TEXT: [PREVIOUSLY_ON] Nostradamus: I saw your son's future. His union with Mary, she will cost Francis his life. Mary: We were engaged since we were six. Francis: An alliance with Scotland could destroy France. Mary: You don't want to marry me. Queen Catherine: You said the potion would make her seem like the dead, on glass of wine and she would wake up with her virtues destroyed. Mary: Colin, No Lola: He said he was forced. Mary: Colin is my subject and i demand to speak with him. Henry: Colin's been exucuted. He was beheaded this morning. [SCENE_BREAK] ACT 1, SCENE 1 - IN THE DUNGEONS: (In the dungeon, Colin, who was said to be dead, is seen being tortured by one of the King and Queen's men) Guard You're done for now, boy. Don't get too comfortable. (The guard slinks away into the night. As soon as he's out of the picture, a dark figure scurries down the corridor) Clarissa: (trying to bring Colin to attention): Wake up. Wake up. (She removes the binds from his hands and tells him to leave) Clarissa: Go. Go. (She reaches for the hot iron and uses it on Colin and he screams in pain, but finally gets a move on.) COLIN: Who are you? (yelling) Why did you free me? (Clarissa continues to run out of the dungeon, never once turning around to look back) ACT 1, SCENE 2 - IN MARY'S CHAMBERS: (As the morning light sweeps into a window in the castle, Mary looms over a sleeping Lola, pushing the covers back over her chest. Suddenly, there is a knock on the door) SARAH, THE SERVANT: Lady Kenna, Lady Aylee and Greer of Kinross, Your Grace. (Mary's other three ladies all follow close behind) Mary: Thank you, Sarah. Kenna: You slept there while Lola slept in your bed? Mary
SUMMARY:
Prince Francis's younger brother, Prince Charles (Peter DaCunha), is to be betrothed to Madeleine (Vanessa Carter), a French noblewoman. Madeleine arrives by ship, escorted by an unexpected English envoy led by Simon Westbrook (Luke Roberts), who are welcomed at court for helping Madeleine arrive safely. Mary learns from Charles that a girl named Clarissa (Katie Boland) lives in the secret passageways of the castle; Mary suspects she's the one who warned her of the rape plot. When Queen Mary avoids what appears to be another poisoning attempt, she asks Clarissa for information. She is led to Simon, learning that he feigned the poisoning to scare her out of the alliance with France. Simon points out that Queen Mary already has enemies in French court and will not be safe, but Mary declares her intent to stay and stand against the English. Queen Mary suspects Catherine as responsible for the various plots and shares this with Francis, who believes her and warns his mother to leave his fiancee alone. Queen Mary and Prince Francis are for now determined to be a united front against their mutual enemies.