Episode 5 | |
Series 1, Episode 5 | |
Air date | Feb 4, 2017 (UK) Feb 7, 2017 (US) |
Written by | Steven Knight Ben Hervey |
Directed by | Anders Engström |
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Episode 5 is the fifth of eight episodes of Series 1. Broadcast on February 4, 2017 on BBC One, and February 7, 2017 on FX.
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After a duel at dawn takes a surprising turn, James Delaney is blackmailed into a dangerous mission that finds him in a deadly race against time. Elsewhere, Thorne's jealousy intensifies into a vicious and spiritual realm, while animosity between the Crown and the Company escalates to a new level.[1]
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- The episode features two references to the work of William Shakespeare.
- As he stirs the cauldron, Cholmondeley quotes Falstaff from Henry IV, Part 1 Act III, scene 3.
- The exorcist claims Zilpha is possessed by Barbason, a demon or fiend mentioned alongside Lucifer and Amaimon in The Merry Wives of Windsor.