Louis (Ryan Gage) likes the Count Mellandorf's (Roger Ringrose) daughter, Charlotte (Charlotte Hope) and takes them hunting, as he wishes Anne (Alexandra Dowling) could be as active as her. As the cardinal (Pater Capaldi) and the count discuss how she will get a hefty dowry when she's married and boasts of his grandchildren. Louis also tells him how she would've been perfect if he wasn't married. Also how it's been years and there's no sign of an heir for him. Anne is at the spa waters which are known for their fertility and this also giving the cardinal the idea to hatch a plot to dispose of the queen. For this he tells Milady (Maimie McCoy) to take care of it and she assures him, a man by the name of Gallagher (Lochlainn O'Mearain) will be perfect for the job, as we've just seen him shoot five rats! The Musketeers are protecting Anne and engage in some swordplay continuing with D'Artagnan's (Luke Pasqualino) training. Aramis (Santiago Cabrera) thinking the place idyllic.
Gallagher rides out with his men and he takes aim at Anne, as Aramis now bores of the birds and tries to shoot at it, a gun goes off but it's not him and Anne's friend, lies dead in her cloak which she lent her. They take Anne and need to ride away with the men giving chase. Athos (Tom Burke) tells D'Artagnan and Porthos (Howard Charles) to ride ahead to Paris for help and after a bout of fishing and Anne cooking the fish, which was burnt, Athos hears the men riding. They come across a nunnery and Athos and Aramis will hold up there with Anne. The Mother Superior (Gabrielle Reidy) allows them to stay and help Anne. Asking what they can do. They don't have any weapons but one pistol and Sister Helene (Alice Patten) tells them she knows of something which will help, as she takes Aramis with her to the wine cellar. He recalls his father making brandy with honey and sugar and after tasting it, he says it's the same recipe, Helene tells him he doesn't recognize her and she turns out to be Isabel, whom he spoke of in 1.6 Death Of A Hero.
Later she tells him it was her idea to come here and not marry him, her father didn't send her here, Aramis also telling Anne about how he loved her and was going to have a baby with her. He would've stood by her and he wanted his baby, but it didn't make it. Gallagher rides up with a white flag and Athos meets him telling him to surrender, he can ride away with his honour. He recognizes he was a soldier and he says they don't shoot women. He allows the nuns to leave, but they choose to stay. The men attack and they hold them off as best they can. The nuns helping with the Molotov cocktails.
Porthos and D'Artagnan shoot the men after them and find a note, as well as noticing the tattoo of a hand on the man's wrist. Porthos doesn't know what it means. They tell Treville (Hugo Speer) of the events but the Musketeers are out with Louis, the garrison is empty with only the servants there. Louis returns and hears of the new, as the cardinal tells Milady that she was careless with the promissory note and it will lead back to him. She takes care of the man who gave the note and forges a note stating the count ordered the queen to be abducted, as well as leaving the handprint in the ledger. D'Artagnan smells jasmine and follows the trail, with Milady hiding behind the door and ready to stab him. He's called away. How come he doesn't recall the perfume, granted many women use it, but it was too much of a coincidence.
Gallagher was an Irish soldier who had his lands taken away by the Protestants, so they gather he wouldn't want to be against Louis. The cardinal accuses the count of being behind the plot and Louis has them both thrown into the Bastille, even though he objects. His luggage is searched and the note is found there, planted by Milady. Isabel tells Aramis they wouldn't have been happy together and that's why she left. Gallagher devises another plan of attack and two men enter the nunnery from the side. Isabel is shot and Aramis is despondent. Bearing all to Anne who tells him about losing her baby six years ago. They spend the night together of course and Athos finds him the next day. Cos during all that chaos, they had the time to be together!
Athos says he didn't see anything cos this is treason and he'll be hanged, then Athos will be hanged too for allowing it to happen. Treville gets the men at the garrison to disguise themselves as Musketeers and ride out to the convent. Finding Athos and Aramis in the cellar, with one bullet remaining in Athos's gun. Gallagher runs and Athos chases after him, giving him a chance to surrender, but he reaches for his pistol, leaving Athos no choice. Mother Superior tells them he said he left money in his saddle bags to repair the convent and they find the money in a box, but nothing else, except, Milady's forget-me-knot flower, well for an assassin, she's not very clever in covering her tracks. Anne is returned and Louis is happy to see her. However they find that the cardinal must be behind the plot since the count had nothing to lose, also the cardinal presents Louis with Mellandorf's confession. They can't execute him and risk an all out war with Prussia. They must investigate further. D'Artagnan is certain that he did smell a woman's scent. Before they leave, Athos tells the cardinal he'll find the woman behind the plot and also the man who's behind it too.
Aramis revealing his parents wanted him to become a priest, but "I was better at dispatching people to hell." More background is revealed about Aramis in a continuation from 1.6 where he told Alice about Isabel, his lost love. Here he says she was right and knew they wouldn't find any happiness. though she tells him he didn't want the baby. As we know, he'll have a child now with Anne since it was the only place and way the two of them could've been together. No way they could've gotten together at the palace and also it was to be expected (no pun) since Louis mentioned not having any heir by now, but was that really Anne's fault. Also it was apparent Isabel would be killed off, giving further chance for Aramis to reflect and discover his true feelings for her and how they would've been unhappy. So it appears she was not the love of his life after all, no, that it seems clear is Anne. Milady and the cardinal getting away with the plot, just by the skin of their teeth, but that won't last long!
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