Playing With Fire | |
Season 4, Episode 4 | |
Air date | March 3, 2017 |
Written by | John J. Sakmar Kenny Lenhart |
Directed by | Fred Gerber |
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- "I may not be able to get you back from a nunnery, but when the time is right, I can make you a widow."
- —Queen Catherine
Synopsis[]
Mary Must Decide if She Can Trust Lord Darnley
When Lord Darnley surprises Mary with a visit in Scotland, Mary sees a glimmer of a union that could be more than just political. Elizabeth fights to gain allies in her favor and Catherine must work to get Claude back on track by finding her a new husband.
Quotes[]
Queen Catherine: The only monster in this castle is gossip. And we must not feed it, or it will bring us to our knees.
Queen Mary: Are you saying that we should marry?
Lord Darnley: Would it be the worst thing?
James Stuart: From the day we met, we have both burned for this.
Emily Knox: I will burn for this.
Queen Leeza: What about the shame you've brought to this family? Not to mention this country and to God himself?!
Queen Catherine: Enough! God himself has seen much worse and survived.
Queen Mary: Although I am curious. Have you already named our children? Or did you leave at least that part for me?
James Stuart: Well, I hope one of them will be called James. After our father.
Queen Mary: Where Knox has sown hatred, we will scatter seeds of hope.
Queen Elizabeth: I am nothing less than a Tudor queen.
Lord Narcisse: I must admit, since first hearing of it, I have given a great deal of thought to Claude in a nunnery.
Queen Catherine: Why is that?
Lord Narcisse: Because it arouses me.
Queen Catherine: Luc may appear to be a decent man, but I've learned to never trust the beginning of a book.
Queen Catherine: I may not be able to get you back from a nunnery, but when the time is right, I can make you a widow.
Lord Darnley: I am an ambitious man. And if this is my one chance at king, I will take it. And if I am king for only as long as you live, then I say, "Long live the queen."
Queen Leeza: May matrimony set you on a more honorable path. God will be watching should you stray from it. As he watches all of his creatures.
Luc Narcisse: Thank you, Your Majesty. God should be pleased to know that I have every intention of providing a happy life for Claude.
Greer Castleroy: What is survival without even the hope of love?
Notes[]
- King Francis, King Henry II, King Henry VIII, King James V, King Philip, Lady Lola, Lord Castleroy, Rose Castleroy, Lady Lennox, Agatha Blackburn and Thierry Huguenot were all mentioned, but do not appear.
- The children and legacy of the great Kings of the past, King Henry VIII of England, King Henry II of France and King James V of Scotland were all heavy plot points.
- Queen Mary's Scottish deerhound Stirling makes an apperance.
- The House of Valois and the House of Tudor's bloodlines were heavy plot points.
- Queen Mary accepted Lord Darnley's marriage proposal.
- Princess Claude met and agreed to an immediate marriage to Luc Narcisse.
- Lady Patrice makes a non-speaking appearance as Claude and Luc's Wedding.
- Leith Bayard was revealed to be alive.
- The events surrounding Bianca Simon's disappearance was revealed. [1]
- Lord Castleroy's time and escape from prison and was brought up. [2]
- Thierry Huguenot's murder was once agian brought up. [3]
- Queen Mary mentioned the last person, Prince Don Carlos, who wanted The Crown Matrimonial as part of their marriage ageement, and then tried to have her murdered. [4]
Trivia[]
- Jonathan Keltz is added back to the list of Main Cast.
- This is Jonathan Keltz's first appearance of Season Four.
Historical Notes[]
- Princess Claude married Charles III, Duke of Lorraine, when she was only 13, on 19 January 1559.
- Princess Claude actually had 9 children, with two already born by the time she was 18 in 1565.
- Mary, Queen of Scots does name her first and only child James after her father, James V.
- It is unknown where Mary Fleming was brought up. However, when she was 5, she accompanied the same-aged Mary, Queen of Scots to the Royal Court of Henry II of France.
- The Crown Matrimonial is law that it is a person's right to co-reign equally with his or her spouse.
- Mary's 2nd husband, Lord Darnley, demanded the Crown Matrimonial. The Protestant peers promised to make him sovereign by the consent of Parliament. They agreed that Henry, as the new sovereign, would pardon all exiled Protestants and allow them to return to Scotland. However, the plan was never realized.
Gallery[]
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Characters[]
- Credit Order
Actor | Character | |
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Adelaide Kane | Queen Mary | |
Megan Follows | Queen Catherine | |
Rachel Skarsten | Queen Elizabeth | |
Celina Sinden | Greer Castleroy | |
Craig Parker | Lord Narcisse | |
Rose Williams | Princess Claude | |
Ben Geurens | Gideon Blackburn | |
Jonathan Keltz | Leith Bayard | |
Dan Jeannotte | James Stuart | |
Jonathan Goad | John Knox | |
Spencer MacPherson | King Charles | |
Will Kemp | Lord Darnley | |
Guest Staring | ||
Anastasia Phillips | Queen Leeza | |
Steve Lund | Luc Narcisse | |
Ted Dykstra | Lord Maxford | |
Cameo | ||
Claire Hunter | Emily Knox | |
Sofia Banzhaf | Bianca Simon | |
Amanda Lisman | Lady Patrice |
Character debut | |
Speaking debut | |
Episode debut |
Related Pages[]
Pages related to Playing With Fire are the following:
• Mary and Darnley •
• The Crown Matrimonial
• Narcisse and Catherine •
• Claude and Luc's Wedding •
• Claude and Luc • Claude and Leith •