Porthos is a fictional character portrayed by Howard Charles in the TV series The Musketeers.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Friends and Enemies (season 1), they were 30 years old.
They appear in all 30 aired episodes and have accumulated 8492 positive votes.
The character of Porthos is mainly associated with D'Artagnan, Athos and Aramis.
Episodes30
Friends and Enemies
episode S1.E1 june 2014The brightest and best musketeers of the King's Regiment - Athos, Porthos and Aramis - are dispatched by Captain Treville to find a missing musketeer carrying important letters on behalf of King Louis. Meanwhile, d'Artagnan travels from his family farm in Gascony to Paris to petition the king, but his peaceful plans are turned upside down.Sleight of Hand
episode S1.E2 june 2014Vadim is determined to make life as unbearable as possible for the authorities that have imprisoned him, after he manages to organize a full-scale riot.Commodities
episode S1.E3 july 2014Assigned to escort privateer Emile Bonnaire from Le Havre to Paris the musketeers have to thwart an escape attempt by his wife Maria and an ambush by his aggrieved ex-business partner Meunier and his men, during which Porthos is wounded, necessitating a sojourn at a deserted château. Athos explains it belongs to his family and was where he married Milady. Bonnaire is revealed to be a slave owner and, on arrival in Paris, bribes Richelieu into forming a partnership operating tobacco plantations in the New World, using slaves as a work force. However there is another faction out to capture Bonnaire and the musketeers are braking no rules in handing him over to them.The Good Soldier
episode S1.E4 july 2014The Duke of Savoy and his wife, the king's sister, arrive in Paris at the same time as Marsac, a former Musketeer, now a deserter, who seeks Aramis's help after an abortive attempt on the duke's life. Marsac's troops were massacred as they slept whilst on a mission to depose the Duke. Marsac's informant tells him they were betrayed to the Duke by Captain Treville, the leader of the Musketeers. Aramis discovers that all records of the night of the massacre have disappeared, whilst the duke suspects that Richelieu was behind it and has located a Spanish spy who can prove it. The Musketeers must prevent the Duke from starting a war with France, as well as proving their captain's innocence.The Homecoming
episode S1.E5 july 2014After a night of heavy drinking to celebrate his birthday, Porthos wakes in the street next to a corpse, with no recall of events. He is arrested and sentenced to hang but rescued by boyhood friend Charon and taken to the Court of Miracles, a sanctuary for law-breakers. The other Musketeers identify the dead man as Jean De Mauvoisin but find that he was killed some distance from where his body was found. It becomes apparent that Jean's father, in league with Charon, was planning to blow up the Court of Miracles for financial gain and Jean was silenced when he found out. With dozens of barrels of gunpowder installed at the court, the Musketeers must prevent a massacre as well as clearing Porthos's name.The Exiles
episode S1.E6 july 2014King Louis's treacherous mother, the exiled Marie de' Medici, returns to seek protection from an assassin. Aramis and d'Artagnan sent to collect a young woman, Agnès, and her baby son are stunned when armed men abduct the baby and the Musketeers seek to find the baby and uncover who they were sent to escort.A Rebellious Woman
episode S1.E7 august 2014The musketeers must save an enlightened woman who has been accused of witchcraft.The Challenge
episode S1.E8 august 2014LaBarge, regional superintendent in Gascony, is arrested for killing two musketeers. Our friends are tasked to bring him safely to Paris. The Red Guards, who are tired of the Musketeers' treatment of LaBarge, provoke a confrontation between the two regiments. King Louis, who is tired of this rivalry, is organizing a competition to determine once and for all which of the two regiments is strongest. D'Artagnan takes on the challenge - but needs to work on himself that his temper should not go to his head - to show that he mastered the art of battle.Knight Takes Queen
episode S1.E9 august 2014Frustrated by his wife's infertility, Louis makes a foolish statement, suggesting it were best if she were dead. As a result, Richelieu sends Irish gunman Gallagher and his gang to kill her while she is travelling with the Musketeers. Sending their friends back for reinforcements, Aramis and Athos take her to a convent for sanctuary, where Aramis is surprised to see his former love, Helene is one of the nuns, though she and the Mother Superior prove themselves very capable in the subsequent siege. However, it is with the queen that Aramis grows intimate, to Athos's horror. The siege is lifted, the queen saved and the king contrite whilst Richelieu manages to frame somebody else for the assassination attempt.Musketeers Don't Die Easily
episode S1.E10 august 2014Milady seeks her revenge against the Musketeers. Will the Musketeers outwit her or will she destroy them by manipulating their weakest link; D'Artagnan?Keep Your Friends Close
episode S2.E1 january 2015The Musketeers return and must rescue a French general from an impenetrable Spanish prison.An Ordinary Man
episode S2.E2 january 2015D'Artagnan must protect king Louis when a notorious criminal kidnaps them both.The Good Traitor
episode S2.E3 january 2015Moroccan Tariq Alaman approaches the court with the offer of the formula for a super-strong explosive if the musketeers will help him rescue his daughter Samara from Spanish agents who want the formula themselves. The rescue attempt is bungled with several innocent bystanders being killed and the wounded Porthos also taken captive. Under cover of seeming to deliver Tariq to the Spaniards the musketeers attempt a second rescue bid with mixed results. Meanwhile the dauphin is ill and both Milady and Rochefort attempt to exploit the situation but it is Constance who takes matters into her own hands to save the baby's life.Emilie
episode S2.E4 february 2015A peasant girl, who believes she is spoken to by God, raises a French movement against Spain.The Return
episode S2.E5 february 2015When Athos is kidnapped and taken back to his estate of Pinon, the Musketeers go in search of him. They find themselves in the middle of a battle against Baron Renard, who is shocked by Athos' decision to reject his nobility and is determined to seize the land for himself. As the Musketeers train the people of Pinon in combat and defend them against multiple attacks, Athos is forced to confront his past when he encounters an old friend whose life was ruined by his actions years ago.Through a Glass Darkly
episode S2.E6 february 2015The king is taken hostage by an astronomer and is forced to make an impossible choice.A Marriage of Inconvenience
episode S2.E7 february 2015On her way to marry the crown prince of Sweden, Princess Louise of Mantua, the king's cousin, is attacked by would-be kidnappers who are killed by the musketeers. The attackers were paid in Spanish gold but Rochefort has had a hand in the operation. Louise is brought to Paris for her own safety but another attempt is made on her life and the musketeers link the weaponry used to Rochefort. Ultimately they are more concerned with the princess herself, who may not be what she seems, whilst Rochefort is suspicious of Aramis's relationship with the queen and Constance's husband is a casualty in a shoot out.The Prodigal Father
episode S2.E8 march 2015Porthos uncovers the truth about his past and questions his allegiance to the musketeersThe Accused
episode S2.E9 march 2015After the queen is accused of treason, the Musketeers put their lives on the line in order to get her to safety and prove that Rochefort is a Spanish spy.Trial and Punishment
episode S2.E10 march 2015The Musketeers risk all to save France from Rochefort's treachery; Porthos works to lure the Spanish spy-master to Paris; Athos and d'Artagnan attempt to rescue Constance.Spoils of War
episode S3.E1 may 2016Athos, Porthos and d'Artagnan have been at war, while Aramis has been at the monastery caring for the children left orphaned. Missing munitions brings the three to the monastery where the bad guys have taken refuge. As they scheme to stop the stolen munitions from being sold to the Spanish and save the Monks and the children, Aramis is forced back into battle and has to decide where he truly belongs.The Hunger
episode S3.E2 may 2016Refugees from the war are targeted by Feron for stealing grain in a plot to force the King to pay a higher price to feed the citizens of Paris. The Musketeers must work with one of them, Sylvie, to prove their innocence.Brothers in Arms
episode S3.E3 may 2016King Louis orders the Musketeers to bring his exiled brother, the Duke of Orléans, back to Paris. On the way, the Duke gets robbed of dangerous letters which could destroy Orléans. The Duke informs the corrupt Governor of this, and the Governor's Red Guard must race the Musketeers in the hunt for the thief.The Queen's Diamonds
episode S3.E4 may 2016On her journey to Paris the queen of England, Henrietta Maria, also the sister of King Louis is robbed of the crown jewels, which has to be sold in order to finance England's armed forces. The Musketeers quickly discover the thief to be Émile Bonnaire, a flamboyant but pathetic criminal they encountered previously. Athos, Porthos and D'Artagnan pressure Bonnaire into leading them to the diamonds' buyers to recover them. Aramis on the other hand, reconnects with Pauline, a childhood friend he grew up with in a bordel where their mothers lived and worked. She is set to marry a French nobleman but is being blackmailed by someone threatening to reveal the circumstances of her childhood, and Aramis tries to resolve the situation peacefully.To Play the King
episode S3.E5 may 2016A riot is taking place at the prison, the king has his hands full with his son's birthday.Death of a Hero
episode S3.E6 may 2016Feron forges a letter supposedly from Treville sending the four musketeers on an errand, intending that they will be murdered on the way but before they set out Athos survives an attempt on his life by Grimaud, who also springs Gaston from jail, whilst the king asks Aramis to accompany him on a pilgrimage to his father's grave. On their own Porthos and D'artagnan must weather an attack until their comrades rescue them after which the normally obtuse king, having realized the Dauphin's parentage, nonetheless joins with Aramis and the other musketeers to defeat his would-be killers, including Feron. However Grimaud escapes with Gaston, whom he intends to crown king as he believes Louis to be terminally ill.Fool's Gold
episode S3.E7 may 2016The musketeers pursue Grimaud and find themselves in a forest community peopled by women, led by the fearsome Juliette, who have also taken in the wounded Bastien, whom the musketeers identify as an army deserter. When other, disaffected ex-soldiers lay siege to the village the musketeers defeat them, learning what their attackers were seeking whilst Athos discovers a link between one of the women and Grimaud. In Paris, following Feron's death, the king and queen get closer.Prisoners of War
episode S3.E8 may 2016With the king taking to his bed as dying the queen asks Aramis to help broker a peace treaty with her brother, the Spanish king and he sets out to meet the ambassador but is captured by Grimaud. The court then receives an ultimatum - the return of Aramis in exchange for captured Spanish soldiers, a ploy engineered by Grimaud, Gaston and the Duke of Lorraine to discredit the queen as an appeaser. Facing popular acrimony the other musketeers have the prisoners released and set out for the rendezvous, along with D'Artagnan's cousin Espoir, whom he has saved from the gallows and acquits himself well in the gun-battle. Aramis is freed but Grimaud escapes to use the queen's sponsorship of a literacy scheme for the poor against her and Athos's new love Sylvie whilst an old enemy of the musketeers returns to the court.The Prize
episode S3.E9 may 2016Treville takes controversial steps to protect the Dauphin as France's enemies draw closer. Will his secretive tactics drive the musketeers apart?We Are the Garrison
episode S3.E10 may 2016Following Treville's funeral the musketeers survive an attempt by Grimaud to kill them when their garrison is torched, leaving many casualties, and gunpowder and weapons stolen. To lure the musketeers into a trap Grimaud takes hostages including Sylvie but the four comrades stage a rescue, and the queen and Dauphin are restored to the palace with Milady as the royal spy master, her first task being to take care of Gaston. However the mortally wounded Grimaud escapes and the musketeers must stop him from blowing up the city with the stolen gunpowder.
- Friends and Enemies
- Sleight of Hand
- Commodities
- The Good Soldier
- The Homecoming
- The Exiles
- A Rebellious Woman
- The Challenge
- Knight Takes Queen
- Musketeers Don't Die Easily
- Keep Your Friends Close
- An Ordinary Man
- The Good Traitor
- Emilie
- The Return
- Through a Glass Darkly
- A Marriage of Inconvenience
- The Prodigal Father
- The Accused
- Trial and Punishment
- Spoils of War
- The Hunger
- Brothers in Arms
- The Queen's Diamonds
- To Play the King
- Death of a Hero
- Fool's Gold
- Prisoners of War
- The Prize
- We Are the Garrison
Best moments10
- After a night of heavy drinking to celebrate his birthday, Porthos wakes in the street next to a corpse, with no recall of events. He is arrested and sentenced to hang but rescued by boyhood friend Charon and taken to the Court of Miracles, a sanctuary for law-breakers. The other Musketeers identify the dead man as Jean De Mauvoisin but find that he was killed some distance from where his body was found. It becomes apparent that Jean's father, in league with Charon, was planning to blow up the Court of Miracles for financial gain and Jean was silenced when he found out. With dozens of barrels of gunpowder installed at the court, the Musketeers must prevent a massacre as well as clearing Porthos's name.
- The musketeers pursue Grimaud and find themselves in a forest community peopled by women, led by the fearsome Juliette, who have also taken in the wounded Bastien, whom the musketeers identify as an army deserter. When other, disaffected ex-soldiers lay siege to the village the musketeers defeat them, learning what their attackers were seeking whilst Athos discovers a link between one of the women and Grimaud. In Paris, following Feron's death, the king and queen get closer.
- Porthos uncovers the truth about his past and questions his allegiance to the musketeers
- Assigned to escort privateer Emile Bonnaire from Le Havre to Paris the musketeers have to thwart an escape attempt by his wife Maria and an ambush by his aggrieved ex-business partner Meunier and his men, during which Porthos is wounded, necessitating a sojourn at a deserted château. Athos explains it belongs to his family and was where he married Milady. Bonnaire is revealed to be a slave owner and, on arrival in Paris, bribes Richelieu into forming a partnership operating tobacco plantations in the New World, using slaves as a work force. However there is another faction out to capture Bonnaire and the musketeers are braking no rules in handing him over to them.
- Moroccan Tariq Alaman approaches the court with the offer of the formula for a super-strong explosive if the musketeers will help him rescue his daughter Samara from Spanish agents who want the formula themselves. The rescue attempt is bungled with several innocent bystanders being killed and the wounded Porthos also taken captive. Under cover of seeming to deliver Tariq to the Spaniards the musketeers attempt a second rescue bid with mixed results. Meanwhile the dauphin is ill and both Milady and Rochefort attempt to exploit the situation but it is Constance who takes matters into her own hands to save the baby's life.
- Refugees from the war are targeted by Feron for stealing grain in a plot to force the King to pay a higher price to feed the citizens of Paris. The Musketeers must work with one of them, Sylvie, to prove their innocence.
- On her journey to Paris the queen of England, Henrietta Maria, also the sister of King Louis is robbed of the crown jewels, which has to be sold in order to finance England's armed forces. The Musketeers quickly discover the thief to be Émile Bonnaire, a flamboyant but pathetic criminal they encountered previously. Athos, Porthos and D'Artagnan pressure Bonnaire into leading them to the diamonds' buyers to recover them. Aramis on the other hand, reconnects with Pauline, a childhood friend he grew up with in a bordel where their mothers lived and worked. She is set to marry a French nobleman but is being blackmailed by someone threatening to reveal the circumstances of her childhood, and Aramis tries to resolve the situation peacefully.
- Athos, Porthos and d'Artagnan have been at war, while Aramis has been at the monastery caring for the children left orphaned. Missing munitions brings the three to the monastery where the bad guys have taken refuge. As they scheme to stop the stolen munitions from being sold to the Spanish and save the Monks and the children, Aramis is forced back into battle and has to decide where he truly belongs.
- The brightest and best musketeers of the King's Regiment - Athos, Porthos and Aramis - are dispatched by Captain Treville to find a missing musketeer carrying important letters on behalf of King Louis. Meanwhile, d'Artagnan travels from his family farm in Gascony to Paris to petition the king, but his peaceful plans are turned upside down.
- Feron forges a letter supposedly from Treville sending the four musketeers on an errand, intending that they will be murdered on the way but before they set out Athos survives an attempt on his life by Grimaud, who also springs Gaston from jail, whilst the king asks Aramis to accompany him on a pilgrimage to his father's grave. On their own Porthos and D'artagnan must weather an attack until their comrades rescue them after which the normally obtuse king, having realized the Dauphin's parentage, nonetheless joins with Aramis and the other musketeers to defeat his would-be killers, including Feron. However Grimaud escapes with Gaston, whom he intends to crown king as he believes Louis to be terminally ill.
- The Homecoming
- Fool's Gold
- The Prodigal Father
- Commodities
- The Good Traitor
- The Hunger
- The Queen's Diamonds
- Spoils of War
- Friends and Enemies
- Death of a Hero