1 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:13,040 [Uhtred] I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred. 2 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:16,720 After rightfully killing a turbulent priest, 3 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:21,360 I made my escape by threatening the life of the king. 4 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:26,000 I am now an outlaw and banished from Winchester. 5 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:28,520 Alfred is dying, 6 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:32,200 and to secure the position of his son Edward as his heir, 7 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:34,320 he has arranged a marriage. 8 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:38,040 In his own desire for the crown, 9 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:41,160 Aethelwold has been found guilty of treason. 10 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:42,760 The punishment is blinding. 11 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:44,800 [screaming] 12 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:47,800 Does the challenge to Edward begin here or not? 13 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:50,160 Edward cannot succeed. 14 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:52,520 [Uhtred] The Danes Aethelwold did side with 15 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:56,720 await Alfred's imminent death before marching against Wessex. 16 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:59,800 We have swords in hand and a battle ahead of us! 17 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:01,800 [all cheering] 18 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:04,400 [Uhtred] I have returned to Winchester in secret, 19 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:06,000 to seek help for my sister Thyra. 20 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:09,680 Ragnar's trapped in Niflheim. Only your blood can save him now. 21 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:12,200 [Aethelwold] Surround the house. Do it now. 22 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:15,200 [Uhtred] Wessex is in greater turmoil than ever before, 23 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:18,200 and terror fills the hearts of the people. 24 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:20,480 [Beocca] My own wife has dug out a hiding hole. 25 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:21,640 In fear of her life. 26 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:23,560 She has been threatened by who? 27 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:27,000 By people who themselves are afraid of life without their king. 28 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:28,760 Uhtred is here. 29 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:32,400 You can have him executed, or you can speak with him. 30 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:38,080 [Uhtred] And so I find myself waiting for a king at the end of his days. 31 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:41,160 Destiny is all. 32 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:50,600 [Alfred] It is a chronicle. 33 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:54,320 The pages. 34 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:02,360 It is a chronicle of Wessex. 35 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:07,320 It will include my life as king... 36 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:14,000 from the moment of my brother's death until now. 37 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:18,720 Songs of a kind. 38 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:21,680 None of which will mention Uhtred of Bebbanburg. 39 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:28,320 Men will remember what I have done. 40 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:35,000 But men will die, as we all must. 41 00:02:37,640 --> 00:02:39,360 These pages will remain. 42 00:02:40,640 --> 00:02:44,880 The act of committing ink to parchment gives a deed permanence. 43 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:46,840 If it is not burned. 44 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:51,160 If it is preserved, yes. 45 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:53,040 And in one hundred years from now, 46 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:57,600 learned people will read or recite what is written, and Alfred will appear. 47 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:01,000 They will know nothing of the Lord Uhtred... 48 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:05,160 nor of your... 49 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:07,680 loyalty... 50 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:11,360 advice... 51 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:14,440 bravery... 52 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:17,520 courage... 53 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:20,600 and insolence. 54 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:31,040 Why are you here? 55 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:35,480 In Winchester? 56 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:36,960 In this room. 57 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:39,440 I was told you wished to speak. 58 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:43,280 Why grant me that wish? What is it you want from me? 59 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:48,640 What is it you would say to me, while I am still able to listen? 60 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:55,640 If I were to say one thing, it would be that I could never have killed you. 61 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:59,400 When I held the knife to your throat, I could never have taken your life. 62 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:01,520 I would have beaten you, gladly. 63 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:05,600 But I would never be the man who killed Alfred, King of Saxons. 64 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:09,520 Killing me would have earned you a place in these pages. 65 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:12,120 I would not want such a deed written. 66 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:14,640 Besides, I've earned my place in these pages. 67 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:21,480 But every lord is the hero of his own songs. 68 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:23,440 I understand my absence. 69 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:29,280 It will not be written that Alfred did stand on Uhtred's shoulders. 70 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:33,200 Many times. 71 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:38,000 But I know it to be true. 72 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:42,480 Thank you, Lord. 73 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:46,280 [Alfred breathing heavily] 74 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:56,760 Do you believe I could end your life? You are an outlaw. 75 00:04:57,840 --> 00:05:02,800 It would be written that Alfred, frail and sick, 76 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:07,920 did find the strength to slay the warrior Uhtred Ragnarson. 77 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:14,680 -That will not happen. -Because I lack the will? 78 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:16,120 Because we are bonded. 79 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:20,240 You cannot kill me, just as I cannot kill you. 80 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:33,960 [exhales] 81 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:37,640 [panting] 82 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:39,640 My sword is heavy. 83 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:48,200 I must sit. 84 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:52,480 There is wine in the jug, if you would pour it. 85 00:06:09,840 --> 00:06:12,720 For Edward and his bride. May they be well. 86 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:15,760 May God protect them. 87 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:23,200 I say "may God protect them," but God often works through men. 88 00:06:25,280 --> 00:06:27,720 He has worked through you in the past. I know it. 89 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:32,400 No man alone could break the shield wall as you did at Ethandun. 90 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:34,480 I am heathen, Lord. 91 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:37,920 -You are baptized. -I believe in the old gods. 92 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:40,520 [Alfred] The devil, too, works through men. 93 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:43,280 My death will bring the devil in some men to the fore. 94 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:47,400 Even good men will be tempted by greed, power, glory, even. 95 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:50,480 -Christian men? -Ah, yes. 96 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:53,920 They sit in my hall as we speak. 97 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:57,840 They eat my food, they drink my wine and ale, 98 00:06:58,840 --> 00:07:02,360 and they raise a cup to the happy pair. 99 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:03,360 [inaudible] 100 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:05,080 May God help them. 101 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:15,560 [theme music playing] 102 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:55,480 [indistinct chatter] 103 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:57,680 Very well. Good. 104 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:00,360 Lord Aethelhelm. 105 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:05,640 May I congratulate you on your new status as father-in-law to an aetheling. 106 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:12,960 Should you not cover that wound? I find it ugly, off-putting. 107 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:14,800 Oh, you refer to my eye? 108 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:19,040 I see it as a reminder of my loyalty to the Crown, 109 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:21,680 wherever the crown may eventually rest. 110 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:23,640 The crown will rest on Edward's head. 111 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:27,160 Mmm, with luck, but that is just one possibility. 112 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:32,159 Witans and ealdormen are unpredictable beasts and we are in uncertain times. 113 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:35,200 I hope that you are drunk. You are certainly offensive. 114 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:37,600 You are not Edward's first father-in-law. 115 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:41,120 He claims his bastard children to be legitimate. 116 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:45,360 Edward has been married once before, but only the once. 117 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:49,960 If the bastards were not bastards, I would know. 118 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:53,840 [Aethelwold] You should have been told as you are a most powerful ally. 119 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:56,320 The children are the result of wild oats. 120 00:08:56,400 --> 00:09:01,040 They are the result of oats sown in love. Edward's choice of words, apparently. 121 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:05,560 [Steapa] Lord, I am to remind you that your place is not at this table. 122 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:12,760 Agreed, Steapa. My rightful place is not at this table. 123 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:15,920 It has been a pleasure speaking with you, Lord. 124 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:20,360 Pardon my eye, or, rather, its absence. 125 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:26,280 There's a sense of unrest about Winchester. 126 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:28,840 There is a sense of unrest at this table. 127 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:34,280 Aldhelm, have a messenger return to Mercia. 128 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:37,000 I would like the comfort of further hearth-guards. 129 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:39,600 That is not necessary, not at all. 130 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:44,000 Your father could be lying dead as we speak and then what would happen? 131 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:47,680 Aldhelm, the messenger. 132 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:49,280 Yes, Lord. 133 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:53,040 The king is where, Beocca? His chamber? 134 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:55,520 He is resting, Lady. That is all I know. 135 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:57,080 I shall find him. 136 00:09:57,160 --> 00:09:59,240 He did appear exhausted, Lady. 137 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:02,360 He never tires of his wife. Never. 138 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:12,120 You should mention to Lord Aethelhelm that you fear Uhtred Ragnarson is nearby. 139 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:14,960 -We do not know if that is true. -Of course it is true. 140 00:10:15,680 --> 00:10:17,640 If his men are here, Uhtred is here. 141 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:20,400 He is here for revenge. 142 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:24,240 That is the truth we shall continue to tell. 143 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:35,960 Lord, I would like to understand why you brought my children to Winchester... 144 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:40,200 and why you saw fit to have them baptized. 145 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:41,920 It was done to damn you. 146 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:45,920 To inflict pain, possibly. 147 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:51,640 I try to make decisions rationally. 148 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:56,440 However, taking your children was not a rational decision. 149 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:58,680 It was thoughtless. It was selfish. 150 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:01,320 They have been treated well. 151 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:04,880 And you are not the best of fathers. 152 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:08,240 I was not allowed to be their father. I'm banished. 153 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:10,200 You killed a man inside this palace. 154 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:17,440 Though I admit, there was provocation. 155 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:21,880 And I was wrong in both my judgment and my punishment. 156 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:26,520 I did not give you the respect nor trust that you deserved. 157 00:11:27,680 --> 00:11:28,680 I was afraid. 158 00:11:30,560 --> 00:11:31,480 I am afraid. 159 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:36,640 Not of you, not of death... 160 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:41,160 but of losing everything that Wessex has become, 161 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:45,600 everything that is written here in these pages. 162 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:51,160 My work must continue. 163 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:55,720 This land must grow. 164 00:11:56,480 --> 00:12:02,720 An England must emerge and God must be praised. 165 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:08,200 We are and we remain the last true Saxon kingdom. 166 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:11,280 We cannot go on building walls between the tribes. 167 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:13,280 Similarly, we cannot be overrun. 168 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:19,040 That would render my time as worthless. 169 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:25,400 My father's time, my brothers' time, it would have all have been wasted. 170 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:28,440 Lord. 171 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:31,320 I was told you were resting. 172 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:34,320 Why is he here? 173 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:37,600 Uhtred is here at my invitation. 174 00:12:37,680 --> 00:12:40,680 You did say that if he were to set foot in Wessex once more, 175 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:42,720 he would be executed. 176 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:45,280 And now I have other words to say. 177 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:49,000 If you would leave us, 178 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:53,440 and if you would say nothing of Uhtred to our guests, to any man? 179 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:57,320 I don't understand why you invite our enemies to eat at our table. 180 00:12:57,920 --> 00:12:59,920 First Aethelwold, and now him. 181 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:00,920 Lady. 182 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,360 Lord King, there must be no more forgiveness. 183 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:04,720 It makes you appear weak. 184 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:07,600 My dear, you have been invited to leave us. 185 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:12,480 And you will do what? Ask him to stand at Edward's side? 186 00:13:12,560 --> 00:13:13,440 I will decline. 187 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:15,520 I will not have it! 188 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:17,440 Aelswith, you will leave us. 189 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:26,400 -[door slams] -[breathes deeply] 190 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:33,240 She is angry because I am dying. 191 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:38,640 And that does not make her heartless. It is her heart that is hurting. 192 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:47,480 [coughing] 193 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:51,040 Like me... 194 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:56,240 like many in Wessex perhaps... 195 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:00,600 my wife is afraid... 196 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:04,320 of this. 197 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:07,200 Of what will be written from this day on. 198 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:14,200 The uncertainty of what comes next. 199 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:22,360 What comes next, Lord, is life. It continues. It always will. 200 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:26,200 But in which direction? Who will reign? Which God will be praised? 201 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:29,200 Which language spoken? What laws will prevail? 202 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:33,720 You have had your time. Soon it will be the turn of others. 203 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:39,600 God, or the gods... 204 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:42,400 they will decide. 205 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:47,440 Agreed. 206 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:55,080 [breathing heavily] 207 00:14:58,080 --> 00:14:59,080 But... 208 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:04,480 my last act, for my God, 209 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:07,200 must be to ensure that good men hold power. 210 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:08,840 That is what I must do. 211 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:12,920 And that is why you are here, in this room. 212 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:26,840 [Aelswith] You will not rush off immediately, 213 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:30,600 but I would like guards placed in every corridor of the palace. 214 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:33,080 The outlaw Uhtred is here. 215 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:36,640 He is to leave the palace immediately after leaving the king. 216 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:40,800 -He'll be dealt with in the days to come. -Yes, Lady. 217 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:48,480 [Edward] Mother... 218 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:50,880 you seem concerned. 219 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:52,880 Is it the king? 220 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:54,240 No. 221 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:56,320 No. 222 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:59,880 It is the worry of a celebration, nothing more. 223 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:03,160 Soon they will all be drunk and vomiting. 224 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:05,480 I shall be able to breathe then. 225 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:07,440 And the truth is what? 226 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:12,160 The truth is we are living in different and dangerous times. 227 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:16,320 You will need all of your resolve. 228 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:19,200 Smile. 229 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:28,560 [Alfred] It seems just yesterday... 230 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:36,400 that I gave Edward over to you as a dying infant. 231 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:42,400 I feared my prayers had not been answered, 232 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:48,640 and I gave him to you... 233 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:52,280 and to Iseult. 234 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:55,280 You remember her. 235 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:57,400 Always. 236 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:14,359 Uhtred... 237 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:20,920 I wish to give over to you my son, for a second time, 238 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:24,920 and for the same reason as the first. To ensure he lives. 239 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:27,400 Say nothing. Say nothing. Not yet. 240 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:34,560 All I ask is that you remain in Winchester until he is crowned king. 241 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:36,160 Then you can do as you please. 242 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:39,200 You can go north. You can reclaim your lands. 243 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:41,640 I am an outlaw, Lord. 244 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:44,000 No longer. 245 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:49,520 You are hereby... 246 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:52,400 pardoned. 247 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:03,040 On condition I agree to remain in Winchester? 248 00:18:03,120 --> 00:18:05,640 You are pardoned regardless of your decision. 249 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:10,960 And if beyond that door my wife has summoned guards, which is likely, 250 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:13,280 I will dismiss them. 251 00:18:26,120 --> 00:18:27,600 I have made my peace. 252 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:34,800 I have made my request. I do not require an answer. 253 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:38,640 Thank you, Lord... 254 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:43,960 for correcting your mistake. 255 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:50,560 I should have closed my eyes and rattled at Heaven's gates some time ago. 256 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:54,760 It was the hope of this meeting that has kept me alive. 257 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:04,440 To Uhtred, the true Lord of Bebbanburg... 258 00:19:09,120 --> 00:19:14,960 a man I have never understood, but without whom I would not die a king. 259 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:23,200 [knock on door] 260 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:27,560 -[Aethelred] Go away! -[Aldhelm] Lord, it is Aldhelm. 261 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:32,400 [Aethelred] What? 262 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:34,760 What? 263 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:39,280 Lord, I did not dispatch the messenger. 264 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:42,080 To summon further guards? 265 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:45,280 We have a good number of men here, 266 00:19:45,360 --> 00:19:48,040 and sending for more could suggest aggression, I feel. 267 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:49,840 You're saying you disobeyed me? 268 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:52,960 I am giving you counsel, Lord. Why bring men south now, 269 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:55,760 when the Danes must be readying themselves for battle-- 270 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:58,600 You were disobeying me. Do not dare dress it as counsel. 271 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:01,160 It is becoming a habit, I have noticed. 272 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:04,720 As I've noticed your soft eyes for my wife. 273 00:20:06,120 --> 00:20:07,320 It is counsel, Lord. 274 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:09,520 Do not fall under her spell. 275 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:13,640 Bed her, yes, and give me the satisfaction of divorce, 276 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:15,000 but do not dare love her! 277 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,040 On the day that Alfred dies, I shall become King of Mercia, 278 00:20:19,120 --> 00:20:20,240 that very day. 279 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:22,720 And I shall announce it here in Winchester. 280 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:25,080 That is not aggression, that is fact. 281 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:28,720 You will send for further guards, 50 or more, immediately. 282 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:54,400 You should be under furs, woman, with me. 283 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:56,720 [Brida sighs] 284 00:20:56,800 --> 00:21:00,680 War is near and I want to enjoy all of you while there's time. 285 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:01,720 [kisses] 286 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:06,840 You sent Aethelwold to kill Uhtred. 287 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:10,600 You must have some belief in him. 288 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:18,960 I sent him to Winchester to sow unrest and to raise an army of Saxons, 289 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:22,760 and if the chance arises, kill Uhtred. 290 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:33,240 Men are saying freely it was him who killed Ragnar. 291 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:37,640 Aethelwold? You believe that? 292 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:41,080 -Is it true? -Come to bed. Lie with me. 293 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:44,720 Answer me truthfully. Was it him? 294 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:47,240 -Truthfully, I do not know. -[Brida sighs] 295 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:49,480 But for now, I need Aethelwold alive. 296 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:53,400 Once he has served his purpose, I will kill him. 297 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:54,400 Was it him? 298 00:21:56,040 --> 00:22:00,920 He was in fear of Ragnar. That is all I know. 299 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:04,600 Then he's mine to kill. 300 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:07,640 Only mine. 301 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:11,480 When battle comes, he must be protected. 302 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:15,040 -He's mine. -Very well. 303 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:24,200 -I'm cold. -Then go to bed. 304 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:27,920 I'll follow. 305 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:39,680 [indistinct chatter] 306 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:46,080 Dane. 307 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:48,880 -Say it. -[Thyra scoffs] 308 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:50,760 Say you're a Dane. 309 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:55,320 [chuckles] Dane whore. Say it. 310 00:22:57,800 --> 00:22:58,640 Say it! 311 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:02,640 I am proud to be a Dane and to be the wife of a Saxon priest. 312 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:04,000 I am of two peoples. 313 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:06,560 "I am of two peoples." That doesn't make sense. 314 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:07,880 I wish to live in peace. 315 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:10,520 You are a Dane... and nothing more. 316 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:13,080 You will let her pass or I will have your balls. 317 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:16,400 Thyra, my apologies. Tidman's head is hollow. 318 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:20,160 -My head is fine. -Yes, it would make a fine bucket. 319 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:21,800 It was a game. 320 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:25,720 If you wish to torment her, then do it where you cannot be seen. 321 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:28,120 It was a game. 322 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:30,160 [indistinct chatter] 323 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:36,960 -[Aethelwold] Uhtred has been pardoned. -He is in Winchester? 324 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:40,040 -Did I not say I could smell him? -What now? 325 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:45,480 He cannot be allowed to ally himself to Edward. 326 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:48,280 One, or preferably both of them, must die. 327 00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:50,920 Edward would be easier to kill. 328 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:54,280 Outside. Outside, all of you! 329 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:03,040 Could you not keep control of your tongue? What you speak of is treachery! 330 00:24:03,120 --> 00:24:07,680 No, it is not treachery, it is the way. Edward dies, I claim the crown, 331 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:11,280 we survive the Danes and Lord Sigebriht counts his silver. 332 00:24:11,360 --> 00:24:13,520 Above all, we survive. 333 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:18,040 What is required now is for Alfred to roll over and die. 334 00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:27,000 [Finan] It may be months before Edward's king. 335 00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:28,840 By then the Danes will be marching. 336 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:32,760 Alfred will be gone much sooner even than one month. It will be days. 337 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:35,440 Then there's the argument, for want of a better word. 338 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:37,680 Edward is not every Saxon's choice for king. 339 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:40,040 [Finan] Judging by the cackle in the alehouse, 340 00:24:40,120 --> 00:24:43,440 -Edward is not any man's choice. -[Uhtred] Men are saying what? 341 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:47,360 [Sihtric] Edward looks like a woman's arse and you are here to kill him. 342 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:51,120 [Beocca] News of your pardon will change what people say. Thyra? 343 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:55,440 Thyra... what is it? 344 00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:57,920 Why the tears? 345 00:24:59,920 --> 00:25:02,240 [Uhtred] Maybe you should let me speak to this man. 346 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:04,000 I'm quite capable. She's my wife. 347 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:07,480 -Yes, but you have a temper. -I do, and it's up. 348 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:12,440 Tidman! I'm looking for a rat named Tidman! 349 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:15,720 Are you Tidman? 350 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:20,680 -I asked, "Are you Tidman?" -Father Beocca, good morning. 351 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:25,120 And Uhtred, free man of Wessex. 352 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:28,360 I'm looking for a man named Tidman. Does the coward belong to you? 353 00:25:29,360 --> 00:25:31,640 -He does not. -I am not a coward. 354 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:37,080 What is it you want, priest? 355 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:41,440 What I want, oaf, is for you to heed my warning. 356 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:45,480 Speak to or go near my wife again and I shall beat the shit from you! 357 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:47,960 -[Aethelwold] Oh, well said. -It is a promise. 358 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:51,400 I called your woman a Dane. Is that... is that not what she is? 359 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:53,000 Have you not understood me? 360 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:55,960 You don't appear to be the cleverest of men. 361 00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:59,160 -Do you speak to me as a man or a priest? -[groans] 362 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:02,840 Does that answer your question? Does that answer your question? 363 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:06,800 -I do not hide beneath these robes! -[Uhtred] Beocca, enough! No more! 364 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:13,840 Bastard! She's a woman! A gentle woman, and she's suffered enough! 365 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:18,240 I'm warning you once! 366 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:23,800 I'm calm. I am calm now. 367 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:28,880 [all] Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hey! Hey! 368 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:33,600 [Beocca] I'm calm. 369 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:41,080 This rotten air that fills Winchester is due to you and the likes of you. 370 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:45,560 England is a land for all tribes who wish to settle and live in peace. 371 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:49,720 Your father would be ashamed of you. 372 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:55,960 [Uhtred] Go with him. 373 00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:58,560 I fear the priest does not like me. 374 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:02,160 No man likes you, Aethelwold. Your soul is as scarred as your face. 375 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:04,800 Courtesy of my Uncle Alfred in his mercy. 376 00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:10,120 Why are you here? Do you still dream you can be king? 377 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:12,240 It is my home and I will not move. 378 00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:16,120 This is a land I love. Can you say the same? 379 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:19,160 Ah, Uhtred, I am tired of listening to this squirrel's arse. 380 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:23,720 Let me offer you a cup of ale. 381 00:27:25,120 --> 00:27:28,960 Come inside and sit with me. Let me convince you I am for Wessex. 382 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:30,520 Hear me. 383 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:33,640 Please. 384 00:27:56,120 --> 00:27:57,040 Lord Uhtred. 385 00:27:57,960 --> 00:27:59,160 [Uhtred] Lord Sigebriht. 386 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:02,640 You stand with Aethelwold? 387 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:06,440 -[Aethelwold] Sigebriht has his own mind. -I stand for a strong Wessex. 388 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:10,520 Where exactly do you stand, Lord, may I ask? 389 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:12,240 Is it with Edward? 390 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:15,560 You say it as though there are men against Edward. 391 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:17,320 There are men who doubt him, yes. 392 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:19,680 But if Uhtred were to stand alongside him-- 393 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:24,840 I was at Ethandun. I stood beside you in a shield wall. 394 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:26,400 He is barely a man. 395 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:30,720 And Alfred could barely lift a sword above his head, yet he was a man to follow. 396 00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:35,200 I say again, Edward is not Alfred. He is not a man to follow. 397 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:38,240 -The Danes know this. -You're still with them. Admit it. 398 00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:39,800 [Aethelwold] I am for Wessex. 399 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:44,200 Lord, you did not answer my question. Where does Uhtred stand? 400 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:06,080 If he is to stand with Edward, what then? 401 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:08,920 I have said. They must die. 402 00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:13,280 [choir singing] 403 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:33,000 I know this is an inopportune moment, but I must ask. 404 00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:38,600 Why was I not told that Edward had been married previously? 405 00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:45,360 That his children were born in this marriage? 406 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:53,400 Do these children have standing at all? 407 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:57,160 You were not told, Lord, because it is unimportant. 408 00:29:57,800 --> 00:29:59,840 The marriage is the past. 409 00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:02,840 The children are bastards, I can assure you. 410 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:05,680 Would it not be simpler... 411 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:10,920 if these children also did not exist? 412 00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:16,200 For Edward and the children that may come. 413 00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:19,080 Perhaps if... 414 00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:27,840 if they were truly nothing more than rumor? 415 00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:31,920 Something to ponder. 416 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:36,960 If you would excuse me. 417 00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:57,480 I struggle to understand the king's thinking. 418 00:30:57,920 --> 00:30:59,960 Why he panders to you is beyond me. 419 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:04,240 You neither appreciate his trust, nor deserve it. 420 00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:06,480 The king is a clever man. 421 00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:08,720 You are not. 422 00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:15,920 Lord... 423 00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:20,120 I am not an enemy of the king. 424 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:26,400 Even if that were true, what you are is a most dangerous ally. 425 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:29,880 With Alfred that might be acceptable. 426 00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:32,360 He is more than your equal. 427 00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:34,600 But Edward is not. 428 00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:37,960 And I, for one, shall do my utmost 429 00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:41,440 to keep you as far away from the boy as possible. 430 00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:45,080 Thank you, Lord. That would be most appreciated. 431 00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:47,880 Childish... 432 00:31:49,280 --> 00:31:50,280 and reckless. 433 00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:58,320 I have been told, by Aelswith no less, 434 00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:01,240 that you are not to wander the palace corridors without a guard. 435 00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:07,960 Say it. 436 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:11,360 -Whatever's on your mind. -I have no place. 437 00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:16,720 I'm not a husband. I am not Uhtred of Coccham, 438 00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:18,640 not Uhtred of Bebbanburg. 439 00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:21,440 I'm not Uhtred Ragnarson. 440 00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:25,360 I am not even an outlaw anymore. 441 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:29,560 I would say you're each and all of those men. 442 00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:33,080 Especially the outlaw, as you'll never conform. [chuckles] 443 00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:38,040 You'll only follow what you truly believe, and that is no bad thing. 444 00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:41,240 The only thing you're not is cursed. 445 00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:45,600 You're a free man. Your path is your own. 446 00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:52,640 You have a choice to make, Uhtred. That is all. 447 00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:59,040 Then I choose you as my greatest friend. 448 00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:03,320 -You are an abbess and a warrior. -True. 449 00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:06,880 And have I ever mentioned that you are too good a woman for God alone? 450 00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:10,960 -[chuckles] Once or twice. -That is true. 451 00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:19,000 The abbess has me shackled, Lady. I'm her prisoner. 452 00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:23,680 Abbess Hild, be sure to wash your hands. 453 00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:33,920 Winchester is a better place when you are here. 454 00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:36,320 Know that much. 455 00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:40,560 [all clamoring] 456 00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:44,680 [exclaims] 457 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:52,640 [Haesten] Cnut! Cnut! Put an end to this before someone picks up a sword. 458 00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:55,520 Just a little while longer. They need the taste of blood. 459 00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:58,680 They need use of their limbs. 460 00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:02,440 We need them to fight the Saxons! 461 00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:04,480 Which will be soon, Haesten, my friend. 462 00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:08,520 I can feel it. I can feel it in my balls! 463 00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:09,719 [yelling] 464 00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:16,159 [Cnut] Come here! Come here! 465 00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:35,920 [Uhtred] Lord King. 466 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:44,560 [Alfred breathing raggedly] 467 00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:47,480 [weakly] Uhtred. 468 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:52,280 Are you here or is it my sickness? 469 00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:56,040 I wish to tell you that I will remain in Winchester 470 00:34:56,120 --> 00:34:58,040 until Edward is crowned king. 471 00:35:00,240 --> 00:35:01,160 I swear. 472 00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:22,200 [breathing weakly] 473 00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:31,920 [Aelswith] I intend to show Lord Aethelhelm the chronicle this evening. 474 00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:33,880 Do you agree? 475 00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:40,600 I do. 476 00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:47,760 Invest him in the history of Wessex. 477 00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:53,440 Bind him and his wealth. 478 00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:55,240 Yes. 479 00:35:56,440 --> 00:36:00,000 I have asked Edward to attend, and his bride. 480 00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:11,960 Lord, forgive me, but there is one matter that concerns me greatly. 481 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:14,960 I cannot remain silent. 482 00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:19,040 Uhtred. 483 00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:23,960 What you have done is wrong. 484 00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:28,880 By pardoning the outlaw, you have opened the door to him becoming Edward's advisor. 485 00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:34,400 I know this is your intention, but it is wrong. 486 00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:37,720 Necessary. 487 00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:39,920 It is not. 488 00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:42,680 For England, it is necessary. 489 00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:55,800 [Aelswith] Edward cannot be God's king and England cannot be God's country, 490 00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:58,720 if it is a pagan who guides him and us. 491 00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:02,000 Why are the Danes forever at our door? 492 00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:07,320 Because we are being punished, Lord, for the presence of this heathen. 493 00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:10,120 He is for England. 494 00:37:10,720 --> 00:37:12,200 [Aelswith] He is an outlaw. 495 00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:17,240 [softly] My England... 496 00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:22,080 my love. 497 00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:28,720 [Aelswith] He is an outlaw. He must be treated as such. 498 00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:33,920 I will not go against you, Lord. I could not. 499 00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:39,920 And so I ask you, rescind what you have done. 500 00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:47,600 Lord King... 501 00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:55,080 [gasps] 502 00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:16,760 [crying] 503 00:38:25,800 --> 00:38:26,880 [Aelswith] Who is it? 504 00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:28,920 It is me, Father Beocca. 505 00:38:43,240 --> 00:38:44,640 [Beocca] He is with God now. 506 00:38:45,960 --> 00:38:50,360 Of that there can be no doubt. My king is with his God. 507 00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:58,160 He cannot be gone. His work is not finished. 508 00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:04,080 Where is England? Where is the one united land? 509 00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:08,960 That was his purpose. He has work unfinished. 510 00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:14,360 He cannot be gone. God would not allow it. 511 00:39:18,240 --> 00:39:22,560 He will have been comforted that you were with him, Lady, at the last. 512 00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:32,720 You know of his death, 513 00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:39,520 and I will tell his children, 514 00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:41,360 but that is all. 515 00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:45,160 I do not feel able... 516 00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:50,160 He was loved by the people. 517 00:39:50,240 --> 00:39:51,920 They will want to grieve. 518 00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:54,760 His people must be told. 519 00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:01,120 I'm afraid. 520 00:40:05,720 --> 00:40:06,560 He's gone. 521 00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:08,960 [Beocca] But his spirit is within us. 522 00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:13,480 We must pray to God for his help and guidance. 523 00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:17,560 And as Alfred is with God, he will ensure that we are heard. 524 00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:20,720 He was sickly... 525 00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:24,040 but he was here. 526 00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:29,640 [crying] And now he is not. 527 00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:41,240 I shall... I shall fetch his children myself. 528 00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:44,040 [Beocca sniffles] 529 00:40:44,120 --> 00:40:48,520 [door opens and closes] 530 00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:10,240 I loved you, Lord King. 531 00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:14,320 Heaven shall be your reward. 532 00:41:14,920 --> 00:41:16,800 And I pray that one day... 533 00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:20,760 we shall meet again. 534 00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:34,920 [praying] 535 00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:55,840 I did not love him for quite some time. 536 00:41:58,480 --> 00:42:01,280 As a young man, he behaved as a young man. 537 00:42:02,800 --> 00:42:04,000 I could not forgive him. 538 00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:10,760 And then, without being aware of why, 539 00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:17,840 I realized that I did love him, with all my heart and mind. 540 00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:24,360 I saw that he needed me. 541 00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:31,880 I knew that without me he could not be the king that God demanded. 542 00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:37,240 He has visited the Holy Father, in Rome. 543 00:42:38,560 --> 00:42:39,560 Did you know? 544 00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:41,200 I did. 545 00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:47,560 He was a child then... a baby. 546 00:42:49,680 --> 00:42:51,560 A life passes so quickly. 547 00:42:55,560 --> 00:42:57,640 Edward, you shall fetch Father Beocca. 548 00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:03,840 We shall prepare for the first day in a new land. 549 00:43:15,320 --> 00:43:16,600 [Aelswith] Father Beocca, 550 00:43:17,240 --> 00:43:21,800 my husband appreciated your loyalty, advice and your faith in him. 551 00:43:22,520 --> 00:43:23,600 [Beocca] A privilege. 552 00:43:23,680 --> 00:43:25,840 [Aelswith] You have my most sincere thanks. 553 00:43:26,320 --> 00:43:27,600 [Beocca] An honor, Lady. 554 00:43:31,040 --> 00:43:32,840 Alfred is gone. 555 00:43:35,200 --> 00:43:39,800 You were the king's priest, and as such, you no longer have a role. 556 00:43:42,720 --> 00:43:46,400 Bishop Erkenwald has agreed that you may speak at the king's service, 557 00:43:46,480 --> 00:43:49,080 but that must be your final duty within the palace. 558 00:43:50,200 --> 00:43:53,200 You are bonded with heathens, Father Beocca. 559 00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:59,000 Edward must be God's king. Bishop Erkenwald agrees. 560 00:44:01,720 --> 00:44:03,560 Which heathens would they be, Lady? 561 00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:06,880 My wife's Christian. She's been baptized. 562 00:44:08,160 --> 00:44:12,920 You are, and you shall always be, a protector of Uhtred. 563 00:44:14,040 --> 00:44:15,640 Uhtred does not need my protection. 564 00:44:15,720 --> 00:44:17,600 You are bonded with heathens. 565 00:44:18,480 --> 00:44:21,600 Edward must look to God and only to God. 566 00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:25,120 You will tell your friend Uhtred that his pardon is to be rescinded. 567 00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:28,280 But the letter is written in the king's hand. 568 00:44:28,360 --> 00:44:31,120 He must leave Winchester or I shall have him taken. 569 00:44:32,240 --> 00:44:36,880 A man cannot threaten to kill a king and go unpunished. 570 00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:44,760 [Beocca] Lady! 571 00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:50,400 For my part, I do not care if I serve God in the palace of Winchester 572 00:44:50,480 --> 00:44:52,120 or the middle of a barren field. 573 00:44:53,240 --> 00:44:57,920 But in rescinding a royal pardon, I fear you're making a mistake. 574 00:44:58,880 --> 00:45:01,640 The Danes will hear about it and it will embolden them. 575 00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:05,040 And your son Edward is not yet a commander. 576 00:45:06,840 --> 00:45:10,680 If God is with us, then we shall win. 577 00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:22,680 I will not leave Winchester, I cannot. 578 00:45:22,760 --> 00:45:25,960 -You can and you must. -Not until Edward is king. 579 00:45:26,880 --> 00:45:28,480 You promised Alfred this? 580 00:45:30,520 --> 00:45:31,440 I did. 581 00:45:32,520 --> 00:45:34,160 [Finan] If the pardon does not hold, 582 00:45:34,240 --> 00:45:37,280 then you cannot stay and wait to be imprisoned and killed. 583 00:45:37,360 --> 00:45:38,720 [Thyra] Where should he go? 584 00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:41,480 Anywhere a horse can take him. Anywhere a ship can go. 585 00:45:41,560 --> 00:45:45,080 Uhtred came here for a reason. He came for Ragnar's blood. 586 00:45:45,160 --> 00:45:46,760 He has a task to fulfill. 587 00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:49,640 The blood must be kept safe. 588 00:45:53,280 --> 00:45:56,640 A battle is coming. You must choose a side. 589 00:45:56,720 --> 00:45:59,200 The problem being is neither side wants him. 590 00:45:59,280 --> 00:46:00,200 [chuckles] 591 00:46:00,280 --> 00:46:03,800 Which is a further reason why you must stay. Wait for Edward. 592 00:46:04,920 --> 00:46:08,200 Which is why Alfred asked you for what seemed a simple promise. 593 00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:10,560 Bastard thinks. 594 00:46:10,640 --> 00:46:13,920 He knows your honor, Uhtred. That is all. 595 00:46:15,880 --> 00:46:17,880 [choir singing] 596 00:47:18,080 --> 00:47:20,160 You should not be here, Dane. 597 00:47:25,880 --> 00:47:27,240 [Beocca] The king is dead. 598 00:47:27,320 --> 00:47:32,400 So together we pray for his soul, and for his successor, Edward. 599 00:47:33,600 --> 00:47:36,360 May God guide and protect him always. 600 00:47:38,520 --> 00:47:41,800 May God surround him with strength and wisdom. 601 00:47:43,160 --> 00:47:45,280 -Amen. -[all] Amen. 602 00:47:46,840 --> 00:47:48,320 [singing continues] 603 00:47:50,560 --> 00:47:54,560 [Steapa] Lord, I have orders to kill you, should you not leave the hall quietly. 604 00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:06,000 [singing continues] 605 00:48:24,920 --> 00:48:29,240 [Finan] Steapa, what is this? Hmm? What is this? 606 00:48:30,760 --> 00:48:33,560 Finan, do nothing. 607 00:48:34,160 --> 00:48:35,200 He's a free man. 608 00:48:48,440 --> 00:48:49,480 [rock thuds] 609 00:48:54,280 --> 00:48:56,280 Do not think I am afraid of you. 610 00:49:01,080 --> 00:49:02,280 -[rock thuds] -[gasps] 611 00:49:33,000 --> 00:49:34,040 [panting] 612 00:49:47,840 --> 00:49:49,800 [thudding on door] 613 00:49:49,880 --> 00:49:52,560 [Tidman] Are you rejoicing at the king's death, bitch? 614 00:49:53,480 --> 00:49:54,520 -[thud] -[gasps] 615 00:50:03,640 --> 00:50:06,120 -[thudding continues] -[whimpers] 616 00:50:42,080 --> 00:50:43,920 [footsteps approaching] 617 00:50:51,360 --> 00:50:53,040 [floorboard creaks] 618 00:51:12,040 --> 00:51:14,080 [footsteps approaching] 619 00:51:40,080 --> 00:51:41,480 [whimpering] 620 00:51:43,960 --> 00:51:50,240 That is where you belong, in a hole, in the ground. 621 00:51:50,320 --> 00:51:51,520 [laughing] 622 00:51:56,840 --> 00:51:58,040 [choking] 623 00:52:16,960 --> 00:52:20,480 [thudding] 624 00:52:22,720 --> 00:52:24,080 [grunting] 625 00:52:25,000 --> 00:52:26,280 [Thyra] Beocca! 626 00:52:27,440 --> 00:52:29,960 Help! Help me! 627 00:52:31,120 --> 00:52:32,320 Beocca! 628 00:52:35,040 --> 00:52:36,000 Please!