Constance (Tamla Kari) is led to the gallows and all Treville (Hugo Speer) can do is stand by and watch next to Rochefort (Marc Warren). However she refuses the blindfold so she can see as much as she can of the world. Then she sees D'Artagnan (Luke Pasqualino) below who shoots the executioner, as all hell breaks loose and Treville manages to overpower Rochefort and his men are shot too. As they ride away and decide the time is right to present Vargas (Peter Sullivan) to court and to Louis (Ryan Gage) in the hopes of unmasking Rochefort's treachery. Aramis (Santiago Cabrera) is put on trial, with Louis hearing everything he has to say from above. Yes Louis presiding over the farce of a trial as if he's god from high on up and yet is in despair when he hears Rochefort say he is the dauphin's father as Marguerite (Charlotte Salt) testifies she only began the affair with Aramis after the dauphin was born and not before. As if that makes any difference, maybe he didn't really notice her before then, for our purposes we know it was only so Aramis could be close to his son, but for their purposes it could've been for any number of reasons, including Aramis being a well-known womanizer.
Rochefort; "Do you swear to give us the truth of this sordid encounter." The sordidness that was going through his own head with thoughts of Anne (Alexandra Dowling) and for him to be there instead of Aramis.
Aramis: "I understand that God is with us now in this room. We will all be judged for what is in our hearts."
Rochefort wants Aramis to confess he slept with the queen and Aramis replies by saying the only thing he will confess to is Rochefort being a liar and plotting against them. However he will be executed. Louis wants to be left alone cos not only has he lost Anne but also his son. As Aramis is chained he makes a promise to God that if by some miracle he is saved, he will give over his life to him and he is rescued by Milady (Maimie McCoy). Who tells Athos (Tom Burke) that she is leaving for England and if he wants to be with her, she'll wait in her carriage until sundown.
Marguerite is disgusted with what she's done and takes her own life, leaving the dauphin crying and to be found by Rochefort of course and also tearing up her letter. As he talks Louis into signing her death sentence, Rochefort now turns executioner and gets out a fave weapon of his no doubt and will take pleasure in strangling her. Only moments before Aramis arrives to save her and also fights with Rochefort, who still stands even getting a dagger to his back, which is what he deserved and more for his backstabbing. Of course all of the Musketeers get to fight him and it is left to D'Artagnan to finally kill him, as he said he wants Rochefort for himself. As he finally dies, Aramis heads over to close his eyes and Anne tells him he doesn't deserve that. Even with Vargas whispering in his ear before he passes that Spain got the better of him.
Treville accepts Louis's offer of his Minister of War as France is at war with Spain for its complicity as Louis calls it, as well as Louis being content with his son. Aramis keeps his word and heads to the monastery, with everyone having a farewall. Constance and D'Artagnan marry and would've thought Aramis would've been present at their wedding, but no, they sent him off already! Athos wants to meet Milady and as he tries to leave, Treville tells him all leave is cancelled and they are at war.
Milady waits for him and he finally leaves the garrison and rides out, but he's too late, finding only her glove in the grass.
Milady"I'm not free. I'm bound to you as you are to me. I have become this foul and ugly thing, this creature who cheats and lies and kill without conscience. I don't want to be that creature anymore, I want to be as I once was with you. To feel hope instead of this deadness in my heart." But as we know that's not to be and she will continue to be the creature who kills without remorse and feeling.
Anne: "you understand nothing about love." As Rochefort describes what will happen to Aramis's body on the wheel,
Rochefort: "It is pain, suffering." What Grimaud echoes in series 3, however his woe is more on life and its injustices instead of love, although he's never known any. A suitable finish to series 2 and plenty to look forward to series 3. Of course Athos and Milady wouldn't get their happy ending, they've come too far for that, she can't really change who she is now, even if Athos went with her to England, think he was thinking more from his heart than his head. Could he really fully trust her? D'Artagnan gets the woman of his dreams, but I missed Aramis not being at his wedding, like they just shunted him off to the monastery already! He deserved better than that, it seemed more as though he was being punished.
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