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Season 1, Episode 22: St. Helena
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On St. Helena, the exiled emperor Napoleon Bonaparte is grim when his faithful Corscian attendant Cipriani dies. In his confinement he's suffering from a bad liver and a sulking mistress all this begins to weigh heavy on him as he continues to be haunted by spectres of his mistakes. He cannot forget, he says, that if he had not attacked so soon at Waterloo, he would have had 12,000 more men. The imperial manners gradually give way to those of a lonely and embittered country squire. Feeling death upon him at last, he hears that a comet has appeared in the sky.
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
Dinner at Eight
Episode 2
Rebecca
Episode 3
Counsellor-at-Law
Episode 4
Angel in the Wings
Episode 5
Street Scene
Episode 6
This Thing Called Love
Episode 7
Camille
Episode 8
An Inspector Calls
Episode 9
I Like It Here
Episode 10
Suspect
Episode 11
Parlor Story
Episode 12
A Christmas Carol
Episode 13
The Old Lady Shows Her Medals
Episode 14
Ramshackle Inn
Episode 15
Cyrano de Bergerac
Episode 16
Papa Is All
Episode 17
Pride and Prejudice
Episode 18
Dark Hammock
Episode 19
The Late Christopher Bean
Episode 20
The Story of Mary Surratt
Episode 21
Twelfth Night
Episode 22
St. Helena
Episode 23
The Druid Circle
Episode 24
Quality Street
Episode 25
Dinner at Antoine's
Episode 26
Becky Sharp
Episode 27
And Never Been Kissed
Episode 28
What Makes Sammy Run?
Episode 29
Mr. Mergenthwirker's Lobblies
Episode 30
Burlesque
Episode 31
Macbeth
Episode 32
Romeo and Juliet
Episode 33
This Time, Next Year
Episode 34
It Pays to Advertise
Episode 35
Summer Formal
Episode 36
Jenny Kissed Me
Episode 37
Dark of the Moon
Episode 38
For Love or Money
Episode 39
The Five Lives of Richard Gordon
Episode 40
You Touched Me!
Episode 41
The Fourth Wall
Episode 42
Enter Madame
Episode 43
A Murder Has Been Arranged
Episode 44
Pretty Little Parlor
Episode 45
Three Cornered Moon