Plot summary
Buoyed by Prince Francis' successful taking of Calais and Queen Mary Tudor I 's death at 42, King Henry wants to immediately invade England despite their forces being depleted.
Queen Catherine and Queen Mary plot to poison King Henry, angering Prince Francis, but they call it off when King Francis convinces his father to delay the invasion. King Henry decides that Prince Francis is unsuited for conquest and must be killed so that King Henry can wed Queen Mary himself.
While searching for "the Darkness", Bash rescues a boy named Pascal (Lucius Hoyos), not realizing he is the son of the pagan priest Bash had killed months earlier. Lady Kenna cares for Pascal while Bash and Nostradamus head into the mountains to continue the search. Lady Lola learns that Julien is actually Remy, the real Lord Julien's personal secretary, who took his identity when Julien died in an accident. Remy's ruse is revealed by Julien's uncle Bartos (Geordie Johnson), whom Lady Lola accidentally kills when Bartos attacks Remy. She and Remy burn down the house with Bartos's body in it to make it look like Julien died, so that Remy can escape and Lady Lola can return as a widow to court.
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Adapted from Wikipedia contributors, Reign season 1. HTML formatting and reference markers removed.