The Musketeers — Season 3
For love. For honor. For adventure.
About this season
Set in 17th century Paris, musketeers Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan are members of an elite band of soldiers who fight for what is just. They are heroes in the truest and most abiding sense – men that can be trusted and believed in to do the right thing, regardless of personal risk.
Episodes (10)
1. Spoils of War
7.8Aired 28 May 2016 • 52 min
Athos, Porthos and D'Artagnan are fighting on the battlefront while Aramis has trouble living in contemplation as a monk. The Musketeers' search for missing gunpowder lead them to follow bandits to Aramis' monastery, where circumstance force them to collaborate to save the monastery's children and brothers. Aramis' finally accepts his true calling as a Musketeer and rejoins his brothers-in-arms in Paris.
2. The Hunger
7.7Aired 4 June 2016 • 52 min
The corrupt Governor of Paris conspires with the Duke de Beaufort, primary provider of food for Paris, to stage a robbery of the city's granary and pin it on the refugees, only to later sell the stolen grain back to the King at an inflated price. D'Artagnan is taken captive along with the rioting refugees, and the other Musketeers (along with D'Artagnan's wife Constance, now in charge of the Musketeer garrison) must rescue them from the hands of the Red Guard before they are executed.
3. Brother in Arms
8.0Aired 11 June 2016 • 60 min
King Louis tasks the Musketeers with bringing his exiled brother, the Duke of Orléans, back to Paris in order to mend bridges. On the way, the Duke is robbed of dangerous letters which could destroy Orléans. The Duke informs the corrupt Governor of this, and the Governor's Red Guard must race the Musketeers in the hunt for the thief.
4. The Queen's Diamonds
7.7Aired 18 June 2016 • 60 min
Bonnaire is back, and the Musketeers need him to save the future of the English Crown.
5. To Play the King
8.1Aired 25 June 2016 • 52 min
The Musketeers battle to restore order in Paris after Grimaud and Feron stage an ambitious Châtelet breakout, setting free a lunatic with murderous designs on the Louvre.
6. Death of a Hero
6.7Aired 2 July 2016 • 52 min
It's the day of reckoning, as Grimaud vows to kill the Musketeers in a series of savage co-ordinated attacks and puts Feron to the ultimate test in his bid for power. The furious battle for survival sparks a series of revelations that threaten to destroy Paris. Before the day is out, a hero falls, there’s a traitor on the rise and the Musketeers will be changed forever.
7. Fool's Gold
8.0Aired 9 July 2016 • 52 min
Chasing Grimaud, the Musketeers make a troubling discovery in a village ruled by women.
8. Prisoners of War
8.0Aired 16 July 2016 • 52 min
The Queen's reputation is on the line after Grimaud kidnaps Aramis.
9. The Prize
8.7Aired 23 July 2016 • 52 min
When death strikes the Louvre, Treville takes controversial steps to protect the Dauphin from the unholy alliance of Grimaud, Gaston and the Duke of Lorraine. His secretive tactics isolate the Queen and threaten to drive even his loyal Musketeers apart.
10. We Are the Garrison
7.7Aired 30 July 2016 • 52 min
Following Treville's funeral the musketeers survive an attempt by Grimaud to kill them when their garrison is torched, leaving many casualties, and gunpowder and weapons stolen. To lure the musketeers into a trap Grimaud takes hostages including Sylvie but the four comrades stage a rescue, and the queen and Dauphin are restored to the palace with Milady as the royal spy master, her first task being to take care of Gaston. However, the mortally wounded Grimaud escapes and the musketeers must stop him from blowing up the city with the stolen gunpowder.