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Episode 2 | The Second Son

Determined to reclaim her family's former glory, Mary Villiers urges her son George to embark on a risky endeavor.

Episode 3 | The Hunt

Mary wants to boot out King James' favorite, Sir Somerset; in order for her son George to get the chance to attract the king, she asks for an audience with Queen Anne.

Episode 4 | Not So Much Love As By Awe

Somerset puts obstacles in George's way, whereupon Mary decides to intervene; but her intervention ends in a debacle: Mary and George become the laughing stock of the court.

Episode 5 | The Wolf & The Lamb

King James travels to Scotland, and George and his younger brother Kit are allowed to accompany him. In Edinburgh, however, the King gives George the cold shoulder - to test his loyalty.

Episode 6 | The Golden City

England is in trouble because Sir Walter Raleigh has attacked Spanish troops in South America; as a diplomatic newcomer at the English court, George gets caught between the fronts.

Episode 7 | The Queen is Dead

The people are dissatisfied with the king and demand war with Spain; James also lacks the money for the queen's funeral: the dead woman has been lying in the palace for weeks.

Episode 8 | War

George travels to Madrid with Prince Charles to ask for the Infanta's hand in marriage; meanwhile in London, Mary succeeds in becoming a close confidante of the now seriously ill King.