Ep. 13: Villefort's arrest plan fails while Franz and Debray investigate the Count's past
Aired on January 12, 2005
Crown Prosecutor Villefort's scheme to arrest the Count of Monte Cristo backfires. Baron Danglars halts financial support for General Morcerf. Franz and Debray breach the Ministry of the Interior's database to uncover details about the Count. Albert meets Haydée, who reveals her father was the ruler of Janina who requested aid from Earth during the Earth-Eastern Empire war. Earth reinforcements betrayed him, labeling him a traitor and murdering him. After losing everything, Haydée and her mother, the former queen of Janina, were sold into slavery. Her mother gave her a dagger for protection before dying. An orphaned Haydée was later adopted by the Count, who took her under his wing.
Episodes
- Ep. 9 · Madame Danglars collapses while Albert is poisoned and Valentine falls into a coma
- Ep. 10 · The Letter From Edmond
- Ep. 11 · Franz and Morrel rescue Valentine from poison while Villefort uncovers his wife's guilt.
- Ep. 12 · Albert attends Eugénie's concert while Villefort tries to arrest the Count of Monte Cristo
- Ep. 13 · Villefort's arrest plan fails while Franz and Debray investigate the Count's past
- Ep. 14 · Prosecutor Villefort arrested for murder attempt while Cavalcanti manipulates Danglars into an engagement announcement.
- Ep. 15 · Albert's Space Cruise and Franz's Investigation into Gankutsuou
- Ep. 16 · Albert returns from space and confronts the scandal surrounding his father General Morcerf.
- Ep. 17 · Albert challenges the Count after learning events were planned, while Mercédès recognizes Edmond Dantès