Empire Sezon 1 Odcinek 3: Playing the Game

The empire gives rise to a peculiarly British type of hero—the gentleman adventurer whose values are honed on the sports fields of England’s public schools, where how you play the game is more important than winning. For men like General Charles Gordon, this would mean a determination to hold out at all costs, as at the siege of Khartoum. In the end, the spirit of fair play and the interests of empire clash head on.