Episode 3

In der dritten Folge kämpft Robert Cecil mit seiner Doppelrolle als politischer Berater und Kopf des geheimen Spionagenetzwerks. Während König Jakob I. die Vereinigung von England und Schottland plant, versucht Cecil im Hintergrund einen der größten Attentate in der Geschichte des englischen Königshofes – den „Gunpowder Plot“ im Jahr 1605 zu vereiteln.

King James of Scotland travels south to take the throne at the invitation of Robert Cecil. Meanwhile, John Gerard, a Catholic priest who has dedicated his life to the destruction of the Protestant state that developed in Elizabeth's England has escaped and made contact with a splinter cell in the Catholic underground containing an extremist called Guy Fawkes who has a plan to blow up Parliament with the King inside. Cecil hears about the gunpowder plot, but is unaware of when and how they will strike and his investigation is hampered, as he's also trying to manage King James who has a wildly ambitious idea of unifying Scotland and England in a new kingdom of Great Britain.

Au début du XVIIe siècle, quand la reine Elizabeth Ire meurt, le trône revient à son cousin, Jacques VI alors roi d'Ecosse, qui prend le nom de Jacques Ier.