1 00:00:06,881 --> 00:00:09,843 [up-tempo rhythmic music] 2 00:00:09,884 --> 00:00:13,680 * * 3 00:00:13,722 --> 00:00:18,268 - I'm invoking the ancient right of Royal Trials. 4 00:00:18,309 --> 00:00:21,187 Whoever wins will rule. 5 00:00:21,229 --> 00:00:23,440 - My parents chose to become Strigoi. 6 00:00:23,481 --> 00:00:25,066 They're looking for me. 7 00:00:25,108 --> 00:00:28,194 - That could put Lissa in real danger if she's with you. 8 00:00:28,236 --> 00:00:30,405 [growling] - Ahh! 9 00:00:30,447 --> 00:00:33,116 - There can never be a question with me or your charge. 10 00:00:33,158 --> 00:00:34,826 - But you felt it-- 11 00:00:34,868 --> 00:00:36,411 what we could be. 12 00:00:36,453 --> 00:00:38,747 - Every second of it. But never again. 13 00:00:38,788 --> 00:00:40,540 - I don't want you to be my guardian. 14 00:00:40,582 --> 00:00:42,917 - You have no idea what I would give up for you. 15 00:00:42,959 --> 00:00:44,169 I would die for you! 16 00:00:44,210 --> 00:00:46,296 - Yeah, I know you would, because you did. 17 00:00:46,338 --> 00:00:49,257 You died saving me in the accident. 18 00:00:49,299 --> 00:00:50,800 I brought you back. 19 00:00:50,842 --> 00:00:53,219 That's why we have this bond between our spirits. 20 00:00:53,261 --> 00:00:54,679 - I can make you king. 21 00:00:54,721 --> 00:00:56,556 - The toll it would take would be too great. 22 00:00:56,598 --> 00:00:58,224 You know that. - I can handle it. 23 00:00:58,266 --> 00:01:00,310 - [growls] 24 00:01:01,644 --> 00:01:02,771 - Slow down. 25 00:01:02,812 --> 00:01:04,314 Please! Ahh! 26 00:01:06,274 --> 00:01:08,068 - Sonya! 27 00:01:08,109 --> 00:01:11,029 [dramatic music] 28 00:01:11,071 --> 00:01:18,203 * * 29 00:01:21,081 --> 00:01:23,124 - Did they find her? - No. 30 00:01:24,834 --> 00:01:26,628 They won't find a Strigoi. 31 00:01:26,670 --> 00:01:32,425 * * 32 00:01:32,467 --> 00:01:34,386 - Sonya will be fine. 33 00:01:34,427 --> 00:01:36,429 Obviously, she's upset about Mikhail, 34 00:01:36,471 --> 00:01:38,515 so she stayed behind. 35 00:01:38,556 --> 00:01:41,101 - We can protect her. 36 00:01:41,142 --> 00:01:43,937 No one has to know. 37 00:01:43,978 --> 00:01:50,902 * * 38 00:01:56,866 --> 00:01:59,786 [dramatic music] 39 00:01:59,828 --> 00:02:06,793 * * 40 00:02:14,467 --> 00:02:17,345 - As we reach the end of the first trial, 41 00:02:17,387 --> 00:02:20,974 I remind you all that these ancient trials 42 00:02:21,016 --> 00:02:23,643 were designed to produce an heir to the throne 43 00:02:23,685 --> 00:02:27,772 robust in body, in wisdom, and in spirit. 44 00:02:27,814 --> 00:02:29,357 Your candidates, 45 00:02:29,399 --> 00:02:32,652 Lord Victor Dashkov and Lady Tatiana Vogel, 46 00:02:32,694 --> 00:02:35,989 have spent a long and grueling day 47 00:02:36,031 --> 00:02:40,493 in a physical endurance test, braving the four Elements. 48 00:02:40,535 --> 00:02:43,955 Thus, it is the Elements, not I, 49 00:02:43,997 --> 00:02:46,750 that decide who prevails. 50 00:02:48,293 --> 00:02:52,005 The winner of the first trial is... 51 00:02:52,047 --> 00:02:54,007 * * 52 00:02:54,049 --> 00:02:56,009 Lady Vogel. 53 00:02:56,051 --> 00:02:59,012 [crowd cheering] 54 00:02:59,054 --> 00:03:05,977 * * 55 00:03:08,730 --> 00:03:11,649 [crowd chanting] 56 00:03:16,404 --> 00:03:19,324 [melancholy music playing] 57 00:03:19,366 --> 00:03:21,117 * * 58 00:03:21,159 --> 00:03:22,911 - I'll take another. 59 00:03:22,952 --> 00:03:24,412 - You've had enough. 60 00:03:24,454 --> 00:03:27,040 * * 61 00:03:27,082 --> 00:03:28,208 - Oy! 62 00:03:28,249 --> 00:03:29,709 - [shrieks] 63 00:03:29,751 --> 00:03:30,919 - [gasps] 64 00:03:38,051 --> 00:03:39,678 - Sexy. 65 00:03:39,719 --> 00:03:40,929 - A Strigoi. 66 00:03:40,970 --> 00:03:43,682 [panting] 67 00:03:45,975 --> 00:03:47,268 - All right. 68 00:03:47,310 --> 00:03:49,229 Upsy daisy. - No. 69 00:03:49,270 --> 00:03:51,189 - Let's get you home. - I'm all right. 70 00:03:51,231 --> 00:03:52,899 - I'll help you up. 71 00:03:52,941 --> 00:03:56,528 * * 72 00:04:00,115 --> 00:04:02,742 [bell tolling] 73 00:04:17,799 --> 00:04:19,467 - You're up late. 74 00:04:23,888 --> 00:04:25,515 - I like the quiet. 75 00:04:26,933 --> 00:04:30,186 - It's a shame how few people I see in here, 76 00:04:30,228 --> 00:04:32,564 off hours or otherwise. 77 00:04:32,605 --> 00:04:34,774 - It's a shame how few people pray at all. 78 00:04:34,816 --> 00:04:38,445 - I'm sorry our paths haven't crossed recently. 79 00:04:38,486 --> 00:04:40,572 I'd hoped we might be friends. 80 00:04:42,615 --> 00:04:46,786 - There's room for Dhampir friendship in your ideology? 81 00:04:46,828 --> 00:04:50,457 - My ideology is rooted in faith, 82 00:04:50,498 --> 00:04:53,001 as is yours. 83 00:04:53,043 --> 00:04:55,879 I believe that makes us kindred spirits, 84 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:57,547 if nothing else. 85 00:05:00,050 --> 00:05:02,260 I heard you lost a charge before you came 86 00:05:02,302 --> 00:05:04,721 to this province. 87 00:05:04,763 --> 00:05:06,056 A friend. 88 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:09,768 And for three days after his death, 89 00:05:09,809 --> 00:05:12,645 you were on your knees before the altar, 90 00:05:12,687 --> 00:05:16,107 just you anchored in your faith. 91 00:05:16,149 --> 00:05:18,318 [soft dramatic music] 92 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:19,527 * * 93 00:05:19,569 --> 00:05:21,321 I admire that. 94 00:05:21,363 --> 00:05:27,827 * * 95 00:05:27,869 --> 00:05:32,832 - Lately, I've been feeling... 96 00:05:32,874 --> 00:05:34,626 unmoored. 97 00:05:36,294 --> 00:05:40,590 Have you ever doubted... any of it? 98 00:05:43,927 --> 00:05:46,096 All of it? 99 00:05:46,137 --> 00:05:48,473 - Every day. 100 00:05:48,515 --> 00:05:51,685 But if faith were easy, 101 00:05:51,726 --> 00:05:54,437 it wouldn't need to be practiced. 102 00:05:59,150 --> 00:06:01,027 [upbeat music] 103 00:06:01,069 --> 00:06:02,529 - Now! 104 00:06:02,570 --> 00:06:04,197 - * Gotta fight the power, ain't miss the flex * 105 00:06:04,239 --> 00:06:06,032 * I'm feeling happy, I'm so impressed * 106 00:06:06,074 --> 00:06:08,076 * And my best self is my best defense * 107 00:06:08,118 --> 00:06:10,120 * Can't take a L, I'm too used to winning * 108 00:06:10,161 --> 00:06:12,372 - You know, I thought you'd be rubbish 109 00:06:12,414 --> 00:06:15,959 when you asked me to train you, but your timing's improving. 110 00:06:16,001 --> 00:06:18,336 You're getting those off pretty quick. 111 00:06:18,378 --> 00:06:20,338 - I need to be faster. - [chuckles] 112 00:06:20,380 --> 00:06:23,425 So do I, if they catch me helping a Moroi secretly use 113 00:06:23,466 --> 00:06:25,719 their magic to fight. 114 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:31,599 Have you seen Mia around anywhere last few days? 115 00:06:31,641 --> 00:06:34,561 - She's helping Victor with the trials. 116 00:06:34,602 --> 00:06:37,772 - Ah, okay. 117 00:06:37,814 --> 00:06:40,817 Back at her dad's side, palling around with royals. 118 00:06:42,485 --> 00:06:44,612 Nothing to worry about there. 119 00:06:49,409 --> 00:06:51,286 I liked new Mia. 120 00:06:51,327 --> 00:06:54,622 I just hope it wasn't a phase. 121 00:07:00,962 --> 00:07:02,505 - Hi. 122 00:07:05,425 --> 00:07:06,885 Can I-- 123 00:07:08,470 --> 00:07:10,472 Christian, do you have a minute? 124 00:07:10,513 --> 00:07:11,973 - Yeah. 125 00:07:12,015 --> 00:07:13,475 Yeah, of course. 126 00:07:16,311 --> 00:07:18,605 - So I'm just--I'm gonna-- 127 00:07:23,985 --> 00:07:25,487 - So what are you doing out so-- 128 00:07:25,528 --> 00:07:26,738 - Will you marry me? 129 00:07:26,780 --> 00:07:29,199 [sentimental music] 130 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:31,451 * * 131 00:07:31,493 --> 00:07:34,579 There's some really fucked up things happening around here. 132 00:07:34,621 --> 00:07:36,873 I've already had to make too many sacrifices, 133 00:07:36,915 --> 00:07:40,168 so if getting married gives me a voice, so be it. 134 00:07:41,878 --> 00:07:45,465 - So whatever happened to this famous list 135 00:07:45,507 --> 00:07:47,717 of suitable bachelors? 136 00:07:48,635 --> 00:07:49,969 - It expanded. 137 00:07:50,011 --> 00:07:51,805 Turns out you have just enough Dragomir blood 138 00:07:51,846 --> 00:07:53,890 for me to regain my quorum. 139 00:07:55,517 --> 00:07:57,727 But it's just a marriage of convenience. 140 00:07:57,769 --> 00:08:00,188 Nothing more. 141 00:08:00,230 --> 00:08:01,398 - Sure. 142 00:08:01,439 --> 00:08:02,899 Sure. 143 00:08:02,941 --> 00:08:05,568 That's why you're asking me 144 00:08:05,610 --> 00:08:08,488 and not one of the approved guys, 145 00:08:08,530 --> 00:08:11,616 for the convenience? 146 00:08:11,658 --> 00:08:13,827 - I'm so glad you find this funny. 147 00:08:13,868 --> 00:08:15,286 - [chuckles] Kind of do. 148 00:08:15,328 --> 00:08:16,996 - Stop it. 149 00:08:19,332 --> 00:08:22,836 So are you in or not? 150 00:08:24,713 --> 00:08:26,673 - There's... 151 00:08:26,715 --> 00:08:29,300 something you should know first. 152 00:08:31,177 --> 00:08:34,139 [soft R&B music] 153 00:08:34,180 --> 00:08:41,104 * * 154 00:08:50,405 --> 00:08:52,157 - [sighs] 155 00:09:06,338 --> 00:09:08,089 - What you got there? 156 00:09:08,131 --> 00:09:09,716 - Incentive. 157 00:09:09,758 --> 00:09:11,051 Cool mystery shit to dangle, 158 00:09:11,092 --> 00:09:14,471 so you tell me what happened in Lisbon. 159 00:09:14,512 --> 00:09:16,389 - Lissa and I had a fight. 160 00:09:16,431 --> 00:09:18,224 It's not a big deal. 161 00:09:18,266 --> 00:09:19,684 - [sighs] 162 00:09:19,726 --> 00:09:22,020 Come on, Rose. 163 00:09:22,062 --> 00:09:24,689 Everyone is asleep. You can tell me. 164 00:09:26,399 --> 00:09:29,027 - I'll show you mine if you show me yours. 165 00:09:29,069 --> 00:09:31,071 - All right. 166 00:09:31,112 --> 00:09:35,075 This is everything Meredith and I have gathered. 167 00:09:35,116 --> 00:09:37,452 One, the Strigoi went from being loners 168 00:09:37,494 --> 00:09:39,704 to organizing, coordinating. 169 00:09:39,746 --> 00:09:42,248 Two, Christian's parents breached the wards 170 00:09:42,290 --> 00:09:43,667 at St. Jude's. 171 00:09:43,708 --> 00:09:46,878 I heard the guardians believe there was an inside man. 172 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:49,089 Three, someone has been leaving Christian gifts 173 00:09:49,130 --> 00:09:50,256 from his parents. 174 00:09:50,298 --> 00:09:51,466 - Okay, but why? 175 00:09:51,508 --> 00:09:54,552 Some fucked up show of love for their son? 176 00:09:54,594 --> 00:09:56,304 - 17 victims. 177 00:09:56,346 --> 00:09:59,224 That's not a fucked up show of love. 178 00:09:59,265 --> 00:10:00,892 That's a slaughter. 179 00:10:00,934 --> 00:10:04,104 [tense music] 180 00:10:04,145 --> 00:10:05,647 * * 181 00:10:05,689 --> 00:10:08,149 Those are the two Dragomir victims. 182 00:10:09,943 --> 00:10:14,280 - I met them once on holiday with Lissa's family, 183 00:10:14,322 --> 00:10:16,783 before everything turned to utter shit. 184 00:10:16,825 --> 00:10:23,415 * * 185 00:10:27,419 --> 00:10:29,254 Hang on a sec. 186 00:10:33,174 --> 00:10:36,720 Okay, so we think Strigoi don't have motives 187 00:10:36,761 --> 00:10:39,305 because they're too feral, right? 188 00:10:39,347 --> 00:10:41,182 - Yeah. 189 00:10:41,224 --> 00:10:45,145 - But when we were in Portugal, I swear to the Saints 190 00:10:45,186 --> 00:10:47,689 that the same Strigoi was following us, 191 00:10:47,731 --> 00:10:50,525 and Lissa was with me both times. 192 00:10:50,567 --> 00:10:53,194 She was in Meredith's convoy when it got attacked. 193 00:10:53,236 --> 00:10:54,946 Maybe they're not coming after Christian at all. 194 00:10:54,988 --> 00:10:56,948 Maybe they're coming after her. 195 00:10:56,990 --> 00:10:59,159 - Okay, but what about St. Jude's? 196 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:02,120 - That's how she lost her shot at being queen 197 00:11:02,162 --> 00:11:04,080 and took out the rest of her bloodline. 198 00:11:04,122 --> 00:11:06,833 - Okay, but what do Strigoi care about who's queen or not? 199 00:11:06,875 --> 00:11:08,043 - They don't, 200 00:11:08,084 --> 00:11:10,086 or at least, they didn't used to. 201 00:11:10,128 --> 00:11:12,172 - So you think that someone inside the royal court 202 00:11:12,213 --> 00:11:15,759 is conspiring with Strigoi to take Lissa out? 203 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:23,141 * * 204 00:11:24,059 --> 00:11:26,144 - I think we should accept that anything is possible. 205 00:11:34,235 --> 00:11:35,737 - [scoffs] 206 00:11:37,739 --> 00:11:44,871 * * 207 00:11:53,963 --> 00:11:55,965 - After my parents started reaching out, 208 00:11:56,007 --> 00:11:58,635 Rose and I thought that it wouldn't be safe 209 00:11:58,677 --> 00:11:59,969 for you to be with me. 210 00:12:00,011 --> 00:12:02,931 - I can't believe I didn't know any of this. 211 00:12:02,972 --> 00:12:04,724 Why wouldn't you tell me? 212 00:12:04,766 --> 00:12:06,434 Why wouldn't Rose tell me? 213 00:12:06,476 --> 00:12:09,104 - I asked her to let it be my secret. 214 00:12:11,147 --> 00:12:15,235 But I don't want to keep anything from you anymore. 215 00:12:16,653 --> 00:12:18,279 - I get that. 216 00:12:18,321 --> 00:12:20,657 It's just... 217 00:12:20,699 --> 00:12:23,493 I don't think Rose has ever kept an actual secret 218 00:12:23,535 --> 00:12:24,994 from me in her life. 219 00:12:25,036 --> 00:12:26,663 - Well, I guess she was protecting you. 220 00:12:26,705 --> 00:12:28,373 - Exactly. 221 00:12:28,415 --> 00:12:30,041 Like always. 222 00:12:30,083 --> 00:12:32,419 I'm the royal princess that needs protecting, 223 00:12:32,460 --> 00:12:36,089 so Rose gives and gives, and I take and take, 224 00:12:36,131 --> 00:12:38,466 which is why I'm trying to actually do 225 00:12:38,508 --> 00:12:39,926 something about it. 226 00:12:39,968 --> 00:12:44,556 So again, are you in or not? 227 00:12:44,597 --> 00:12:47,308 [sentimental music] 228 00:12:47,350 --> 00:12:48,852 - I'm in. 229 00:12:48,893 --> 00:12:51,479 I'm so in. 230 00:12:51,521 --> 00:12:56,943 * * 231 00:13:03,199 --> 00:13:07,328 - Come, we need to find Christian, so that we can-- 232 00:13:07,370 --> 00:13:10,206 [people chattering] 233 00:13:21,009 --> 00:13:22,427 - Come on. They're already waiting for us. 234 00:13:22,469 --> 00:13:24,804 - I know. I know. - I know. That's what I said. 235 00:13:26,222 --> 00:13:28,016 [cheering] 236 00:13:28,058 --> 00:13:31,186 [fanfare playing] 237 00:13:31,227 --> 00:13:35,774 * * 238 00:13:35,815 --> 00:13:40,111 - Round two, Trial by Proxy. 239 00:13:40,153 --> 00:13:43,239 Our candidates will each select 240 00:13:43,281 --> 00:13:46,451 a worthy representative in battle. 241 00:13:46,493 --> 00:13:48,661 It's fight night, people. 242 00:13:48,703 --> 00:13:50,163 Get ready. 243 00:13:50,205 --> 00:13:53,124 [cheering] 244 00:13:56,628 --> 00:13:59,756 [water flowing gently] 245 00:14:04,010 --> 00:14:05,970 - Hey, I've been looking for you. 246 00:14:10,350 --> 00:14:12,102 Are you okay? 247 00:14:17,065 --> 00:14:19,442 - Rose used to always say, the one good thing 248 00:14:19,484 --> 00:14:21,695 about being a Dhampir is you don't have 249 00:14:21,736 --> 00:14:23,530 to get married like Moroi do. 250 00:14:25,323 --> 00:14:28,952 She'd make fun of my ridiculous 12-year-old fantasies 251 00:14:28,993 --> 00:14:34,040 of unicorns and 10,000 gold balloons. 252 00:14:34,082 --> 00:14:36,167 - Wow. - Yeah. 253 00:14:38,128 --> 00:14:42,007 And though the groom was always a mystery... 254 00:14:42,048 --> 00:14:44,467 [soft music] 255 00:14:44,509 --> 00:14:47,345 Rose was there... 256 00:14:47,387 --> 00:14:51,224 * * 257 00:14:51,266 --> 00:14:55,437 Wearing a dress she'd probably hate, 258 00:14:55,478 --> 00:14:59,607 but pretending she liked it for me. 259 00:14:59,649 --> 00:15:01,860 * * 260 00:15:01,901 --> 00:15:08,116 Even now, with my parents gone... 261 00:15:08,158 --> 00:15:10,952 I always knew my best friend would be there. 262 00:15:10,994 --> 00:15:15,540 * * 263 00:15:15,582 --> 00:15:20,628 This isn't a real marriage, but still... 264 00:15:20,670 --> 00:15:23,506 * * 265 00:15:23,548 --> 00:15:28,970 Nowhere in all my fantasies did I ever feel this... 266 00:15:29,012 --> 00:15:31,056 [sighs] Lonely. 267 00:15:31,097 --> 00:15:38,229 * * 268 00:15:42,901 --> 00:15:44,402 - I know. 269 00:15:49,532 --> 00:15:51,284 But you don't have to be. 270 00:15:52,952 --> 00:15:58,458 Because I will always be here for you. 271 00:16:00,001 --> 00:16:02,837 However this came about and whatever else 272 00:16:02,879 --> 00:16:05,507 this marriage will be, 273 00:16:05,548 --> 00:16:08,134 it will be real to me. 274 00:16:10,428 --> 00:16:12,222 Okay? 275 00:16:12,263 --> 00:16:14,599 - Okay. - Okay. 276 00:16:14,641 --> 00:16:18,812 * * 277 00:16:18,853 --> 00:16:24,192 So what does this say about how we're supposed to do this? 278 00:16:24,234 --> 00:16:28,279 - So we have to perform three rites, 279 00:16:28,321 --> 00:16:30,740 a blood-marking ceremony under the eyes of the Monks... 280 00:16:30,782 --> 00:16:33,618 - Gross, but okay. - An exchanging of gifts... 281 00:16:33,660 --> 00:16:35,704 - Easy enough. 282 00:16:35,745 --> 00:16:39,916 - And... 283 00:16:39,958 --> 00:16:43,128 a ceremonial announcement of our betrothal. 284 00:16:43,169 --> 00:16:47,799 We have to announce ourselves to the entire court... 285 00:16:47,841 --> 00:16:49,259 in public. 286 00:16:52,929 --> 00:16:55,223 - Shit. 287 00:16:55,265 --> 00:16:56,891 All those people judging us. 288 00:16:56,933 --> 00:16:58,935 - Can you handle it? 289 00:17:02,897 --> 00:17:06,151 - For you, anything. 290 00:17:06,192 --> 00:17:09,112 [dramatic music] 291 00:17:09,154 --> 00:17:10,739 * * 292 00:17:10,780 --> 00:17:13,658 [Monks chanting in Old Moroi] 293 00:17:13,700 --> 00:17:20,623 * * 294 00:18:12,759 --> 00:18:14,344 - No, it can't be about Lissa. 295 00:18:14,386 --> 00:18:16,471 How would my parents even know about us? 296 00:18:16,513 --> 00:18:17,722 No one else does. 297 00:18:17,764 --> 00:18:19,641 - What about Jesse Zeklos? 298 00:18:19,683 --> 00:18:21,726 He can come and go through the walls as he pleases. 299 00:18:21,768 --> 00:18:24,187 He easily could have smuggled those gifts in. 300 00:18:24,229 --> 00:18:26,106 - Convoy in Lisbon. 301 00:18:26,147 --> 00:18:29,192 Didn't you say he made you all leave early? 302 00:18:29,234 --> 00:18:31,319 He could have been luring her there. 303 00:18:31,361 --> 00:18:33,488 - His dad could have put him up to it. 304 00:18:35,198 --> 00:18:37,325 - Whoever's behind this is trying 305 00:18:37,367 --> 00:18:39,244 to prevent Lissa's bloodline from having a vote 306 00:18:39,285 --> 00:18:40,787 on the Council. 307 00:18:40,829 --> 00:18:42,747 - Okay, so we think one of the Elementalist bloodlines 308 00:18:42,789 --> 00:18:44,040 is responsible. 309 00:18:44,082 --> 00:18:45,625 - Yes. 310 00:18:45,667 --> 00:18:48,211 Not to mention Dane Zeklos was angling for the crown 311 00:18:48,253 --> 00:18:51,131 before the queen even named Andre as heir. 312 00:18:51,172 --> 00:18:54,676 * * 313 00:18:54,718 --> 00:18:56,761 What if-- 314 00:18:56,803 --> 00:19:00,181 what if the car accident that killed Lissa's family... 315 00:19:00,223 --> 00:19:02,100 wasn't an accident at all? 316 00:19:02,142 --> 00:19:05,770 * * 317 00:19:11,276 --> 00:19:14,738 [soft dramatic music] 318 00:19:14,779 --> 00:19:21,536 * * 319 00:19:21,578 --> 00:19:23,204 - I know you don't want to talk to me, 320 00:19:23,246 --> 00:19:25,331 but I'm not talking to anyone else, 321 00:19:25,373 --> 00:19:28,084 because you are still the person that I trust. 322 00:19:28,126 --> 00:19:30,962 There's more going on around here than you think, 323 00:19:31,004 --> 00:19:33,381 including possible treason. 324 00:19:34,632 --> 00:19:37,260 Come on, I know you think we shouldn't 325 00:19:37,302 --> 00:19:38,511 be talking right now, but-- 326 00:19:38,553 --> 00:19:40,347 - It's not what I think. 327 00:19:40,388 --> 00:19:43,016 It's what has to be. 328 00:19:43,058 --> 00:19:45,101 I've put you at risk. 329 00:19:45,143 --> 00:19:46,895 I've all but put Lissa at risk. 330 00:19:46,936 --> 00:19:48,313 - I recall. 331 00:19:48,355 --> 00:19:51,983 I was there, making my own choices. 332 00:19:52,025 --> 00:19:53,401 - Were you? 333 00:19:53,443 --> 00:19:56,112 The only reason you think you have a choice 334 00:19:56,154 --> 00:19:59,532 is because you were raised by a powerful Moroi family 335 00:19:59,574 --> 00:20:03,244 who pretended that you being Dhampir didn't matter. 336 00:20:03,286 --> 00:20:04,579 Maybe if I'd had that, 337 00:20:04,621 --> 00:20:07,248 I'd believe that I could do anything too, 338 00:20:07,290 --> 00:20:09,959 but I don't. 339 00:20:10,001 --> 00:20:14,089 All I have is this life 340 00:20:14,130 --> 00:20:17,467 and the faith that's helped me endure it. 341 00:20:18,968 --> 00:20:21,971 I can't lose that, Rose. 342 00:20:22,013 --> 00:20:25,225 It's not that I don't want to help you. 343 00:20:25,266 --> 00:20:27,060 It's that I can't. 344 00:20:28,770 --> 00:20:31,856 - This faith that you're holding on to 345 00:20:31,898 --> 00:20:35,485 with a death grip is supporting an unfair system 346 00:20:35,527 --> 00:20:38,697 that is never going to change. 347 00:20:38,738 --> 00:20:41,866 Maybe you should be the one who does. 348 00:20:41,908 --> 00:20:44,077 - I'm sorry. 349 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:47,580 Am I interrupting something? 350 00:20:47,622 --> 00:20:50,625 I came to watch you train. 351 00:20:50,667 --> 00:20:52,919 I want to see what I'm putting all my faith in. 352 00:20:52,961 --> 00:20:55,296 - Faith in what? 353 00:20:55,338 --> 00:20:56,631 What for? 354 00:20:56,673 --> 00:20:58,466 - Guardian Belikov has agreed to be my champion 355 00:20:58,508 --> 00:21:01,219 in the second trial, 356 00:21:01,261 --> 00:21:03,054 the Trial by Proxy. 357 00:21:03,096 --> 00:21:06,057 [tense music] 358 00:21:06,099 --> 00:21:08,476 * * 359 00:21:08,518 --> 00:21:10,395 Do carry on. 360 00:21:10,437 --> 00:21:17,569 * * 361 00:21:40,550 --> 00:21:42,344 - Did they find her? - No. 362 00:21:42,385 --> 00:21:43,678 - Hey, Dad. 363 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:46,514 - Oh, you just missed Sonya. 364 00:21:46,556 --> 00:21:48,516 She called from her hotel. 365 00:21:48,558 --> 00:21:50,352 - Can you ring her back? 366 00:21:50,393 --> 00:21:52,312 - She was off to the spa. 367 00:21:52,354 --> 00:21:54,564 - Victor, who's your champion? 368 00:21:54,606 --> 00:21:56,149 - Really, Rose? 369 00:21:56,191 --> 00:21:58,234 - For the second trial, who? 370 00:21:58,276 --> 00:22:01,196 - James has never lost in hand-to-hand combat. 371 00:22:01,237 --> 00:22:02,572 - Is that true? 372 00:22:02,614 --> 00:22:04,824 - I have a record of 50 and 0. 373 00:22:04,866 --> 00:22:06,534 - [grunts] 374 00:22:07,952 --> 00:22:10,080 He won't beat Dimitri, but I can. 375 00:22:10,121 --> 00:22:12,040 I know how he thinks, how he moves. 376 00:22:12,082 --> 00:22:13,833 I understand him better than anyone. 377 00:22:13,875 --> 00:22:17,712 I will win this, so pick me. 378 00:22:18,922 --> 00:22:21,966 [soft vocalization] [dramatic music] 379 00:22:22,008 --> 00:22:25,303 * * 380 00:22:25,345 --> 00:22:27,180 [people chattering] 381 00:22:27,222 --> 00:22:32,102 - Lady Eugenie Lee and her husband, 382 00:22:32,143 --> 00:22:33,853 Lord Vincent Lee. 383 00:22:33,895 --> 00:22:35,772 Lord Peter Tarus 384 00:22:35,814 --> 00:22:37,941 and his wife, Lady Chelsea Tarus. 385 00:22:37,982 --> 00:22:42,278 Lady Marie Carter and her gentleman friend. 386 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:45,240 [applause] 387 00:22:45,281 --> 00:22:50,120 Lady Batista and her wife, 388 00:22:50,161 --> 00:22:53,540 Lady Andrea Batisa. 389 00:22:53,581 --> 00:22:56,543 Lord Karim Dawoud 390 00:22:56,584 --> 00:22:59,254 and his wife, Lady Ayesha Dawoud. 391 00:22:59,295 --> 00:23:01,256 [upbeat dance music] - * Amen * 392 00:23:01,297 --> 00:23:02,507 * Amen * 393 00:23:02,549 --> 00:23:04,718 [clown horn honks] [cymbal clangs] 394 00:23:04,759 --> 00:23:08,430 * Watch them battle for the title * 395 00:23:08,471 --> 00:23:12,434 * May the best warrior win over their rivals * 396 00:23:12,475 --> 00:23:14,769 * Amen * 397 00:23:14,811 --> 00:23:17,605 - There you have it, a crowd of suspects. 398 00:23:17,647 --> 00:23:21,151 Dane Zeklos, Marie Carter, Peter Tarus. 399 00:23:22,861 --> 00:23:25,238 - I wish I could remember the accident. 400 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:26,906 Maybe I saw something. 401 00:23:26,948 --> 00:23:29,534 - Well, you know who you could ask. 402 00:23:29,576 --> 00:23:30,702 - No. 403 00:23:30,744 --> 00:23:37,584 * * 404 00:23:37,625 --> 00:23:39,461 - When are you gonna tell me what she did 405 00:23:39,502 --> 00:23:40,670 that hurt you so much? 406 00:23:40,712 --> 00:23:42,172 * * 407 00:23:42,213 --> 00:23:44,924 [crowd laughs] 408 00:23:44,966 --> 00:23:46,718 - I have a fight to prepare for. 409 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:53,892 * * 410 00:23:55,477 --> 00:23:58,563 [banging on stairs] 411 00:24:07,322 --> 00:24:11,659 - I'm giving you one opportunity to come clean. 412 00:24:11,701 --> 00:24:13,161 - [scoffs] 413 00:24:14,537 --> 00:24:17,165 I'm tired, Ozera. 414 00:24:17,207 --> 00:24:19,834 Whatever this is, no. 415 00:24:19,876 --> 00:24:21,878 - I know about your fucked up Strigoi fetish. 416 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:23,922 I know you're in contact with my parents, 417 00:24:23,963 --> 00:24:26,341 and I know you're smuggling packages 418 00:24:26,383 --> 00:24:27,676 through the wards for them. 419 00:24:27,717 --> 00:24:29,969 - What the fuck are you even talking about? 420 00:24:30,011 --> 00:24:32,347 Actually, no, I don't want to know. 421 00:24:32,389 --> 00:24:33,556 Move. 422 00:24:33,598 --> 00:24:36,518 - What did you do to Lissa's family? 423 00:24:36,559 --> 00:24:38,645 [tense music] 424 00:24:38,687 --> 00:24:40,814 - I didn't do shit. 425 00:24:40,855 --> 00:24:43,316 You think I'd stick my neck out for anyone? 426 00:24:43,358 --> 00:24:45,735 Me? 427 00:24:45,777 --> 00:24:47,946 If anyone is working with your parents, 428 00:24:47,987 --> 00:24:51,241 maybe look at your own band of freaky little outcasts. 429 00:24:51,282 --> 00:24:55,870 * * 430 00:24:55,912 --> 00:24:58,415 Because it wasn't fucking me. 431 00:24:58,456 --> 00:25:05,588 * * 432 00:25:07,674 --> 00:25:10,218 - * Angels and saints beware * 433 00:25:10,260 --> 00:25:11,386 - [laughs] 434 00:25:11,428 --> 00:25:13,263 * * 435 00:25:13,304 --> 00:25:15,015 - Hey. [laughter] 436 00:25:15,056 --> 00:25:17,726 [crowd chattering, laughing] 437 00:25:18,685 --> 00:25:22,605 * * 438 00:25:22,647 --> 00:25:24,107 - I love this next part. 439 00:25:25,525 --> 00:25:27,193 [crowd exclaims] 440 00:25:27,235 --> 00:25:29,404 - * Don't you run and hide * 441 00:25:29,446 --> 00:25:31,322 * Don't you dare fight * 442 00:25:31,364 --> 00:25:33,241 * Lit by moonlight * 443 00:25:33,283 --> 00:25:35,493 [crowd cheers] 444 00:25:35,535 --> 00:25:37,912 - Mer, hey. 445 00:25:37,954 --> 00:25:39,998 I feel like I haven't seen you in forever. 446 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:41,541 - I haven't been hard to find. 447 00:25:41,583 --> 00:25:42,917 - No, I know. I'm sorry. I-- 448 00:25:42,959 --> 00:25:44,419 - That's okay. You don't have to apologize. 449 00:25:44,461 --> 00:25:45,420 I get it if. 450 00:25:45,462 --> 00:25:47,088 If your dad wins, 451 00:25:47,130 --> 00:25:49,799 you get everything you always wanted. 452 00:25:51,384 --> 00:25:55,305 - Lord Karim Dawoud. 453 00:25:55,347 --> 00:25:56,890 Lady Ayeesha Dawoud. 454 00:25:56,931 --> 00:25:59,017 [people chattering] 455 00:25:59,059 --> 00:26:03,146 - Lord Rufus Ivashkov and his daughter... 456 00:26:03,188 --> 00:26:04,356 - Hey, sorry. 457 00:26:04,397 --> 00:26:06,608 - Oh, I thought you'd changed your mind. 458 00:26:06,649 --> 00:26:08,526 Here's my gift to you. 459 00:26:08,568 --> 00:26:10,236 Did you bring yours? 460 00:26:10,278 --> 00:26:12,113 'Cause once we cross this line and make it public-- 461 00:26:12,155 --> 00:26:15,325 - I think my parents may have done something that-- 462 00:26:15,367 --> 00:26:17,786 - What, Christian? Done something that what? 463 00:26:17,827 --> 00:26:19,412 - May make you hate me. 464 00:26:19,454 --> 00:26:22,957 - Lady Vasilissa Dragomir and her betrothed, 465 00:26:22,999 --> 00:26:26,211 Lord Christian Ozera. 466 00:26:26,252 --> 00:26:30,256 * * 467 00:26:30,298 --> 00:26:32,842 - It's too late to turn back now. 468 00:26:32,884 --> 00:26:40,016 * * 469 00:26:41,142 --> 00:26:44,229 [dance music] [cheering] 470 00:26:44,270 --> 00:26:45,814 * * 471 00:26:45,855 --> 00:26:49,192 - Welcome to the Trial by Proxy. 472 00:26:49,234 --> 00:26:52,445 Our candidates have each selected two warriors 473 00:26:52,487 --> 00:26:54,531 to do battle on their behalf. 474 00:26:54,572 --> 00:26:55,990 By grace of the Elements, 475 00:26:56,032 --> 00:26:58,576 let us hope they have chosen wisely. 476 00:26:58,618 --> 00:27:03,498 Lady Vogel has selected Guardian Dimitri Belikov. 477 00:27:03,540 --> 00:27:06,418 [cheers and applause] 478 00:27:12,215 --> 00:27:17,804 And Lord Dashkov has selected Novice Rose Hathaway. 479 00:27:17,846 --> 00:27:20,807 [cheers and applause] 480 00:27:20,849 --> 00:27:23,518 [dramatic music] 481 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:29,691 * * 482 00:27:29,733 --> 00:27:32,235 [gong rings] 483 00:27:32,277 --> 00:27:35,989 * * 484 00:27:36,031 --> 00:27:37,449 - What are you doing here? 485 00:27:40,493 --> 00:27:42,620 - I'm here to beat some sense into you. 486 00:27:42,662 --> 00:27:44,039 [grunts] 487 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:47,167 [cheers and applause] 488 00:27:47,208 --> 00:27:49,044 [grunting] 489 00:27:51,046 --> 00:27:54,007 Tatiana Vogel is everything I hate about this place. 490 00:27:54,049 --> 00:27:56,676 - I do what I'm told. - Right, your fucking duty. 491 00:27:56,718 --> 00:27:57,844 [grunts] 492 00:27:57,886 --> 00:28:00,805 [cheering] 493 00:28:00,847 --> 00:28:03,308 * * 494 00:28:03,350 --> 00:28:06,269 [grunting, shouting] 495 00:28:06,311 --> 00:28:08,146 * * 496 00:28:08,188 --> 00:28:10,565 [grunts] - Why are you doing this? 497 00:28:10,607 --> 00:28:12,525 - Apparently, it's the only way you'll listen. 498 00:28:12,567 --> 00:28:14,194 - Rose-- 499 00:28:18,615 --> 00:28:20,408 - You want me to stop? 500 00:28:20,450 --> 00:28:21,826 Win. 501 00:28:21,868 --> 00:28:24,829 [crowd cheering] 502 00:28:24,871 --> 00:28:27,874 * * 503 00:28:27,916 --> 00:28:29,668 You're taking it easy on me. 504 00:28:29,709 --> 00:28:31,252 - Or maybe you're just that good. 505 00:28:31,294 --> 00:28:32,837 - Bullshit! 506 00:28:32,879 --> 00:28:35,340 What kind of a champion refuses to fight? 507 00:28:35,382 --> 00:28:37,842 - [grunts] I don't want to hurt you. 508 00:28:39,636 --> 00:28:41,137 - It's too late. 509 00:28:42,972 --> 00:28:45,850 [cheering] 510 00:28:45,892 --> 00:28:51,439 * * 511 00:28:51,481 --> 00:28:54,192 Your honor as a champion is on the line here, comrade. 512 00:28:54,234 --> 00:28:55,694 Come on. 513 00:28:55,735 --> 00:28:57,153 Our duty won't let us be together? 514 00:28:57,195 --> 00:28:58,655 Then do your fucking duty. 515 00:28:58,697 --> 00:28:59,989 - [grunts] - [shouts] 516 00:29:01,366 --> 00:29:02,492 - Yes! 517 00:29:02,534 --> 00:29:05,120 [cheers and applause] 518 00:29:05,161 --> 00:29:08,289 [somber dramatic music] 519 00:29:08,331 --> 00:29:15,255 * * 520 00:29:22,345 --> 00:29:25,306 - [panting] 521 00:29:25,348 --> 00:29:32,272 * * 522 00:29:34,691 --> 00:29:36,651 - [inhales deeply] 523 00:29:36,693 --> 00:29:43,867 * * 524 00:29:47,746 --> 00:29:49,414 [cheers and applause] 525 00:29:49,456 --> 00:29:50,498 - Yes. 526 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:53,835 - That's what I thought. 527 00:29:53,877 --> 00:29:57,047 - [panting] 528 00:29:59,632 --> 00:30:01,301 [bell dings] 529 00:30:01,343 --> 00:30:04,179 - The winner is Victor Dashkov. 530 00:30:04,220 --> 00:30:06,681 Thank you, champions. 531 00:30:06,723 --> 00:30:07,932 - Let's go! - Whoo! 532 00:30:07,974 --> 00:30:09,517 Come on! 533 00:30:09,559 --> 00:30:12,520 [cheers and applause] 534 00:30:12,562 --> 00:30:16,983 * * 535 00:30:17,025 --> 00:30:19,069 - Fight back. 536 00:30:21,654 --> 00:30:22,989 Fight back! 537 00:30:23,031 --> 00:30:24,949 [crowd exclaims] 538 00:30:27,702 --> 00:30:28,703 Fight! 539 00:30:28,745 --> 00:30:35,418 * * 540 00:30:35,460 --> 00:30:36,711 Fight! 541 00:30:36,753 --> 00:30:38,713 - [groaning] 542 00:30:38,755 --> 00:30:45,428 * * 543 00:31:05,448 --> 00:31:08,201 - Our third trial will be Trial by Reverie. 544 00:31:08,243 --> 00:31:09,744 - Just up this way. You okay? 545 00:31:09,786 --> 00:31:11,079 - I'm fine. 546 00:31:11,121 --> 00:31:14,249 - Because that fight was kind of fraught. 547 00:31:14,290 --> 00:31:16,251 - It's been a fraught kind of week. 548 00:31:16,292 --> 00:31:18,044 - Who's this source we're talking to? 549 00:31:18,086 --> 00:31:19,587 - Someone who might know something about the night 550 00:31:19,629 --> 00:31:21,089 of the accident. 551 00:31:21,131 --> 00:31:22,674 - You want to take a trip? 552 00:31:22,716 --> 00:31:24,884 - No, thank you. 553 00:31:24,926 --> 00:31:26,678 - What a shit show. 554 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:29,055 Everyone's here waving their flags, 555 00:31:29,097 --> 00:31:31,016 buying their drugs, 556 00:31:31,057 --> 00:31:33,393 no idea that someone inside of these wards 557 00:31:33,435 --> 00:31:35,270 is in league with the Strigoi. 558 00:31:35,311 --> 00:31:37,230 Do you ever want to get the fuck out of here? 559 00:31:37,272 --> 00:31:41,276 - All the time, but right now... 560 00:31:41,317 --> 00:31:43,445 we both know what needs to happen. 561 00:31:45,739 --> 00:31:48,158 [tense music] 562 00:31:48,199 --> 00:31:50,577 - No, no. - Yeah. 563 00:31:50,618 --> 00:31:51,911 - You can't just spring this on me. 564 00:31:51,953 --> 00:31:53,496 - Yeah, I can. 565 00:31:53,538 --> 00:31:55,123 And I am. 566 00:31:55,165 --> 00:31:58,168 You're a fucking mess, Rose. 567 00:31:58,209 --> 00:31:59,961 And what's going on right now is too big 568 00:32:00,003 --> 00:32:02,380 for you to be off your game. 569 00:32:02,422 --> 00:32:05,050 Just talk to your best friend. 570 00:32:05,091 --> 00:32:08,261 Work your shit out, okay? 571 00:32:12,057 --> 00:32:13,683 Thank you. 572 00:32:13,725 --> 00:32:16,644 [soft dramatic music] 573 00:32:16,686 --> 00:32:20,523 * * 574 00:32:20,565 --> 00:32:21,566 - Hey. 575 00:32:21,608 --> 00:32:23,401 - Hi. 576 00:32:23,443 --> 00:32:26,738 - I guess, congratulations on your engagement. 577 00:32:28,490 --> 00:32:30,825 - Yeah. 578 00:32:30,867 --> 00:32:33,995 It's complicated. 579 00:32:34,037 --> 00:32:36,498 Christian told me about your theory. 580 00:32:36,539 --> 00:32:38,500 I was hoping you and I could find some answers 581 00:32:38,541 --> 00:32:40,502 in our memories of that night. 582 00:32:41,336 --> 00:32:43,505 - But I don't remember anything from the crash. 583 00:32:43,546 --> 00:32:47,342 - I know, but I do, and I can show you. 584 00:32:48,551 --> 00:32:50,720 - How are we supposed to do that? 585 00:32:52,055 --> 00:32:54,974 [soft dramatic music] 586 00:32:55,016 --> 00:32:59,646 * * 587 00:32:59,688 --> 00:33:03,191 - What you're asking for is a memory walk. 588 00:33:03,233 --> 00:33:05,860 I've seen those get quite messy. 589 00:33:05,902 --> 00:33:07,737 Plus, they're not cheap. 590 00:33:07,779 --> 00:33:10,323 - We can handle it. 591 00:33:10,365 --> 00:33:14,703 - Well then, get comfortable. 592 00:33:14,744 --> 00:33:21,668 * * 593 00:33:24,212 --> 00:33:26,548 - This is the Trial by Reverie. 594 00:33:26,589 --> 00:33:30,677 Our candidates will be asked a single question 595 00:33:30,719 --> 00:33:34,389 while a flake of St. Vladimir's dehydrated blood 596 00:33:34,431 --> 00:33:38,351 infused with Elemental magic is placed on their tongue. 597 00:33:38,393 --> 00:33:41,354 Then they will be led to a place of reflection, 598 00:33:41,396 --> 00:33:44,566 where they will experience their reveries. 599 00:33:44,607 --> 00:33:48,236 The first candidate to emerge with the correct answer 600 00:33:48,278 --> 00:33:50,739 will be declared the winner. 601 00:33:50,780 --> 00:33:56,327 Your question-- what must a good ruler possess 602 00:33:56,369 --> 00:33:59,706 in order to rule their subjects? 603 00:33:59,748 --> 00:34:02,834 - Talking aloud is critical to a shared memory walk. 604 00:34:05,754 --> 00:34:08,089 You have to tell each other what you see. 605 00:34:08,131 --> 00:34:11,134 [soft music] 606 00:34:11,176 --> 00:34:18,266 * * 607 00:34:32,364 --> 00:34:33,698 - I'm in the car. 608 00:34:33,740 --> 00:34:35,450 [glasses clink] 609 00:34:35,492 --> 00:34:37,077 I can see your family. 610 00:34:37,118 --> 00:34:38,995 [laughter] 611 00:34:39,037 --> 00:34:41,206 - And the trees outside. 612 00:34:41,247 --> 00:34:43,833 I didn't think we were going so fast. 613 00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:47,295 - I see you. 614 00:34:47,337 --> 00:34:49,506 - I see you too. 615 00:34:49,547 --> 00:34:52,175 [gasping] 616 00:34:53,593 --> 00:34:55,929 [crashing] 617 00:35:03,395 --> 00:35:04,813 - [screams] 618 00:35:11,403 --> 00:35:14,322 [tense music] 619 00:35:14,364 --> 00:35:18,326 * * 620 00:35:18,368 --> 00:35:20,954 - Oh, what is this? 621 00:35:22,205 --> 00:35:23,998 - My memory. 622 00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:30,213 * * 623 00:35:30,255 --> 00:35:33,299 [coughing] 624 00:35:37,887 --> 00:35:39,264 [grunts] 625 00:35:44,352 --> 00:35:47,313 [ominous music] 626 00:35:47,355 --> 00:35:53,862 * * 627 00:35:53,903 --> 00:35:56,448 [breathing heavily] 628 00:36:00,952 --> 00:36:07,834 * * 629 00:36:20,764 --> 00:36:23,933 [sobbing] No. 630 00:36:23,975 --> 00:36:26,895 [dramatic somber music] 631 00:36:26,936 --> 00:36:31,900 * * 632 00:36:31,941 --> 00:36:33,985 [sobbing] 633 00:36:34,027 --> 00:36:36,446 [hyperventilating] 634 00:36:36,488 --> 00:36:39,908 * * 635 00:36:39,949 --> 00:36:42,452 [energy whooshes] 636 00:36:42,494 --> 00:36:49,626 * * 637 00:37:13,149 --> 00:37:16,069 - [gasping] 638 00:37:22,909 --> 00:37:29,124 * * 639 00:37:29,165 --> 00:37:31,960 [dramatic music] 640 00:37:32,002 --> 00:37:38,967 * * 641 00:37:42,178 --> 00:37:44,848 [both gasp] 642 00:37:54,816 --> 00:37:57,527 - That'll be 85 mirs, please. 643 00:37:57,569 --> 00:38:00,405 [ominous music] 644 00:38:00,447 --> 00:38:06,327 * * 645 00:38:06,369 --> 00:38:09,330 [light chatter] 646 00:38:09,372 --> 00:38:16,463 * * 647 00:38:16,504 --> 00:38:19,799 - Daddy, Daddy, Mia was mean to me. 648 00:38:19,841 --> 00:38:22,177 - I was not mean to Sonya. 649 00:38:22,218 --> 00:38:23,928 She's just being a baby. 650 00:38:23,970 --> 00:38:27,265 - Or maybe what you said hurt Sonya's feelings. 651 00:38:27,307 --> 00:38:28,558 - Because she's a baby. 652 00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:30,643 - Because she isn't you. 653 00:38:30,685 --> 00:38:32,854 Sonya isn't like anyone else, Mia. 654 00:38:32,896 --> 00:38:36,024 So we have to be gentle with her, protect her. 655 00:38:36,066 --> 00:38:38,068 You don't really want to hurt her, do you? 656 00:38:38,109 --> 00:38:39,194 - No. 657 00:38:39,235 --> 00:38:41,446 - Oh, that's my girl. 658 00:38:41,488 --> 00:38:43,782 Remember, how you treat family says 659 00:38:43,823 --> 00:38:46,618 everything about who you are. 660 00:38:46,659 --> 00:38:48,453 - Sorry, Sonya. 661 00:38:48,495 --> 00:38:51,206 [soft music] 662 00:38:51,247 --> 00:38:53,208 - Come here. 663 00:38:53,249 --> 00:38:58,129 * * 664 00:38:58,171 --> 00:39:01,049 [breathes heavily] 665 00:39:01,091 --> 00:39:04,719 - Victor, have you the answer to my question, 666 00:39:04,761 --> 00:39:08,973 what must a good ruler possess to rule their subjects? 667 00:39:18,191 --> 00:39:21,319 - I've learned something very important, 668 00:39:21,361 --> 00:39:24,864 that a Moroi of integrity must put his family first, 669 00:39:24,906 --> 00:39:27,492 above all. 670 00:39:27,534 --> 00:39:30,412 Love is the gift of the Saints. 671 00:39:30,453 --> 00:39:32,789 It is pure. It is unwavering. 672 00:39:32,831 --> 00:39:35,625 It is what will keep this Dominion whole. 673 00:39:39,421 --> 00:39:43,758 But a ruler is not just any Moroi, 674 00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:48,304 and love is not enough to protect our citizens. 675 00:39:48,346 --> 00:39:52,809 Leadership requires sacrifice for the greater good. 676 00:39:55,020 --> 00:39:57,230 The answer to your question, Your Majesty, 677 00:39:57,272 --> 00:40:02,068 is that a good ruler must possess nothing at all. 678 00:40:02,110 --> 00:40:05,155 They must be willing to give everything they have 679 00:40:05,196 --> 00:40:08,116 in the name of the Dominion. 680 00:40:08,158 --> 00:40:10,744 [cheering] 681 00:40:10,785 --> 00:40:13,121 [tense music] 682 00:40:13,163 --> 00:40:14,456 * * 683 00:40:14,497 --> 00:40:17,584 [cheers and applause] 684 00:40:32,265 --> 00:40:35,393 - The crown is yours, Victor. 685 00:40:35,435 --> 00:40:37,771 May your rule be prosperous. 686 00:40:37,812 --> 00:40:40,982 [dramatic music] 687 00:40:41,024 --> 00:40:47,947 * * 688 00:41:01,711 --> 00:41:04,673 [melancholy music] 689 00:41:04,714 --> 00:41:11,638 * * 690 00:41:16,893 --> 00:41:19,396 - I came to apologize. 691 00:41:19,437 --> 00:41:20,939 I should not have begun that fight 692 00:41:20,980 --> 00:41:22,774 knowing there was no way I could do 693 00:41:22,816 --> 00:41:24,359 what I had to do to win. 694 00:41:26,277 --> 00:41:29,114 I'm going to ask to be reassigned to another province. 695 00:41:29,155 --> 00:41:31,950 My value here has been... 696 00:41:31,991 --> 00:41:33,702 compromised. 697 00:41:33,743 --> 00:41:36,204 * * 698 00:41:36,246 --> 00:41:38,707 - You're in love with that girl, aren't you? 699 00:41:38,748 --> 00:41:41,167 * * 700 00:41:41,209 --> 00:41:43,753 But you can't be with her without sacrificing the duty 701 00:41:43,795 --> 00:41:46,506 you pledged to the Saints, 702 00:41:46,548 --> 00:41:49,509 so you've chosen not to be with her at all. 703 00:41:49,551 --> 00:41:51,970 * * 704 00:41:52,012 --> 00:41:54,889 Well, according to the Elements then, 705 00:41:54,931 --> 00:41:57,267 you'd make a terrific king. 706 00:41:58,768 --> 00:42:02,105 I'm gonna let you into a little secret, Dimitri. 707 00:42:02,147 --> 00:42:04,858 * * 708 00:42:04,899 --> 00:42:11,531 In the Reverie, I was hoping to see someone I cherish, 709 00:42:11,573 --> 00:42:13,074 who I lost. 710 00:42:13,116 --> 00:42:15,118 * * 711 00:42:15,160 --> 00:42:16,870 But I didn't. 712 00:42:16,911 --> 00:42:21,207 * * 713 00:42:21,249 --> 00:42:24,419 It's hard wanting something you can't have, isn't it? 714 00:42:24,461 --> 00:42:26,087 - * Better get to running * 715 00:42:26,129 --> 00:42:31,801 * 'Cause I'm no good * 716 00:42:31,843 --> 00:42:34,554 * No good * 717 00:42:34,596 --> 00:42:39,726 * I'm no good * 718 00:42:39,768 --> 00:42:42,687 * No, darling * 719 00:42:42,729 --> 00:42:45,106 [distant chattering] 720 00:42:45,148 --> 00:42:47,942 - I don't even know why I'm so shocked. 721 00:42:47,984 --> 00:42:49,944 I shouldn't be. - You should. 722 00:42:49,986 --> 00:42:51,404 We all should. 723 00:42:51,446 --> 00:42:52,739 It should never have happened. 724 00:42:52,781 --> 00:42:54,824 If they were willing to do what they did, 725 00:42:54,866 --> 00:42:57,285 having a seat on the Council isn't nearly enough. 726 00:42:57,327 --> 00:43:00,121 I need to fight. We need to fight. 727 00:43:06,586 --> 00:43:09,214 - When your family died, I kept thinking 728 00:43:09,255 --> 00:43:11,299 that as long as you and I were together, 729 00:43:11,341 --> 00:43:12,842 that everything would be okay, 730 00:43:12,884 --> 00:43:17,806 that somehow we could preserve some little part 731 00:43:17,847 --> 00:43:21,267 of that life before the crash, 732 00:43:21,309 --> 00:43:25,480 one where Moroi versus Dhampirs didn't matter, 733 00:43:25,522 --> 00:43:27,982 and we could keep living that sweet lie, 734 00:43:28,024 --> 00:43:30,735 untouched by all the bullshit around us. 735 00:43:30,777 --> 00:43:33,488 [somber music] 736 00:43:33,530 --> 00:43:36,032 But we can't. 737 00:43:36,074 --> 00:43:38,326 And I don't want to. 738 00:43:40,370 --> 00:43:42,997 I mean, you were right. 739 00:43:43,039 --> 00:43:46,334 We both need to find our way... 740 00:43:46,376 --> 00:43:48,336 without each other. 741 00:43:49,713 --> 00:43:52,757 - Wait. What does that mean, Rose? 742 00:43:52,799 --> 00:43:54,843 What does that mean? 743 00:43:54,884 --> 00:43:58,471 * * 744 00:43:58,513 --> 00:44:01,349 - [sighs] Such wonderful news. 745 00:44:01,391 --> 00:44:04,436 I heard you finally got the girl. 746 00:44:05,895 --> 00:44:08,273 Honey, are you okay? 747 00:44:08,314 --> 00:44:11,026 [somber music] 748 00:44:11,067 --> 00:44:12,652 * * 749 00:44:12,694 --> 00:44:15,030 - Not really, no. 750 00:44:15,071 --> 00:44:17,657 * * 751 00:44:17,699 --> 00:44:19,784 - If you're having a tiff with Lissa, 752 00:44:19,826 --> 00:44:20,952 it will pass. 753 00:44:20,994 --> 00:44:22,412 You'll see. 754 00:44:22,454 --> 00:44:26,750 - I'm not sure it can, but... 755 00:44:26,791 --> 00:44:27,834 thank you. 756 00:44:29,461 --> 00:44:31,921 Anybody else would have thought I was crazy to think 757 00:44:31,963 --> 00:44:34,466 that Lissa and I would ever-- 758 00:44:34,507 --> 00:44:36,634 but you, 759 00:44:36,676 --> 00:44:40,263 you supported my relationship... 760 00:44:43,433 --> 00:44:45,435 Right from the start. 761 00:44:51,858 --> 00:44:54,694 It was Diane, not Jesse. 762 00:44:54,736 --> 00:44:56,863 I mean, she's the only one who knew about you and me. 763 00:44:56,905 --> 00:44:59,199 She gets escorted outside the wards every day 764 00:44:59,240 --> 00:45:00,575 along with all the Feeders. 765 00:45:00,617 --> 00:45:02,327 I mean, she must be in contact with my parents. 766 00:45:02,369 --> 00:45:04,454 She must have some kind of... 767 00:45:08,208 --> 00:45:09,959 What is it? 768 00:45:10,001 --> 00:45:11,628 - You were right. 769 00:45:13,171 --> 00:45:16,257 Rose and I remembered everything. 770 00:45:16,299 --> 00:45:18,510 Your parents were there. 771 00:45:19,803 --> 00:45:22,222 - No. - They murdered my family. 772 00:45:22,263 --> 00:45:26,685 * * 773 00:45:26,726 --> 00:45:28,103 - Fuck! 774 00:45:28,144 --> 00:45:31,022 [breathes shakily] 775 00:45:31,064 --> 00:45:32,649 Fuck. 776 00:45:34,275 --> 00:45:36,403 I'm so sorry. 777 00:45:38,113 --> 00:45:39,322 I don't even know what to say. 778 00:45:39,364 --> 00:45:41,616 - You don't have to say anything. 779 00:45:43,952 --> 00:45:48,164 Your parents are not you. 780 00:45:48,206 --> 00:45:51,459 Their choices don't define you. 781 00:45:51,501 --> 00:45:53,753 Their actions don't mark you. 782 00:45:55,296 --> 00:45:57,298 And I'm sorry for everyone 783 00:45:57,340 --> 00:45:59,968 who's ever made you feel otherwise. 784 00:46:00,010 --> 00:46:02,971 [sentimental music] 785 00:46:03,013 --> 00:46:06,808 * * 786 00:46:06,850 --> 00:46:10,186 You are a good person, Christian. 787 00:46:11,771 --> 00:46:13,648 One of the best. 788 00:46:13,690 --> 00:46:18,069 * * 789 00:46:18,111 --> 00:46:19,738 - But... 790 00:46:21,698 --> 00:46:23,825 - But... 791 00:46:23,867 --> 00:46:28,997 * * 792 00:46:29,039 --> 00:46:32,167 When I marry you, 793 00:46:32,208 --> 00:46:37,130 I want music, and laughter, 794 00:46:37,172 --> 00:46:39,758 and friends... 795 00:46:42,302 --> 00:46:46,973 And to be able to look forward, not back. 796 00:46:48,975 --> 00:46:53,563 I want it to feel right in every way possible. 797 00:46:53,605 --> 00:46:59,027 But right now, all I feel 798 00:46:59,069 --> 00:47:03,323 is pain and rage. 799 00:47:03,365 --> 00:47:09,621 * * 800 00:47:10,789 --> 00:47:14,876 - We never stood a chance, did we? 801 00:47:19,673 --> 00:47:21,883 Um... 802 00:47:21,925 --> 00:47:23,510 here. 803 00:47:24,761 --> 00:47:28,723 In case I'm not around to translate. 804 00:47:30,392 --> 00:47:31,935 - [laughs] 805 00:47:40,985 --> 00:47:47,951 * * 806 00:47:50,120 --> 00:47:53,039 - Flooded eyes in a room full of lies * 807 00:47:53,081 --> 00:47:57,961 * So what are we fighting for? * 808 00:47:58,003 --> 00:48:01,339 * Cut out my heart with a switchblade knife * 809 00:48:01,381 --> 00:48:04,634 * Now what are we fighting for? * 810 00:48:04,676 --> 00:48:07,887 * Fighting for * 811 00:48:07,929 --> 00:48:11,766 * What are we fighting for? * 812 00:48:11,808 --> 00:48:15,937 * What are we fighting for? * 813 00:48:15,979 --> 00:48:21,526 * What are we fighting for? * 814 00:48:21,568 --> 00:48:23,778 * * 815 00:48:23,820 --> 00:48:27,490 * Oh, what are we fighting for? * 816 00:48:27,532 --> 00:48:29,451 - I have to tell you something. 817 00:48:29,492 --> 00:48:31,619 All of this... 818 00:48:31,661 --> 00:48:34,914 everything that's happened... 819 00:48:34,956 --> 00:48:36,624 it's is too much. 820 00:48:38,209 --> 00:48:39,753 I have to get out of here. 821 00:48:39,794 --> 00:48:41,921 - No, Rose. 822 00:48:41,963 --> 00:48:45,175 - I have to be loyal to myself for a change. 823 00:48:45,216 --> 00:48:48,636 I need to make my life count. 824 00:48:48,678 --> 00:48:50,722 Remember when you thought I'd get expelled, 825 00:48:50,764 --> 00:48:53,850 and you offered to go with me? 826 00:48:53,892 --> 00:48:56,144 I was just wondering if the offer still stands. 827 00:48:56,186 --> 00:48:57,437 - What? 828 00:48:57,479 --> 00:48:58,813 - I mean, I know we were at the bar, 829 00:48:58,855 --> 00:49:01,441 and we were drinking and everything, but-- 830 00:49:01,483 --> 00:49:03,109 [exhales] 831 00:49:03,151 --> 00:49:05,195 [soft dramatic music] 832 00:49:05,236 --> 00:49:06,821 * * 833 00:49:06,863 --> 00:49:09,407 - Yes, Rose. 834 00:49:09,449 --> 00:49:11,284 Yes. 835 00:49:11,326 --> 00:49:17,791 * * 836 00:49:23,088 --> 00:49:24,839 - We're so proud of you. 837 00:49:29,135 --> 00:49:33,181 - A ruler must be willing to give up everything he has? 838 00:49:33,223 --> 00:49:34,516 I was a little nervous. 839 00:49:34,557 --> 00:49:36,142 - He didn't mean literally. 840 00:49:38,061 --> 00:49:39,771 - You'll make this Dominion a better place 841 00:49:39,813 --> 00:49:41,648 for our children, my love. 842 00:49:43,817 --> 00:49:47,362 I only wish Sonya was here to celebrate with us. 843 00:49:47,404 --> 00:49:49,906 - We spoke just before the trial. 844 00:49:52,492 --> 00:49:54,411 She said this was all worth it. 845 00:49:54,452 --> 00:49:57,372 [soft dramatic music] 846 00:49:57,414 --> 00:50:04,587 * * 847 00:50:11,970 --> 00:50:15,015 - It is customary for the runner-up 848 00:50:15,056 --> 00:50:17,559 to present a gift to the winner, 849 00:50:17,600 --> 00:50:21,563 and tonight, the Elements have declared 850 00:50:21,604 --> 00:50:25,108 Lord Victor Dashkov your next king. 851 00:50:25,150 --> 00:50:27,402 * * 852 00:50:27,444 --> 00:50:29,863 Lady Vogel, 853 00:50:29,904 --> 00:50:32,991 are you ready to present your gift? 854 00:50:34,826 --> 00:50:37,328 - Indeed, it is customary that I should 855 00:50:37,370 --> 00:50:42,834 give a concession speech and congratulate the winner. 856 00:50:42,876 --> 00:50:47,464 And under normal circumstances, I would be happy to do so, 857 00:50:47,505 --> 00:50:50,592 but these aren't normal circumstances. 858 00:50:50,633 --> 00:50:52,927 We have shamed the Elements with the choice 859 00:50:52,969 --> 00:50:55,597 of Victor Dashkov during these trials. 860 00:50:55,638 --> 00:50:59,434 They could have never have chosen a man so sick 861 00:50:59,476 --> 00:51:02,771 in body and in faith 862 00:51:02,812 --> 00:51:06,274 that he would allow this to happen. 863 00:51:06,316 --> 00:51:09,277 [dramatic music] 864 00:51:09,319 --> 00:51:10,445 * * 865 00:51:10,487 --> 00:51:12,322 - [shrieking] 866 00:51:12,364 --> 00:51:14,199 [crowd exclaiming] 867 00:51:14,240 --> 00:51:17,202 - [shrieking] 868 00:51:17,243 --> 00:51:24,084 * * 869 00:51:34,969 --> 00:51:37,222 [shrieking] 870 00:51:38,431 --> 00:51:39,724 - Sonya! 871 00:52:36,656 --> 00:52:37,782 [dog barks]