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Episode 10 – Interlock
Seventeen years later Isabelle visits Drayton Manor and is greeted by Bardolfe. In a final act of love, Cynewyn brings Le Roi to visit his master for the last time.
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Prologue: Needle and Thread
December 7, 2019
Season 1
Rebecca Robinson
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00:02:24
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At the end of the Battle of Hastings, two Norman soldiers wonder about the legacy of the Battle and their part in it.
Episode 01: Baste Stitch
December 7, 2019
Season 1Episode 1
Rebecca Robinson
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00:09:48
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Cynewyn, chatelaine of Drayton manor, is ejected from her home after her cousins Morcar and Edwin rebel against the new King William and their lands are confiscated. The new lord, Thurstan de Basset, the Grand Falconer to William, angers and alienates his new subjects.
Episode 02: Running Stitch
September 26, 2020
Season 1Episode 2
Rebecca Robinson
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00:10:54
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Cynewyn successfully pleads for food for her people, who are slowly starving because of the predations of Thurstan’s men. Thurstan’s wife Isabelle, who is pregnant, arrives from Normandy but is deeply unhappy to be in England. Then, tragedy strikes.
Episode 03: Cross-stitch
September 26, 2020
Season 1Episode 3
Rebecca Robinson
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00:14:12
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Cynewyn loses her baby in a tragic accident caused by Thurstan. At the same time, Isabelle is safely delivered of her son, who she rejects and refuses to care for. Before she runs away to her Abbey in Normandy, Isabelle arranges for Cynewyn to leave Drayton for the court of Queen Edith.
Episode 04: Trapunto
September 26, 2020
Season 1Episode 4
Rebecca Robinson
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00:16:52
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At the Abbey, Cynewyn struggles to create the images for the Bayeux Tenture while Thurstan wanders across Europe, Russia and Turkey looking for hunting birds. At the Emperor’s palace in Constantinople, Thurstan finally faces his past and is tempted to join the Varangian Guard.
Episode 05: Reverse Applique
April 16, 2021
Season 1Episode 5
Rebecca Robinson
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00:16:43
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Aelfgyva, a sweet Saxon seamstress, suffers from sexual assault by King William’s brother Bishop Odo in the cell next to Cynewyn . Aelfgyva and Captain Vital connect while Turold, dwarf jongleur, entertainer and spy for Queen Edith, arrives and lightens the mood. Bishop Odo has evil intentions.
Episode 06: Zigzag
May 21, 2021
Season 1Episode 6
Rebecca Robinson
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00:18:50
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In the aftermath of Odo’s assault, Bardolfe, one of William’s knights, pledges undying protection to Cynewyn. Her cousin Morcar nearly loses his life and Aelfgyva reveals that she and Captain Vital are to wed. Turold leaves on a secret mission for the Queen and Thurstan returns to England, at last.
Episode 07: Gros Pointe
June 11, 2021
Season 1Episode 7
Rebecca Robinson
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00:16:06
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Thurstan and Cynewyn become better acquainted. Turold buys the freedom of Count Eustace’s grandson at Dover Castle, Aelfgyva’s baby is stolen just before her wedding with Vital, and Cynewyn plots revenge on Odo.
Episode 08: Miter Line
July 2, 2021
Season 1Episode 8
Rebecca Robinson
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00:15:52
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Aelfgyva and Vital wed and, Bardolfe begs Cynewyn to abandon her risky plan. At the feast and big reveal of the Bayeux Tenture, all hell breaks loose when Cynewyn’s revenge is discovered. Odo denies any misconduct, and William threatens maiming as punishment for slander against his brother.
Episode 09: Lockstitch
July 20, 2021
Season 1Episode 9
Rebecca Robinson
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00:23:27
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Thurstan negotiates Cynewyn’s release, William confronts Odo, and Thurstan asks Cynewyn to be his wife. On the ride back to Drayton, the lovers quarrel, then are unexpectedly attacked.
Episode 10: Interlock
July 28, 2021
Season 1Episode 10
Rebecca Robinson
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00:10:47
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Seventeen years later Isabelle visits Drayton Manor and is greeted by Bardolfe. All parties are reconciled. In a final act of love, Cynewyn brings Le Roi to visit his master for the last time.