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I am Mary, Queen of Scots, and I have come for my throne!

Mary to John Knox when she interrupts the dissolving of the monarchy

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Mary dancing with her ladies.

Weeks after Condé's escape and Catherine's betrayal, Mary and Francis' is stronger than ever. Mary is first seen learning dances with her ladies, before making love to Francis, and eventually discovering him working on a boat. After enjoying their happy married life, they eventually go back to their lives as rulers. To add to the ongoing crisis in Scotland, they are informed by Narcisse that their Catholic allies have turned against them, leaving them with no resources. Looking at Francis' boat, Mary comes up with a plan. In the throne room, Mary and the others meet with Martin who comes with a tiger as a gift. He is looking for a wife and in exchange for his help, he would like to have Greer's hand in marriage. After talking to Greer, Mary hesitatingly agrees to Martin's offer.

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"It's hard to say which of you needs thicker bars, but I know he'll suffer more."

Later, Mary and Francis receive a letter from her cousin, Elizabeth, asking for permission to marry Prince Charles, which implies a truce in Scotland. Mary wants to agree to the offer since she feels she would be the one in more power. Francis can't agree to it and confesses that he is dying. Charles will take the throne and he cannot allow him to marry Elizabeth. Shocked to hear that her husband's death is approaching, Mary breaks down in tears as Francis holds her. In the chapel, as Francis comforts Mary, he promises that he will make political preparations so as not to leave Mary unprotected when he dies. Mary and Francis are soon informed that Catherine killed herself after her Monk lover died from a lumber mill sex injury. They realise that it's a decoy and discover Catherine is in England. The next day, they capture Catherine with Martin's help and have her tossed in a cage with the tiger as the cart with Catherine and the tiger drives away.

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Mary

Following Catherine's capture, Mary begins to make tough choices in order to secure her and Scotland's future in Betrothed. Francis proposes that she marry Charles after his death, but Mary isn't thrilled about the idea. Being able to marry the first time for true love, Mary sucks it up to having to marry for political reasons this time. Now that Francis and Mary have agreed on everything and know what their plans are, they gather the rest of the family to fill them in on Francis' fate. Charles isn't ready to become a king and doesn't want to marry Mary. Francis tries to explain to him that him marrying a queen, they'll circumvent the need for a regent to rule until Charles comes of age. Later, due to Charles' recklessness, Mary and Francis reveal that they have been spying on Catherine and stop the assassination plot on the Bourbon family. Catherine defends her actions; the Bourbons are a real succession threat. She reminds Charles and Mary who was behind the latest attempt at a coup.

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Eventually, Charles agrees to marry Mary. Francis tells Mary that Charles will need her and she cries about a future without him. He then holds her in his arms. By the end of the episode, Mary goes to see Catherine once again. She informs her that she will be marrying Charles and since Francis refuses to have Catherine put to death, Mary may have better luck convincing Charles. Catherine demands an audience with Francis, but her request is denied. After Mary leaves, Catherine begins slamming her head against the door in an attempt to injure herself.

Mary's relationship with Francis becomes even stronger in Extreme Measures, as his condition starts to worsen. As Mary tries to talk to Charles about their countries' alliance, he soon becomes distracted by the Duke of Toulouse's daughter, Constance, and Mary ends up having to deal with the new English ambassador, Nicholas, who wants to see Francis. Mary lies that Francis is away at Reims but will be back soon. She later visits Catherine in the infirmary, who is demanding to see Francis. Mary tells her that Francis never wants to see her again and keeps her chained in the infirmary. Mary barely has time to fill Francis in on Catherine's antics when Bash comes into their room, announcing that Antoine has returned. Mary goes to see him and he requests that Condé be granted safe passage through France. In return, he's willing to convert to Catholicism and credit it to Mary. She is only willing to agree if he renounces his claim to the French throne. He refuses, claiming that she is the woman who destroyed his brother's life. When Mary brings the issue up to Francis, he suggests that they see Antoine together. However, Francis collapses on the way there.

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Mary's final dance with Francis.

During a party for Antoine's welcome, Mary shares one final dance with Francis. Later, Mary is informed by Bash that Antoine has been negotiating with Nicholas on not giving up his claim to the French throne. Mary uses her last resort which turns out to be Catherine. After Catherine gets Nicholas to back down, Mary and Francis confront Antoine. Once Francis' illness starts to show, Antoine begins to refuse to sign away his claim knowing that Francis is dying. Francis shows him that a dying king is his worst enemy; by killing Antoine's bodyguard and threatening the entire country of Navarre. Antoine gives up his claim to the throne. After telling Francis that France will no longer be able to protect her and she can't marry Charles, they attend Lola and Narcisse's wedding and release Catherine from prison.


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Mary happy that Francis has been brought back to life.

In The Price, Mary receives a letter from her mother that there are English troops in Scotland and as Francis refuses to look weak in front of his enemies, he decides to send France's best warships to Scotland. However, the two ships were sunk and hundreds of French lives were lost. Mary then tries to make a trade with Nicholas; two captured English generals for the removal of the English troops. Nicholas refuses and then goes to steal the cipher that Mary and Marie use to communicate. While Nicholas is at Greer's brothel, Greer gets the letter Mary sent to her mother. Nicholas fell for Mary's plan and the ambassador has bad intel on Elizabeth. Eventually, Francis illness takes a turn for the worse and wants to spend his final moments with Mary. As they talk about their family and future, Mary begs Francis to keep fighting but he is no longer able to and dies. Soon Charles, Bash rush in with and have brought Delphine with them. Mary and Charles are warned by Bash that if Francis is brought back it will come with a price. Mary begs Delphine to save Francis, offering her own life. Delphine brings Francis back to life but the price was Marie de Guise's life.

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Mary learns how to sail.

Mary celebrates Francis' resurrection in In a Clearing. She has decided that she wants her half-brother, James, to become the Regent of Scotland. Later, Nicholas presents Elizabeth's offer to Mary. If Mary agrees to the truce, she must withdraw her claim to the English throne. Mary decides to accept, believing that it is the only way her country will be at peace. Mary and Francis sign the accord and switch Mary's banners in the throne room to remove the English lion. Mary and Francis plan a romantic getaway to Paris. After leaving the French Court, they stop the carriage midway of their trip and go skinny-dipping. After one of their love sessions, Mary goes to back to the carriage to get their lunch but she is grabbed by a band of assassins.

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Mary screams as Francis is being attacked.

Not long after, Mary begins to scream and quickly is found by Francis. As he fights off the assassins, Mary screams for the guards and is grabbed once again by one of the assassins. She watches as Francis is pinned down and his head is repeatedly slammed into the ground. She screams for the assassin to stop and gets threatened with a knife to her throat. Francis manages to get out from under the assassin's grasp and free Mary from hers, but collapses soon after, and Mary rushes over to him.

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Mary is pulled away from Francis by Catherine.

After she tells the guard to bring help, Francis tells her that the time has come. They were meant to be happy but he has another fate predicted long ago. He wants her to make sure that Jean is taken care for and stay in France until Catherine becomes Regent. She promises and he says he sees such beauty and thinks about them as children and their love story, their wedding, their kisses. He wants her to find love again but she never love anyone the way that she loves him. Francis hopes that she does and he then dies. Mary becomes overflowed with grief and is unable to let Francis go until Catherine shows up with Bash, Nostradamus and the guards, having to pull her away from him.

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"I am no longer the Queen of France."

Mary is filled with anger when confronting Nicholas back at the castle. She accuses Elizabeth of being behind the attack to ensure that Mary is a threat if she's dead. Nicholas denies it but Mary ends up tearing and burning the peace accord. She tells him England has taken enough from her. Mary once again emotional, runs into the throne room and tears down the new banners. She then screams out in rage. Days later, Francis' funeral takes place. She learns from Narcisse that the assassins were Scots from a group of radical Scottish protestants who want self-government and Mary's death. She believes that this is Nostradamus' prophecy of her being Francis' undoing and tells Narcisse to hang the assassin. She also realizes that Nicholas was telling the truth. Mary kisses Francis' coffin and is told by the guard that the queen rides in the first carriage as custom. She says she is no longer Queen of France and walks behind the coffin as it rolls away on its cart.

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Mary sails on her own.

Two weeks later, Mary apologizes to Catherine for bringing upon Francis' untimely death and gives her back the Queen of France's crown. Catherine doesn't blame Mary and reminds her that she made her son happy. Catherine tells Mary that she is strong and must be for the journey ahead. At the end of the episode, Mary goes sailing on Francis' boat and manages to do it on her own.

While grieving Francis' death in Fight or Flight, Mary helps Catherine become Regent. She believes that Lord Grenier is angling himself for the position of Regent. To confirm her suspicions, she looks through Francis' ledger and discovers that Lord Grenier has been selling off his most profitable vineyards. Thanks to Greer's help in finding out what he's been using the money for, it is revealed that he has been purchasing mercenary armies for the war in Scotland; profiting off the death of his soldiers. After Mary and Catherine confront Lord Grenier, Mary dissolves the alliance between Scotland and France in order to help Catherine. The soldiers are allowed to return home since France no longer has any duty towards Scotland. The members of the privy council begin to consider Catherine for the regency. At the end of the episode, Mary makes another hard choice by looking towards the Prince of Spain, Don Carlos to become her next husband.

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Mary sees Don Carlos during the hunt.

In The Hound and the Hare, Mary is asked by Don Carlos to participate in a courting game: The Hound and the Hare. Before marrying Francis, Mary had been occasionally hunted by other suitors and because of that she declines. Later, Catherine convinces Mary to change her mind as an alliance to Spain would be a great favor to Scotland. After Don Carlos receives a threatening letter, he informs Mary that he must leave immediately. In order to stop him from leaving, she orders her servants to hide Don Carlos' luggage in the wine cellar. Her plan works and she gets him to play the hound and hare game. He happily accepts and tells her his version of the game: the men are the hares and the woman chase after them. They are in the woods and are joined by Catherine, Lola, Narcisse and other lords and ladies. During the hunt, Mary spots Don Carlos but she injures her ankle while trying to cross the river.

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On her way back to the castle, she is helped by Gideon Blackburn. He warns her about Don Carlos and eventually Don Carlos shows her his sex apparatus. He loves pain and has been looking for a potential wife to give it to him. Mary promises to keep his secret but she later tells Catherine. Mary is very uncomfortable to do something like that so Catherine decides to help her out. Late at night, Mary straps Don Carlos to the machine and blindfolds him. Catherine sneaks in and begins whipping him while Mary tries talking dirty to him. Don Carlos quickly learns that Mary is not alone and takes his blindfold off. As he lashes out at the women, the apparatus falls over and appears to have killed him. Mary and Catherine panic, trying to figure out how to cover up what they've done. When they turn around, he is gone.

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Mary and Catherine

After finding Don Carlos is still alive Our Undoing, Mary and Catherine begin figuring out a plan to cover up their involvement. When Narcisse starts to suspect Catherine on accusations that she poisoned Francis, she calls him out for planting the rat in Lola's bath and tricking him into marrying him. This causes Mary to go to Lola with this information including his affair with Catherine. Lola refuses to believe Mary but realizes that she has no proof and starts to suspect her husband. Mary has another problem on her hands, some barley was stolen by the English troops causing a barley shortage in Scotland. The Scots which include Lola's family that tried to take it back are being held hostage. Elizabeth will only let them go if Lola comes to English Court. After Lola discovers all of Narcisse's treachery, Mary hesitantly agrees to her request to go to England. Lastly, Don Carlos finally wakes up and is revealed to have become impaired, also not remembering anything that happened before his accident. Mary uses his condition as an advantage to save her country and chooses marry him.

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Mary in her wedding dress.

In Wedlock, using her engagement to Don Carlos, Mary sends grain to Scotland while Narcisse funds for the French troops there. She later ends up an argument with Gideon who is against her marriage as she is using it for political reasons. Gideon tries to sabotage the wedding by announcing that Queen Elizabeth is reconsidering a marriage to Don Carlos. However, the Duke of Alba refuses the offer and continues on with the engagement between Mary and Don Carlos. Mary becomes suspicious of Don Carlos after granting him the Crown Matrimonial which allows him to continue to be King of Scotland if she were to die childless. The day of her wedding, Mary uses her trick up her sleeve against Don Carlos. On the document the Crown Matrimonial is missing and he lashes out in anger revealing his healed condition to everyone. Catherine then banishes Don Carlos from France. Near the end of the episode, Mary learns that her cousin is holding Agatha, Gideon's daughter, hostage.

In Bruises That Lie, Mary is ordered to leave France by Narcisse when they find her containing the stolen gold given to Charles. Accidently Catherine's doing, she hurries to find a way to keep Mary in France. After a successful plan, Mary is saved by Catherine who ousts Narcisse of the regency and becomes Regent herself. Also, Mary helps Gideon in getting his daughter back by making other English spies think they're falling in love.

In Succession, Mary supports Charles during his coronation and also helps Gideon out with his daughter. Later, Gideon discovers Mary's plan to head to the Vatican for funds to fight Knox. Knowing Elizabeth will see it as an act of war, Mary refuses to have everything taken from her and will regain her power.

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In No Way Out, Mary had returned from the Vatican and they agreed to finance her army. Later, Elizabeth decided to name Mary her heir, in which she would choose Mary's next husband. After Mary was officially named heir to the English throne, Elizabeth would be assassinated, and Mary would take her place. Rome would do whatever it took to put a Catholic back on the English throne. Against the plot, Mary sought Gideon's help in saving her cousin. Gideon killed his former valet who was acting as Elizabeth's agent and writes to Elizabeth with Mary's acceptance of the succession. Also, Mary listens to Catherine's advice and takes Gideon as her new lover.

In Strange Bedfellows, the Vatican wants to place a Catholic king in place of Mary, Joseph Tudor, her distant cousin. Mary also finds out that Archbishop has been taking royal carriages, using them to help Joseph. However, Gideon finds Joseph, sends him back to England and gains the letters between Joseph and the Vatican. Mary sends word of the plot to Elizabeth, saving her life. With the Vatican angry of their plans being ruined, they want Gideon to be tried and hanged. Mary negotiates with Elizabeth by doing a prison swap: Gideon for one of Catherine's generals. Elizabeth accepts and Mary says goodbye to Gideon.

In To The Death, Mary needs money for an army and to return to Scotland. She receives help from Bash. He takes her to a group of available mercenaries and she decides to give them a test. Wanting to help Greer with her baby, she orders the mercenaries to break Lord Castleroy out of jail. The mission is a success, however, Castleroy is none to pleased to find out Greer is pregnant with someone else's child. Mary reminds him of his love for Greer which leads to their reconciliation. Mary gives the two papers that will give them a fresh start away for French Court. Mary and Greer say their goodbyes. Later, Bash tells Mary he wants to go to Scotland with her. He wants to help her with her hardships but Mary declines his offer.

In Safe Passage, Mary and the others find the nine generals dead caused by The Red Knights. In order to protect the royal family, they decide to bury the bodies and make it look the generals never showed up to the dinner. During the chaos, Mary receives word from Lola that she should head to Scotland immediately as it now has safe passage. Catherine tells Mary to leave without feeling guilty as she can handle the Red Knights situation herself. They then she the generals' heads on spikes for everyone to see. This leads to an arguement with Narcisse. He believes that Catherine should use Mary's mercenaries in order to protect themselves. Catherine refuses as Mary needs them to return to Scotland safely and take back her throne. Saying her goodbyes to Bash and Charles, Bash gives her a gift from Francis that he would give her the day she return to Scotland.

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As Mary gets ready to set sail, she opens Francis' gift. A sword he had made for her and a letter. In the letter written, My dearest Mary. If you are reading this, you are leaving France to reclaim your Scottish throne. I always knew this day would come and I wish I could be at your side as you set sail to take back what is yours. In the darkest of times you were my conscience. Your heart was my light, Mary, and it burned so very bright for France. No matter how far you go, that light will burn forever. Mary heads back to the castle to defend Catherine and everyone from the soldiers. She tells them that if they turn against Catherine, they turn against France. She will fight them to the death in order to protect Catherine. The soldiers stand down and Mary nods at Catherine before riding off. Before Mary gets on the ship, she has two more members joining her: Narcisse and Bash. The episode ends with a storm at sea and Mary trying to steel herself.

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Mary and Narcisse

In Clans, Mary wakes up on the beach. She sees men on the beach and feebly calls out for help, but no one answers her. Mary soon witnesses that one of the men cuts one of the bodies' throat. She hides behind a rock and is startled by Narcisse. They see Bash lying on the beach, and one of the men approaching him. But before the man can stab him, he and the other men run away as a group of Druids is approaching the beach on horseback. The Druids take Bash with them and Narcisse and Mary follow them.

Mary and Narcisse walk into one of their tents and see one of the Druids performing a ritual on him. They interrupt it, insisting they stop immediately. The leader of the druids reassures them that the ritual's purpose is to ensure Bash's survival. Bash soon wakes up. Later that evening, Mary and Narcisse are hosted by the druids and the leader, Senneck, tells them that Scotland is a land fractured by hate in need of a unifier.

The next day, Mary confronts Narcisse, who is preparing to leave. She begs him to stay, and help her in Scotland. He refuses her offer, but gives her some tough love before he sets off on his journey to rescue Lola. Bash and Mary are given supplies by the druids and are preparing to leave, when the druids are attacked by the Wulvers, a rebellious clan, and the same one who was cutting the throats of the bodies on the beach. As the Wulvers and the druids are fighting, Mary and Bash hide. They are soon found by the Wulvers, who have killed the entire group of druids. Mary and Bash, who go by Pauline and Pierre, tell them that they need to travel to Falkirk, as Pauline (Mary) is about to meet her future husband. The clan persuades them to take them with them. As they are preparing for their journey, Mary spies a pin on the cloak of one of their new traveling companions and recognizes it as the seal of the clan who ordered her assassination and ended up killing Francis instead.

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Mary in Munro's chamber

In Intruders, Mary and Bash continue on their journey with the clan responsible for killing Francis. They've devised a plan which will put them in front of Munro, the leader of Clan MacFie. The clan members take the bait and arrange a detour. Duncan takes Mary and Bash to their village so they can meet with Munro. When Munro has Mary escorted out to be bathed and dressed, he has Bash's sword taken and reveals he's sent a rider ahead of them to meet the wool merchant they're supposed to meet in Falkirk. After Munro and Mary share a dance, Munro invites her into his chambers, and Mary follows him, in spite of the risks. Upstairs, he lets her choose a piece of jewelry his men scavenged from the beach. She spies her sword in his room and asks him about it. When she does, he reveals that he knows who she is. When Munro gets close enough, Mary uses her sharp necklace to stab Munro. She and Bash ride off soon after and they arrive just in time to interrupt the dissolving of the monarchy and claim her throne.

In Spiders in a Jar, Mary has returned to Scotland and learns that Elizabeth plans to take Scotland. John Knox has demanded Mary convert to Protestantism in order to gain his support. Otherwise he will back Elizabeth. When John Knox finds out that Mary is planning to take Mass, he shows up to stop her, reminding her that the Lords of Congregation have forbidden Catholics from participating in their faith. She asks him to help her unite all of Scotland's people together to live in peace and threatens him if he chooses another path.

As Mary looks around in the throne room, she receives a visit from James and Bash. James brings news of a slaughter of Protestants in a village and Bash informs her Elizabeth's noble delegates are meeting with Scottish lords. Mary and Bash ride into a village to interrogate the Englishmen who are traveling the country on Elizabeth's behalf. When she asks to speak to the leader of their group, Gideon rises before her. They enter a cabin to speak privately and Gideon kisses Mary. She asks him for intelligence and learns Elizabeth is planning a bloodless coup. She asks for time and he promises to give it.

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Mary giving her speech

Mary meets with the Catholic priest who is blamed for inciting the murder of Scottish Protestants. He says he wasn't there and claims to have been on a retreat, alone, when the attack occurred. Mary feels torn, unable to appease either side. Mary learns that the Catholic priest in her dungeon hanged himself in the night. She decides to use his death to her own advantage and stages his body in front of a contingent of Protestants and Catholics so she can rally them to her cause. Bash leaves in the middle of her speech, but she manages to win the rest of them over.

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Mary crying over Lola's death

Mary spends the night with Gideon. She feels guilty for using Father Ashby's suicide for her advantage, but Gideon reassures her. The next day, Bash brings Mary the news of Lola's death. Heartbroken, Mary vows to get revenge on Elizabeth for ordering her friend's execution and asks Gideon to get close to Elizabeth so that she can take England from her cousin. 

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