Plot summary
The pagans mark Queen Mary as their next sacrifice, planting a necklace with a stag's head in her room. One of Queen Catherine's guards and one of Queen Mary's servants are revealed as the culprits, and they are captured and burned to death. Lady Diane ( Anna Walton ), who secretly practised the pagan religion in her past, advises Bash to sacrifice someone else in Queen Mary's stead. Bash prepares to sacrifice a thief. But when a pagan priest arrives, Bash reveals it as a trap and kills the pagan instead. Bash almost lets the thief free, but when the thief identifies him as the King's bastard son, Bash pushes him off a cliff.
King Henry publicly declares that Kenna is his mistress. But unknown to her, King Henry is still keeping Lady Diane. Prince Francis tells Queen Mary that in order to prevent other people from using their feelings against them, they should be free to be with other people; the only exception is that Queen Mary cannot be with Bash. Prince Francis has sex with Lady Olivia, who is hoping to get pregnant and become his wife and, in time, Queen of France at the urging of Queen Catherine.
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Adapted from Wikipedia contributors, Reign season 1. HTML formatting and reference markers removed.