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As Antoinette grows even more unpopular and Louis begins to lose control, Antoinette accepts Lamballe back into her inner circle and tries to aid Louis in ruling.

After a death, Cassandra Austen rushes off to recover her sister Jane's letters, lest they reveal things to the public about the famous author and her family. 

Joyce tries to deal with an antagonistic patient but soon finds herself accused of negligence due to prejudice, while a garbage worker strike endangers Poplar's health. 

When a historical reenactment goes wrong, Mike and Nikki are brought in to investigate. Pearl, of course, eventually also finds herself involved – including, more and more, with Mike. 

Cardinal Rohan goes to trial and things quickly spin out of control, damaging Marie Antoinette's reputation as Louis' rivals scheme to take advantage. 

Cromwell hopes the king will grant him mercy as he is arrested and faces drummed up charges of treason. 

As Sister Julienne tries to help a woman with an abusive husband, she wonders if she's actually doing any good, while the other midwives aid a couple whose husband lives inside in an iron lung. 

Mike investigates the attempted murder of a real estate agent while Pearl looks into the sudden appearances of anonymous gifts to elderly people in town.

Provence and Josephine scheme to discredit Louis while Cardinal Rohan is arrested for the theft of the diamond necklace and Antoinette urges a trial against him.

Cromwell's enemies scheme against him as he tries to salvage a marriage he helped organize between King Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves. 

The midwives help a single mother whose son suffered a brain infection after getting measles as a young child.

Pearl Nolan is a restaurateur and amateur private detective who finds herself investigating the death of a friend and supplier, to the skepticism of the police.

Antoinette realizes that she is unpopular and satirized in public and tries to remake her image, while Jeanne moves forward in her acquisition of the diamond necklace.

The appearance of a daughter he didn't know existed has Cromwell rethinking his life, even as he must help the king cope with the loss of his wife and organize a new, advantageous marriage.

Eager parents decide that they cannot give a daughter born with spina bifida what she needs, while Joyce helps two antagonistic neighbors living in a squalid estate.