List of The Tudors episodes
Season 3 (2009)
The third season of The Tudors premiered on April 5, 2009, and attracted 726,000 viewers in the United States, which was a five percent decrease from the previous season's premiere.

List of The Tudors episodes

Section Title: Season 3 (2009)
Table Section Text: The third season of The Tudors premiered on April 5, 2009, and attracted 726,000 viewers in the United States, which was a five percent decrease from the previous season's premiere.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Setting	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	US viewers (millions)

21	1	"Civil Unrest"	30 May 1536	Ciaran Donnelly	Michael Hirst	April 5, 2009	0.726

The third season premier. Days after Anne Boleyn's execution, Henry VIII weds a third time, to shy, demure noblewoman Jane Seymour – a union that he and his advisers pray will result in a male heir; Henry appears to an apparently pleased court, but secretly Thomas Cromwell and Lord Rich worry for their plans for a reformation.

22	2	"The Northern Uprising"	Winter 1536	Ciaran Donnelly	Michael Hirst	April 12, 2009	N/A

The rebellion now known as the Pilgrimage of Grace in York begins in earnest, with Henry dispatching Brandon to deal with the uprising.

23	3	"Dissension and Punishment"	1536–1537	Ciaran Donnelly	Michael Hirst	April 19, 2009	N/A

Queen Jane and Lady Mary bring the toddler Lady Elizabeth to court, and Henry reconciles with her at the Christmas holiday.

24	4	"The Death of a Queen"	July–October 1537	Ciaran Donnelly	Michael Hirst	April 26, 2009	N/A

The leaders of the Pilgrimage of Grace uprising are put to death, but Brandon is haunted by the cruelty and mercilessness of the suppression and his part in it; Henry celebrates the birth of a son but his joy is short-lived as Queen Jane dies within days.

25	5	"Problems in the Reformation"	1537–1538	Jeremy Podeswa	Michael Hirst	May 3, 2009	N/A

Henry remains in seclusion with his jester Will Sommers while mourning the queen's death, an opportunity that enemies of the crown seize to murder several friends of the court; Cromwell is disturbed when Henry does not resist his new church's similarities to Catholicism.

26	6	"Search for a New Queen"	1538–1539	Jeremy Podeswa	Michael Hirst	May 10, 2009	N/A

Matchmaking begins in earnest as Cromwell schemes to secure the Reformation by marrying Henry to a Protestant wife – but the king's marital reputation precedes him; the condition of Henry's wounded leg turns life-threatening.

27	7	"Protestant Anne of Cleves"	1539–1540	Jeremy Podeswa	Michael Hirst	May 17, 2009	N/A

War looms with France and Spain aligning against England with backing from Rome, so Henry agrees to a politically fortuitous marriage with Anne of Cleves (Joss Stone), a plain and unsophisticated German aristocrat he has never met.

28	8	"The Undoing of Cromwell"	Spring – 28 July 1540	Jeremy Podeswa	Michael Hirst	May 24, 2009	0.366

Henry moves swiftly to annul his loveless marriage to Anne of Cleves, and beds a new mistress, 17-year-old Katherine Howard (Tamzin Merchant); Princess Mary falls in love with Duke Philip of Bavaria in spite of their religions, only to be heartbroken when he is sent away from court; Cromwell's fall from favour is sudden and dramatic.

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Will Sommers was portrayed in the fifth episode of the third season of The Tudors (2009).

final_sentence: Will Sommers was portrayed in the fifth episode of the third season of The Tudors (2009).