1 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:13,920 [Uhtred] I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred. 2 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:16,480 After many long and patient years, 3 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:19,760 I have journeyed north to take back my birthright. 4 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:21,960 -So, Bebbanburg's weakened. -For now. 5 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:26,040 I have reunited with my son and we have begun to forge a bond. 6 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:29,600 Uhtred, you see these two monks? They’re leaving for Bebbanburg. 7 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:31,920 -Follow them. -I will try and do as you need. 8 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:36,160 And my life-long friend Beocca has joined us on this mission. 9 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:38,400 You came to help me be a better father. 10 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:40,240 Well, there is that. 11 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:42,280 In Mercia, 12 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:46,840 Lord Aethelred’s military commander Eardwulf has sought an alliance. 13 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:50,720 [Eardwulf] I heard there was a Dane willing to betray his kinsfolk for money. 14 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:53,000 Perhaps we are fated to work together... 15 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:54,880 Lord Arse-licker. 16 00:00:55,160 --> 00:01:00,880 Aethelred has now left his stronghold Aegelesburg undefended and vulnerable. 17 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:06,640 In Wessex, pressure mounts on King Edward to intervene. 18 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:09,840 -[Aelswith] Edward, you must not delay. -Enough! 19 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:12,640 I will decide how to respond to this affront and when! 20 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:16,040 And while the Saxons are in turmoil... 21 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:17,320 [Finan] Go, go, go! 22 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:20,560 ...my men and I have Bebbanburg within our grasp. 23 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:23,680 But we aren’t prepared for what lies ahead. 24 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:25,560 You have lost everything... 25 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:27,400 Osbert. 26 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:32,720 Put down the bow. 27 00:01:34,960 --> 00:01:36,360 Destiny is all. 28 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:49,680 [Wihtgar] My father's weakness drew you here as it drew me. 29 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:54,560 He could not hold his lands, so I have put him out of his misery. 30 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:58,320 Your men, to the wall. 31 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:03,000 Go. Be ready. 32 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:04,600 Move! 33 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:14,400 Have faith. Your father has escaped worse than this. 34 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:20,880 Your father stole these lands from me, when I was a boy! 35 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:23,280 And he allowed the Scots to ravage them! 36 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:26,960 If you want men to call you the true lord of Bebbanburg... 37 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:28,400 earn it! 38 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:30,720 Come down and fight me like a man! 39 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:34,280 I hold the fortress! 40 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:37,960 I have no need to fight you. 41 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:45,280 Wihtgar! Lord! 42 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:50,600 You do not know me. I was your father's priest. 43 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:54,440 I knew his strength and his flaws. 44 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:59,200 This enmity was of his making! 45 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:00,960 You have settled that! 46 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:03,280 Now let us make peace. 47 00:03:03,920 --> 00:03:06,760 You are cousins! Let this be a new beginning. 48 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:09,440 Unite against your common foe. 49 00:03:09,920 --> 00:03:12,280 Together, you can defeat the Scots, 50 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:15,680 secure your land, for the sake of your children. 51 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:17,880 For all Saxons. 52 00:03:20,920 --> 00:03:23,400 You have spent too long in Winchester, priest. 53 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:27,600 And you have forgotten the north. We do not seek peace. 54 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:31,640 You are a stranger here, Uhtred Ragnarson. 55 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:33,840 But I am wiser than my father. 56 00:03:33,920 --> 00:03:37,640 I will not leave a rival alive to challenge my birthright... 57 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:39,440 or my bloodline. 58 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:42,080 I will kill you, Uhtred. 59 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:43,080 But first... 60 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:46,120 -you will watch the death of your boy. -No! 61 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:48,320 And all the fools who followed you to your doom. 62 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:50,440 Don’t! Finan, drop your swords! 63 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:51,480 Now! 64 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:53,760 -[Beocca gasps] -[Wihtgar] This is the end, Uhtred. 65 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:56,920 Your name will be forgotten. 66 00:03:59,960 --> 00:04:01,440 -[arrow whistles] -[gasps] 67 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:14,840 [softly] Uhtred... 68 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:17,800 Beocca! 69 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:22,399 [screams] 70 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:24,320 [all grunt and yell] 71 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:29,640 No! 72 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:33,680 [Uhtred] Beocca! 73 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:36,840 [yelling and grunting] 74 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:41,720 Make for the ship! 75 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:44,520 They came from the sea gate. Destroy their ship! 76 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:49,880 [Uhtred wails] 77 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:56,640 [soundtrack music drowns him out] 78 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:01,800 [roars] 79 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:04,360 Wihtgar's gone to the walls! They'll try to sink the ship! 80 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:05,520 Lord! 81 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:06,880 -No, Lord! No! -[roars] 82 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:11,160 You cannot take him! All the men will die if you do not go now. 83 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:13,000 -[pants] -Uhtred, please! 84 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:13,920 [pained roar] 85 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:16,480 -Watch out! -[yelling] 86 00:05:18,280 --> 00:05:19,880 [roars] 87 00:05:20,840 --> 00:05:22,640 [yelling and grunting] 88 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:38,360 [grunts] 89 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:43,840 [Finan] Lord, we must go! Lord, he’s gone! Come on! 90 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:48,040 [yelling and grunting] 91 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:52,760 [groans] 92 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:57,280 [roars] 93 00:05:58,520 --> 00:05:59,920 [Wihtgar] Aim for their ship! 94 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,360 [catapult creaks] 95 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:05,200 [Sihtric] Untie the ship! Osferth, untie the ship! 96 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:07,640 [guard] Release! 97 00:06:10,840 --> 00:06:12,040 We need to leave soon! 98 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:13,880 Get in the boat! 99 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:14,800 [all groan] 100 00:06:18,280 --> 00:06:19,480 We need to get away! 101 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:22,920 Osferth, start bailing! Where is Uhtred? 102 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,040 -They're over there! -We need to go now! 103 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:25,960 [Finan] Get going! 104 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:28,920 -Go! -Get in the boat! 105 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:35,960 Lord! We don't have time! 106 00:06:37,280 --> 00:06:41,120 Uhtred, hurry! They'll try to sink the bastard boat! 107 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:44,440 -[Young Uhtred] Come on, Father! -[Finan] Ready the oars! 108 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:46,520 -[Sihtric] Easy! -[Finan] Pull! 109 00:06:54,280 --> 00:06:55,600 [Aidan] Do we follow them? 110 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:58,480 [Wihtgar] No. He has failed. 111 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:00,800 He will not last the night. 112 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:03,840 -[Finan] Pull! -[all grunting] 113 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:08,680 [Finan] Pull! 114 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:12,640 Pull! 115 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:16,800 -Pull! -[thunder rumbles] 116 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:19,720 Pull! 117 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:23,000 Pull! 118 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:32,560 [Edward] If we move forward with this, we stand a chance against Cnut’s army. 119 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:37,080 Father Pyrlig, you have news from Mercia? Does Cnut march on Wessex? 120 00:08:37,159 --> 00:08:39,520 Cnut has left Aegelesburg and is camped near Tameworthig. 121 00:08:39,919 --> 00:08:42,600 And Aethelred? Do we know where he has gone? 122 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:46,000 Aethelred has ridden into Daneland and ravages East Anglia. 123 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:48,240 He has left his lands undefended 124 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:51,480 and allowed Cnut to shatter the peace. His ambition is madness. 125 00:08:51,560 --> 00:08:54,160 And Christian men and women in Mercia are dying for it. 126 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:56,600 With Aethelred gone, they expect your aid, Lord King. 127 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:03,680 Cnut has not set a camp at Tameworthig to pillage. 128 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:08,400 He's cleverer than we imagined. 129 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:12,640 For years, he has watched us building burhs in Wessex. 130 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:16,080 This assault is a provocation to draw us out into the open 131 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:18,720 and Cnut has chosen the place where he means to fight. 132 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:23,160 There is high ground near Tameworthig. 133 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:26,840 If he waits there and we come to him, he will defeat us. 134 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:28,680 [Pyrlig] We must fight him, Lord King. 135 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:33,440 -Mercia burns like a lighted fart. -That is Aethelred's responsibility. 136 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:35,000 [Aelswith] Lord King. 137 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:39,440 We have delayed too long already. When do you ride? 138 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:43,160 My people suffer, Edward, men who fought alongside Wessex many times. 139 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:44,080 [Edward] I know it! 140 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:49,160 But you ask me to risk ten sons of Wessex to save ten sons of Mercia. 141 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:51,000 These are my people. 142 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:55,000 I will not send them to be slaughtered while Cnut sets the terms of the battle! 143 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:58,400 -And your duty to your allies, my Lord? -I am King of Wessex. 144 00:09:58,480 --> 00:09:59,800 I am sworn to protect it. 145 00:09:59,880 --> 00:10:02,160 Your father was crowned King of Wessex, 146 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:06,040 but he always sought to unite the Christian peoples. 147 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:09,280 In spirit, he was King of all Saxons. 148 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:11,720 My father is not here. 149 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:17,600 Aethelred must return. 150 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:21,000 Father Pyrlig, you will dispatch messengers to find him. 151 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:23,080 Steapa will ready our guards. 152 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:26,320 When our armies are united, we will face Cnut together. 153 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:29,800 By the time Aethelred returns, there will be no Mercia to defend. 154 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:33,320 This is your decision? 155 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:34,480 It is. 156 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:36,680 You will not oppose it. 157 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:37,800 Edward! 158 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:50,760 The Ealdormen remain in Aegelesburg? 159 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:53,800 -Any that were not killed in the attack. -Aethelflaed... 160 00:10:59,960 --> 00:11:03,240 Edward betrays his father's memory. 161 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:07,560 He acts in the interests of Wessex. Perhaps my father would've done the same. 162 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:08,840 Never! 163 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:09,960 I am Mercian. 164 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:13,480 I was married to Alfred to knit the two kingdoms together, 165 00:11:13,560 --> 00:11:15,280 as you were to Aethelred. 166 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:21,600 If Mercia falls, then Wessex stands alone against the Danes. 167 00:11:21,680 --> 00:11:25,640 My duty is now to Mercia, not Wessex. 168 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:28,360 If there is anything I can do, I must do it. 169 00:11:29,680 --> 00:11:32,280 I must go to Aegelesburg to summon the Mercian fyrds. 170 00:11:32,680 --> 00:11:36,080 Edward will see this as defiance... betrayal. 171 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:37,760 Edward is not my king. 172 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:41,200 And you will throw yourself into the path of the Danes? 173 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:43,600 Aethelflaed, you are a target! 174 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:45,480 You'll be killed... 175 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:48,680 or held for ransom and not for the first time! 176 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:50,880 There is no one else to go. 177 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:55,280 You must not tell Edward I am gone until I have left Winchester. 178 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:57,600 Promise me. 179 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:06,680 Then you must choose a place for the fyrds to assemble. 180 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:12,720 There is a valley in Tettenhall, where lesser numbers might stand a chance. 181 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:16,280 This is where you must force the Danes to fight. 182 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:17,920 The fyrds will not be enough. 183 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:20,600 I will need Edward's aid. 184 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:23,600 When you're gone, I will speak to him. 185 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:26,800 Your brother will not abandon you. 186 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:30,240 Edward will be there. 187 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:46,840 [all yelling victoriously] 188 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:56,120 [horsemen yelling victoriously] 189 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:19,040 -[Cnut] What do you have for me, Bjorgulf? -The head of a Saxon turd. 190 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:22,520 So, another village burns in Mercia! 191 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:25,520 -[Cnut roars] -[all roar] 192 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:29,760 The smell of Saxon blood stiffens our warriors for battle! 193 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:31,360 But I hope not your cock. 194 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:33,600 [warriors laugh] 195 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:40,920 [low chattering] 196 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:44,440 [distant shouts] 197 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:52,280 [neigh of horses in background] 198 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,920 I have no choice here, but to act the part of his whore. 199 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:06,040 He tries to dress me to make me his property. 200 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:08,800 I swear, I detest the man. 201 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:12,680 Come with me. I have news that will put the King in better spirits. 202 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:15,520 [pants] 203 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:16,440 [squawks] 204 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:28,520 I gave you a gift. Why are you not wearing it? 205 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:31,600 Am I not beautiful enough without it? 206 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:33,560 On the surface. 207 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:35,840 What do you want? 208 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:37,080 For you, Lord King. 209 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:39,400 Ah. 210 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:42,760 Ripped from the hands of an ugly Dane named Ulf. 211 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:46,720 We've taken Lindcylne. Word will spread. 212 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:47,880 [exhales] 213 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:50,360 And Edward will hear of it. 214 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:53,480 He will hear that your kingdom grows greater than Wessex. 215 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:55,440 That you have taken what Alfred never could. 216 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:59,040 While Edward looks like a weak and timid boy. 217 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:02,400 You have done well, Eardwulf. 218 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:04,520 You will be rewarded. 219 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:07,320 I only ask that I retain command of your armies, Lord King. 220 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:11,040 And to restore my family's name. 221 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:14,280 To lift your decree that every generation be born into disgrace. 222 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:18,760 Take all of East Anglia and I shall consider it. 223 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:24,080 You are generous, Lord King. 224 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:28,760 My brother and I will withdraw to pray for your swift victory. 225 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:30,440 You may go. 226 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:32,760 For now. 227 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:53,480 [Finan] Lord? 228 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:00,840 Uhtred, the men are tired and hungry. 229 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:03,480 There's nothing here. We must move on. 230 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:06,560 Where shall we go? 231 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:09,560 [Finan] Somewhere with a fire, 232 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:12,960 an alehouse or a whorehouse that would raise the spirits, eh? 233 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:15,599 I must go back. I must retrieve his body. 234 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:17,119 No, Uhtred, you cannot. 235 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:20,319 Retrieving his body means nothing now. 236 00:17:21,119 --> 00:17:22,920 His journey in this world has ended. 237 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,359 He is left with thieves and traitors! 238 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:28,240 He should lie beside Thyra where his friends can grieve. 239 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:38,600 Instead, I led him to die among strangers. 240 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:49,640 I've lost every family I had. 241 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:54,840 Beocca was always there... 242 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:57,400 the only constant. 243 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:03,440 Without Beocca, I have no home. 244 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:14,840 His death is on my hands. I failed him. 245 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:15,960 No. 246 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:25,480 Bless you, Sihtric. 247 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:26,480 Blessings. 248 00:18:34,360 --> 00:18:35,280 Where is Uhtred? 249 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:37,240 He walks alone. 250 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:40,240 I fear his spirit is broken. 251 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:44,200 The day Uhtred is broken is the day you grow hair down there, Osferth. 252 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:45,240 It'll never come. 253 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:48,760 Now, he lost a friend and grieves him... 254 00:18:50,120 --> 00:18:51,120 as we all do. 255 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:57,440 He told me we must return south. 256 00:18:59,120 --> 00:19:02,040 Well, come on. We'll need horses and provisions for the journey. 257 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:11,040 Buy what you can. 258 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:13,960 There's a village beyond the ridge. 259 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:15,800 Try not to spend it all on women. 260 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:24,240 [Brida hums softly] 261 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:26,880 [excited chattering in background] 262 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:40,440 Frigga, tell me I’m not deceived... 263 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:43,880 that the curse is lifted. 264 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:50,440 [hums softly] 265 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:00,240 He grows inside me. 266 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:13,320 -Any word of the Saxon armies? -Not yet. 267 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:18,840 We will burn every village in Mercia until Edward comes to fight. 268 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:23,080 There’s a limit to the suffering the boy king can allow 269 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:24,760 his fellow Christians to bear... 270 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:26,960 and we will exceed it. 271 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:34,120 -Your sons should be here to see this. -Haesten will keep them safe. 272 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:38,280 All my children will inherit everything. 273 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:43,880 And I will slaughter Edward and Aethelred's armies here. 274 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:49,520 And when the kings are dead, we will sit together on Alfred's throne. 275 00:20:50,120 --> 00:20:51,880 -That is my promise to you. -Mm. 276 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:56,640 Do it for Ragnar. 277 00:20:57,680 --> 00:20:59,120 We do this in his memory. 278 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:02,200 For Ragnar. 279 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:04,520 [chuckles softly] 280 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:10,560 [murmuring in background] 281 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:19,680 Lady Aelswith. 282 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:21,800 Lord Aethelhelm. 283 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:38,120 You have heard? Cnut burns villages from Tofeceaster to Fagranford. 284 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:42,760 He defiles our holy places and slaughters our priests. 285 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:47,960 Because I wait for the right moment, it does not mean I do not care. 286 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:52,080 -Edward, I must talk-- -[clears throat] Lady. 287 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:56,960 Yes. 288 00:21:57,640 --> 00:22:00,800 [Aethelhelm] My daughter called at the nunnery today. 289 00:22:02,120 --> 00:22:07,680 You said the Lady Aethelflaed had withdrawn there for reflection? 290 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:09,360 She had. 291 00:22:12,120 --> 00:22:13,320 Then she misled you. 292 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:15,680 She’s not there. 293 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:20,080 Concerned for your sister... 294 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:24,600 I asked Steapa to make further inquiries. 295 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:28,680 The Lady was seen leaving Winchester. 296 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:30,280 [exhales] 297 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:37,080 Where is Aethelflaed? 298 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:41,640 Mother! 299 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:45,800 Where has she gone? 300 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:51,040 She has gone to Mercia. 301 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:52,400 [plate clatters] 302 00:22:58,720 --> 00:22:59,920 This cannot be true. 303 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:04,120 I am sorry, Edward, but what was I to do? 304 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:05,800 I am of Mercia. 305 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:08,000 And by marriage, so is Aethelflaed. 306 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:10,360 We could not leave the people to die. 307 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:11,440 She defied me... 308 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,000 and you defy me. 309 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:19,080 I only wish to counsel you to follow the Christian path, as I did your father. 310 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:21,320 You think I do not fear my God? 311 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:23,840 I know you have true faith. 312 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:27,040 But the burden of kingship is heavy. 313 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:30,600 I have experience, Edward. I can share it. 314 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:35,080 I have given instructions that we will fight Cnut on our terms, 315 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:38,080 when we are prepared and have the best chance of victory! 316 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:42,000 Now Aethelflaed has walked directly into Cnut's trap! 317 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:47,600 She puts the men of Wessex and all the Christian kingdoms at risk! 318 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:49,760 I demand you call her back. 319 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:53,040 You will show loyalty to your king. 320 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:58,400 I cannot swear loyalty to a plan that is misguided! 321 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:02,400 Aethelflaed will summon the Mercian fyrds to Tettenhall. 322 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:05,040 You must join her. 323 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:37,240 [horse neighs in background] 324 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:42,880 Lord, forgive my sins for they are all very grave. 325 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:49,280 Whoever fears you, Lord God, knows that is your will and you'll show that man just-- 326 00:24:49,360 --> 00:24:51,200 [Uhtred] Stop this nonsense! 327 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:54,280 I pray for Father Beocca. 328 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:57,880 Please allow the soul of Father Beocca to rise to heaven-- 329 00:24:57,960 --> 00:24:58,920 Get up! 330 00:25:00,120 --> 00:25:04,040 You think he needs your words, hm? Do you think I need them? 331 00:25:04,120 --> 00:25:07,280 I know you blame me for his death. [pants] 332 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:10,720 I am told your God gives mercy. 333 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:13,240 Where is he? 334 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:15,160 Where is he? 335 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:18,960 I’ve never seen him. 336 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:22,760 It is not my God that you hate... 337 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:26,000 but the fact that I am not you. 338 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:52,680 [Finan] Are you all right? 339 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:56,200 He does not want me! You know, I will return to the church. 340 00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:58,960 And that's what you want, is it? To run away? 341 00:25:59,360 --> 00:26:01,160 I remind him of his defeat... 342 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:04,480 and of Father Beocca's sacrifice. 343 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:06,120 Oh! The blindness of youth. 344 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:08,400 Uhtred is a warrior and a father. 345 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:11,440 It was his job to save you and he could not. That’s what eats at him. 346 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:14,680 As a warrior perhaps, but not as a father. 347 00:26:16,120 --> 00:26:18,760 -He has never been a father. -Because he was absent? 348 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:21,280 Do you know how many battles he's fought? 349 00:26:21,360 --> 00:26:23,800 How many times he’s sworn oaths and risked his life 350 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:27,480 for your Christian kings at the cost of his own hopes and comfort? 351 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:31,960 I met your father as a slave, when we had... nothing. 352 00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:37,840 Now, you look at what you lack, not what he has given to others. 353 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:42,560 He fights for Bebbanburg, not for himself, but for you... 354 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:45,760 to give you the legacy he never had. 355 00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:47,920 [exhales] 356 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:50,720 I swear... 357 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:53,760 he is a great man... 358 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:57,080 and his blood runs in your veins. 359 00:26:59,920 --> 00:27:01,680 You should be proud to follow him. 360 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,280 [chattering in background] 361 00:27:21,360 --> 00:27:24,640 The men can no longer go on wandering in the wilderness like this. 362 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:25,840 They will need silver. 363 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:28,480 There’ll be opportunity to earn it. We’re warriors. 364 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:30,040 There's always battles to fight. 365 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:34,480 To fight, men need a lord who can lead them into battle without fear. 366 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:38,040 I’m tired. 367 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:40,240 My reputation is waning. 368 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:42,320 These men depend on you. 369 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:44,360 [sighs] 370 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:52,040 I know what you do, Finan. I know what you say to them. 371 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:54,840 I’m finished with battles. 372 00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:00,920 I thought that my destiny was to return to my home. 373 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,200 [breathes heavily] 374 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:04,200 I have not. 375 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:06,400 I have lost my lands. 376 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:08,720 I've lost my name. 377 00:28:10,120 --> 00:28:13,000 I can no longer call myself Uhtred of Bebbanburg. 378 00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:15,680 [breathes heavily] 379 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:17,680 I am nothing. 380 00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:27,000 If men want to leave me, you should let them go. 381 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:30,200 I can no longer be their lord. 382 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:51,120 [tapping] 383 00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:57,880 Is there word of Aethelflaed? 384 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:00,120 No. 385 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:05,480 She forces my hand. 386 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:11,000 This is not the vision of England that I swore to protect. 387 00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:14,720 Yet, these events could work to your advantage... 388 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:17,680 and serve your father's vision. 389 00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:24,480 Let the Lord of Mercia return to defend his wife and lands. 390 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:30,120 They say Aethelred has 400 men in East Anglia, no match for Cnut's. 391 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:37,520 So, the battle will remove the problem of King Aethelred. 392 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:41,480 Once Aethelred is gone... 393 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:44,120 you will defeat Cnut... 394 00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:47,080 and unite the kingdoms. 395 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:52,760 Edward will fulfill Alfred's dream. 396 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:57,200 By sacrificing Mercia? 397 00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:00,000 And my sister? 398 00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:07,280 Your father knew that uniting the kingdoms could not come without a cost. 399 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:10,920 And your sister... 400 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:15,000 has chosen her own fate. 401 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:19,280 [breathes heavily] 402 00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:22,840 [birdsong and rumble of wind] 403 00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:33,600 [sighs softly] 404 00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:48,960 [Finan] Beocca would not want you to starve or stay destroyed by grief. 405 00:31:57,160 --> 00:31:58,960 He held me on the ramparts, 406 00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:02,440 when Earl Ragnar rode to Bebbanburg with the head of my brother. 407 00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:08,400 When my father named me Uhtred in his stead 408 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:10,680 and told me to die for Bebbanburg... 409 00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:13,120 [breathes heavily] 410 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:14,960 Beocca was at my side. 411 00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:19,000 He put me into the water to baptize me. 412 00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:23,120 He held me underneath it for so long I nearly drowned 413 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:24,840 while he prayed to his God. 414 00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:28,160 [sighs] 415 00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:31,960 He saved my life as a boy... 416 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:34,040 and as a man... 417 00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:36,120 many times. 418 00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:41,200 He was like a father. 419 00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:43,440 [Uhtred exhales slowly] 420 00:32:57,160 --> 00:33:00,080 [sobs] 421 00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:04,080 [Finan] Hey, it's all right. 422 00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:08,280 He'll have no grave... no place blessed by his god. 423 00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:10,480 He is with God now. 424 00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:14,720 And with your sister. He is at... peace. 425 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:20,200 Hm? I'm sure he’d be touched how you mourn for him 426 00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:23,240 while we're stuck in the middle of nowhere. But if he were here now, 427 00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:25,240 he would tell you this is not the end. 428 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:29,400 -We will gather more men. -[Uhtred exhales] 429 00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:32,760 We will return with an army and batter down the gates. 430 00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:34,200 [inhales sharply] 431 00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:35,640 [softly] Yeah. 432 00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:41,560 [sobs softly and exhales] 433 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:49,560 [chatter of men in background] 434 00:33:58,480 --> 00:33:59,800 What brings you here? 435 00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:02,640 I ride from Wessex with a message from King Edward. 436 00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:04,240 You may tell it to me. 437 00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:07,960 I have instructions to deliver it to Lord Aethelred and him only. 438 00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:09,800 I command the King's Guard. 439 00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:14,560 No doubt you’ve heard stories about the King, about his delicate temperament. 440 00:34:14,639 --> 00:34:18,760 I'm telling you he does not wish to be disturbed, so, if you want to test it... 441 00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:22,920 Cnut's armies have attacked Mercia. 442 00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:24,719 The Lord's estate has fallen. 443 00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:27,560 The heart of Mercia is gone. 444 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:30,360 [exhales] 445 00:34:40,639 --> 00:34:42,080 They’ve taken everything? 446 00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:50,120 [grunts] 447 00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:54,560 [groans] 448 00:34:58,360 --> 00:34:59,280 [messenger groans] 449 00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:07,720 [Finan whistles] 450 00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:09,240 Danes. 451 00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:13,400 -[Uhtred] It is Haesten. -[Sihtric] Where is he going? 452 00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:16,800 He’s with his kinfolk. He'll not want to fight. 453 00:35:17,720 --> 00:35:19,080 [Haesten] Uhtred Ragnarson! 454 00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:23,240 [chuckles] I thought I could smell something rotten on the air! 455 00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:26,760 We should kill him now, Lord, while we have the chance. 456 00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:30,280 I've had enough of fighting Danes, even weasels like Haesten. 457 00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:32,840 Uhtred and his pretty boys... 458 00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:36,200 looking so sad and far from home. 459 00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:37,600 Why? 460 00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:41,720 It's none of your concern. Let us pass and I will not cut off your head. 461 00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:46,560 [chuckles] I suppose, once more, you ride out to save the Lady Aethelflaed. 462 00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:53,000 Continue if you like, Uhtred. 463 00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:57,120 It seems fate has brought us together again. 464 00:35:58,160 --> 00:36:02,400 Your men look like ragged dogs in need of meat and we have plenty. 465 00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:04,720 We camp here tonight. 466 00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:07,240 Join us. 467 00:36:13,720 --> 00:36:15,720 [excited chattering in background] 468 00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:18,840 [sighs] 469 00:36:21,720 --> 00:36:24,720 Haesten's men say Cnut and Brida have attacked Mercia. 470 00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:27,880 I knew they did not sail for Irland. 471 00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:30,960 [Finan exhales] Edward and Aethelred will need us now. 472 00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:32,400 I owe them nothing. 473 00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:35,360 And Aethelflaed? 474 00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:40,360 It is true, I fear for her. 475 00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:41,440 [Haesten] Uhtred. 476 00:36:44,240 --> 00:36:45,080 Join me. 477 00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:49,000 [whistles and clicks tongue] 478 00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:05,320 There was a rumor you had gone north to regain your lands. 479 00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:07,800 Are you here with your tail between your legs? 480 00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:12,240 Your men say the Danes have gone to war, yet you are here, playing nursemaid. 481 00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:16,360 What happened, Haesten? Have they cut off your balls? 482 00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:20,160 [chuckles] What can I say? I’m a family man. 483 00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:24,080 I do not see your fat wife. 484 00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:26,760 She died. 485 00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:28,200 -Oh, did she? -Mm. 486 00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:31,680 [chuckles] 487 00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:37,960 As you know, I once had the desire to claim Mercia and Wessex for my own. 488 00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:40,960 But that did not go well for me. 489 00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:45,160 And now, like you, Uhtred, I only want a woman to hump 490 00:37:45,240 --> 00:37:47,040 and a piece of land to call my own. 491 00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:51,880 I had both, in Skade and Beamfleot... 492 00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:54,400 until you took them away from me. 493 00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:01,720 How is Aethelflaed? 494 00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:05,640 In my experience, the bitch has never known when to lie down. 495 00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:09,080 No doubt she'll be riding into battle with Cnut... 496 00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:12,520 with her silly husband and her pretty brother. 497 00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:16,640 And you have always been there to save her, Uhtred. 498 00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:18,600 But not now. 499 00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:21,080 She does not need me. 500 00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:22,760 Mm. 501 00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:24,200 That’s not what I heard. 502 00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:29,600 How is she? 503 00:38:31,320 --> 00:38:32,320 To bed? 504 00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:36,720 I imagine she squeals, like a big fat pig. 505 00:38:38,720 --> 00:38:39,880 [Finan] Stop it! 506 00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:42,120 [Haesten grunts] 507 00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:43,280 [cackles] 508 00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:44,680 [grunts and groans] 509 00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:47,400 [pants and groans] 510 00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:50,640 Come on, Uhtred! We were having a nice dinner. 511 00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:52,600 [Haesten gasps for breath] 512 00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:54,080 [groans] 513 00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:57,280 [gasps for breath] 514 00:38:57,360 --> 00:39:00,360 [chuckles] 515 00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:02,000 [grunts] 516 00:39:03,320 --> 00:39:07,800 [grunts] Of course, I would slit her throat after she’d been ridden! 517 00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:13,840 [pants] Wait, Uhtred. She’s too well used to fight over. 518 00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:15,280 [Uhtred] Now I will kill you! 519 00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:17,840 [swords clang] 520 00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:19,600 [grunts] 521 00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:21,520 [both grunt] 522 00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:28,240 Wait, wait, wait! There is something I can give you. 523 00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:31,480 The name of the man that killed Ragnar... 524 00:39:32,360 --> 00:39:33,320 Huh? 525 00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:35,280 -Aethelwold! -No. 526 00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:37,640 [Haesten grunts] 527 00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:41,120 He held the dagger, but another whispered poison into his ear. 528 00:39:41,520 --> 00:39:43,600 [grunting and yelling] 529 00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:45,480 [both grunt] 530 00:39:46,720 --> 00:39:48,760 [groans] 531 00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:50,760 [groans] 532 00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:56,160 Let me live... and I'll tell you who gave the command. [breathes heavily] 533 00:39:58,960 --> 00:39:59,960 [groans] 534 00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:01,400 [gags] 535 00:40:02,320 --> 00:40:03,520 Speak. 536 00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:05,400 [breathes heavily] 537 00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:06,400 Cnut. 538 00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:11,080 He wanted to lead the Danes... [breathes heavily] 539 00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:13,720 and he wanted Ragnar's woman who used to be yours. 540 00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:17,760 He told Aethelwold that Ragnar would kill him. 541 00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:21,080 He guided the blade... [inhales] 542 00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:22,560 into Ragnar's heart. 543 00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:25,080 [breathes heavily] 544 00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:32,080 These are Cnut's sons... 545 00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:35,160 hm? 546 00:40:35,240 --> 00:40:37,040 [breathes heavily] 547 00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:40,960 You can go. 548 00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:46,880 You will leave Cnut's bastards behind. 549 00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:49,840 [Haesten chuckles] I’m tired of the red-headed runts. 550 00:40:49,920 --> 00:40:51,560 [inhales] You can take them. 551 00:40:55,880 --> 00:40:56,800 [grunts] 552 00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:07,560 -Of course Cnut will hear of this. -I said go! 553 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:09,640 [men shout in background] 554 00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:14,080 Finan! 555 00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:16,000 -[Finan] Lord. -Tie them up! 556 00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:24,600 -[Esgar] Let go! -Come on. 557 00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:25,960 [groans] Jesus! 558 00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:27,840 [grunts] 559 00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:30,560 No, no, no! Where are you going? Where are you going? 560 00:41:30,640 --> 00:41:32,120 [boys grunt] 561 00:41:34,080 --> 00:41:35,240 Cnut’s sons? 562 00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:39,440 I thought you did not want to be a part of this war. 563 00:41:56,920 --> 00:41:59,920 [grunts and pants] 564 00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:03,840 [Eadith] Brother? 565 00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:06,920 -What have you done? -[pants] 566 00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:08,400 I had to or all is lost. 567 00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:12,800 The rider came from Wessex. Edward sends word to Aethelred. 568 00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:15,840 [pants] Cnut did not sail to Irland. 569 00:42:16,320 --> 00:42:18,640 The Danes have sacked Aegelesburg and taken Mercia. 570 00:42:19,760 --> 00:42:20,720 Then you were tricked. 571 00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:23,240 Yes, the Dane Haesten gave me false information. 572 00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:26,640 And Aethelred left Mercia undefended upon my advice. 573 00:42:26,720 --> 00:42:29,120 You see now why he cannot receive this message. 574 00:42:29,200 --> 00:42:31,560 But if Aethelred loses Mercia, then we lose our position! 575 00:42:31,640 --> 00:42:33,120 You think I do not see that? 576 00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:35,480 Do you think I can bear to return to nothing? 577 00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:37,160 [both breathe heavily] 578 00:42:37,240 --> 00:42:39,800 But there is benefit in delaying our return. 579 00:42:40,240 --> 00:42:43,560 If the Lady Aethelflaed throws herself into the path of the Danes, 580 00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:46,000 it will leave a path open for you. 581 00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:48,480 I've no need of a husband who used to be king! 582 00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:55,280 You must tell Aethelred the truth and persuade him to defend his kingdom. 583 00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:58,600 If I tell him the truth, he will kill me. [pants] 584 00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:04,880 I will do all I can to soften the blow. 585 00:43:06,280 --> 00:43:08,640 [pants] 586 00:43:13,560 --> 00:43:14,600 [sighs] 587 00:44:03,920 --> 00:44:05,840 [tinkle of bell] 588 00:44:23,280 --> 00:44:24,240 Leave us. 589 00:44:34,320 --> 00:44:36,080 Be careful, lady. 590 00:44:39,880 --> 00:44:41,080 Like you... 591 00:44:43,480 --> 00:44:45,240 I'm tired of caution. 592 00:45:16,480 --> 00:45:19,040 [Eadith grunts and gasps] 593 00:45:19,760 --> 00:45:21,200 [Edward gasps] 594 00:45:21,640 --> 00:45:23,640 [pants and moans] 595 00:45:30,440 --> 00:45:31,680 [grunts and gasps] 596 00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:37,880 [chattering in background] 597 00:45:43,080 --> 00:45:44,640 What will you do with the boys? 598 00:45:45,080 --> 00:45:47,720 [Uhtred] We will take them to Aethelflaed in Mercia. 599 00:45:53,440 --> 00:45:56,000 I remember watching you ride out from Winchester... 600 00:45:56,920 --> 00:45:59,280 before you fought at the battle of Fearnham. 601 00:46:01,320 --> 00:46:02,240 I remember. 602 00:46:04,960 --> 00:46:06,160 Your mother was there. 603 00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:13,800 It was the last time I saw her. 604 00:46:25,040 --> 00:46:26,200 I still see her... 605 00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:31,160 in my dreams. 606 00:46:32,560 --> 00:46:33,560 Gisela. 607 00:46:38,320 --> 00:46:40,440 But then I wake and she's gone again. 608 00:46:41,600 --> 00:46:43,400 [inhales and exhales] 609 00:46:43,960 --> 00:46:45,360 I feel her loss also... 610 00:46:47,240 --> 00:46:48,080 every day. 611 00:46:59,680 --> 00:47:01,560 That day I asked her why you left us. 612 00:47:02,400 --> 00:47:05,320 And she said you fought, because you believed in a cause... 613 00:47:06,200 --> 00:47:08,640 not for God, or the gods... 614 00:47:09,120 --> 00:47:11,080 or for Saxons, or for Danes. 615 00:47:13,240 --> 00:47:15,440 But to keep safe the people that you love. 616 00:47:16,280 --> 00:47:20,400 She said that is why you will always have the strength to stand up when others fall 617 00:47:20,480 --> 00:47:23,200 and to go on when those around you say it is hopeless. 618 00:47:24,320 --> 00:47:25,880 It is why these men love you... 619 00:47:26,880 --> 00:47:29,000 and will follow you wherever you go. 620 00:47:34,360 --> 00:47:35,320 As will I. 621 00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:38,960 Creoda. 622 00:48:39,040 --> 00:48:40,400 Lady Aethelflaed. 623 00:48:40,480 --> 00:48:41,800 How many remain here? 624 00:48:42,720 --> 00:48:43,840 Where is the king? 625 00:48:46,880 --> 00:48:48,240 We will find you food. 626 00:48:51,160 --> 00:48:53,280 Search for survivors and bring them here. 627 00:48:53,600 --> 00:48:56,160 We should not delay here. The Danes could return. 628 00:48:57,920 --> 00:48:58,760 I know. 629 00:49:01,800 --> 00:49:03,840 I have summoned the Mercian fyrds. 630 00:49:04,560 --> 00:49:06,160 They are marching to Tettenhall. 631 00:49:06,840 --> 00:49:09,040 Cnut will pay for this bloodshed. 632 00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:15,360 My husband valued loyalty. 633 00:49:15,960 --> 00:49:16,920 I have been loyal. 634 00:49:17,400 --> 00:49:20,560 -At least as far as I can remember. -But he was also practical. 635 00:49:21,280 --> 00:49:24,160 If he saw a person make the wrong decision... 636 00:49:25,480 --> 00:49:27,440 he took action to correct it. 637 00:49:31,560 --> 00:49:34,360 Edward's rule in Wessex is vulnerable... 638 00:49:34,960 --> 00:49:38,200 and Mercia has been left undefended by its king. 639 00:49:38,560 --> 00:49:40,680 Wessex needs our protection... 640 00:49:41,160 --> 00:49:43,960 and the support of all our Christian allies. 641 00:49:44,400 --> 00:49:48,880 You will take a message to the Welsh king, Hywel. 642 00:49:50,400 --> 00:49:53,960 Lady, you are Edward's kin. If I disobey him, 643 00:49:54,040 --> 00:49:57,840 -he will string me up in the marketplace! -I know what I ask. 644 00:49:59,160 --> 00:50:02,600 But you have sworn an oath to God, Father. 645 00:50:03,480 --> 00:50:07,880 What use is your mortal life if you disobey your conscience 646 00:50:07,960 --> 00:50:09,840 for fear of man's vengeance? 647 00:50:10,640 --> 00:50:13,800 You and I must protect the faith, Father Pyrlig. 648 00:50:13,880 --> 00:50:17,600 Aethelflaed is expecting an army. 649 00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:20,280 We must deliver one. 650 00:50:26,360 --> 00:50:27,440 [Father Pyrlig sighs] 651 00:50:35,320 --> 00:50:38,040 So, the Lady Aethelflaed has returned to Mercia. 652 00:50:38,680 --> 00:50:40,000 Do you think she's alone? 653 00:50:40,840 --> 00:50:43,680 If she is, the rest of the Saxons will not be far behind. 654 00:50:51,240 --> 00:50:53,240 Take her and they are in our power. 655 00:50:55,320 --> 00:50:57,880 You will find Aethelflaed and you will bring her to me. 656 00:50:59,120 --> 00:51:00,880 [all laugh] 657 00:51:09,080 --> 00:51:10,480 [guard] Horsemen! 658 00:51:10,800 --> 00:51:12,800 -Wake the Lady Aethelflaed now. -Lord. 659 00:51:24,840 --> 00:51:25,680 Uhtred! 660 00:51:27,000 --> 00:51:28,320 What are you doing here? 661 00:51:28,400 --> 00:51:30,440 You two, get those boys off the horses. 662 00:51:30,920 --> 00:51:32,320 Why are you not at Bebbanburg? 663 00:51:33,960 --> 00:51:35,200 What happened? 664 00:51:37,400 --> 00:51:39,000 -Where are the guards? -[sighs] 665 00:51:39,560 --> 00:51:42,480 You see all we have. Uhtred, who are those boys? 666 00:51:43,240 --> 00:51:45,120 You should not be here without a guard. 667 00:51:45,200 --> 00:51:47,600 Where should I be? Decorating Edward's palace? 668 00:51:48,000 --> 00:51:49,760 My place is in Mercia! 669 00:51:50,240 --> 00:51:51,280 [breathes heavily] 670 00:51:51,360 --> 00:51:52,720 What have you done, Uhtred? 671 00:51:54,840 --> 00:51:56,400 They are Cnut's heirs. 672 00:51:57,800 --> 00:52:00,160 Then Cnut will hear of this and he will come for you. 673 00:52:01,240 --> 00:52:04,360 So, you must get the boys to your armies. Where are they? 674 00:52:04,680 --> 00:52:07,240 Aethelred is in East Anglia with his men. [exhales] 675 00:52:07,840 --> 00:52:09,880 I have ordered the Mercian fyrd to Tettenhall, 676 00:52:09,960 --> 00:52:14,440 and I believe Edward will meet us there, then we will summon Cnut to fight. 677 00:52:14,720 --> 00:52:16,760 So, you've put yourself in danger. 678 00:52:18,440 --> 00:52:22,240 I do not know if Aethelred is coming and I had to force Edward's hand. 679 00:52:23,120 --> 00:52:23,960 [sighs] 680 00:52:26,560 --> 00:52:29,440 You should not be here undefended. Finan. 681 00:52:29,920 --> 00:52:31,480 -Lord. -We leave at first light. 682 00:52:31,560 --> 00:52:34,720 Aldhelm, prepare the survivors. 683 00:52:34,800 --> 00:52:36,600 We march to Tettenhall at dawn. 684 00:52:36,680 --> 00:52:38,640 Every man must be put to watch. 685 00:52:39,440 --> 00:52:40,480 [Aldhelm] Positions. 686 00:52:41,920 --> 00:52:43,960 -[sighs] -[Aldhelm] Every man to the ramparts! 687 00:52:44,040 --> 00:52:46,040 [excited chattering in background] 688 00:52:46,120 --> 00:52:48,120 Uhtred, what happened at Bebbanburg? 689 00:53:03,320 --> 00:53:04,280 [Uhtred sniffles] 690 00:53:18,840 --> 00:53:20,840 [clatter of armor and horses neigh]