'Knightfall' review: A foul murder makes revenge a sweet thing in season 2 episode 2
This Knightfall review contains spoilers.
The murder is foul, and so is redemption. However, revenge remains sweet.
In his thirst for revenge, King Philip IV (Ed Stoppard) tries to attack the Knights Templar and sets the wheels in motion, but nothing compares to the revenge William De Nogaret (Julian Ovenden) gets on Pope Boniface VIII (Jim Carter), when he sharply and strategically avenges the murder of his parents that happened years ago.
Opening with a flashback, we see two people tied to a pyre and burned alive. The allegation is the worship of a pagan god or a "false god."
"Mamma, papa," a young boy calls out in the year 1279 A.D. The desperate cry falls on deaf ears as a man in a black robe declares that there's no mercy, only punishment for those who do not choose Christ as their god.
In a heart-wrenching scene, the little boy goes to the site after witnessing his parents being burnt alive and collects their ashes.
