The Tudors
The Tudors: Season 4, Episode 10 – Death of a Monarchy
The Tudors: Season 4, Episode 10 – Death of a Monarchy
Summary: Henry’s thoughts turn to his own mortality with the news that his long-time friend and sometimes foe King Francis, and his unshakable soldier Charles Brandon, are each dying. As he faces death, Henry encounters the ghosts of his former More >
The Tudors: Season 4, Episode 9 – Secrets of the Heart
The Tudors: Season 4, Episode 9 – Secrets of the Heart
Summary: Henry VIII’s health is on the slide: the recent siege of Boulogne has taken its toll on his aging body and his ulcerous leg is constantly in pain. Bishop Gardiner and the Catholic Church are once again in the More >
The Tudors: Season 4, Episode 8 – As It Should Be
The Tudors: Season 4, Episode 8 – As It Should Be
Summary: The siege of Boulogne is a long, expensive and difficult military campaign that is finally won by Henry’s troops at great financial and human cost. Rejuvenated, Henry rejects the idea of marching on to further conquests, preferring to return More >
The Tudors: Season 4, Episode 7 – Sixth and the Final Wife
The Tudors: Season 4, Episode 7 – Sixth and the Final Wife
Summary: Henry marries Catherine Parr – his sixth and final wife. A loving step-mother and compassionate companion, Catherine is liked and respected by all at court save the Catholic Bishop Gardiner who suspects her to be a heretic. Henry More >
The Tudors: Season 4, Episode 6 – You Have My Permission
The Tudors: Season 4, Episode 6 – You Have My Permission
Summary: Unmarried once more Henry reflects on his dynasty and orders a new Act of Parliament which restores the succession rights of his two daughters, the Princesses Elizabeth and Mary. His roving eye undaunted by age or experience, he notices More >
The Tudors: Season 4, Episode 5 – Bottom Of The Pot
The Tudors: Season 4, Episode 5 – Bottom Of The Pot
Summary: Lord Hertford’s investigation into allegations of the Queen’s infidelities moves with speed. Deeply upset by revelations of his beloved young wife’s sexual past, Henry weeps. But once adultery is uncovered, his response is swift and decisive. (more…)
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The Tudors: Season 4, Episode 4 – Natural Ally
Summary: Rejuvenated by his tour of the north of England, Henry feels a new man and longs after his new Queen; unaware that her affections are diverted elsewhere. Katherine’s past begins to catch up as an old liaison comes looking for a More >
The Tudors: Season 4, Episode 3 – Something For You
The Tudors: Season 4, Episode 3 – Something For You
Summary: Buoyed by the happiness that a young wife brings an aging man, Henry is noticeably more tolerant and forgiving than he once was. Such goodwill is well appreciated by the peasants of the North who gratefully accept Henry’s forgiveness for More >
The Tudors: Season 4, Episode 2 – Sister
The Tudors: Season 4, Episode 2 – Sister
Summary: Thomas Culpepper – Henry VIII’s newest servant – continues to make eyes at his King’s young bride, Katherine Howard. Her servant suggests seduction. While the King shows his age by going to bed early during the Christmas celebration the young but not More >
The Tudors: Season 4, Episode 1 – Moment Of Nastalgia
The Tudors: Season 4, Episode 1 – Moment Of Nastalgia
Summary: A long hot summer, thirty years into the reign of King Henry VIII, and well into middle age, Henry takes his fifth wife, Katherine Howard. The Queen’s “low background” combined with her youth and beauty, arouses a lusty familiarity in More >