Mary makes a futile plan for her future.
To dream the impossible dream!
Dream on, girl.
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And thats not just because history is lifes greatest spoiler, yada, yada.
History aside,Reigns Mary Stuart has never been destined for a tiny life with a happy ending.
No amount of riverside hookups can change that.
How does Mary get it in her head that she could possibly live happily ever after?
Gideon, of course.
That romantic is such a dummy.
Both Mary and Elizabeth are extremely preoccupied as to the whereabouts of Lord Darnley.
Meanwhile, Darnley is on his way up to Scotland to appease his mother.
Darnley is very, very wrong.
Thats the point of husbands, right?
Here is Gideons big idea: Mary loves Gideon.
FAT CHANCE, PEOPLE.
Mary, of course, is worried about the safety of her people.
Gideon assures her peace is in Elizabeths best interest, and besides, Scotland would never stand for it.
She could be into a fairy-tale ending.
NEXT: Shall we dance?
When Mary and Gideon run it by James, James also has concerns.
They are going to need some proof.
How about a ball?
Thatll show the Scottish nobles that Mary is totally in lurve.
So, thats what they do.
It works a little too well.
but Lord Darnley and Lady Lennox.
They are not happy, you guys.
Mary might be interested in getting married, but not to him.
Shes made that abundantly clear.
Lady Lennox lets him go without putting up any fight which is very suspicious.
She says shell stay back and smooth things over with Queen Mary before heading home.
Lady Lennox wants the deets about what is really going on.
When Mary tells her The Plan, Lennox basically chokes.
She warns Mary to be careful Elizabeth is making moves to keep the Queen of Scots as her hostage.
It is devastating news and even more devastating when she relays it to Gideon.
This dream of theirs isnt going to work out.
Mary cannot risk putting Scotland in that kind of danger.
He worries hes talking to a dead woman.
All that matters is what we stand for while we live.
Dont fret, my pet.
Lady Lennox is a smart cookie, and she already has a plan in play.
She knew Mary would still need Darnley, so she forges a letter, breaking things off with Kira.
Kira takes the bait, marries Lord White (very quickly, no?
), and leaves Darnley in confused shambles on a very pretty looking bridge.
His union with Mary is inevitable.
Speaking of inevitable, how terribly is this whole James and Lady Knox thing going to end?
Pretty terribly, Id imagine.
Even with a warning from Greer (can those two kiss already?)
to lay off the naive girl, James is going full steam ahead with his sisters plan.
NEXT: Gideon confronts his queen
Back in England, Gideon really lets Elizabeth have it.
Mary had agreed to abdicate!
The Plan was working.
But it all fell apart because Elizabeth is paranoid.
And then Elizabeth reminds Gideon who he is talking to.
Shes a queen, ya heard?
With two queens alive, there will always be some group that wants to hurt one of them.
Its basically your typical Harry Potter/Voldemort situation: Neither can live while the other survives.
Only one queen is coming out of this thing alive and Elizabeth intends it to be her.
She probably wasnt going to hold up her end of the bargain.
Meanwhile, in France:Miracles are happening!
First, Narcisse is back.
The greatest miracle of all.
And hes back just in time.
Catherine is having trouble dealing with all three of her kidsandthe impending threat from Spain.
No, this will not do at all.
Narcisse wants to know why Leesa is so against Catherine.
She replies nonchalantly that its because I was a terrible mother.
I mean, all my children say that, but in Leesas case its true.
Catherine keeps things real, people.
So, Catherine will take on Leesas choice for Lord Chancellor, Cardinal Rosales.
Dont worry, the Cardinal is healed by Claudes magical tears or something…maybe dont ask.
Its one of the weirder storylines onReign.
And thats saying something.
Leesa, of course, is on to her mother.
The apple doesnt fall far from the tree!
So, Leesa is an on-going problem.
Claude seems to get over her mourning period after the whole Tears on a Cardinal situation.
Which just leaves Charles for Catherine to deal with.
Narcisses advice for handling the very emo king?
Throw some hot, willing ladies in his direction.
And throw a hot lady at Charles, he does.
Narcisse enlists a girl named Bianca to serve at the pleasure of the king.
Only, this king is your basic teenager going through an extreme goth phase.
He only wants to talk about death, especially the death he has caused.
Hows about we clear this whole story line up sometime soon,Reign?
Its really creeping me out.
Outfit of The Week:So many options this week!
I have to go with Marys beaded empire waist dress that she wears during her goodbye to Gideon.
The beads look gorgeous and also are there to catch Marys tears as they fall.
A dress and a friend.
