The students face heavy casualties at their barricade. Valjean manages to carry away an unconscious Marius through the sewers. At the end of them, he finds Javert waiting for him. Unexpectedly, the police officer grants the former convict one last request before he takes him in. They return Marius to his grandfather, Baron Gillenormand. When the young man recovers, he is allowed to marry Cosette. But Jean Valjean is ashamed to reveal her family history, as well as his own.
—The TV Archaeologist