The Tudors

Henry VIII weds for a third time, to shy and demure Jane Seymour, praying that he will soon produce a male heir; once-loyal subjects rebel against Henry's anti-Catholic crusade.

The rebellion now known as the Pilgrimage of Grace begins in earnest, with Henry dispatching Brandon to deal with the uprising; bedridden due to the recurrence of his jousting injury, Henry takes a new mistress.

Henry reconciles with his estranged daughters Mary and Elizabeth in time for the Christmas holidays, but betrays and brutally suppresses the rebellion against him.

The leaders of the Pilgrimage of Grace uprising are put to death, but Brandon is disturbed by the cruelty of the suppression; Henry celebrates the birth of a son but his joy is short-lived.

Henry remains in seclusion while mourning the queen's death, an opportunity seized by the crown's enemies; Cromwell is disturbed when Henry doesn't resist his new church's similarities to Catholicism.

Matchmaking begins in earnest as Cromwell schemes to secure the Reformation by marrying Henry to a Protestant wife - but the king's marital reputation precedes him.

Henry agrees to a politically fortuitous marriage in order to avoid war with France and Spain.

Henry moves swiftly to annul his loveless marriage to Anne of Cleves, and beds a new, teenage mistress; Princess Mary falls in love; Cromwell's fall from favor is sudden and dramatic.