As D'Artagnan (Luke Pasqualino) has a duel with another man, the guards arrive to arrest him, as duelling is prohibited. This is what Treville (Hugo Speer) reiterates to them at the garrison and D'Artagnan is in prison and will be executed for this as an example.
Athos: "Nothing more we can do for him."
Pothos: "No point all of us gettimg arrested."
Aramis: "He knows the Musketeer motto: 'every man for himself.' Yeah since when? Ha.
Here he befriends, Vadim (Jason Fleyming) a criminal who is plotting the execution of Louis (Ryan Gage) and queen Anne (Alexandra Dowling). He shows D'Artagnan a magic trick with a coin and he tells him the trick is to make the audience look the other way, which will be brought up again twice in the ep later on. Word gets out of his plans and the Cardinal (Peter Capaldi) asks where he would kill the king and how, as Vadim's stolen gunpowder. A good place Treville replies is Notre Dame where Louis and Anne show their faces to the public after the service.
Constance (Tamla Kari) is livid that they didn't help D'Artagnan and abandoned him in danger, then slaps Aramis, "God, I love that in a woman...violence." What with that slap and Suzette (Denise Gough) complementing him on his "lovely eyes" which Athos (Tom Burke) was meant to have mentioned to him in the morning and then getting slapped on the other cheek by Constance again, this was becoming a bit of a habit with Aramis, not to mention getting a private audience with Anne as well.
Aramis: "I don't like this, I've never been unpopular before...I'm the more romantic hero type." As opposed to Porthos (Howard Charles) who is the unpopular one.
Constance's husband, Bonacieux (Bohdan Poraj) also catches her with the Musketeers, helping them out and is later glad he could help when they explain why.
Anne also likes to pardon prisoners and pays a visit to the jail, she never picks a good day to do anything does she and always gets into trouble, see series 3 where she hands out money to the poor and has to be saved and also as she wants to help the poor of Paris with reading and she also needs to be rescued from the rabble crowd. Here it's the same thing and as she hands out money Treville tells her the hardened criminals would consider her soft for doing this. Vadim tells D'Artagnan he's going to escape and walk right out the door. He pretends to have a fit and knocks out the jailer, with D'Artagnan begging him to take him too, cos he's not a Musketeer. Outside guards open fire and he takes Anne as a hostage demanding the door to be opened, which Treville orders to be done. Surprised no one saw D'Artagnan signalling to Treville to give the order. His men are waiting outside and he kisses Anne and lets her go. She just stands around in the middle of the gunfire and commotion and Aramis dives in to save her and protect her. For which she's grateful and later she gives him her cross, so it will protect him in the future.
D'Artagnan is taken to his hideout where he learns of Vadim's plans, saying he can be trusted. He later leaves and D'Artagnan follows him to Suzette's house, his mistress. D'Artagnan is caught by his man and tells him he's visiting his mistress too, Constance and he kisses her, so she must play along and invites him inside. Athos and the others arrive and he tells him of the plans, but he has to continue and returns. Vadim tells him he should ask if he wants a conjugal visit next time and he hands him a map of the route and where they will use the bombs. Then tells him to get some wine to celebrate. D'Artagnan is awfully naive in these early eps, since he doesn't realize Vadim is already aware of his working for the others. He gives the map to Porthos and they are ready for the attack the next day.
Vadim tells them they have a traitor and he ties up D'Artagnan with some gunpowder giving him eleven minutes. His men attacks Louis and Anne by throwing the bombs and D'Artagnan tries to free himself. They realize it's a rouse after they find out Vadim used to work at the palace and was shown the queen's chambers and the palace on an educational tour. Also the diamond necklace of Anne's was stolen. Athos says they're really after the jewels at the palace and again that's the same as the series 3 ep where Grimaud was after the gold and the release of the prisoners was a diversion.
D'Artagnan gets out but can't prevent the gunpowder from going off. But he manages to foil Vadim's plans as he attempts to escape with the jewels. They also know Suzette was lying to them when she told Athos and Aramis she didn't know where Vadim was. As she plans to leave, Milady (Maimie McCoy) ambushes her and steals the necklace, later telling the Cardinal that she didn't come across it when it's right round her neck. Obviously she's playing anyone and everyone here to get her own way and what she wants. (Suzette was a little crepe Suzette thinking she could get one over on Milady!)
See D'Artagnan missed Vadim's plans twice, when he gave him the map he should've known it was a decoy and not a real map, but he didn't realize it cos he was looking the wrong way, hence the title, sleight of hand. Constance was warming to D'Artagnan and nay fool could see she was really falling for him, even if she is married. She kind of married in haste and repented in leisure with him, as she said once, he was all she could have at the time and didn't want to be left without any prospects, even if it was a boring life. Some funny moments again and Aramis putting his foot in it, especially where the ladies are concerned. Of course he'd save Anne and as their eyes met...!! ha.
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