Which begs the question: Did we miss something?
Turns out, yeah, we did.
Saving him from himself (okay Jasper, I see you trying to be a nice person).
Credit: E!
Still, Helena doesnt rise to his snobbery.
Fighting got me nowhere, she says.
Rather, it got me here, to this place.
On hearing Pryces name, Eleanor instantly crumbles into a sad heap of sequins.
Liam tries to be all manly and resolute though, saying that he has a plan.
Theres just one thing: The plan involves Jasper.
(And not her surgery-enhanced sister.)
So you want to get out of here?
I totally didnt see that coming, especially as a) Who wants to be with a two-timing guy?
and b) As Penelope says, her sister will do anything with boys.
What kid of guy gives that up?
They want a public tribunal?
Well give them one.
Sucks for you, bro.
Evening arrives, and with it, contractions for maid-turned-royal-baby-mama Prudence.
Thankfully, were spared a delivery scene woohoo!
when Jasper goes to Eleanors for a final check in before the big football match.
I never got to say thank you before, she says.
For finding the evidence, not giving up.
However, those feelings havent changed her determination to cut Jasper out of the picture.
I cant see you anymore.
You go, girl!
By the way Liams acting, its pretty clear that hes hiding a gun in his suit jacket.
This is exactly what Dad wanted all along, she tells him.
Its who you thought you couldnt be for him and for the world.
I called it justice.
But it wasnt, Pryce tells Liam.
It was merely retaliation, and that fire never goes out, no matter what.
It just consumes you.
It just burns you up.
So whats Liam going to do?
Pull the trigger or face the world as that video plays?
Theres a third option and thats the move hes been planning throughout the episode.
5, 4, 3, 2 … Eleanor cant bring herself to press play, but Jasper does.
Liams already back and is brooding over the future.
So its off to the tunnels he goes (seriously?
Is that where the royals automatically assume anything shady has transpired?
), where he sees Helena locking up a gate.
Shes helped Prudence and her baby boy escape and shes very proud of it, too.
You take away my future, I take away yours, she gloats.
Oh, and that hot officiant?
Turns out he was Helenas gynecologist, rendering Cyrus & Prudences marriage invalid.
Get me those bones.
Breaking into a tomb for DNA of a dead man?
Theres just one problem: When palace staff open Simons tomb, something seems wrong.
And where is Simons body???
Is this Cyrus doing?
A wide shot reveals a grassy landscape, the site of Roberts downed plane.
So what do you think?
Fans, do you feel satisfied with season 2?
I personally felt that the second season felt more like the back half of season 1.
That said, theres plenty of interest to make me tune in whenThe Royalsreturns later this year.
Wheres King Simons body?
Will Helena ever be happy?
What lengths will Cyrus go to find revenge?
Will Eleanor and Jasper get together?
And finally, a biggie: Will we see Liam become king?
Lizs best lines:
Id rather attend an execution.
In many ways, one and the same.
The jig, as you say, is now officially up.
[Dramatic pause] Team Helena.
