Domina (2021) s02e04 Episode Script

1
[Octavia]
We were all wondering
if you poisoned Marcellus.
I'm sorry, what?
Your husband's
been seeing a slave.
It's betrayal,
the whole secret life.
I think this is payback
for Marcellus.
And I didn't see it.
-Do I know you?
-I'm Vilbia.
And I'm the daughter
of Augustus.
What do you need, Vilbia?
An audience with Livia Drusilla.
And what do you want with her?
My son--
I want Gaius to adopt him.
I need your support.
I'm running for consul
this year.
Expensive.
[Tiberius] Domitius--
he's ruthless, ambitious.
He's the coldest thing
I've ever touched.
Domitius is your direct rival
for any kind of power.
Iullus has been intimate
with Julia,
Iullus and I, this only happens
when I'm pregnant,
so I always know
my husband's the father.
Well, the party's over, Julia.
So is this.
[Tycho] Porcia.
You are my only family, Livia.
I don't know
who else to turn to.
But you need to leave Rome.
Look after my daughter.
-Oh! [laughs]
-[Livia] Go to Egypt
Don't forget me.
it's there we find out
who was behind the famine,
for sure.
I am pregnant
[screaming]
with your husband's son.
[groans]
Find out who did this.
Whatever it takes.
You betrayed me, my love.
[Gaius] I never cared
that she killed Marcellus.
I care that she got caught.
I need you to do
something for me.
Divorce?
Exile.
[Tiberius] She's been exiled.
Without the marriage connection,
we're meaningless to him.
We'll never avenge
our grandfather
and never restore the republic.
[dramatic music plays]
[applause]
The office of Consul
is the greatest honor
Rome can bestow.
It is my honor tonight
to introduce the winners
of this year's elections.
Publius Cornelius Scipio!
[applause]
And Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus.
[applause]
[indistinct conversations]
Anything you need. Always.
♪♪♪
[indistinct conversations]
Mother used to love
these election night parties.
Bitching, backstabbing
plots.
I never thought I'd say this,
but I'm starting to wonder
whether she's coming back
from this.
It's up to us now, brother.
Everything.
♪♪♪
No point in being envious,
my love.
If you'd taken my advice,
Domitius might be ash by now.
Agrippa will be out of Rome
in the morning.
I'm going to pop any day now.
Might be our last chance
for a long time.
[Marcella]
Congratulations, Consul.
You said you'd think about it.
Revenge on Livia
is your passion, not mine.
There will never be
a better time.
She's alone and weak
and out of Rome.
She's already dead, Marcella.
-You just haven't noticed.
-[man] Well done, Domitius.
-Richly deserved.
-Thank you.
[knocks]
Augustus and Agrippa
won't live forever,
and sadly,
your mother's gone.
We need to plan
for what comes next,
unless we want it
to be Domitius.
What did you have in mind?
A Triumvirate.
Everything divided equally
between the three of us--
power,
land, and army.
We'd have to liquidate Domitius.
And his supporters.
[indistinct conversation]
[suspenseful music plays]
♪♪♪
I hope we don't have to
liquidate Iullus, too.
[drums playing rapidly]
[Domitius] My friends, can I
offer either of you a dancer?
[Musca] No.
You can scrap the regulations
which limit the height
of the tenement buildings.
I still need to see Livia.
She's still away.
I don't know where she is.
What can I tell you?
Try asking Piso.
[Gaius]
Who's that with Domitius?
Vilbia and his brother.
Businessman,
sold votes to Domitius.
-[drums continue beating]
-Thank you.
You heard from your wife yet?
Last letter I received
was from Egypt,
and that was a while ago.
It's been nearly
a year, brother.
You must miss her.
I know I do.
I can't bear this ludicrous
charade for another moment.
-What? No, Mother--
-Shh!
-Mother!
-Quiet.
[closes door]
I know that nobody
is supposed to know
what reallyhappened,
and nobody's allowed
to mention it. [sighs]
But you can't keep secrets
in this family.
Everybody knows what Livia did
to that poor girl.
And you were right to exile her.
You know, it's not natural
for a man to be alone,
and as your sister,
it is my duty to tell you.
[sighs]
You must divorce Livia now.
You deserve to be free,
to get married again
to some nice, young
girl from a suitable family
who can give you a son.
[sighs]
Not opinions,
endless scandal.
[sighs]
[door opens]
I'll take that as a yes then.
[serene music playing]
[rooster crows]
[exhales]
[man groans]
-[dishes clattering]
-[gasps]
♪♪♪
[rooster crows]
[sighs]
[clucks]
Fuck.
[theme music playing]
[Piso sighs]
All your life, Livia,
you've lived with that oath
you made to your father.
You were a child
when you made it.
[sighs]
Are you giving up on me, Piso,
or just the republic?
Neither.
But I know what a weight it is
you carry.
And if you're weary of it all,
I'd understand,
and your father
would understand.
He'd want you to find
something else to live for.
He would release you.
Don't worry about me.
I don't have to wake up
every morning and look perfect,
and I don't have to clear up
some fucker's mess.
I can be just
me.
I'm happy.
I don't miss it.
[Piso]
This may be your life
from now on.
Forever.
Are you prepared for that?
[scoffs] Nah.
Gaius will come.
Someone will come in the end,
some fucker with a mess.
They'll come.
That slave
you're sleeping with
he's getting ideas.
[moaning]
Waiting.
[panting]
[chuckles] What?
[exhales]
We're always waiting
for something.
Both of us.
Waiting for this baby,
waiting for my husband to die.
Waiting for my father to die.
We're just waiters.
And people like Domitius
don't wait, Iullus.
They take what they want.
Oh, don't worry.
I'm taking it.
[Iullus groans softly]
-[moaning]
-[gasps]
-Ah! Ah!
-Gently.
-[moans]
-Iullus, the baby.
It's coming, now!
Get the midwife!
-Get me home! [groans]
-Fuck, oh
Ugh!
Oh, please, let me live!
Let me live!
Ah! Ah!
[dramatic music playing]
♪♪♪
[Prima] Dominus!
[speaks indistinctly]
[dramatic music builds]
You are the most beautiful woman
in the whole fucking world!
[baby crying]
Fuck off, Agrippa!
[baby crying]
Four hours from start to finish!
I couldn't believe it.
I love you, Julia.
-I love you, too.
-I just heard!
Another boy [laughter]
-Time for a drink.
-Always is.
-Yes!
-[laughs]
[sighs]
[baby cooing]
[Agrippa]
You're a grandfather.
Again.
Since it's you, I don't mind.
Ah.
Lucius Vipsanius Agrippa.
Welcome to Rome.
[serene music playing]
-[Lucius gurgling]
-And you, little Gaius,
you get some sleep
while you can.
In 20 years, you'll be
drilling your cohort and
flogging the stragglers
in some camp somewhere.
And you'll be married, Julila,
with kids of your own,
and your husband
stumbling round,
pissed in the nursery.
♪♪♪
Hmm.
And
If Drusus has any boys,
[groans]
I'll set you up
with one of them.
[Lucius gurgling]
Magic.
-[indistinct conversation]
-[Julia] Let's get out of here.
I want to go shopping so badly.
[Antonia]
Were you actually having sex
when the contractions started?
-[Julia] Yes.
-[Antonia laughs]
[Julia]
I was just about to come.
It was so annoying.
I couldn't believe it.
[Antonia laughs]
And where was Agrippa?
He was out of Rome all morning.
We knew it might be
our last chance to be together,
before I gave birth.
-Ooh, the gods, I feel faint.
-Oh, no.
[suspenseful music playing]
♪♪♪
Marcella.
Have you seen the baby?
[door opens]
Uncle?
[door opens]
Uncle.
[door opens]
[door closes]
Can I speak to you?
Now. It's really important.
♪♪♪
[sighs]
I hate to be the one
to have to tell you this,
but sometimes one has to do
unpleasant things,
and I consider it
nothing less than my duty
to you and the family.
Is this about your husband?
No, Uncle,
It's not about Iullus.
It's about Julia.
♪♪♪
[panting]
Capria!
Where's the Domina?
[indistinct conversations,
horse whinnies]
Julia!
Julia! He knows Uncle.
-He knows. Marcella told him.
-Told him what?
She overheard you
and Antonia talking.
She was outside your bedroom.
What?
About your affair with
you know.
I knew the minute I saw her face
that she was up to something.
She was always such a sneak!
-Did we mention his name?
-No.
Uncle wanted to know,
but Marcella couldn't tell him.
Agrippa will kill me.
And Iullus and the children!
-But they're all his!
-He won't believe that.
Tell Antonia and Iullus
I have to go.
No! You can't just run away!
Not forever!
Protect my children.
Swear on all the gods.
I swear.
[dramatic music playing]
♪♪♪
Livia! Livia!
Piso says to tell you,
someone's come!
So, these are dangerous people,
connected in Rome
at a certain level,
and very unpleasant.
Even you need to be careful,
especially now,
you're, er, unprotected.
This is Livia Drusilla.
Lady, my name is Vilbia,
and I come humbly
to ask for your help.
My grandfather came here
on a fishing boat.
Rome, the city of opportunity.
He couldn't read or write
or speak Latin
but he was smart.
He knew how to work.
And now my brother and I
have land and businesses
and slaves.
But, of course,
it's considered vulgar
to make money through
hard work and talent,
and I'll never be accepted,
politically or socially,
without the right wife.
Yours is one of the five
great families of Rome.
With your influence
and personal connections,
I was hoping
you would arrange my marriage
to a woman of your class
in return for my silence.
Everyone knows Augustus
has brought in legislation
promoting
traditional family values.
How disappointed he would be
to find out his stepson,
Tiberius, once drunkenly
murdered a teenage girl
in one of
my brother's brothels.
Or that his other stepson,
Drusus,
owes me hundreds of thousands
in gambling debts.
And, yes,
I have his signed markers.
As a woman, of course,
you might not know
that gambling with dice
is illegal in Rome
by Augustus's own laws.
I'll find you a wife.
Don't make me come back.
[dramatic music playing]
[whispers]
Blackmailed by a pimp.
Me, daughter of
Marcus Livius Drusus.
Get my sons!
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Is that wise?
All this time
you've had no contact,
for their sake,
and obviously you're still
toxic, politically and socially.
Get her sons.
♪♪♪
-[glass shatters]
-You malicious,
stupid, little bitch!
You have destroyed my daughter
and her marriage!
[Marcella] What?
How is it my fault
that she's a slut?
She took my husband Agrippa,
and now he isn't
good enough and
[scoffs]
I'm supposed to feel
sorry for her.
That spoiled
little princess bitch!
It serves her right!
Everybody has to bear
their sorrows,
and you bear them
like a fucking Roman!
-Fuck off.
-You do not turn on your family!
[sighs]
[door opens]
Iullus.
Augustus wants us.
[crying]
Who is it this time?
It's Iullus.
I cannot lose another son.
And I cannot lose my daughter!
She has disgraced the family!
-How dare you blame her!
-Because she is to blame!
She has fallen well
beneath the required
standard, Scribonia.
You have to go to your brother.
You have to go to Livia.
Both of you.
[Scribonia] What can she do?
She's gone,
and she's never coming back.
[sobbing]
Gaius hates her.
He won't listen
to anything she says,
and what can she say anyway?
They did it!
She's not even allowed
to enter the gates of Rome.
It's death if she does.
-I thought you'd like that.
-[scoffs]
Nobody even knows where she is.
We know where she is.
She killed your son!
Octavia, she killed Marcellus.
[thunder rumbles]
[suspenseful music playing]
♪♪♪
My daughter has dishonored
her marriage to Agrippa.
[thunder rumbling]
Julia's run.
But I will find her.
If Agrippa finds out,
he will divorce her.
She will be publicly shamed.
Iwill be publicly shamed.
Our relationship
would never recover.
Bring me the head
of Julia's lover.
I want him found
Whoever he is.
Whatever it takes.
Of course.
Does anyone know who it is?
Honestly
I-I'm just shocked.
[Drusus] It's hard to believe.
We need to work together,
find this man.
Our wives
are all close to Julia.
One of them
will know who he is.
♪♪♪
-[door closes]
-Hey.
We're with you.
We're Romans.
We hold
the fucking line together.
He'll hunt me down like a dog.
Antonia will never betray you.
You should probably
get over there right now.
Domitius.
♪♪♪
What are you doing here?
Julia's lover--who is he?
I don't know.
You're her best friend.
I know you know.
Give me his name.
We know them.
-It must be someone we know.
-Ow! You're hurting me!
-Who is he?
-Ow, my finger! No
No. She was too terrified
of anyone finding out,
I swear on all the gods,
she wouldn't tell me.
She wouldn't even tell me.
-You're lying!
-[bone cracks]
Ow! Aah, aah!
-Who is he?
-No
-Who is he?
-[sobbing]
Domitius, please, please.
-Domitius, I'm
-Who is he?
[Antonia] He's
[Domitius groans]
[panting]
-[Domitius groans]
-[thuds]
Iullus, no! Iullus! No.
Brother, no. No!
[gasping]
♪♪♪
[Antonina] What's happened?
Fuck, I nearly
fucking killed him.
It's okay, it's okay.
Fuck.
It's happening!
-The terrible thing.
-[retches]
♪♪♪
My wife seems to
have disappeared.
I see you knew.
I will deal with it.
With what, brother?
With what will you deal?
♪♪♪
Where
is
my
wife?
It is my understanding
Julia has
dishonored her marriage
and her family.
"Dishonored"?
And I will deal with it.
With whom
has she dishonored it?
I will deal with this.
She is not to be touched.
I don't kill women.
Men, though
different matter.
She is the bond between us
that cannot be broken.
There will be no divorce.
It would shame my family.
And what about my family?
I will deal with her.
I want her
and the man
by tomorrow night.
After that, it's over.
If you divorce her
we're finished.
I know.
♪♪♪
I'm not tired.
Aren't you sleepy?
[Antonia] Agrippa.
-Get out.
-No.
We won't.
-We swore we'd protect them.
-Get out!
-Out! Get out!
-[all clamoring]
Get out! Get out!
[Lucius crying]
[Vipsania] Father
[Lucius crying]
Give him to me.
-He's my brother.
-No.
[crying continues]
He's my brother.
[Octavia] Agrippa!
[crying continues]
Agrippa, please!
[Lucius crying]
[weapon clanks]
[sobbing]
-[Lucius crying]
-[whispers] Go, go.
[sobs]
[Piso] Livia.
Someone else has come.
And unless I'm going blind,
it's a fucker with a mess.
[thunderclap]
Livia?
[rooster crows]
[sighs] Why are you still here?
I told you I can't help.
Please.
I don't care about myself,
but if they find out
about Iullus,
he'll have to take his own life.
Well, Agrippa
might kill him first.
Livia, I am begging you.
I told you to end it with Iullus
years ago.
Now you get caught.
What do you want me to do?
You can stay here for now,
but that's all.
"That's all"?
-I'll be exiled.
-Well, you get used to it.
You owe us, Livia!
When everyone was saying
you killed Marcellus,
me and Iullus,
we stood up for you!
Livia, she's here.
Well, I have my own problems.
Stay hidden.
He'll send soldiers.
I'm not running.
[weapon clanking]
Not from this.
I am going to see Livia.
-Porcia.
-Cousin.
I thought you were never
gonna speak to me again.
Well, you weren't
straight with me.
I was in a difficult position.
Underneath Crassus
with your legs open.
I heard you've been traveling.
[scoffs]
How have you been?
You must know that I'm living
under the charity
of my great uncle, Junius.
Oh, is it true
what they say about him?
Worse.
He's completely impotent
and makes me submit
to cunnilingus.
Yep. Debases himself
like a slave.
What's it like?
[Porcia] Cunnilingus?
Well, Junius is 82,
but I'm just a poor widow,
so there it is.
I got you a husband,
if you want.
-Is that why you sent for me?
-Your age.
Healthy,
good-looking and rich.
But?
He's a businessman.
I will pay you well,
and the marriage
will buy me some time.
Will it buy me
some forgiveness?
Stay to dinner. Hmm?
[exhales]
[lowered voice]
I just want you to kill him.
You're supposed to be
the mediator.
Kill him later, then.
Thank you both for coming.
Iullus?
Hmm.
I was wrong to interfere.
Forgive me.
I thought that I could
help you talk to my sister.
She'll return to your house
this morning.
For what it's worth,
she's the only person in this
family incapable of lying.
She doesn't know
who Julia was with.
Domitius?
[Domitius]
Our fathers were friends.
-They fought together.
-And died together.
When all this is over,
we should talk about the future,
you and me.
Rome needs leaders.
Let's do that.
Off you go, then.
[sighs]
[Domitius] Nothing yet.
[Iullus] Apologies from Drusus
and Tiberius.
They left before dawn.
They might have a lead on Julia.
I had to tell Agrippa.
We have until tonight
to find Julia.
She will give us the man.
We will give him to Agrippa.
It's my only shot
at making this right.
Marcella has given us
a list of people
who might be hiding Julia.
You two will organize the search
with Strabo and the Praetorians,
my authority,
but nobody can know
what you're looking for.
Domitius,
there's a house I want you
to search personally.
Drusus.
Julia.
[horse whinnies]
How's Iullus?
Well, he's busy looking
for himself
so Agrippa can kill him.
Tiberius.
-Well, how does she think he is?
-[Julia] Well, fuck you!
I'm glad we killed
your stupid, fucking terrapin!
Fuck!
[Drusus]
We got your message, Mother.
Piso told us about Vilbia.
We're both very sorry.
[chuckles]
Sorry?
[Livia sighs]
Oh. I missed you.
I missed you.
Oh, fuck it. You know,
I was no kind of mother.
Babies are boring.
So are children.
And I loved [sighs]
parties and politics,
but I mean, who doesn't?
And I hated housework, too.
All thatRoman matron shit.
Is that so bad?
Livia! Soldiers!
They're searching the house.
Stay here, out of sight,
all of you.
[cup clatters]
[Domitius] Livia.
I'm glad to see you well.
[Livia] Domitius.
-What's going on?
-[Domitius laughs]
Looking for Julia, apparently.
Caesar wishes his daughter
returned to him today
to avert
a severe political difficulty.
If she's not back by nightfall,
her personal slaves
will be interrogated
under torture.
They will give him
the name of Julia's lover.
Wow.
But why are you telling me this?
Honestly, I have no idea.
But Augustus
asked me to mention it
if I happened to bump into you.
[suspenseful music plays
How's your wife?
Antonia's well, thank you.
And I'm sure
we both look forward
to seeing you back in Rome
soon.
Hmm. As do I.
Well, send her my love.
♪♪♪
-[footsteps retreat]
-[under breath] Fuck.
[Marcella] Wait here.
How could you do this?
Well, I didn't ask her
to betray her husband.
[Soldier] Take it all off.
Everything off.
[Antonina] What's going on?
We wait for the Dominus.
There's no need for that.
Their clothes will remain on.
Analysis.
Julia's slaves
will give up Iullus.
There's now no scenario
in which he survives,
which simplifies your plans
for the succession.
It might have to come to that
in the end, anyway.
-[sighs]
-What?
Iullus thinks he's going to
share power with me and Drusus.
What?
He certainly won't like us
handing it back to the Senate.
Otherwise, the beneficiary
of this mess is Domitius.
[scoffs] Of course.
With you in exile
and Agrippa estranged,
a space opens up
right next to Augustus.
And we don't want that, do we?
Mother?
If anyone can get Agrippa
to back off, it's you.
[Piso] Am I missing something?
Is Julia not the fucker
with the mess
that we were hoping for
that gets you back in the game,
remind your husband
that you're still alive?
Why should I?
Why should I help Julia?
Hmm? Her mother put me here.
You helped with that yourself.
[Drusus]
And Iullus is one of us!
-[rapid footsteps approach]
-[Ursa] Livia.
[chickens clucking]
[horse blustering]
So, you're aware
of the situation?
Yeah.
Iullus was
a beautiful little boy.
Image of his father.
Sometimes even now,
I feel like I'm seeing a ghost.
He is just my stepson.
But he is
He's the only son I have now.
[mournful music playing]
You are the only one
that can move my brother
and control Agrippa.
Yeah, I know.
-I know.
-Hmm.
You owe me, Livia.
You owe me this.
I don't know how.
I don't.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
[dramatic music plays]
[panting]
♪♪♪
Oh.
Oh, right.
Right.
[door creaks open]
What?
[Iullus] Nothing.
We've been out
looking for Julia.
Oh, stop it.
It's not fair.
I don't know why I did it.
I didn't think. I just did it.
Now everyone hates me.
Yes.
[Livia] Are you ready?
[Livia sighs]
There's no other way.
You must go to your father
and confess.
You must tell him everything.
If you don't, your slaves
will betray Iullus anyway.
There must be blood.
The men will have it,
Agrippa will have it.
You can still save yourself
and your marriage.
Your father will forgive you
because he has to.
He cannot allow
a divorce with Agrippa.
So, you just go and tell them
exactly what I told you.
Tiberius will go with you.
Can't it be Drusus?
Oh, he has his own mess
to clear up.
Don't worry.
[horse blusters]
Right.
You, um
Porcia--she has agreed
to marry Vilbia for the family.
You will take her back to Rome
and arrange it.
-Now?
-Right now.
♪♪♪
Yes.
[dog barking]
[gate opens]
No sign of Julia.
-Livia?
-[doors close]
She was there, yes.
What did she say?
She asked after my wife.
[exhales deeply]
We're waiting for Agrippa.
-[woman whimpers]
-[exhales deeply]
[serene music playing]
♪♪♪
Will they make it back
by nightfall?
Just about.
[indistinct conversations]
That should be it.
Write it down.
[Drusus] Vilbia!
Drusus!
-My mother sends you a wife.
-That was fast.
My mother's very efficient,
and she always keeps her word.
This is Porcia,
daughter of
the Senator Marcus Porcius Cato,
and a close relative of ours.
She's a widow,
and desperate to get away
from her guardian
who always treats her badly.
My mother will pay the dowry.
Can she have children?
I gave my first husband
two sons.
They both died young.
And you will marry me?
I will.
Her guardian's in Rome
expecting you now.
Now?
My mother wants the terms
of the marriage contract
agreed in principle tonight,
so there's no further
misunderstandings
between our families.
I'll take care of everything.
[indistinct conversations]
We're going to be relatives,
you and I.
[Drusus] I might
pay you back one day.
[laughter]
[suspenseful music playing]
♪♪♪
Well, if you're going
to do it, do it.
[slaves whimpering]
[woman] No, no. Please, no.
[woman crying]
[woman] No!
-[woman] Help me.
-That won't be necessary.
[Tiberius] Stepfather.
Agrippa.
Julia's back,
of her own free will,
and asks humbly
for your forgiveness.
She swears before the gods
her children are Agrippa's.
Her brief and only disgrace
began during
her most recent pregnancy.
I want his name.
♪♪♪
Please
♪♪♪
[crying]
Who is it?
[crying]
Tell him.
[sobbing]
[suspenseful music builds]
♪♪♪
[door opens]
[Drusus]
towards the dowry.
[groans]
-[body thuds]
-[Porcia] Fuck.
Wedding's off.
Excuse me.
[panting]
I'll send someone to clear up.
[Domitius] I had no idea
it was Vilbia.
I barely know the man.
I don't know what to say.
You could always say sorry
for bringing someone like that
into our house,
given the consequences.
This
stays in the family.
Forever.
Of course, Augustus.
Thank you, Tiberius, Iullus.
[suspenseful music playing]
-What the fuck?
-[Tiberius] Leave us.
[Julia] Livia.
[Iullus chuckles] Of course.
You didn't deserve it.
[sighs]
I'm really sorry, Iullus.
[lowered voice]
I never regret a moment.
[sighs]
♪♪♪
You had everything you wanted,
and you threw it all away.
I had everything you wanted.
Maybe that's why.
Oh! Oh, my Oh!
It's all right.
Someone's coming to clear up.
[panting]
Oh
[gentle music playing]
♪♪♪
[horse whinnies]
[exhales]
-Go on, then!
-[Aelina] Daddy?
[Tycho laughs] Ah!
-[Aelina] Daddy!
-[laughter]
[Tycho laughs]
[groans]
Oh, so you hadn't forgotten me.
[sighs]
I had.
[laughter]
What took you so long?
Oh
[mellow music playing]
♪♪♪
[both laugh]
It was Domitius
behind the famine.
As you suspected.
Can we prove it?
Well, the proof died
while we were talking to him.
[sighs]
Welcome back, Tycho.
[Piso] What do they want?
[horses approaching]
[whinnies and nickers]
Gaius.
I missed you.
Oh same.
[exhales deeply]
♪♪♪
She's fucking done it.
We're back.
[both panting]
[Gaius]
Thank you for finding Julia.
Well, Julia's a free spirit.
She hates other people's rules.
She is absolutely your daughter.
It's not her I'm worried about.
It's Agrippa.
[exhales deeply]
Has he ever spoken
about adopting his sons?
[panting]
-Agrippa?
-Yeah.
No.
Well, he probably thought
you might refuse.
He knows it's a lot to ask.
A special honor
which would bind you together.
[exhales deeply] Again.
[exhales deeply]
[exhales deeply]
[exhales]
[sighs]
[suspenseful music playing]
♪♪♪
[indistinct conversation]
[Gaius] Agrippa, Julia.
[laughter,
indistinct conversation]
Tonight we celebrate
the adoption of my grandsons,
the sons of Agrippa,
Gaius
and Lucius.
One day
they will join Domitius,
Iullus,
Tiberius,
and Drusus
in shaping the future of Rome.
Family.
-Family.
-Family.
-Family.
-[all] Family.
[laughter]
[man] Wine's good.
[indistinct conversation]
-[door opens]
-Oh, no.
♪♪♪
Livia.
[Agrippa]
Well, thank fuck for that.
[laughter]
The cockroach you can't squash
with your sandal.
[man] We'd cut the role
of Senate.
It wasn't Vilbia
Julia was sleeping with.
Who was it, then?
Exactly.
[indistinct conversations
continue]
It was fun while it lasted.
No, it wasn't.
My Lord, the Chief Vestal
is here with your will.
Excuse me.
I'll get rid of her.
♪♪♪
-Gaius.
-Turia.
-Good to see you.
-Welcome.
[Turia] We have brought you
the will, as requested.
Is he changing his will?
Agrippa's sons are next in line
to succeed, suddenly.
A sacrifice I had to make.
We need to talk tomorrow.
[indistinct conversations,
laughter]
[lowered voice]
It took you long enough
to come through on our deal.
-[sighs]
-Nothing in it for me.
-[chuckles]
Some people might think
you were kidding.
No one who knows me.
[laughs]
[theme music playing]