SILAS: Previously on Kings...
I came here greedy for all the trappings position could provide.
Andrew? Mmm-hmm.
I thought he was... In exile? He was. Back tonight.
And my nephew will be welcomed to table by all.
Your treachery, after 30 years by my side.
You Iost your way.
Just tell me so I know. Was it real?
You're the only real thing I ever touched.
This is our chance. AII the Iights are off.
Could you imagine if your father saw these? He'd have my head.
No, he'd have worse.
Captain. Miss.
DAVID : This week's harder than the last.
Which was harder than the week before.
My serviceman's been monitoring me.
How much Ionger can we keep this up?
I just need some time. You're not having second thoughts, are you?
But if we were honest about us,
we wouldn't need to sneak around.
It's not that easy. I made my vow.
I already Iive with God's disappointment. I can't Iive with my father's.
Sit down.
Today, I make pilgrimage.
Meaningful action requires meaningful thought.
Ideas born in solitude, brought to Iife in Shiloh.
Last time I did the same, I came back with a vision for peace.
Before that, with a vision for a capital in Shiloh.
Who knows what I'II come up with this time?
So, Iet's clear the decks.
(SIGHS SOFTLY)
No, it's still uneven. That's right. Down on the Ieft.
(BOTH LAUGHING)
Yes, that's fine. That's fine.
Thank you, Hale.
Have a good trip, sir. May you find all the inspiration you seek.
You're still not coming, Jack.
Well, I tried. Queen's order.
In my absence, you inherit great responsibility.
You're man of the house. Consider it practice.
Make me proud.
JOSEPH: I needed to say goodbye,
but you never gave me the chance.
I needed you to know that, behind the lie, I see you.
For who you really are. And I Iove you.
And I know you Iove me. And I think everyone should know.
No more hiding, Jack.
You're too brave to be such a coward.
You deserve to be who you really are.
I hope this will help.
MICHELLE: Welcome home.
Where's your serviceman?
We've got 20 minutes. I can spend five telling you how I sent him across town,
or we can...
David. You've been robbed.
My camera. With the pictures of you.
It's gone.
No.
Hey, hey, hey. Listen. Listen.
We'II find who did this. I promise you.
We'II get it back. I promise.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
We're going for a drive. Dress casual. Downstairs, five minutes.
SILAS: Why don't you take the wheel, David?
I need someone close to me that I can trust,
and there are those who say that I should not trust you.
That you want what you cannot have.
I was there.
That day. I saw.
The butterflies.
The crown of butterflies.
What did that mean to you, David?
It's hard to put in words.
T ry.
I grew up hearing your story.
How the butterflies, they crowned your head.
And you knew you were meant to be king.
So, when they came to me,
I knew.
You knew what?
It was God.
Speaking to me. A nothing farm boy.
Telling me to serve my King.
And nothing else?
What else could it mean?
Foot on the brake. Button to your Ieft.
(ENGINE STARTING)
I want to show you something.
David, where are you? PIease call me as soon as you can.
Did your men find anything?
It's hard for them to find something
when they don't know what they're Iooking for.
David Shepherd's apartment was robbed.
You find who did it, you find his possessions.
That's all you need to know.
At Ieast Iet me use the full resources of the service.
Which means Thomasina.
Which means Rose, which means Silas, which means no.
I'II find it myself.
David Shepherd's apartment is active.
Made to Iook Iike a robbery.
An audio-monitoring device was placed in the piano.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Yeah? Yeah.
Uh-huh. So, when can I expect that?
Yeah. Right. Mmm-hmm.
3:30? In the afternoon? You're just now waking up?
I awoke before the sun. I had my reading to do.
What are you reading?
Newspapers.
Which ones?
AII of them.
If I spend 14 hours a day reading,
I should be done in two months.
Uh... Wait. I don't understand.
I'm reading every newspaper printed while I was in exile.
Cover to cover. So it can be as if I never Ieft.
Andrew. You're home after a Iong time away.
You have to do something. Not just read about it.
Like what? I don't care.
Think of all the things you wish you could have done when you were away.
Now, you can do them. Anything you want.
So Iong as you want something.
I just want you to be proud of me.
I'II be proud of you when you make your mark, Son.
Or you might as well never have come back.
Yeah.
Our Ministers. Men and women who command respect.
Who serve with dignity.
We are pleased to honor them today.
(CROWD APPLAUDING)
Ah! Miss Ghent.
I was thinking ergonomic for the King's chair.
It's not the best for color, but function must win out some of the time,
and the King's back will thank us all.
You removed me from the picture.
These are matters of the court. It's nothing personal.
That mural commemorates the ministerial term which began in the fall,
and you were appointed just weeks shy.
I threaten you. Is that it?
I have no interest in Silas. I've had my fill of old men.
And without their money, you'd still be dancing on poles, or stilts, or...
Whatever it was you did.
I may have bought my title, but your brother bought your crown.
Are we so different?
As Iong as I walk these halls,
you'II get no respect in this court.
You accept it and you move on.
People have been made disappear for Iess.
Good day, ma'am. May God bless you,
and may God bless your Kingdom.
Ma'am.
Whatever it is, it can wait.
Not this. Mail for Jack.
Deal with it Iike the rest.
This one's different.
I needed you to know that, behind the lie, I see you.
For who you really are. And I love you.
And I know you love me. And I think everyone should know it.
No more hiding, Jack.
You're too brave to be such a coward.
I hate nothing more than Iies.
Wasted words.
CIouds that darken the blue sky, yet bring no relief of rain.
Don't you agree, Jack?
How did you get this?
Intercepted by Thomasina. Brought to my attention.
Who else has seen it?
Well, there's no telling. Which is why Thomasina is going to stop the mail.
Ma'am?
To be brought to me immediately,
entirely, as much as needed.
(SNIFFS)
Did you know him, Jack?
Not well. I've seen him around, but...
Well, he aims to track you down.
Extort money from the Crown.
Maybe I can talk to him, get him to back off.
No, no. It's impossible.
He killed himself this morning.
He's dead? Mmm.
Which doesn't help our case, should we have to make one.
But not to worry. Hmm?
The truth always wins out.
Just remember what the truth is.
(CHUCKLES)
Where are we?
Well, I'm home.
Daddy! Daddy!
Seth! My! How you have grown, huh?
(LAUGHS) Puppy.
Daddy. Turning into a big dog, huh?
Welcome, David. I've heard so much about you.
(IMITATES EXPLOSION)
SILAS: You're in for a treat tonight, David.
Cassoulet. Seth, do you think David knows the secret of cassoulet?
No. No.
Well, I'm going to whisper it to you so you can tell him, okay?
(SPUTTERING)
(LAUGHS) There is no secret, is there? Huh?
No! No!
Just a peasant dish. Simple, hearty.
No pretense.
We could all Iearn from it.
(EXHALES)
So...
My family.
AIways in my heart when not in my eye.
May the time apart enrich the time spent together.
May there be enough Iove Ieft over
until the next time we join hands. Amen.
Let's eat.
Spare some?
(COUGHS)
What happened?
Come on. We used to tell each other everything.
I used to take all your stuff.
Maybe I can help.
I doubt it.
Maybe you can help me.
You want me to help hide this thing with David.
(CHUCKLES) Were we that obvious?
No. You hid in the shadows Iike the best of us.
You have a talent for deceit. I was impressed.
That's why I won't help you.
Well, you want to see David suffer? This hurts me, not him.
Whatever it is, you don't want him to see or hear or know.
You can bury it.
You can bury it so deep you won't find it yourself anymore.
But you'II wish you hadn't.
You want help with things you'II regret? Go to your uncle.
I won't do it.
SILAS: It's nice. Hmm?
Seth has a new friend to talk to.
HELEN: It must be nice for you, too.
SILAS: Mmm.
David Shepherd. He worships me.
As he should.
The royal mail was delivered already. Whose mail is this?
Shiloh's. Queen's orders.
Today, all mail goes through her.
THOMASINA: We've isolated all mail within a six-block radius.
Anything already delivered has been reclaimed.
We've already found one disc.
If there's more, we'II discover it.
Well, Iet's make sure.
Attention, please.
State secrets have been compromised.
Fifty thousand goes to anyone who finds a tape or disc.
One hundred thousand if found today.
(CLEARS THROAT)
Let me guess. The Queen has taken away my parking privileges.
The Queen was willing to pay a hundred thousand for this?
What are you willing to pay?
The funeral is about to begin.
Is that what this is?
It's an open service. AII are welcome.
Joseph Michael Lasile. A man Iike us, beloved in the eyes of God.
Challenged by the traits that God bestowed.
Such a split can divide a man in two.
But not Joseph. He Iived as one man his whole Iife.
Despite the inequality. Despite the hate.
He took his own Iife not for Ioving wrong,
but for Ioving too much.
Some will say he died a cowardly death.
But he Iived a courageous Iife.
Let's remember that.
MICHELLE: David? Are you okay?
I'm fine. Your father doesn't know about us.
He just wanted me to come with him.
On pilgrimage?
I don't have a Iot of time. Did you find the camera?
No.
Then, I should tell your father about us now.
So he hears it from me. You can't.
Wouldn't he want you to be happy?
This isn't the Iife I promised to Iive.
You made that promise when you were just a girl.
You're not a girl anymore.
Now, Iook... Ready?
DAVID : So, this is why you brought me here. To garden?
Today, we plant 500 amaryllis bulbs before the first frost.
Otherwise, the unplanted ones will die.
We've got to clear the weeds, uproot that tree,
and turn the soil.
Come on. Work to do.
Do you want anything to drink? Some water?
No, thanks.
My father should be home soon.
Maybe I can help.
That's okay.
Okay.
I Iost something.
What did you Iose?
What would happen if you couldn't find it?
It would be bad. For me.
But really... My parents, it would kill them.
My father...
(SIGHS)
Would you tell your father that I stopped by and that it's important?
Of course.
Ask.
AII those questions you've been saving. Ask me.
I don't need to.
I don't know what's right, but I understand.
I wish I could have this.
What you have here.
You can. Every day.
How?
Don't ever be a king.
Then, why not stay here?
Leave Shiloh behind? You don't have to be King.
Oh, but I do.
If it's in you to be of service to your fellow man,
then you have an obligation to God to do it.
Be it a policeman, a fireman, a soldier, a king...
If it's in your DNA, the job fits. You must do it.
I don't know if there's one thing I have to do.
Can do.
Lucky you.
How stupid of you. To make an appearance at your own accuser's funeral.
I'm trying to bury this story with that boy.
Joseph. What?
His name was Joseph.
What do I care what his name was?
He was trying to ruin you.
No, he wasn't.
(EXHALES) He was trying to save me.
Save you. From what?
From me.
And I destroyed him for it. I'm the reason he's dead.
Thomasina, out.
You said he was nothing to you.
(SIGHS) He Ioved me.
And I Ioved him.
No, you didn't. You can't.
I Ioved him.
I cut him out of my heart
because that's what Dad wanted.
That's what you wanted.
And now, the only person who saw me,
who really saw me,
and still Ioved me,
he's dead.
Good.
(EXHALES DEEPLY)
This... This mistake of character...
This will be our secret.
"Mistake of character"?
This is who I am.
(GRUNTS)
Your son.
He doesn't know about you, does he?
What happens when he grows up? What will you tell him?
I pray every night to have that problem.
Seth suffers the same condition as Michelle.
Michelle was only saved when...
You know, I fear my currency with God is spent.
There's no chance for him?
His whole Iife is chance.
I fear my blood is poisoned.
Yeah?
AII my children somehow afflicted.
AII but you.
Me?
Give me that.
I can do it.
Give me that.
I may be more than twice your age,
but I'II bet I can cut twice the wood.
(GRUNTS)
See? Huh?
(LAUGHING)
Some good blood Ieft, huh?
Still the King.
(GROANING)
There are more of them. Though...
Those are the best, I think.
How did you get these?
Turns out I'm not the only one who wants to see you and your family suffer.
Well...
They're fake.
This is fake, too?
Jack, I needed to say goodbye.
(STAMMERS) Turn that off. ...give me a chance.
T urn it off!
(CLICKING)
I'II take down the mural. I'II have you restored.
We're way past murals now.
These are my children.
I know.
I want to see you powerless,
so you know how it feels, what you do to those around you.
You have your way.
Whatever you want, I'II do.
Choose. I'II Iet you save one of them.
Son or daughter.
I'II destroy video or pictures.
The other, I'm going to air.
The fall of Prince or Princess.
Your choice.
If I become King,
my first order of business is to reinstate the guillotine.
Just for you, Thomasina.
I give my Iife to protect this family.
I expect to Iose it doing the same.
Why? We're all a bunch of conniving cowards, hording over a carcass.
At your worst? Yes.
At your best, you bring heaven closer to Earth.
I thought you'd want this.
It was Katrina Ghent's copy.
Set to air in a matter of hours.
Your mother stopped it.
Of course she did.
I don't even want to know how.
I think you do.
You had ammunition, and you fired your round.
I don't know who you were aiming at,
but it's my daughter you wounded.
I did what you asked. PIaced Shepherd under surveillance.
His apartment wired. His possessions await your interest.
AII but his camera.
Camera? There were pictures!
Aimed to destroy a parent's memory.
When she was small, I used to paint her toenails tangerine.
And now, all those memories debased because of you.
I swear I had it.
I came to you because I needed a job done clean.
To protect my family from that farm boy.
I wouldn't do this, Rose.
Then who would?
Did you know there's a ballet in Shiloh?
And now, we have a symphony.
(CHUCKLES) I missed a sale on sweaters, too.
You opened my vault.
You know, if you don't read about things, it's Iike they never happen.
Andrew...
Why would you do that?
That camera had sensitive pictures.
I know.
You Iooked?
You Iet them go public.
Why would you deliberately hurt your cousin?
You told me to.
What?
You told me to do something. To make my mark.
(SIGHS) You hate Silas. And Silas Ioves Michelle.
I hurt Michelle to hurt Silas.
I broke his favorite thing.
You did that? For me?
I Iove you. I want you to be proud of me.
Come in.
(SIGHS)
(CHUCKLES)
I used to Iove this color.
Did you?
I'm in trouble.
And I can't get out of it on my own.
And no one else can help me.
You should have thought of that during your photo shoot.
With David Shepherd, I presume.
You have always been my Iittle girl,
even when we both pretended you weren't.
Tomorrow, that's over.
Your pictures will be broadcast.
They'II be everywhere you turn and places you do not.
And there's nothing to be done.
But you're the Queen. Can't you do something?
It is the Queen that is allowing it to happen.
The story will dominate the news.
You'II be ridiculed by women,
made fantasy by men.
And while David is congratulated,
you will be dragged through the mud.
But when the dust settles, and memory fades,
you'II be thought of as a woman.
Which is what you are.
Sexual, desirable, formidable.
And you'II wield that power in ways young girls cannot.
I'II rest.
Look after him for me.
Bad back, I can deal with.
Embarrassment...
You've no reason to be embarrassed.
Oh, yes, I have. I'm not as young or strong as I was.
Not Iike you.
(EXCLAIMS) Your youth and my experience. We'd be one perfect King.
You're the most powerful man I know.
Not anymore.
You are. I've opened up my entire Iife to you.
Why would you do that?
Sit down.
(CLEARS THROAT)
We only really know each other when we know each other's deepest secrets.
When we know what's in each other's hearts.
I trust you with mine. I want you to trust me with yours.
I do.
Well, what's in your heart, David?
What is your deepest secret?
I want to know you just as you know me.
I want to forgive you just as you have forgiven me,
so that nothing can come between us.
I could keep nothing from my King.
I believe you, my son.
(GROANS)
DAVID: The frost.
Our amaryllis. They'II die.
Maybe next year.
We'II come back.
AII rise. The King approaches.
I trust both sun and moon rose in my absence? Hmm?
(ALL LAUGHING)
This was a pilgrimage Iike no other.
Rather than envision what the country needs,
I came to see what we already have.
And I want to acknowledge those who might
fill these seats
when our hearts fail the best of us.
My son,
my daughter,
my nephew,
my friend.
We have so much to Iearn from youth.
Well, you've all heard it. I wish I knew then what I know now.
Well, from this day on, I say,
"I wish I know now what I knew then."
Imagine.
(ALL APPLAUDING)
And I have thought Iong and hard about
who might fill up this empty chair
and serve as my advisor.
When, all the time, it was quietly filled.
By someone who is earnest when it is not the fashion.
Who Ioves this country almost as much as I do.
But above all, whose honesty
is something I Iearned I cannot do without.
I want the owner to come down now,
and claim his place at my table.
And for all to know.
David Shepherd.
(ALL APPLAUDING)
The Crown Prince.
I've come to make a trade. My reputation for my sister's.
Air the video. Give me the camera.
Nobility doesn't suit you, Jack.
I'm the better story, and you know it.
From what I heard today, David Shepherd is the better story.
An even better story when those pictures come out.
Ruin me, and you'II crush my mother far worse.
What if I offered you a way to save your sister and yourself?
And how many Iives would I have to destroy to make that happen?
Just one.
The Queen.
And how would I do that?
By marrying me. I always wanted to be royalty.
JACK: Well, he's got Dad's approval.
We'II both be on his bad side soon enough.
Maybe not.
Jack, where did you get this?
(EXCLAIMS) You saved my Iife.
No. No, I didn't. It just feels that way.
The truth doesn't get any easier to tell. It only gets harder.
Until it's gone forever.
(EXHALES DEEPLY)
How was your weekend?
It was fine.
And your pilgrimage?
Fine.
And what's that?
A Ione amaryllis bulb, saved from the frost.
A memento of pilgrimage.
So, David Shepherd, then.
Shepherd.
Welcome home.
It's good to be home.
I've been Iying to you. For too Iong.
And you should know the truth.
About me and David.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Michelle.
(CHUCKLES) It's okay.
We don't have to hide anymore.
I told him. I told my dad everything