1 00:00:06,756 --> 00:00:09,676 [ethereal choral music] 2 00:00:09,718 --> 00:00:15,807 * * 3 00:00:15,849 --> 00:00:18,059 - Once, long ago, 4 00:00:18,101 --> 00:00:21,354 we lived in the human world, 5 00:00:21,396 --> 00:00:24,274 the Moroi vampires who make the rules... 6 00:00:26,401 --> 00:00:28,361 - And the Dhampir Guardians, 7 00:00:28,403 --> 00:00:31,865 sworn to protect against our enemy, 8 00:00:31,906 --> 00:00:33,700 the Strigoi... 9 00:00:33,742 --> 00:00:36,536 - Undead vampires who live to kill. 10 00:00:36,578 --> 00:00:39,831 - Now we live in a world of our own, 11 00:00:39,873 --> 00:00:42,542 one grounded in elemental magic 12 00:00:42,584 --> 00:00:46,880 and steeped in rules no one's challenged in centuries-- 13 00:00:46,921 --> 00:00:48,214 until now. 14 00:00:48,256 --> 00:00:52,093 * * 15 00:00:52,135 --> 00:00:56,473 - The spark of revolution can come from anywhere, 16 00:00:56,514 --> 00:00:59,100 even two unlikely friends... 17 00:01:00,477 --> 00:01:03,897 - And one night that changed everything. 18 00:01:03,938 --> 00:01:10,612 * * 19 00:01:11,988 --> 00:01:14,949 [eerie music] 20 00:01:14,991 --> 00:01:22,123 * * 21 00:01:23,208 --> 00:01:26,294 - [breathing heavily] 22 00:01:38,181 --> 00:01:39,933 [gasps] 23 00:01:39,974 --> 00:01:41,518 - Remember. 24 00:01:41,559 --> 00:01:43,144 - [gasps] 25 00:01:46,147 --> 00:01:48,400 [ominous music] 26 00:01:48,441 --> 00:01:50,068 - * Got something coming for you * 27 00:01:50,110 --> 00:01:52,320 * * 28 00:01:52,362 --> 00:01:54,030 * Got something coming for you * 29 00:01:54,072 --> 00:01:55,323 [indistinct chatter] 30 00:01:55,365 --> 00:01:58,159 * I don't wanna play no more * 31 00:01:58,201 --> 00:01:59,494 - [grunts] - Whoo! 32 00:01:59,536 --> 00:02:02,038 - Come on, Novices. Pick up the pace. 33 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:04,249 Only four miles to go. 34 00:02:04,290 --> 00:02:05,667 You can do it. 35 00:02:05,709 --> 00:02:07,127 * * 36 00:02:07,168 --> 00:02:10,088 - * Beneath the shame * 37 00:02:10,130 --> 00:02:14,884 * * 38 00:02:14,926 --> 00:02:16,344 - [panting] 39 00:02:16,386 --> 00:02:17,887 What the fuck? 40 00:02:17,929 --> 00:02:20,890 [dramatic music] 41 00:02:20,932 --> 00:02:27,856 * * 42 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:42,287 - Okay, Mia will help you prepare. 43 00:02:42,328 --> 00:02:43,496 She studied up on all of this. 44 00:02:43,538 --> 00:02:45,331 - When I thought I would be queen. 45 00:02:45,373 --> 00:02:47,500 - Did Rose lose her phone privileges? 46 00:02:47,542 --> 00:02:49,002 I haven't heard from her. - I don't know. 47 00:02:49,044 --> 00:02:51,087 The Guardians handle their own punishments. 48 00:02:51,129 --> 00:02:52,881 - My punishment being queen? 49 00:02:53,923 --> 00:02:57,010 - After this, Mia will run you through political tutorials 50 00:02:57,052 --> 00:02:58,595 of all twelve Heads of Family. 51 00:02:58,636 --> 00:03:00,513 - Mostly gossips and backstabbers. 52 00:03:00,555 --> 00:03:01,890 - The best way to get their vote 53 00:03:01,931 --> 00:03:03,808 is for them to think you're their new best friend. 54 00:03:03,850 --> 00:03:06,686 - Fine, but this entire thing is ridiculous. 55 00:03:06,728 --> 00:03:08,480 - What's ridiculous is you not wanting to be queen. 56 00:03:08,521 --> 00:03:09,731 - Why would I want to do something 57 00:03:09,773 --> 00:03:12,567 I'm completely unprepared to do? 58 00:03:14,110 --> 00:03:16,071 This was Andre's thing, not mine. 59 00:03:16,112 --> 00:03:18,073 - I think we can both agree that you're no Andre. 60 00:03:18,114 --> 00:03:19,366 - Mia. - Sorry. 61 00:03:19,407 --> 00:03:21,409 - If only he were still here, right? 62 00:03:22,911 --> 00:03:24,245 Then you'd be queen, 63 00:03:24,287 --> 00:03:26,956 and everyone would still be hopeful about the future, 64 00:03:26,998 --> 00:03:28,583 and I'd have my family back. 65 00:03:29,918 --> 00:03:31,544 - Hey. 66 00:03:31,586 --> 00:03:33,838 Everyone is hopeful about the future. 67 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:36,466 You're unsullied by faction politics. 68 00:03:36,508 --> 00:03:38,343 Everyone's excited about you, 69 00:03:38,385 --> 00:03:40,720 at least, everyone who matters. 70 00:03:42,639 --> 00:03:44,391 Now I need to head to the Council. 71 00:03:44,432 --> 00:03:47,394 Everyone's gathering to discuss your Specialization Ceremony. 72 00:03:47,435 --> 00:03:49,062 - Wait, what? - Yeah. 73 00:03:49,104 --> 00:03:51,856 It's just a nice gentle way to get campaign season started. 74 00:03:51,898 --> 00:03:54,067 Everyone loves a good faction competition, 75 00:03:54,109 --> 00:03:56,403 up on the big screen so the entire dominion 76 00:03:56,444 --> 00:03:57,904 can invest in you. 77 00:03:57,946 --> 00:03:59,906 [dramatic music] 78 00:04:01,491 --> 00:04:03,243 - The Queen is Air, so the people won't like it 79 00:04:03,284 --> 00:04:04,494 if you're Air too. 80 00:04:04,536 --> 00:04:07,288 But Dragomirs are usually Fire, right? 81 00:04:07,330 --> 00:04:08,665 - Yeah. 82 00:04:10,125 --> 00:04:12,127 Hey, Mia? 83 00:04:12,168 --> 00:04:14,004 When your sister didn't specialize, 84 00:04:14,045 --> 00:04:15,880 my parents never told me why the Council 85 00:04:15,922 --> 00:04:18,299 finally stopped insisting that she try. 86 00:04:19,634 --> 00:04:23,054 - By the time they were done with her, 87 00:04:23,096 --> 00:04:24,347 even if she did specialize, 88 00:04:24,389 --> 00:04:26,933 she wouldn't be capable of using it. 89 00:04:26,975 --> 00:04:33,940 * * 90 00:04:33,982 --> 00:04:36,901 [music playing softly] 91 00:04:38,862 --> 00:04:40,488 - Come on, put some muscle into it. 92 00:04:40,530 --> 00:04:42,449 - Bite me. - What if I could? 93 00:04:42,490 --> 00:04:44,784 - Alberta's got me doing double chores. 94 00:04:44,826 --> 00:04:46,786 Maybe that's punishment enough. 95 00:04:46,828 --> 00:04:49,873 - While Lissa got off clean, typical. 96 00:04:49,914 --> 00:04:52,292 - How in the hell did this queen thing happen? 97 00:04:52,334 --> 00:04:55,295 Lissa's the least political person in the Dominion. 98 00:04:55,337 --> 00:04:56,880 She's got to be freaking out. 99 00:04:56,921 --> 00:04:58,965 - You haven't talked to her? - No. 100 00:04:59,007 --> 00:05:01,301 The dorm matrons keep blocking her calls, 101 00:05:01,343 --> 00:05:02,969 and I can't get anywhere near her 102 00:05:03,011 --> 00:05:05,597 because fucking Dimitri is keeping us separated. 103 00:05:05,638 --> 00:05:08,433 - Maybe Lissa likes the idea of being queen. 104 00:05:08,475 --> 00:05:09,976 - I doubt it. 105 00:05:18,610 --> 00:05:19,944 Everything sucks. 106 00:05:21,988 --> 00:05:24,115 Including this couch. 107 00:05:24,157 --> 00:05:26,618 It's hard as a board. 108 00:05:26,659 --> 00:05:28,703 - Keeps us from getting lazy. 109 00:05:32,707 --> 00:05:34,167 Want a distraction? 110 00:05:34,209 --> 00:05:35,543 - No. 111 00:05:40,840 --> 00:05:42,384 Yes. 112 00:05:43,551 --> 00:05:46,513 [upbeat music] 113 00:05:46,554 --> 00:05:52,644 * * 114 00:05:52,686 --> 00:05:55,605 [eerie music] 115 00:05:55,647 --> 00:05:58,316 * * 116 00:05:58,358 --> 00:06:01,486 [squelching] 117 00:06:06,241 --> 00:06:07,826 - Now, as you can see, 118 00:06:07,867 --> 00:06:09,786 the Strigoi's eyeball has a high number of rods 119 00:06:09,828 --> 00:06:12,288 for better night vision, like a cat. 120 00:06:12,330 --> 00:06:14,958 And the quadrate bone down here, 121 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,085 allows the Strigoi to unhinge its jaws 122 00:06:17,127 --> 00:06:18,628 like a snake. 123 00:06:18,670 --> 00:06:20,755 Now, their limbic system, 124 00:06:20,797 --> 00:06:23,633 the area in the brain responsible for behavior is-- 125 00:06:23,675 --> 00:06:25,677 is practically microscopic. 126 00:06:25,719 --> 00:06:27,721 So from this, we can deduce that they are incapable 127 00:06:27,762 --> 00:06:29,723 of possessing true conscience. 128 00:06:29,764 --> 00:06:31,558 - How do we know that for certain? 129 00:06:31,599 --> 00:06:33,143 - Because we listen to science. 130 00:06:33,184 --> 00:06:37,605 - Okay, but has anyone ever actually, 131 00:06:37,647 --> 00:06:39,983 I-I don't know, sat down and asked one? 132 00:06:40,025 --> 00:06:42,485 [soft laughter] 133 00:06:42,527 --> 00:06:44,237 - I'm curious too, 134 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:46,656 Guardian Tanner, how does a Moroi 135 00:06:46,698 --> 00:06:48,950 become a Strigoi again? 136 00:06:48,992 --> 00:06:50,410 - There's no need to repeat lessons 137 00:06:50,452 --> 00:06:51,745 taught in the lower schools, Jesse. 138 00:06:51,786 --> 00:06:54,330 - No, I-I think we could use a brushup. 139 00:06:54,372 --> 00:06:58,168 One, a Strigoi turns you by feeding you their blood. 140 00:06:58,209 --> 00:07:01,546 Two, you accidentally kill while you feed 141 00:07:01,588 --> 00:07:04,591 and must pay for the mistake with your soul. 142 00:07:04,632 --> 00:07:06,760 Does anyone know number three? 143 00:07:08,553 --> 00:07:10,055 Anyone? Ozera? 144 00:07:10,096 --> 00:07:12,807 - That's enough, Jesse. Class dismissed. 145 00:07:12,849 --> 00:07:15,477 - Three, you choose to kill. 146 00:07:15,518 --> 00:07:17,771 You choose to suck all of the blood 147 00:07:17,812 --> 00:07:19,522 out of their body while you feed, 148 00:07:19,564 --> 00:07:21,024 to be a monster. 149 00:07:21,066 --> 00:07:23,526 Just like Mommy and Daddy, eh, Ozera? 150 00:07:27,238 --> 00:07:29,157 - Hey, Meredith. 151 00:07:29,199 --> 00:07:30,575 I need a favor. 152 00:07:31,951 --> 00:07:33,995 Can you pass Lissa a note for me? 153 00:07:34,037 --> 00:07:36,289 - [laughs] No way. 154 00:07:36,331 --> 00:07:37,665 - Why? 155 00:07:37,707 --> 00:07:38,917 What's the big deal? 156 00:07:38,958 --> 00:07:41,670 - Strategically, this is a no-win situation 157 00:07:41,711 --> 00:07:43,129 for both of us. 158 00:07:43,171 --> 00:07:47,008 I get caught, I get demerits, I'll lose standing, 159 00:07:47,050 --> 00:07:48,093 and for what? 160 00:07:48,134 --> 00:07:49,803 - To do something nice for a friend. 161 00:07:49,844 --> 00:07:52,138 - We're friends now? 162 00:07:52,180 --> 00:07:53,556 You don't get it, do you? 163 00:07:53,598 --> 00:07:55,433 If they are separating you now, 164 00:07:55,475 --> 00:07:56,643 it's probably just to prepare you 165 00:07:56,685 --> 00:07:58,228 for what's to come when she's queen. 166 00:07:58,269 --> 00:07:59,813 - We're a package deal. 167 00:07:59,854 --> 00:08:01,272 Everyone knows that. 168 00:08:03,191 --> 00:08:05,652 - Have you ever met a Royal Moroi 169 00:08:05,694 --> 00:08:07,529 in a high position of power 170 00:08:07,570 --> 00:08:09,989 with a Dhampir best friend? 171 00:08:11,866 --> 00:08:14,035 - And you wonder why we aren't friends. 172 00:08:16,079 --> 00:08:17,163 - Rose? 173 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:20,792 There's no easy way to say this. 174 00:08:20,834 --> 00:08:23,086 Um, the issue of you and Lissa 175 00:08:23,128 --> 00:08:25,880 sneaking outside the wards was raised at the Royal Council. 176 00:08:25,922 --> 00:08:28,174 There's going to be a tribunal, and the dean will preside. 177 00:08:29,634 --> 00:08:31,678 - A tribunal? 178 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:33,722 So what, they wanna ship me off 179 00:08:33,763 --> 00:08:35,473 to St. Jude's or some other school? 180 00:08:35,515 --> 00:08:38,852 - They aren't deciding where you should go to school, Rose. 181 00:08:38,893 --> 00:08:40,812 They want to determine if you have a future 182 00:08:40,854 --> 00:08:43,398 as a Guardian at all. 183 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:45,275 I'm sorry. 184 00:08:45,316 --> 00:08:48,278 [dramatic music] 185 00:08:48,319 --> 00:08:54,075 * * 186 00:08:59,164 --> 00:09:00,832 [dramatic music] 187 00:09:00,874 --> 00:09:02,625 - Remember. 188 00:09:02,667 --> 00:09:04,419 - [gasps] 189 00:09:04,461 --> 00:09:06,921 [panting] 190 00:09:06,963 --> 00:09:08,673 Remember what? 191 00:09:20,018 --> 00:09:21,353 [door opens] 192 00:09:23,521 --> 00:09:25,648 - Oh. Your shift started early. 193 00:09:25,690 --> 00:09:28,026 - As did your evening, apparently, 194 00:09:28,068 --> 00:09:30,695 Princess. 195 00:09:30,737 --> 00:09:31,988 - I-I'm in kind of a bind. 196 00:09:32,030 --> 00:09:33,990 - I can't let you see Rose. 197 00:09:34,032 --> 00:09:35,200 Strict instructions from the top. 198 00:09:35,241 --> 00:09:37,786 - I know. I get it. 199 00:09:37,827 --> 00:09:40,413 I hate it, but I get it. 200 00:09:40,455 --> 00:09:43,708 What if it wasn't Rose I was gonna go see? 201 00:09:51,216 --> 00:09:53,593 [feathers flapping] 202 00:09:53,635 --> 00:09:55,345 [bird tweeting] 203 00:09:56,638 --> 00:09:58,765 - You're up late. [bird tweets] 204 00:09:58,807 --> 00:10:00,975 I know you've been busy, but I've missed you. 205 00:10:01,017 --> 00:10:02,268 [bird tweets] [chuckles] 206 00:10:03,728 --> 00:10:05,230 - Sonya. 207 00:10:05,271 --> 00:10:06,981 - Hi, Mikhail. 208 00:10:07,023 --> 00:10:10,360 - I can't find the "Volkov Anatomical Compendium." 209 00:10:10,402 --> 00:10:11,903 I'd like to check it against the Strigoi 210 00:10:11,945 --> 00:10:13,863 I've been dissecting. 211 00:10:13,905 --> 00:10:15,699 - That's the seventh attack this year, isn't it? 212 00:10:15,740 --> 00:10:17,992 Seems more than a normal seasonal spike. 213 00:10:18,034 --> 00:10:19,786 - Well, that's what I've been saying. 214 00:10:19,828 --> 00:10:21,705 Not that anyone on the Council wants to listen 215 00:10:21,746 --> 00:10:23,039 to a lowly Dhampir. 216 00:10:23,081 --> 00:10:24,541 "Don't scare the Royals," they say, 217 00:10:24,582 --> 00:10:25,875 "You'll give the children nightmares." 218 00:10:25,917 --> 00:10:27,627 I'll tell you what will scare the Royals, 219 00:10:27,669 --> 00:10:30,255 Strigoi eating them for breakfast-- 220 00:10:31,923 --> 00:10:34,259 - Are you wearing cologne? 221 00:10:34,300 --> 00:10:35,760 - You noticed. 222 00:10:35,802 --> 00:10:36,970 - I have a good nose. 223 00:10:37,012 --> 00:10:38,805 - Well... 224 00:10:38,847 --> 00:10:40,348 do you like it? 225 00:10:40,390 --> 00:10:43,643 [tender music] 226 00:10:43,685 --> 00:10:46,271 - You smell less like a Strigoi than usual. 227 00:10:46,312 --> 00:10:49,399 * * 228 00:10:49,441 --> 00:10:51,276 I'll find your book. 229 00:10:51,317 --> 00:10:54,112 - Maybe I can come back for it later 230 00:10:54,154 --> 00:10:55,572 when you get off work? 231 00:10:57,115 --> 00:11:00,076 - Sure. I'll have it ready for you. 232 00:11:00,118 --> 00:11:07,292 * * 233 00:11:23,516 --> 00:11:26,644 - I heard you spend a lot of time here. 234 00:11:26,686 --> 00:11:28,271 - Huh. 235 00:11:28,313 --> 00:11:30,273 Books don't gossip about me. 236 00:11:31,524 --> 00:11:32,859 - So... 237 00:11:35,695 --> 00:11:38,865 I have to do my Specialization Ceremony tomorrow. 238 00:11:41,409 --> 00:11:43,745 I've only told Rose... 239 00:11:45,330 --> 00:11:47,540 But I don't think I'll be able to specialize. 240 00:11:47,582 --> 00:11:49,668 - It's not totally unheard of 241 00:11:49,709 --> 00:11:51,628 for someone not to know until the ceremony-- 242 00:11:51,670 --> 00:11:53,296 - But it's rare. 243 00:11:53,338 --> 00:11:54,714 Very rare. 244 00:11:57,425 --> 00:11:59,803 When Sonya Karp didn't specialize, 245 00:11:59,844 --> 00:12:03,223 first they sent her to the High Priestess, 246 00:12:03,264 --> 00:12:05,266 then counseling, 247 00:12:05,308 --> 00:12:06,559 then they sent her away to some place 248 00:12:06,601 --> 00:12:08,728 for electric shock therapy. 249 00:12:08,770 --> 00:12:11,981 It took her years to be close to normal again. 250 00:12:12,023 --> 00:12:13,817 She's not even Royal. 251 00:12:13,858 --> 00:12:16,277 Can you imagine what they'll do to me? 252 00:12:18,029 --> 00:12:19,781 [tender music] 253 00:12:19,823 --> 00:12:22,575 - I think I can help you. 254 00:12:22,617 --> 00:12:25,161 - Why do you think I came looking for you? 255 00:12:25,203 --> 00:12:30,750 * * 256 00:12:39,426 --> 00:12:41,302 - I heard about the tribunal. 257 00:12:44,222 --> 00:12:47,892 - I guess you think I deserve this... 258 00:12:47,934 --> 00:12:49,602 that everything's my fault. 259 00:12:58,611 --> 00:13:00,405 - Not that you're asking, 260 00:13:00,447 --> 00:13:02,532 but the definition of immaturity 261 00:13:02,574 --> 00:13:05,326 is blaming others for your own failings. 262 00:13:05,368 --> 00:13:06,953 I'm not the one who put Lissa at risk 263 00:13:06,995 --> 00:13:09,039 by taking her outside of the wards. 264 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:12,751 I'm not the one who decided your punishment. 265 00:13:12,792 --> 00:13:15,420 Am I annoyed one of the most promising young Guardians 266 00:13:15,462 --> 00:13:19,883 I've ever come across is too stubborn to see sense? 267 00:13:19,924 --> 00:13:21,593 Yes. 268 00:13:21,634 --> 00:13:23,762 Do I want you expelled? 269 00:13:23,803 --> 00:13:25,305 No. 270 00:13:27,807 --> 00:13:29,267 - No? 271 00:13:31,019 --> 00:13:32,645 The image of me out there in the Communes 272 00:13:32,687 --> 00:13:34,022 doesn't give you a thrill? 273 00:13:36,066 --> 00:13:37,734 - No, Rose. 274 00:13:39,069 --> 00:13:43,031 My mother and sisters live in the Communes. 275 00:13:43,073 --> 00:13:45,450 That's not the life I would wish on you. 276 00:13:48,370 --> 00:13:50,080 - Well, 277 00:13:50,121 --> 00:13:53,625 until the Tribunal decides to kick me out officially... 278 00:13:55,877 --> 00:13:58,254 I've got a leaderboard to climb. 279 00:13:58,296 --> 00:14:01,216 [tense music] 280 00:14:01,257 --> 00:14:08,390 * * 281 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:12,310 - She's fucked, isn't she? 282 00:14:14,479 --> 00:14:16,439 - I've done a spreadsheet taking into account 283 00:14:16,481 --> 00:14:18,400 the personal and political affiliations 284 00:14:18,441 --> 00:14:20,694 of all the Tribunal members. - And? 285 00:14:20,735 --> 00:14:23,405 - Even if she manages to make it through this whole thing 286 00:14:23,446 --> 00:14:26,616 without taking a verbal swing or worse, 287 00:14:26,658 --> 00:14:28,451 she doesn't stand a chance. 288 00:14:28,493 --> 00:14:30,078 - What'll they do to her? 289 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:31,454 Stick her in admin? 290 00:14:31,496 --> 00:14:33,915 - Send her to the Communes. 291 00:14:33,957 --> 00:14:36,001 - I can hear you. 292 00:14:37,836 --> 00:14:40,714 - Shouldn't you be preparing for your reckoning? 293 00:14:40,755 --> 00:14:42,632 - Oh, it's not until tomorrow. 294 00:14:42,674 --> 00:14:45,301 Plenty of time for me to kick your ass. 295 00:14:45,343 --> 00:14:48,304 [intense music] 296 00:14:48,346 --> 00:14:50,056 Let's go. 297 00:14:50,098 --> 00:14:54,352 * * 298 00:14:57,147 --> 00:14:58,773 - Show me what you got. 299 00:15:00,233 --> 00:15:01,651 Yeah, there you go. 300 00:15:01,693 --> 00:15:03,236 - I've been able to harness fire since I was three, 301 00:15:03,278 --> 00:15:06,823 and air and water, even earth. 302 00:15:06,865 --> 00:15:09,409 I can do all the small magic we're supposed to do, 303 00:15:09,451 --> 00:15:11,036 but one just isn't presenting itself 304 00:15:11,077 --> 00:15:13,413 to be any stronger than the other. 305 00:15:13,455 --> 00:15:15,498 Of course, Andre knew he was Fire 306 00:15:15,540 --> 00:15:17,292 practically before he could walk. 307 00:15:17,334 --> 00:15:18,501 - [chuckles softly] 308 00:15:18,543 --> 00:15:20,670 - My parents always said they had a plan 309 00:15:20,712 --> 00:15:23,048 in case a specialization never materialized for me, 310 00:15:23,089 --> 00:15:24,591 but without them, 311 00:15:24,632 --> 00:15:26,843 there's no one between me and shock therapy 312 00:15:26,885 --> 00:15:29,095 and every other thing they did to Sonya Karp. 313 00:15:29,137 --> 00:15:33,600 - Maybe an element is presenting itself to you. 314 00:15:33,641 --> 00:15:34,976 You just can't hear it. 315 00:15:36,478 --> 00:15:37,896 Here. 316 00:15:41,232 --> 00:15:42,901 Try this. 317 00:15:42,942 --> 00:15:45,904 [gentle music] 318 00:15:45,945 --> 00:15:48,281 * * 319 00:15:48,323 --> 00:15:51,493 Okay, now close your eyes. 320 00:15:51,534 --> 00:15:56,039 * * 321 00:15:56,081 --> 00:15:58,333 Think about your heart. 322 00:15:58,375 --> 00:16:00,126 What makes it beat? 323 00:16:00,168 --> 00:16:03,713 The blood in your veins, what makes it run? 324 00:16:03,755 --> 00:16:06,633 The fire in your soul, what feeds it? 325 00:16:06,675 --> 00:16:10,261 Magic is inside of you, 326 00:16:10,303 --> 00:16:13,682 inviting you to dance. 327 00:16:13,723 --> 00:16:16,101 You just have to say yes. 328 00:16:19,229 --> 00:16:21,564 Okay, let's get started. 329 00:16:21,606 --> 00:16:23,108 [intense music] 330 00:16:23,149 --> 00:16:26,236 [both grunting] 331 00:16:26,277 --> 00:16:33,201 * * 332 00:16:48,842 --> 00:16:49,968 - Come on, come on, come on. 333 00:16:51,094 --> 00:16:52,929 [whistle shrieking] 334 00:16:52,971 --> 00:16:59,894 * * 335 00:17:02,313 --> 00:17:03,314 Ugh! 336 00:17:03,356 --> 00:17:04,983 [both grunting] 337 00:17:05,025 --> 00:17:05,984 [whistle shrieks] 338 00:17:08,111 --> 00:17:10,280 - Mason, you're next. Let's go. 339 00:17:10,321 --> 00:17:12,782 [grunting] 340 00:17:12,824 --> 00:17:14,492 - You're fighting like a Strigoi. 341 00:17:15,618 --> 00:17:17,537 - [shouts, grunts] 342 00:17:25,837 --> 00:17:28,798 [dramatic music] 343 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:34,137 * * 344 00:17:34,179 --> 00:17:35,305 - Again. 345 00:17:35,347 --> 00:17:36,639 - I don't need another wind sprint 346 00:17:36,681 --> 00:17:37,932 to get your point. 347 00:17:37,974 --> 00:17:39,684 Don't fight like a Strigoi. Check. 348 00:17:39,726 --> 00:17:42,103 - Why did you? - Why do you care? 349 00:17:42,145 --> 00:17:43,521 - 'Cause when you're back at number one 350 00:17:43,563 --> 00:17:45,106 and taking my job, 351 00:17:45,148 --> 00:17:46,983 I'd rather not see our future queen 352 00:17:47,025 --> 00:17:49,069 under the watch of someone who can't keep a grip on it. 353 00:17:50,528 --> 00:17:52,864 - How do you do that? 354 00:17:52,906 --> 00:17:55,367 You have this way of criticizing me 355 00:17:55,408 --> 00:17:57,869 and complementing me in the same breath. 356 00:17:57,911 --> 00:17:59,329 - Perhaps because you have this way of being 357 00:17:59,371 --> 00:18:02,499 both extraordinary and infuriating 358 00:18:02,540 --> 00:18:03,458 all at once. 359 00:18:04,918 --> 00:18:06,836 - [sighs] Fair. 360 00:18:06,878 --> 00:18:08,505 - If Lissa is to be queen, 361 00:18:08,546 --> 00:18:10,340 her safety is the most important thing 362 00:18:10,382 --> 00:18:11,549 to this dominion. 363 00:18:11,591 --> 00:18:12,967 If you can't keep it together in practice, 364 00:18:13,009 --> 00:18:14,719 how can you hope to possibly survive 365 00:18:14,761 --> 00:18:16,179 a real world attack? 366 00:18:17,847 --> 00:18:21,351 - I will, Dimitri, because that's what I do. 367 00:18:21,393 --> 00:18:22,852 I survive. 368 00:18:22,894 --> 00:18:25,522 I survive car crashes and loss 369 00:18:25,563 --> 00:18:27,065 and an absentee mother 370 00:18:27,107 --> 00:18:28,983 and a best friend that I'm not allowed to see, 371 00:18:29,025 --> 00:18:32,320 and know-it-all Guardians who show up out of nowhere 372 00:18:32,362 --> 00:18:34,197 to ruin my life. 373 00:18:34,239 --> 00:18:36,324 I will survive whatever shit this world 374 00:18:36,366 --> 00:18:39,703 keeps trying to throw at me because that's what I do. 375 00:18:39,744 --> 00:18:41,162 Because I'm strong. 376 00:18:42,539 --> 00:18:44,499 And I will survive this fucking tribunal 377 00:18:44,541 --> 00:18:46,209 because there is no other option. 378 00:18:46,251 --> 00:18:47,752 - Good. 379 00:18:47,794 --> 00:18:49,295 Then I'm rooting for you. 380 00:18:52,590 --> 00:18:54,843 - So can we be done with wind sprints now? 381 00:18:54,884 --> 00:18:56,594 - What do you think? 382 00:18:56,636 --> 00:18:59,597 [moody music] 383 00:18:59,639 --> 00:19:06,271 * * 384 00:19:11,401 --> 00:19:12,569 [radio playing softly] 385 00:19:12,610 --> 00:19:13,570 - Lord Zeklos. 386 00:19:13,611 --> 00:19:15,071 [magic whooshing] 387 00:19:15,113 --> 00:19:17,574 I have special permission to leave the Province. 388 00:19:17,615 --> 00:19:18,908 - For what purpose? 389 00:19:18,950 --> 00:19:21,202 - [chuckles] I'm Royal. 390 00:19:21,244 --> 00:19:23,329 You don't need to know my purpose. 391 00:19:24,831 --> 00:19:27,167 - Under the laws of the Human Treaty of 1497, 392 00:19:27,208 --> 00:19:30,295 you hereby agree to traverse only the approved roadways, 393 00:19:30,337 --> 00:19:32,547 avoid any and all human interaction 394 00:19:32,589 --> 00:19:33,840 with the human species, 395 00:19:33,882 --> 00:19:35,842 never reveal your identity as a citizen 396 00:19:35,884 --> 00:19:37,552 of the Moroi Dominion-- - Yeah, yeah. 397 00:19:37,594 --> 00:19:39,429 I got it. 398 00:19:39,471 --> 00:19:41,139 Can I go now? 399 00:19:43,016 --> 00:19:44,434 [ominous music] 400 00:19:44,476 --> 00:19:46,603 - Open the gate! 401 00:19:46,644 --> 00:19:48,688 Go on. 402 00:19:48,730 --> 00:19:50,273 [metal creaking] 403 00:19:50,315 --> 00:19:57,238 * * 404 00:20:03,161 --> 00:20:04,788 - It's unfortunate that we're meeting 405 00:20:04,829 --> 00:20:06,623 under these circumstances, 406 00:20:06,664 --> 00:20:08,875 but the Tribunal of Rose Hathaway 407 00:20:08,917 --> 00:20:10,543 may now commence. 408 00:20:10,585 --> 00:20:13,463 [intense music] 409 00:20:13,505 --> 00:20:16,257 - So what's the game plan, Rose? 410 00:20:18,385 --> 00:20:20,303 - You know me. 411 00:20:20,345 --> 00:20:22,514 More of a roll with the punches kind of girl. 412 00:20:22,555 --> 00:20:25,058 - You're more of a throw the punches kind of girl, 413 00:20:25,100 --> 00:20:27,060 but you can't in there. 414 00:20:27,102 --> 00:20:29,187 Your entire future is in their hands, 415 00:20:29,229 --> 00:20:31,981 so live to fight another day. 416 00:20:33,149 --> 00:20:36,069 [tender music] 417 00:20:36,111 --> 00:20:38,029 * * 418 00:20:38,071 --> 00:20:39,531 - Thanks, Mikhail. 419 00:20:39,572 --> 00:20:40,907 - Rose? 420 00:20:40,949 --> 00:20:48,039 * * 421 00:20:52,002 --> 00:20:54,212 - I'll be surprised she lasts a week. 422 00:20:54,254 --> 00:20:55,922 The Queen will see soon enough, 423 00:20:55,964 --> 00:20:58,216 not every Dragomir's fit to sit on the throne. 424 00:21:02,971 --> 00:21:04,347 - Ignore her. 425 00:21:06,057 --> 00:21:08,184 Andre would be so proud of you. 426 00:21:08,226 --> 00:21:09,936 They all would, as am I. 427 00:21:09,978 --> 00:21:12,230 - Why? 428 00:21:12,272 --> 00:21:15,108 I still don't know why she chose me to unite the Dominion. 429 00:21:15,150 --> 00:21:16,776 - You know, the Queen was younger than you 430 00:21:16,818 --> 00:21:18,820 when she first took the throne. 431 00:21:18,862 --> 00:21:20,196 Court was in chaos. 432 00:21:20,238 --> 00:21:23,450 It was a viper's nest of agendas. 433 00:21:23,491 --> 00:21:25,493 She didn't know a thing about politics. 434 00:21:25,535 --> 00:21:29,497 All she knew was that she didn't want people to fight, 435 00:21:29,539 --> 00:21:31,541 and her compassion worked 436 00:21:31,583 --> 00:21:33,501 for a while at least. 437 00:21:33,543 --> 00:21:37,464 You know, I think she sees a bit of herself in you. 438 00:21:39,883 --> 00:21:44,846 - And what will she see if something goes wrong tonight? 439 00:21:44,888 --> 00:21:46,473 - What could go wrong? 440 00:21:48,224 --> 00:21:50,143 Are you thinking of Sonya? 441 00:21:50,185 --> 00:21:51,895 - Victor, I know how hard it was for her-- 442 00:21:51,936 --> 00:21:54,314 - Sonya was an anomaly. 443 00:21:54,356 --> 00:21:56,191 We don't know why she's the way that she is, 444 00:21:56,232 --> 00:21:58,985 but you're a Dragomir. 445 00:21:59,027 --> 00:22:00,570 This will be a breeze for you. 446 00:22:00,612 --> 00:22:02,864 - But what if it isn't? 447 00:22:02,906 --> 00:22:04,824 I mean, what if I stand up there, 448 00:22:04,866 --> 00:22:07,410 and nothing happens? 449 00:22:09,913 --> 00:22:11,581 - As your godfather, 450 00:22:11,623 --> 00:22:14,751 I promised your family I would always look out for you. 451 00:22:14,793 --> 00:22:17,170 So if there's any chance you'll walk out there 452 00:22:17,212 --> 00:22:19,714 and not specialize, you need to let me know now. 453 00:22:19,756 --> 00:22:21,966 I will get you out of this Dominion tonight 454 00:22:22,008 --> 00:22:23,677 before anyone can ask questions. 455 00:22:25,762 --> 00:22:29,683 So is there anything you wanna tell me? 456 00:22:29,724 --> 00:22:32,894 [tense music] 457 00:22:32,936 --> 00:22:34,854 - No. 458 00:22:34,896 --> 00:22:37,190 No. 459 00:22:37,232 --> 00:22:39,442 I'll see you out there. 460 00:22:39,484 --> 00:22:46,408 * * 461 00:22:51,871 --> 00:22:55,000 [breathing shakily] 462 00:22:56,126 --> 00:22:58,044 - At ease, Ms. Hathaway. 463 00:23:00,547 --> 00:23:02,507 - Hi, Dean Kirova. 464 00:23:03,842 --> 00:23:06,636 - Sorry to see you here. 465 00:23:06,678 --> 00:23:08,221 - You and me both. 466 00:23:08,263 --> 00:23:10,849 - The simple fact here, Rose, 467 00:23:10,890 --> 00:23:12,267 is that over the years, 468 00:23:12,308 --> 00:23:14,477 you have gotten Lissa into trouble 469 00:23:14,519 --> 00:23:16,771 more times than you've saved her from it. 470 00:23:16,813 --> 00:23:18,732 - She's my best friend. 471 00:23:18,773 --> 00:23:22,402 And, yes, sometimes we get into stuff, but... 472 00:23:23,862 --> 00:23:25,363 I would die for her. 473 00:23:26,698 --> 00:23:28,116 And you know that. 474 00:23:28,158 --> 00:23:30,201 - I do. 475 00:23:30,243 --> 00:23:32,662 But you seem to lack the discipline 476 00:23:32,704 --> 00:23:36,416 and critical thinking skills an elite Guardian needs. 477 00:23:36,458 --> 00:23:39,544 - I've trained for my entire life to be a Guardian, 478 00:23:39,586 --> 00:23:42,130 and I've been on top of the rankings for years. 479 00:23:42,172 --> 00:23:45,342 - Then tell us why we should allow you 480 00:23:45,383 --> 00:23:47,719 to stay at St. Vladimir's 481 00:23:47,761 --> 00:23:49,637 and continue your training. 482 00:23:57,812 --> 00:23:59,731 [tense music] 483 00:23:59,773 --> 00:24:00,982 - Okay. 484 00:24:01,024 --> 00:24:03,818 * * 485 00:24:03,860 --> 00:24:06,363 Have I racked up a list of infractions? 486 00:24:06,404 --> 00:24:08,114 Yes. 487 00:24:08,156 --> 00:24:09,949 Was some of it stupid? 488 00:24:09,991 --> 00:24:11,534 Absolutely. 489 00:24:11,576 --> 00:24:16,081 But I'm not just a Guardian to her. 490 00:24:16,122 --> 00:24:18,792 There's more than one way of keeping her safe, 491 00:24:18,833 --> 00:24:20,418 and I do that. 492 00:24:20,460 --> 00:24:23,046 I keep her safe in every way I can. 493 00:24:23,088 --> 00:24:25,131 - [breathing heavily] 494 00:24:25,173 --> 00:24:27,300 * * 495 00:24:27,342 --> 00:24:28,593 [magical whooshing] 496 00:24:33,181 --> 00:24:34,432 - Like right now. 497 00:24:37,602 --> 00:24:39,145 I'm sorry. 498 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:42,065 - Rose, if you leave this room, 499 00:24:42,107 --> 00:24:44,109 there's no coming back. 500 00:24:45,694 --> 00:24:46,778 Rose! 501 00:24:48,238 --> 00:24:50,115 - Lissa. 502 00:24:50,156 --> 00:24:51,491 - Rose. 503 00:24:54,494 --> 00:24:56,329 Wait, how did you even get in here? Dimitri-- 504 00:24:56,371 --> 00:24:58,748 - Has just shown why I should be your Guardian. 505 00:24:58,790 --> 00:25:00,583 He didn't even see me. 506 00:25:00,625 --> 00:25:03,712 What's wrong? I could feel your panic. 507 00:25:03,753 --> 00:25:04,796 Are you okay? 508 00:25:04,838 --> 00:25:06,798 - According to Victor, in five minutes, 509 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:08,466 I either need to walk on that stage 510 00:25:08,508 --> 00:25:09,884 and hope to hell that I specialize, 511 00:25:09,926 --> 00:25:12,262 or I pretty much need to flee the Dominion. 512 00:25:12,303 --> 00:25:13,847 I-I don't know what to do. 513 00:25:15,306 --> 00:25:18,476 - Well, personally, I vote flee, 514 00:25:18,518 --> 00:25:21,688 but I've just had a bad night. 515 00:25:21,730 --> 00:25:23,273 - What's going on? 516 00:25:23,314 --> 00:25:27,193 - It's nothing you need to hear about right now. 517 00:25:27,235 --> 00:25:29,446 Do you really think you can't do it? 518 00:25:31,031 --> 00:25:33,283 - I don't know. 519 00:25:33,324 --> 00:25:35,952 Maybe it's just the nerves 520 00:25:35,994 --> 00:25:38,246 or the grief or the panic 521 00:25:38,288 --> 00:25:41,249 because I know that once I do go out there and specialize, 522 00:25:41,291 --> 00:25:43,335 I'm one step closer to becoming queen, 523 00:25:43,376 --> 00:25:45,253 which I never envisioned. 524 00:25:45,295 --> 00:25:48,298 - I guess you just have to ask yourself 525 00:25:48,340 --> 00:25:51,343 if this is something that you want. 526 00:25:51,384 --> 00:25:54,554 - Part of me just wants to be free. 527 00:25:54,596 --> 00:25:57,640 Living somewhere where no one cares what element I am, 528 00:25:57,682 --> 00:25:59,309 or if we're Dhampir or Moroi. 529 00:25:59,351 --> 00:26:00,685 - That's perfect. 530 00:26:00,727 --> 00:26:03,021 We can disappear among the humans. 531 00:26:03,063 --> 00:26:05,023 I mean, that was always the plan anyway, right? 532 00:26:05,065 --> 00:26:06,608 - Well, minus the fugitive part. 533 00:26:06,649 --> 00:26:08,902 - Oh, yeah, just a small detail. 534 00:26:08,943 --> 00:26:11,488 - But then the other part of me is thinking about everything 535 00:26:11,529 --> 00:26:14,074 Andre was gonna mean to this Dominion. 536 00:26:14,115 --> 00:26:17,452 A leader who ruled not just for the Royal Moroi, 537 00:26:17,494 --> 00:26:20,705 but for all its citizens, including the Dhampirs. 538 00:26:20,747 --> 00:26:24,000 He was gonna make this a place you wanted to run to, 539 00:26:24,042 --> 00:26:25,335 not away from. 540 00:26:25,377 --> 00:26:28,797 And if I disappear, 541 00:26:28,838 --> 00:26:31,716 what happens to my brother's legacy? 542 00:26:31,758 --> 00:26:34,928 There are a parade of people dying to be on the throne 543 00:26:34,969 --> 00:26:37,180 who want the exact opposite. 544 00:26:37,222 --> 00:26:40,600 [dramatic music] 545 00:26:40,642 --> 00:26:43,520 What if the only thing separating this Dominion 546 00:26:43,561 --> 00:26:46,898 from that fate is me? 547 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:49,943 - Well, I think... 548 00:26:54,072 --> 00:26:59,285 I think that Andre would be so proud of you right now. 549 00:26:59,327 --> 00:27:02,747 And I know that there is nothing you can't do. 550 00:27:04,290 --> 00:27:08,586 So if you want to be queen, 551 00:27:08,628 --> 00:27:12,382 then go out there and show them all what you've got. 552 00:27:12,424 --> 00:27:14,551 - And if I've got nothing? 553 00:27:14,592 --> 00:27:16,052 - Then Victor and I will get you out, 554 00:27:16,094 --> 00:27:17,637 I promise you that. 555 00:27:19,097 --> 00:27:20,807 But my money is on you. 556 00:27:20,849 --> 00:27:22,267 [tearful laugh] 557 00:27:23,768 --> 00:27:26,021 - Thank you. 558 00:27:26,062 --> 00:27:27,480 I've missed you this week. 559 00:27:27,522 --> 00:27:29,315 You staying out of trouble? 560 00:27:29,357 --> 00:27:30,567 - Oh, you know me. 561 00:27:30,608 --> 00:27:32,736 I'm always dancing alongside of it. 562 00:27:32,777 --> 00:27:34,279 Now, go. 563 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:36,781 Go. 564 00:27:36,823 --> 00:27:38,116 Go. Go on. Go. 565 00:27:38,158 --> 00:27:39,909 Go, go, go, go. 566 00:27:43,830 --> 00:27:46,791 [tense music] 567 00:27:46,833 --> 00:27:53,757 * * 568 00:27:59,137 --> 00:28:02,098 [intense music] 569 00:28:02,140 --> 00:28:04,893 * * 570 00:28:04,934 --> 00:28:07,854 [indistinct chatter] 571 00:28:07,896 --> 00:28:14,819 * * 572 00:28:20,700 --> 00:28:23,661 [cheers] 573 00:28:24,662 --> 00:28:26,289 - My money's on Air user. 574 00:28:26,331 --> 00:28:28,208 - Dragomirs are always Fire. 575 00:28:28,249 --> 00:28:29,793 - Earth user, 50 mirs. 576 00:28:29,834 --> 00:28:32,837 [cheers] 577 00:28:35,173 --> 00:28:38,134 [suspenseful music] 578 00:28:38,176 --> 00:28:45,100 * * 579 00:28:56,361 --> 00:28:59,280 - [speaking Old Moroi] 580 00:28:59,322 --> 00:29:01,074 [water bubbling] 581 00:29:02,742 --> 00:29:05,453 [cheers] 582 00:29:05,495 --> 00:29:06,663 - Fire! 583 00:29:06,705 --> 00:29:09,457 [overlapping shouts] 584 00:29:09,499 --> 00:29:11,042 - Fire! 585 00:29:15,714 --> 00:29:18,550 [indistinct chatter] 586 00:29:19,926 --> 00:29:22,387 - I just feel like it'll be Fire. 587 00:29:29,894 --> 00:29:32,731 [cheers] 588 00:29:34,190 --> 00:29:35,567 - This isn't right. 589 00:29:35,608 --> 00:29:37,944 - Fire! Fire! - Come on! 590 00:29:39,404 --> 00:29:41,072 - She's really milking it. 591 00:29:42,907 --> 00:29:45,827 [wind whooshing] 592 00:29:55,462 --> 00:29:56,921 - Something's wrong. 593 00:29:58,423 --> 00:30:00,425 - Her magic's weak. 594 00:30:02,344 --> 00:30:05,263 [magical whooshing] 595 00:30:05,305 --> 00:30:08,266 [intense music] 596 00:30:08,308 --> 00:30:11,227 * * 597 00:30:11,269 --> 00:30:14,439 [flames roaring] 598 00:30:15,899 --> 00:30:18,360 [cheers] 599 00:30:18,401 --> 00:30:19,819 - You're Fire! 600 00:30:25,992 --> 00:30:27,369 - She's Fire. 601 00:30:27,410 --> 00:30:29,245 Like Andre. 602 00:30:29,287 --> 00:30:30,789 A good omen. 603 00:30:30,830 --> 00:30:33,958 [sweeping dramatic music] 604 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:40,924 * * 605 00:30:57,107 --> 00:30:59,484 all: [chanting] Lissa! Lissa! Lissa! 606 00:30:59,526 --> 00:31:03,113 Lissa! Lissa! Lissa! 607 00:31:03,154 --> 00:31:07,158 Lissa! Lissa! Lissa! 608 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:09,911 [cheers] 609 00:31:09,953 --> 00:31:11,496 - [indistinct] for this moment. 610 00:31:11,538 --> 00:31:13,331 Thank you very much. Thank you. 611 00:31:13,373 --> 00:31:16,334 [intense music] 612 00:31:16,376 --> 00:31:22,048 * * 613 00:31:23,633 --> 00:31:25,385 - How could you do that? 614 00:31:25,427 --> 00:31:26,761 - Um, you're welcome? 615 00:31:26,803 --> 00:31:29,305 - I didn't thank you. 616 00:31:29,347 --> 00:31:30,849 You made me a fraud. 617 00:31:30,890 --> 00:31:32,851 - Half the people in this town are frauds. 618 00:31:32,892 --> 00:31:34,436 - And half of them want me to be their queen, 619 00:31:34,477 --> 00:31:35,562 but even they would shun me 620 00:31:35,603 --> 00:31:37,605 if they knew I didn't have fire, 621 00:31:37,647 --> 00:31:38,857 which I don't. 622 00:31:38,898 --> 00:31:40,775 Or water or any of it. 623 00:31:40,817 --> 00:31:43,319 I have no real magic. 624 00:31:43,361 --> 00:31:45,238 - You're nothing but magic. 625 00:31:49,617 --> 00:31:51,077 - Princess. 626 00:31:55,749 --> 00:31:57,167 - [whispers] I'm not sorry. 627 00:31:57,208 --> 00:31:59,669 [tender music] 628 00:31:59,711 --> 00:32:04,466 * * 629 00:32:04,507 --> 00:32:06,426 - Thank you. 630 00:32:06,468 --> 00:32:09,054 For everything today. 631 00:32:09,095 --> 00:32:10,555 I know you're just doing your job. 632 00:32:10,597 --> 00:32:12,849 - It isn't always easy. 633 00:32:16,269 --> 00:32:19,064 - I-I've asked around about you. 634 00:32:19,105 --> 00:32:20,982 You're one of the best Guardians around. 635 00:32:21,024 --> 00:32:23,777 Second only, maybe, to Rose's mom. 636 00:32:25,820 --> 00:32:28,740 Yet earlier... 637 00:32:28,782 --> 00:32:31,993 somehow Rose slipped past you 638 00:32:32,035 --> 00:32:33,912 right when I needed her most. 639 00:32:33,953 --> 00:32:36,998 - Your godfather told me 640 00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:39,626 protection comes in many forms. 641 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:43,046 - Something I'm just starting to realize. 642 00:32:44,422 --> 00:32:48,385 It's almost daybreak, and your shift is over. 643 00:32:48,426 --> 00:32:51,304 Your future queen demands you go have some fun. 644 00:32:58,311 --> 00:32:59,646 - Lissa. 645 00:33:02,565 --> 00:33:06,111 Has anyone told you what's happening with Rose? 646 00:33:10,740 --> 00:33:13,618 [muffled club music pounding] 647 00:33:13,660 --> 00:33:20,166 * * 648 00:33:20,208 --> 00:33:21,710 - Hurry it up! - All right! 649 00:33:21,751 --> 00:33:23,044 - I'm hurrying! 650 00:33:23,086 --> 00:33:25,964 - If they kick you out, I'm going with you. 651 00:33:26,006 --> 00:33:27,966 - That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. 652 00:33:28,008 --> 00:33:30,677 - I'm not letting them send you to the Communes, Rose. 653 00:33:33,930 --> 00:33:35,974 - We should probably get drunk. 654 00:33:56,327 --> 00:33:59,289 Bring her another of whatever she's drinking. 655 00:34:03,460 --> 00:34:05,170 - Is this you apologizing? 656 00:34:05,211 --> 00:34:08,131 - Meredith, tell Rose that she should let me 657 00:34:08,173 --> 00:34:09,716 go with her when they kick her out. 658 00:34:09,758 --> 00:34:12,635 - Ah, strong optimism, Mason. 659 00:34:12,677 --> 00:34:15,138 - No, he's right. 660 00:34:15,180 --> 00:34:16,806 I'm fucked. 661 00:34:16,848 --> 00:34:19,100 Ergo... 662 00:34:19,142 --> 00:34:20,727 shots? 663 00:34:23,313 --> 00:34:24,981 - Princess. 664 00:34:25,023 --> 00:34:27,233 You're lucky that I must come when summoned by a Royal, 665 00:34:27,275 --> 00:34:29,361 otherwise I would've-- - Yes, I apologize, 666 00:34:29,402 --> 00:34:33,907 Dean Kirova, but I'm here to plead Rose's case. 667 00:34:35,617 --> 00:34:38,411 all: [chanting] Rose! Rose! Rose! Rose! Rose! 668 00:34:38,453 --> 00:34:40,205 Rose! Rose! Rose! Rose! 669 00:34:40,246 --> 00:34:42,832 Rose! Rose! Rose! Rose! Rose! 670 00:34:42,874 --> 00:34:44,709 Rose! Rose! Rose! Rose! 671 00:34:44,751 --> 00:34:47,545 Rose! Rose! Rose! Rose! Rose! 672 00:34:47,587 --> 00:34:49,339 Rose! Rose! Rose! Rose! 673 00:35:04,354 --> 00:35:05,939 - I don't need a man to save me. 674 00:35:05,980 --> 00:35:07,524 - Neither do I? - You may pretend not to care 675 00:35:07,565 --> 00:35:10,110 what people think of you, but I know you do. 676 00:35:10,151 --> 00:35:11,653 And the last thing you need is to be caught 677 00:35:11,695 --> 00:35:13,113 for the misuse of magic. 678 00:35:13,154 --> 00:35:16,533 I know I was scared, and you were scared for me, but... 679 00:35:16,574 --> 00:35:18,576 do you really think I'm not strong enough 680 00:35:18,618 --> 00:35:20,203 to handle myself? 681 00:35:20,245 --> 00:35:21,788 - No. 682 00:35:22,831 --> 00:35:24,374 - Then why? 683 00:35:24,416 --> 00:35:26,876 [tender music] 684 00:35:26,918 --> 00:35:28,586 Why did you do it? 685 00:35:28,628 --> 00:35:31,548 * * 686 00:35:31,589 --> 00:35:34,134 [footsteps approaching] 687 00:35:36,386 --> 00:35:38,888 - Don't wanna be seen with an outcast, huh? 688 00:35:38,930 --> 00:35:40,932 - You know I can't. 689 00:35:40,974 --> 00:35:43,768 - It would be politically explosive. 690 00:35:43,810 --> 00:35:45,228 - And social suicide. 691 00:35:45,270 --> 00:35:47,105 - And Victor would kill you. - Victor would kill me. 692 00:35:47,147 --> 00:35:51,609 - So this is just a bad idea all around. 693 00:35:51,651 --> 00:35:52,986 - Terrible. 694 00:35:53,028 --> 00:35:55,071 * * 695 00:35:55,113 --> 00:35:57,407 - We shouldn't do this. 696 00:35:57,449 --> 00:35:58,908 - Absolutely not. 697 00:35:58,950 --> 00:36:01,870 [sweeping romantic music] 698 00:36:01,911 --> 00:36:09,002 * * 699 00:36:14,382 --> 00:36:17,302 [muffled chanting] 700 00:36:22,682 --> 00:36:25,602 [indistinct chatter] 701 00:36:36,696 --> 00:36:42,869 * * 702 00:36:47,749 --> 00:36:49,793 [ethereal music] 703 00:36:49,834 --> 00:36:51,211 [knocking on door] 704 00:36:55,715 --> 00:36:57,258 - Hey. 705 00:36:57,300 --> 00:37:00,553 I'm--I'm sorry it's so late, I just, um... 706 00:37:02,430 --> 00:37:04,391 I feel like, uh... 707 00:37:04,432 --> 00:37:07,602 well, I haven't been totally clear with you. 708 00:37:07,644 --> 00:37:09,229 - Sorry? 709 00:37:09,270 --> 00:37:11,523 - Yesterday when I came back for the book, 710 00:37:11,564 --> 00:37:15,110 I thought we'd get together after you finished work. 711 00:37:15,151 --> 00:37:17,445 I wanted to hang out... 712 00:37:17,487 --> 00:37:18,780 with you. 713 00:37:18,822 --> 00:37:20,448 - [laughs weakly] 714 00:37:20,490 --> 00:37:22,534 I'm sure there's a long line of normal girls 715 00:37:22,575 --> 00:37:23,910 you could hang out with. 716 00:37:23,952 --> 00:37:25,954 - I don't like normal girls. 717 00:37:29,124 --> 00:37:31,001 - I talk to birds. 718 00:37:32,919 --> 00:37:35,130 - Okay. 719 00:37:35,171 --> 00:37:37,298 - No, I mean, I talk to them, 720 00:37:37,340 --> 00:37:39,968 and I'm fairly certain they talk back. 721 00:37:42,178 --> 00:37:43,513 - What do they say? 722 00:37:43,555 --> 00:37:44,848 - I'm sorry? 723 00:37:44,889 --> 00:37:47,392 - Do they chirp, sing, speak French? 724 00:37:47,434 --> 00:37:49,019 - Don't make fun of me. - No, I'm not. 725 00:37:49,060 --> 00:37:51,521 So you talk to birds. 726 00:37:51,563 --> 00:37:53,815 Okay, so what? 727 00:37:53,857 --> 00:37:56,484 You're also smart, 728 00:37:56,526 --> 00:37:58,528 great with kids, 729 00:37:58,570 --> 00:38:00,780 and you have a smile-- 730 00:38:00,822 --> 00:38:03,825 you have a smile that lights up a room. 731 00:38:03,867 --> 00:38:06,578 [tender music] 732 00:38:06,619 --> 00:38:12,000 * * 733 00:38:12,042 --> 00:38:13,585 - I wanna show you something. 734 00:38:20,342 --> 00:38:22,093 - [inhales] 735 00:38:32,145 --> 00:38:34,481 What are you doing here? 736 00:38:34,522 --> 00:38:36,399 - Why didn't you tell me about the tribunal? 737 00:38:38,401 --> 00:38:40,612 - Who told you? - Dimitri. 738 00:38:40,653 --> 00:38:42,030 - Fucking Dimitri. 739 00:38:42,072 --> 00:38:43,782 It was none of his business. 740 00:38:43,823 --> 00:38:46,409 - Well, 741 00:38:46,451 --> 00:38:47,619 you get to stay. 742 00:38:49,037 --> 00:38:50,538 I mean, you're still on serious probation, 743 00:38:50,580 --> 00:38:51,581 but you're staying. 744 00:38:51,623 --> 00:38:53,375 [both laughing] 745 00:38:54,709 --> 00:38:56,419 - [sighs] 746 00:38:56,461 --> 00:38:58,338 How? - Well, it turns out 747 00:38:58,380 --> 00:39:00,382 there is an upside to being almost queen. 748 00:39:00,423 --> 00:39:02,384 People have to listen to you. 749 00:39:02,425 --> 00:39:04,886 You can thank Dimitri for telling me. 750 00:39:04,928 --> 00:39:06,513 He carried you here, you know, 751 00:39:06,554 --> 00:39:08,390 in those big, manly arms of his. 752 00:39:08,431 --> 00:39:10,517 - What kind of macho shit is that? 753 00:39:10,558 --> 00:39:12,227 - He said you passed out at the bar. 754 00:39:12,268 --> 00:39:13,728 How many shots did you have? 755 00:39:13,770 --> 00:39:15,063 - One. 756 00:39:15,105 --> 00:39:17,107 I gave the rest to Mason. 757 00:39:20,110 --> 00:39:22,696 I didn't pass out from drinking. 758 00:39:22,737 --> 00:39:24,447 I passed out from kissing. 759 00:39:24,489 --> 00:39:27,033 - Mason? - Christian fucking Ozera? 760 00:39:27,075 --> 00:39:28,201 - What? 761 00:39:28,243 --> 00:39:29,911 - You were kissing Christian Ozera, 762 00:39:29,953 --> 00:39:32,247 and therefore, for some reason I can't really explain, 763 00:39:32,288 --> 00:39:34,582 I was kissing him too. 764 00:39:34,624 --> 00:39:36,042 I was in your head. 765 00:39:36,084 --> 00:39:37,794 - Okay. 766 00:39:37,836 --> 00:39:39,087 Okay, this is crazy. 767 00:39:39,129 --> 00:39:40,588 We need to figure this out. 768 00:39:40,630 --> 00:39:42,215 - No shit. 769 00:39:42,257 --> 00:39:44,884 [dramatic music] 770 00:39:44,926 --> 00:39:46,177 - [sighs] 771 00:39:46,219 --> 00:39:49,514 [high-pitched ringing] 772 00:39:49,556 --> 00:39:52,475 [sunlight sizzling] 773 00:39:57,230 --> 00:39:58,898 - For all the perks of being Moroi, 774 00:39:58,940 --> 00:40:00,483 that must be annoying. 775 00:40:00,525 --> 00:40:01,651 - It is. 776 00:40:03,528 --> 00:40:04,487 Mm. 777 00:40:10,076 --> 00:40:11,202 Thank you. 778 00:40:11,244 --> 00:40:12,871 I fell asleep and got caught. 779 00:40:12,912 --> 00:40:15,206 - What brings you to the wrong side of the tracks? 780 00:40:15,248 --> 00:40:17,834 - I'm the confidant of the future queen. 781 00:40:17,876 --> 00:40:20,003 Where she goes, I go. 782 00:40:22,797 --> 00:40:24,007 What happened to your arm? 783 00:40:24,049 --> 00:40:26,009 - Rose Hathaway had a bad day. 784 00:40:26,051 --> 00:40:27,719 - Rose Hathaway is a menace. 785 00:40:27,761 --> 00:40:29,554 - Gets me out of training for a few days. 786 00:40:29,596 --> 00:40:31,973 - What Guardian doesn't enjoy training? 787 00:40:32,015 --> 00:40:33,475 - This Guardian. 788 00:40:34,976 --> 00:40:37,312 I prefer to fight with words. 789 00:40:39,064 --> 00:40:41,024 - I'll bear that in mind. 790 00:40:43,109 --> 00:40:45,445 - I'm Meredith. 791 00:40:45,487 --> 00:40:47,072 - I know. 792 00:40:48,490 --> 00:40:49,908 - We'll get to the bottom of it, 793 00:40:49,949 --> 00:40:52,118 but Warden Mia is out there waiting to escort me home. 794 00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:53,703 You gonna be able to sleep? 795 00:40:53,745 --> 00:40:55,372 - Probably. 796 00:40:55,413 --> 00:40:58,750 If your brother would stop haunting my dreams. 797 00:40:58,792 --> 00:41:00,669 - Wait, what? 798 00:41:00,710 --> 00:41:02,671 - Every time, it's the same one. 799 00:41:02,712 --> 00:41:05,674 You're outside alone. You see a dead body. 800 00:41:05,715 --> 00:41:07,717 Andre's there, and he tells you to-- 801 00:41:07,759 --> 00:41:08,718 - Remember. 802 00:41:11,221 --> 00:41:13,682 Those aren't your dreams. 803 00:41:13,723 --> 00:41:15,183 They're mine. 804 00:41:15,225 --> 00:41:18,186 [tense music] 805 00:41:18,228 --> 00:41:21,314 * * 806 00:41:21,356 --> 00:41:23,024 - These pins are where each recent Strigoi 807 00:41:23,066 --> 00:41:24,818 was sighted outside the Academy. 808 00:41:24,859 --> 00:41:26,653 They're a sequence. 809 00:41:26,695 --> 00:41:29,197 They hit potential weak points, gates, doors. 810 00:41:29,239 --> 00:41:30,532 - Wait, what are you-- 811 00:41:30,573 --> 00:41:32,033 - The Strigoi that we've encountered lately 812 00:41:32,075 --> 00:41:33,827 haven't just been opportunistic. 813 00:41:33,868 --> 00:41:36,287 They've been planning. 814 00:41:36,329 --> 00:41:39,249 - Strigoi don't plan. - What if they do? 815 00:41:39,290 --> 00:41:42,544 What if they've been testing the wards? 816 00:41:42,585 --> 00:41:44,212 If they find a weakness in the magic 817 00:41:44,254 --> 00:41:46,089 that reenforces the walls of the city, 818 00:41:46,131 --> 00:41:48,091 the entire capitol could be compromised. 819 00:41:48,133 --> 00:41:50,010 We'd be at risk of attack. 820 00:41:50,051 --> 00:41:56,599 * * 821 00:41:59,352 --> 00:42:00,729 [magic whooshing] 822 00:42:00,770 --> 00:42:03,565 - * Grab the blade as it passes by * 823 00:42:03,606 --> 00:42:07,152 * While you watch the demons as they multiply * 824 00:42:07,193 --> 00:42:10,864 * While you kiss the same, keep the ledger dry * 825 00:42:10,905 --> 00:42:15,160 * While you get high on your own supply * 826 00:42:15,201 --> 00:42:18,163 [tense music] 827 00:42:18,204 --> 00:42:22,000 * * 828 00:42:22,042 --> 00:42:24,502 - Hello, anyone there? 829 00:42:29,924 --> 00:42:31,634 Oh, great. 830 00:42:35,472 --> 00:42:37,223 - Hey! What are you doing? 831 00:42:37,265 --> 00:42:38,391 Get back in your car. 832 00:42:38,433 --> 00:42:39,559 - I wouldn't have gotten out of my car 833 00:42:39,601 --> 00:42:41,603 if you were doing your job. 834 00:42:41,644 --> 00:42:43,813 You're not supposed to leave the gate unattended. 835 00:42:43,855 --> 00:42:44,939 - I didn't. 836 00:42:44,981 --> 00:42:46,983 [leaves rustling] 837 00:42:47,025 --> 00:42:49,277 [ominous music] 838 00:42:49,319 --> 00:42:51,863 [growling, squelching] 839 00:42:51,905 --> 00:42:55,116 * * 840 00:42:55,158 --> 00:42:56,785 Get inside. 841 00:42:56,826 --> 00:42:57,952 Now. 842 00:42:57,994 --> 00:43:00,789 * * 843 00:43:00,830 --> 00:43:03,166 - [growls] 844 00:43:05,669 --> 00:43:07,796 [snarling] 845 00:43:10,382 --> 00:43:11,841 - I said now! 846 00:43:15,011 --> 00:43:16,888 - [growls] Ah! 847 00:43:18,348 --> 00:43:19,724 - Get him through the wards! 848 00:43:19,766 --> 00:43:21,059 [engine revs] 849 00:43:21,101 --> 00:43:22,644 Go! 850 00:43:22,686 --> 00:43:26,231 - * As you turn to nothing * 851 00:43:26,272 --> 00:43:29,567 * And your will is broken * 852 00:43:29,609 --> 00:43:32,654 * Along with your disguise * 853 00:43:32,696 --> 00:43:33,863 - [growls] 854 00:43:35,532 --> 00:43:40,704 - * Waiting as your world is fading * 855 00:43:40,745 --> 00:43:44,374 * With every breath you're taking * 856 00:43:44,416 --> 00:43:48,378 * You lay down your surprise * 857 00:43:48,420 --> 00:43:53,633 * *