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(BIRDS CHIRPING)
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It's still there.
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Mocking me.
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Reminding me of my... my ineptness.
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(SIGHS) I mean, the truth is...
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what do I know of running a country?
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I'm dissembled, and shook.
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Perhaps I am merely a disappointed girl
with a big mouth
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full of pithy phrases
that inspire others to action,
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but cannot give me the same.
(SIGHS)
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Honestly...
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(SIGHS)
I just wish to lie in a field with Leo,
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stare at the sun, and laugh.
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Is that so bad?
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(ROARS)
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You're a very rude bear.
(BEAR GRUNTS)
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♪♪
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(PANTING)
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♪♪
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GRIGOR: Where are we going?
PETER: Just wait until you see this.
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Hopefully it is still there.
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Oh, look.
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Look.
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(BIRD SINGING)
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It's a bird.
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I could watch it for hours.
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Why would you want to do that?
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Well, I'm changed, Grigor.
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Something happened to me
when I was dying.
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Although I still can't believe someone
tried to kill me. Who would do that?
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It's unfathomable.
Indeed.
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Someone deranged. But...
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regardless, I lay in that bed
and I knew the me that was dying
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was not the me I wished to be.
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How fucking strange is that? Huh.
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LIZAVETA: Sir!
GRIGOR: Who are they?
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My new food taster, Lizaveta,
and that's Tartar Nick.
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Fucking killer. He has a collection of
human windpipes from people he's killed.
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He puts holes in them
and plays them as flutes.
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Some natty tunes, actually.
Right.
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The berries are poisonous, sir.
PETER: Hmm.
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Well, taste them to be sure.
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I think they are, Emperor.
It is well‐known that‐‐
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Nick. Your job?
Kill anyone who wants to kill me.
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Her job? Food taster. Hmm?
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It's food. Taste.
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But I already know that they are pois‐‐
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(PETER GRUNTS)
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Hmmph. Everything is brighter, Grigor.
Everything.
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Let us go back.
I wish to speak to the court.
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(PETER SIGHS CONTENTEDLY)
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(SPITTING)
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(UPBEAT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
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(SWEEPING)
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♪♪
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(PETER PANTING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)
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Morning, everyone.
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Gather the whole court.
I have something to say.
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(GROANING)
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(GROANS, THEN FARTS)
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Jesus.
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Really?
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(SPLASHING)
(GRUNTING)
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(SIGHS)
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(GRUNTING, SPLASHING CONTINUES)
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(TRILLING)
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Fucking hell.
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Good God.
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He killed everyone who had anything
to do with the borscht.
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The farmer who grew the beets,
the guy who delivered them,
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the cook who cooked them,
the servant who served them,
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and the guards he walked past
with the soup.
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I can't believe
he killed his chef, Louis.
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He loves Louis.
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Whoa.
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Jesus.
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(WHISPERS) My God.
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(WHISPERS) Is everything okay?
Does he suspect you?
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No. He just wanted to show me a bird.
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A bird?
Yep.
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Okay. That seems like everyone.
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(GRUNTS)
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Uh, obviously last weekend
was terrifying for everyone.
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But I survived.
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(CLAPPING)
Huzzah!
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CROWD: Huzzah.
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But clearly, someone didn't want me to,
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and was unhappy with me,
and that saddens me.
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I want to be the most loved ruler
in all of Russian history.
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I am happy to hear
anyone's problems with me.
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Step forward now. Anyone.
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I'm open to being better, so...
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Oh, don't worry about the bodies.
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With these killings, it's over.
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In the end, I suspect a disgruntled serf,
or chef.
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I had criticized Louis' clafoutis
rather savagely, and rightfully.
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Caramelized fruit is not burned fruit.
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(SIGHS)
However, today is a new day.
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I saw a bird that was...
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Grigor.
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Amazing bird.
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PETER:
So it is a new day. I am a new man.
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Refreshed. Revitalized. Huzzah!
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CROWD: Huzzah!
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I have created a cake in my honor.
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A new day cake, of honey and fresh figs.
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Huzzah!
CROWD: Huzzah!
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PETER: Have a fine day.
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Where the fuck is Lizaveta?
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(ORLO SIGHS)
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Those bodies. Chilling.
I thought it oddly restrained.
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But if we are to go forward,
we need men who will fight.
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I mean, look what he just did.
That is not us.
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Agreed. You know,
maybe we need to reset.
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Just rethink. Regroup.
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Velementov, he's gone back to the front,
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but I think I should go find him
and speak to him.
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I have a hunch he can be won.
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I shall go to the front.
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You?
Slightly terrifying proposition,
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but we must be brave,
as you've often said.
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I'm very full of words.
That is for certain.
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Yes.
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(FOOTSTEPS DEPARTING)
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♪♪
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LEO: Look at this.
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It is Dom Perignon,
invented recently in France.
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They say it is God's nectar,
made by monks.
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A champagne like no other.
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(POPS)
Whoo!
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(GLASS SHATTERING)
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It is fun already!
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I don't want to drink.
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But you must. We must leave behind
what we just saw.
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It is vital.
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(POURING)
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What if I had become Empress?
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If he had died.
What do you think would have happened?
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To us?
To Russia.
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You think I would be good?
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I think you would be exceptional,
as you are.
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I turned out not exceptional.
Not who I wish to be.
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We are always not quite as good
as we wish. As capable, as bright.
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Is the human way
to fall short of ourselves. Mm.
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For our thoughts can be untouched
by a hard reality,
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whereas our bodies and souls
must bump against the world,
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and the world will even up the equation
over who we are.
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You may, unfortunately, be right.
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Where are we?
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In my apartments.
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Who with?
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Each other.
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What...
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is this?
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Ooh.
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Zing. Amazing.
Hmm.
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Fizzes in the nose.
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In this world,
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in these walls, we are happy.
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We have everything.
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That is all we can do at present.
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We can do it well.
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(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
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(CLINKING)
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(KISSING)
Fuck me.
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A moment.
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You are mad at me.
MARIAL: I woke up angry,
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with the smell of shit in my nostrils.
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It is just a day, as usual.
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I, too, woke up
feeling ill at ease with‐‐.
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Oh, your cowardice, your inaction,
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your inability to see‐‐
I can find my own words, Marial.
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And I am your servant.
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It is my job to furnish you
with whatever you require.
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Tea, baths...
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Words, courage, I cannot do.
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But perhaps some caviar,
with your bubbly libation,
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before you ride Romeo's cock
for the rest of the afternoon.
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I'm sorry.
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I handled the whole thing with
the dexterity of a doughy two‐year‐old.
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I am more limited than I thought.
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You want to give up. I can see it.
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I think a moment's repose would be good.
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To rethink, and reset, and...
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I mean, I have sent Orlo
to see Velementov.
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So clearly, I'm...
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still determined.
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(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)
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(GRUNTS)
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(SHEEP BLEATING)
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(GRUNTS)
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(SHOVEL SCRAPES)
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Oh. Daughter!
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(MARIAL GRUNTS)
(THUDS)
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(PAINED GASP)
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ELIZABETH: Dear little fellow.
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For the journey.
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You're late.
Hello.
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Fucking dead, aren't you?
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ELIZABETH: Sit.
PETER: Little tyke.
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Fuck you.
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Never liked him.
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Thanks, by the way.
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Did it yourself?
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Of course. Family.
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I would not let a stranger do it.
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Well, you gave him
a couple of extra years.
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I would have done it
when we did his mother.
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You do love children.
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It is true. I do.
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It's a shame yours died.
What was he called again?
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How do you feel?
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I feel great.
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A bit weird, being in here.
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Had some unsettling dreams
about God and a raven.
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Then I dreamed Mother
was biting chunks out of me.
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Oh, she only did it the once,
and it was a small piece.
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Do not over‐dramatize it, darling.
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The idea you might die was terrifying.
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You would miss me?
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Of course.
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And the ramifications.
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Poor Catherine looked completely at sea.
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Well, she is just a woman.
Weak of mind, and firm of breast.
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Do not judge her harshly.
People saw her fragility.
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For a moment,
I thought we might have to kill her,
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and that I would have to do it,
and I am too busy for that.
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Hmm.
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I have become interested in fertility.
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You do love to fuck.
It runs in the blood.
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And fuck you should, my dear.
Your wife.
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We need an heir. Preferably male.
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I'm trying.
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Putting your cock in Madam Dymov
does not get Catherine pregnant.
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Although, how fabulous if it did.
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By doing it to someone,
you could get someone else pregnant,
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or fellate one man
and have another feel it.
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Oh, how marvelous.
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Hmm. I digress.
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Dymov makes me happy.
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And having nearly died,
happiness is everything.
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It is a profound thought
I have taken from the experience.
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Don't. Don't.
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You will ruin us.
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I said... don't.
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(EXHALES)
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I never believed your mother.
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And we shall prove her wrong.
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I am something other than what I was.
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You were the cat's nightclothes,
and always have been.
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Go seed your wife.
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Get us an heir.
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I will.
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I will be the most loved leader
Russia has ever known.
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That is my prophecy,
and always has been, darling.
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Hmm. Mm.
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Mm.
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00:13:12,167 --> 00:13:13,853
CATHERINE:
I sometimes wake in the night,
259
00:13:13,877 --> 00:13:16,481
and feel like the birds on my wallpaper
260
00:13:16,505 --> 00:13:19,275
have flown to different spots on the wall.
261
00:13:19,299 --> 00:13:22,302
A few more glasses of this
delightful stuff and perhaps they will.
262
00:13:29,893 --> 00:13:30,870
(DOOR OPENS)
263
00:13:30,894 --> 00:13:32,705
Leo, fuck off for a while.
264
00:13:32,729 --> 00:13:34,857
Empress, let us fuck.
265
00:13:36,608 --> 00:13:37,985
Indeed.
266
00:13:42,906 --> 00:13:44,491
I will see him out.
267
00:14:00,299 --> 00:14:01,341
Sorry.
268
00:14:02,301 --> 00:14:03,760
It is what it is.
269
00:14:04,469 --> 00:14:05,762
We just...
270
00:14:06,638 --> 00:14:10,368
It has never happened since I arrived.
271
00:14:10,392 --> 00:14:12,102
I guess that‐‐ We forgot.
272
00:14:15,689 --> 00:14:17,000
(FOOTSTEPS DEPARTING)
273
00:14:17,024 --> 00:14:18,585
Fuck.
274
00:14:18,609 --> 00:14:21,236
(SIGHS)
I cannot have his child.
275
00:14:22,779 --> 00:14:23,947
Lemon tops.
276
00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:35,852
Put this inside you.
It acts as a wall,
277
00:14:35,876 --> 00:14:37,812
and the acid kills his juice.
278
00:14:37,836 --> 00:14:39,379
Thank you.
279
00:14:40,589 --> 00:14:42,174
I am your servant.
280
00:14:43,926 --> 00:14:45,052
Waiting!
281
00:14:49,306 --> 00:14:51,266
(PETER PANTING)
282
00:14:52,851 --> 00:14:54,078
It's just so strange.
283
00:14:54,102 --> 00:14:56,414
Even now. Normally I think of hunting,
284
00:14:56,438 --> 00:14:58,541
and what gooseberry is best with pork,
285
00:14:58,565 --> 00:15:02,795
but now I'm thinking about
how I have a child in my cock,
286
00:15:02,819 --> 00:15:05,423
and I'm about to shoot it into you.
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
287
00:15:05,447 --> 00:15:07,675
It is extraordinary to think of,
is it not?
288
00:15:07,699 --> 00:15:10,303
It is indeed a lot to ponder.
289
00:15:10,327 --> 00:15:12,013
Something has shifted in me.
290
00:15:12,037 --> 00:15:13,973
I know not what, but...
291
00:15:13,997 --> 00:15:16,559
It has been a torrid few days.
292
00:15:16,583 --> 00:15:17,977
Exactly.
293
00:15:18,001 --> 00:15:20,796
Ooh! Here he goes.
294
00:15:22,548 --> 00:15:23,674
Huh.
295
00:15:25,300 --> 00:15:26,844
(SIGHS)
296
00:15:28,846 --> 00:15:30,264
(GROANS)
297
00:15:31,807 --> 00:15:32,933
(SIGHS)
298
00:15:33,475 --> 00:15:34,726
(PETER EXHALES)
299
00:15:39,022 --> 00:15:40,691
What do you normally do now?
300
00:15:42,401 --> 00:15:44,462
I normally have a bath.
301
00:15:44,486 --> 00:15:46,214
Great.
302
00:15:46,238 --> 00:15:47,698
Let's do that, then.
303
00:15:48,448 --> 00:15:49,491
(SIGHS)
304
00:15:54,913 --> 00:15:56,850
You have a rash.
305
00:15:56,874 --> 00:15:58,560
Yes.
306
00:15:58,584 --> 00:16:00,562
It broke out about the time you were ill.
307
00:16:00,586 --> 00:16:02,212
Mm. I'm touched.
308
00:16:04,381 --> 00:16:07,152
This shift in you. It is for change.
309
00:16:07,176 --> 00:16:09,487
Yes. But how?
310
00:16:09,511 --> 00:16:11,197
I don't know how.
311
00:16:11,221 --> 00:16:12,532
You would like to be loved.
312
00:16:12,556 --> 00:16:14,117
(SCOFFS) I am loved.
313
00:16:14,141 --> 00:16:16,894
Mmm, someone tried to kill you.
314
00:16:17,269 --> 00:16:18,705
Toosh‐ay.
315
00:16:18,729 --> 00:16:21,708
(CHUCKLES)
How to change though.
316
00:16:21,732 --> 00:16:23,126
I am perfect,
317
00:16:23,150 --> 00:16:25,920
but I know I must change somehow.
It's a fucking conundrum.
318
00:16:25,944 --> 00:16:28,906
Yes. I see what you say.
319
00:16:29,698 --> 00:16:31,217
(SIGHS)
320
00:16:31,241 --> 00:16:34,661
This shift in you must be
manifested in Russia.
321
00:16:35,495 --> 00:16:38,683
And then you will be who you desire to be.
322
00:16:38,707 --> 00:16:40,310
This new man.
323
00:16:40,334 --> 00:16:41,519
I said that?
324
00:16:41,543 --> 00:16:44,230
Your point is that you would need to be
a different leader.
325
00:16:44,254 --> 00:16:46,107
Right. Yes. I suppose so.
326
00:16:46,131 --> 00:16:48,526
Hmm.
Listen to the people.
327
00:16:48,550 --> 00:16:49,777
What do they want?
328
00:16:49,801 --> 00:16:51,571
What do they want?
What about what I want?
329
00:16:51,595 --> 00:16:55,241
You would like them to love you,
and be happy.
330
00:16:55,265 --> 00:16:58,119
So what they want is the key to that.
331
00:16:58,143 --> 00:17:02,457
What they want. It's a novel idea.
Possibly French?
332
00:17:02,481 --> 00:17:06,878
Mm. The thing is, they may not always
know what they want.
333
00:17:06,902 --> 00:17:11,090
But as their leader, you will intuit,
and seek their counsel.
334
00:17:11,114 --> 00:17:13,134
Talk to them.
Yes.
335
00:17:13,158 --> 00:17:16,721
I mean, it is easy to guess some things.
336
00:17:16,745 --> 00:17:19,498
It is? Yeah, of course it is.
337
00:17:20,666 --> 00:17:23,645
You may list them, if you like,
to aid our conversation,
338
00:17:23,669 --> 00:17:26,523
as I am in a relaxed state
and do not wish to exert myself,
339
00:17:26,547 --> 00:17:29,234
but know everything you're about to say.
340
00:17:29,258 --> 00:17:33,404
(PETER INHALES, THEN EXHALES)
Well, some great art from Europe.
341
00:17:33,428 --> 00:17:36,574
More music. Readings at court.
342
00:17:36,598 --> 00:17:40,078
Science exhibitions. People love them.
343
00:17:40,102 --> 00:17:42,372
They do?
Mm.
344
00:17:42,396 --> 00:17:45,959
In Germany, crowds would gather
in the thousands.
345
00:17:45,983 --> 00:17:50,213
And the happiness and gratefulness
of the people? Extraordinary.
346
00:17:50,237 --> 00:17:53,550
Because they knew the Emperor
wished them happy.
347
00:17:53,574 --> 00:17:56,344
Wished their minds and hearts to grow
as the empire would.
348
00:17:56,368 --> 00:17:57,720
That sounds good.
349
00:17:57,744 --> 00:18:00,890
I could pick the art.
Things people would love.
350
00:18:00,914 --> 00:18:03,000
Do it. (CHUCKLES)
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
351
00:18:04,418 --> 00:18:06,086
I should go.
352
00:18:08,297 --> 00:18:10,299
(LIGHT MUSIC PLAYING)
353
00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:16,823
Good day, serf.
What do you say of the kingdom?
354
00:18:16,847 --> 00:18:18,324
I'm sorry?
355
00:18:18,348 --> 00:18:20,100
Any thoughts on how things are?
356
00:18:21,894 --> 00:18:23,121
What is this?
357
00:18:23,145 --> 00:18:25,081
Uh, it is a, a parachute.
358
00:18:25,105 --> 00:18:27,524
Walk with me and explain further.
359
00:18:31,987 --> 00:18:33,715
CATHERINE: I have a new plan.
360
00:18:33,739 --> 00:18:37,302
And I will get you and the country
everything we need.
361
00:18:37,326 --> 00:18:39,203
And not a drop of blood gets spilled.
362
00:18:40,329 --> 00:18:41,914
Sounds unlikely.
363
00:18:43,415 --> 00:18:45,334
Let's do you a fresh lemon.
364
00:18:46,001 --> 00:18:47,687
(SIGHS, CHUCKLES)
365
00:18:47,711 --> 00:18:49,963
(WATER BUBBLING)
366
00:18:50,422 --> 00:18:53,568
VLAD: So you attach objects to it
and throw them from a high place,
367
00:18:53,592 --> 00:18:55,653
and the wind suspends gravity
for a moment
368
00:18:55,677 --> 00:18:58,031
by floating it in the air as if it flies.
369
00:18:58,055 --> 00:18:59,657
It's a science experiment.
370
00:18:59,681 --> 00:19:01,391
PETER: Oh, science. Say more.
371
00:19:01,975 --> 00:19:05,205
Good morning, Countess Dolzhikov
and unknown lady.
372
00:19:05,229 --> 00:19:07,415
How is your day?
BOTH: Good.
373
00:19:07,439 --> 00:19:09,667
Any thoughts on the palace?
What we could do better?
374
00:19:09,691 --> 00:19:11,669
Nothing. All is bliss.
375
00:19:11,693 --> 00:19:13,463
All. Absolutely all.
376
00:19:13,487 --> 00:19:16,299
Marvelous. Yet uninformative.
377
00:19:16,323 --> 00:19:18,676
So, this parachute.
378
00:19:18,700 --> 00:19:20,595
You throw stuff attached off the roof.
379
00:19:20,619 --> 00:19:22,388
VLAD: Yes.
PETER: And it flies.
380
00:19:22,412 --> 00:19:25,433
Yes.
And so it... flies.
381
00:19:25,457 --> 00:19:28,353
Floats, but looks to fly for a bit.
382
00:19:28,377 --> 00:19:29,545
And who are you?
383
00:19:30,420 --> 00:19:33,024
(STAMMERS)
Oleg Kaminsky.
384
00:19:33,048 --> 00:19:34,651
Oleg. What do you do here?
385
00:19:34,675 --> 00:19:37,570
Uh, repair things?
Oh, marvelous. And you enjoy this?
386
00:19:37,594 --> 00:19:39,823
It is a constant, sir,
for you break much.
387
00:19:39,847 --> 00:19:41,199
Mm, I suppose we do.
388
00:19:41,223 --> 00:19:45,453
Emperor, these are fresh walnuts
from a tree that I tend in the meadow.
389
00:19:45,477 --> 00:19:47,872
I offer them to you as a‐‐
Oleg, you are a friend indeed.
390
00:19:47,896 --> 00:19:50,124
(THUDS)
Nick! Heel!
391
00:19:50,148 --> 00:19:53,068
Jesus. Hey!
Give me the fucking walnut back.
392
00:19:54,069 --> 00:19:56,071
I must eat and we must wait an hour.
393
00:19:56,655 --> 00:19:58,365
You're becoming annoying already.
394
00:20:01,118 --> 00:20:02,220
Arrange this...
395
00:20:02,244 --> 00:20:05,223
Parachute.
Indeed. Seek out Grigor for help.
396
00:20:05,247 --> 00:20:06,582
Huzzah.
397
00:20:08,584 --> 00:20:11,229
Oh, good day, sir. Love the hat.
Thank you, Emperor.
398
00:20:11,253 --> 00:20:12,880
PETER: Oh, love your hat, too.
399
00:20:13,380 --> 00:20:14,774
(DOOR OPENS)
400
00:20:14,798 --> 00:20:18,695
Dress me. Oh, and thank you
for all that you do here.
401
00:20:18,719 --> 00:20:20,572
I don't think the Emperor
will need his clothes.
402
00:20:20,596 --> 00:20:23,741
Ah, George. Alas, I have much to do.
403
00:20:23,765 --> 00:20:25,326
I have sent for Grigor.
404
00:20:25,350 --> 00:20:27,060
You're turning me down?
405
00:20:28,353 --> 00:20:30,415
You've never‐‐ That is true.
406
00:20:30,439 --> 00:20:32,709
Interesting. Huh.
407
00:20:32,733 --> 00:20:34,735
Everything is changing.
408
00:20:35,360 --> 00:20:38,071
(BREATHES DEEPLY, EXHALES)
409
00:20:40,657 --> 00:20:42,868
(HOOVES CLOPPING)
410
00:20:50,334 --> 00:20:51,752
(DISTANT GUNFIRE)
411
00:20:56,965 --> 00:21:00,844
♪♪
412
00:21:11,772 --> 00:21:14,858
(UPBEAT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
413
00:21:16,652 --> 00:21:18,963
(LIGHT LAUGHTER)
414
00:21:18,987 --> 00:21:20,989
(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)
415
00:21:24,535 --> 00:21:26,137
(LIGHT APPLAUSE)
416
00:21:26,161 --> 00:21:27,454
(SIGHS)
417
00:21:31,416 --> 00:21:32,793
Empress.
418
00:21:34,169 --> 00:21:35,897
Leo.
419
00:21:35,921 --> 00:21:38,799
Took a while. Sorry.
Wasn't going to mention it.
420
00:21:39,591 --> 00:21:41,486
Best to ignore it.
421
00:21:41,510 --> 00:21:43,112
I thought so, too.
422
00:21:43,136 --> 00:21:45,889
It is like a thorn in my fucking head,
though.
423
00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:48,100
I'm sorry.
424
00:21:48,684 --> 00:21:50,411
You're not mine.
425
00:21:50,435 --> 00:21:52,872
I have no right to...
426
00:21:52,896 --> 00:21:55,315
You're the one who has to‐‐
Where was that champagne?
427
00:21:56,984 --> 00:21:58,837
CATHERINE:
Perhaps you've had enough.
428
00:21:58,861 --> 00:22:01,822
I am babbling at you
in a way I find distasteful.
429
00:22:03,031 --> 00:22:06,410
I have had too much, but also, not enough.
430
00:22:08,036 --> 00:22:09,305
We are here.
431
00:22:09,329 --> 00:22:11,874
Now. That is all.
432
00:22:12,708 --> 00:22:15,794
Quote me back to me.
Annoying, and yet cunning.
433
00:22:16,879 --> 00:22:20,007
Because I am so fucking wise.
I get it.
434
00:22:22,718 --> 00:22:23,719
Drink?
435
00:22:24,803 --> 00:22:26,889
Love one. Thanks for asking.
436
00:22:28,265 --> 00:22:29,909
Will you not join us, Empress?
437
00:22:29,933 --> 00:22:31,602
Or are you and Leo about to ride?
438
00:22:32,186 --> 00:22:36,607
I would love to play, ladies,
but it is slightly excruciating.
439
00:22:37,441 --> 00:22:39,294
I suppose it is...
440
00:22:39,318 --> 00:22:41,486
fucking dull.
441
00:22:43,655 --> 00:22:45,175
I have an idea.
442
00:22:45,199 --> 00:22:48,035
(UPBEAT ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYING)
443
00:22:48,744 --> 00:22:51,055
(GLASS SHATTERS)
(CROWD CHEERING)
444
00:22:51,079 --> 00:22:52,473
(LAUGHS)
445
00:22:52,497 --> 00:22:53,916
MAN: Huzzah!
446
00:22:56,168 --> 00:22:58,253
(GLASS SHATTERS)
(CROWD YELLING)
447
00:22:58,670 --> 00:23:00,297
(GLASS SHATTERS)
(CROWD EXCLAIMS)
448
00:23:04,259 --> 00:23:06,279
Elizabeth is right. I can do more.
449
00:23:06,303 --> 00:23:08,448
I can be a father. A greater leader.
450
00:23:08,472 --> 00:23:10,783
GRIGOR: The thrust for an heir
is paramount. I agree.
451
00:23:10,807 --> 00:23:13,536
Well, I did thrust for an heir
all morning.
452
00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:16,289
Grigor, I said I did‐‐ (LAUGHS)
453
00:23:16,313 --> 00:23:19,209
I am slow this morning.
It landed just then and exploded.
454
00:23:19,233 --> 00:23:22,212
(LAUGHS) Huzzah, my friend.
Your juice is sacred.
455
00:23:22,236 --> 00:23:24,005
You've always sprayed it about,
456
00:23:24,029 --> 00:23:26,674
but you have more chance of a baby
if you horde it
457
00:23:26,698 --> 00:23:28,176
and spend it only on Catherine.
458
00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:30,386
Is that actual science?
Yes.
459
00:23:30,410 --> 00:23:32,639
Mm. I did pass up George this morning.
460
00:23:32,663 --> 00:23:34,933
Perhaps inside I know it's time
to focus my shots.
461
00:23:34,957 --> 00:23:36,500
Exactly.
462
00:23:39,419 --> 00:23:41,755
(GLASS SHATTERS)
(ALL CHEERING, CLAPPING)
463
00:23:42,881 --> 00:23:44,132
Huzzah!
464
00:23:45,300 --> 00:23:46,510
(MOUTHING)
465
00:23:51,390 --> 00:23:53,701
This new invention of smash bottle game
466
00:23:53,725 --> 00:23:56,204
is a gift to you all from Emperor Peter!
467
00:23:56,228 --> 00:23:58,665
(CROWD APPLAUDING)
468
00:23:58,689 --> 00:24:00,274
Huzzah for me.
469
00:24:02,067 --> 00:24:03,878
(WHISPERS)
Announce the art and science.
470
00:24:03,902 --> 00:24:08,925
Oh. Everyone, I'm to remake our court
into an even more perfect one.
471
00:24:08,949 --> 00:24:11,177
Art is coming to delight us,
472
00:24:11,201 --> 00:24:13,429
and we will have
a demonstration of science.
473
00:24:13,453 --> 00:24:16,224
Huh. We will make things fly
off the top of the palace!
474
00:24:16,248 --> 00:24:18,750
(ALL CLAPPING)
What the fuck?
475
00:24:20,460 --> 00:24:22,522
Leo, old pal, you and me.
476
00:24:22,546 --> 00:24:25,483
Pleasure, sir. Best of three shots.
Most bottles wins?
477
00:24:25,507 --> 00:24:26,675
Mm.
478
00:24:28,552 --> 00:24:31,489
The Emperor 16, Leo 16.
479
00:24:31,513 --> 00:24:34,033
One throw each left. Throw!
480
00:24:34,057 --> 00:24:35,410
PETER: Your best shot, Leo.
481
00:24:35,434 --> 00:24:36,810
(SIGHS)
482
00:24:43,192 --> 00:24:44,586
(GROANS)
483
00:24:44,610 --> 00:24:45,462
Hooked it.
484
00:24:45,486 --> 00:24:48,530
Ah‐ha. An opening. But wait.
485
00:24:50,365 --> 00:24:51,867
(PETER CHUCKLES)
486
00:24:54,328 --> 00:24:56,181
(GLASS SHATTERS)
(CROWD EXCLAIMS)
487
00:24:56,205 --> 00:24:58,373
(PETER LAUGHING)
488
00:24:58,957 --> 00:25:01,752
Oh, Leo, my friend.
(LAUGHS)
489
00:25:09,176 --> 00:25:10,278
Time?
490
00:25:10,302 --> 00:25:11,446
LIZAVETA: Seven minutes.
491
00:25:11,470 --> 00:25:14,240
An hour is the required time
to be sure of health.
492
00:25:14,264 --> 00:25:16,075
I would feel my juices curdle,
and then I'd‐‐.
493
00:25:16,099 --> 00:25:17,785
Shut up. Just...
494
00:25:17,809 --> 00:25:20,521
I'm starving. Looks delicious.
495
00:25:21,813 --> 00:25:24,417
I've been thinking on your dream
of the raven.
496
00:25:24,441 --> 00:25:25,877
I have tried to forget it.
497
00:25:25,901 --> 00:25:28,421
I think it spoke of two roads.
498
00:25:28,445 --> 00:25:32,217
You're on the road away from godliness.
The...
499
00:25:32,241 --> 00:25:35,595
fornication, the amorality at court,
the bloodshed.
500
00:25:35,619 --> 00:25:36,804
All the fun things.
501
00:25:36,828 --> 00:25:39,516
I think it was asking you
to take a path to godliness.
502
00:25:39,540 --> 00:25:42,227
People loved the art and science idea,
503
00:25:42,251 --> 00:25:44,145
and the bottle smashing.
504
00:25:44,169 --> 00:25:45,587
Tell me.
505
00:25:46,338 --> 00:25:49,192
Did these ideas come to you in a dream?
506
00:25:49,216 --> 00:25:52,320
No. I... came up with them.
507
00:25:52,344 --> 00:25:55,448
And Catherine, who knows art... stuff.
508
00:25:55,472 --> 00:25:56,557
ARCHIE: I see.
509
00:25:57,516 --> 00:26:00,829
The dreams that fly into our brain
are God and the fates.
510
00:26:00,853 --> 00:26:03,957
I'm sure the Empress means well.
511
00:26:03,981 --> 00:26:06,084
Modernity is a shiny light
512
00:26:06,108 --> 00:26:09,254
that opens a door
that leads to a dark cliff,
513
00:26:09,278 --> 00:26:11,488
and eternal damnation.
514
00:26:14,032 --> 00:26:16,052
It's just paintings, for fuck's sake.
515
00:26:16,076 --> 00:26:17,828
Time.
Finally.
516
00:26:19,621 --> 00:26:20,873
(CHUCKLES)
517
00:26:22,249 --> 00:26:23,458
Looks like pussy.
518
00:26:24,334 --> 00:26:26,104
Look.
519
00:26:26,128 --> 00:26:27,564
Amazing.
520
00:26:27,588 --> 00:26:29,315
That's God, Archie.
521
00:26:29,339 --> 00:26:31,234
I mean, why make fruit
that looks like pussy
522
00:26:31,258 --> 00:26:35,071
if He does not wish us
to eat pussy and have fun? Hmm?
523
00:26:35,095 --> 00:26:37,115
I'm getting an heir, eating a fig,
524
00:26:37,139 --> 00:26:39,075
and making people love me.
I'm sure it is right.
525
00:26:39,099 --> 00:26:42,954
Hmm. I can't stop thinking
about the way the raven
526
00:26:42,978 --> 00:26:45,707
tore at your intestines, like...
527
00:26:45,731 --> 00:26:49,818
ribbons being pulled by
depraved schoolchildren.
528
00:26:53,488 --> 00:26:55,365
Let me eat. Thanks.
529
00:26:56,617 --> 00:26:58,076
(SILVERWARE CLATTERS)
530
00:27:01,121 --> 00:27:02,724
(SILVERWARE CLATTERS)
531
00:27:02,748 --> 00:27:05,768
It's too salty. And cold, and‐‐
532
00:27:05,792 --> 00:27:07,729
(SIGHS)
Fuck.
533
00:27:07,753 --> 00:27:09,647
The new chef is no Louis.
534
00:27:09,671 --> 00:27:11,524
He was a genius.
535
00:27:11,548 --> 00:27:13,717
Fuck!
(PLATE CLATTERS)
536
00:27:15,969 --> 00:27:17,280
Huzzah.
537
00:27:17,304 --> 00:27:19,115
You're so drunk.
(DISTANT MAN YELLING)
538
00:27:19,139 --> 00:27:21,743
I'm Russian. It is our natural state.
539
00:27:21,767 --> 00:27:24,162
Cute is your natural state.
I do not wish to be cute.
540
00:27:24,186 --> 00:27:27,290
Did you bathe af‐Don't answer that.
541
00:27:27,314 --> 00:27:28,625
Fuck!
542
00:27:28,649 --> 00:27:30,335
What is wrong with me?
543
00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:33,463
I love you. The way of things
is the way of things.
544
00:27:33,487 --> 00:27:35,381
I don't care‐Did you?
545
00:27:35,405 --> 00:27:37,634
We did.
We.
546
00:27:37,658 --> 00:27:40,220
He was strange, and...
547
00:27:40,244 --> 00:27:42,180
I feel I can shift him.
548
00:27:42,204 --> 00:27:44,289
Help everyone in the process.
549
00:27:45,249 --> 00:27:46,708
Excuse me a moment.
550
00:27:49,545 --> 00:27:50,963
(SHATTERING)
551
00:27:54,174 --> 00:27:55,634
I'm sorry.
552
00:27:56,718 --> 00:27:58,303
I have to.
I know.
553
00:28:05,519 --> 00:28:06,854
(WHISPERS) I love you.
554
00:28:15,487 --> 00:28:16,822
I love you.
555
00:28:18,490 --> 00:28:21,159
(WHISPERS) I love you,
I love you, I love you.
556
00:28:28,041 --> 00:28:32,296
♪♪
557
00:28:34,631 --> 00:28:35,966
(LEO SIGHS)
558
00:28:38,135 --> 00:28:39,219
(LEO GRUNTS)
559
00:28:40,554 --> 00:28:42,431
I am drunk.
(CHUCKLES)
560
00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:45,350
I'm foolish.
561
00:28:45,851 --> 00:28:47,352
Both because you love me.
562
00:28:49,730 --> 00:28:51,708
You and a tree.
563
00:28:51,732 --> 00:28:53,358
A happy sight.
564
00:28:58,280 --> 00:28:59,489
(HUFFS)
565
00:29:02,367 --> 00:29:03,493
(SIGHS)
566
00:29:04,119 --> 00:29:05,245
Hmm.
567
00:29:12,169 --> 00:29:15,380
♪♪
568
00:29:24,389 --> 00:29:26,743
(CARRIAGE CLATTERING)
569
00:29:26,767 --> 00:29:28,953
(ROARING)
570
00:29:28,977 --> 00:29:31,355
(HORSES NEIGHING)
(BEAR ROARING)
571
00:29:32,523 --> 00:29:34,959
(BEAR ROARING)
(CARRIAGE SQUEALING)
572
00:29:34,983 --> 00:29:37,027
(SHATTERING)
573
00:29:37,361 --> 00:29:39,088
(CRASHING)
(MAN GRUNTING)
574
00:29:39,112 --> 00:29:40,697
(HORSES GRUNTING)
575
00:29:43,951 --> 00:29:45,911
(ORLO GRUNTING)
576
00:29:53,168 --> 00:29:55,712
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
577
00:30:09,685 --> 00:30:11,895
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
578
00:30:24,074 --> 00:30:26,159
(BEAR GRUNTING)
579
00:30:30,330 --> 00:30:32,583
(SNUFFLING, GRUNTING SOFTLY)
580
00:30:40,174 --> 00:30:42,092
(BEAR ROARS)
581
00:30:42,968 --> 00:30:44,511
(WHISPERS)
Nice bear.
582
00:30:45,929 --> 00:30:47,306
Nice bear.
583
00:30:49,641 --> 00:30:51,351
(ROARS SOFTLY)
584
00:30:54,021 --> 00:30:55,022
(GRUNTS)
585
00:30:58,275 --> 00:31:00,360
(BEAR GROWLING SOFTLY)
586
00:31:01,695 --> 00:31:03,030
(CRUNCHING)
587
00:31:05,282 --> 00:31:06,282
Shit.
588
00:31:08,827 --> 00:31:11,872
(GRUNTING AND PANTING)
589
00:31:19,087 --> 00:31:21,423
(PANTING)
590
00:31:27,596 --> 00:31:29,306
(DISTANT GUNFIRE)
591
00:31:35,229 --> 00:31:37,898
(BIRDS CAWING)
592
00:31:44,613 --> 00:31:49,034
"Soft mattress, soft mind,"
my mentor at the monastery used to say.
593
00:31:49,868 --> 00:31:53,556
Led to an obsession with
soft mattresses for me.
594
00:31:53,580 --> 00:31:56,017
For I battled my noble upbringing
595
00:31:56,041 --> 00:31:58,645
of soft mattresses and warm baths.
596
00:31:58,669 --> 00:31:59,878
A weakness.
597
00:32:00,879 --> 00:32:03,233
But we all have them, do we not?
598
00:32:03,257 --> 00:32:05,217
You are on my bed.
599
00:32:06,260 --> 00:32:07,946
I have been praying for you.
600
00:32:07,970 --> 00:32:09,656
I thank you kindly.
601
00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:11,473
And also for getting off my bed.
602
00:32:15,018 --> 00:32:16,395
Marial.
603
00:32:20,816 --> 00:32:22,377
I did not see you enter.
604
00:32:22,401 --> 00:32:23,962
I'm stealthy.
605
00:32:23,986 --> 00:32:25,839
The Empress and I will have tea.
606
00:32:25,863 --> 00:32:27,698
In the receiving room.
607
00:32:35,956 --> 00:32:38,434
(WHISPERS) You need a haircut.
608
00:32:38,458 --> 00:32:40,169
(WHISPERS) Go, please.
609
00:32:42,337 --> 00:32:44,673
(FOOTSTEPS DEPARTING)
610
00:32:46,717 --> 00:32:49,511
I have neglected our friendship, I feel.
611
00:32:49,803 --> 00:32:52,389
I have been fine.
Have you?
612
00:32:53,557 --> 00:32:57,787
You arrived unhappy. You were forced into
adultery and fornication,
613
00:32:57,811 --> 00:33:00,957
and now cling to your Western ideas,
614
00:33:00,981 --> 00:33:04,085
looking for a foothold in our world.
615
00:33:04,109 --> 00:33:06,713
I'm at peace with my life.
616
00:33:06,737 --> 00:33:09,966
Which is what you once asked me to be.
617
00:33:09,990 --> 00:33:11,909
I suppose I did.
618
00:33:12,409 --> 00:33:17,599
My concern is
Peter is in a weakened state.
619
00:33:17,623 --> 00:33:20,143
His brush with death has shaken him,
620
00:33:20,167 --> 00:33:23,337
and I feel he is susceptible to...
621
00:33:25,881 --> 00:33:27,525
weakness.
622
00:33:27,549 --> 00:33:29,944
Art. Science.
623
00:33:29,968 --> 00:33:32,113
These ideas are not his.
They are yours,
624
00:33:32,137 --> 00:33:34,199
and they are dangerous.
625
00:33:34,223 --> 00:33:36,284
They are the future.
626
00:33:36,308 --> 00:33:38,077
Why do people say that?
627
00:33:38,101 --> 00:33:41,331
As if the future is, by its nature,
better than the past,
628
00:33:41,355 --> 00:33:43,917
or a progression, rather than a setback.
629
00:33:43,941 --> 00:33:45,877
Have you come to threaten me?
630
00:33:45,901 --> 00:33:48,463
Or just cajole in a menacing fashion?
631
00:33:48,487 --> 00:33:50,006
What would work best?
632
00:33:50,030 --> 00:33:51,341
Neither.
633
00:33:51,365 --> 00:33:54,052
Do not make an enemy of me,
634
00:33:54,076 --> 00:33:56,387
for you make an enemy of God.
635
00:33:56,411 --> 00:33:58,389
And while God is filled with love,
636
00:33:58,413 --> 00:34:02,435
he has a capacity for wroth,
and a desire to fight for good.
637
00:34:02,459 --> 00:34:04,270
Unrivaled.
638
00:34:04,294 --> 00:34:05,921
And as his vessel,
639
00:34:06,713 --> 00:34:08,173
so do I.
640
00:34:08,799 --> 00:34:11,027
Maybe God speaks through me.
641
00:34:11,051 --> 00:34:14,137
(SCOFFS) A woman?
Indeed.
642
00:34:14,721 --> 00:34:17,534
He made Eve after Adam.
643
00:34:17,558 --> 00:34:19,077
A progression.
644
00:34:19,101 --> 00:34:21,663
You are dancing close to heresy.
645
00:34:21,687 --> 00:34:23,897
Shall I get some musicians in?
646
00:34:24,982 --> 00:34:28,253
I assumed this was a naive manipulation.
647
00:34:28,277 --> 00:34:30,255
Perhaps I was wrong.
648
00:34:30,279 --> 00:34:32,924
Things must change.
649
00:34:32,948 --> 00:34:35,301
The church could be‐‐ Shh!
650
00:34:35,325 --> 00:34:37,303
Listen, girl‐‐
651
00:34:37,327 --> 00:34:38,805
(CRUNCHES)
652
00:34:38,829 --> 00:34:40,265
(ARCHIE GASPS)
653
00:34:40,289 --> 00:34:42,040
(GRUNTING)
654
00:34:45,419 --> 00:34:46,355
(YELLS)
655
00:34:46,379 --> 00:34:47,504
(CLATTERING)
656
00:34:48,797 --> 00:34:52,402
Do not put your fingers near me
ever again!
657
00:34:52,426 --> 00:34:53,903
What has happened?
658
00:34:53,927 --> 00:34:56,138
The Patriarch is leaving.
659
00:34:56,805 --> 00:34:58,015
Indeed.
660
00:34:59,057 --> 00:35:01,435
(FOOTSTEPS DEPARTING)
661
00:35:02,811 --> 00:35:04,497
(SPITS)
Ugh.
662
00:35:04,521 --> 00:35:06,332
He is no friend of mine.
663
00:35:06,356 --> 00:35:07,959
You misjudge him.
664
00:35:07,983 --> 00:35:10,527
One of us does. But it is not me.
665
00:35:13,155 --> 00:35:14,198
Ugh.
666
00:35:16,366 --> 00:35:17,910
(SIGHS)
667
00:35:20,162 --> 00:35:21,914
(OWL HOOTS)
668
00:35:25,751 --> 00:35:27,395
(SCRAPING)
669
00:35:27,419 --> 00:35:29,213
(ORLO SIGHS)
670
00:35:31,048 --> 00:35:32,132
(MUTTERS)
671
00:35:36,970 --> 00:35:38,680
(THUDDING)
ORLO: Oh, fuck!
672
00:35:40,641 --> 00:35:41,934
(BIRD CALLS)
673
00:35:43,185 --> 00:35:44,787
(OWL HOOTS)
674
00:35:44,811 --> 00:35:46,522
(PANTING)
675
00:35:47,940 --> 00:35:49,691
(BIRD CALLING)
676
00:35:55,447 --> 00:35:58,218
SWEDE: Russian scum.
Who wants to die first?
677
00:35:58,242 --> 00:36:00,035
SOLDIER: Fucking Swede!
(SNIFFS)
678
00:36:05,916 --> 00:36:08,210
SWEDE:
Have you ever tried Swedish meatballs?
679
00:36:08,961 --> 00:36:11,797
(CHUCKLING)
680
00:36:14,967 --> 00:36:16,385
Go.
681
00:36:17,135 --> 00:36:20,031
Excuse me. Excuse me.
682
00:36:20,055 --> 00:36:22,492
Uh, hello. Uh...
683
00:36:22,516 --> 00:36:25,495
I am, I'm an official from
the Russian government. Count Orlo.
684
00:36:25,519 --> 00:36:29,040
I have come to negotiate the release
of these men. I have money,
685
00:36:29,064 --> 00:36:31,626
and can arrange for a promissory‐‐
(YELLS)
686
00:36:31,650 --> 00:36:34,403
(STABS)
(SWEDE YELLING)
687
00:36:35,362 --> 00:36:38,216
(YELLING, GROANING)
688
00:36:38,240 --> 00:36:39,926
(PAINED GROANING)
689
00:36:39,950 --> 00:36:42,470
Oh, shit! Sorry!
Aah!
690
00:36:42,494 --> 00:36:44,055
SOLDIER 1: Finish him!
SOLDIER 2: Do it!
691
00:36:44,079 --> 00:36:46,182
SOLDIER 1:
Kill the Swedish fucker!
692
00:36:46,206 --> 00:36:47,392
Let us go. We'll do it.
693
00:36:47,416 --> 00:36:49,018
ORLO: No one's going to kill‐‐
SOLDIER 1: Now!
694
00:36:49,042 --> 00:36:50,770
ORLO: I, I need‐I need a moment.
695
00:36:50,794 --> 00:36:52,939
(GRUNTING)
696
00:36:52,963 --> 00:36:55,233
SOLDIER 2: You fuck! Let us go!
697
00:36:55,257 --> 00:36:58,486
You're being rude. Just...
698
00:36:58,510 --> 00:37:00,596
(PANTS)
stay there.
699
00:37:02,014 --> 00:37:04,016
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
700
00:37:06,602 --> 00:37:09,104
(GASPING)
701
00:37:12,107 --> 00:37:14,610
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
702
00:37:16,361 --> 00:37:17,422
(ICE CRUNCHING)
703
00:37:17,446 --> 00:37:19,448
(PETER WHIMPERING)
704
00:37:20,866 --> 00:37:23,511
In Siberia, this is how they cremate.
705
00:37:23,535 --> 00:37:26,097
And some seal fat in your vajuju.
706
00:37:26,121 --> 00:37:27,223
I don't want‐‐.
707
00:37:27,247 --> 00:37:29,184
ELIZABETH:
Alas, we are all out of seal fat.
708
00:37:29,208 --> 00:37:30,768
Ah! This is fucking freezing,
and honestly,
709
00:37:30,792 --> 00:37:32,729
it takes all the joy out of it,
quite frankly.
710
00:37:32,753 --> 00:37:36,816
You must eschew the art of lovemaking
for the science of heir‐making.
711
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:38,902
Can everyone stop mentioning science?
712
00:37:38,926 --> 00:37:40,570
(DR. CHEKHOV CLEARS THROAT)
713
00:37:40,594 --> 00:37:42,238
Cool juice. Good.
714
00:37:42,262 --> 00:37:45,366
Okay, okay. Get your fucking hands
off my balls.
715
00:37:45,390 --> 00:37:46,868
DR. CHEKHOV: Yes, sir.
(CLEARS THROAT)
716
00:37:46,892 --> 00:37:49,454
A hundred thrusts, and then ejection.
I'll count them.
717
00:37:49,478 --> 00:37:51,664
I can count them.
Did you say a hundred?
718
00:37:51,688 --> 00:37:54,441
ELIZABETH: One, two‐‐
You want to give us some room?
719
00:37:56,527 --> 00:37:57,861
Hmm?
(DR. CHEKHOV CLEARS THROAT)
720
00:38:06,411 --> 00:38:08,247
Are they still...?
721
00:38:11,750 --> 00:38:13,186
Mm, thank you.
722
00:38:13,210 --> 00:38:16,129
Hmm. It's duty. Sorry.
723
00:38:17,130 --> 00:38:19,424
Shit. I lost count.
Fifty‐three.
724
00:38:20,801 --> 00:38:22,427
(PETER COUNTING SOFTLY)
725
00:38:23,428 --> 00:38:25,347
(PETER GRUNTING SOFTLY)
726
00:38:26,306 --> 00:38:28,016
Can you step back?
727
00:38:33,272 --> 00:38:35,166
(PETER BREATHING HEAVILY)
728
00:38:35,190 --> 00:38:37,710
I saw the first starling
of the year this morning.
729
00:38:37,734 --> 00:38:39,629
Oh, marvelous. I do love starlings.
730
00:38:39,653 --> 00:38:42,006
Increase force of thrust at 70.
731
00:38:42,030 --> 00:38:43,883
It's 73.
732
00:38:43,907 --> 00:38:46,159
(PANTING)
733
00:38:47,661 --> 00:38:50,455
(GRUNTING)
734
00:38:51,957 --> 00:38:55,127
(PETER PANTING)
735
00:39:03,051 --> 00:39:05,512
(PETER GROANING)
736
00:39:07,556 --> 00:39:08,908
Ninety.
Oh!
737
00:39:08,932 --> 00:39:10,326
ELIZABETH and DR. CHEKHOV:
91, 92,
738
00:39:10,350 --> 00:39:12,620
ELIZABETH, DR. CHEKHOV, PETER:
93, 94, 94, 96,
739
00:39:12,644 --> 00:39:14,873
97, 98, 99,
740
00:39:14,897 --> 00:39:17,125
ELIZABETH and DR. CHEKHOV: 100.
Aah. And one.
741
00:39:17,149 --> 00:39:18,793
(PANTING, CHUCKLING)
742
00:39:18,817 --> 00:39:20,879
That was close enough.
Do you want some vodka?
743
00:39:20,903 --> 00:39:22,088
Mm.
744
00:39:22,112 --> 00:39:25,425
Catherine, you must lay in repose
for a few minutes.
745
00:39:25,449 --> 00:39:27,510
(LIQUID POURING)
746
00:39:27,534 --> 00:39:29,286
Well done.
(SIGHS)
747
00:39:30,829 --> 00:39:32,539
We shall leave now.
748
00:39:34,291 --> 00:39:36,585
(FOOTSTEPS DEPARTING)
749
00:39:42,382 --> 00:39:43,926
(DOOR OPENS)
750
00:39:46,178 --> 00:39:47,721
(DOOR CLOSES)
751
00:39:50,098 --> 00:39:52,226
Huh.
(BOTH CHUCKLING)
752
00:39:53,393 --> 00:39:54,686
(LAUGHS SOFTLY)
753
00:39:59,316 --> 00:40:02,253
You know, I was thinking I might stop
the science thingy.
754
00:40:02,277 --> 00:40:04,589
And the art thingy.
755
00:40:04,613 --> 00:40:06,865
You know, think of other ways to change.
756
00:40:07,950 --> 00:40:09,535
As you wish.
757
00:40:11,161 --> 00:40:12,579
Why, though?
758
00:40:13,956 --> 00:40:16,434
When I was dying, God sent me dreams.
759
00:40:16,458 --> 00:40:17,685
Really.
760
00:40:17,709 --> 00:40:19,896
Archie thinks they are
to turn me to godliness.
761
00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:24,275
Maybe he's right.
Plus, suddenly everything tastes shit.
762
00:40:24,299 --> 00:40:27,153
Might be a sign.
Arsenic affects the taste.
763
00:40:27,177 --> 00:40:29,447
Might just be a lingering after‐effect.
764
00:40:29,471 --> 00:40:31,950
Really?
Science.
765
00:40:31,974 --> 00:40:33,058
Hmm.
766
00:40:36,937 --> 00:40:38,414
I had a dream once
767
00:40:38,438 --> 00:40:41,000
that a horse ate some berries
out of a gold hat.
768
00:40:41,024 --> 00:40:42,877
Gold hat. Berries.
769
00:40:42,901 --> 00:40:44,504
Amusing. Huh.
770
00:40:44,528 --> 00:40:47,072
I don't think all dreams mean things.
771
00:40:48,240 --> 00:40:50,426
What did you think of when you were dying?
772
00:40:50,450 --> 00:40:51,827
My parents.
773
00:40:52,953 --> 00:40:54,580
That I'd be joining them.
774
00:40:55,372 --> 00:40:56,850
And?
775
00:40:56,874 --> 00:40:59,102
I pissed myself at the thought of it.
776
00:40:59,126 --> 00:41:01,753
Or, just because of the poisoning.
Hard to say.
777
00:41:03,338 --> 00:41:06,049
It was terrifying.
She was cruel to you.
778
00:41:06,967 --> 00:41:09,761
She worried I would not be enough.
779
00:41:11,805 --> 00:41:13,265
You can be.
780
00:41:14,224 --> 00:41:16,351
It is as simple as deciding to be.
781
00:41:18,145 --> 00:41:19,372
Sleep here.
782
00:41:19,396 --> 00:41:21,773
Oh. Of course.
783
00:41:25,736 --> 00:41:27,654
What do you think
our children will be like?
784
00:41:30,699 --> 00:41:32,784
Small.
Hmmph. Indeed.
785
00:41:35,662 --> 00:41:38,081
I feel like an agave muffin.
Do you want anything?
786
00:41:40,375 --> 00:41:41,502
Lemons.
787
00:41:44,671 --> 00:41:46,632
(BUGS CHITTERING)
788
00:41:47,299 --> 00:41:49,384
(SWEDE GRUNTING)
789
00:41:51,011 --> 00:41:53,740
(GROANING AND PANTING)
790
00:41:53,764 --> 00:41:57,100
SOLDIER 1:
Hey! Hey! He's reaching for his bag!
791
00:41:59,061 --> 00:42:01,188
(SWEDE GRUNTING)
792
00:42:04,066 --> 00:42:06,068
(SWEDE PANTING AND GROANING)
793
00:42:09,154 --> 00:42:10,781
Stop.
(SWEDE GRUNTS)
794
00:42:12,366 --> 00:42:14,511
My... Bible.
795
00:42:14,535 --> 00:42:18,139
My Bible. I want to read before I die.
796
00:42:18,163 --> 00:42:19,682
Of course.
797
00:42:19,706 --> 00:42:21,726
SOLDIER 1:
Fucking kill him! Kill him!
798
00:42:21,750 --> 00:42:26,022
We must be people of reason
and compassion.
799
00:42:26,046 --> 00:42:27,339
He's dying!
800
00:42:31,343 --> 00:42:32,904
So are you.
(THUDS)
801
00:42:32,928 --> 00:42:35,180
(SWEDE GRUNTING AND YELLING)
(ORLO WHIMPERS)
802
00:42:36,181 --> 00:42:37,951
SOLDIER 1:
Kill him! Do it, then!
803
00:42:37,975 --> 00:42:40,036
(SWEDE AND ORLO GRUNTING)
804
00:42:40,060 --> 00:42:41,371
SOLDIER 1: Kill him!
805
00:42:41,395 --> 00:42:43,706
(SWEDE YELLING)
806
00:42:43,730 --> 00:42:45,542
Kill him! Kill him!
807
00:42:45,566 --> 00:42:46,876
(YELLING)
808
00:42:46,900 --> 00:42:49,337
Do it!
SOLDIER 2: Kill him! Kill him!
809
00:42:49,361 --> 00:42:51,506
(KNIFE PIERCING)
(SWEDE YELLING)
810
00:42:51,530 --> 00:42:52,924
Fucker!
(SWEDE YELLING)
811
00:42:52,948 --> 00:42:54,950
Fuck!
(SOLDIERS YELLING)
812
00:42:55,534 --> 00:42:56,886
ORLO: Fucker!
813
00:42:56,910 --> 00:42:59,222
(KNIFE PIERCING)
(SWEDE YELLING)
814
00:42:59,246 --> 00:43:00,598
(YELLS)
815
00:43:00,622 --> 00:43:02,207
Aah!
816
00:43:02,916 --> 00:43:04,352
(ANGUISHED CRY)
817
00:43:04,376 --> 00:43:06,837
(WAILING)
818
00:43:07,379 --> 00:43:09,941
(EXHAUSTED PANTING)
819
00:43:09,965 --> 00:43:11,258
(YELLS)
820
00:43:12,759 --> 00:43:13,802
Aah!
821
00:43:14,178 --> 00:43:15,304
Aah!
822
00:43:24,813 --> 00:43:26,148
(BIRD CAWS)
823
00:43:27,733 --> 00:43:29,002
(BIRD CAWS)
824
00:43:29,026 --> 00:43:31,695
Fuck. Oh, my God. It's the raven.
825
00:43:34,865 --> 00:43:36,116
(BIRD CAWS)
826
00:43:36,992 --> 00:43:39,596
It's just a bird. They fly in sometimes.
827
00:43:39,620 --> 00:43:42,515
It's just a bird? It's fucking God.
828
00:43:42,539 --> 00:43:44,475
(WINGS FLAPPING, BIRD CAWS)
(BOTH YELL)
829
00:43:44,499 --> 00:43:46,394
Shit! Oh!
(BIRD CAWING)
830
00:43:46,418 --> 00:43:48,229
(CATHERINE YELLS)
PETER: Oh! Oh!
831
00:43:48,253 --> 00:43:50,064
CATHERINE: Shit!
PETER: Oh!
832
00:43:50,088 --> 00:43:51,858
(CAWING)
833
00:43:51,882 --> 00:43:54,319
I'm on the wrong path. Fuck!
(DOOR OPENS)
834
00:43:54,343 --> 00:43:56,613
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
835
00:43:56,637 --> 00:43:57,763
(FIRES)
(BIRD SQUAWKS)
836
00:44:00,098 --> 00:44:01,534
(PETER SIGHS)
837
00:44:01,558 --> 00:44:02,660
Fuck.
838
00:44:02,684 --> 00:44:05,103
Do you want me to take it
back to the Patriarch?
839
00:44:06,230 --> 00:44:07,124
What?
840
00:44:07,148 --> 00:44:09,417
I saw him wandering back down your hall.
841
00:44:09,441 --> 00:44:11,085
He had a birdcage.
842
00:44:11,109 --> 00:44:12,611
Fucker.
843
00:44:13,278 --> 00:44:14,655
Fucker.
844
00:44:16,114 --> 00:44:17,009
(DOOR SLAMS OPEN)
845
00:44:17,033 --> 00:44:18,676
(GLASS SHATTERING)
846
00:44:18,700 --> 00:44:21,954
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
847
00:44:22,829 --> 00:44:24,682
(PANTING)
848
00:44:24,706 --> 00:44:26,392
(YELLS)
(THUDS)
849
00:44:26,416 --> 00:44:29,979
Really fucking out of order.
I trusted you.
850
00:44:30,003 --> 00:44:32,339
I don't know what you're talking‐‐
The bird.
851
00:44:35,259 --> 00:44:39,572
I just wanted to remind you
that God is watching.
852
00:44:39,596 --> 00:44:41,950
You're being taken down the wrong road,
853
00:44:41,974 --> 00:44:43,660
and for the good of you and the nation,
854
00:44:43,684 --> 00:44:45,352
I cannot allow‐‐
(GLASS SHATTERING)
855
00:44:47,187 --> 00:44:51,543
I realize my method may have been,
in retrospect, foolish.
856
00:44:51,567 --> 00:44:54,712
I drank some wine with the bishops,
and something seized me.
857
00:44:54,736 --> 00:44:56,506
An idea that I thought came from God,
858
00:44:56,530 --> 00:44:58,091
but perhaps just the wine‐‐
859
00:44:58,115 --> 00:44:59,717
(PUNCHES)
Ooh! Aah!
860
00:44:59,741 --> 00:45:01,594
Fuck you. Fuck God.
861
00:45:01,618 --> 00:45:03,370
(ARCHIE COUGHING)
862
00:45:04,663 --> 00:45:07,082
(COUGHING CONTINUES)
863
00:45:13,922 --> 00:45:15,108
What is this?
864
00:45:15,132 --> 00:45:18,403
I arranged it.
Eggs cannot be tampered with.
865
00:45:18,427 --> 00:45:21,406
We will watch him make them.
They will be fresh and hot.
866
00:45:21,430 --> 00:45:23,849
Vlad has also dug up
a truffle this morning.
867
00:45:24,975 --> 00:45:27,769
Shaved truffle on eggs?
Fucking brilliant.
868
00:45:28,812 --> 00:45:29,956
Lizaveta?
869
00:45:29,980 --> 00:45:31,231
Sir?
Fuck off.
870
00:45:37,946 --> 00:45:39,448
(HORSE SNORTS)
871
00:45:49,333 --> 00:45:50,667
(CLEARS THROAT)
872
00:45:54,838 --> 00:45:55,923
Souvenir.
873
00:45:57,341 --> 00:45:58,383
His head.
874
00:46:01,470 --> 00:46:02,638
Thanks.
875
00:46:08,185 --> 00:46:10,687
You had to. And you did.
876
00:46:14,483 --> 00:46:17,236
(FOOTSTEPS DEPARTING)
877
00:46:18,779 --> 00:46:21,281
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)
878
00:46:25,661 --> 00:46:28,956
♪♪
879
00:46:36,380 --> 00:46:37,381
Mm.
880
00:46:38,632 --> 00:46:40,819
Oh, deep tasting truffle. So earthy.
881
00:46:40,843 --> 00:46:44,304
Like you are eating autumn.
Fucking‐Thank you.
882
00:46:47,516 --> 00:46:48,827
You know what?
883
00:46:48,851 --> 00:46:51,996
I have thrown men off the roof
and God or Archie did not object,
884
00:46:52,020 --> 00:46:55,458
so what of a silk hankie, and... objects?
885
00:46:55,482 --> 00:46:59,379
No, fuck it. Fuck God.
Trick me. We will do it.
886
00:46:59,403 --> 00:47:01,756
Boy, do you still have your parachute?
Huh?
887
00:47:01,780 --> 00:47:03,466
I think you're right.
888
00:47:03,490 --> 00:47:05,760
Let us bring men of science from France
889
00:47:05,784 --> 00:47:08,680
to think of new, fun experiments
and develop ideas.
890
00:47:08,704 --> 00:47:10,747
Huzzah. Good idea.
891
00:47:11,874 --> 00:47:13,417
(SILVERWARE CLATTERING)
892
00:47:14,376 --> 00:47:16,396
(PETER CLEARS THROAT)
Can I ask a favor?
893
00:47:16,420 --> 00:47:18,213
Indeed you may. Anything.
894
00:47:19,173 --> 00:47:20,465
Marial.
895
00:47:21,758 --> 00:47:22,570
My maid.
896
00:47:22,594 --> 00:47:24,028
I know who she is.
897
00:47:24,052 --> 00:47:26,239
She was formerly a lady of the court.
898
00:47:26,263 --> 00:47:28,140
I would like her to be raised back.
899
00:47:28,557 --> 00:47:29,933
Her father...
900
00:47:30,434 --> 00:47:31,870
What did he do?
901
00:47:31,894 --> 00:47:33,955
(CHATTERING AND LAUGHING)
902
00:47:33,979 --> 00:47:35,665
GEORGINA: Ooh!
903
00:47:35,689 --> 00:47:36,916
(BREZHNEV YELLS)
904
00:47:36,940 --> 00:47:38,668
Such a fine dancer, Brezhnev.
905
00:47:38,692 --> 00:47:40,879
And by fine, I mean ludicrous.
906
00:47:40,903 --> 00:47:44,465
Thank you, dearest Georgina.
The finest beauty in the court.
907
00:47:44,489 --> 00:47:47,427
(GEORGINA LAUGHS)
(PETER LAUGHS)
908
00:47:47,451 --> 00:47:49,554
Brezhnev, you are the funniest of men.
909
00:47:49,578 --> 00:47:52,390
(PLAYFUL GRUNTING)
(GEORGINA LAUGHING)
910
00:47:52,414 --> 00:47:55,018
(GRUNTS)
(GEORGINA SQUEALING)
911
00:47:55,042 --> 00:47:57,103
(SQUEALS, LAUGHS)
(PETER GRUNTS)
912
00:47:57,127 --> 00:47:59,272
(GEORGINA LAUGHING)
913
00:47:59,296 --> 00:48:00,631
(SIGHS)
(KISSING)
914
00:48:02,299 --> 00:48:04,068
BREZHNEV: Well, well.
915
00:48:04,092 --> 00:48:06,345
Brezhnev needs to be a part of this.
916
00:48:07,262 --> 00:48:10,057
Shall we all adjourn to the bed?
917
00:48:12,100 --> 00:48:14,996
Uh, George?
You may watch.
918
00:48:15,020 --> 00:48:16,956
Yes. Sit and learn.
919
00:48:16,980 --> 00:48:19,667
I'm a participant in life's
rich carnival.
920
00:48:19,691 --> 00:48:21,818
I will find my own bed further, then.
921
00:48:25,322 --> 00:48:26,466
(SNORING)
922
00:48:26,490 --> 00:48:27,658
(DOOR CLOSES)
923
00:48:28,325 --> 00:48:29,952
(LAUGHING)
924
00:48:32,287 --> 00:48:34,081
(CHUCKLES)
925
00:48:34,706 --> 00:48:36,291
PETER: Oh.
(GEORGINA LAUGHS)
926
00:48:37,209 --> 00:48:38,585
(DOOR OPENS)
927
00:48:44,716 --> 00:48:46,152
(CRASHES)
(GLASS SHATTERING)
928
00:48:46,176 --> 00:48:49,322
BREZHNEV:
Ah. She was always a noisy one.
929
00:48:49,346 --> 00:48:51,324
So cover your ears.
930
00:48:51,348 --> 00:48:52,492
(SIGHS)
931
00:48:52,516 --> 00:48:54,828
Mum?
Oh, shit.
932
00:48:54,852 --> 00:48:56,663
(GRUNTS)
933
00:48:56,687 --> 00:48:58,039
Whoo.
934
00:48:58,063 --> 00:49:00,357
Yes!
(RHYTHMIC THUDDING)
935
00:49:01,733 --> 00:49:04,295
(GUN COCKS)
Get the fuck off my mother.
936
00:49:04,319 --> 00:49:06,631
Uh, just‐Just a jape!
937
00:49:06,655 --> 00:49:08,115
It's a jape!
938
00:49:10,826 --> 00:49:12,303
Oh.
939
00:49:12,327 --> 00:49:13,429
Right.
940
00:49:13,453 --> 00:49:15,622
So, no.
941
00:49:16,373 --> 00:49:18,184
Anything else. Fuck him.
942
00:49:18,208 --> 00:49:20,127
And she is his, so fuck her.
943
00:49:20,919 --> 00:49:23,356
I, I need to give her something.
944
00:49:23,380 --> 00:49:24,649
Well, you are Empress.
945
00:49:24,673 --> 00:49:26,133
You will think of something.
946
00:49:30,429 --> 00:49:32,097
(SILVERWARE CLATTERING)
947
00:49:34,141 --> 00:49:35,368
I'm sorry.
948
00:49:35,392 --> 00:49:36,578
TATYANA: Just the dog, Empress?
949
00:49:36,602 --> 00:49:38,371
(LAUGHS)
Bitch.
950
00:49:38,395 --> 00:49:39,747
Empress bitch.
951
00:49:39,771 --> 00:49:41,523
Just keep smiling.
952
00:49:47,738 --> 00:49:49,424
(BARKING)
953
00:49:49,448 --> 00:49:51,384
Blini! Blini!
954
00:49:51,408 --> 00:49:54,721
I'm sorry.
He would not budge on restoring you.
955
00:49:54,745 --> 00:49:56,431
All I could do was get your‐‐
956
00:49:56,455 --> 00:49:59,642
(LAUGHS) Thank you, thank you,
thank you, thank you!
957
00:49:59,666 --> 00:50:00,935
(BARKING)
(LIPS SMACK)
958
00:50:00,959 --> 00:50:03,879
You really love the dog.
I do. I do. (CHUCKLES)
959
00:50:06,256 --> 00:50:08,359
The rest will be harder.
960
00:50:08,383 --> 00:50:10,844
But I can move him.
961
00:50:11,803 --> 00:50:16,576
He's deep down... tender. And troubled.
962
00:50:16,600 --> 00:50:19,811
But that is the sea I put our rudder in.
963
00:50:22,105 --> 00:50:24,792
I will sail him to a new court.
964
00:50:24,816 --> 00:50:26,044
A new Russia.
965
00:50:26,068 --> 00:50:27,921
(BLINI GROWLS PLAYFULLY)
966
00:50:27,945 --> 00:50:29,321
No bloodshed.
967
00:50:30,447 --> 00:50:32,824
A coup of ideas.
968
00:50:33,784 --> 00:50:36,870
♪♪
969
00:50:40,040 --> 00:50:41,351
(BLINI YIPPING)
970
00:50:41,375 --> 00:50:43,293
(MARIAL LAUGHS)
(BLINI BARKS)
971
00:50:45,128 --> 00:50:46,397
(MARIAL SIGHS)
972
00:50:46,421 --> 00:50:47,899
Boo!
973
00:50:47,923 --> 00:50:49,550
(MARIAL LAUGHS)
(BLINI BARKS)
974
00:50:50,217 --> 00:50:52,529
So, so just bottles go off the roof?
975
00:50:52,553 --> 00:50:56,115
Or any object, uh, though small,
that may float, sir.
976
00:50:56,139 --> 00:50:58,201
I chose bottles.
977
00:50:58,225 --> 00:50:59,577
(BLINI YIPS)
978
00:50:59,601 --> 00:51:00,954
If you look to the balcony,
979
00:51:00,978 --> 00:51:05,500
you will see the demonstration
of science begin. Huzzah!
980
00:51:05,524 --> 00:51:07,192
CROWD: Huzzah!
981
00:51:12,239 --> 00:51:14,366
Caw! Caw!
982
00:51:21,915 --> 00:51:23,226
How's the head?
983
00:51:23,250 --> 00:51:24,727
Not the best.
984
00:51:24,751 --> 00:51:26,729
Looks good from the outside.
985
00:51:26,753 --> 00:51:28,797
You're very kind.
(CHUCKLES)
986
00:51:30,549 --> 00:51:32,277
Sorry.
Sorry.
987
00:51:32,301 --> 00:51:34,219
(PANTING)
988
00:51:38,557 --> 00:51:40,601
The future will be grand.
989
00:51:43,604 --> 00:51:45,230
(BLINI YIPPING)
Is that a dog?
990
00:51:46,940 --> 00:51:48,543
This is science.
991
00:51:48,567 --> 00:51:50,086
Enjoy.
992
00:51:50,110 --> 00:51:52,380
CROWD: Huzzah!
(MARIEL WHIMPERS)
993
00:51:52,404 --> 00:51:53,340
(BLINI YIPS)
994
00:51:53,364 --> 00:51:55,758
Just hope the wind is strong enough
to gather velocity.
995
00:51:55,782 --> 00:51:57,051
Don't know what that is.
996
00:51:57,075 --> 00:52:00,037
That the wind will provide
enough force to hold the dog up.
997
00:52:00,913 --> 00:52:02,915
Well, failure will also be entertaining.
998
00:52:04,082 --> 00:52:08,587
(DRAMATIC CHORAL MUSIC PLAYING)
999
00:52:09,838 --> 00:52:10,964
(GASPS)
1000
00:52:11,924 --> 00:52:14,968
(DRAMATIC CHORAL MUSIC PLAYING)
1001
00:52:19,306 --> 00:52:20,974
(PARACHUTE FLAPPING)
1002
00:52:22,059 --> 00:52:25,955
♪♪
1003
00:52:25,979 --> 00:52:28,398
(CROWD CLAPPING)
The future is bright.
1004
00:52:31,401 --> 00:52:32,921
Huzzah!
1005
00:52:32,945 --> 00:52:35,030
CROWD: Huzzah!
1006
00:52:36,448 --> 00:52:39,201
("SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE"
BY THOMAS DOLBY PLAYING)
1007
00:52:42,246 --> 00:52:44,581
♪ It's poetry in motion ♪
1008
00:52:45,749 --> 00:52:48,585
♪ She turned her tender eyes to me ♪
1009
00:52:49,670 --> 00:52:52,297
♪ As deep as any ocean ♪
1010
00:52:53,173 --> 00:52:56,611
♪ As sweet as any harmony ♪
1011
00:52:56,635 --> 00:53:00,406
♪ Mm, but she blinded me with science ♪
1012
00:53:00,430 --> 00:53:03,392
♪ She blinded me with science ♪
1013
00:53:04,351 --> 00:53:08,063
♪ And failed me in biology,
yeah yeah ♪
1014
00:53:12,693 --> 00:53:13,986
♪ Now ♪
1015
00:53:15,237 --> 00:53:17,006
♪ Huh huh ♪
1016
00:53:17,030 --> 00:53:20,426
♪ When I'm dancing close to her ♪
1017
00:53:20,450 --> 00:53:23,203
♪ Blinding me with science, science ♪
1018
00:53:26,456 --> 00:53:27,791
♪ Science ♪
1019
00:53:31,837 --> 00:53:35,316
♪ I can smell the chemicals ♪
1020
00:53:35,340 --> 00:53:38,135
♪ Blinding me with science, science ♪
1021
00:53:41,305 --> 00:53:42,639
♪ Science ♪
1022
00:53:48,770 --> 00:53:50,022
♪ Science ♪
1023
00:53:51,398 --> 00:53:55,319
♪ Mm, but it's poetry in motion ♪
1024
00:53:56,737 --> 00:53:59,281
♪ When she turned her eyes to me ♪
1025
00:54:00,449 --> 00:54:02,784
♪ As deep as any ocean ♪
1026
00:54:03,869 --> 00:54:07,599
♪ As sweet as any harmony ♪
1027
00:54:07,623 --> 00:54:10,125
♪ She blinded me with science ♪
1028
00:54:11,126 --> 00:54:14,254
♪ She blinded me with science ♪
1029
00:54:15,088 --> 00:54:17,966
♪ And failed me in geometry ♪
1030
00:54:20,344 --> 00:54:23,823
♪ When she's dancing next to me ♪
1031
00:54:23,847 --> 00:54:26,433
♪ Blinding me with science, science ♪
1032
00:54:29,686 --> 00:54:31,104
♪ Science ♪