SILAS: Previously on Kings...
If you can fix it, you deserve it.
Minds are gathering. We'd Iike you to join us.
And if those signs guide me to your door?
It will be open.
Oh, my God. You Iove Thomasina.
Oh, I'm so screwed.
And I should tell your father about us now.
You can't.
What is your deepest secret?
I could keep nothing from my King.
I have been Iying to you.
You can't produce an heir. So, what?
You could still take pride of place.
SILAS: I will stand before all
and designate this country a blood dynasty, with you as my heir,
the future King.
Silas falls, and soon.
And be sure, there will be all the blood required.
Do it.
KING'S OWN: David Shepherd, you're under arrest.
On what charge? Treason.
Extra butter for Jack,
none for Michelle.
But you Iike your eggs over-buttered and underdone.
Thank you.
Oh, the secret of cooking is all in the shopping.
Going to the market, finding the best produce, fighting over the best bread,
bringing all the ingredients together, that's the hard work.
Cooking is just the correct application of heat.
Mmm, breakfast. I've missed this.
You used to cook all the time, what happened to that?
Things changed.
Things need to change back.
I'II Iet you two capable men sort through things.
Together mountains can move.
My boys.
There will be a trial.
You will be asked to recall your time with Shepherd.
I'm not sure how I'II remember it.
You choose how you remember it.
I find him interesting.
His devotion to you, to doing the right thing,
even when he has no idea what that is.
You're my heir. You have something to Iose in his success.
Not much success in an execution.
You've seen the way the people Iook at him.
We have to slit the throat on the Iegend.
And that falls to me?
AII the ingredients are there.
AII that's required is the correct application of heat.
(PRISONERS SHOUTING)
WILLIAM: How did he seem, our King?
Focused, concerned.
He wants me to back whatever Iies he trumps up against David.
You came to me first.
Nice to see your Ioyalty without having to ask for it.
I understand my commitments.
And all on account of Shepherd.
My father fears what he'II become.
He wants to destroy the crop before it takes root.
He's doing our work for us.
Putting a hero on trial will only turn public opinion further against him.
With that, and the handover of Port Prosperity,
by the time we make our move, the country'II be glad to be rid of him.
And all will be yours, from one sea to the other.
Impress your father on this one.
Do what he asks.
This trial's going to bury Shepherd.
(REPORTERS CLAMORING)
FEMALE REPORTER 1 : David Shepherd, are you innocent?
MALE REPORTER 1 : Are you guilty?
MALE REPORTER 2: What are the charges?
FEMALE REPORTER 2: Can you give us a statement?
HANSON: This is a preliminary hearing
to consider charges of treason
against Captain David Shepherd.
T ake those chains off him.
I remind Chancellor Hanson and all present, these are supposed charges.
The burden of proof will Iie heavy
on those that bring this accusation.
Sir.
Major Benjamin, you accuse Captain David Shepherd,
my advisor and a hero of this nation.
JACK: I do, sir.
As a ranking military officer and the Minister of Information,
I have been presented with evidence too compelling to ignore.
That Captain David Shepherd has been and would,
if truth was not uncovered, remain a spy
for Gath.
(PEOPLE MURMURING)
That's not true.
I have evidence of meetings, payments, names, photographs,
firsthand testimony of a recently arrested member of the Sons of Moab,
Gath hardliners dedicated to war with Gilboa.
We have to accept that
everything we thought we knew about David Shepherd is a Iie.
His every act of heroism only stagecraft.
Under Crown Iaw, I ask Captain Shepherd
face charges of high treason and conspiracy to commit espionage.
(PEOPLE MURMURING)
Charges which, when proven true, will be punishable by death.
MALE ANNOUNCER: Shock waves ripple through the nation
as King Silas orders David Shepherd to stand trial for espionage.
FEMALE ANNOUNCER: In the words of Major Jack Benjamin,
"Everything we thought we knew about David Shepherd is a lie. "
(CROWD PROTESTING)
A minute, please.
Prison transport's pulling up. A minute.
I'm here for you, David, always.
I'II do everything I can.
Even when your brother thinks I'm the enemy?
I can't Iet this drag you down, too.
You should have thought of that before you asked me to dance.
I Iove you.
Say it again.
GUARD: Captain.
You're actually going to try him?
We're all servants of the Iaw.
The accusations are Iudicrous.
How can you Iet Jack attack him?
Jack acts in accordance with job and conscience.
He's no happier about this than I am.
(SIGHING)
Are you gonna make yourself sick over this?
If you want to help David, stay away from him during the trial.
We don't want accusations of false favor when he's acquitted, do we?
Too much at stake.
HANSON: Call to order.
Crown of Gilboa, Gilboan Military vs. Captain David Shepherd.
We all heard the stories.
He took down a Goliath, brought us peace, saved the nation, saved me.
We all wanted to believe in him.
Makes us feel good about ourselves to imagine someone Iike that is real.
But can anyone ever be this good?
No. There was an agenda at play.
To charm his way to the King's side with heroics
which are nothing short of myth.
Like his brother, who was convicted for insurrection,
he wanted to destroy our government and betray us to the enemy.
Captain Shepherd, you may make your opening statements,
or as your attorney for the court, Colonel Felker.
Defense is ready.
My allegiance is now, as it has always been,
to this country and its King.
I welcome any suggestion to the contrary.
WILLIAM: A determined King,
always a measure of weakness to show strength upon the feeble.
Shepherd is hardly feeble.
He will be by trial's end.
Some time ago, I made you an offer, an offer you refused.
This is not a discussion for here.
The way he watches me, this is the safest place of all.
What you intend will fracture this country.
No more so than Silas will when he hands over our Iand to the enemy.
Seeing it done, I don't think I wanna take part in treachery.
There's no place in war for a soft stomach.
We need your support.
And David.
Hmm. A place can be found.
If he survives.
JACK: The Crown calls its first witness, Colonel Matthew Shore,
senior officer of the Sons of Moab.
Can you tell us the purpose of your organization?
Keep our countries at war until your country is no more.
We believe that Premiere Shaw never should have signed the peace with your country.
And Captain David Shepherd, when was he recruited to help your cause?
He approached us about six months ago.
Said he was Iosing faith with his country,
didn't want to fight the war anymore.
He'd Iost his father, blamed Silas for everything.
JACK: The defendant is a Iow-ranking soldier. How could he help Gath?
MATTHEW: We came up with a plan.
A way for him to infiltrate the royal family.
We gave him intel on the 1 27th.
My unit, ambushed by Gath forces.
We gave Shepherd your whereabouts, guaranteed his safety.
So when David Shepherd crossed enemy Iines to rescue me...
It was a setup.
He became an instant hero, but it was all staged.
Including the attack on the Goliath tank.
(PEOPLE MURMURING) It was blown up by remote.
An operative named Lawrence Hannon did the real work there.
Shepherd just posed for the photo.
Where's proof of any of this?
So far, this is just one man's word against another.
(GAVEL BANGING)
(MURMURING CONTINUES)
(SIGHING)
Miss, are you all right?
I'm just feeling a Iittle dizzy.
We've had conversations.
Many.
So you could tell the room how I Iike my coffee,
how I sit in a meeting, some detail about me?
I didn't say our relationship was personal.
Professional, then.
What gun do I carry?
What's my code name?
What proof do you have?
Anything that proves that you and I were ever in the same room together.
AII we have is the word of a prisoner
Iooking to exchange false information for comforts.
Sir, the prosecution has evidence.
At this time, we'd Iike to introduce surveillance footage
acquired by the Ministry of Intelligence
in conjunction with this investigation.
CIear evidence of Captain Shepherd meeting Colonel Shore
in Acadia two months ago.
(PEOPLE MURMURING)
This isn't me. Sir, that's not me. This isn't real.
This was set up.
Sir, that's not me, you have to believe me.
Belief may be enough in the house of God. This court needs proof.
(PEOPLE MURMURING)
I serve the King, that is all I'm guilty of.
The court will adjourn for the day.
PIease take the prisoner back to his cell.
I serve the King, that is all I'm guilty of!
I serve the King!
(MURMURING CONTINUES)
I serve the King!
You really think David's a spy?
Me, I don't know what to believe anymore, but he's so nice.
Maybe no one's really that nice.
Here she comes, be cool.
Your eyes follow me.
No, ma'am.
Are you Iying?
Yes, ma'am.
You are a guard at the Royal Gate.
Serious things are happening in this country.
Stop it.
I'm sorry, ma'am, I can't.
Why not?
It's Iove, ma'am.
I'II stay out of your way.
(PRISONERS CLAMORING)
Your outburst in court, I don't think it'II help your case.
My case is that I'm innocent.
You called me "son" once.
I've only ever acted to earn that name.
I recall Iearning of a relationship Iater than I was due.
That is my only sin to account for.
That was against you as a father to Michelle, not to the State.
You betrayed my trust once. It Ieft a mark.
If there's anything else that you have done
to hurt this country or me, deliberately or not, now is the time to tell me.
I swear if I had, I would confess my guilt,
give myself up to your mercy.
Yeah.
Yeah, I believe you would.
HANSON: Defense calls a character witness, PFC Sean Savoy.
We've known each other since Basic, about two years.
We fought together every day
till he had to be a hero and got brought to Shiloh.
We swore the Oath of Enlistment together, didn't we?
Swore to give our Iives to protect this country.
You were standing right next to me.
And during our service together,
did you ever have reason to suspect I might be working as a spy for the enemy?
Never.
You've always been a good friend.
Saved my ass plenty of times.
You were in something bad, you always wanted David with you.
He's Iike a Iucky charm out there.
You were with me, at the front,
the night I rescued Major Jack Benjamin.
SEAN: Yes.
And you were watching with the rest of our unit
when I brought Major Benjamin back from captivity?
You saw me cross the Goliath Iine?
You borrowed my wrench.
I took the picture of you facing that tank.
I got an award for it from The Guardian.
You saw me fire the rocket that destroyed the Goliath.
Everybody saw it.
SILAS: Did you?
That was the question.
(PEOPLE MURMURING)
Well, he was out past the neutral zone so...
I saw a grenade flash,
then David taking cover, then the rocket that took it out.
But you didn't actually witness Captain Shepherd fire that rocket?
It came from his direction.
Private Savoy, did you see anyone else out there in Gath territory?
No.
As a Iookout for the squadron, would you have?
Absolutely.
In training, we were taught the simplest explanation...
Is always the truest.
No further questions.
DOCTOR: What exactly happened in court?
Suddenly Iightheaded and tired,
as if the day just got twice as Iong.
And then this, from a Iight bump against a dresser drawer.
You've been in remission for years.
Not everything means your cancer's back.
The first time I felt Iike this
was when they did an immediate round of radiation.
You know what that did to me.
I know what it feel Iike, I know what comes next.
Just run some tests, check my ESR...
We'II run a blood panel, see what comes back,
meantime, don't assume the worst.
Must've made the guys proud when David blew up the tank.
Became a hero.
The only good day of the war.
JACK: A real test of bravery.
He's braver than most.
Braver, smarter, stronger.
He saved my Iife once.
(CHUCKLES) Twice.
Brokered peace with Gath single-handedly,
worked his way to royal table,
even recovered the charter of Gilboa.
Ever wonder how he always seems to be at the perfect place and time?
He just knows stuff.
"He just knows stuff"?
Mmm-hmm.
Like when he and I were on a mission to Gath, my entire unit died,
yet David was miraculously Ieft unharmed.
Lucky charm again?
Did you ever hear jokes in the trenches about it?
How impossible his Iuck was,
that he knew the enemy's movements so well, he could've been a spy?
Well, yeah. But we were kidding.
AIways?
Did it ever occur to you, even once, that it could actually be possible?
After all, what's more Iikely?
That David Shepherd was somehow magically endowed,
or that he's just Iike us,
an ordinary soldier stuck in a war with no end,
so he tried to end it as best as he could.
By selling himself to the enemy.
(PEOPLE MURMURING)
What would be the simplest explanation?
That he worked with the enemy.
(PEOPLE CHATTERING)
(REPORTERS CLAMORING)
(PEOPLE PROTESTING)
How could you do this to us?
We believed in you! We believed in you!
Turns out you have the right teeth for flesh.
Shame they have to shut the whole place down just so I can go shopping.
Just not the same without having somebody before you
trying to grab the good honeydew.
Oh, I know.
I should have better things to do.
Just hiding in old habits
after the day's ugliness.
There's no pleasure in being told your favorite is your enemy.
Tomato.
Still quietly a nightshade.
He's not your enemy, Silas, you know that.
You a have a chance to end this now, make it right.
Whatever your visions...
He is only becoming what he is meant to be,
what God intends for this nation.
Well, then he didn't tell me.
Change is coming, Silas.
You were supposed to foster it, to nurture it,
to see the future improve upon the past.
Now you can still have your part, but don't.
Oh, so that's it?
Change from arcana to tricks?
Don't give God reason to tear from you this Kingdom.
I've known you to be a man to make mistakes in the name of vanity,
but never a villain.
There was a time, once,
not far from memory, when you Iost what was most dear to you.
And you asked me that those responsible for the death of your wife
not be just punished, not be just killed,
but that all memory of their existence on Earth be swept clean.
And you asked not with the countenance of God, nor magic hands,
just as a broken man seeking revenge.
I, your friend, did that for you, and you thanked him for it.
So who are you now to ask that friend not to exact revenge
on those that would take from him?
Be the Iamb or be the knife.
Try to be both, you'II end up slaughtering yourself.
I actually Iet myself dream of a Iife with you.
I thought what if all we had was just the beginning.
(SIGHING)
We'II never have nights Iike that again.
David, that's it. The meetings...
They fabricated the video, putting you and Shore together.
No one knew about us.
Look at the time stamp at the bottom.
It's two months ago, the 8th.
10:30, that was the night of the blackout.
They picked that night
thinking that you couldn't prove you were anywhere else.
I was with you.
I'm your proof.
No, if you take the stand,
they'II see you as a traitor, too.
I don't matter anymore.
They'II see that their evidence was tampered with,
their witness corrupt.
My father will have to rule you innocent.
Yeah, unless he doesn't want to.
Of course he wants to. You're his advisor, his friend.
That was before he knew about us.
You think he'd try you for treason
because his daughter fell in Iove with you?
I think maybe he was afraid his country would.
You know, one of the things that I've always Ioved about you
is how much you believe.
I will take the stand, I will defend you, and my father will be glad.
If you believe in me, believe in him.
Puppy.
Went to bed, started dreaming of a steak, woke up famished.
Hey, I could throw one on for you.
I'm not hungry.
I told you
not to see him.
I just wanted David to know he still has our support.
Well, he doesn't.
I'm just trying to protect you from what could happen to him.
We have evidence that the case against him is a Iie.
If I take the stand, I can provide an alibi that proves his innocence.
I will not have brother cross-examine sister,
tear her apart, destroy her credibility.
Because I will. You're still playing David's savior.
SILAS: Let him go.
I don't care what anyone thinks of me so Iong as they know David is innocent.
Damn it, Michelle. We're trying to make this easy for you.
I'm going to help him.
Don't you dare. I have to.
Everyone for David is against me.
Now stay out of this, or by God, I'II count you amongst them.
You want him dead.
He's guilty.
I'II have every shred of his existence wiped from this Earth.
It'II be against the Iaw ever to speak his name.
This is who you're Iistening to.
DAVID: Hey, hey! Hey, what are you doing?
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
Hello, David.
I don't understand.
It's all been arranged. A plane is waiting.
We have friends in other countries, until it's safe for you.
You want me to run?
Only if you want to Iive.
Your death is a foregone conclusion.
Silas is only waiting to sell the Iast few believers
on his version of your truth.
Which is why we must protect you, David.
Silas won't be around for Iong.
We need to keep you safe, so he doesn't kill you first.
Why are you so sure he won't be around for Iong?
Problem with great men is they don't always die at their best.
Some Iive to make mistakes which outlive their accomplishments.
Come on, David. No.
If I go with you,
everything Silas says about me is true.
You're worried about his good opinion of you?
I'm worried about my own.
I'm no traitor.
You'd rather die than be misperceived?
Careful, David.
You never wanna be too good.
You heard him.
Rush the man back to his execution.
David...
You of all.
If I do die, it shouldn't be while wearing this.
(ENGINE STARTING)
MAN: Okay, back to the car.
Look who's coming.
(PRISONERS CATCALLING)
You demanded my presence. Fine.
Begging gets redundant after the first snot bubble, so Iet's try to do this quick.
There's a plot against your father.
I think they mean to kill him, replace him as King.
You called me here to make up some stories about what, some coup?
You think that's going to save you?
You should have stuck to begging.
It has more dignity.
It's your uncle
and Reverend Samuels.
The Reverend, really?
And what do they want from you?
You wanna be their King?
If I did,
easier for you to attack me when you know I've done no wrong.
You need to warn Silas.
You sit here in a cell, thinking your voice will save a man
who's gonna Iet you hang?
You think you're that good?
He won't Iisten to me, but he'II Iisten to you.
He's not your father, he's mine.
He's still my King.
Even now?
I'm just doing what you'd do, Jack.
You should be careful, too.
Thanks for coming in. I thought you'd wanna know right away.
(SIGHING)
The trial's not over yet, hmm?
But you'II probably cry then, too.
I'm pregnant.
But...
(STAMMERING) You can't be. Are you sure?
The doctor said it was impossible.
David's child.
Oh, God... Does he know?
I'm afraid of my own father.
Your father must never know.
You'II help me?
(EXCLAIMS SOFTLY)
This... This is a blessing.
This is our family's future.
This Kingdom's future.
But you must have nothing to do with David ever again.
I can't. He needs me.
No, it doesn't matter.
You're scared of your father. You should be.
He has eyes for David's blood.
And that blood now pumps through your veins.
He will see David dead, and all his kind.
If he knew, he would never Iet that child Iive.
You've been given this.
Nothing else matters.
You'II Iisten to me. You understand now. You feel it.
A mother will do anything to protect her own.
As I will protect you.
Colonel Shore is grateful for his immunity,
Iooking forward to a quiet and comfortable Iife on the eastern coast.
If there's a number that made him Iie,
there's a number that will make him tell the truth.
See to it there's no more talking.
Are you sure that's necessary?
We spoke some time ago of promotion.
I recall.
Since then, there's been an increase in responsibility
which you have handled with your usual grace.
Thank you, sir.
I need someone by my side that I can trust at all times and in all things.
You've always taken care of the family.
You said it was your highest aspiration.
It was and it is.
That's all I ask now, to take care of the family.
Just at a higher order.
With that in mind...
My defense
Iacks the craft and sophistication
of the court's evidence.
But it can prove it false.
I have only ever tried to embody what is good about this nation.
My family has sacrificed Iife and Iife again
to keep alive the idea of a home as spoken by our King.
I am a faithful servant to this country,
this court,
this man.
The prosecution attempted to show that I met with a Gath spy.
I bring firsthand testimony to prove their evidence forged.
Court calls Miss Michelle Benjamin.
Michelle Benjamin?
(PEOPLE MURMURING)
We're still waiting, Captain.
I have no witness.
(PEOPLE MURMURING)
Chancellor.
I need a few moments with the defendant alone.
HANSON: AII rise.
Trial will reconvene at such time to be determined.
Betrayal has its own particular sting.
Unfortunately, one gets accustomed.
I have not betrayed you.
Though I've been given the opportunity.
There are those who work against you.
Oh, I know full well the dealings of William Cross.
There's nothing whispered in this Kingdom I'm not privy to.
There are many traitors,
and though you're not complicit in their dark work,
you're not innocent.
Even my daughter's Iost faith in David Shepherd.
I am innocent. Are you?
I am.
Even if you are, of the charges brought against you,
hasn't the effect of you been the same?
King.
AII these years, authority unquestioned.
You think it's a coincidence they conspire against me now?
A monarchy stands on a belief
in the singularity of its sovereign, all vectors pointed here.
And then along came you.
Oh, and they Iooked at you,
and they thought how they might improve upon me.
Replaceable.
You thought to inspire, but you inspired treason.
(STAMMERING)
I only ever meant to serve you.
I never meant to hurt you.
No, I know that. But don't you see now that you have?
You've weakened the country.
What can I do?
You swore that if you ever hurt me or this country,
you'd admit guilt and fall upon my mercy, did you not?
I did.
Then keep your word.
(CLOCK CHIMING)
(GUN FIRING)
I wasn't staring, ma'am.
You think I'm beautiful?
You think I'm good?
I do.
No matter what I do?
It's Iove, ma'am. Thomasina.
MICHELLE: David, I'm sorry.
Captain David Shepherd.
You have stood before this court protesting your innocence.
Now, having heard the weight of evidence against you,
and knowing the penalty of guilt,
how do you plead?
Guilty.
(PEOPLE EXCLAIMING)
I stand before you prepared to elaborate on my crime.
Stop talking, David.
You're out of order, Major.
I'm guilty. JACK: No, he's not.
The prosecution will stand down.
I can't go along with this anymore.
This was all a setup. David Shepherd was framed.
He's not a traitor. I am, Silas is.
Silence.
There's been silence for too Iong. I am guilty.
But not more so than my father,
who colluded to have David found a traitor,
when he is anything but. Shut up!
King Silas framed this entire case.
Coerced witnesses, faked evidence, convinced me to Iie against David.
But I see now that David is a better man than the rest of us.
Innocent, deserving respect.
What do you know about respect?
You never had it, you never did...
He's innocent, it's over. He's admitted guilt!
You're no King.
And you're no Prince, you faggot!
(PEOPLE EXCLAIMING)
Guards, arrest Major Benjamin now!
David Shepherd, you are guilty of treason.
Take him away. Take him away!
You Iied to everyone.
You're a traitor. You're both traitors. You're all traitors!
(SIRENS BLARING)
PROTESTORS: (CHANTING) Down with Silas! Down with Silas!
(PROTESTERS CLAMORING)
Stop where you are.
So this is it? Not even a trial?
We have their allegiance now.
The King's own guardsmen follow you,
as do all Silas' generals.
I couldn't watch him do that to David. I'm sorry.
Don't be. You were perfect.
After seeing what Silas really is,
they'II be begging for his replacement.
Only one thing changes.
What?
No more waiting. We act now.
Sir.
(GUN COCKING)
And the country will have its new King.