Love's not a contest, Martha.
MMartha
Then why is there always something to be won or lost?
Redemption
Battlefield
William is being held back, but not by some anonymous knight. He's nearly 25 years old. He needs to marry and give us grandchildren.
PHPercy Hamleigh
There are plenty of women who'd have him.
None of sufficient nobility, my love. And if he can't marry a title, he shall have to inherit one.
PHPercy Hamleigh
Are you suggesting that I retire and give him mine?
[Laughs] I know you'd never agree to that.
PHPercy Hamleigh
Not in my prime, I wouldn't! [Regan is bleeding him] There, that's quite enough, my dear.
You drink too much, Percy. Your tongue's too loose.
PHPercy Hamleigh
I fear you've cut too deep.
No, my sweet. [Percy struggles for his life] Not deep enough.
[Regan kills him]
I'm the earl! I'm the rightful earl! Richard lost that claim when his father lost his head!
Getting soldiers is all the king cares about. Raise an army to finish Maud, he'll give you whatever you want.
Easily said, but where do we get the means to do it? The market at Kingsbridge sucks the money out of Shiring. Kingsbridge gets the rents, the taxes, business...
Close the market.
How? The king has licensed it!
Oh yes. Unfortunately, he has.
What?
If I close the market for you, will you close the quarry for me?
The only way to close the quarry involves bloodshed. Innocent lives shall be lost. My son shall burn in hell for your sins.
That's why you've been a reluctant enforcer, William?
Mother's always been afraid of fire. But the fires of hell are eternal.
[Grabbing his bible and cross] On your knees. Are you sorry for all the lives taken by your sword in the past and in the future?
Oh yes.
Ego Te absolvo. Do what you must.
It's forbidden to run a market without a license from the king.
But we have a license.
May I see it?
(Searches for it, frustrated] Ah, it's been stolen.
The Sheriff has no record of it.
Then he's a liar.
I think you are the liar, Philip. As of next month, the market moves to Shiring.
EEllen
[About Jack] He's not dead. I would know it if he were dead. He can't be dead. I don't allow him to be dead. I dreamed this would happen and I didn't stop it. [Sobbing] Why? It makes no bloody sense!
It doesn't have to make sense. This is part of God's plan and...
EEllen
God's plan? If God has a plan, it's not working out very well, is it?
Legacy
If you wish Maud to make your son Earl of Shiring, I need to successfully trade Stephen with Gloucester.
I'll contribute to the ransom fee, if that's your concern.
No, my concern is Stephen. If he is redeemed, will the war continue?
Undoubtedly.
Therefore Queen Maud may not rule for long and then, whose side are we on?
We need to play both sides.
Oh, I intend to do that as negotiator, but your position is not as flexible.
You will have to intercede for us.
You presume our position is that of equals. I need you to serve me, not command me.
What would Your Eminence have me do? Whatever your wish, I am happy to obey.
I wish to be made Archbishop of Canterbury once Stephen regains his throne. The current one will have to be removed, of course.
How did I come here?
FFFather Francis
I told the executioner that, as the Queen's secretary, I would answer for your innocence.
But I thought you supported Stephen?
FFFather Francis
Shush! He's as self-serving as his predecessor. I've become a politician, Philip. I serve who best serves me.
You're a new man, Jack. A Lazarus.
I'm sure I stink like Lazarus. You must have died too from the look of you.
Nearly. God has further plans for me. For you too, I suspect.
What plans?
What do you remember of the last 3 days? Did you pray?
I was laying with the dead. I suppose I don't remember. I dreamt, though. I remember that.
What of?
Of Aliena.
I won't see this church completed.
DA?
Nor will you, Alfred. Nor you, Jack, most likely. I may see it roofed. You might see the interior well on its way. But it might be 50 years before it's finished, which is why I teach you. That's why you must never stop learning even after I'm gone.
Learn from who?
From your pupils. Your younger masters, they might find new ways to perfection.
[after Philip says that either Alfred or Jack must leave after they fought and destroyed part of the cathedral] He's an apprentice! I'm a master stonemason. Send him away, DA, not me! I'm your real son! If Ma was alive, this wouldn't even be a choice! We were a team once, remember? I was supposed to be your successor!
Alfred, you'll have to pay a fine for the damage caused. One month's wages.
A month?
Doubt the prior would accept any less. Could you leave us for a moment.
Da!
Go... before I double it. I'm sorry, Jack.
Why me?
I pleaded with Philip, but he wouldn't soften.
This is my life.
He's my son.
I'm your son too. You said it.
You're the one that Philip will miss. You know, Alfred... he's competent. But you're brilliant. Now, in a week or a month, the Prior will see his mistake.
[Crying] And if he doesn't? You wouldn't even have a job if it weren't for me.
That's enough.
Do you hear what I'm saying? I burned it down. I burned the old cathedral so that you would have work.
God forgives you then. Get out. Get out!
Witchcraft
William Hamleigh burned it down and murdered Tom. He tried to burn me too, but Alfred put out the flames.
RRichard
He should hang for this!
Who will arrest him? There is no king. There is no queen. There is no law in this land!
I want to replace him. I'm a master builder. Father gave me his tools. I know the site and the plans.
You don't have the experience.
Neither did he when you hired him. I have his ambition. And I have his skill. The men listen to me, and I'm willing to learn.
I need to pray on this, Alfred.
No, you need to think of the future.
I want to vault the cathedral in stone.
That's impossible. Tom said that wood is the only material...
Wood is cheaper, yes, but it can burn. That's how you lost the first cathedral.
Will the walls take the weight?
Yeah, we can reinforce them. I know more about stone than he ever did.
It will cost more and take longer.
But it will last forever. That's the point, isn't it?
Whom do you hate the most?
Aliena. She didn't die in the fire like I wanted her to.
And what would you do to her?
Have my way with her again and again until she does die.
And so you shall. And whom do you love the most?
You.
And what would you do to me?
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