By Kim
It's Judgment Day, where citizens of Gilboa present their legal cases, and ten are chosen for a final judgment by the king. Meanwhile, Ethan Shepherd is found guilty on all counts in his trial for treason, and David vows to fix it with the king, though his family still disowns him. Meanwhile, Jack is calling the shots in the Ministry of Information, while Katrina Ghent is the public figurehead as set up in the episode.
As Judgment Day One begins, Jack urges David to present his brother's case during Judgment Day, because one of the ten cases has dropped out. What David doesn't know is that his competition for becoming the tenth case is Michelle's health care issues. At David's behest, Michelle withdraws her case to clear the path for Ethan's case. Katrina Ghent (under Jack's direction) rules that Michelle's case is the one that will be heard, and then Jack tells David that his brother will probably get the death penalty unless Ethan recants, which of course Ethan refuses to do. The day, Ethan does get the death penalty.
The formerly exiled Andrew (Macaulay Culkin) and his father William join the king and his family, plus Katrina Ghent, for dinner. And Andrew secretly steals one of the queen's shoes. WTF?
Michelle begs Jack for help with the Judgment Day situation, and she realizes that Jack has set up David's whole situation, and thinks it's because he's jealous of David's success. Jack explains that he's more concerned that Michelle and David will get married and inherit the crown while he gets nothing. Michelle takes word to David that Katrina (i.e. Jack) wants him to denounce the king on the Port Prosperity issue in return for leniency in Ethan's sentence. David decides he can't do it, and later the king secretly tells him that Ethan won't be killed and will only have to serve six months if he can keep his mouth shut. Michelle goes to visit David and admits that she has feelings for him, but she's promised to someone else. She doesn't tell him who it is, though. And also, Jack is so despondent that his big scheming didn't work out that he has an assignation with his bodyguard, even though he promised his parents he wouldn't do that anymore.