The Musketeers are ordered by Louis (Ryan Gage) to bring his brother, Gaston, Duke of Orleans (Andre Flynn) to the court but on the way, he pretends to fall off his horse and they take him into an inn to recover. Here an incident ensues between the soldiers and Gaston, as he shoots some of them and has his money stolen, at least he insist it's his money. Louis wants the men brought to justice and the thief caught, but apparently no one admits to being the thief and if the soldiers, former soldiers who fought for France are brought in and attacked as they don't surrender, there'll be more uprising as Treville (Hugo Speer) warns Louis. They fought for him but aren't paid in kind by him, as they're left to fend for themselves.
Gaston strikes up a friendship of sorts with Feron (Rupert Everett) and tells him what was stolen wasn't money, but important documents, letters between Gaston and other men plotting the downfall of Louis. If he found out then he'd hang him for sure. Feron getting Grimaud (Matthew McNulty) to retrieve the documents, which could work to their advantage as they'd have the men in their pockets with leverage to use against them. The documents were stolen by Josephine (Lisa McGrillis) the wife of the inn keeper, Christophe (Richard Dormer) and as the Musketeers return, she leaves a note on their horse telling them she'll give up after the funeral.
At the funeral, Feron sends the Red Guards to arrest the men and bring them in, but the Musketeers are there. As Christophe finds it difficult to speak, Aramis (Santiago Cabrera) takes over the eulogy for the men and Georges Marcheaux (Matt Stokoe) tries to fire on the men, shooting one of them for treason. He's called off by Treville, his minister and again he tries to reason with Louis; that soldiers all over France will raise up and this will only lead to more death. Christophe is adamant and refuses to give up, as he takes Porthos (Howard Charles) and Treville hostage as he tries to talk to the men, setting up a siege situation. Athos (Tom Burke) has no choice but to set up the cadets in defence and Christophe wants his demands met by Louis, give up Gaston, or at least they try to get him to publicly apologize or he'll kill them. This giving Feron the chance to plot again with Grimaud, if they can ensure the Musketeers fail. Athos thinks he can break them out and he tells Porthos of a battle they went through, giving him a clue what to do.
Aramis asks D'Artagnan (Luke Pasqualino) about the battle and he tells them when they were under siege by the Spanish, they got in through tunnels under the building. Which they manage to do, but are caught again. This time the Red Guards arrive and they all have to fight together against them, again it seems hopeless and Josephine finally gives D'Artagnan the documents she stole, saying she's to blame for all of this. D'Artagnan thinks this will bring down Gaston once and for all. Constance (Tamla Kari) arrives with reinforcements and so does Sylvie (Thalissa Teixeira) impressing Athos once more.
Louis sends Gaston to the Bastille for the documents and Feron signs his warrant. Even though he doesn't get a hold of the letters he still thinks he can get Gaston on side against Louis. Constance confides in Anne (Alexandra Dowling) that she doesn't want children cos she doesn't know if she can bring them up without D'Artagnan, she doesn't want to be a widow or raise orphans. "It's one thing to be a Musketeer's wife. I don't think I'm brave enough to be a Musketeer's widow." Anne is lonely and she knows that Georges is spying on her.
The banter between Georges and Constance is funny cos it seems they always end up meeting each other, ever since she humiliated him and his men in when she took their clothes from the bathhouse and made them run naked through the town.
Georges: "You are interfering with the king's orders."
Constance: "A coward hides behind his orders. A man steps out in front of them, you're not a man are you." Which was kind of a silly line if you think about it, considering Athos is giving orders all the time, just as he did when Aramis told him not to order him and he had to walk out, as did Porthos. Later on in the next episode and Athos saying that Aramis is his penance and Porthos agreeing with him.
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