As the Musketeers are on guard at a parade, Louis (Ryan Gage) welcomes the Duke of Savoy (Vincent Reagan) and his men to the court. He's here to sign a treaty with France and not with Spain. As they stand on parade, with Porthos (Howard Charles) being bored, he thinks he should faint, for something to happen. D'Artagnan (Luke Pasqualino) thinks he spots someone in the trees but doesn't follow up on it, not good training or having his instincts honed yet as a Musketeer. There's a shot and it misses the Duke but gets a servant. The Muskeeters look for the assassin and Aramis (Santiago Cabrera) finds a rope which he used to climb down into the palace with. He then finds Marsac (JJ Field) an old friend of his and they fight. He asks Aramis not to give him away cos he's here to avenge the slaughter of twenty Musketeers as they slept. Marsac also saved Aramis's life when he was wounded and dragged him into the forest to hide out. He then left and Aramis owes him cos he saved his life. D'Artagnan finds them and he also wants him not to tell anyone until he's heard him out. A lot of that happening this ep.
They take him to Constance's (Tamla Kari) and she lets him stay in D'Artagnan's room. Aramis needs to find the truth and get to the bottom of it. He tells them the orders were signed by Treville (Hugo Speer) and as they head before Louis, Treville asks them why they didn't catch the assassin. D'Artagnan saying he slipped in the wet grass. Which Treville doesn't really buy, at least he didn't look like he did.
Treville: "There's a killer ont he loose, the security of the nation hangs by a thread but at least little D'Artagnan didn't get a nasty bruise."
Athos (Tom Burke) knows they're up to something and D'Artagnan tells them if Aramis doesn't tell him then he will. He tells him and Constance is livid they bought a deserter and assassin into her house. Secretly enjoying the intrigue of course. Athos doesn't believe Treville could sign their death warrant and neither does Porthos. They'll need proof and they confront him. Treville refuses to answer their questions and Marsac says the traitor or the leader of the Duke' men has a scar on his back.
Treville and the Cardinal (Peter Capaldi) both agree Cluzet (Simon day) mustn't be found as he's a Spanish spy in the court and he's locked up by the Cardinal. Paying him a visit they talk of his five years in solitary, but why did they keep him alive. They need him kept here otherwise Savoy will sign with Spain and Louis can't have that. How many sisters did Louis have anyway, as we see another one, married to the Duke of Savoy. At the inn, Porthos sees the jailer with Savoy's man, Gontard and he takes him to the prison where he sees Cluzet (no to be mistaken for Clouseau! ha.) But Porthos didn't tell them he followed him there and only later does he say who was there.
The cardinal says the treaty must be signed but Savoy challenges his best man to a duel, that being Athos who is a wonder with a sword. First to draw blood wins, which Athos does. Treville tells him to apologize cos he should've let him down and not humiliate him like that. The treaty will be signed and as Athos apologizes for his over zealousness, he sees the scar on his back....
Aramis confronts Treville again and strikes him down when he's talking with the cardinal and how Cluzet mustn't be found. He admits to him that he ordered the men to leave for Savoy. Later explaining that he didn't know they'd be betrayed. Also that Louis did it to protect his sister who was a French spy in the Savoy court and had to be protected. She, the Dutchess of Savoy (Phoebe Fox) comes to the Musketeers after learning they have found Cluzet and will be heading for the prison with the Cardinal. They arrive beforehand and take him to another cell, with D'Artagnan dressed as the jailer, the Cardinal sees him and realizes all is well. Savoy also admonishes his man for being mistaken and a fool. Aramis tells Marsac he was right and he heads to confront Treville and after a fight, Aramis must shoot his friend to save Treville. The orders came directly from the king to protect his sister.
Aramis buries Marsac saying he lost his spirit back there and his body now caught up with it, but his soul is at peace now. Seems Aramis gets the best of the storylines in these eps thus far. Having to take the life of the man who saved him. Elsewhere Constance wants D'Artagnan to teach her how to shoot and sword fight since why should ladies carry themselves with dignity. D'Artagnan thought he was getting propositioned by her when she tells him her husband shouldn't find out. All in good time hey!
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