my lords I demand to know whose subjects are you the Pop's or mine Jonathan Reese Meers returns as King Henry VII in the second season of the triumphant Showtime original series the tutors I'm the king of England this time he calls all the shots he's gotten rid of all his whing boys even though in the first season he didn't suffer fools easily he suffers them less now this season he is now wanting to be head of state also wants to be head of the church he wants to have his own way and his own rule he's becoming a man and is finding his his stride and his confidence the stakes are so much higher he's taken so much control of his own kingdom now that he very very much is the boss Henry is more comfortable with his power and of course it it means in the end that he becomes tyrannical a tyranny that spares no one not even those closest to his heart everything that's happening to Henry is happening to Anne too she's in the midst of The Crucible with Henry this time she's right by him I've already given instructions for Catherine to leave do you mean it Charles needs to temper his emotions in his feelings he doesn't like an he hates an he hates the bins are you really going to marry M bin but feelings are feelings in surviving and politics are another the big thing for Catherine she's told that she can no longer call herself the queen and that's one of the biggest blows for her you know my rle plac is by your side and she refuses to accept that and Henry refuses to accept anything but a divorce which leads to a showdown with Pope Paul III played by the incomparable Peter ool what of this girl this putan the king's why doesn't some man just get rid of her it was Pope Paul third indeed who excommunicated in the 1500s and the 1530s it was more than just a ticking off you were separated from God separated from communion which was an enormous blow he can do what he likes in Rome I shall do what I like here he's fighting a battle for the soul of his country is it going to be a burrow of Rome or is it going to be an Empire the shepherd cannot stand idly by while the wolf enters the fold and threatens his flock it's wonderful and an honor to work with this cinematic Legend and Theatrical Legend just learned so much from the man you know great actors bring something indefinable as well as themselves into the show it's the inflections it's the little movements it's the way that he enriches and makes memorable lines that may not at all be memorable though we're playing historical figures it's still actors doing a script on a lighted State and it's speakable beautiful stuff in season 2 of the tutors the conspiracies deepen the emotion intensifies and everybody's life is on the line this is the King this is the queen and this is me with my head cutle Jonathan Reese Meers is Henry VII I have to think like a king I have to behave like a king in the return of the series The New York Times called captivating delicious enjoyable and beautiful to behold I never thought I would live to see This Day in England the tutors you