The Musketeers - 'To Play the King'

There's something so creepy about dressing children as tiny, fancy adults. The
wig makes it much worse.

It's the Dauphin's sixth birthday, which means it's time for Paris to par-tay!

Of course, when I say Paris, I mean the prisoners of the Chatelet, and when I say par-tay, I mean jailbreak. As the Red Guard flail and the Musketeers track down escaping convicts, Grimaud leads a team into the prison to kidnap a defaulting locksmith and force him, at threat of his wife's life, to open the impenetrable door he created to protect the King's treasury.

The Musketeers track a group of inmates to one of Sylvie's interminable rallies, at which she and her cohorts once again agree that it's terrible and something needs to be done. The convicts take hostages, but the Musketeers kick them in and Athos covers for Sylvie's sedition. Then D'Artagnan goes after another inmate, who turns out to be an ex-soldier who thinks he's the King, and whom he leaves in the care of some nuns instead of returning him to the garrison, where the escapees are being held until the Red Guard restore order. Aramis, meanwhile, goes with Constance to track one of her worthy causes, the moneylender's wife, letting them uncover the plot.

"I am untouchable!"

The Dutch moneylender from last episode delivers final notice on the loan Feron secured 'for the King', revealing the Governor's treachery to Treville, but the King is completely obsessed with the Dauphin's party. Treville leaves the letters for the king to find, and Feron's attempts to remove them are thwarted by the Prince and the Queen, pushing him to murder the moneylender in his own chambers, which in turn distracts him from alerting his captain that Grimaud needs more time. Feron has the devil's own luck, however, as the mad man breaks into the palace to kill the 'imposter', burning the letters and providing a handy scapegoat for the murder before being shot while trying to kill the Queen. Feron then brazens it out with Treville, telling him he'll let all Paris know of the King's impending mortality if his position is threatened.

On the upside, Grimaud's men are caught before they can take the money, although Grimaud himself escapes. Athos' growing dissatisfaction with the status quo leads him back towards Sylvie. Treville squares up for a showdown with Feron, while Grimaud prepares himself to take revenge on the Musketeers for interfering with his plans. The whole thing is building up towards a proper downer of an ending to this final season.