Contains spoilers for this episode and earlier episodes.
Henry marries Jane Seymour while the religious changes made under his previous marriage continue to unsettle the country. Bishop Gardiner conducts the ceremony, and Jane enters a court where her gentler manner does not give her freedom to direct the king. She tries to speak for Mary, asking Henry not to proceed against his daughter, but he answers with a threatening warning to keep politics away from their table. Mary's position has not automatically improved with Anne's death. The demand that she accept Henry's decisions about religion and the royal marriages remains, and the men sent to see her make the cost of refusal clear.
In the north, anger at the closure of religious houses is becoming a challenge that the government cannot ignore. Henry sends Brandon to deal with the rising and explains how rebellion recalls the fear he knew in childhood. His response is personal as well as political: he sees resistance as a threat to his family and his right to rule. Cromwell must carry the burden of policies that have helped provoke the unrest, and Henry warns him that failure will have consequences. The king's leg wound also worsens, forcing him to hide pain while demanding obedience. The episode ends with the northern movement gathering strength beyond the royal army's immediate ability to suppress it.