01x06 - King of the Castle

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- [Narrator]
Previously on 'EZRA'.

- I was wondering if you
wanted to have dinner tonight?

- Yeah, that'd be really nice.

- With my parents?

(coughing)

- "Parents. With my
f*cking parents."

Who the hell says that?

There are rules, strict
vampiric rules that... Move.

Strict vampiric rules that
go back hundreds of years.

Rule number one, never
court... with mortals.

- Ezra, I've heard so
much about you. Chicken?

- Just relax, breathe.

- If I don't start
drinking soon,

I will not be the flirty,
funny, sexy version of me.

- Okay. Well, what do you
want me to do? k*ll someone?

- They love you.

- What?

- We found your little cousin.

He fled to the mortal world.

- Find him.

(bell tolls)

(eerie music)

- [Aniya] As a woman,
we are born into a life

of appearances.

A life of not growing
into one's own

but a tactful game of optics.

With every breath and movement
watched by those around us,

we learn to reflect their
world back onto itself.

Constantly fighting in a
tug of w*r of dualities.

Beautiful, but never aware.

Seductive, but modest.

Fiery, but tameable.

And most importantly, always
manageable by men, for men.

We are burdened with
the weight of the world,

but silenced through our
bravery of taking it on.

To survive is to be smart.

But to be smart is to be silent.

Even as a vampiric ruler,
I must work in the shadows,

pressured by the weight
of my responsibilities.

Not as a leader of my people,

but as a rock for them to
take, and take, and take from

until there is nothing left.

But what if I no longer
want to be that rock?

(upbeat pop music)

♪ Me and my girls,
they call us a coven ♪

♪ When it comes to lovin'

♪ They got my back
when I go on trusting ♪

♪ Boys like you

♪ You're gone and buried

♪ Th5 cemetery

♪ Boy, ain't it scary

♪ R.I.P your5 dead to me

♪ You're gone and buried

♪ I hope you're ready

♪ Boy, ain't it scary

♪ R.I.P you're dead to me

♪ Cross my broken heart

♪ I hope you die

♪ Die

♪ Cross my broken heart

♪ I hope you die

♪ Die

♪ R.I.P you're dead to me

(eerie music)

(gentle kissing)

(object clanging)

(suspenseful music)

Hide.

(suspenseful music)

(whooshing)

(relieving sigh)

(gasping)

Stop that

- Must you be so
embarrassed of me?

- You know the rules.

- Damn all the rules.

- To be seen with a
man, let alone a human,

will destroy any standing
that I have with counsel.

Especially if they find
out that you're a Hunter.

- My family are Hunters

but I am just a helpless
victim to you Countess.

- How lovely.

- We could leave, you know?

We could leave and start over.

I hear New England's beautiful.

- To the land where all the
Puritans are heading to.

Sounds brilliant.

- I'm serious
Aniya, we could go.

- Nathaniel, you know I can't.

They wouldn't let me.

- If you love me, you'll go.

- And what are people to think?

An emotional woman fleeing all
her duties to be with a man?

No that is not the image
that I wish to portray.

- Then be a woman who
chooses to love a man

more then the people
she's forced to govern.

(dramatic note playing)

- Ugh, barf.

Even Shakespeare wouldn't
write a line that cringe.

- [Nathaniel] Kylo.

- Scram hay boy.

(scoffing)

- You should go.

- Don't let one of the vamps
catch you on the way out.

- Jealousy looks
bad on you, Kylo.

- Oh, good comeback. Maybe
next time I'll remember to cry.

- Think about it.

- Bye.

(footsteps receding)

You can't be serious?

- I love him, Kylo.

- You need to focus on the w*r
at hand, the Hunters and us.

He is the hunter,
we are the hunted.

We are fleeting.

Don't screw us all over

because you can't
control your emotions.

(bell tolling)

(passionate kissing)

- I thought you're supposed
to be in the Castle all night.

- I got work done,
they let me leave.

- Oh, good to know
there's some humanity left

in the Grey line.

- [Nathaniel] Yeah.

- Stop. If anyone
sees us we'll be hung.

Me twice for being a vampire.

- I, I must bear bad news, Ezra.

I'm leaving.

- What?

- Yeah, The Castle.

Someone has asked
me to join them

on an expedition to New England.

To seek a new future.

- New England?

Why?

- Land, resources, trade.

It's an entire monopoly.

- I'll go with you.

- Ezra, I don't
think that'd be best.

- I can talk to Aniya.

Like I, we, we can
find an agreement.

- Ezra, it's not
safe for you there.

- So what are we going to do?

(hooves beating)

(softly chuckling)

(passionately kissing)

(horse neighing)

(eerie music)

- Empress, have you
signed our declaration?

- No, I have not.

- On what grounds do you
deny your duty as Empress?

- I deny no such duty.

I do not choose to
create more w*r.

The Hunters have already tried

to m*rder the witches in Italy.

They have burned complete
royal vampiric bloodlines

to the ground.

I believe we must reach
an agreement with them

and end this madness
once and for all.

- You want us to create
a treaty with them?

- Yes.

- You've absolutely lost it.

- We should never have agreed
to put a woman in charge.

(suspenseful music)

(bones cracking)

(gasping)

- Enough. Enough!

- May I remind you all,

that I am the one
who got us this land,

this Castle and these servants.

Had it not been for me,
we would all be ash.

I will not sign the
declaration. Find another way.

And if any of you disrespect me,

I will drown you for
the satanists you are.

(eerie music)

(owl hooting)

(footsteps approaching)

(heavy breathing)

- You made it.

- [Aniya] I'll go.

- Really?

- Yes. But no
sooner than sundown.

I have to sign the
declaration with counsel,

or they will not
leave me until I do.

Once that's done,

they'll be so busy trying
to k*ll the Hunters

they won't even
realize I've gone.

- k*ll the Hunters?

Humans?

- Nathaniel, it's
k*ll them or k*ll me.

- So you wish death
upon my family?

My friends?

- No, I have no choice.

- There's always a choice.

- You know you have no
idea the kinds of wars

that we're facing
from your kind.

- The only wars we're fighting

are from the lechery of yours.

- We must survive.

- And so must we.

Please.

Don't wish death
upon those I love.

- I long to be away
from this place.

(melancholy music)

- [Kylo] Ezra?

- It's just a flower,
I can put it back.

(footsteps approaching)

Oh, it's you.

- Who else did you think
it was going to be?

- No one.

- It must suck being the
reject of the family, huh?

- Why don't you go suck
on my cousin's tit, Kylo?

- Your entire family
has this life of luxury.

The castle, the fame, the money.

And you get sent back to
the stocks every night

because you can't handle the
pressure of being a Grey.

- You know why I must hide?

- Oh my God, nobody cares for
your phallic preference, Ezra.

The humans have their
diluted god sent beliefs,

but Satan could care less
about how you live your life.

The problem with
you is you're weak.

You always have been
and you always will be.

- What do you want?

- Who's the flower for, Ezra?

- Have a good night, Kylo.

- It wouldn't be for
Nathaniel Walton would it?

(dramatic music)

- What? How did you-

- Surprise.

Aniya is f*cking your boyfriend.

And he's convinced her to flee

and abandon her duties
and go to New England.

- Funny.

I learned a long time
ago not to trust you.

(Kylo biting)

(whispered breathing)

- We could leave, you know.

(eerie music)

(footsteps receding)

- [Nathaniel] Ezra?

- After all this? Aniya?

- Ezra, I don't know what
you're talking about.

(eerie hissing)

Once! All right, it was once.

- You're a monster and a liar.

- That's rich coming from you.

Aniya has money.

She has power, Ezra. I
need to that to live.

All right?

- So what was I?

- Fun.

- I'm going to her.

- Oh yeah?

I'll be sure to let
the entire village know

there's a vampire
living amongst them.

You'll be hung
before for sunrise.

- f*ck you.

(floorboards clatter)

- You just couldn't behave
yourself could you, Ezra?

(suspenseful music)

For five minutes.

Come here.

(heavy breathing)

- [Ezra] Stop, stop, stop, stop!

(Ezra shrieking)

- See you in hell.

(hissing)

(Ezra screaming)

(Ezra groaning)

(Ezra screaming)

(Ezra biting)

(Nathaniel shrieking)

- How dare you?

- How dare you!

(Ezra growling)

(Nathaniel screaming)

(fire crackling)

- I, Empress Aniya Grey,

hereby agree to the declaration

that mortals and vampires
will no longer court.

Doing so shall prevent
a crossing of worlds,

creating a divide and thus
halting the w*r for our land.

This will leave the Hunters
to their own devices

and us, our own natural needs.

If there ever be evidence
of such a blasphemous crime,

the vampire shall be
ex*cuted by Council.

- Spare the Hunters
your highness?

- We're the strong ones.

Let them suffer at
their own games.

(pen scribbling)

(piano playing)

Oh my god.

No, no, no, no.

No!

(Aniya sobbing)

Who did this?

- Ask your cousin.

(upbeat pop music)