Domina (2021) s02e02 Episode Script

1
[Octavia] Your son
Drusus is engaged
to my daughter Antonina.
He's openly living
with his German concubine.
I won't let anything
happen to you. Ever.
He disrespects
my niece, my family!
I'm not leaving Drusus.
[Livia] The German
is now a problem.
She has to disappear for good.
[screams] No, no, no!
[slaver] An absolutely
prime female,
and bidding starts at 8,000.
[Tycho] I was thinking
now you're back,
you might need someone
to look after you.
After I lost Antigone,
it was never the same.
What the fuck
are you staring at?
[Livia] Come to bed.
Might be a while.
Deep down,
Gaius knows we killed Marcellus.
[man] Your new master's inside.
-[Agrippa] Fuck.
-[Gaius] Agrippa.
-You're unpopular.
-[laughs]
Without your marriage
to me, Iullus, you're nothing.
I'm pregnant again,
so it's safe
for us to see each other.
It's not exactly safe.
[Octavia] Domitius,
there you are.
Will you send for Antonia,
tell her
that her husband's here?
[Livia] Octavia's
new son-in-law--
what do you make of him?
[Tiberius] He's ruthless,
ambitious.
-I miss you.
-The usual place, tomorrow?
The son you never had.
-[laughing]
-[screaming]
Antonina, you're evil! Stop!
[shrieking]
[laughs]
Yes, Pugnax, yes!
I sent for him. Come on, Pugnax,
get your tunic off.
[water splashing]
Obviously, I want to know what's
what before I get married.
I don't want to just sit there
like a lemon in front of Drusus
on my wedding night.
This is what Antigone did
for Aunt Livia before
she got married. She told me.
Are those the balls?
Can't you ask Mother?
She told me to ask you.
What do I do with it?
Oh, dear.
-[chuckles]
-[groans]
I don't think
I could get that inside me.
-[Octavia] Antonia!
-[both gasp]
It's Mother. Quick!
[Octavia] Antonia!
Look. Just remember the rules.
Never in your bottom.
That's what male slaves are for.
And never in your mouth,
it's shameful
and no Roman lady allows it.
[water splashes]
Right.
♪♪♪
[water splashing]
[birds calling]
[exhales]
Don't bother putting that on.
Sometimes I wonder
if you understand
the risk we're running.
Of course I do.
But I don't care.
[bird squawking]
[Marcella] Did he see us?
How do I know?
Grandfather
it's Drusus.
I bring you these gifts
and ask for your blessing
for my wedding.
You can't just
ask him for stuff and leave.
It's rude.
So yes.
I'm marrying Antonina.
Octavia's youngest daughter.
If you remember
Mother poisoned her son,
Marcellus, a few years ago.
They haven't spoken since,
not surprisingly.
So, obviously we're all
looking forward to that reunion.
But, uh as you know,
Tiberius and I have
sworn to restore the Republic
after Augustus dies.
So, Mother says
I have to marry into his family
and give him grandchildren
for the honor of our family
and the glory of Rome.
[Tiberius] Glory and honor?
-Seriously?
-[sighs] I know.
But what else is there?
Love.
Hope.
Freedom.
Who cares about all that stuff?
This marriage
is what Mother wants.
-That's all that matters.
-Yes, that is all that matters.
Pugnax!
Hurry up, over here!
Pugnax, quick! Quick!
There's something in the water.
[groans]
[groaning]
Is this really necessary?
-Better safe than sorry.
-[groaning]
You don't want the slaves
talking about you
sleeping
with your sister's husband.
Half-sister.
-Seriously?
-[water thrashing]
Listen, I've had an idea
about the wedding--
how to kill it dead.
It's, uh
cruel, but I think it will work.
[theme music playing]
[sighs]
[door creaks closed]
[chuckles]
Do you remember our wedding?
Freezing fucking cold.
Your ex-husband, my ex-wife.
Drusus and Julia howling
in Antigone's arms. [chuckles]
Half a lifetime ago.
And now
the last two kids
are off our hands.
Finally.
[sighs]
And think how much
money we saved
marrying them to each other.
Hmm.
-What are you saying?
-What?
-Come here. I'm cheap?
-It's true. No!
-[laughing] Calling me cheap?
-[laughing] Stop.
[chuckling]
-[clears throat]
-Agrippa.
Oh, send the cook.
As you're aware,
politics is not really my thing.
But, this, uh
this new marriage legislation
that we're pushing
through the Senate,
forcing aristocracy
to get married
and start
producing children, well
well, it's not very popular.
So
I was wondering if we could
maybe push the vote back a bit.
-No.
-[scoffs]
[Gaius] Listen, brother
could you run the vote
without me tomorrow?
You're fucking joking, right?
I've some things
I need to deal with.
[dramatic music playing]
[horse hooves clopping]
[Livia] Piso's expecting me.
[Piso] Ah.
Livia.
[chuckles]
He ambushed me as well.
[Piso] You two asked me
to officiate at this wedding.
Well, there's a condition.
And I know you hate conditions,
but things haven't been right
with you two since
[inhales] well, business
with the German girl.
-Her name was Gemina.
-[Piso] And it's time
to make up.
Both of you
or I'm not doing it.
-[sighs]
-Hmm.
All right.
I'm sorry.
No, you're not.
You'd do the exact same thing
all over again.
[smacks lips] Yeah.
But I didn't enjoy it.
I'm sorry about that.
[Drusus] There you are, Piso.
We're both sorry.
[Piso sighs]
[sighs]
I feel bad
lying to him about the girl.
What choice did he give us?
We've been waiting years
for this wedding.
He better not fuck it up.
Well, yeah,
we have waited a long time.
And this marriage
will cement his position
as Augustus' heir
at the heart of the family.
So show him
some love and respect,
or you'll lose him.
And if we lose him
then we lose everything,
because Tiberius is no
fucking use to us on his own.
[chuckles]
That hadn't actually occurred
to you, had it?
I need you to vote
in the Senate tomorrow.
Ah, those stupid new
marriage laws.
Everyone hates them.
-Whose idea were they anyway?
-Mine.
-Yours?
-You vote "yes."
What is going on, Livia?
It's possible everything
will depend on it.
Don't be late.
[water flowing]
[sighs]
[both moaning]
[both continue moaning]
Are you sure you can
spare the time for adultery?
You're supposed to be
babysitting Octavia
day and night for Livia.
Yeah, well, she's asleep.
And Livia's paranoid.
[both moaning]
You know,
she'll betray you in the end,
if she has to--Livia.
She won't like it,
but she'll do it.
Sometimes, Iullus,
I just don't think you get it.
[chuckles]
[panting]
Mother!
Mother!
[crying] Mother!
-[Octavia] Marcella.
-Mother.
-[crying]
-[Octavia] Marcella.
My darling, you're soaking wet.
It was horrible.
I was so scared.
-You've got fever.
-No, no, no.
[sobs]
He was so pale.
And he looked
-so unhappy.
-What?
He touched my hand,
and he was icy cold.
[Octavia] Who?
Marcellus.
[softly] Marcellus?
Oh
[groans]
Julia. Julia. There you are.
Antonia!
You idiots, I know.
I've always known.
Marcella's had a dream
or something.
And there's a right to-do
on the terrace.
Um
Julia, they all think
you're asleep in bed.
You come back with me,
and I'll sneak you
back to your bedroom
through the kitchens.
Antonia, listen.
[pants] You know
Iullus and I
This only happens
when I'm pregnant.
So I always know
my husband's the father.
The traditional Roman way.
[both chuckle]
You know I'll never tell.
-[breathing heavily]
-Come on.
[Octavia groaning]
[Octavia] Oh, Domitius.
Where have you been?
Couldn't sleep.
Everything all right?
It is. Yes.
If you'll excuse me,
I'm gonna get some sleep.
[dramatic music playing]
[inhales]
[indistinct chattering]
[Gemina gasps]
The slaves are out?
Wait.
[gasps]
[chuckles]
[gasps]
[Gemina] It's so beautiful.
Thank you.
[chuckles]
-[exhales]
-[Agrippa] Conscript fathers.
Tomorrow
Rome celebrates a marriage
in the family
-of Caesar Augustus.
-[senators mumbling]
And there is
nothing more important
to Caesar Augustus
than the institution
of marriage.
[senator 1] Where is he then?
-[senator 2] Yeah, where is he?
-[indistinct shouting]
[Agrippa] For the children
it produces
are Rome's most precious asset,
something the aristocracy
of Rome seems to have forgotten.
[indistinct shouting]
[breathing heavily]
[Agrippa] With these new laws,
Caesar Augustus gives social
and financial incentives
to those who marry
and produce children.
[senators arguing]
-Ah--
-[senators arguing]
And imposes
suitable penalties on those
who choose to ignore their duty
to the state.
[both moaning]
[Agrippa] As the guardian
of the laws and morals of Rome,
Caesar Augustus expects his own
family to set an example,
and he asks you all
[senator 1] He deflowered
my mother!
[senator 2] And mine!
[both moaning]
He asks you all to follow it.
[both continue moaning]
I commend these
new measures to the Senate
and call for a vote.
[both moaning]
[door opens]
[horse whinnies]
[Agrippa] Oh, don't worry.
It fucking passed.
I wasn't worried.
[scoffs]
[indistinct conversations]
Tell me, Tiberius,
why has she got Augustus
shoving his morality
down our throat?
Everyone knows he used
to fuck everything in Rome.
Yeah, before he married
your mother, of course.
I can't see it, either,
but whatever it is,
she's been
planning it for months.
[Gaius]
I won't be here tomorrow.
I know.
The wedding.
Does it bother you?
[chuckles]
I don't care about Drusus.
I have you.
[scoffs]
[horse whinnies]
Sister.
You look
you look tired.
[Antonina] Uncle.
[Gaius] Antonina.
-Are you ready?
-I can't wait.
You should see my dress.
Mother, may I go
and see Vipsania?
No! Uh, Antonina, come!
[sighs]
-[sighs]
-What's happened?
[whispers] May we speak alone?
Vipsania!
[both chuckle]
Drusus.
It's me.
Antonina.
You're all grown up.
And ready to go.
Antonina, walk with me.
You're gonna get the talk.
-What's the talk?
-She asks you questions.
-What are the answers?
-Who knows?
I got them all wrong.
Aunt Livia. Sorry.
As the wife of Drusus
and a member of my family,
you will have
a high public profile.
How will you adapt?
I will set an example
of modesty and chastity,
like you, in public anyway.
And what are
the most important qualities
in a Roman wife?
[Antonina]
Fertility and loyalty
to my husband,
his career, and his family.
[sighs]
If only there were two of you.
[sighs]
Marcellus came from
the underworld last night
in a dream to his sister.
He came to tell us
that with all his heart,
he opposes the wedding.
As do I.
I simply cannot face the thought
of marrying my daughter
to Livia's son.
I'm
I'm so sorry, Gaius.
I've tried to get past this.
And the gods know
that I have tried.
[sighs]
But I cannot.
I've announced it in the Senate.
Declared public holidays.
Everyone we know is coming.
Except Marcellus.
[Gaius sighs]
[Gaius] Maybe
if you spoke to Livia,
even once
No. Never.
I've accused her
of terrible things.
What if I'm wrong?
[chuckles] What if I'm right?
I go over and over it in my head
and I can't find any peace.
Ever.
I can't just cancel the wedding
the day before.
[Octavia] I understand.
Of course, the decision
is entirely yours.
There's only one thing
I cando.
[indistinct clamoring]
Your husband
would like to see you.
Huh?
He's postponed the wedding.
-[sighs]
-Indefinitely.
She left it late.
[Livia] Pay for it.
What's the cover story?
The Augur was consulted,
of course, as he must be.
Tomorrow was
pronounced "unlucky."
We always knew Octavia
wouldn't go through with it.
And it's too late for anyone
to stop the marriage laws.
Well, yeah, but still.
What has to be done,
I'd hoped to avoid.
Mmm.
Leverage like this,
you never want to waste it.
Right.
You want me
to make the arrangements?
Not yet.
[indistinct chatter]
[Vistilius] Hey, Drusus.
What are you doing here?
You're getting married tomorrow.
Am I? Fuck.
Come on, Vistilius,
let's play dice.
Uh, listen, I promised Tiberius
I wouldn't go
gambling with you again,
after that last time.
He has this theory that
your reckless, impulsive nature
leads you to make
self-destructive
investment decisions.
Yeah, yeah. I know all that.
Come on.
Also um, I'm broke.
-I'm not.
-[chuckles]
[festive music playing]
[indistinct conversations]
Hey.
[laughter]
Get out. Drusus is here.
You shouldn't have come.
You didn't say that
when I was bringing him here
every night
to lose a fortune.
You got your cut.
Drusus is very important to us.
We have big plans for him,
and we don't need you
fucking them up.
I don't know. Do you want me
to deal with her?
Brother, I always ask myself,
"Is this violence necessary?"
Sometimes it's just enjoyable.
Drusus!
[laughing]
Vilbia.
[Vilbia] It's great to see you.
We missed you.
So, who's winning?
No one yet.
Oh.
[crying]
[sobbing]
[Livia] I heard.
This makes it look really bad.
Most powerful man on Earth,
and I can't even
arrange a fucking wedding.
I thought my sister
was over everything.
Give her time.
[sighs]
You're taking this very calmly.
Do you have a plan?
You always have a plan.
[smacks lips, inhales]
[exhales] Yeah, I have a plan.
I have a plan.
Mm-mm. Mm-mm.
Livia
What?
[Livia chuckles]
[Gaius chuckles]
What? This is how we always
get past our setbacks.
We haven't done it in weeks.
-Weeks.
-Hmm.
-[Livia chuckles]
-[Gaius inhales]
I
What?
-[exhales]
-[chuckles]
What, don't you
want me anymore?
No, it's just
It's okay.
I'm sorry.
Um [clears throat]
[sighs]
Um
Yeah, give her time.
She'll come 'round.
No, she won't.
[sniffs]
[horse whinnies]
Livia, I
You had one job. One.
Shall I have the couches for
the wedding feast removed?
No, give everyone the day off.
You ought to at least
pretend to think
the wedding isn't happening.
Well, if anything starts
to go wrong, send for me.
And what could
possibly go wrong?
No! This is your doing!
I hate you.
Control yourself.
At least have
the guts to admit it.
-You'll just have to wait.
-[Antonina] For what?
I'm 18.
Everyone I know is married.
Vipsania's married,
Antonia's married,
even Marcella's been
married twice, and Julia.
What do you mean
"even Marcella"?
You will get married.
At your guardian's pleasure,
just like
every other Roman girl.
I am not
"every other Roman girl."
And I will never
marry anyone but Drusus!
One of the five
great families of Rome!
They've had 28 consuls.
How many have we had?
One.
Your father was
a moneylender from Velletri.
My grandfather.
-Antonia, please, please--
-No! No!
Whatever youthink Livia did,
it's wrong to punish
my sister or Drusus.
-You be quiet.
-Yes.
Keep your mouth shut.
I will.
Yes. I will.
I swear before all the gods
until you allow this marriage,
I will not eat again.
Yes.
And neither will I.
Oh, God.
[breathes heavily]
Don't worry.
We won't miss many meals.
What do you mean?
She's right.
Livia wants this marriage.
She'll fix it.
I'll speak to Livia
to make sure
[Domitius] Surprisingly
easy in the end.
You owe me.
You were the one
that didn't want Drusus
marrying into the family.
I just
wanted to piss off Livia.
And even she won't be able
to get out of this one.
You still don't believe
she killed my brother, do you?
Honestly, Marcella,
since you ask,
I don't believe
Livia does anything.
The idea that
a woman runs spy networks
and moves mysteriously
behind the scenes,
well
Livia got where she is
on her back,
like every other girl in Rome.
You still owe me.
[Piso] What the fuck happened?!
[Livia] Octavia!
Where are they?
Don't look at me.
[Livia] I know,
it's not your fault.
That's right. It's yours.
How didn't you see this coming?
Octavia was always
going to be a problem.
Well, maybe
we can poison her, too.
Yeah, some things
we just don't say out loud.
[Drusus] Hmm. Look.
Forget Octavia.
You can't take Rome without
an army behind you somewhere.
And the biggest one
is on the German border.
Make me general
of the Rhine army,
and I will make it mine.
After that,
it doesn't matter who I marry.
"Whom I marry."
I'm 20 years old, Livia.
My life is slipping away.
Send me to war.
The wedding
will happen in four days.
On the Ides of the month,
that is the next available day.
Can you shut up
and wait that long?
[sighs]
[Livia] And you,
make your stupid wife pregnant!
I need Agrippa's family
tied into mine.
[sighs] Dear Mother.
So, the, uh,
-situation is
-[sighs]
in hand, hmm?
Why the foul mood, young lady?
When a man refuses a woman,
in bed, I mean, for--
for the first time,
what's he thinking?
Well, honestly, uh
it could be a lot of things.
I'm 40 this year.
I know.
No idea what to get you.
I'm getting old, Piso.
I'm not ready to get old.
Mother wants you pregnant.
So one understands.
I've brought one
of her dresses along.
Just in case.
Put it on.
[both grunting]
I lost a fortune
on that fuck last time out.
[both grunting]
The fights are all fixed.
[Agrippa]
On the subject of fixes,
a lot of people aren't buying
the Augur cover story.
I know I didn't.
It's embarrassing,
of course, politically,
given the legislation and all.
A lot of people are wondering
why you went cold
on marrying your niece into
one of the five great families.
[grunting]
-[grunts]
-The consensus is
Drusus has fallen from favor?
And a number of senators
have been in touch,
not very discreetly,
wondering if you'd care
to pimp out your niece to them.
Now that she's
back on the market.
-She's not back on the market.
-[both grunting]
Ah, what's Livia got in mind?
[yells]
She thinks
we should give it time.
But she doesn't know
my sister like I do.
And, besides
I'm not in the mood for time.
Agrippa.
We're just off
to the country house.
Rome is simply impossible
in this heat.
A message from your brother.
As your daughter
won't now be getting married,
he wishes her
to enroll as a priestess
in the Temple of Vesta.
What? Mother.
Agrippa, this must be a mistake.
No mistake.
It's the highest honor
the state can bestow
upon a woman.
And the temple's always
short of suitable candidates.
No.
No. Mother.
You are to take
this note from your uncle
and give it
to the high priestess.
You are to go immediately.
Wait.
Just Just leave us. Leave us.
[whispers]
Agrippa, what is this?
You asked that your daughter
not be married.
-No, no, I
-Your brother respects that.
I asked that she
not be married to Livia's son.
You need to respect
his alternative.
What, that she be locked away
in a temple
for the rest of her life?
[Agrippa] It's only 30 years.
She can still
get married afterwards.
She'll be 48.
She'll be 48 years old.
This is vile!
[Agrippa] It's just
a marriage, Octavia.
A political alliance
between one family and another.
-It's never personal.
-She made it personal!
Your son
was poisoned by his slave!
Yes, well,
everybody keeps telling me that!
There's never been any proof
that Livia was involved!
No, you never found it!
And I wonder
just how hard you looked.
What the fuck?
Oh, yes, Agrippa.
I have seen
the way you look at Livia!
If you change your mind
about the marriage,
I suggest you do it soon.
You tell my little brother
that I'll let her rot
in that temple forever
rather than have her marry
into Livia's family.
I'll tell him.
Yes! Tell him!
[breathing heavily]
[seagulls squawking,
waves crashing]
You're not sorry about this.
Honestly,
I think that marriage
just brings my brother
one step closer to a
squalid and violent death.
Your father was an optimist,
too.
[snorting]
[both chuckle]
I don't want to be Augustus.
I don't even want to be me.
I'd like to care
about honor and glory
and your personal quest
to restore the Republic but I
I just can't.
There's obviously just
something wrong with my head.
Hmm.
But I do care about my brother.
And I care
about keeping him alive.
That's probably
my only ambition.
I know.
Well
I told them.
She went for you.
Live a ravenous cougar.
Mother was the same.
So are you.
Oh, I tell you, brother.
I feel sorry for Antonina.
I can't control Rome if I can't
control my own family.
She's just caught in the middle
of some old history.
Brother
women are like dogs,
they can smell fear.
[man] Horses!
-It's Antonina.
-[panting]
He sent her to the Temple
of Vesta to be a priestess.
What?
We didn't see that coming.
And once she takes the vows
[panting] that's it.
Well, get her out of there. Now!
How? It's death
for a man to enter the temple.
Well, you think of something.
I'll catch you up. Go. Go!
[horses galloping]
Get my horse.
[people chattering indistinctly]
Here it is, the Temple of Vesta.
This was supposed to be
my wedding day.
[spiritual music playing]
The sacred flame of Rome.
We guard it, day and night.
If it should ever go out,
the wrath of the gods
would fall down on Rome
and upon us.
High priestess.
I am Antonia,
daughter of Marcus Antonius.
This is my sister, Antonina.
[priestess] I know.
you were engaged to Livia's son.
I know Livia well.
We were best friends
when we were children.
Our mothers were cousins.
We were always
in each other's houses.
She used me and betrayed me
as she uses
and betrays everyone.
She's ruthless,
selfish,
and cruel.
Let me show you
'round the temple
and the room you will share
with the other initiates.
Did you hear that?
I wonder what Livia did to her,
the high priestess.
[whispers] She really hates her.
High priestess
is it true
if a priestess breaks
her vow of chastity, she's
buried alive?
Fortunately, it rarely happens.
Where's your sister?
Oh, no.
Get her! Get her!
[panting]
[clamoring]
[dog barking]
-[grunts]
-Sorry. Sorry.
Come back.
-Are you mad?
-Wait!
Don't move.
Okay?
[sighs] That was lucky.
Thank you, Tycho.
Make the arrangements.
-We end this now.
-Lady.
[Antonina] Aunt Livia,
you have to help me.
I can't be a Vestal! I can't!
Antonia and Iullus
said you'd fix everything.
They're wrong!
I can't fix anything
because I'm a woman!
And women have no power in Rome.
So if you want something done,
you stand behind the men
and make sure
no one can see you there!
Because otherwise they will
tear you to fucking pieces.
[kisses]
Keep her hidden
until I get back.
Mother is gonna fix this.
But you shouldn't let her.
You shouldn't marry Drusus.
You should go back to the temple
and lock yourself in.
What?
Livia's a monster.
She controls everything
and everyone,
so nobody can breathe any more.
You have no idea what it's like.
She even tells us
when to have sex.
What's sex like?
Well, if you put on
one of Livia's dresses,
it's amazing.
Actually, no.
I've got a better idea.
Better than what?
Drusus, listen.
If I give myself to you,
and we
you know
I won't be a virgin,
so I can't be a Vestal.
They'll have to let us marry.
Even I know
that's a terrible idea.
I won't marry a coward.
You won't have to.
[rapid footsteps approach]
Oh, you
You idiot.
[footsteps depart rapidly]
[indistinct chatter]
What do you want?
You don't want your daughter
in the Temple of Vesta.
[horse nickers]
Neither do I.
I don't want my son
in that mausoleum either,
-but you stole him from me.
-[sighs]
As you once stole
my brother from Scribonia,
because you are Livia,
a thief.
Of people, lives,
and dreams.
And yet, you still expect me
to unite our families
so that your son can gain
a small advantage
in the vulgar scramble
to inherit
the laurels of Augustus.
You understand if I prefer
not to endure it.
Your adopted son, Iullus,
has been intimate with Julia
before, during and after
her marriage to Marcellus.
And now she's betraying Agrippa.
If their long affair
became public,
it would humiliate your brother
and destroy his authority.
Especially now, after his
recent legislation on marriage.
For Iullus, of course,
the choice would be exile
or suicide.
The wedding will go ahead.
The Ides of the month,
in four days' time.
You'd do that to my brother.
I won't have to.
[door opens]
[door closes]
Scribonia, what
are you doing here?
Why aren't you at the wedding?
-That got cancelled.
-What?
Why?
A lot of people hate Livia.
You're certainly
not the only one. [chuckles]
Listen, Scribonia
-I think I'm pregnant.
-What?
-That's perfect.
-Is it?
Why is it?
What if he doesn't
want me any more when I'm fat?
[Scribonia] This was
always the plan.
It's what we've
been working for.
You came to me for advice.
You came to me for revenge.
Do exactly what I tell you
and you will get
everything you want.
[crying] You are
the only person in that family
whoever treated me
with any respect.
I always saw your potential.
I won't forget it.
Okay.
[door closes]
Oh, we just heard
one of your slaves
-died out on the estate.
-Is it true
Would you like me
to get you a new one?
It is true about you and Julia?
Oh.
[sniffles]
[sobs]
I love her.
I always have.
I can't remember
a time when I didn't.
[sobs, exhales]
-I can't help it.
-Oh
[footsteps receding]
[Livia] Father,
you shouldn't have
left me alone like this.
[whispers] I'm not sure how much
longer I can keep doing this.
It's eating me alive.
[crying]
[sobbing]
Mother.
[crying]
[softly] Here she comes.
-You threw us to the wolves.
-They threw you back.
You might not
always be so lucky.
[scoffs]
So, Iullus.
Now do you get it?
So
my sister changed her mind.
Mm.
Suddenly.
The wedding will
go ahead on the Ides,
in four days' time.
That's the next available date.
Mmm.
I expect you had
something to do with it,
somewhere.
[sighs]
And I'm grateful.
How grateful?
[moans]
It was a bluff, right?
The Temple of Vesta?
We never bluff.
[moaning]
Can I have some wine, please?
[Antonina] Oh, my god,
these are good.
You're hungry?
[all laughing]
[Antonina] Just a bit.
[chuckles]
What happened?
Mother won't talk about it.
[Drusus] What's it been,
two hours?
[Antonia] Watch out, Antonina.
[laughing]
[Antonina] I don't care.
[all laughing]
[woman vocalizing]
[cheering, clapping]
[vocalizing continues]
See? There you were.
Worrying about nothing again.
As always. [chuckles]
Livia.
Look. My wedding dress.
Piso bought it for me
from the shop.
Hey.
Look, there's Antonina.
Good lad.
Happy now?
Her family's far beneath mine.
So's mine.
Yes.
Welcome, friends,
to the wedding
of Nero Claudius Drusus
and Antonina,
daughter of Octavia
and Marcus Antonius.
Great Juno,
goddess of marriage
and fertility,
we ask your blessing
on this day.
Accept this sheep
from my farm in return.
Now, Drusus,
will you take Antonina?
I will.
[Piso] Antonina,
will you have Drusus?
[crowd whispering]
[chuckles]
All right.
[crowd laughing]
Then, Drusus,
she is yours.
[cheers and applause]
[Piso] Now,
let's kill this sheep!
[crowd cheering]
[theme music playing]
♪♪♪