:09:01,250 Hmm. 162 00:09:02,459 --> 00:09:03,960 I cannot see him. 163 00:09:03,961 --> 00:09:06,254 Empress, you look radiant. 164 00:09:06,255 --> 00:09:08,047 We would love for you to join us. 165 00:09:08,048 --> 00:09:10,133 We have cakes in the shape of woodland animals, 166 00:09:10,134 --> 00:09:13,845 and it is a lark to dunk their faces in vodka and eat them. 167 00:09:13,846 --> 00:09:17,932 It sounds interminable, lady svenska. So I shall pass. 168 00:09:17,933 --> 00:09:20,144 If you would move. 169 00:09:21,311 --> 00:09:24,273 - [Glass shattering] - [Women gasping] 170 00:09:28,110 --> 00:09:31,696 Well, I will be the first to say what we are all thinking. 171 00:09:31,697 --> 00:09:34,907 She is a bitch who sides with a serf. 172 00:09:34,908 --> 00:09:37,285 - [Tatyana] Who's stuck-up and rude. - [Marina] She is a great disappointment. 173 00:09:37,286 --> 00:09:41,038 She is new, and we must try harder. 174 00:09:41,039 --> 00:09:45,084 For we must make her happy to make the emperor happy. 175 00:09:45,085 --> 00:09:48,129 I thought you take care of his happiness, madam dymov. 176 00:09:48,130 --> 00:09:50,340 [Women tittering] 177 00:09:52,926 --> 00:09:54,469 [Orlo] Grigor, a moment. 178 00:09:54,470 --> 00:09:57,388 - I'm leaving, orlo. - But count rostov's beard. 179 00:09:57,389 --> 00:10:01,309 I want him to keep it. It's a question of free will. 180 00:10:01,310 --> 00:10:04,187 - You can help me convince Peter. - I can't help you, orlo. 181 00:10:04,188 --> 00:10:07,064 We live at the emperor's whim. People should accept that. 182 00:10:07,065 --> 00:10:09,358 Shut the fuck up, and have a drink. 183 00:10:09,359 --> 00:10:14,572 I thought if anyone would like the idea of free will taking hold, it would be you. 184 00:10:14,573 --> 00:10:16,408 And madam dymov. 185 00:10:17,367 --> 00:10:21,120 I shall refrain from punching you in the face for the next 12 seconds. 186 00:10:21,121 --> 00:10:23,499 - You should walk on. - You know... 187 00:10:28,921 --> 00:10:30,546 [Georgina] Fabulous party, isn't it? 188 00:10:30,547 --> 00:10:35,219 - It is a happy court, it seems. - All is bliss in the court of Peter. 189 00:10:36,553 --> 00:10:39,222 Do I detect a slightjest in your voice? 190 00:10:39,223 --> 00:10:42,309 I ate a radish. It can affect the vocal cords. 191 00:10:44,228 --> 00:10:45,561 Empress. 192 00:10:45,562 --> 00:10:47,563 Darling. Are you drunk yet? 193 00:10:47,564 --> 00:10:50,316 Um, not yet. Despite strenuous efforts. 194 00:10:50,317 --> 00:10:53,779 In fact, I thought I might retire to our apartment. 195 00:10:55,239 --> 00:10:56,949 Then I go with you. 196 00:11:02,704 --> 00:11:07,083 I have a pamphlet by Voltaire I would love to share with you. 197 00:11:07,084 --> 00:11:09,169 Mm. Thank you. 198 00:11:09,878 --> 00:11:13,214 I am learning much of the kingdom, dear orlo. 199 00:11:13,215 --> 00:11:16,801 It has come to my attention the emperor is not Peter the great. 200 00:11:16,802 --> 00:11:20,013 That was his father. A great man. 201 00:11:20,639 --> 00:11:23,641 - What is this Peter's flourish? - He does not have one. 202 00:11:23,642 --> 00:11:25,269 Hmm. 203 00:11:26,061 --> 00:11:29,189 Peter the... not quite adequate? 204 00:11:31,567 --> 00:11:33,652 I think you already thought of this jest. 205 00:11:34,152 --> 00:11:36,029 I don't know what you mean. 206 00:11:39,283 --> 00:11:41,410 [Chattering continues] 207 00:11:46,498 --> 00:11:49,417 I am sure. Set a meet. 208 00:11:49,418 --> 00:11:51,627 [Bugle fanfare sounds] 209 00:11:51,628 --> 00:11:54,089 - [Man] Here we are. - [Dog barking] 210 00:11:58,385 --> 00:12:00,178 [Barking continues] 211 00:12:08,145 --> 00:12:11,565 - [Raccoon squealing] - [Dog growling] 212 00:12:12,983 --> 00:12:14,192 [Raccoon shrieking] 213 00:12:16,695 --> 00:12:20,824 [Clapping, cheering] 214 00:12:25,287 --> 00:12:27,748 [Cheering continues] 215 00:12:32,628 --> 00:12:34,670 [Birds chirping] 216 00:12:34,671 --> 00:12:36,006 Velementov. 217 00:12:36,548 --> 00:12:38,759 - Velementov. - [Screams] 218 00:12:39,343 --> 00:12:41,094 0h. Orlo. 219 00:12:42,137 --> 00:12:46,015 Oh, god. Oh, god, my fucking head. [Breathing heavily] 220 00:12:46,016 --> 00:12:48,726 You all right? You look even more nervy than usual. 221 00:12:48,727 --> 00:12:51,562 I'm fine. I must talk of rostov. 222 00:12:51,563 --> 00:12:54,190 We must work on Peter to keep his beard. 223 00:12:54,191 --> 00:12:59,195 What the fuck do I care about his beard? Men are dying in the field. 224 00:12:59,196 --> 00:13:01,489 A beard is not my concern. 225 00:13:01,490 --> 00:13:04,367 Ah, the day is unstable, for lack of... 226 00:13:04,368 --> 00:13:05,869 [Thuds] 227 00:13:08,664 --> 00:13:10,499 Ah, yes. I remember now. 228 00:13:10,999 --> 00:13:12,459 I'm drunk as... 229 00:13:13,835 --> 00:13:16,671 No beards was always a stupid idea. 230 00:13:16,672 --> 00:13:19,382 And might I remind you, it was your idea. 231 00:13:19,383 --> 00:13:24,303 It is stupid. But it is a modern European court idea, and Peter allowed it, 232 00:13:24,304 --> 00:13:27,598 which allows us to present more modern European ideas, 233 00:13:27,599 --> 00:13:29,475 and perhaps one day, a meaningful one. 234 00:13:29,476 --> 00:13:32,269 Always playing the long game, orlo. 235 00:13:32,270 --> 00:13:37,233 I, however, have some short-term debts 236 00:13:37,234 --> 00:13:39,360 the treasury might see to. 237 00:13:39,361 --> 00:13:41,487 You've said no before, but, uh, 238 00:13:41,488 --> 00:13:44,824 perhaps your beard is important to you. 239 00:13:44,825 --> 00:13:48,453 - Prick. - I know a "yes" when I hear one. 240 00:13:53,458 --> 00:13:54,459 [Exhales] 241 00:13:56,211 --> 00:13:59,213 - Oh, no! No, my darlings, no! - [Door opens] 242 00:13:59,214 --> 00:14:00,381 - [Peter] Hello. - Oh! 243 00:14:00,382 --> 00:14:03,259 - Problem? - I'm training them. 244 00:14:03,260 --> 00:14:06,178 - The butterflies? - What if I could get them to align, 245 00:14:06,179 --> 00:14:11,183 and fly in forms of my own choosing? How wonderful that would be. 246 00:14:11,184 --> 00:14:12,602 And how is that working out? 247 00:14:13,270 --> 00:14:15,187 I admire their willfulness. 248 00:14:15,188 --> 00:14:16,731 Quite. 249 00:14:16,732 --> 00:14:19,608 Now you, my dearest nephew. 250 00:14:19,609 --> 00:14:22,862 I was noticing the unhappy nature of your bride. 251 00:14:22,863 --> 00:14:25,114 Dark clouds have covered the sun. 252 00:14:25,115 --> 00:14:27,491 Well, fuck her. She has everything. 253 00:14:27,492 --> 00:14:29,910 She is unhappy. It is spoken of at court. 254 00:14:29,911 --> 00:14:32,538 Unhappiness in a court can be contagious. 255 00:14:32,539 --> 00:14:34,623 You must clear the clouds. 256 00:14:34,624 --> 00:14:36,834 She must clear the fucking clouds. 257 00:14:36,835 --> 00:14:37,836 I'm the emperor. 258 00:14:38,795 --> 00:14:42,465 As you know, my taste in love runs wild and free, 259 00:14:42,466 --> 00:14:46,552 but I know I cannot make a heart sing just because I am the emperor's family. 260 00:14:46,553 --> 00:14:50,139 That does not get a man hard, or a woman wet. 261 00:14:50,140 --> 00:14:52,141 You must capture their heart. 262 00:14:52,142 --> 00:14:55,311 It is herjob to make me happy. 263 00:14:55,312 --> 00:14:57,063 She does not love me. 264 00:14:57,064 --> 00:15:00,025 Everyone else does, so the fault lies with her. 265 00:15:01,735 --> 00:15:03,778 Your mother once confided in me 266 00:15:03,779 --> 00:15:06,907 that she saw something within you that made her heart curdle. 267 00:15:09,534 --> 00:15:13,662 There was something quite... Rancid about you. 268 00:15:13,663 --> 00:15:16,332 What is the point of this conversation? 269 00:15:16,333 --> 00:15:18,667 Well, I wonder whether Catherine has seen the same thing, 270 00:15:18,668 --> 00:15:20,670 and it is stopping her from loving you. 271 00:15:24,925 --> 00:15:29,678 - I punched her. - Oh. Some enjoy that. 272 00:15:29,679 --> 00:15:31,681 But perhaps she does not. 273 00:15:32,182 --> 00:15:35,060 Regardless, you must do something about it. 274 00:15:37,312 --> 00:15:39,189 0h, hello. 275 00:15:41,942 --> 00:15:44,945 [Footsteps approaching] 276 00:15:51,910 --> 00:15:54,370 [Footsteps departing] 277 00:15:54,371 --> 00:15:55,746 [Crickets chirping] 278 00:15:55,747 --> 00:15:58,999 - [Marial] What are they? - Just some notes. 279 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:03,254 This is on the basic principles for the new government. Some ideals. 280 00:16:03,255 --> 00:16:06,383 The question of citizens' rights we must discuss. 281 00:16:07,300 --> 00:16:11,220 I must excite his mind to the possibilities that we can build together. 282 00:16:11,221 --> 00:16:13,181 And then you'll fuck him. Right? 283 00:16:14,599 --> 00:16:15,934 [Catherine] What? 284 00:16:16,726 --> 00:16:19,311 He needs to be cunt-struck by you. 285 00:16:19,312 --> 00:16:24,776 You must fuck him, and then he will set his face on fire if you ask it. 286 00:16:26,027 --> 00:16:28,238 - Seduce him. - [Catherine] Seduce him. 287 00:16:29,406 --> 00:16:30,824 I have never done that. 288 00:16:31,950 --> 00:16:33,493 [Exhales] 289 00:16:38,331 --> 00:16:40,541 It's easy. You just lie back. 290 00:16:40,542 --> 00:16:43,378 Expose some flesh. Be suggestive, but not explicit. 291 00:16:44,754 --> 00:16:47,841 - Go on. - Touch him casually about his person. 292 00:16:48,425 --> 00:16:50,009 And be loose. 293 00:16:50,010 --> 00:16:52,469 Maybe a breast falls from your blouse. 294 00:16:52,470 --> 00:16:54,431 And then he will be on you. 295 00:16:55,307 --> 00:16:56,849 On me. 296 00:16:56,850 --> 00:17:00,394 - Okay. - And then after he has done you, 297 00:17:00,395 --> 00:17:03,397 profess love, union, stars in alignment, 298 00:17:03,398 --> 00:17:06,192 fate, philosophy, shed some tears of unhappiness, 299 00:17:06,193 --> 00:17:09,403 and then talk knives in necks. 300 00:17:09,404 --> 00:17:12,032 And eat an oyster. Helps your mood. 301 00:17:14,826 --> 00:17:17,829 [Upbeat classical music playing] 302 00:17:19,289 --> 00:17:21,458 - [Shell clatters on tray] - [Gulp51 303 00:17:22,626 --> 00:17:23,960 [shell clatters on tray] 304 00:17:29,633 --> 00:17:31,635 - [Knocks] - Enter. 305 00:17:33,345 --> 00:17:35,847 Dear orlo. [Panting] 306 00:17:36,765 --> 00:17:39,976 - Thank you for coming. - It is my pleasure. 307 00:17:40,477 --> 00:17:42,728 I have the Voltaire pamphlet. 308 00:17:42,729 --> 00:17:48,151 Giving me gifts, alone, in a secluded cottage. 309 00:17:48,818 --> 00:17:51,654 It is completely inappropriate, you know. 310 00:17:51,655 --> 00:17:55,324 Shit. Sorry. Um, should we go to the, um, 311 00:17:55,325 --> 00:17:57,409 uh, library or the, the garden... 312 00:17:57,410 --> 00:17:59,621 It is thrilling to break the rules, is it not? 313 00:18:01,581 --> 00:18:05,125 [Giggles] I can't wait to confess and see Archie's face. 314 00:18:05,126 --> 00:18:08,420 He put his fingers inside me. 315 00:18:08,421 --> 00:18:13,342 Oh. Okay, um, that's not good, is it? 316 00:18:13,343 --> 00:18:15,511 Sorry. [Groans] 317 00:18:15,512 --> 00:18:17,846 Let's not... I don't... [grunts] 318 00:18:17,847 --> 00:18:20,767 That's not why we're here. [Sighs] 319 00:18:22,018 --> 00:18:23,269 You have caught my eye. 320 00:18:23,270 --> 00:18:26,147 Oh. Thank you. I am flattered. 321 00:18:27,023 --> 00:18:29,358 Shall we read? 322 00:18:29,359 --> 00:18:30,944 Is that what you want to do? 323 00:18:32,570 --> 00:18:35,531 Are you okay? You... you seem... 324 00:18:35,532 --> 00:18:37,074 - Something. - Do I? 325 00:18:37,075 --> 00:18:40,287 - Yes. - Does it stir you? 326 00:18:41,413 --> 00:18:43,038 - Um... - Champagne? 327 00:18:43,039 --> 00:18:46,250 I... I don't drink. I don't need anything. 328 00:18:46,251 --> 00:18:49,628 But is there anything you want? 329 00:18:49,629 --> 00:18:50,880 [Orlo] I'm fine. 330 00:18:52,048 --> 00:18:54,551 Come and get it. 331 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:59,430 [Gasps] Oh, my god. You are trying to seduce me. 332 00:18:59,431 --> 00:19:01,474 [Groaning] 333 00:19:02,058 --> 00:19:03,309 [Groaning] 334 00:19:03,310 --> 00:19:04,811 [Retching] 335 00:19:05,729 --> 00:19:08,439 - Oh. - [Retching continues] 336 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:11,025 - You had the oysters. - [Catherine gagging] 337 00:19:11,026 --> 00:19:14,486 I'm always reluctant. They travel them some distance. 338 00:19:14,487 --> 00:19:16,739 [Catherine moaning] 339 00:19:16,740 --> 00:19:19,533 - I'm a failure. - No. No, you're not. 340 00:19:19,534 --> 00:19:21,870 I would, of course, have sex. 341 00:19:24,414 --> 00:19:27,124 Um, I'm not... Yes, uh, should we read first? 342 00:19:27,125 --> 00:19:31,503 I'm not used to, um... I feel a bit breathless, actually. Might sit. 343 00:19:31,504 --> 00:19:33,672 I actually feel very unwell. 344 00:19:33,673 --> 00:19:39,136 Empress, I am not well-versed with women. Um... 345 00:19:39,137 --> 00:19:42,474 I have in some way ruined things. I apologize. Sorry. 346 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:45,267 [Door opens, closes] 347 00:19:45,268 --> 00:19:48,937 Orlo! Don't go! [Pants] 348 00:19:48,938 --> 00:19:50,856 I will say it plain. 349 00:19:50,857 --> 00:19:52,941 I was hoping you'd be mad with desire for me, 350 00:19:52,942 --> 00:19:54,943 and then you'd help me inspire an army to kill Peter. 351 00:19:54,944 --> 00:19:57,780 - What? - You wouldn't, would you? 352 00:19:57,781 --> 00:20:00,157 Kill him with me? A coup? 353 00:20:00,158 --> 00:20:03,036 Don't say anything else. 354 00:20:05,121 --> 00:20:07,247 Fuck, fuck, fuck. 355 00:20:07,248 --> 00:20:09,792 Fuck, fuck, fuck! 356 00:20:09,793 --> 00:20:12,045 [Panting] 357 00:20:16,633 --> 00:20:19,551 [Inhales] Ifailed. I was not good at seducing, 358 00:20:19,552 --> 00:20:22,346 and he was not good at understanding that he was being seduced. 359 00:20:22,347 --> 00:20:25,349 And then when I just asked him straight out if he would kill Peter, 360 00:20:25,350 --> 00:20:27,935 - he said, "fuck!" And ran away. - When you what? 361 00:20:27,936 --> 00:20:29,311 I do not wish to apportion blame, 362 00:20:29,312 --> 00:20:31,939 but I believe your seduction plan was ill-advised. 363 00:20:31,940 --> 00:20:34,233 - You told him of the coup? - I did. 364 00:20:34,234 --> 00:20:37,027 That also may have been ill-advised. 365 00:20:37,028 --> 00:20:40,072 Shit. It is bad. 366 00:20:40,073 --> 00:20:42,908 I'm sure he will not tell him. He is good at heart. 367 00:20:42,909 --> 00:20:47,122 He has survived at court ten years. It takes dark skills. 368 00:20:47,872 --> 00:20:50,791 Loyalty is rewarded here. He could tell Peter. 369 00:20:50,792 --> 00:20:54,503 Then I must win him over before he does. 370 00:20:54,504 --> 00:20:56,880 - I will go to him, and try again. - [Knocks] 371 00:20:56,881 --> 00:20:59,592 The emperor requests the empress's presence. 372 00:21:06,182 --> 00:21:08,726 How is the emperor's mood this morning? 373 00:21:16,109 --> 00:21:19,278 Ah. Here you are. [Chuckles] 374 00:21:19,279 --> 00:21:24,200 Taste this bacon. They are fed only on acorns and honey. It is amazing. 375 00:21:29,289 --> 00:21:30,873 Mm. Yes. Delicious. 376 00:21:30,874 --> 00:21:32,541 We concur. We agree. 377 00:21:32,542 --> 00:21:35,128 We share a love of bacon. Huzzah. [Chuckles] 378 00:21:44,220 --> 00:21:45,555 As requested. 379 00:21:49,350 --> 00:21:50,643 [Peter sighs] 380 00:21:53,730 --> 00:21:56,064 You probably don't remember this, but a week or two ago, 381 00:21:56,065 --> 00:21:57,692 I shot your bear and punched you. 382 00:21:58,193 --> 00:22:01,570 Perhaps it has cast a pal! Between us. 383 00:22:01,571 --> 00:22:03,906 The fact you shot my bear and punched me. 384 00:22:03,907 --> 00:22:07,451 Yes. I think I was angry because no one has ever not liked me. 385 00:22:07,452 --> 00:22:08,912 Or at least, they're pretending to. 386 00:22:09,662 --> 00:22:10,747 Mm. Toosh. 387 00:22:11,372 --> 00:22:13,832 - What? - [Loudly] Toosh. 388 00:22:13,833 --> 00:22:16,502 - Do you mean touché? - What, is it not toosh? 389 00:22:16,503 --> 00:22:18,253 No. Touché. 390 00:22:18,254 --> 00:22:20,589 See. That's great. How smart you are. 391 00:22:20,590 --> 00:22:23,217 Point is, it's a new day. A time to put things behind us. 392 00:22:23,218 --> 00:22:25,636 Teething problems, I believe they call it. 393 00:22:25,637 --> 00:22:29,765 - Are you apologizing to me? - I'm looking forward. Not dwelling. 394 00:22:29,766 --> 00:22:32,936 Itw hdl todwdl 395 00:22:33,603 --> 00:22:37,189 - it is a saying I just made up. - So you wish to forget it. 396 00:22:37,190 --> 00:22:40,401 Regret it and forget it. Another saying. 397 00:22:41,694 --> 00:22:43,278 Look, here's what I think's happened. 398 00:22:43,279 --> 00:22:46,198 You've come in here with a very romantic notion of me, 399 00:22:46,199 --> 00:22:47,658 and marriage, and your life. 400 00:22:47,659 --> 00:22:49,785 A little naive, I guess. Not a criticism. 401 00:22:49,786 --> 00:22:51,620 It's actually a lovely attribute. 402 00:22:51,621 --> 00:22:54,248 You met me, and I'm not a romantic man. 403 00:22:54,249 --> 00:22:56,875 More a practical chap. And I like to have fun. 404 00:22:56,876 --> 00:22:58,794 Larks and japes and weird sex. 405 00:22:58,795 --> 00:23:02,423 Point is, we're married, but we don't do it for each other. 406 00:23:03,841 --> 00:23:06,051 - We finally agree. - Huzzah! 407 00:23:06,052 --> 00:23:09,137 Yes, accepting that truth might be liberating for us. 408 00:23:09,138 --> 00:23:12,307 You're really a drag around court. I want you to find happiness here. 409 00:23:12,308 --> 00:23:13,892 Hence, strawberries. 410 00:23:13,893 --> 00:23:16,186 Also, a new bear to replace the one I shot. 411 00:23:16,187 --> 00:23:19,106 Live as empress, and enjoy it. 412 00:23:19,107 --> 00:23:22,234 - We should also find you a lover. - I should take a lover? 413 00:23:22,235 --> 00:23:25,028 Yes, we should reach an agreement, because what's the alternative? 414 00:23:25,029 --> 00:23:28,490 You remain unhappy, I become more and more angry, and then I kill you. 415 00:23:28,491 --> 00:23:31,369 I don't want to kill you. You're not a bad person. 416 00:23:32,078 --> 00:23:35,331 I could kill you. You are a bad person. 417 00:23:37,041 --> 00:23:38,501 [Chuckles] 418 00:23:39,210 --> 00:23:41,336 See? I like you. You're funny. 419 00:23:41,337 --> 00:23:44,172 In a droll, despairing sort of way. I couldn't take a lot of it, 420 00:23:44,173 --> 00:23:46,341 but occasionally it's refreshing. 421 00:23:46,342 --> 00:23:49,303 Now, would it be so bad? We have enough in common to get on. 422 00:23:49,304 --> 00:23:51,471 We do? Like what? 423 00:23:51,472 --> 00:23:55,059 Well, we're both... pretty. 424 00:23:56,019 --> 00:23:57,728 [Peter chuckles] 425 00:23:57,729 --> 00:24:01,064 Now, I never imagined myself as the guy who punches his wife. 426 00:24:01,065 --> 00:24:02,733 And yet you are. 427 00:24:02,734 --> 00:24:04,401 Is that your mother's necklace? 428 00:24:04,402 --> 00:24:08,530 Yes. I wear it sometimes to feel close. 429 00:24:08,531 --> 00:24:09,823 Did your father punch her? 430 00:24:09,824 --> 00:24:12,242 I have said regrets, and new day things. 431 00:24:12,243 --> 00:24:14,328 You must cheer up, and look forward to the future. 432 00:24:14,329 --> 00:24:17,706 I do very much look forward to the future. 433 00:24:17,707 --> 00:24:20,209 [Peter] Oh. That's great. 434 00:24:21,544 --> 00:24:23,879 For I gather you will not punch me again. 435 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:25,589 I won't. 436 00:24:25,590 --> 00:24:29,218 - We are agreed? - Oh. That one is rancid. 437 00:24:30,219 --> 00:24:32,596 As is your whole idea. 438 00:24:32,597 --> 00:24:35,265 [Footsteps departing] 439 00:24:35,266 --> 00:24:36,893 [Door opens] 440 00:24:38,061 --> 00:24:39,812 [Clatters] 441 00:24:42,148 --> 00:24:44,816 [Archbishop growling] 442 00:24:44,817 --> 00:24:46,444 [Both grunting] 443 00:24:48,905 --> 00:24:50,907 [Roaring] 444 00:24:51,783 --> 00:24:53,242 You're still strong. 445 00:24:54,744 --> 00:24:57,497 We all are if we know where to find it. 446 00:25:00,083 --> 00:25:03,168 - Oh, your heart is pounding. - I've been fighting. 447 00:25:03,169 --> 00:25:05,545 Yourjoy in pain is disturbing. 448 00:25:05,546 --> 00:25:07,464 We must all know our darkness, 449 00:25:07,465 --> 00:25:10,717 for how else do we know where to shine the light? 450 00:25:10,718 --> 00:25:13,220 So profound, cousin. 451 00:25:13,221 --> 00:25:15,263 Occupational hazard. It's like a reflex now. 452 00:25:15,264 --> 00:25:18,475 - You want some breakfast? - Oh, god, yes. 453 00:25:18,476 --> 00:25:21,145 The shit I get served downstairs. 454 00:25:22,063 --> 00:25:25,565 Um, I have a concern I wish your help with. 455 00:25:25,566 --> 00:25:26,901 Anything. 456 00:25:27,944 --> 00:25:28,985 The empress. 457 00:25:28,986 --> 00:25:32,365 I'm worried something she said to orlo could be taken the wrong way. 458 00:25:33,116 --> 00:25:34,491 What did she say? 459 00:25:34,492 --> 00:25:38,245 She expressed some unhappiness with the emperor. 460 00:25:38,246 --> 00:25:42,125 Orlo may exaggerate the situation to enlarge himself at court. 461 00:25:42,792 --> 00:25:46,461 Be to your detriment if he did, as you're the author of her presence. 462 00:25:46,462 --> 00:25:50,090 I had a vision from god. I do not resile from it. 463 00:25:50,091 --> 00:25:52,593 In Catherine's defense, perhaps orlo tried to rape her. 464 00:25:58,975 --> 00:26:00,475 To rape her? 465 00:26:00,476 --> 00:26:04,271 He is a man who famously lacks the skills to see his desires met. 466 00:26:04,272 --> 00:26:06,858 Fuck a man up. Don't you agree? 467 00:26:07,942 --> 00:26:10,653 If you need a defense, that could be one. That's all I'm saying. 468 00:26:12,363 --> 00:26:14,615 - I will deal with it. - Thank you. 469 00:26:15,908 --> 00:26:17,243 Aah! 470 00:26:17,827 --> 00:26:19,579 - [Clattering] - My gift. 471 00:26:25,376 --> 00:26:26,419 Orlo! 472 00:26:34,302 --> 00:26:36,928 [Orlo] Please. Please do not speak to me. I beg you. 473 00:26:36,929 --> 00:26:38,388 [Catherine] Help me with the coup. 474 00:26:38,389 --> 00:26:42,184 - Oh, my god, you cannot say that word. - Oh, it's just a word. 475 00:26:42,185 --> 00:26:44,771 But it does excite the mind, does it not? 476 00:26:46,731 --> 00:26:48,356 Here's my plan. 477 00:26:48,357 --> 00:26:52,527 You and I will create a philosophy, and plan for my regime. 478 00:26:52,528 --> 00:26:57,616 One that will inspire others to act, and be a blueprint for my reign. 479 00:26:57,617 --> 00:26:59,202 - Your... - My reign. 480 00:26:59,702 --> 00:27:03,705 When we create a strong, vibrant Russia, 481 00:27:03,706 --> 00:27:08,627 alive with ideas, humane, and progressive. 482 00:27:08,628 --> 00:27:12,506 Where people live with dignity and purpose. 483 00:27:12,507 --> 00:27:15,008 - In Russia? - Indeed. 484 00:27:15,009 --> 00:27:18,345 - Huzzah. - But do you want to die? 485 00:27:18,346 --> 00:27:21,681 I am indifferent. I certainly do not want to live like this. 486 00:27:21,682 --> 00:27:26,478 You'll get used to it. And I know it looks bad, but we make progress. 487 00:27:26,479 --> 00:27:30,065 At the moment, we have an issue over the free will of beard-wearing. 488 00:27:30,066 --> 00:27:31,691 - I feel if... - Beards? 489 00:27:31,692 --> 00:27:35,070 I have no time to waste, and neither do the people. 490 00:27:35,071 --> 00:27:36,239 Are you in? 491 00:27:37,532 --> 00:27:40,617 I cannotjoin for the simple reason you have already proved yourself 492 00:27:40,618 --> 00:27:42,744 incapable of executing it successfully. 493 00:27:42,745 --> 00:27:45,623 - How? - You chose me. 494 00:27:47,333 --> 00:27:49,334 - You are... - A civil servant. 495 00:27:49,335 --> 00:27:51,754 - A coward. - I don't believe you. 496 00:27:52,964 --> 00:27:54,632 You are not a coward. 497 00:27:55,716 --> 00:27:57,593 I know you different. 498 00:27:58,594 --> 00:28:02,597 When we talk of ideas and humanity, 499 00:28:02,598 --> 00:28:04,559 I see alight ablaze in you. 500 00:28:07,562 --> 00:28:08,813 You don't know me at all. 501 00:28:09,897 --> 00:28:12,691 You married badly. I'm... I'm sorry you made a mistake. 502 00:28:12,692 --> 00:28:14,277 Don't drag me and Russia into it. 503 00:28:15,236 --> 00:28:18,947 Russia and I are married to the same man. It is the same thing. 504 00:28:18,948 --> 00:28:22,534 You are an angry, mad person, so you will forgive me if I say no. 505 00:28:22,535 --> 00:28:25,287 And you must promise me never to speak of this to anyone else. 506 00:28:25,288 --> 00:28:27,748 I beg you. For your own sake. 507 00:28:29,125 --> 00:28:31,127 And will you speak of it? 508 00:28:31,794 --> 00:28:33,169 Or will you take it to Peter? 509 00:28:33,170 --> 00:28:37,132 It is something I am forgetting as I walk away from you. Good day. 510 00:28:37,133 --> 00:28:40,136 [Running footsteps departing] 511 00:28:50,104 --> 00:28:51,187 - [Groans] - [Thuds] 512 00:28:51,188 --> 00:28:54,566 As we hunt, we shall discuss whether or not to kill the empress. 513 00:28:54,567 --> 00:28:57,485 What? Sir, no, no. She is a radiant presence. 514 00:28:57,486 --> 00:28:59,446 She is shimmering. A godsend. 515 00:28:59,447 --> 00:29:02,782 She is a misery at court, made fun of the ladies' wig hats, 516 00:29:02,783 --> 00:29:06,328 and is a strange creature who I sense, is at times, laughing at me. 517 00:29:06,329 --> 00:29:08,079 I was thinking a small carriage accident, 518 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:11,291 a suitable period of mourning, and onward to a new choice. 519 00:29:11,292 --> 00:29:13,835 Archie, you will not be involved, as you were abysmally fucking wrong, 520 00:29:13,836 --> 00:29:14,878 and tell that to god. 521 00:29:14,879 --> 00:29:17,339 Emperor, she's going through some transition. 522 00:29:17,340 --> 00:29:18,965 We should help her with compassionate eyes. 523 00:29:18,966 --> 00:29:22,719 - Shut the fuck up. Orlo, thoughts. - I think not, sir. 524 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:25,305 It would look bad in Europe, and be whispered at court. 525 00:29:25,306 --> 00:29:28,308 No one at court likes her, except apparently you disloyal fucks. 526 00:29:28,309 --> 00:29:30,728 Go. All of you. George and grigor, stay. 527 00:29:33,814 --> 00:29:36,232 Mother lit up when father walked into a room. 528 00:29:36,233 --> 00:29:39,361 I could kill her and start again. Why is no one excited by this idea? 529 00:29:39,362 --> 00:29:40,487 [Grigor] Orlo's right. 530 00:29:40,488 --> 00:29:43,740 It would look like a failure in court, and in Europe, 531 00:29:43,741 --> 00:29:45,909 that you could not keep your woman happy. 532 00:29:45,910 --> 00:29:49,621 He is the emperor. You of course may kill her if you wish. 533 00:29:49,622 --> 00:29:53,334 - She will be forgotten about in weeks. - Finally. Some loyalty. 534 00:29:54,418 --> 00:29:55,753 [Peter sighs] 535 00:29:59,215 --> 00:30:02,258 Between us, I thought her and I might be as you two. 536 00:30:02,259 --> 00:30:03,760 A perfect union. 537 00:30:03,761 --> 00:30:06,721 [Grigor clears throat] Perhaps she could be. Why give up now? 538 00:30:06,722 --> 00:30:10,600 She may be all you need, as George is to me. 539 00:30:10,601 --> 00:30:15,647 I suspect I will always need more, as I am a person who always needs more. 540 00:30:15,648 --> 00:30:19,067 Seems to me all you really want is for her to be more cheerful in court, 541 00:30:19,068 --> 00:30:21,736 and to bear you an heir. That is all you want from a wife. 542 00:30:21,737 --> 00:30:24,739 Yes. Yes, and she does not provide it. 543 00:30:24,740 --> 00:30:29,494 [Sighs] Grigor, you never told me how tricky this marriage business is. 544 00:30:29,495 --> 00:30:32,872 Until one is in it, one cannot imagine. 545 00:30:32,873 --> 00:30:33,916 [Peter] Hmmph. 546 00:30:34,625 --> 00:30:38,586 I sometimes feel that, due to our political differences, 547 00:30:38,587 --> 00:30:42,716 I perhaps do not offer you the spiritual counsel that you need. 548 00:30:42,717 --> 00:30:44,300 This is my flaw. 549 00:30:44,301 --> 00:30:47,137 I am fine for counsel, but thank you. 550 00:30:47,138 --> 00:30:50,432 And if you're seeking flaws, I could also make a list of yours, 551 00:30:50,433 --> 00:30:53,185 - if it would aid you. - How kind. 552 00:30:54,186 --> 00:30:56,521 I see you occasionally huddled with the empress, 553 00:30:56,522 --> 00:30:58,606 and wonder if you're trying to butt fuck her. 554 00:30:58,607 --> 00:31:00,191 - [Orlo gasps] - Mm. 555 00:31:00,192 --> 00:31:03,695 As flustered as a freshly raped novice, orlo. 556 00:31:03,696 --> 00:31:05,321 No, I am not. 557 00:31:05,322 --> 00:31:08,616 She is my friend in literature. That is all. 558 00:31:08,617 --> 00:31:10,827 Let us go back and ask the emperor. 559 00:31:10,828 --> 00:31:14,122 See what he makes of it. He seems in a forgiving mood. 560 00:31:14,123 --> 00:31:17,668 And perhaps remind him your vision brought her here. 561 00:31:18,169 --> 00:31:20,796 God is right in all things. 562 00:31:23,466 --> 00:31:25,633 But she is upsetting him, 563 00:31:25,634 --> 00:31:28,512 when I hoped being married would settle him. 564 00:31:29,847 --> 00:31:33,183 You and I are men of power, and I'm sure would like to remain so. 565 00:31:33,184 --> 00:31:35,351 We have that much in common. 566 00:31:35,352 --> 00:31:38,563 Do not take advantage of her unhappiness. 567 00:31:38,564 --> 00:31:39,690 I am not. 568 00:31:40,691 --> 00:31:43,735 You must offer her counsel. 569 00:31:43,736 --> 00:31:46,863 Lead her to a safe path for all of us. 570 00:31:46,864 --> 00:31:50,575 - So I believe you ask a favor. - Hmm. 571 00:31:50,576 --> 00:31:54,329 I've always said you're the smartest man in the kingdom. 572 00:31:54,330 --> 00:31:59,667 She is smarter than I hoped, but we will manage, and you will help me. 573 00:31:59,668 --> 00:32:02,295 You just have to try and control everyone, don't you? 574 00:32:02,296 --> 00:32:06,382 I must do god's will, and he often wants us all to not be as we are. 575 00:32:06,383 --> 00:32:07,468 [Orlo scoffs] 576 00:32:08,969 --> 00:32:12,223 And in exchange, you will help me with rostov's beard. 577 00:32:16,685 --> 00:32:19,020 [Grigor] I thought perhaps he really wanted her dead. 578 00:32:19,021 --> 00:32:21,397 He lashes out if he feels alone. 579 00:32:21,398 --> 00:32:24,442 Such insight. You know him so well. 580 00:32:24,443 --> 00:32:26,862 Do not scratch at me. 581 00:32:39,625 --> 00:32:41,127 [Exhales] 582 00:32:42,378 --> 00:32:44,088 [Distant gunfire] 583 00:32:48,592 --> 00:32:51,219 [Urinating] 584 00:32:51,220 --> 00:32:53,721 I'm killing her. A carriage accident later in the week. 585 00:32:53,722 --> 00:32:56,725 You must decide how to make it work with Europe and the court. 586 00:32:58,227 --> 00:32:59,687 [Whispers] Shit. 587 00:33:22,668 --> 00:33:24,128 Hello? 588 00:33:29,425 --> 00:33:30,967 [Dog whining] 589 00:33:30,968 --> 00:33:32,595 Come here. 590 00:33:33,762 --> 00:33:36,682 Oh. Oh! [Kisses] 591 00:33:41,979 --> 00:33:44,565 Look what those shits have done to my house. 592 00:33:45,399 --> 00:33:46,734 [Kisses] 593 00:33:58,454 --> 00:34:01,873 Trespassing. That is not yours anymore. 594 00:34:01,874 --> 00:34:05,168 - Guards. - You're really doing this, then. 595 00:34:05,169 --> 00:34:09,631 It will help you adjust to your place. Think of it as an act of friendship. 596 00:34:09,632 --> 00:34:11,966 - [Guards grunt] - Let us make it worth it, then. 597 00:34:11,967 --> 00:34:13,969 [Lady svenska grunting] 598 00:34:15,221 --> 00:34:16,430 [Screams] 599 00:34:17,473 --> 00:34:18,557 [Marial screams] 600 00:34:20,559 --> 00:34:22,811 - Ah! - [Whipping] 601 00:34:24,730 --> 00:34:27,733 - [Rhythmic blows] - [Marial grunting softly] 602 00:34:31,278 --> 00:34:34,155 Yes. Yes. I knew you would see reason, orlo. 603 00:34:34,156 --> 00:34:37,825 I have not. I come to you to help you see reason. 604 00:34:37,826 --> 00:34:40,119 Your obvious unhappiness endangers you. 605 00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:42,790 - In what way? - He will kill you. 606 00:34:44,166 --> 00:34:46,168 [Footsteps departing] 607 00:34:46,669 --> 00:34:47,670 Marial! 608 00:34:50,464 --> 00:34:52,799 [Stammers] Uh, you wanted something, empress? 609 00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:54,509 Where is marial? 610 00:34:54,510 --> 00:34:58,554 She's... not here. Um, but she will be, at an unknown time... 611 00:34:58,555 --> 00:35:01,683 You are lying, which is both out of character, and really annoying. 612 00:35:01,684 --> 00:35:02,725 Take me to her. 613 00:35:02,726 --> 00:35:04,979 [Laughing, chattering] 614 00:35:06,772 --> 00:35:08,941 - [Distant door slams] - [Water pouring] 615 00:35:13,988 --> 00:35:16,115 - Adieu. - [Distant man screaming] 616 00:35:23,163 --> 00:35:25,373 Vlad, you will look worse than me when I am done with you. 617 00:35:25,374 --> 00:35:27,041 She will not touch you, vlad. 618 00:35:27,042 --> 00:35:29,043 He wants me to touch him. Don't you, vlad? 619 00:35:29,044 --> 00:35:30,754 Uh... 620 00:35:34,174 --> 00:35:37,135 - What happened? - I forgot my place. 621 00:35:37,136 --> 00:35:39,178 - Who? - It does not matter. 622 00:35:39,179 --> 00:35:43,182 My nature and my station collided. That is all. 623 00:35:43,183 --> 00:35:44,767 No one has the right to do this. 624 00:35:44,768 --> 00:35:49,148 Technically untrue. I am property. Not a person. 625 00:35:49,773 --> 00:35:52,776 Give me a few minutes and I will be out to dress you for dinner. 626 00:35:53,694 --> 00:35:56,446 What has happened? Are you all right? 627 00:35:56,447 --> 00:35:58,448 I did not realize I would be having so many guests. 628 00:35:58,449 --> 00:36:00,742 - I would have had tea brought down. - Who did this? 629 00:36:00,743 --> 00:36:03,786 She will not say. Lady svenska, perhaps. 630 00:36:03,787 --> 00:36:05,997 It was not her. 631 00:36:05,998 --> 00:36:07,540 I have a job to do. 632 00:36:07,541 --> 00:36:09,251 - [Marial grunts] - [Clattering] 633 00:36:10,502 --> 00:36:13,671 I am ready. Let us go, empress. 634 00:36:13,672 --> 00:36:16,549 Empress, I had a vision from god this afternoon. 635 00:36:16,550 --> 00:36:18,010 Oh, he does that. 636 00:36:19,928 --> 00:36:22,138 I came to Maria! To pass it to you. 637 00:36:22,139 --> 00:36:26,434 Knives were raining down from the clouds, 638 00:36:26,435 --> 00:36:28,227 headed for your soft skin. 639 00:36:28,228 --> 00:36:31,189 And you smiled, and they all disappeared, 640 00:36:31,190 --> 00:36:36,194 and became flower petals, floating gently down. 641 00:36:36,195 --> 00:36:39,656 Everyone wants me to be happy. Now, even god. 642 00:36:41,450 --> 00:36:45,119 God's love... is all. 643 00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:48,123 [Upbeat classical music playing] 644 00:36:56,924 --> 00:36:59,927 [Laughing, chattering] 645 00:37:10,896 --> 00:37:12,356 [Inhales] 646 00:37:18,112 --> 00:37:20,114 I am training them. 647 00:37:20,989 --> 00:37:24,158 [Coughs, gags] 648 00:37:24,159 --> 00:37:26,161 [Coughing] 649 00:37:27,287 --> 00:37:31,082 They do not all make thejourney to a new land. [Exhales] 650 00:37:31,083 --> 00:37:33,168 My dear, sit. 651 00:37:34,962 --> 00:37:36,421 And let's talk of how you are. 652 00:37:36,422 --> 00:37:39,632 I'm quite well. Note my smiling face. 653 00:37:39,633 --> 00:37:43,053 I do. Has emperor Peter had something to do with this? 654 00:37:44,138 --> 00:37:48,516 - He has been sweet. - Oh. At heart, that is him. 655 00:37:48,517 --> 00:37:52,311 You know, as a young boy, Peter would run to his mother, 656 00:37:52,312 --> 00:37:56,357 holding aloft a picture he'd drawn, or a boat fashioned from leaves, 657 00:37:56,358 --> 00:37:59,861 his eyes and words begging for approbation. 658 00:37:59,862 --> 00:38:01,612 For love. 659 00:38:01,613 --> 00:38:04,782 And she would level a gaze at him and hold him in it. 660 00:38:04,783 --> 00:38:07,910 And he would fall silent, and go so still. 661 00:38:07,911 --> 00:38:10,496 And then tears would run from his eyes, 662 00:38:10,497 --> 00:38:13,833 and his whole body would begin shaking uncontrollably, 663 00:38:13,834 --> 00:38:16,878 and urine would pool at his feet. 664 00:38:16,879 --> 00:38:19,338 Hmm. It was a curious phenomenon. 665 00:38:19,339 --> 00:38:23,050 - Why would she do that? - Everyone has their thing. 666 00:38:23,051 --> 00:38:25,053 Hers was cruelty. 667 00:38:25,804 --> 00:38:29,765 So I'm asking for some forgiveness. Some empathy. 668 00:38:29,766 --> 00:38:32,686 From one I can tell is filled with both. 669 00:38:36,106 --> 00:38:37,441 [Snaps] 670 00:38:39,318 --> 00:38:41,569 - [Men cheering] - That is amazing. 671 00:38:41,570 --> 00:38:43,572 Indeed. 672 00:38:45,782 --> 00:38:47,992 [Grigor] Aah, stop. Stop. Get back here. 673 00:38:47,993 --> 00:38:49,911 [Laughing] 674 00:38:49,912 --> 00:38:51,663 - Aah. [Winces] - Good evening, husband. 675 00:38:53,457 --> 00:38:54,540 Empress. 676 00:38:54,541 --> 00:38:57,585 - You look marvelous. - [Peter exhales] 677 00:38:57,586 --> 00:38:59,921 And your skirt. 678 00:38:59,922 --> 00:39:02,632 - It is very pretty. - Thanks. 679 00:39:02,633 --> 00:39:05,384 It also allows one's cock to swing free in the air. 680 00:39:05,385 --> 00:39:07,970 Marvelous. Old madam bolzoi whipped it up. 681 00:39:07,971 --> 00:39:10,056 It is genius. 682 00:39:10,057 --> 00:39:13,351 I apologize if I have been of sour face lately. 683 00:39:13,352 --> 00:39:16,729 I had my blood in, and you know how that goes. Rrrr. 684 00:39:16,730 --> 00:39:20,274 Oh, right. I see. Well, that explains much. 685 00:39:20,275 --> 00:39:22,026 But I feel much restored. 686 00:39:22,027 --> 00:39:24,529 What is the nature of this stunning banquet? 687 00:39:24,530 --> 00:39:26,113 We are honoring some of our wounded, 688 00:39:26,114 --> 00:39:28,824 who finally won a battle for us against Sweden. 689 00:39:28,825 --> 00:39:30,785 Poor fucking guys. 690 00:39:30,786 --> 00:39:31,870 No eyes, that one. 691 00:39:32,913 --> 00:39:36,123 To never see a naked woman or a deer in full fucking fight again. 692 00:39:36,124 --> 00:39:38,460 Still, he may fuck ugly women and be happy now. 693 00:39:38,961 --> 00:39:41,588 [Laughs] Huzzah. 694 00:39:43,131 --> 00:39:45,425 - Let us dance. - Ooh. 695 00:39:48,929 --> 00:39:50,806 [Peter grunts] 696 00:39:53,725 --> 00:39:55,977 [Gasps] You're an exceptional dancer. 697 00:39:55,978 --> 00:39:58,772 The secret is to imagine your feet have wings on them. 698 00:39:59,314 --> 00:40:02,317 - [Peter grunting] - [Crowd exclaiming] 699 00:40:06,238 --> 00:40:07,531 [Peter grunts] 700 00:40:14,663 --> 00:40:17,957 Orlo, you virgin. Pretend to mount your own hand. 701 00:40:17,958 --> 00:40:19,750 - [Peter laughs] - [Crowd laughing] 702 00:40:19,751 --> 00:40:22,754 Ha ha ha. Brilliant! [Peter groans] 703 00:40:23,714 --> 00:40:25,382 George, do the thing. 704 00:40:25,882 --> 00:40:28,926 [Chuckles] Watch this. It is marvelous. 705 00:40:28,927 --> 00:40:30,386 [Pants] 706 00:40:30,387 --> 00:40:32,346 - [Georgina grunts, laughs] - [Peter laughing] 707 00:40:32,347 --> 00:40:34,182 - Huzzah! - [Crowd] Huzzah! 708 00:40:37,185 --> 00:40:40,313 - Whoo! Aah! - [Peter laughing] 709 00:40:40,314 --> 00:40:42,941 Aah! Cake! Cake! [Laughs] 710 00:40:44,067 --> 00:40:45,819 Aah! Thank you! 711 00:40:46,778 --> 00:40:49,113 [Shouting] 712 00:40:49,114 --> 00:40:52,074 He will suffocate, yet die the happiest of men. 713 00:40:52,075 --> 00:40:54,202 [Giggles] 714 00:40:57,289 --> 00:41:00,458 To the men who died in battle. 715 00:41:00,459 --> 00:41:03,378 To those who returned without all their fucking limbs... 716 00:41:03,879 --> 00:41:07,089 - Huzzah! - [All] Huzzah! 717 00:41:07,090 --> 00:41:08,133 [Shattering] 718 00:41:10,135 --> 00:41:14,388 - Oh. That was delicious. - Mm. I agree entirely. 719 00:41:14,389 --> 00:41:17,016 I knew we had things in common. Good taste. 720 00:41:17,017 --> 00:41:20,062 - And our prettiness. - Hmm. 721 00:41:20,896 --> 00:41:22,898 - [Glasses clink] - [Catherine chuckles] 722 00:41:25,067 --> 00:41:27,109 Bring in those Swedish heads. 723 00:41:27,110 --> 00:41:29,488 We will eat dessert under their beady gaze. 724 00:41:40,374 --> 00:41:41,416 [Peter] Hmmph. 725 00:41:46,421 --> 00:41:47,547 Hmm. 726 00:41:48,256 --> 00:41:50,801 Fucking iemoniest of lemon. Extraordinary. 727 00:41:53,095 --> 00:41:55,846 Would you like mine? It matches your hair. 728 00:41:55,847 --> 00:41:58,725 Hmm. Indeed. 729 00:42:07,109 --> 00:42:09,319 It is happy to be happy together, is it not? 730 00:42:10,779 --> 00:42:12,280 It is marvelous. 731 00:42:12,864 --> 00:42:14,448 You are marvelous. 732 00:42:14,449 --> 00:42:17,451 You gave me a bear, and have ceased punching me. 733 00:42:17,452 --> 00:42:19,787 What woman would not be happy? 734 00:42:19,788 --> 00:42:21,288 - Huzzah. - Huzzah. 735 00:42:21,289 --> 00:42:22,332 Hmm. 736 00:42:25,252 --> 00:42:26,712 I feel we are being stared at. 737 00:42:29,464 --> 00:42:31,133 [Whispering] I believe we are. 738 00:42:33,510 --> 00:42:35,011 You rude fucker. 739 00:42:40,642 --> 00:42:43,228 [Squishing] 740 00:42:44,271 --> 00:42:48,400 [Chuckles] Everyone. Poke their fucking eyes out. 741 00:42:51,695 --> 00:42:53,363 [Chairs sliding] 742 00:42:54,698 --> 00:42:57,659 [Quick classical music playing] 743 00:43:20,015 --> 00:43:21,266 Huzzah. 744 00:43:22,309 --> 00:43:23,310 [Sighs] 745 00:43:24,186 --> 00:43:27,856 To be true to my heart, apparently, I must be disingenuous with my face. 746 00:43:28,523 --> 00:43:30,275 [Marial] It is the way for all of us. 747 00:43:30,901 --> 00:43:33,319 It is not a crime to lie to others. 748 00:43:33,320 --> 00:43:35,906 Just to lie to one's self. 749 00:43:36,448 --> 00:43:40,034 Very profound. It is very fucking unpleasant to me. 750 00:43:40,035 --> 00:43:43,288 Hmm. You perhaps thought the taking of an empire would be effortless. 751 00:43:43,789 --> 00:43:47,458 - I do not like your tone. - Why? It contains the prick of truth. 752 00:43:47,459 --> 00:43:49,376 Yes. That is exactly why. 753 00:43:49,377 --> 00:43:51,295 [Distant clock chiming] 754 00:43:51,296 --> 00:43:53,297 [Catherine] Are you sore? 755 00:43:53,298 --> 00:43:56,134 - [Knocks] - The emperor requests entrance. 756 00:44:01,097 --> 00:44:02,307 [Peter grunts] 757 00:44:12,984 --> 00:44:15,987 [Breathing heavily] 758 00:44:23,078 --> 00:44:24,412 [Groaning] 759 00:44:26,206 --> 00:44:28,250 - [Grunts] - [Soft pant] 760 00:44:32,170 --> 00:44:34,755 Thank you and have a pleasant night, husband. 761 00:44:34,756 --> 00:44:36,675 Right. You, too. 762 00:44:37,425 --> 00:44:40,345 - It was good, huh? - Indeed. 763 00:44:41,096 --> 00:44:42,389 Indeed. 764 00:44:43,557 --> 00:44:45,684 Okay. Good. 765 00:44:46,601 --> 00:44:47,644 Indeed. 766 00:44:52,232 --> 00:44:54,568 - [Door closes] - [Knocks] 767 00:44:55,569 --> 00:44:59,321 - Empress. - What a life you live, orlo. 768 00:44:59,322 --> 00:45:02,449 You will not get your cock wet, or your knife bloody, 769 00:45:02,450 --> 00:45:04,326 or your heart even pumping. 770 00:45:04,327 --> 00:45:08,247 But you will perform like a cock-pumping circus for him. 771 00:45:08,248 --> 00:45:10,834 These books. These ideas. 772 00:45:11,376 --> 00:45:13,794 As dead on your shelves as you are inside. 773 00:45:13,795 --> 00:45:15,881 They are poetry. Not reality. 774 00:45:16,631 --> 00:45:20,467 Would you not like to see a strong, vibrant Russia? 775 00:45:20,468 --> 00:45:23,345 Alive with ideas, humane and progressive, 776 00:45:23,346 --> 00:45:25,514 where people live with dignity and purpose? 777 00:45:25,515 --> 00:45:26,641 I would. 778 00:45:27,142 --> 00:45:30,811 And a talking pig and a dog that cooks omelets. 779 00:45:30,812 --> 00:45:33,106 But I suspect I will die disappointed. 780 00:45:34,316 --> 00:45:36,984 Well, there's an aspiration. 781 00:45:36,985 --> 00:45:39,904 To die disappointed. Good luck with that. 782 00:45:39,905 --> 00:45:41,405 I suspect you will make it. 783 00:45:41,406 --> 00:45:45,660 Empress, I have looked at the situation, and at what I can achieve within reason. 784 00:45:46,494 --> 00:45:50,497 What's the point in believing in something if you will not act for it? 785 00:45:50,498 --> 00:45:54,460 I, too, believe in reason, and a nation ruled by it. 786 00:45:54,461 --> 00:45:59,466 But I believe only action and passion will achieve it. 787 00:46:00,926 --> 00:46:05,054 I will not live my life on the sidelines, some half-hearted coward. 788 00:46:05,055 --> 00:46:08,265 I promised myself a great love. 789 00:46:08,266 --> 00:46:09,851 That didn't work out. 790 00:46:10,477 --> 00:46:12,270 Then I realized... 791 00:46:13,021 --> 00:46:16,607 It is a great life that I want. 792 00:46:16,608 --> 00:46:18,485 Everyone does that. 793 00:46:19,152 --> 00:46:22,571 Then they grow up, and realize there are parameters. 794 00:46:22,572 --> 00:46:25,532 Treason is what we're discussing here. 795 00:46:25,533 --> 00:46:28,160 Which could get you cut open, filled with baby rats, 796 00:46:28,161 --> 00:46:29,412 and then sewn back up. 797 00:46:30,372 --> 00:46:32,374 - I hate rats. - So do I. 798 00:46:34,626 --> 00:46:37,045 - What else do you hate? - [Orlo] I hate the war. 799 00:46:38,338 --> 00:46:41,341 I hate the fucking state of my country. 800 00:46:41,841 --> 00:46:43,384 But this is Russia. 801 00:46:43,385 --> 00:46:46,388 Things change incrementally. 802 00:46:47,055 --> 00:46:49,098 As I said, you'll get used to it. 803 00:46:49,099 --> 00:46:53,143 If I am ever used to it, I will not be me. 804 00:46:53,144 --> 00:46:55,689 I make a difference, empress. 805 00:46:56,272 --> 00:46:59,483 I spread ideas. I make progress. 806 00:46:59,484 --> 00:47:00,568 [Catherine] I understand. 807 00:47:01,653 --> 00:47:05,115 If you did this, you would be a different man. 808 00:47:07,325 --> 00:47:09,326 You would be a man 809 00:47:09,327 --> 00:47:13,872 who had been on fire all this time. 810 00:47:13,873 --> 00:47:19,587 But finally, one day, let himself take the lid off. 811 00:47:20,380 --> 00:47:23,924 And let the fire burn away the fear, 812 00:47:23,925 --> 00:47:26,677 and leave him raw and ready, 813 00:47:26,678 --> 00:47:30,306 to do what it took to join hands with me. 814 00:47:31,182 --> 00:47:34,352 And we would transform this country. 815 00:47:35,645 --> 00:47:39,482 And die, if needs be, in the process. 816 00:47:42,110 --> 00:47:44,446 But we would happily die, 817 00:47:45,113 --> 00:47:48,366 knowing we lived as we should. 818 00:47:49,617 --> 00:47:51,870 You would be that man. 819 00:47:59,627 --> 00:48:00,879 I can't. 820 00:48:02,547 --> 00:48:06,551 I saw a small man, and imagined something bigger. 821 00:48:07,802 --> 00:48:09,721 I apologize, sir. 822 00:48:13,725 --> 00:48:14,726 [Door opens] 823 00:48:15,810 --> 00:48:17,603 [Door closes] 824 00:48:17,604 --> 00:48:20,647 [Inhales, exhales] 825 00:48:20,648 --> 00:48:21,691 [Book crashes] 826 00:48:23,151 --> 00:48:25,153 [Glass clinking] 827 00:48:32,327 --> 00:48:34,329 [Silverware clattering] 828 00:48:43,630 --> 00:48:45,006 What will you do with them? 829 00:48:46,674 --> 00:48:48,176 Burn them. 830 00:48:56,351 --> 00:48:57,477 [Knocks] 831 00:48:59,521 --> 00:49:01,439 I need you to give these a Christian burial. 832 00:49:02,774 --> 00:49:04,859 I can only do a whole body. 833 00:49:10,281 --> 00:49:12,699 I could bless them. 834 00:49:12,700 --> 00:49:14,702 [Rain pouring] 835 00:49:17,997 --> 00:49:22,292 [Archbishop] Grant rest eternal in blessed repose, oh, lord, 836 00:49:22,293 --> 00:49:24,878 to thy servants who have fallen asleep. 837 00:49:24,879 --> 00:49:27,422 And make their memory to be eternal. 838 00:49:27,423 --> 00:49:30,426 [Continues indistinctly] 839 00:49:41,855 --> 00:49:45,065 So I've decided not to kill her. She was full of happyjapes. 840 00:49:45,066 --> 00:49:47,401 She explained her blood was in for weeks, apparently, 841 00:49:47,402 --> 00:49:49,945 which was strange but may be an Austrian thing. 842 00:49:49,946 --> 00:49:52,782 So let us forgive her, and give her another chance. 843 00:49:53,783 --> 00:49:55,910 Emperor, count rostov. 844 00:49:58,329 --> 00:50:01,915 Rostov, you still have a beaver on your face. What the fuck? 845 00:50:01,916 --> 00:50:05,002 Emperor. Perhaps a gesture 846 00:50:05,003 --> 00:50:09,298 would be to make the having of beards an issue of free will. 847 00:50:09,299 --> 00:50:11,508 - We've been talking. - Who's "we?" 848 00:50:11,509 --> 00:50:15,304 All of us. Velementov, you explained it well. 849 00:50:15,305 --> 00:50:17,015 [Velementov] I, um... 850 00:50:17,849 --> 00:50:19,976 Perhaps an idea of, um... 851 00:50:20,727 --> 00:50:24,022 Allowing people to choose would be a way to... 852 00:50:24,522 --> 00:50:26,899 Express love, and... 853 00:50:26,900 --> 00:50:30,236 Share the strength of your leadership, and, um... 854 00:50:31,029 --> 00:50:34,781 - Our quest for modernity... - They realize your wisdom, 855 00:50:34,782 --> 00:50:39,286 and almost all happily honor it, while allowing some freedom. 856 00:50:39,287 --> 00:50:40,954 They love you more. 857 00:50:40,955 --> 00:50:45,292 And what if they all wear beards as an open "fuck you?" 858 00:50:45,293 --> 00:50:46,752 - They would not. - Of course they would not, 859 00:50:46,753 --> 00:50:48,296 for they love the emperor. 860 00:50:48,796 --> 00:50:51,131 But I agree with grigor. 861 00:50:51,132 --> 00:50:57,012 It opens the door for the unhappiness to have a visual symbol of rebellion. 862 00:50:57,013 --> 00:51:00,349 - It's just a beard. - I just need dispensation, that is all. 863 00:51:00,350 --> 00:51:01,684 - My wife... - Shut up. 864 00:51:02,894 --> 00:51:05,479 What unhappiness? Archie? 865 00:51:05,480 --> 00:51:07,356 - There is no unhappiness. - None at all. 866 00:51:07,357 --> 00:51:09,149 Mere hypothetics, I'm sure, is all. 867 00:51:09,150 --> 00:51:11,945 They should all do as the emperor fucking says! 868 00:51:12,904 --> 00:51:15,364 His will is what we all must bend to. 869 00:51:15,365 --> 00:51:18,325 His wisdom. Why should some bend, and not others? 870 00:51:18,326 --> 00:51:20,494 Here, here. Now, now I think on it properly, 871 00:51:20,495 --> 00:51:22,412 this is a silly thing to ever consider. 872 00:51:22,413 --> 00:51:25,457 So the edict stands. Rostov, get rid of that fucking beard. 873 00:51:25,458 --> 00:51:27,668 You cannotjust force everyone to just bend to your will, 874 00:51:27,669 --> 00:51:30,921 for externally they will, but inside, simmering discontent will rise, 875 00:51:30,922 --> 00:51:33,258 and may spew forth. 876 00:51:34,008 --> 00:51:35,051 [Orlo exhales sharply] 877 00:51:37,679 --> 00:51:41,391 - Are you yelling at me, orlo? - Sir, you must win their minds. 878 00:51:47,897 --> 00:51:49,982 Sir. Sir! 879 00:51:49,983 --> 00:51:53,360 We can move the country on and bring the people with us by choice, 880 00:51:53,361 --> 00:51:54,486 rather than force. 881 00:51:54,487 --> 00:51:56,780 - Free will is an important... - Emperor... 882 00:51:56,781 --> 00:51:58,657 Shut the fuck up, fatso. 883 00:51:58,658 --> 00:52:01,244 [Breathing heavily] 884 00:52:05,039 --> 00:52:07,833 - Shave him. - What? 885 00:52:07,834 --> 00:52:10,377 Fucking shave him. 886 00:52:10,378 --> 00:52:13,548 Rostov, move, and you'll lose more than your beard. 887 00:52:15,675 --> 00:52:18,260 Of course, you have free will. You can refuse me. 888 00:52:18,261 --> 00:52:20,263 Go ahead. Make your choice. 889 00:52:21,723 --> 00:52:24,726 And then I will have free will to make my next choice. 890 00:52:36,696 --> 00:52:40,158 - Um, water and soap? - Just do it. 891 00:52:47,999 --> 00:52:50,460 Orlo, you fuck. 892 00:52:52,003 --> 00:52:54,297 [Birds chirping] 893 00:53:20,948 --> 00:53:22,866 ["Movin' on up" by primal scream playing] 894 00:53:22,867 --> 00:53:25,786 J” I was blind, now I can see j” 895 00:53:25,787 --> 00:53:31,249 j” you made a believer out of me j” 896 00:53:31,250 --> 00:53:33,710 j” I was blind j” 897 00:53:33,711 --> 00:53:36,046 j” now I can see j” 898 00:53:36,047 --> 00:53:38,882 j” you made a believer j” 899 00:53:38,883 --> 00:53:40,675 j” out of me j” 900 00:53:40,676 --> 00:53:43,638 j” I'm movin' on up now j” 901 00:53:45,181 --> 00:53:49,060 j” getting out of the darkness j” 902 00:53:50,603 --> 00:53:55,816 j”my light shines on my light shines on j” 903 00:53:55,817 --> 00:54:00,113 j” my light shines on j” 904 00:54:01,823 --> 00:54:04,116 j” I was lost j” 905 00:54:04,117 --> 00:54:06,576 j” now I'm found j” 906 00:54:06,577 --> 00:54:09,371 j” I believe in you j” 907 00:54:09,372 --> 00:54:12,124 j” I got no bounds j” 908 00:54:12,125 --> 00:54:14,668 j” I was lost j” 909 00:54:14,669 --> 00:54:16,753 j” now I'm found j” 910 00:54:16,754 --> 00:54:19,006 j” I believe in you j” 911 00:54:19,507 --> 00:54:21,466 j” I got no bounds j” 912 00:54:21,467 --> 00:54:24,178 j” I'm movin' on up now j” 913 00:54:26,013 --> 00:54:29,392 j” getting out of the darkness j” 914 00:54:31,561 --> 00:54:33,771 j” my light shines on j” 915 00:54:34,021 --> 00:54:36,399 j” my light shines on j” 916 00:54:36,649 --> 00:54:38,651 j” my light shines on j” 917 00:54:38,901 --> 00:54:41,446 j” my light shines on j” 918 00:54:41,696 --> 00:54:43,656 j” my light shines on j” 919 00:54:43,906 --> 00:54:46,492 j” my light shines on j” 920 00:54:46,742 --> 00:54:49,537 j” my light shines on j”