That must mean they are endgame. Though there were no locisse scenes this ep.

My apologies in advance for the long post
Does anyone else find the conversations between M&F in the video Scarlet posted very interesting? It seems like the writers chose Mary's dialogue very carefully. For example:
Mary: "Does it not strike you as unfair that I've been denied the freedom to live my life as I desire?" (may or may not be the exact words)
Francis: "Do not speak to me of your desires for another!"
Mary: "My desire to put the horrors of my past behind me. I feel as though I am drowning. I need to breathe again...to be happy." <-- Notice that she pointedly corrected him in his saying that she has desires for another? If she loves Conde as she says she does, why doesn't she admit it? Why doesn't she just say, "I will speak to you of my desire to be with the one I love if that means you will come to accept it."? To me, it sounds like she's saying she has the desire to escape, and that seems to scream that she is not running to Conde because she is in love with him, but that she is running to him because she sees him as someone to make her forget (and in her mind, forgetting=happiness). She is in love with the idea of what he can offer, not him specifically. You are welcome to disagree, but that is what I got from that snippet of dialogue.
Also, as soon as Conde puts their plans to go to Scotland on hold and tells her to return to the castle, she goes to speak with Francis? Uh, what? Suddenly you want to speak with him and you're visibly upset when the man you've been whining to to let you go releases you? That just seems to further perpetuate the idea that she's not only indecisive, but is also struggling with PTSD. Oh, and then she tells Conde she loves him when he begins to question whether or not she will change her mind again? Excuse me, but isn't that a little manipulative even for Mary? She seriously thinks telling him she loves him is going to convince him she's not indecisive and fickle...okay, whatever you say.
As we all know, Monde will be over soon and the writers are going to try to come up with some reason why Mary has acted the way she has been, and while I completely agree that Frary is pretty much dead and it's going to be difficult, if not impossible, to redeem them, I do think this episode has set the stage for whatever ridiculous Frary "reconciliation" they're planning. As much as I loved Frary back in S1, they really don't understand the concept that when something like Frary is done, it's done and there's no going back from that (at least not without it coming off as some sort of sick joke that no one finds amusing).
Again, you're all welcome to disagree with me, but this is just what I am thinking based on the dialogue from this ep.

Ugh, it would have been better than most of what happened in this episode though

Anyway, I'm done with this Frary/Monde talk, I feel like we should all celebrate the woman that is Lola after this episode.

I really gained a lot of respect for her when she told Francis she wouldn't begin an intimate relationship with him. That takes some serious moxy to refuse a King. She's definitely an awesome lady and I hope the writers don't ruin her with whatever absurd SLs they concoct in the future.

I completely agree with you on this. They really sledgehammered the point about Mary's actions being PTSD in this episode not only in Mary's dialog but by having Lola explain it in painful detail to Francis. Also, Mary is not only portrayed is fickle as Antoine says, but also weak because no matter what she does, she must have a man by her side.

IKR? When she told him that I was like "IN YOUR FACES HATERS"

I don't have an issue with Lola but I don't like how the writers are using her, basically to prop Mary/Conde. I found her dialogue with francis to be ridiculous.

Well...
I liked that Lola was pictured like a nice person but why always Lola?
Again in this episode, Kenna is the bad girl... And Bash the poor guy...
Those writers can really not have characters evolve...

Totally! I made the comment in one of my other posts to the previous thread that I'm not getting what the writers want us to think. How in the world is Mary considered a "strong, independent queen" when she's constantly running from her problems, looking out for only herself, and defining herself by the love of a man? It's probably harsh of me to say this, but she needs to get a grip on reality, define her place in history (as Catherine said), and face this head-on, as hard as it may be. Running does not make her strong and leaning on men instead of standing on her own two feet does nothing to make me believe she is independent.

Well, the promo department operates separately from the writers. I guess they figure promoting Mary as a woman suffering PTSD isn't sexy and won't appeal to their audience.

Well...
I liked that Lola was pictured like a nice person but why always Lola?
Again in this episode, Kenna is the bad girl... And Bash the poor guy...
Those writers can really not have characters evolve...