The Tudors
Matters of State
TV Flash files “Matters of State” as hour 17 of 38 in the TV Flash guide — The Tudors (2007–2010) on Showtime, season 2, episode 7, aired 2008-05-11, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E07: listed hour 17 of 38 in the The Tudors guide, hour 7 of 10 in season 2. It aired 2008-05-11 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Definition of Love” (S02E06). Next is “Lady in Waiting” (S02E08).
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As Thomas Cromwell's increasingly ruthless 'reforms' spread terror through an ever more vulnerable Catholic Church, Anne Boleyn has nightmares that her position at the King's side is under threat from the continued existence of former Queen Catherine and her daughter Mary. Catherine's death removes much of the perceived illegitimacy of Anne's position, and a passionate sexual encounter with Henry seems to heal the rift with her husband. However, she is still far from secure, and her quarrels with her former ally Cromwell alarm her father and brother. Meanwhile Henry is occupied by the sad news of Catherine's death and later has a happy encounter with Lady Jane Seymour. Anne Boleyn announces to her father that she is pregnant with a son.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Matters of State sit in the The Tudors guide?
S02E07 is listed hour 17 of 38 — hour 7 of 10 in season 2, season 2 episode 7.
When did The Tudors S02E07 air?
Matters of State aired 2008-05-11 and is listed at 60 minutes.
How accurate is The Tudors?
Looser than some prestige cousins. Accuracy arguments are the aftertaste; the series never slowed the seduction to wait for them.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Henry VIII with movie-star abs, wives as foreign policy, and a court that dresses viciousness in velvet. The Tudors is Showtime historical soap — Jonathan Rhys Meyers smolder, Natalie Dormer's Anne Boleyn, and accuracy arguments that never once slowed the seduction.
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- Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Henry VIII
Jonathan Rhys Meyers’s Henry VIII turned The Tudors into Showtime historical soap — movie-star abs, wives as foreign policy, a court that dresses viciousness in velvet. Natalie Dormer’s Anne Boleyn, accuracy arguments that never once…
- Henry Cavill as Charles Brandon
Henry Cavill's Charles Brandon smoldered through The Tudors as court muscle — Henry VIII with movie-star abs, wives as foreign policy, Showtime historical soap dressing viciousness in velvet. Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Natalie Dormer's Anne…
- Natalie Dormer as Anne Boleyn
Natalie Dormer’s Anne Boleyn made The Tudors’ velvet viciousness a seduction — 2000s Showtime historical soap, Henry VIII with movie-star abs, wives as foreign policy, Jonathan Rhys Meyers smolder, accuracy arguments that never once…
- Sam Neill as Cardinal Wolsey
Sam Neill's Cardinal Wolsey dressed The Tudors' viciousness in velvet — Henry VIII with movie-star abs, wives as foreign policy, Showtime historical soap, Jonathan Rhys Meyers smolder, Natalie Dormer's Anne Boleyn. Accuracy arguments…
- Maria Doyle Kennedy as Catherine of Aragon
Maria Doyle Kennedy held the first marriage as Catherine of Aragon on The Tudors — Henry VIII with movie-star abs, wives as foreign policy, a court that dresses viciousness in velvet. Showtime historical soap, smolder, accuracy arguments…
- James Frain as Thomas Cromwell
James Frain’s Thomas Cromwell worked The Tudors like foreign policy in velvet — Henry’s court, wives as strategy, Showtime historical soap that never let an accuracy argument slow the seduction. Quiet menace with a ledger. TV Flash files…