By Kim
King Silas announces a plan to give over more land than previously announced to Gath as part of the peace treaty, and that land will include David's family farm. David goes to Silas to ask him to reconsider, and Silas turns it around and orders David to publicly support the new plan, even though it means his family will disown him. David goes to the rally at Port Prosperity with his family and totally throws them under the bus and pledges his support for the king's plan. His brother Ethan disagrees and starts a big movement to revolt against the king.
Silas refuses to intervene despite increasingly urgent reports, and goes fishing instead. The rally turns violent and the Gilboan army shoots into an unarmed crowd. This gives Ethan and his team the impetus they wanted to turn the rally into an armed insurrection, over David's protests. When Silas gets the news, he acts unperturbed, and Thomasina gives him a lecture on how he's turned mean.
Michelle heads down to Port Prosperity on her own and tries to convince the rebels to lay down their guns in exchange for amnesty. One of the rebels decides to take Michelle hostage to force the king's hand, which finally gets to Silas and he orders his military to kill the rebels and rescue his daughter. David risks his own life when he tries to convince his brother to give up. He fails, and the army kills everyone except David, Michelle, and David's brother Ethan, but not before Ethan saves Michelle's life.
William starts gathering support for a new king. He gets a vague promise from Jack but not so much from Samuels, who thinks that God and not man should choose the new king. Jack goes to the biggest news network and orders them to continue covering the insurrection even after Silas orders a media blackout, in an attempt to embarrass his father. A rich former Playboy model named Katrina Ghent (played by Leslie Bibb) tries to buy a seat in the king's cabinet (called a ministry) to gain respect, but Silas refuses. However, her wealth comes in handy when Silas convinces her to buy the news network and order them to follow the blackout. Jack gets so pissed off that he agrees to help his uncle overthrow his father. While William is meeting with his fellow plotters (insurrection #2), he gets a text message telling him to get out, so he does. Moments later, the rest of the group is killed.
In the aftermath of the dual insurrections, Jack apologizes to Silas for his role in the media coverage. Silas forgives him and says that he's going to offer a ministry to Katrina Ghent in name only and he wants Jack to do the actual work, even though he won't get any credit. David and Michelle have an emotional reunion. Silas calls David in and reveals that he knew for weeks that Ethan was plotting an uprising, and his reaction was predetermined to see who would join in so they could be killed. While Ethan should be tried for treason, since he did save Michelle in the end, Silas offers to release Ethan into David's custody pending trial against his general's advice. Silas wonders why William and Samuels weren't captured with the rest of the plotters, and vows that their day will come. Then we find out that the general is the one who sent William the text message that saved his life because he thinks Silas has grown soft. Oh yeah, and David's family refuses to talk to him -- even his own mother! Damn, that's harsh.