Requiem of the Rose King — Season 1, Episode 5: If I Don’t Grab Your Hand, I Won’t Have to Let Go

Episode synopsis

The wedding of Edward and Elizabeth has opened a vast rift between the House of York and the Earl of Warwick. The repurcussions continue at a later dinner party, where Richard meets the Duke of Buckingham. "Richard," the duke says, "has it ever occurred to you? You, too, could become king...!" The advice throws Richard, but in his mind, the words of his father the Duke of York ring loudly: "Let my name live on...the name of the king." Then, as Richard stands before his father's portrait, the Earl of Warwick steps in.

About Requiem of the Rose King

The crown of England has been hotly contested throughout history, and in the Middle Ages, a series of great civil wars became known as the War of the Roses. Claiming a right to the throne, the Duke of York seeks to unseat King Henry VI and his heir in order to become king himself.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Wars of the Roses
• E2Father Is My Light
• E3I Am the Shadow, the Darkness Behind the Light
• E4I’m Afraid I’m Going to Lose the Answers I’ve Gotten and...Everything Else
• E6A man who has no awareness as king... A man who is not qualified to be king... Neither of them is fit for the throne.
• E7Even if I sin...
• E8Even alone, it wasn’t frightening. Rather... the loneliness has been kind ever since losing Father.
• E9I remember when Christmas was approaching. The time when I lost Father.
• E10My name is Richard Plantagenet.
• E11That is my… my punishment…
• E12Richard is dead, died alone in the woods that day.
• E13After all, this body is just a prison of the soul...