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S01E05: Bow to Your King

Philippe returns to Versailles, a super-confident war hero, ready to challenge his brother as the peace treaty with Spain is signed. Louis plans a celebratory party but the attacks on the highway continue and Fabien believes there could be another attempt to kill Louis. Suspicious of Cassel, who refuses to attend the party,as being behind the attacks, the king sends glamorous mistress Athenais de Montespan, accompanied by naive young Sophie de Clermont, to tell Cassel that he must turn up or host it at his own expense. Dangling Sophie as bait Athenais succeeds in forcing Cassel's attendance and obeisance to the king. However the sound of fireworks has a traumatic effect on Philippe, recalling gunfire whilst Sophie shocks her ambitious mother with an unwise liaison and Cassel returns to what is left of his home to find the king has well and truly beaten him.

Genres:

Drama

Air Date:

Nov 30, 2015

Runtime:

52 minutes

Production:

Incendo Productions , GéTéVé Productions , Banijay Studios France , CAPA

Casts:

George Blagden, Alexander Vlahos, Tygh Runyan, Stuart Bowman, Elisa Lasowski, Anna Brewster, Evan Williams, Maddison Jaizani, Steve Cumyn, Joe Sheridan, Pip Torrens, Noémie Schmidt, Amira Casar, Sarah Winter, Gilly Gilchrist, Anatole Taubman, Alexis Michalik, Lizzie Brocheré