WEBVTT 00:00:15.729 --> 00:00:19.607 - Once, long ago, we lived in the human world. 00:00:21.401 --> 00:00:23.903 The Moroi vampires, who make the rules... 00:00:26.406 --> 00:00:28.199 - And the Dhampir Guardians, 00:00:28.241 --> 00:00:31.786 sworn to protect against our enemy, 00:00:31.828 --> 00:00:33.580 the Strigoi. 00:00:33.621 --> 00:00:36.458 - Undead vampires who live to kill. 00:00:36.499 --> 00:00:39.461 - Now we live in a world of our own, 00:00:39.502 --> 00:00:42.464 one grounded in elemental magic 00:00:42.505 --> 00:00:46.801 and steeped in rules no one's challenged in centuries... 00:00:46.843 --> 00:00:48.053 until now. 00:00:52.015 --> 00:00:56.394 - The spark of revolution can come from anywhere. 00:00:56.436 --> 00:00:58.646 Even two unlikely friends. 00:01:00.690 --> 00:01:03.818 - And one night that changed everything. 00:02:03.586 --> 00:02:05.547 - Papa. - I came as quickly as I could. 00:02:05.588 --> 00:02:07.090 Where is he? 00:02:07.132 --> 00:02:10.510 - I'm all right, Robert. 00:02:10.552 --> 00:02:12.137 I'm fine. 00:02:19.727 --> 00:02:21.062 - What did you do? 00:02:47.422 --> 00:02:49.340 - Christian asked me to give this to you. 00:02:49.382 --> 00:02:50.717 - Weirdly helpful for someone 00:02:50.758 --> 00:02:53.136 who unceremoniously dumped me on the dance floor. 00:02:53.178 --> 00:02:54.554 - I'm sure he had his reasons. 00:02:54.596 --> 00:02:58.349 - And I have mine for not wanting his help, 00:02:58.391 --> 00:03:00.185 even if I need it. 00:03:00.226 --> 00:03:01.728 This whole thing's in Old Moroi, 00:03:01.769 --> 00:03:04.355 so if something here explains what's going on with me, 00:03:04.397 --> 00:03:05.481 I won't be able to read it. 00:03:05.523 --> 00:03:07.400 - I can help translate. 00:03:07.442 --> 00:03:08.735 I'm sure I can make time, 00:03:08.776 --> 00:03:10.695 even with my upcoming Benchmark Tests. 00:03:10.737 --> 00:03:14.908 - Rose, focus on your tests. I'll be fine. 00:03:14.949 --> 00:03:17.285 You'd be surprised how much free time I have, 00:03:17.327 --> 00:03:19.454 now that my whole life's gone to shit. 00:03:21.289 --> 00:03:23.750 - Are you doing okay? 00:03:23.791 --> 00:03:26.920 - Honestly, maybe I dodged a bullet. 00:03:28.213 --> 00:03:29.714 You should see how they are on the Council. 00:03:29.756 --> 00:03:32.008 I don't know how Victor stands it. 00:03:32.050 --> 00:03:36.012 Now I'm back to plan A-- graduate and see the world. 00:03:36.054 --> 00:03:37.639 - Sign me up. - But I do have to figure 00:03:37.680 --> 00:03:38.932 this stuff out first, 00:03:38.973 --> 00:03:40.600 'cause when we get to the human world, 00:03:40.642 --> 00:03:42.518 I want our heads *ed on tight. 00:03:47.482 --> 00:03:49.025 - Then that's the plan. 00:03:52.987 --> 00:03:55.782 - Hey, Rose. 00:03:55.823 --> 00:03:57.825 Thank Christian for the book. 00:04:05.458 --> 00:04:08.378 - I didn't grow up here at court, 00:04:08.419 --> 00:04:11.965 and as I formally declare my candidacy, 00:04:12.006 --> 00:04:13.341 I see you're surprised. 00:04:13.383 --> 00:04:17.053 But it's really Lissa Dragomir 00:04:17.095 --> 00:04:19.097 you have to thank. 00:04:19.138 --> 00:04:22.308 I'm young and new here, 00:04:22.350 --> 00:04:25.812 and so I may seem like a radical choice. 00:04:25.853 --> 00:04:29.482 But with a Dhampir best friend 00:04:29.524 --> 00:04:33.486 and her association with the Ozera family, 00:04:33.528 --> 00:04:37.323 she was the radical. 00:04:37.365 --> 00:04:40.493 Untethered from our traditions. 00:04:40.535 --> 00:04:43.371 After learning much from my Aunt Irene, 00:04:43.413 --> 00:04:46.708 I believe in the Elementalist cause. 00:04:46.749 --> 00:04:51.504 My platform will put faith and Moroi needs first. 00:04:51.546 --> 00:04:53.506 - Moroi don't live in a vacuum. 00:04:53.548 --> 00:04:55.925 - The Queen backed her horse, 00:04:55.967 --> 00:04:58.386 and it stumbled out to the gate. 00:04:58.428 --> 00:05:01.347 She waits for the Council to speak. 00:05:01.389 --> 00:05:05.768 When you do, I hope you speak my name. 00:05:05.810 --> 00:05:07.729 Thank you. 00:05:07.770 --> 00:05:10.940 - Thank you, Tatiana. 00:05:10.982 --> 00:05:13.109 We will take all of this to heart. 00:05:19.657 --> 00:05:21.326 - Put your tongue back in your mouth, Peter. 00:05:22.827 --> 00:05:25.038 There's still time for other candidates to emerge. 00:05:25.079 --> 00:05:27.165 - This council has serious business to attend to. 00:05:27.206 --> 00:05:30.626 We can't rely solely on long-term repopulation 00:05:30.668 --> 00:05:34.047 to solve our Guardian shortage issue. 00:05:34.088 --> 00:05:35.840 We need a more immediate approach. 00:05:35.882 --> 00:05:37.383 - I can think of one deceased monk 00:05:37.425 --> 00:05:40.386 who might object to another of your aggressive approaches. 00:05:40.428 --> 00:05:42.764 - Let's keep things civil, Victor. 00:05:42.805 --> 00:05:45.391 - I propose we lower the age of Guardian enlistment 00:05:45.433 --> 00:05:48.978 down to 16, thereby expanding our pool of eligible Dhampirs. 00:05:49.020 --> 00:05:50.313 - 16? 00:05:50.355 --> 00:05:52.190 You'd make cannon fodder out of children? 00:05:52.231 --> 00:05:53.733 - 16 is not a child. 00:05:53.775 --> 00:05:56.778 If they're properly trained, they're fit to serve. 00:05:56.819 --> 00:05:58.446 Isn't that the whole point? 00:05:58.488 --> 00:05:59.989 - How old is your youngest, Marie? 00:06:00.031 --> 00:06:02.909 And yours, Dane? - Desperate times, Victor. 00:06:02.950 --> 00:06:05.161 - All in favor of scheduling the vote? 00:06:13.169 --> 00:06:14.962 All opposed? 00:06:17.548 --> 00:06:20.635 The vote is six to five. Motion carries. 00:06:37.110 --> 00:06:38.653 - Am I getting old, or is this Benchmark class 00:06:38.694 --> 00:06:39.737 full of toddlers? 00:06:39.779 --> 00:06:41.322 - No initiative from up top. 00:06:41.364 --> 00:06:44.450 After the St. Jude's massacre, we have to test every Novice, 00:06:44.492 --> 00:06:45.701 even underclassmen. 00:06:45.743 --> 00:06:47.703 - Those poor kids don't stand a chance. 00:06:50.540 --> 00:06:53.084 - Welcome, Moroi students. 00:06:53.126 --> 00:06:54.544 For the next 24 hours, 00:06:54.585 --> 00:06:56.671 your usual Guardians will be replaced 00:06:56.712 --> 00:06:58.506 with the Novices you see before you. 00:07:00.174 --> 00:07:03.553 Novices, the Benchmark Tests are your chance to show us 00:07:03.594 --> 00:07:04.804 what you're made of. 00:07:04.846 --> 00:07:06.848 You will be scored on your ability 00:07:06.889 --> 00:07:08.933 to protect your assigned Moroi 00:07:08.975 --> 00:07:11.686 during simulated surprise attacks. 00:07:11.727 --> 00:07:15.857 Guardians will act as Strigoi. 00:07:15.898 --> 00:07:18.359 Everyone will be outfitted with these special collars 00:07:18.401 --> 00:07:19.861 containing blood squibs. 00:07:19.902 --> 00:07:22.572 If you or your charge's squib gets popped, 00:07:22.613 --> 00:07:24.657 you're dead. 00:07:24.699 --> 00:07:27.660 But if you stay alive 00:07:27.702 --> 00:07:29.787 and rack up enough points, 00:07:29.829 --> 00:07:31.998 you'll get to attend the Royal Tour 00:07:32.039 --> 00:07:34.125 as part of the Guardian security team. 00:07:34.167 --> 00:07:36.711 If you're lucky enough, it can lead to a premium 00:07:36.752 --> 00:07:38.838 Guardian assignment when you graduate. 00:07:38.880 --> 00:07:40.715 - I'm winning this thing. - You better. 00:07:40.756 --> 00:07:42.550 I got odds on you. 00:07:42.592 --> 00:07:44.594 - But you're gonna have to beat Rose. 00:07:44.635 --> 00:07:47.722 - Difficult, but not impossible. 00:07:47.763 --> 00:07:50.475 - And I'm fueled by the unflinching expectations 00:07:50.516 --> 00:07:53.019 of Janine Hathaway, so.. 00:07:53.060 --> 00:07:55.188 Lissa and I will try to leave room for you at the top. 00:07:55.229 --> 00:07:56.481 - Don't worry, Rose. 00:07:56.522 --> 00:07:57.857 When I win, 00:07:57.899 --> 00:07:59.233 I'll find some way to make it up to you. 00:07:59.275 --> 00:08:00.902 - That's gonna hurt when you're in traction. 00:08:00.943 --> 00:08:03.863 But I'm game if you are. 00:08:03.905 --> 00:08:06.032 - And nothing less. 00:08:06.073 --> 00:08:10.536 Pairings go live in three, two, one. 00:08:17.627 --> 00:08:20.254 - What the... - No way. 00:08:22.048 --> 00:08:24.300 * Zeklos. 00:08:52.828 --> 00:08:54.247 - "As such, we may claim this man 00:08:54.288 --> 00:08:56.082 "with the golden tongue 00:08:56.123 --> 00:08:59.544 doth possess a spirit's fancy." 00:08:59.585 --> 00:09:02.630 Fantastic. 00:09:02.672 --> 00:09:04.966 Only took me about an hour to figure it out. 00:09:08.135 --> 00:09:11.556 And who the hell is this man? 00:09:11.597 --> 00:09:13.474 Uh, just a second. 00:09:16.811 --> 00:09:18.271 Come in. 00:09:18.312 --> 00:09:19.855 - Lord Dashkov. 00:09:19.897 --> 00:09:22.108 I've informed him that he's only allowed entry 00:09:22.149 --> 00:09:24.944 if he is not playing the role of secret Strigoi assassin. 00:09:24.986 --> 00:09:28.030 - And I've informed him my time is not to be wasted today. 00:09:28.072 --> 00:09:28.990 - Thank you, Eddie. 00:09:31.659 --> 00:09:33.953 It's so late. What's going on? 00:09:33.995 --> 00:09:35.580 - The Royal Council is trying to take us 00:09:35.621 --> 00:09:37.164 back to the Stone Age. 00:09:37.206 --> 00:09:39.292 We can't have a government of the Royal Moroi 00:09:39.333 --> 00:09:41.627 for the Royal Moroi only. 00:09:41.669 --> 00:09:43.421 We need to restore your voting power. 00:09:43.462 --> 00:09:44.630 - How? 00:09:44.672 --> 00:09:46.966 No bloodline quorum means no vote. 00:09:47.008 --> 00:09:48.801 Did you find another Dragomir floating around? 00:09:48.843 --> 00:09:51.304 - No, but two can play at Tatiana Vogel's game, 00:09:51.345 --> 00:09:53.889 and I've been busy today. 00:09:53.931 --> 00:09:56.809 There's a loophole, like the one she found 00:09:56.851 --> 00:09:58.853 to get you disqualified from being queen. 00:09:58.894 --> 00:10:00.938 - What kind of loophole gets me an instant family? 00:10:00.980 --> 00:10:03.941 - The kind where you get married. 00:10:04.942 --> 00:10:07.820 If you marry, you'll regain your seat at the table. 00:10:07.862 --> 00:10:10.406 You've seen enough to know what I'm up against. 00:10:10.448 --> 00:10:12.992 The Dragomir vote may be the only thing between us 00:10:13.034 --> 00:10:15.453 and a future I don't want to contemplate. 00:10:15.494 --> 00:10:18.289 So I'll arrange for suitors to meet with you 00:10:18.331 --> 00:10:19.957 while supervised. 00:10:19.999 --> 00:10:21.542 What do you say? 00:10:21.584 --> 00:10:23.753 Will you help me keep the Dominion on track? 00:10:34.513 --> 00:10:36.932 - You coming in to keep an eye on me? 00:10:36.974 --> 00:10:39.477 You know, I don't mind an audience. 00:10:39.518 --> 00:10:41.312 - That's gonna be a no. 00:10:41.354 --> 00:10:44.023 I'll just stand guard out here. 00:10:44.065 --> 00:10:45.900 - Suit yourself. 00:10:45.941 --> 00:10:48.402 Which reminds me, 00:10:48.444 --> 00:10:50.696 when laundry services pass through, 00:10:50.738 --> 00:10:54.075 tell them to go easy on the starch. 00:10:54.116 --> 00:10:55.743 I'm sensitive. 00:11:07.296 --> 00:11:09.715 - You should get some sleep. 00:11:09.757 --> 00:11:11.967 It's light out. Strigoi can't get in. 00:11:12.009 --> 00:11:14.512 - Yeah, but I don't trust these *. 00:11:14.553 --> 00:11:15.888 Better safe than sorry. 00:11:15.930 --> 00:11:18.140 You really wanna beat Rose. 00:11:18.182 --> 00:11:20.685 - Yup, but I also wanna go on the Royal Tour. 00:11:20.726 --> 00:11:23.562 My dad is in St. Ignatius Province in Portugal. 00:11:23.604 --> 00:11:27.024 - Can't he just command to see you? 00:11:27.066 --> 00:11:29.443 He's Royal, right? 00:11:29.485 --> 00:11:31.904 - Right. 00:11:31.946 --> 00:11:33.948 It's been a while since he's checked in. 00:11:37.618 --> 00:11:40.746 But I guess that's normal for you guys, though. 00:11:40.788 --> 00:11:44.458 - Yeah. I guess it is. 00:11:49.213 --> 00:11:50.756 You don't have to stay. 00:11:50.798 --> 00:11:53.926 - I'll stand guard in the hall, in case. 00:12:07.356 --> 00:12:08.649 Were you expecting anything? 00:12:10.609 --> 00:12:12.695 Sorry, I have to. 00:12:22.163 --> 00:12:23.539 A lift ticket? 00:12:27.126 --> 00:12:31.714 Friday, 3:00 a.m., 43.0485 degrees north, 00:12:31.756 --> 00:12:35.468 2.631 degrees west. 00:12:35.509 --> 00:12:37.595 It's coordinates. 00:12:44.518 --> 00:12:47.605 Who wants to meet you? 00:12:57.948 --> 00:12:59.825 - Married? This is insane. 00:12:59.867 --> 00:13:01.660 - Victor can't hold the Council alone, 00:13:01.702 --> 00:13:03.954 and most Royal Moroi women over 21 are married. 00:13:03.996 --> 00:13:07.750 - Yes, over21. What's the rush? 00:13:07.792 --> 00:13:09.210 - Now name me all the love match marriages 00:13:09.251 --> 00:13:10.961 you can think of in the Royal Court. 00:13:11.003 --> 00:13:13.464 Most Royal marriages are about power 00:13:13.506 --> 00:13:15.591 and bloodlines and money and-- 00:13:15.633 --> 00:13:17.218 - Not for your parents 00:13:17.259 --> 00:13:18.677 and Victor and Robert. 00:13:18.719 --> 00:13:20.971 - The lucky ones. - Why do this at all? 00:13:21.013 --> 00:13:23.015 Because if Victor is pressuring you-- 00:13:23.057 --> 00:13:24.725 - He is. 00:13:24.767 --> 00:13:26.852 But not for himself. 00:13:26.894 --> 00:13:29.355 - Okay, so who's the lucky groom? 00:13:29.396 --> 00:13:31.023 - Well, apparently, 00:13:31.065 --> 00:13:34.026 there's only four people with enough Dragomir blood 00:13:34.068 --> 00:13:35.694 to count toward me regaining my quorum. 00:13:35.736 --> 00:13:37.196 - Does that mean you're related? 00:13:37.238 --> 00:13:39.365 - Only as much as a second cousin 00:13:39.406 --> 00:13:40.658 ten times removed. 00:13:40.699 --> 00:13:42.284 I pick one. We wed. 00:13:42.326 --> 00:13:43.661 They take my name. 00:13:43.702 --> 00:13:44.954 I take my vote back. 00:13:44.995 --> 00:13:46.956 - Okay, so who's on the list? 00:13:46.997 --> 00:13:49.124 - It's a little depressing. 00:13:49.166 --> 00:13:51.168 - As your maid of honor, I insist. 00:13:53.504 --> 00:13:55.130 Okay. 00:13:55.172 --> 00:13:56.549 Anthony Carter, 00:13:56.590 --> 00:14:00.386 Ralf Dawoud, Wade Vogel, 00:14:00.427 --> 00:14:01.804 and Jesse Zeklos. 00:14:05.599 --> 00:14:08.727 - Ugh, * me. 00:14:08.769 --> 00:14:11.897 - You wanna marry me off? 00:14:11.939 --> 00:14:15.651 - It's an opportunity for this family, son. 00:14:15.693 --> 00:14:18.404 Your reputation is catching up with you. 00:14:18.445 --> 00:14:19.655 You marry now, 00:14:19.697 --> 00:14:22.575 gives us a chance at rehabilitation. 00:14:22.616 --> 00:14:23.784 - Are you serious? 00:14:27.246 --> 00:14:30.666 Why is it that every time you send me off to breed, 00:14:30.708 --> 00:14:32.918 I feel like I'm the one getting *d? 00:14:32.960 --> 00:14:34.295 - Watch your mouth. 00:14:36.130 --> 00:14:40.426 Lissa is a lady in title and character. 00:14:40.467 --> 00:14:45.306 She needs to be courted, then betrothed, then married, 00:14:45.347 --> 00:14:49.685 and that is exactly what you are going to do. 00:14:49.727 --> 00:14:50.936 Am I clear? 00:14:55.441 --> 00:14:56.567 Good boy. 00:15:13.751 --> 00:15:15.544 - Most people think it's the perfume, 00:15:15.586 --> 00:15:17.212 but what truly makes the hyacinth unique 00:15:17.254 --> 00:15:19.465 is the number of varieties. 00:15:19.506 --> 00:15:21.050 Care to wager a guess on how many? 00:15:21.091 --> 00:15:22.176 - Do I have to? 00:15:22.217 --> 00:15:23.469 - I'd love your opinion on something. 00:15:23.510 --> 00:15:24.929 - Oh, okay. Sure. 00:15:24.970 --> 00:15:26.972 - I was thinking of going blond. 00:15:27.014 --> 00:15:28.766 Hot or--or not? 00:15:28.807 --> 00:15:31.977 - I think I would make an excellent husband. 00:15:32.019 --> 00:15:34.980 I mean, you wouldn't be my first kiss, exactly. 00:15:35.022 --> 00:15:37.191 - I think hot. - And then there's the orchids. 00:15:37.232 --> 00:15:39.318 Oh, and don't even get me started on the succulents. 00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:40.736 For our next date, 00:15:40.778 --> 00:15:42.488 we should go to the Stakehaus. 00:15:42.529 --> 00:15:44.865 There's roads of rare books. 00:15:44.907 --> 00:15:47.076 Sorry. Too soon? 00:15:47.117 --> 00:15:49.495 - No, no. Tell me more. 00:15:49.536 --> 00:15:52.039 - Or maybe streaks would be better. 00:15:52.081 --> 00:15:54.166 - Hey, come here. Yeah. 00:15:54.208 --> 00:15:57.336 How 'bout you streak your ass right up out of here? 00:15:57.378 --> 00:15:59.004 How 'bout that? 00:16:02.883 --> 00:16:04.385 - Keep up, Rose. 00:16:04.426 --> 00:16:06.720 Are you trying to make me look bad in front of your friend? 00:16:08.639 --> 00:16:10.599 I suggest your remind your little face 00:16:10.641 --> 00:16:12.601 it belongs to a Dhampir, yeah? 00:16:20.234 --> 00:16:23.779 Yes, I'm late, but it doesn't really matter, does it? 00:16:23.821 --> 00:16:25.990 'Cause we both know you're not gonna pick me. 00:16:26.031 --> 00:16:30.577 So can we just sit here and talk, just in case? 00:16:31.829 --> 00:16:33.789 My dad has eyes everywhere. 00:16:37.918 --> 00:16:40.879 So maybe just act like you don't totally hate me, 00:16:40.921 --> 00:16:43.215 and then we never have to do this again. 00:16:45.968 --> 00:16:47.052 Done. 00:16:47.094 --> 00:16:49.221 I have other places I'd rather be too. 00:16:49.263 --> 00:16:50.848 - Excellent. 00:16:50.889 --> 00:16:51.724 - Awesome. 00:16:58.981 --> 00:17:00.566 - What are you guys doing here? 00:17:00.607 --> 00:17:02.067 We're kind of in the middle of something. 00:17:04.695 --> 00:17:06.280 Dean? Herk? what are you doing here? 00:17:06.321 --> 00:17:07.698 - Mikhail told me to be here. 00:17:07.740 --> 00:17:09.241 - Dimitri told me. 00:17:09.283 --> 00:17:12.119 - Alberta told us. 00:17:12.161 --> 00:17:14.455 - Shit. It's a trap. 00:17:17.916 --> 00:17:20.377 - Strigois! - Come on! 00:17:22.963 --> 00:17:26.425 - Jesse, Lissa, get out. Eddie, you take far guard. 00:17:55.412 --> 00:17:56.497 - You've been paying attention. 00:17:56.538 --> 00:17:57.915 - I have a fairly decent teacher. 00:17:57.956 --> 00:17:59.792 Fairly decent? 00:17:59.833 --> 00:18:01.210 - So the rules work? 00:18:04.004 --> 00:18:05.631 - Still room for improvement. 00:18:24.066 --> 00:18:25.275 - Time! 00:18:32.032 --> 00:18:33.659 If your blood squib's intact, 00:18:33.700 --> 00:18:35.702 consider yourself a winner. 00:18:36.745 --> 00:18:38.497 Benchmarks are done for the night, 00:18:38.539 --> 00:18:41.333 so feel free to celebrate later. 00:18:41.375 --> 00:18:43.502 You've all earned it. Congrats. 00:18:48.966 --> 00:18:52.010 - What part of "get out" do you not understand? 00:18:52.052 --> 00:18:53.804 What were you thinking back there? 00:18:53.846 --> 00:18:56.849 - Uh, that it was all pretend? 00:18:56.890 --> 00:18:59.935 Relax. None of this is real. 00:18:59.977 --> 00:19:01.812 I wasn't actually gonna get murdered. 00:19:01.854 --> 00:19:03.522 - Really? 'Cause I'm ready to kill you 00:19:03.564 --> 00:19:06.191 right here, right now. 00:19:06.233 --> 00:19:08.193 *. 00:19:11.196 --> 00:19:13.031 - First rule of being a Guardian: 00:19:13.073 --> 00:19:14.658 they come first. 00:19:14.700 --> 00:19:16.952 - More rules. Goody. 00:19:16.994 --> 00:19:18.662 - Rose. 00:19:18.704 --> 00:19:21.165 - Jesse told us what you said to him. 00:19:21.206 --> 00:19:22.583 - I was being hyperbolic. 00:19:23.917 --> 00:19:25.752 He-- - He's pissed. 00:19:25.794 --> 00:19:27.379 And he's a Royal. 00:19:27.421 --> 00:19:29.464 With a snap of his fingers, he can get you decommissioned. 00:19:29.506 --> 00:19:32.092 - For trying to save his life? - Look, we get it, Rose. 00:19:32.134 --> 00:19:34.720 We're all just one wrong move away from trouble. 00:19:34.761 --> 00:19:37.222 So just rein it in, okay? 00:19:37.264 --> 00:19:41.351 - Other than that, you handled yourself well. 00:19:41.393 --> 00:19:44.062 You aided Eddie in protecting his charge, 00:19:44.104 --> 00:19:45.898 took on the great Dimitri Belikov 00:19:45.939 --> 00:19:47.107 and lived to tell the tale. 00:19:49.276 --> 00:19:52.321 Look, you've moved up two positions. 00:20:00.954 --> 00:20:03.540 - Why is Meredith still in second place? 00:20:03.582 --> 00:20:05.000 She hasn't even been on campus. 00:20:05.042 --> 00:20:07.169 - Pre-approved family visit freezes your ranking. 00:20:07.211 --> 00:20:09.713 It's not her fault the Council made us pull up the test. 00:20:11.423 --> 00:20:15.260 - You could complain more, or you could get some sleep. 00:20:16.136 --> 00:20:18.847 I plan on coming for you even harder next time. 00:20:18.889 --> 00:20:21.099 - Can't wait, 00:20:21.141 --> 00:20:22.267 Comrade. 00:20:36.031 --> 00:20:38.158 - You wanted to see me, Father? 00:20:38.200 --> 00:20:40.244 - I did indeed. 00:20:40.285 --> 00:20:41.411 How was your date? 00:20:41.453 --> 00:20:45.123 - Oh, cut short by a fake Strigoi attack. 00:20:45.165 --> 00:20:47.251 - Then you'll need to reschedule immediately. 00:20:49.127 --> 00:20:50.379 - She's never gonna pick me. 00:20:52.506 --> 00:20:56.843 - You'll have to reschedule immediately. 00:21:27.749 --> 00:21:29.626 - Sorry, milady, we don't open for an hour. 00:21:29.668 --> 00:21:31.503 - I-I just need one book, please. 00:21:31.545 --> 00:21:35.173 It's called "Spirit's Fancy: Ancient Myths of Moroi Magic." 00:21:35.215 --> 00:21:37.092 I just need something that's not written in Old Moroi, 00:21:37.134 --> 00:21:38.885 and I haven't been able to find this one anywhere. 00:21:38.927 --> 00:21:41.555 - You wouldn't. That writer was excommunicated. 00:21:41.596 --> 00:21:43.307 She's been banned. 00:21:43.348 --> 00:21:45.475 - Show me the book. 00:21:50.814 --> 00:21:53.025 - I implore you to reconsider. 00:21:53.066 --> 00:21:55.360 16 is simply too young to be a Guardian. 00:21:55.402 --> 00:21:58.739 - And avoiding the problem won't make it go away. 00:21:58.780 --> 00:22:01.241 I think we should vote. 00:22:01.283 --> 00:22:03.160 - We? - The High Priestess has 00:22:03.201 --> 00:22:05.537 persuaded her sister, the head of the Vogel family, 00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:07.164 to give Tatiana her proxy. 00:22:07.205 --> 00:22:10.500 - She felt it would help raise my profile as I run for Queen. 00:22:10.542 --> 00:22:12.753 - It certainly does. 00:22:12.794 --> 00:22:14.713 - Shall we vote, then? - How? 00:22:14.755 --> 00:22:16.006 - The only way to know the effects 00:22:16.048 --> 00:22:17.924 of fighting a Strigoi on someone that young 00:22:17.966 --> 00:22:20.052 is to put them up against a real Strigoi. 00:22:20.093 --> 00:22:21.178 This is a nonstarter. 00:22:21.219 --> 00:22:22.596 - My cousin at St. Jude says 00:22:22.637 --> 00:22:24.931 the Royals there are desperate. 00:22:24.973 --> 00:22:27.934 - We must do something, Victor. 00:22:27.976 --> 00:22:30.937 - What if--as a stopgap measure, mind you, 00:22:30.979 --> 00:22:33.732 while we study alternatives-- 00:22:33.774 --> 00:22:37.486 we pull Guardians off Non-Royal Moroi, temporarily? 00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:41.740 - You'd get rid of your husband's protection? 00:22:41.782 --> 00:22:43.116 - Long enough to stop this lunacy? 00:22:43.158 --> 00:22:45.118 Yes, and he would want me to. 00:22:46.953 --> 00:22:50.499 - I think that's a marvelous idea. 00:23:11.728 --> 00:23:13.855 - Not hungry today? 00:23:15.774 --> 00:23:17.317 - I should be. 00:23:18.944 --> 00:23:21.113 I just got a lot on my mind. 00:23:23.657 --> 00:23:25.534 - Something happen with Lissa? 00:23:26.910 --> 00:23:28.787 - Is it that obvious? 00:23:28.829 --> 00:23:31.790 - Well, it is to me. 00:23:31.832 --> 00:23:33.083 After all, 00:23:33.125 --> 00:23:36.378 you're one of my most faithful customers. 00:23:38.296 --> 00:23:42.342 There we go. You wanna tell me about it? 00:23:45.846 --> 00:23:47.973 What's to say? 00:23:48.014 --> 00:23:53.019 She's a princess or at least she was, 00:23:53.061 --> 00:23:54.646 while I'm-- 00:23:54.688 --> 00:23:56.440 - A total catch. 00:23:56.481 --> 00:23:59.484 Don't listen to the haters. 00:23:59.526 --> 00:24:00.610 They don't know you. 00:24:04.448 --> 00:24:07.534 - But... 00:24:07.576 --> 00:24:09.035 my parents did. 00:24:11.413 --> 00:24:13.707 And-- 00:24:13.748 --> 00:24:17.878 and they... 00:24:17.919 --> 00:24:19.546 they didn't stick around. 00:24:24.718 --> 00:24:28.138 your parents loved you. 00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:30.640 And they were good people. 00:24:30.682 --> 00:24:33.727 Look how you turned out. 00:24:33.768 --> 00:24:35.937 And Lissa sees that. 00:24:37.355 --> 00:24:39.524 What other people say doesn't matter. 00:24:39.566 --> 00:24:43.820 The only thing that matters is what you feel. 00:25:09.262 --> 00:25:11.806 I need a favor. 00:25:11.848 --> 00:25:16.269 I need to go beyond the wards, and...you have a car. 00:25:16.311 --> 00:25:20.524 - And if I felt like laughing, that would be hilarious. 00:25:20.565 --> 00:25:22.234 * off. 00:25:24.152 --> 00:25:25.862 - You know I'm good with fire. 00:25:25.904 --> 00:25:29.074 I could teach you how to stand up to your father. 00:25:31.034 --> 00:25:33.161 Is he always like that? 00:25:33.203 --> 00:25:36.248 - He's just being a dad. 00:25:36.289 --> 00:25:38.917 What, you're saying your parents never hit you? 00:25:38.959 --> 00:25:40.835 - Never. 00:25:40.877 --> 00:25:43.296 They were great. 00:25:43.338 --> 00:25:45.507 - Well, they were also * Strigoi. 00:25:45.549 --> 00:25:49.177 So I'd pick my dad any day, thanks. 00:25:49.219 --> 00:25:51.221 No one's * touching him. 00:25:57.352 --> 00:25:59.354 But there is something else you could do for me. 00:26:02.607 --> 00:26:05.527 I need you to pick up a girl. 00:26:05.569 --> 00:26:07.988 I don't want my father to see me with her. 00:26:11.992 --> 00:26:15.704 - I knew you'd find a way. 00:26:38.768 --> 00:26:41.104 - Thanks for the ride. - What is this place? 00:26:43.356 --> 00:26:45.483 Wait! 00:26:45.525 --> 00:26:48.737 What about Strigoi? We can't just leave him here. 00:26:49.821 --> 00:26:51.656 - I'll be fine. 00:27:06.588 --> 00:27:07.964 - Rose? You all right? 00:27:08.006 --> 00:27:10.091 - We need to find Alberta and Mikhail. 00:27:10.133 --> 00:27:12.052 I hate staying here and following your * rules, 00:27:12.093 --> 00:27:14.304 but he needs more than me right now. 00:27:14.346 --> 00:27:16.431 - Who does? Tell me. 00:27:16.473 --> 00:27:21.353 It's Mason. 00:27:46.044 --> 00:27:47.754 - Christian... 00:27:50.340 --> 00:27:51.800 - Mom? 00:27:51.841 --> 00:27:53.259 - My boy. 00:27:53.301 --> 00:27:54.844 I'm here. 00:27:56.846 --> 00:27:59.057 - Where? 00:28:01.726 --> 00:28:04.646 - I don't want you to see me, 00:28:04.688 --> 00:28:06.564 not yet. 00:28:06.606 --> 00:28:09.693 - Is Dad here? - Next time. 00:28:09.734 --> 00:28:13.196 - I have so many questions. 00:28:13.238 --> 00:28:16.616 - We've missed you so much. 00:28:16.658 --> 00:28:20.120 We always meant to come back for you. 00:28:20.161 --> 00:28:22.455 - But... 00:28:22.497 --> 00:28:25.583 why leave me at all? 00:28:25.625 --> 00:28:29.838 - We wanted to be together forever. 00:28:29.879 --> 00:28:31.005 - Christian! 00:28:35.051 --> 00:28:37.262 - Mom, wait. I can get rid of them. 00:28:51.192 --> 00:28:53.653 Hey. - I need you to go. 00:28:53.695 --> 00:28:56.489 It's okay. She doesn't wanna hurt me. 00:28:56.531 --> 00:28:57.657 - If you're talking about your mom, 00:28:57.699 --> 00:28:59.159 she's probably less crazy about me. 00:28:59.200 --> 00:29:02.245 - No, no, no--Mason! 00:29:02.287 --> 00:29:05.373 It's not like you think. It's-- 00:29:27.896 --> 00:29:29.147 - Christian! 00:29:44.370 --> 00:29:47.373 - Orders are to take one alive. 00:29:51.669 --> 00:29:53.588 - Is that your father? 00:30:30.291 --> 00:30:34.295 - Hey. I'm so sorry I'm late. 00:30:34.337 --> 00:30:35.839 - It's all right. 00:30:35.880 --> 00:30:38.258 I sit here for hours most days anyways. 00:30:38.258 --> 00:30:41.302 - So I have a little secret. 00:30:41.344 --> 00:30:44.973 We captured a Strigoi tonight. 00:30:45.014 --> 00:30:46.808 It's our first in a while. 00:30:46.850 --> 00:30:48.226 But I had to accompany it to lock off, 00:30:48.268 --> 00:30:50.770 which took forever, so... 00:30:57.777 --> 00:31:01.364 - Hey, you okay? 00:31:01.406 --> 00:31:03.908 - I have a secret too. 00:31:03.950 --> 00:31:08.454 I'm not supposed to tell you, but I want to. 00:31:08.496 --> 00:31:10.290 - You can tell me anything. 00:31:13.418 --> 00:31:16.170 - There are some things you don't know about me. 00:31:16.212 --> 00:31:18.089 - Like? 00:31:18.131 --> 00:31:20.884 - There's a darkness inside me. 00:31:23.803 --> 00:31:27.390 It sometimes makes me... 00:31:27.432 --> 00:31:28.933 act out. 00:31:31.561 --> 00:31:34.647 In ways that might scare you. 00:31:34.689 --> 00:31:37.066 - What if I'm not easily scared? 00:31:38.985 --> 00:31:41.779 My job is to fight to the death. 00:31:41.821 --> 00:31:44.991 Now, I know darkness. 00:31:45.033 --> 00:31:49.454 Right now, all I see is light. 00:32:06.679 --> 00:32:09.974 - Look, I know I should be thanking you, 00:32:10.016 --> 00:32:12.143 and I am grateful, but I-- 00:32:12.185 --> 00:32:14.312 - Listen. 00:32:16.189 --> 00:32:19.943 I get this place has been hard on you. 00:32:19.984 --> 00:32:23.071 But you put a lot of people at risk tonight. 00:32:23.112 --> 00:32:27.033 It's my duty to put my life on the line for you. 00:32:27.075 --> 00:32:28.785 But when you walk headfirst into danger-- 00:32:28.826 --> 00:32:30.244 - I know. 00:32:33.122 --> 00:32:35.750 I'm sorry. 00:32:35.792 --> 00:32:39.212 But... 00:32:39.253 --> 00:32:41.297 I wanted to see my parents. 00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:45.927 - They're not your parents anymore. 00:32:45.969 --> 00:32:48.471 - I know. They're Strigoi. 00:32:48.513 --> 00:32:52.558 They're monsters, but... 00:32:52.600 --> 00:32:55.728 what if that's not all they are? 00:32:56.646 --> 00:32:59.857 - You want something you can't have, Christian. 00:33:04.278 --> 00:33:07.448 That way lies madness. 00:33:07.490 --> 00:33:11.369 - When I was a kid... 00:33:11.411 --> 00:33:15.999 our family had this cat named Harvey. 00:33:17.417 --> 00:33:21.045 Wasn't the friendliest. 00:33:21.087 --> 00:33:23.589 Except to me, for some reason. 00:33:23.631 --> 00:33:24.757 He'd follow me around 00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:28.011 and bring me gifts of dead birds. 00:33:28.052 --> 00:33:30.304 I know. 00:33:30.346 --> 00:33:33.057 I thought it was gross too. 00:33:33.099 --> 00:33:37.895 And then I realized 00:33:37.937 --> 00:33:40.314 that was his way of showing affection. 00:33:41.983 --> 00:33:44.360 I mean, if a cat, 00:33:44.402 --> 00:33:46.362 with a brain the size of a pea, 00:33:46.404 --> 00:33:48.489 can feel that way... 00:33:51.868 --> 00:33:54.037 Maybe my parents still can too. 00:34:05.840 --> 00:34:07.800 - Mason. 00:34:07.842 --> 00:34:10.636 - 'Cause you just had to snitch, didn't you? 00:34:10.678 --> 00:34:14.182 Because of you, I got knocked out of the Benchmarks 00:34:14.223 --> 00:34:16.100 and tanked on the leaderboard. 00:34:19.020 --> 00:34:22.315 - I didn't snitch. I got your shit saved. 00:34:22.356 --> 00:34:25.359 Forgive me if I didn't want to see you get hurt or worse. 00:34:25.401 --> 00:34:27.487 - Don't act like you did this for me. 00:34:27.528 --> 00:34:28.821 You just didn't wanna risk your ranking. 00:34:28.863 --> 00:34:31.783 - That's bullshit. - You are all about you. 00:34:31.824 --> 00:34:34.410 We only hook up when you want it. 00:34:34.452 --> 00:34:36.996 We only talk when you need it. 00:34:37.038 --> 00:34:40.541 If it's not about you, it doesn't exist. 00:34:42.043 --> 00:34:44.295 Do you even know why 00:34:44.337 --> 00:34:47.131 I wanted to win today? 00:34:47.173 --> 00:34:50.676 Because if I got to go on the Royal Tour, 00:34:50.718 --> 00:34:52.303 I was gonna get to see my father. 00:34:52.345 --> 00:34:55.765 - Mason, I didn't know that. - Of course you didn't know. 00:34:55.807 --> 00:34:58.559 Because you never * ask. 00:35:11.572 --> 00:35:13.658 Come in. 00:35:17.537 --> 00:35:19.247 Lissa, what are you-- 00:35:19.288 --> 00:35:22.083 - Dimitri told me about tonight. 00:35:22.125 --> 00:35:24.836 Hey, you could've died, Christian. 00:35:24.877 --> 00:35:26.754 I know you don't care about what I think, but-- 00:35:26.796 --> 00:35:29.757 - I care too much about what you think. 00:35:32.385 --> 00:35:34.053 I'm sorry. 00:35:34.095 --> 00:35:35.471 I never wanna scare you. 00:35:39.267 --> 00:35:42.103 Um, what have you got there? 00:35:42.145 --> 00:35:43.604 - Spirit Use is real... 00:35:48.317 --> 00:35:50.820 And it's hiding in plain sight. 00:35:50.862 --> 00:35:53.072 Look. 00:35:53.114 --> 00:35:55.491 It's Compulsion. 00:35:55.533 --> 00:35:58.327 - That's St. Vladimir. 00:35:58.369 --> 00:36:00.163 He has a golden threaded tongue. 00:36:00.204 --> 00:36:02.498 The one I read about. That's the same as you. 00:36:02.540 --> 00:36:04.083 - Yeah. 00:36:04.125 --> 00:36:05.459 This stuff is kind of everywhere, 00:36:05.501 --> 00:36:07.461 if you know what you're looking for. 00:36:07.503 --> 00:36:09.255 This feels dangerous. 00:36:09.297 --> 00:36:12.508 - But if it is real and I have this new magic 00:36:12.550 --> 00:36:14.010 and I can gain a seat at the table 00:36:14.051 --> 00:36:15.386 where decisions are being made-- 00:36:15.428 --> 00:36:16.596 - Yeah, but how? 00:36:16.637 --> 00:36:18.306 Using Compulsion on the Council? 00:36:18.347 --> 00:36:20.683 - No, never. 00:36:20.725 --> 00:36:25.104 I'm just saying maybe I'm not powerless anymore, 00:36:25.146 --> 00:36:26.814 in more ways than one. 00:36:26.856 --> 00:36:28.858 If even a part of this is real, 00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:30.568 maybe Compulsion is just the start 00:36:30.610 --> 00:36:33.404 of what Spirit Users can do. 00:37:01.057 --> 00:37:03.726 - I hate that I wasn't there to help. 00:37:07.647 --> 00:37:09.982 - You don't think you helped? 00:37:10.024 --> 00:37:11.275 Because of you, 00:37:11.317 --> 00:37:13.736 Christian and Mason survived the night. 00:37:22.286 --> 00:37:25.790 - All I did was tell you that my friends were in trouble. 00:37:25.831 --> 00:37:27.375 I didn't fight. 00:37:27.416 --> 00:37:28.668 I just sat here, 00:37:28.709 --> 00:37:31.170 while you and the other Guardians saved them. 00:37:33.422 --> 00:37:36.050 Mason said that I didn't come after him 00:37:36.092 --> 00:37:37.760 to protect my ranking. 00:37:37.802 --> 00:37:40.763 - He's wrong. 00:37:40.805 --> 00:37:43.808 What you did was far harder than fighting tonight, 00:37:43.849 --> 00:37:45.851 at least for you. 00:37:45.893 --> 00:37:47.520 You're number one because you obeyed 00:37:47.561 --> 00:37:49.522 the chain of command. 00:37:49.563 --> 00:37:51.565 You did your duty. 00:37:51.607 --> 00:37:53.776 - Well, it *ed. 00:37:53.818 --> 00:37:55.987 - Maybe. 00:37:56.028 --> 00:37:59.365 But tonight, Roza, you were brave. 00:37:59.407 --> 00:38:00.866 - Roza? 00:38:00.908 --> 00:38:03.077 - Sorry. 00:38:03.119 --> 00:38:06.789 Every now and then, my Russian childhood comes out. 00:38:12.795 --> 00:38:14.005 - I like it. 00:38:16.382 --> 00:38:20.720 - You also live to fight another day, 00:38:20.761 --> 00:38:24.515 which brings us to another important rule-- 00:38:24.557 --> 00:38:29.020 always be ready, 'cause today is a new day, 00:38:29.061 --> 00:38:31.314 and the Benchmarks continue. 00:38:33.691 --> 00:38:37.653 Good luck, Roza. 00:38:41.741 --> 00:38:43.868 - Forgive the late hour, 00:38:43.909 --> 00:38:45.995 but a way forward has been suggested. 00:38:46.037 --> 00:38:48.039 - Has it? 00:38:48.080 --> 00:38:49.373 - Victor was right 00:38:49.415 --> 00:38:52.376 when he said the only way to test a Novice's acumen 00:38:52.418 --> 00:38:55.338 is by confronting them with a real Strigoi. 00:38:55.379 --> 00:38:59.133 It would appear we now have one available 00:38:59.175 --> 00:39:01.635 and the votes to make it happen.