Synopsis: (Warning: May Contain Spoilers) Henry moves swiftly to annul his loveless marriage to Anne of Cleves, and beds a new mistress, 17-year-old Katherine Howard; Princess Mary falls in love with Duke Philip of Bavaria; Cromwell’s fall from favor is sudden and dramatic.

Synopsis: (Warning: May Contain Spoilers) War looms with France and Spain aligning against England with backing from Rome, so Henry agrees to a politically fortuitous marriage with Anne of Cleves (Joss Stone), a plain and unsophisticated German aristocrat he has never met.

Synopsis: (Warning: May Contain Spoilers) 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; the condition of Henry’s wounded leg turns life-threatening.

Synopsis: (Warning: May Contain Spoilers) Henry remains in seclusion while mourning the queen’s death, an opportunity that enemies of the crown seize to murder several friends of the court; Cromwell is disturbed when Henry doesn’t resist his new church’s similarities to Catholicism.

Synopsis: (Warning: May Contain Spoilers) The leaders of the Pilgrimage of Grace uprising are put to death, but Brandon is disturbed by the cruelty and mercilessness of the suppression; Henry celebrates the birth of a son but his joy is short-lived as Queen Jane dies within days.

Synopsis: (Warning: May Contain Spoilers) Henry reconciles with his estranged daughters Mary and Elizabeth in time for the Christmas holidays, but betrays and brutally suppresses the rebellion against him after making conciliatory promises to the uprising’s leaders.

Synopsis: (Warning: May Contain Spoilers) The third season premiere, Henry VIII weds a third time, to shy, demure noblewoman Jane Seymour – a union that he and his advisors pray will result in a male heir; once-loyal subjects rebel against Henry’s crusade against Catholicism.