Prisoners escape as the guards let them out since Grimaud (Matthew McNulty) wants to raid Louis's (Ryan Gage) gold which is found under the prison. To do this he also needs a prisoner, Joubert (Iain McKee) as he built the foolproof door to the room housing the gold. The Musketeers are needed to help round the prisoners up and Georges Marcheaux (Matt Stokoe) tells them not to bring them back until the first bell at noon, which would've got me thinking why, but none of them questioned it. They take them back to the garrison, but some are still out there, including one who is delusional and thinks he's the real king. Joubert doesn't want to help, but he is coerced into it since they have his wife Annabelle (Naomi Radcliffe) and Grimaud shows him her key necklace. Joubert needs materials to help him make a key and doesn't know how long it will take.
In the meantime, Louis plans a lavish birthday party for the dauphin as this will be the last birthday he has with him, which he expects Feron (Rupert Everett) to pay for. However Feron is bankrupt and the Dutch minister, Van Laar (Allan Corduner) returns to collect the interest on the loan, which Feron has ignored as he's ignoring him too. He talks with Treville (Hugo Speer) who doesn't know of this and he confronts Feron, who tells him it's a personal matter between him and the king, Treville isn't family. In which case Treville tells him he won't object if he leaves the letters for the king. Feron tries to get the letters back, but he is interrupted by the dauphin and Anne (Alexandra Dowling) as he tells her he and the dauphin were playing a game. He has to leave and the letter remains behind.
Feron invites Van Laar to his chamber where he tells him to forget the money and to leave, he refuses and so Feron kills him. Using that knife comes so easy to him and has to get Georges to dispose of the body. However in the process, he forgets to tell Georges that the prisoners mustn't be returned until the evening bell otherwise Grimaud and his men won't be able to leave. As they round up more prisoners, D'Artagnan (Luke Pasqualino) goes after the fake king and he tells him about a plot to steal the king's gold, which he ignores thinking it's just the rantings of a mad man, he was at a battle and is a soldier. D'Artagnan takes him to a church where he leaves him with the nuns. Later finding out that he's a murderer and killed a guard at the prison. As they arrive at the church, it's too late and the nuns are dead. They fear he 'll head to he palace.
Which he does and he gets into Louis's chamber and burns Feron's letter in a twist of fate. Louis wants people to pay homage to his son, beginning with Feron and he collapses and falls, Louis saying he's embarrassing them. The Musketeers learn of the gold plot and head to the prison, after Aramis (Santiago Cabrera) rescues Annabelle with Constance (Tamla Kari) and she tells them what's happening. At the prison, the prisoners are returned and Georges tells Grimaud no one gave him the message. The men hide out and as they fight the men, Grimaud gets away again even after Aramis gives chase.
Heading to the palace, they search for the prisoner as he has Anne and she leads him to the gardens. Aramis saves her as the prisoner fires at her and D'Artagnan shoots him. He later regrets having to shoot a mad man but it's what he had to do. Giving Athos (Tom Burke) the idea that he wants to be with Sylvie (Thalissa Teixeira) and he goes to her. Louis asks if Anne is hurt and she replies the Musketeers saved her. Though he's not happy to see Aramis there.
Once again Grimaud gets away and so does Feron since Georges left Van Laar's body in the garden, they think the mad prisoner killed him, as well as having the letter burnt too, but his luck can only last for so long and that goes for Grimaud too. They can't get rid of him just yet since he's their main adversary this series, but he does get away with anything and everything. The venom and contempt of Louis against Anne and Aramis is always on display and even though he dotes on the dauphin, he's always reminded of her betrayal and that of his Musketeer.
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