The Hollow Crown - Season 2 (2026)

Goold’s most famous directorial choice. After Henry is captured and forced to watch his son Edward be killed, he is mockingly crowned by the Yorkist lords. They give him a crown made of twisted parchment. Henry accepts it with a serene smile, then wanders through a garden of dead flowers. The image is simultaneously pathetic and majestic—a king who finally has the kingdom he always wanted: one of the spirit, not the soil.