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The Tudors - Season 3 Episode Guide



Episode 1. Civil Unrest
King Henry marries for the third time. A blonde, shy noblewoman by the name of Jane Seymour. The king's decision to abandon the Catholic Church causes an uproar.   

Episode 2. The Northern Uprising
The uproar caused by the King's decision to break with the Catholic Church turns into a full-blown rebellion that comes to be known as "The Pilgrimage of Grace". Because the king is hampered by an old jousting injury, he sends Charles Brandon to deal with the uprising.
However, the injury does not interfere with his love life because the newly-wed king finds a new mistress, the Lady Ursula Misseldon.

Episode 3. Dissension and Punishment
It's almost Christmas time again and after having been estranged for years, Henry reunites with his daughters Mary and Elizabeth. Despite attempts at reconciliation with the leaders of the rebellion, there is betrayal and brutality.

Episode 4. The Death of a Queen
The leaders of the uprising meet their fate but Charles Brandon is disturbed by the cruelty involved. King Henry finally gets his wish, a male heir. However, the consequences of this birth are considerable.

Episode 5. Problems in the Reformation
After the death of his wife, Henry mourns in solitude. His enemies use this opportunity to murder members of the royal entourage. Cromwell is upset that the Church of England still closely resembles the Catholic Church.

Episode 6. Search for a New Queen
In another bid to rid the kingdom of Catholicism, Cromwell arranges for the king to marry a protestant. The king's leg wound takes a turn for the worse and actually threatens the king's life.

Episode 7. Protestant Anne of Cleves
England is threatened by an alliance between France and Spain, backed by Rome, so Henry agrees to marry Anne of Cleves, a German protestant, without even meeting her beforehand.

Episode 8. The Undoing of Cromwell
Henry annuls his marriage and finds a teenage mistress instead. Princess Mary falls in love with a foreign duke, Duke Philip of Bavaria.
Cromwell loses the king's favour.

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The Tudors - Season 4 Episode Guide



Episode 1. Moment of Nostalgia
King Henry VIII finds his new wife in a teenager named Katherine Howard, but the young queen soon causes jealousy among the king's court.  

Episode 2. Sister
Due to his age, Henry is forced to leave the Christmas celebrations. In the meantime, the Seymore clan becomes the target of Lord Surrey.  

Episode 3. Something for You
Henry forgives the citizens of the North who rebelled against him. Meanwhile, rumors about an affair between Henry's new wife and Thomas Culpepper spread.

Episode 4. Natural Ally
After the king's pardon, the North surprises Henry with a warm welcome. Back at Henry's court, Queen Katherine is being blackmailed by a former lover.  

Episode 5. Bottom of the Pot
Henry discovers Katherine's affair and punishes her with banishment.

Episode 6. You Have My Permission
Henry decides to put his daughters back in his line of succession and surprises with an unexpected political alliance.

Episode 7. Sixth And The Final Wife
Catherine Parr becomes Henry's final wife and is able to stabilize Henry's household.

Episode 8. As It Should Be
The defeat of the French in Boulogne comes with a high prize and costs the lives of thousands of Henry's men and the king decides to return home in triumph.

Episode 9. Secrets Of The Heart
Henry's health worsens after his military campaign against France and he suffers constant pain from his ulcerous leg. Meanwhile, Bishop Gardiner accuses Henry's wife Catherine Parr of being a heretic.

Episode 10. Death Of A Monarchy
King Henry learns that his friends King Francis and Charles Brandon are dying. Confronted with mortality, the ghosts of his former wives pay him a visit and Hans Holbein paints a last portrait of Henry.

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