What Remains of Honor - Season 4

First aired: 10/22/2013 12 episodes

Episodes

1. The Man Who Returned

Aired: 10/23/2013

Maximilien secretly reenters rebel territory after escaping prison. He finds provinces now operating under Laurent’s political system instead of his old leadership. Former allies react with fear, loyalty, or silence when they learn he is alive.

2. A Revolution with Clean Hands

Aired: 10/30/2013

Laurent strengthens alliances with nobles and merchants to keep the rebellion stable. Maximilien becomes angry after seeing former imperial officials welcomed into the movement. Étienne tries to prevent open conflict between the two sides.

3. Names Buried Under Snow

Aired: 11/6/2013

Mass graves from earlier battles are uncovered outside a destroyed village, and workers pull bodies from the snowy ground while survivors watch in silence. People from the area accuse both the empire and the rebellion of leaving them behind during the fighting, and arguments increase as families search for missing relatives. Maximilien moves through the ruins and studies the records left by fleeing officials, then begins tracking the men who betrayed his loyalists years earlier. He walks across the valley and stops several times to catch his breath, and a villager notices blood in his cough and tells him to see a doctor, Maximilien soon does and is diagnosed with a fungous tumor of the lung.

4. The Province of Widows

Aired: 11/13/2013

Maximilien travels through regions devastated during the war and sees families living in ruins left by both armies. Laurent argues that rebuilding France matters more than revenge. Duval orders secret arrests against remaining Maximilien supporters.

5. Everything Becomes Useful

Aired: 11/20/2013

Imperial records exposing atrocities committed during the war are leaked to the public. Laurent tries to suppress the documents before they destroy support for the rebellion. Maximilien realizes some of the crimes were committed under his own command.

6. The Paper Trail

Aired: 11/27/2013

A letter Maximilien has planned for years finally reaches the government, claiming that Minister Thibault hid troop losses, delayed arrests, and kept certain rebels alive because he “might need them later.” Thibault is brought before a public trial where the forged letter and a full chain of documents are read aloud. He does not defend himself and only says that the records will speak for him as the evidence builds against him. The court sentences him to life imprisonment in a remote facility, and he is taken away, repeating that he served the Empire as required. In the days after, Maximilien studies Thibault’s old reports and discovers links that point toward Bellac and Étienne, realizing the plan has only begun. Weeks later, a report reaches Maximilien saying Thibault died in prison, and he decides it is time to move against Étienne.

7. The House at Bellac

Aired: 12/4/2013

Étienne confesses that he helped hide evidence during Maximilien’s arrest years earlier. Maximilien points a gun at him and almost kills him but stops himself at the last moment. Étienne breaks down and says he has lived with the guilt ever since. Maximilien forgives him, and they speak about the years they lost and the people they failed. With Maximilien’s support, Étienne returns to his hometown with his family and leaves the rebellion for good. Duval begins preparing to flee France as support for the empire collapses.

8. Smoke Along the Valley

Aired: 12/11/2013

Fighting breaks out between factions inside the rebellion after rumors spread about Maximilien’s return. Laurent barely prevents civil war among his own commanders. Maximilien receives information about Duval’s location from an unexpected source.

9. What Men Become in Darkness

Aired: 12/29/2013

Maximilien tracks Duval to an isolated estate guarded by former imperial soldiers and watches the patrols move across the grounds before making his way inside. He slips through the outer walls, kills the guards who block his path, and enters the main building where Duval has been hiding. Duval tries to defend his choices, saying he never regretted the betrayal because he believed stability mattered more than loyalty. Maximilien forces him to name everyone involved in the conspiracy and listens as Duval lists the officers who helped bring down the rebellion. The two men move through the rooms as Duval explains how each decision was made and why he believed the rebellion could not survive. When Duval finishes, Maximilien raises his weapon and kills him without speaking. He leaves the estate in silence, knowing the truth he gained will determine what happens next.

10. Ashes Know Your Name

Aired: 12/30/2013

News of Duval’s death spreads across France, and different regions react in different ways. Some call Maximilien a hero who acted for the cause, while others call him a murderer who crossed a line that cannot be taken back. As the country argues over what happened, Maximilien rides toward the estate at night and avoids the patrols that guard the outer grounds. He moves through the shadows, kills the guards who block his path, and forces his way inside the main hall. The rooms are empty and cold, and he walks through them with the same steps he once took when the rebellion was first planned there. Maximilien reaches the center of the estate and stops to catch his breath. He turns when he hears a sound behind him and sees Laurent pointing a gun at him. Laurent says, “Hello, old friend.” The screen cuts to black.

11. What Remains of Honor

Aired: 12/31/2013

Laurent takes full political control as the empire collapses across the remaining territories and returns to the estate in a flashback that shows the last steps of his rise. The present day begins as Laurent enters the estate, unaware that Maximilien has already broken in. Maximilien stands in the main hall catching his breath and looking over the place where the rebellion first took shape. Laurent follows the sound of movement and steps into the room, and the two men face each other for the first time in years. They walk through the halls and speak about sacrifice and the cost of every choice they made as the rebellion grew and fell. Their talk becomes deeper as they admit the truth about their failures and the people they lost along the way. Maximilien shoots Laurent, Laurent fires back and wounds him before dying on the floor, and Maximilien leaves the estate and collapses in the snow before dawn. This event would later be known as "The Estate Execution."

12. Epilogue

Aired: 1/1/2014

France splits into five separate states after the rebellion falls, with no central authority able to restore order. The war formally ends, but the country remains divided as former imperial regions and rebel territories constantly shift unstable borders. Executions, arrests, and political purges continue in the background as each state tries to secure control over what remains. Madeleine de Casteville flees to America with Adrien, abandoning her name and cutting ties to fractured France so he can grow up away from its legacy. Adrien later returns as a young man and travels through the broken states, collecting accounts from survivors and documenting how the rebellion rose and fell. In France, Maximilien becomes more myth than man, with no clear answer as to whether he is alive or dead. Years later, Adrien publishes his collected records under the title "What Remains of Honor."