Becoming Elizabeth
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Were not dependent on Henry VIII for patronage!
We owe him nothing!
He is two trunkless legs of stone in the desert!
Elizabeth is at Kat Ashleys sisters house, having been exiled from Catherine Parrs home.
As we all feared, Elizabeths period is late.
But we also learn that Elizabeth is prone to irregular menstruation, so.
This could just be stress from theimmensely stressful situation in which she finds herself.
Catherine and Thomas are sticking close to the king, proclaiming him the newJosiah.
Edward is celebrating the publication of theBook of Common Prayer, which further shifted the country towards Protestantism.
Edward looks like a teeny Henry VIII.
(This is not a good thing.)
She rightfully blames Thomas for causing her to lose compassion for a child.
A CHILD, Thomas!
Thomas, who then moves right into charming Jane Grey?
Leave the children of your house alone, Thomas!
A priest loses an eye and is called a filthy fucking Catholic as men steal his candelabras.
If, yknow, you believe in that, which the Catholics of the time certainly did.
This is such a sibling or close friend argument!
Here, Mary is the older sister who is trying to help, and Elizabeth thinks she knows better.
Mary admits that Elizabeth is probably cleverer than she is but that Mary has more experience (legit).
WHAT, I LOVE IT.
Its very Galadriel with the One Ring.
This is prescient given what happens later, so great job, Mary.
Also, wow, self-awareness.
I am such a fan.
Mary bonds with Edward at court by watching a cockfight.
Thanks, I hate it.
At the end, a bird is dead.
Anyway, Edward is psyched because his murder bird is the winner.
During the fight, we discover Pedro is a spy (nooo!)
Disillusioned, he confesses his spy status to Mary.
He says he became a mercenary because she is the only player in this game worrying about the rules.
He has waited his whole life for men to prove themselves honorable, and now he has met her.
This is a Mary-heavy episode (yay!)
because, amidst all this, she has a conversation with Catherine.
His father pulls him away and basically says,so, youre in love with Elizabeth.
Robin does a very unconvincing, Were friends, dad.
See,thisis the real love story of the show.
Well, that and Mary/Pedro.
Elizabeth got her period!
Catherine, however, has the baby she was scared would kill her, and it does.
And that the rates have increased for both?
Wow, sure glad these facts are being considered now, in our more enlightened age.)
Goddamnit, Im going to miss Catherine Parr.
She and Elizabeth could have thrown Thomas in a ditch and lived together!
Catherine could have advised Elizabeth on court politics since she survived Henry VIIIs perilous orbit.
She knows Catherine read them!
As she kneels, we concurrently see Mary holding a Mass for Catherine Parr.
Bishop Gardiner tells her this will stoke the fires at court, and Mary replies, Let them burn.
Fuck off, Thomas!
