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Previously on Marco Polo, the Song emperor died and left Jia Sidao (Chin Han) and his praying mantis in charge, Mei Lin (Olivia Cheng) was sent off to seduce and destroy Kublai Khan (Benedict Wong), and Marco Polo (Lorenzo Richelmy) watched Kublai Khan kill his own brother to unify Mongolia. Oh, and a tax collector was killed for stiffing the government. What will happen next?
Oh, Marco Polo takes off his shirt for another cool training montage. That's what happens next.
Hundred Eyes (Tom Wu) gives both Marco and the audience a lesson in what Kung Fu really is. It's not merely a fighting style; it's "supreme skill from hard work." So, if you are really good at bingewatching because you've spent years at it, you could be said to have Kung Fu.
Apparently Jia Sidao did not like hearing that the soldiers call him the "Cricket Minister." So, he picks China's greatest warrior and challenges him to a fight. It turns out that in addition to being kind of a creep, Jia Sidao is a terrifyingly good fighter. His fighting style? Praying Mantis Kung Fu.
Back at Karakorum, Kublai Khan prepares for war. Kublai Khan's cousin, Kaidu (Rick Yune), is totally DTF – Down To Fight. He invites the Khan to his encampment for a feast in his honor. And then, the court gets a tribute from Jia Sidao. And when I say, "tribute," I mean a trunk full of Mongolian heads.
Mei Lin arrives in Karakorum and she is brought to the harem for "auditions." This includes being stripped naked and told that her life depends on how well she can perform in bed. Fun.
On a more romantic note, Marco follows his Blue Princess, Kokachin (Zhu Zhu), to the stables, and then out onto the hill. He watches as she once more hides something under the tree and ties a blue ribbon on one of the branches. Then, after she leaves, he sees a random dude in a cape ride to the tree to take the trinket that is buried. Marco pursues this random bro. 
Random bro is selling the trinket in a seedy bar to a seedy dude. Marco decides to bust in and ruin the deal because he's a kid who doesn't understand anything that's happening around him. He gets into a bar brawl and one of Kublai Khan's minister is there, in the corner, rolling his eyes.
Meanwhile, Kokachin's tough ass servant confronts her about how dumb it is to sell her treasures to creeper dudes in bars and that she's putting herself in danger. They have a moment where they talk about how they are besties. And then later, Hundred Eyes lets Marco know that he, too, should stay away from the pretty princess. Why? All her family and friends are dead.
Kublai Khan summons Marco to his pagoda so they can talk about Cain and Abel and the Khan's guilt. Marco is also told that he's going to go to Kaidu's feast.
The Empress (Joan Chen) and Ahmed (Mahesh Jadu) have a conversation about money and plotting while watching Mei Lin "audition." As it turns out, the Empress was not impressed with Mei Lin's prowess. Evidently, the Khan has a much higher standard for sex than the old Song emperor.
While this is going on, Jia Sidao enlists Mei Lin's friend to watch after Ling Ling. Evidently, he doesn't want to watch a little girl play dress up as he's trying to plot the downfall of the Mongolian Empire.
Prince Jingim (Remy Hii), Princess Kokachin, and Marco Polo arrive at Kaidu's big party. There's already some awkwardness because Kublai Khan couldn't make it because of his gout, and Kaidu isn't buying it, but he's got to take it. Besides drinking and eating, the big event at Kaidu's party is wrestling and the best wrestler is his daughter, Khutulun (Claudia Kim). A fun note: Khutulun is one of the most powerful women who ever lived. It was said that any man who wanted to marry her had to beat her in a wrestling match. If they won, she would marry them, but if she won, she got their horses. She wound up getting 10,000 horses and the musical Turandot is about her.
Marco meets Khutulun and they flirt. She compares him to a pale flower, and he is into it. I am, too. She wants to know if the women he's conquered melt in his hands, and he's all, "Like snow in the desert." And then she asks him if he knows how to wrestle, and he's like, yeah. And then she wrestles him to the ground and has surprise sex with him.
Good job, Marco Polo! You just slept with one of the most important women who ever lived!! I'm sure that happened in real life!!!*
*sarcasm
Back at Karakorum, Kublai Khan has to deal with his wife trying to advise him on war, gout, and crippling guilt. Hundred Eyes tries to give him a cryptic pep talk. It's not as fun as what's happening at the party. Everyone is having fun drinking, flirting, and making fun of Marco Polo's Venetian customs. But then, Kaidu starts shitting on Jingim. What's wrong with Jingim? Well, he's a bad general and he's half Chinese. Meanwhile, Khutulun goes to town wrestling dudes for fun and Marco finally learns that Khutulun is a great Mongolian warrior and she's supposed to be a virgin. Yep. Marco is like, "Oh, did I do that?"
To help Jingim avoid an embarrassing moment, the now overconfident Marco volunteers to wrestle a big Mongolian for everyone's amusement. It's does not turn out that well. In fact, he almost gets choked to death. But then, Khutulun comes to the rescue and makes it clear that Marco was not the first man to conquer her; he was just a bit of fun for her to have.
A petulant Jingim confronts his father about abandoning him to the party. Kublai Khan explodes and shoves the prince to the floor. Jingim thinks Kublai Khan wants to kill him, but his father pauses, sits, and tells him a story about how his uncle tried to cheat death by sacrificing a member of his family. Kublai Khan's father volunteered and saved his brother's life. But, it turns out that it was all a story made up to cover up the fact that Jingim's grandfather drank himself to death. This is all to tell Jingim that he needs to man up and act more like a Mongol.
Later, Kublai Khan asks Marco if everyone was mean to Jingim at the party and Marco diplomatically says they treated the prince with respect. Khan explains that if Marco lies about that it endangers the entire empire, and his lies should be punished. So, Kublai Khan beats a servant to death to show Marco that he means business (and to stop that servant from spreading gossip about Kublai Khan letting the lying Marco Polo live).
Mei Lin is worried about not being picked to be a royal consort, so she does the logical thing. She slashes one of the girls who was chosen on the cheek with a knife so she can replace her. When the Empress walks in on Mei Lin sleeping with the Khan, it becomes clear that the two women know that they are one another's adversaries.
The episode ends with an enraged Marco riding to Kokachin's tree. He uncovers a purse filled with silk and a snake that bites him. Do you guys think the eponymous character of a $90 million show will die at the end of the third episode?!?!?! [Watch "Feast"]
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