Amidst a changing England, King HENRY IV—who seized the throne decades ago in a bloody revolution—must pass the torch to his son, Prince Hal, a young heir who would rather make mischief with his old friend, the drunken knight Falstaff, than step into the burdens of rule. As rebellion brews and the fiery Hotspur marches toward open war, Hal is forced to confront the man he has been—and the leader he must become.