Mary finally makes a move to take the English throne.
It does not go well.
So, yeah, Mary and Darnley are tip-toeing around one another these days.
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Its no wonder Greer is the last lady-in-waiting standing; she is the smartest of the bunch.
Shes talking about Bothwell, you guys!
Praise be that ponytailed babe is on his way back to court.
But first, Darnley arrives to ruin the girl chat with news.
She needs to move in on Elizabeth now.
That seal is important, people.
If the attack fails, Mary will be facing the wrath of Elizabeth.
And we all know how much the chick loves beheading people whove wronged her.
The two have never been more of a team.
So, of course, someones going to ruin it.
Spoiler alert: Its Darnley.
), he is not happy.
This is the Loyal Watchman who ratted him out to Mary, remember?
These two will most likely never be exchanging friendship bracelets.
Although wouldnt that be so cute?
Darnley is on a rampage.
Since Mary is using his allies to take on Elizabeth, he is coming for whats his.
Or what he thinks is his.
Mainly, he wants the crown matrimonial, and this time, hes not taking no for an answer.
And you think its bad when your spouse forgets the milk!
Mary does the only thing she can: She calls on Lord Ponytail for help.
She needs Bothwell to go to England and stop Lord Barrett before Elizabeth ever catches wind of the plan.
She needs him to bring her seal back.
Hed gladly do so for Mary with or without her crown.
Lord Ponytail is the swoony-est!
To England Bothwell and Rizzio go!
But Gideons no dummy.
While Bothwell and Rizzio go and stop Barrett and his men, Gideon follows them.
This will just not do for Lord Ponytail.
Guess whos getting a free ride back to Scotland?!
Speaking of Scotland, King Darnley will not drop this crown matrimonial thing.
Dude needs a hobby.
Its time to make him Marys equal.
And then she rips that crown matrimonial document up right in front of his face.
If Greer had been doing a celebratory Running Man in the background, I wouldnt have been surprised.
It is so badass and Adelaide Kane and Will Kemp are top-notch in this scene.
Nor does she have to.
The attack has been quashed, and Mary easily gets Gideon to agree not to tell Elizabeth.
The guy cant resist those big brown eyes.
This marriage could be the difference between life and death for the English queen.
Mary wants him arrested only the guy has one last card to play.
He threatens to tell everyone that Marys unborn child isnt his.
The accusation of adultery would ruin her and end any claim her child has to the throne.
She may be queen, but hes still a man, and this is still a mans world.
I, for one, cannot wait until Mary makes moves to topple the patriarchy.
Darnley has got to go.
Meanwhile, in France:Even Nostradamus gets a shout out!
How I miss that fur-loving weirdo.
As predicted, Henri isnt going to let the fact that he almost had the French crown go easily.
You know, standard royal brother stuff.
Catherine is not having any of it.
The queen mother wants Henri to apologize for humiliating Charles.
No one likes a heretic.
Charles responds by choking Henri out on the dinner table.
Aint no party like a Valois party.
Unfortunately for Catherine, Narcisse is actually impressed by the young prince.
Narcisse wants Catherine to rethink their strategy.
Catherine is livid with her Schemer-in-Chief.
People backing Henri would want any threat to his reign gone.
Charles would never survive.
Since Narcisse is no help, Catherine turns to her next greatest ally: witchcraft.
She opens up that spell book, steals a hair from Charles brush (is it even his?
), and whips up a little spell to make Charles stronger and more powerful than ever.
His enemies will tremble in his wake.
Things are going to get messy.
Outfit of the Week:Marys.
