1 00:00:13,110 --> 00:00:15,545 Dobbs assaulted him, 2 00:00:15,546 --> 00:00:16,529 and he believes him responsible 3 00:00:16,530 --> 00:00:18,932 for choosing the men to be interrogated by them. 4 00:00:18,933 --> 00:00:20,133 But it's been sorted. 5 00:00:20,134 --> 00:00:21,934 I had three men hold him down 6 00:00:21,935 --> 00:00:23,635 while Dooley and Wayne administered a beating. 7 00:00:23,636 --> 00:00:25,437 The governor in Nassau 8 00:00:25,438 --> 00:00:27,072 hanged a pirate in the square. 9 00:00:27,073 --> 00:00:29,808 The pirate was Charles Vane. 10 00:00:29,809 --> 00:00:32,211 What do you want to do about it? 11 00:00:32,212 --> 00:00:34,880 He knew it was the only way to start it. 12 00:00:34,881 --> 00:00:36,782 Start what? 13 00:00:36,783 --> 00:00:39,718 The resistance in Nassau is now under way. 14 00:00:39,719 --> 00:00:41,288 How long before their force arrives? 15 00:00:41,289 --> 00:00:42,269 A week. 16 00:00:42,270 --> 00:00:44,723 Then we have much preparation to do and little time to do it. 17 00:00:44,724 --> 00:00:46,392 Captain Hornigold will be sailing 18 00:00:46,393 --> 00:00:47,726 in consort with you. 19 00:00:47,727 --> 00:00:49,002 I know this enemy. 20 00:00:49,003 --> 00:00:50,896 He took that cache with the express purpose 21 00:00:50,897 --> 00:00:52,863 of compelling us to commit your force 22 00:00:52,864 --> 00:00:54,399 to a battlefield of his choosing. 23 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:57,068 If you allow him to dictate the terms of battle, 24 00:00:57,069 --> 00:01:03,269 you court a disastrous outcome. 25 00:02:54,935 --> 00:02:59,435 You sure this is wise? 26 00:02:59,438 --> 00:03:01,597 At the end of the day, secrets among friends 27 00:03:01,598 --> 00:03:05,777 are the source of all good things gone wrong. 28 00:03:05,778 --> 00:03:08,746 Is that what we are now? 29 00:03:08,747 --> 00:03:12,017 Friends? 30 00:03:12,018 --> 00:03:13,600 He wasn't talking about you. 31 00:03:13,601 --> 00:03:17,939 He's talking about our hostess, the queen. 32 00:03:17,940 --> 00:03:23,063 That said, you're wrong. He's right. 33 00:03:23,064 --> 00:03:25,045 The safest place for this isn't behind walls 34 00:03:25,046 --> 00:03:26,714 or guarded with guns. 35 00:03:26,715 --> 00:03:28,883 The safest place lives outside the realm 36 00:03:28,884 --> 00:03:30,051 of anyone's awareness. 37 00:03:30,052 --> 00:03:31,052 If the English can't find it, 38 00:03:31,053 --> 00:03:32,886 they can't take it. 39 00:03:32,887 --> 00:03:34,821 I told them we were taking it, just not where. 40 00:03:34,822 --> 00:03:37,558 She agreed it was best for all 41 00:03:37,559 --> 00:03:40,352 for its whereabouts to remain unknown, 42 00:03:40,353 --> 00:03:43,896 provided that you were among the circle 43 00:03:43,897 --> 00:03:46,733 that knew of it. 44 00:03:46,734 --> 00:03:49,585 You they trust above any of us 45 00:03:49,586 --> 00:03:54,386 not to betray for money. 46 00:03:56,095 --> 00:04:00,431 The irony wasn't lost on either of us. 47 00:04:00,432 --> 00:04:02,549 Well, now that you've been fetched, 48 00:04:02,550 --> 00:04:04,417 much to do. 49 00:04:04,418 --> 00:04:08,918 A war to plan for. 50 00:04:10,741 --> 00:04:15,149 I've heard you use that word a thousand times. 51 00:04:15,150 --> 00:04:17,562 A war against England, 52 00:04:17,563 --> 00:04:21,585 now a war to reclaim Nassau. 53 00:04:21,586 --> 00:04:23,973 But hearing him use it just now, 54 00:04:23,974 --> 00:04:27,287 so near the actual arrival of it, 55 00:04:27,288 --> 00:04:31,788 it sounds different. 56 00:04:31,986 --> 00:04:36,486 It feels different. 57 00:04:37,435 --> 00:04:42,521 Not far from here, the fortifications are already built 58 00:04:42,522 --> 00:04:44,623 from which in a few days' time 59 00:04:44,624 --> 00:04:54,524 you'll look out and stare down King George's navy. 60 00:04:59,156 --> 00:05:01,640 Are you having second thoughts? 61 00:05:01,641 --> 00:05:04,430 Aren't you? 62 00:05:04,431 --> 00:05:07,479 All of the blood that's about to be spilt, 63 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:11,283 all the things about to be lost... Aren't you? 64 00:05:11,284 --> 00:05:13,485 Well, I wish it wasn't necessary, 65 00:05:13,486 --> 00:05:17,989 if that's what you're asking. 66 00:05:17,990 --> 00:05:20,509 When we were becalmed, 67 00:05:20,510 --> 00:05:23,494 I told Billy I believed your darkest thoughts 68 00:05:23,495 --> 00:05:24,829 somehow had the ability 69 00:05:24,830 --> 00:05:28,370 to manifest themselves upon our reality. 70 00:05:28,371 --> 00:05:32,637 That your anger over the murder of Mrs. Barlow 71 00:05:32,638 --> 00:05:36,741 became the storm into which we all battled. 72 00:05:36,742 --> 00:05:38,976 That your despair over her death 73 00:05:38,977 --> 00:05:44,667 became the doldrums into which we all sank. 74 00:05:44,668 --> 00:05:50,037 In my defense, I hadn't had anything to eat or drink in a while. 75 00:05:50,038 --> 00:05:52,130 But the truth of it, 76 00:05:52,131 --> 00:05:57,178 I'm not sure it was that far off. 77 00:05:57,179 --> 00:06:02,883 Your demons are a part of our reality. 78 00:06:02,884 --> 00:06:07,188 Such is the nature of the influence you wield. 79 00:06:07,189 --> 00:06:11,125 Some of those demands I've come to know... 80 00:06:11,126 --> 00:06:15,963 But the one in whose name this war is to be fought... 81 00:06:15,964 --> 00:06:21,135 It is still a stranger to me. 82 00:06:21,136 --> 00:06:25,122 Before this war actually begins, 83 00:06:25,123 --> 00:06:29,643 I'm asking where it actually began. 84 00:06:29,644 --> 00:06:34,144 Will you tell me? 85 00:07:23,664 --> 00:07:25,480 Oh, Jesus. 86 00:07:25,481 --> 00:07:27,615 They are not fucking around, are they? 87 00:07:27,616 --> 00:07:30,786 We're supposed to sail into that? 88 00:07:30,787 --> 00:07:33,789 One ship against their entire fleet? 89 00:07:33,790 --> 00:07:35,457 A favorable wind. 90 00:07:35,458 --> 00:07:36,625 We'll be upon them quickly. 91 00:07:36,626 --> 00:07:38,860 We'll take fire, obviously. 92 00:07:38,861 --> 00:07:39,961 If we can just get our vanguard 93 00:07:39,962 --> 00:07:41,196 aboard one of their ships, 94 00:07:41,197 --> 00:07:42,964 we could disrupt their entire line. 95 00:07:42,965 --> 00:07:44,633 Do not look at me like that. 96 00:07:44,634 --> 00:07:46,468 This is the plan. 97 00:07:46,469 --> 00:07:47,469 Harass their line. 98 00:07:47,470 --> 00:07:49,805 We create uncertainty 99 00:07:49,806 --> 00:07:51,640 in the minds of their soldiers on the ground 100 00:07:51,641 --> 00:07:54,476 and undermine their confidence in their command. 101 00:07:54,477 --> 00:07:57,478 Yeah, and I know how they'll feel. 102 00:07:57,479 --> 00:08:00,430 Sails! East-southeast! 103 00:08:00,431 --> 00:08:04,931 East? 104 00:08:08,507 --> 00:08:12,144 Six ships. British colors. 105 00:08:12,145 --> 00:08:13,460 Who the fuck is that? 106 00:08:13,461 --> 00:08:15,629 Reinforcements, likely. 107 00:08:15,630 --> 00:08:17,631 It seems Governor Rogers was able to enlist 108 00:08:17,632 --> 00:08:18,966 the aid of one of his colleagues. 109 00:08:18,967 --> 00:08:20,801 I'll put a launch in the water now. 110 00:08:20,802 --> 00:08:23,137 What for? 111 00:08:23,138 --> 00:08:24,872 To inform Captain Flint 112 00:08:24,873 --> 00:08:27,475 so he can make his retreat. 113 00:08:27,476 --> 00:08:29,643 There could be hundreds of soldiers aboard those ships. 114 00:08:29,644 --> 00:08:31,144 The captain's battle plan 115 00:08:31,145 --> 00:08:32,212 does not take into account a force that large. 116 00:08:32,213 --> 00:08:33,814 Captain Flint's battle plan 117 00:08:33,815 --> 00:08:35,615 does not take into account his retreat. 118 00:08:35,616 --> 00:08:37,551 There is nowhere to retreat to. 119 00:08:37,552 --> 00:08:40,487 And given how much we have sacrificed to earn this battle, 120 00:08:40,488 --> 00:08:42,990 how can we do anything other than see it through? 121 00:08:42,991 --> 00:08:46,159 My friend may have given his life to earn this battle. 122 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:49,918 I understand the obligation you are feeling to succeed, 123 00:08:49,919 --> 00:08:51,998 but there comes a certain point 124 00:08:51,999 --> 00:08:53,768 where one must accept what is painfully obvious. 125 00:08:53,769 --> 00:08:55,936 How many ships? What? 126 00:08:55,937 --> 00:08:57,938 The second fleet... How many ships? 127 00:08:57,939 --> 00:08:59,940 Six sets of sails! 128 00:08:59,941 --> 00:09:01,108 Describe them, please. 129 00:09:01,109 --> 00:09:02,109 What difference does it make? 130 00:09:02,110 --> 00:09:03,110 Shut up. 131 00:09:03,111 --> 00:09:05,612 The flotilla... Describe them. 132 00:09:05,613 --> 00:09:07,447 Three tall ships! 133 00:09:07,448 --> 00:09:10,617 Two sloop! 134 00:09:10,618 --> 00:09:15,806 One man of war. And one man of war. 135 00:09:15,807 --> 00:09:18,976 Make a course for that second flotilla, please. 136 00:09:18,977 --> 00:09:20,193 You're going to attack them? 137 00:09:20,194 --> 00:09:22,128 Time is short, please. 138 00:09:22,129 --> 00:09:25,983 Get us under way. 139 00:09:25,984 --> 00:09:30,484 Get us under way! 140 00:10:20,303 --> 00:10:24,803 Right flank, kneel! 141 00:10:30,580 --> 00:10:35,080 Fire! 142 00:10:46,695 --> 00:10:51,195 Reload! 143 00:10:51,533 --> 00:10:54,017 Bring the mortars forward! 144 00:10:54,018 --> 00:10:56,520 Mortars. Mortars! 145 00:10:56,521 --> 00:11:01,921 Concentrate on the mortars! 146 00:11:08,884 --> 00:11:10,600 Reload! 147 00:11:10,601 --> 00:11:12,669 Three paces forward! 148 00:11:12,670 --> 00:11:14,171 Present! 149 00:11:14,172 --> 00:11:18,672 Fire! 150 00:11:21,262 --> 00:11:23,712 Company, form into two ranks! 151 00:11:23,713 --> 00:11:28,213 Now! 152 00:11:30,704 --> 00:11:31,720 Second cannons! 153 00:11:31,721 --> 00:11:36,221 Take cover! 154 00:11:37,694 --> 00:11:42,149 Fire! 155 00:11:42,150 --> 00:11:44,633 Mortars in position! 156 00:11:44,634 --> 00:11:48,637 Fire! 157 00:11:48,638 --> 00:11:53,138 Fire! 158 00:11:53,308 --> 00:11:55,143 Captain, it's time! 159 00:11:55,144 --> 00:11:57,145 Not yet. Fire! 160 00:11:57,146 --> 00:12:00,649 Two inches! Two inches! 161 00:12:00,650 --> 00:12:05,150 Fire! 162 00:12:10,177 --> 00:12:13,145 Captain, we need to fall back. 163 00:12:13,146 --> 00:12:17,646 Fire! 164 00:12:19,753 --> 00:12:21,102 Smoke! 165 00:12:21,103 --> 00:12:25,603 Smoke! Smoke! 166 00:12:25,859 --> 00:12:28,976 Form into two ranks! 167 00:12:28,977 --> 00:12:31,145 Formation forward! 168 00:12:31,146 --> 00:12:33,180 Fall back! Fall back! 169 00:12:33,181 --> 00:12:37,681 Retreat! Fall back! 170 00:12:38,153 --> 00:12:39,821 Hold your fire! 171 00:12:39,822 --> 00:12:43,825 Hold your fire! First company, prepare to move out! 172 00:12:43,826 --> 00:12:45,701 I wouldn't do that. 173 00:12:45,702 --> 00:12:48,847 Beg your pardon? 174 00:12:48,848 --> 00:12:53,348 Stand easy! 175 00:12:55,187 --> 00:12:57,004 He asked for this fight, Major. 176 00:12:57,005 --> 00:12:58,806 He didn't do so without a plan. 177 00:12:58,807 --> 00:12:59,974 And I promise you, 178 00:12:59,975 --> 00:13:01,508 bumbling into a hasty retreat 179 00:13:01,509 --> 00:13:02,510 wasn't a part of it. 180 00:13:02,511 --> 00:13:03,977 Bumbling? 181 00:13:03,978 --> 00:13:06,146 They were overwhelmed by a superior force. 182 00:13:06,147 --> 00:13:09,842 He wants us to pursue him. He wants you to pursue him. 183 00:13:09,843 --> 00:13:13,153 A tactical withdrawal to guide us into an ambush. 184 00:13:13,154 --> 00:13:16,657 Am I to believe he sacrificed over 50 of his men, 185 00:13:16,658 --> 00:13:19,493 led them into a massacre deliberately, 186 00:13:19,494 --> 00:13:22,829 just to entice us to chase him? 187 00:13:22,830 --> 00:13:26,667 You don't know that man, Major, but I do. 188 00:13:26,668 --> 00:13:36,268 He's quite capable of what you suggest and more. 189 00:13:41,432 --> 00:13:45,932 Reflected there. 190 00:13:46,837 --> 00:13:49,268 Is everything all right? 191 00:13:49,269 --> 00:13:55,469 Show her what you showed to me. 192 00:14:03,688 --> 00:14:05,003 "To the first to betray, 193 00:14:05,004 --> 00:14:07,674 I offer the first chance to repent. 194 00:14:07,675 --> 00:14:11,177 Remove the captain. You have until nightfall." 195 00:14:11,178 --> 00:14:12,678 Where did you get this? 196 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:14,012 It was sitting at the foot of my bed 197 00:14:14,013 --> 00:14:15,514 when I woke this morning. 198 00:14:15,515 --> 00:14:17,016 Someone left it while I slept. 199 00:14:17,017 --> 00:14:19,251 The message, it would seem, is clear. 200 00:14:19,252 --> 00:14:22,021 There is a voice out there yet to identify itself 201 00:14:22,022 --> 00:14:24,023 that wants to see Captain Vane's remains 202 00:14:24,024 --> 00:14:26,125 removed from the gibbet in the square. 203 00:14:26,126 --> 00:14:28,961 Why does it look like this? 204 00:14:28,962 --> 00:14:32,509 An old wives' tale. Pirate lore. 205 00:14:32,510 --> 00:14:33,799 Avery's maiden crew 206 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:35,133 was said to deliver the black spot 207 00:14:35,134 --> 00:14:37,636 as a warning to wayward crew members. 208 00:14:37,637 --> 00:14:39,805 Ignored on pain of death. 209 00:14:39,806 --> 00:14:42,974 I knew men when I was young who sailed with Avery. 210 00:14:42,975 --> 00:14:44,475 It was a bullshit story then, 211 00:14:44,476 --> 00:14:46,544 and it's no less a bullshit story now. 212 00:14:46,545 --> 00:14:51,499 Ma'am, cowards send notes. 213 00:14:51,500 --> 00:14:53,818 The form of the threat may not rightly be the issue. 214 00:14:53,819 --> 00:14:55,652 We are aware there is dissent on the street. 215 00:14:55,653 --> 00:14:57,822 Perhaps removing the gibbet 216 00:14:57,823 --> 00:14:59,156 would go a long way towards settling 217 00:14:59,157 --> 00:15:00,925 whatever unrest may be brewing. 218 00:15:00,926 --> 00:15:02,993 You're suggesting that the governor comply 219 00:15:02,994 --> 00:15:04,829 with an anonymous threat? 220 00:15:04,830 --> 00:15:07,497 I am suggesting the gibbet could be seen by some 221 00:15:07,498 --> 00:15:08,967 to be inflammatory. 222 00:15:08,968 --> 00:15:10,969 The point has been made. 223 00:15:10,970 --> 00:15:12,503 The law has been satisfied. 224 00:15:12,504 --> 00:15:14,139 It is a well-settled statement of resolve 225 00:15:14,140 --> 00:15:15,640 to maintain the display. 226 00:15:15,641 --> 00:15:17,642 If it is removed in the light of this threat, 227 00:15:17,643 --> 00:15:19,977 in the light of Captain Flint's standing ultimatum 228 00:15:19,978 --> 00:15:23,981 against the use of it, would it not worry you that it might appear weak? 229 00:15:23,982 --> 00:15:25,482 It certainly worries me 230 00:15:25,483 --> 00:15:26,984 to make self-defeating mistakes 231 00:15:26,985 --> 00:15:28,819 out of fear of appearing weak. 232 00:15:28,820 --> 00:15:32,035 No, he's right. 233 00:15:32,036 --> 00:15:36,510 He's right. 234 00:15:36,511 --> 00:15:38,161 It gives me no pleasure having it there, 235 00:15:38,162 --> 00:15:40,831 no matter what the street may say. 236 00:15:40,832 --> 00:15:42,166 But to remove it in this moment 237 00:15:42,167 --> 00:15:43,500 threatens to undermine confidence 238 00:15:43,501 --> 00:15:45,869 in the governor's leadership. 239 00:15:45,870 --> 00:15:48,838 That said, at the end of three days' time, 240 00:15:48,839 --> 00:15:52,996 I want it down and gone, not a minute longer. 241 00:15:52,997 --> 00:15:55,477 If you would like me to form a small detail 242 00:15:55,478 --> 00:15:56,645 to offer you protection in the meantime... 243 00:15:56,646 --> 00:16:00,649 If anyone has a problem with my allegiance to the Crown, 244 00:16:00,650 --> 00:16:04,874 my men and I are happy to address it with them. 245 00:16:04,875 --> 00:16:09,375 Ma'am? 246 00:16:09,510 --> 00:16:14,010 Excuse me. 247 00:16:27,895 --> 00:16:30,932 You should be in bed. 248 00:16:30,933 --> 00:16:36,933 I've spent enough time in bed. 249 00:16:55,856 --> 00:16:58,558 I did what I did. 250 00:16:58,559 --> 00:17:00,208 I know how it seems, 251 00:17:00,209 --> 00:17:01,209 to the street, to you, 252 00:17:01,210 --> 00:17:02,210 but please understand... 253 00:17:02,211 --> 00:17:05,352 It seems... 254 00:17:05,353 --> 00:17:11,904 As though a very difficult thing was done. 255 00:17:11,905 --> 00:17:13,654 It seems as though I am fortunate 256 00:17:13,655 --> 00:17:19,455 you had the courage to do it. 257 00:17:19,679 --> 00:17:24,179 You have enemies here. 258 00:17:27,687 --> 00:17:34,453 Then let them be my enemies as well. 259 00:17:34,454 --> 00:17:38,697 Any and all of them. 260 00:17:38,698 --> 00:17:43,198 And let them come. 261 00:18:26,877 --> 00:18:31,377 As you were. 262 00:18:39,857 --> 00:18:42,840 Six ships... Two sloops, man of war... 263 00:18:42,841 --> 00:18:44,309 It's a familiar combination. 264 00:18:44,310 --> 00:18:48,530 I once had a fleet of that makeup. 265 00:18:48,531 --> 00:18:53,331 Get her cleaned up, boy! 266 00:18:56,206 --> 00:18:58,856 I came looking for Flint, not you. 267 00:18:58,857 --> 00:19:00,225 Where is he? 268 00:19:00,226 --> 00:19:01,759 He's currently being pummeled 269 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:03,894 by half the British navy just beyond the horizon. 270 00:19:03,895 --> 00:19:06,781 The navy? 271 00:19:06,782 --> 00:19:10,034 The war to reclaim Nassau began here about an hour ago. 272 00:19:10,035 --> 00:19:12,004 The entirety of the British fleet 273 00:19:12,005 --> 00:19:15,078 under the command of Governor Rogers is in play. 274 00:19:15,079 --> 00:19:18,480 I'd like to think that you're here to join our effort, 275 00:19:18,481 --> 00:19:19,815 but I fear the reason for your arrival 276 00:19:19,816 --> 00:19:23,336 is something other than that. 277 00:19:23,337 --> 00:19:27,837 Charles is dead. 278 00:19:31,012 --> 00:19:37,517 The governor in Nassau hung him in the square. 279 00:19:37,518 --> 00:19:39,500 On the island I helped build, 280 00:19:39,501 --> 00:19:43,690 he thought he could do that and face no consequences. 281 00:19:43,691 --> 00:19:49,291 He failed to account for me. 282 00:19:49,697 --> 00:19:51,846 British law sentenced him, 283 00:19:51,847 --> 00:19:53,681 but I think you and I both know who it was 284 00:19:53,682 --> 00:19:55,349 that fashioned that noose, 285 00:19:55,350 --> 00:19:58,096 and it was no "he." 286 00:19:58,097 --> 00:19:59,854 I look forward to seeing Miss Guthrie again 287 00:19:59,855 --> 00:20:03,624 and settling Charles' account with her. 288 00:20:03,625 --> 00:20:05,626 But there is no victory over her 289 00:20:05,627 --> 00:20:08,963 without a victory here today. 290 00:20:08,964 --> 00:20:12,318 That much is clear. 291 00:20:12,319 --> 00:20:17,319 Will you help us find it? 292 00:20:18,491 --> 00:20:21,475 Madness is such a hard thing to define, 293 00:20:21,476 --> 00:20:24,979 which makes it such an easy label 294 00:20:24,980 --> 00:20:29,500 to affix to one's enemies. 295 00:20:29,501 --> 00:20:33,486 Once it had been applied to Thomas, 296 00:20:33,487 --> 00:20:38,490 once our relationship had been exposed, 297 00:20:38,491 --> 00:20:43,091 defiled, scandalized... 298 00:20:43,983 --> 00:20:48,483 Everything ended. 299 00:20:49,321 --> 00:20:52,638 There were times that I was persuaded 300 00:20:52,639 --> 00:20:53,973 to sue for peace since then, 301 00:20:53,974 --> 00:20:57,643 but that was the day 302 00:20:57,644 --> 00:21:01,646 that on some level I knew... 303 00:21:01,647 --> 00:21:05,985 That England was broken... 304 00:21:05,986 --> 00:21:14,677 And that sooner or later a good man must resist it. 305 00:21:14,678 --> 00:21:15,995 I don't know what to say. 306 00:21:15,996 --> 00:21:19,664 You don't need to say anything. 307 00:21:19,665 --> 00:21:21,333 You asked me where I began, 308 00:21:21,334 --> 00:21:25,470 and I felt that you were entitled to an answer... 309 00:21:25,471 --> 00:21:27,817 To the truth. 310 00:21:27,818 --> 00:21:31,828 I appreciate that. 311 00:21:31,829 --> 00:21:36,829 And I am genuinely sorry. 312 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:40,818 But you can see how this might be of particular 313 00:21:40,819 --> 00:21:44,256 and immediate concern for me. 314 00:21:44,257 --> 00:21:45,488 I can? 315 00:21:45,489 --> 00:21:49,293 Well, before today I knew of two people 316 00:21:49,294 --> 00:21:52,496 who managed to truly know you, 317 00:21:52,497 --> 00:21:55,833 to gain your trust, to be your partner, 318 00:21:55,834 --> 00:21:58,002 and they both ended up dead while playing the role. 319 00:21:58,003 --> 00:22:00,504 Now, wait a minute... Now you're telling me 320 00:22:00,505 --> 00:22:02,340 there's a third member of this class, 321 00:22:02,341 --> 00:22:04,842 making it even less credible to characterize Mr. Gates' 322 00:22:04,843 --> 00:22:08,478 and Mrs. Barlow's deaths as bad luck. 323 00:22:08,479 --> 00:22:10,813 It would seem that those closest to you meet their end 324 00:22:10,814 --> 00:22:14,985 not just during their relationship, 325 00:22:14,986 --> 00:22:17,487 but because of it. 326 00:22:17,488 --> 00:22:19,789 And as I sit here, I'm acutely aware 327 00:22:19,790 --> 00:22:21,658 there may be no one closer to you 328 00:22:21,659 --> 00:22:23,059 in the world right now than I. 329 00:22:23,060 --> 00:22:24,661 What exactly are you saying? 330 00:22:24,662 --> 00:22:28,999 That I've somehow sought out my own tragedies? 331 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,667 Did you not tell me that our darkest motives 332 00:22:31,668 --> 00:22:33,503 will conceal themselves from us? 333 00:22:33,504 --> 00:22:35,338 Cloak themselves in whatever they must 334 00:22:35,339 --> 00:22:37,607 in order to move us to action? 335 00:22:37,608 --> 00:22:40,009 And even if that's not true, 336 00:22:40,010 --> 00:22:41,844 a pattern is a pattern, 337 00:22:41,845 --> 00:22:43,847 and only a fool ignores one 338 00:22:43,848 --> 00:22:46,616 because he does not care for the implications. 339 00:22:46,617 --> 00:22:50,953 So you see yourself as a potential fourth member of this class, 340 00:22:50,954 --> 00:22:53,289 concerned that your association with me 341 00:22:53,290 --> 00:22:55,424 will lead to your end. 342 00:22:55,425 --> 00:22:59,082 My association with you began out of necessity, 343 00:22:59,083 --> 00:23:01,820 but I've come to find 344 00:23:01,821 --> 00:23:04,530 a great deal of respect for you. 345 00:23:04,531 --> 00:23:07,079 Perhaps even friendship. 346 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:11,580 Hmm. 347 00:23:11,660 --> 00:23:16,979 Which is why I find myself unnerved by the thought 348 00:23:16,980 --> 00:23:18,814 that when this pattern 349 00:23:18,815 --> 00:23:23,504 applies itself to you and I... 350 00:23:23,505 --> 00:23:26,083 That I will be the end of you. 351 00:23:26,084 --> 00:23:28,057 Is that so? 352 00:23:28,058 --> 00:23:29,458 Well, the three who preceded me 353 00:23:29,459 --> 00:23:32,118 all had one thing in common. 354 00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:33,794 They were vulnerable to you. 355 00:23:33,795 --> 00:23:35,964 Had more to lose than you, 356 00:23:35,965 --> 00:23:40,987 less means with which to protect themselves than you. 357 00:23:40,988 --> 00:23:42,938 Until recently, I thought that was me as well, 358 00:23:42,939 --> 00:23:47,439 but now... 359 00:23:47,494 --> 00:23:50,311 I don't know that it is anymore. 360 00:23:50,312 --> 00:23:52,981 It is natural for men new to power 361 00:23:52,982 --> 00:23:55,650 to assume that it has no limits. 362 00:23:55,651 --> 00:24:00,151 Trust me. It does. 363 00:24:01,341 --> 00:24:03,425 We agreed that I would select a man 364 00:24:03,426 --> 00:24:05,994 to be responsible for making a direct move 365 00:24:05,995 --> 00:24:09,330 against Captain Hornigold once the battle begins. 366 00:24:09,331 --> 00:24:11,265 I chose Mr. Dobbs. 367 00:24:11,266 --> 00:24:14,988 You chose Dobbs? 368 00:24:14,989 --> 00:24:16,371 Why the fuck would you do that? 369 00:24:16,372 --> 00:24:18,373 It's a dangerous errand... 370 00:24:18,374 --> 00:24:21,308 It's more than dangerous. 371 00:24:21,309 --> 00:24:23,978 The entirety of our plan rests on its success. 372 00:24:23,979 --> 00:24:25,813 Why would you assign it to a man 373 00:24:25,814 --> 00:24:27,848 harboring who knows what sort of resentment against you? 374 00:24:27,849 --> 00:24:30,317 Because it isn't resentment. 375 00:24:30,318 --> 00:24:31,652 If you had disciplined him, 376 00:24:31,653 --> 00:24:32,653 he would resent you for it, 377 00:24:32,654 --> 00:24:35,322 but towards me... 378 00:24:35,323 --> 00:24:39,011 I don't believe he feels resentment. 379 00:24:39,012 --> 00:24:41,729 I believe he feels shame 380 00:24:41,730 --> 00:24:44,531 for having disappointed me 381 00:24:44,532 --> 00:24:48,528 and a great need to redeem himself in my eyes. 382 00:24:48,529 --> 00:24:49,670 Send someone else. 383 00:24:49,671 --> 00:24:51,338 It's done. 384 00:24:51,339 --> 00:24:53,807 He knows. 385 00:24:53,808 --> 00:24:55,642 Were I to replace him now, 386 00:24:55,643 --> 00:24:58,538 it might provoke the response you wish to avoid. 387 00:24:58,539 --> 00:24:59,620 If you're wrong, 388 00:24:59,621 --> 00:25:05,169 if Mr. Dobbs takes this opportunity to betray you... 389 00:25:05,170 --> 00:25:09,670 To betray us... 390 00:25:13,112 --> 00:25:20,351 This battle will be over before it ever begins. 391 00:25:20,352 --> 00:25:24,104 Flint sent you to kill me, yet instead, you surrendered. 392 00:25:24,105 --> 00:25:27,837 Why? 393 00:25:27,838 --> 00:25:31,695 I sailed with that crew for months. 394 00:25:31,696 --> 00:25:33,946 Then they take the side of those fucking savages 395 00:25:33,947 --> 00:25:37,492 over a man who was supposed to have been their brother. 396 00:25:37,493 --> 00:25:39,617 Truth is, they didn't give a shit about me 397 00:25:39,618 --> 00:25:40,953 except that I did their bidding, 398 00:25:40,954 --> 00:25:44,456 so now I'm ready to see it end, 399 00:25:44,457 --> 00:25:46,625 and I can help you end it. 400 00:25:46,626 --> 00:25:50,981 Says he knows where the slave camp is located. 401 00:25:50,982 --> 00:26:00,182 Says the cache with the gems is hidden nearby. 402 00:26:05,654 --> 00:26:14,254 Mr. Carter, please bring me that man there. 403 00:26:23,780 --> 00:26:27,799 Unfortunately, I've known too many men from Nassau in my life, 404 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:36,357 and it's so very hard to know which can be taken at their word. 405 00:26:36,358 --> 00:26:40,310 Show me that you truly intend to leave Captain Flint 406 00:26:40,311 --> 00:26:43,684 and your life with him behind you. 407 00:26:43,685 --> 00:26:45,315 Oh, that man will meet the same end 408 00:26:45,316 --> 00:26:49,389 whether you shoot him or some other man hangs him, 409 00:26:49,390 --> 00:26:50,820 but I'd like to be quite certain 410 00:26:50,821 --> 00:26:55,821 your intentions are true. 411 00:27:09,991 --> 00:27:13,275 Major, prepare your men. 412 00:27:13,276 --> 00:27:16,329 Sir. 413 00:27:16,330 --> 00:27:18,313 Lieutenant, prepare the men. 414 00:27:18,314 --> 00:27:19,815 Make sure they have plenty of supplies, 415 00:27:19,816 --> 00:27:21,316 water, and ammunition. 416 00:27:21,317 --> 00:27:27,317 We're heading into the forest. 417 00:28:05,093 --> 00:28:09,348 He was hiding by the water. 418 00:28:09,349 --> 00:28:13,367 Otherwise, everyone is accounted for and where they belong. 419 00:28:13,368 --> 00:28:15,970 All but you. 420 00:28:15,971 --> 00:28:20,625 You do not feel you are where you belong. 421 00:28:20,626 --> 00:28:24,444 The men above would fight to protect us. 422 00:28:24,445 --> 00:28:27,794 I should be among them. 423 00:28:27,795 --> 00:28:30,284 If we are to lead them into this war, 424 00:28:30,285 --> 00:28:40,185 we ought to show that we are willing to lead them through it. 425 00:28:48,487 --> 00:28:52,823 You have protected me for so very long. 426 00:28:52,824 --> 00:28:59,624 It is time I did the same for you. 427 00:29:23,989 --> 00:29:25,971 Did he get it? 428 00:29:25,972 --> 00:29:30,026 Your black spot was delivered, yeah. 429 00:29:30,027 --> 00:29:31,810 But? I saw him. 430 00:29:31,811 --> 00:29:33,344 He was in the tavern drinking with his men. 431 00:29:33,345 --> 00:29:35,814 They were in high spirits. 432 00:29:35,815 --> 00:29:37,649 And the gibbet remains? 433 00:29:37,650 --> 00:29:40,511 Yeah. 434 00:29:40,512 --> 00:29:41,487 I think it's going to take 435 00:29:41,488 --> 00:29:42,821 more than a note to frighten him. 436 00:29:42,822 --> 00:29:46,309 Of course it is. 437 00:29:46,310 --> 00:29:49,804 It was Mr. Gates who first told me about the spot. 438 00:29:49,805 --> 00:29:53,298 It kept him awake for three nights. 439 00:29:53,299 --> 00:29:57,501 It wasn't the note or the threat. 440 00:29:57,502 --> 00:30:00,638 It was the idea of Avery himself, 441 00:30:00,639 --> 00:30:03,674 just the awareness that someone so terrible 442 00:30:03,675 --> 00:30:06,829 knew your name. 443 00:30:06,830 --> 00:30:08,813 I have no doubt that Captain Throckmorton 444 00:30:08,814 --> 00:30:12,650 is currently unconcerned with our threat. 445 00:30:12,651 --> 00:30:16,814 We have only just begun to tell our story. 446 00:30:16,815 --> 00:30:21,858 We haven't yet introduced the villain. 447 00:30:21,859 --> 00:30:23,828 It's been a few days since I told you 448 00:30:23,829 --> 00:30:25,896 of my suspicions about Idelle, 449 00:30:25,897 --> 00:30:29,467 her role in the attack on the governor's caravan. 450 00:30:29,468 --> 00:30:31,869 One can only assume she did not act alone, 451 00:30:31,870 --> 00:30:34,538 but had partners in this endeavor. 452 00:30:34,539 --> 00:30:37,475 You did not report this news to the governor 453 00:30:37,476 --> 00:30:38,809 nor to Miss Guthrie. 454 00:30:38,810 --> 00:30:39,977 Nor did you take any action 455 00:30:39,978 --> 00:30:43,046 to discover who the partners might be. 456 00:30:43,047 --> 00:30:45,316 Until I know how this game will unfold, 457 00:30:45,317 --> 00:30:48,319 I choose to allow the players to reveal themselves to me 458 00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:49,987 lest I make an enemy out of someone 459 00:30:49,988 --> 00:30:57,188 I may one day wish to call a friend. 460 00:30:59,850 --> 00:31:04,350 This way. 461 00:31:05,522 --> 00:31:06,938 Is it possible one of the governor's 462 00:31:06,939 --> 00:31:10,797 calls for assistance was heard? 463 00:31:10,798 --> 00:31:17,998 Reinforcements from a sister colony? 464 00:31:21,804 --> 00:31:24,622 Flint gave you command of his ship. 465 00:31:24,623 --> 00:31:27,624 Yes. 466 00:31:27,625 --> 00:31:32,814 You can count the things that Flint and I agree upon on one hand. 467 00:31:32,815 --> 00:31:36,967 But among them is the sincere confusion 468 00:31:36,968 --> 00:31:40,470 as to why Charles invested any time and energy in you. 469 00:31:40,471 --> 00:31:42,804 I suppose Flint's come to see that there might be 470 00:31:42,805 --> 00:31:47,727 some capacity in you after all. 471 00:31:47,728 --> 00:31:51,632 And? 472 00:31:51,633 --> 00:31:53,755 And what? 473 00:31:53,756 --> 00:31:54,782 "And" as in it sounded 474 00:31:54,783 --> 00:32:01,968 as if there was more to that thought. 475 00:32:01,969 --> 00:32:07,192 That you might see yourself agreeing with him again... 476 00:32:07,193 --> 00:32:09,983 About my capacity. 477 00:32:09,984 --> 00:32:11,634 There wasn't any more to that thought, was there? 478 00:32:11,635 --> 00:32:13,301 Signal! 479 00:32:13,302 --> 00:32:18,702 On the flagship's mainmast! 480 00:32:22,996 --> 00:32:25,480 They're showing her fleet identification, 481 00:32:25,481 --> 00:32:27,648 asking us to verify who we are. 482 00:32:27,649 --> 00:32:30,803 Get my log from below. 483 00:32:30,804 --> 00:32:34,630 You have the proper codes to respond? 484 00:32:34,631 --> 00:32:38,060 I do. 485 00:32:38,061 --> 00:32:39,979 Don't. 486 00:32:39,980 --> 00:32:43,598 Raise the black instead. 487 00:32:43,599 --> 00:32:44,966 Raise the black? 488 00:32:44,967 --> 00:32:47,635 He believes we are beneath him, 489 00:32:47,636 --> 00:32:49,971 tactically incompetent. 490 00:32:49,972 --> 00:32:55,081 Why give him any reason to doubt it? 491 00:32:55,082 --> 00:33:03,682 To be underestimated is an incredible gift. 492 00:33:09,509 --> 00:33:11,459 Signal the line. Divide the gun crews 493 00:33:11,460 --> 00:33:12,627 and prepare the larboard batteries. 494 00:33:12,628 --> 00:33:13,794 Sir. 495 00:33:13,795 --> 00:33:15,496 Prepare the larboard batteries! 496 00:33:15,497 --> 00:33:21,697 Prepare the larboard batteries! 497 00:33:48,515 --> 00:33:52,751 And did she fight it? 498 00:33:52,752 --> 00:33:55,242 Your mother. 499 00:33:55,243 --> 00:33:58,289 Did she resist your being here? 500 00:33:58,290 --> 00:34:01,959 I believe she wanted to. 501 00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:05,911 I believe every part of her being was calling out for it. 502 00:34:05,912 --> 00:34:10,334 Then why didn't she? 503 00:34:10,335 --> 00:34:13,819 She has spent so many years protecting our people, 504 00:34:13,820 --> 00:34:16,656 protecting me. 505 00:34:16,657 --> 00:34:18,658 To put it all in danger now... 506 00:34:18,659 --> 00:34:20,326 It is a necessary sacrifice 507 00:34:20,327 --> 00:34:25,015 if this war is to be won. 508 00:34:25,016 --> 00:34:31,355 But it violates everything she understands herself to be. 509 00:34:31,356 --> 00:34:34,065 She let me go because she knows 510 00:34:34,066 --> 00:34:36,504 that if we survive this battle today, 511 00:34:36,505 --> 00:34:39,645 she will likely need to step aside 512 00:34:39,646 --> 00:34:41,480 and make room for someone better suited 513 00:34:41,481 --> 00:34:45,031 to do what must be done. 514 00:34:45,032 --> 00:34:48,988 It's a hard thing to look your successor in the eye 515 00:34:48,989 --> 00:34:50,656 and know that their time is nearing 516 00:34:50,657 --> 00:34:56,180 while yours is almost through. 517 00:34:56,181 --> 00:35:00,169 But as far as successors go, 518 00:35:00,170 --> 00:35:04,536 your mother could do far worse. 519 00:35:04,537 --> 00:35:09,037 Ma'am! 520 00:35:20,003 --> 00:35:24,503 Aah! 521 00:35:24,656 --> 00:35:26,657 They'll fight to the death to defend it. 522 00:35:26,658 --> 00:35:28,663 There's only 100 men, more or less, 523 00:35:28,664 --> 00:35:30,065 left behind to guard it. 524 00:35:30,066 --> 00:35:31,495 The rest are women and children. 525 00:35:31,496 --> 00:35:33,497 And the cache? It's being guarded there as well? 526 00:35:33,498 --> 00:35:35,332 It's nearby. Buried. 527 00:35:35,333 --> 00:35:37,001 But the one of them who knows where to find it 528 00:35:37,002 --> 00:35:39,003 is inside that camp, 529 00:35:39,004 --> 00:35:40,671 and he cannot run away. 530 00:35:40,672 --> 00:35:42,506 Get a message to the major. 531 00:35:42,507 --> 00:35:44,675 Tell him he can deploy his men to this position. 532 00:35:44,676 --> 00:35:52,876 Let's finish this as quickly as possible. 533 00:35:54,852 --> 00:35:56,235 Do you trust him? 534 00:35:56,236 --> 00:35:57,755 What's that? 535 00:35:57,756 --> 00:36:00,324 A few weeks ago, we had a chance to sail with him. 536 00:36:00,325 --> 00:36:03,494 You said you'd always be looking over your shoulder, 537 00:36:03,495 --> 00:36:05,663 worried he'd fuck us the first chance he got. 538 00:36:05,664 --> 00:36:07,665 I will say this for him. 539 00:36:07,666 --> 00:36:08,832 In recent weeks, 540 00:36:08,833 --> 00:36:10,501 among the disturbing number of people 541 00:36:10,502 --> 00:36:13,003 who've tried to kill one or the both of us, 542 00:36:13,004 --> 00:36:15,505 he is not among them. 543 00:36:15,506 --> 00:36:18,441 Charles was, in some sense, a son to him, 544 00:36:18,442 --> 00:36:20,677 and Charles was, in some sense, a brother to us. 545 00:36:20,678 --> 00:36:22,512 I couldn't tell you what that makes us to him, 546 00:36:22,513 --> 00:36:25,676 but something, perhaps. 547 00:36:25,677 --> 00:36:28,084 Gun crews at the ready! 548 00:36:28,085 --> 00:36:30,353 Gun crews at the ready! 549 00:36:30,354 --> 00:36:33,523 See you on the other side. 550 00:36:33,524 --> 00:36:38,024 Always. 551 00:36:51,331 --> 00:36:53,809 Does he actually mean to exchange broadsides with us? 552 00:36:53,810 --> 00:36:56,478 Pass word up the line. All ships may fire at will. 553 00:36:56,479 --> 00:36:57,646 Yes, sir. 554 00:36:57,647 --> 00:36:59,080 Gun crews, prepare to engage! 555 00:36:59,081 --> 00:37:06,281 Larboard batteries may fire at will! 556 00:37:23,490 --> 00:37:25,272 Open the ports! 557 00:37:25,273 --> 00:37:29,773 Open the ports! 558 00:37:54,488 --> 00:37:57,004 Company, present! 559 00:37:57,005 --> 00:38:01,505 Fire! 560 00:38:02,028 --> 00:38:05,998 Fire! 561 00:38:05,999 --> 00:38:09,401 Aah! 562 00:38:09,402 --> 00:38:13,902 Aah! 563 00:38:24,350 --> 00:38:25,832 Defenders across the water 564 00:38:25,833 --> 00:38:27,701 have been rendered largely ineffective. 565 00:38:27,702 --> 00:38:30,870 With any luck, we'll have a beachhead established in an hour, 566 00:38:30,871 --> 00:38:33,505 find Mr. Silver, the fugitive Mr. Rackham, 567 00:38:33,506 --> 00:38:36,509 and have the cache in our possession before the sun sets. 568 00:38:36,510 --> 00:38:37,676 Sir. 569 00:38:37,677 --> 00:38:42,177 Come. 570 00:38:49,674 --> 00:38:53,326 I once thought that to lead men in this world, 571 00:38:53,327 --> 00:38:56,495 to be liked was just as good as feared, 572 00:38:56,496 --> 00:38:59,999 and that may very well be true. 573 00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:04,615 But to be both liked and feared all at once 574 00:39:04,616 --> 00:39:08,425 is an entirely different state of being... 575 00:39:08,426 --> 00:39:14,798 In which, I believe, at this moment, I exist alone. 576 00:39:14,799 --> 00:39:18,350 The men need to know they're in good favor with me. 577 00:39:18,351 --> 00:39:19,685 They need it, 578 00:39:19,686 --> 00:39:21,687 and there is nothing they won't do 579 00:39:21,688 --> 00:39:24,250 to make sure they have it. 580 00:39:24,251 --> 00:39:27,203 Mr. Dobbs will do what I ask of him. 581 00:39:27,204 --> 00:39:28,961 Fire! 582 00:39:28,962 --> 00:39:30,428 Pull everyone back. 583 00:39:30,429 --> 00:39:32,965 Sir? Pull them back, now! 584 00:39:32,966 --> 00:39:34,633 He will lead Captain Hornigold 585 00:39:34,634 --> 00:39:36,468 exactly where I ask him to, 586 00:39:36,469 --> 00:39:40,969 of this I'm sure. 587 00:39:40,973 --> 00:39:47,173 But from there, it's up to you. 588 00:39:52,317 --> 00:39:56,817 We're being ambushed! 589 00:40:17,793 --> 00:40:22,293 Company, withdrawal! 590 00:40:32,675 --> 00:40:37,175 Fire! 591 00:40:39,381 --> 00:40:41,131 What the hell is he doing? 592 00:40:41,132 --> 00:40:42,833 Could he mean to board us? 593 00:40:42,834 --> 00:40:44,834 Order the larboard batteries to concentrate their fire on that ship. 594 00:40:44,835 --> 00:40:46,448 And send word to the Orion to do the same. 595 00:40:46,449 --> 00:40:47,337 Yes, sir. 596 00:40:47,338 --> 00:40:54,862 All crews, larboard batteries, target the lead ship! 597 00:40:54,863 --> 00:40:59,363 What...? 598 00:41:09,078 --> 00:41:12,495 Fire! MAN: Fire! 599 00:41:12,496 --> 00:41:14,330 Aim ahead a little more! 600 00:41:14,331 --> 00:41:15,664 Fire! 601 00:41:15,665 --> 00:41:18,334 Lead him! 602 00:41:18,335 --> 00:41:22,835 Aah! 603 00:41:26,360 --> 00:41:30,860 Aah! 604 00:41:37,004 --> 00:41:43,004 Get to the stern chasers! Now! 605 00:41:44,678 --> 00:41:49,178 Fire! 606 00:42:02,028 --> 00:42:04,512 Sir! It's the Orion! 607 00:42:04,513 --> 00:42:05,679 She's been overrun! 608 00:42:05,680 --> 00:42:12,404 Get the gun crews to resume firing. 609 00:42:12,405 --> 00:42:16,308 How, sir? 610 00:42:16,309 --> 00:42:18,459 Sir? 611 00:42:18,460 --> 00:42:20,961 Shall we prepare to repel boarders? 612 00:42:20,962 --> 00:42:24,965 Cut our... Our anchor cables 613 00:42:24,966 --> 00:42:31,166 and signal the line to retreat. 614 00:42:56,264 --> 00:43:00,764 Come on! 615 00:43:02,655 --> 00:43:07,155 Aah! 616 00:43:36,321 --> 00:43:39,471 Company, retreat! 617 00:43:39,472 --> 00:43:41,673 Back! Fall back! 618 00:43:41,674 --> 00:43:43,975 Company, retreat! 619 00:43:43,976 --> 00:43:47,664 Retreat! 620 00:43:47,665 --> 00:43:49,815 Tell your governor! 621 00:43:49,816 --> 00:43:54,616 You tell him I'm coming! 622 00:43:56,841 --> 00:44:00,526 Let us say there is some merit to your argument. 623 00:44:00,527 --> 00:44:05,849 Let us say that Mr. Dobbs will do as you ask of him. 624 00:44:05,850 --> 00:44:07,833 I would have to admit in that case 625 00:44:07,834 --> 00:44:11,502 that the world has shifted beneath our feet 626 00:44:11,503 --> 00:44:15,479 in a most startling way. 627 00:44:15,480 --> 00:44:17,674 But in terms of our future 628 00:44:17,675 --> 00:44:21,813 and the danger that you believe you may pose to me, 629 00:44:21,814 --> 00:44:24,469 bear this in mind. 630 00:44:24,470 --> 00:44:27,652 I have survived starvation, 631 00:44:27,653 --> 00:44:29,821 a tempest, 632 00:44:29,822 --> 00:44:32,579 pirate hunters, 633 00:44:32,580 --> 00:44:34,659 jealous captains, mutinous crews, 634 00:44:34,660 --> 00:44:36,661 angry lords, 635 00:44:36,662 --> 00:44:38,703 a queen, a king, 636 00:44:38,704 --> 00:44:43,352 and the goddamn British navy. 637 00:44:43,353 --> 00:44:47,838 So to whatever extent you may be concerned 638 00:44:47,839 --> 00:44:52,528 that some day we will clash, 639 00:44:52,529 --> 00:44:56,221 worried that though today we be friends, 640 00:44:56,222 --> 00:45:02,871 some day you will have no choice but to be my end, 641 00:45:02,872 --> 00:45:08,072 I wouldn't worry too much. 642 00:45:08,645 --> 00:45:11,796 They call him John the Giant. 643 00:45:11,797 --> 00:45:14,298 They say that he's seven foot tall. 644 00:45:14,299 --> 00:45:15,966 They say that he moves better on that leg 645 00:45:15,967 --> 00:45:18,635 than most do with the ones that God gave them. 646 00:45:18,636 --> 00:45:21,990 Why would they say that? 647 00:45:21,991 --> 00:45:24,641 A man walks into a tavern out of the dead of night, 648 00:45:24,642 --> 00:45:26,643 threatens the entirety of the island, 649 00:45:26,644 --> 00:45:30,175 and then proceeds to remove a man's head with a metal shoe. 650 00:45:30,176 --> 00:45:31,982 I say that's a story that stands a strong chance 651 00:45:31,983 --> 00:45:33,616 of seeing itself embellished. 652 00:45:33,617 --> 00:45:35,986 Do we care that it isn't remotely true? 653 00:45:35,987 --> 00:45:39,990 Doesn't matter what's true. Not now, at any rate. 654 00:45:39,991 --> 00:45:44,073 We're creating the appearance of a man out of nothing. 655 00:45:44,074 --> 00:45:47,464 The appearance of a man that the resistance against the English 656 00:45:47,465 --> 00:45:49,800 feels compelled to rally around. 657 00:45:49,801 --> 00:45:52,469 We'll introduce him. We'll put flesh on him. 658 00:45:52,470 --> 00:45:54,003 We'll give him a soul. 659 00:45:54,004 --> 00:45:55,638 But if the street wants to invest him 660 00:45:55,639 --> 00:45:57,974 with more than we can on our own, 661 00:45:57,975 --> 00:46:00,995 I won't fight them about it. 662 00:46:00,996 --> 00:46:03,646 But hat name isn't doing anything for us. 663 00:46:03,647 --> 00:46:06,173 We'll have to see about that. 664 00:46:06,174 --> 00:46:07,917 For those of you who have not heard, 665 00:46:07,918 --> 00:46:09,986 the governor has imposed martial law 666 00:46:09,987 --> 00:46:15,118 upon all of Nassau Town in response to the murder of Captain Throckmorton. 667 00:46:15,119 --> 00:46:17,659 He asks that I convey to the rest of his council 668 00:46:17,660 --> 00:46:20,330 the contents of the letter left for him today, 669 00:46:20,331 --> 00:46:28,489 taking responsibility for Captain Throckmorton's murder. 670 00:46:28,490 --> 00:46:30,973 "I was no one, 671 00:46:30,974 --> 00:46:34,642 and then you came, and my island fell, 672 00:46:34,643 --> 00:46:37,030 and I became something else." 673 00:46:37,031 --> 00:46:39,814 Why not Flint? 674 00:46:39,815 --> 00:46:41,482 Flint? 675 00:46:41,483 --> 00:46:42,985 You want to put a man forward 676 00:46:42,986 --> 00:46:44,486 as the face of our efforts 677 00:46:44,487 --> 00:46:46,993 to oust the English from the island, 678 00:46:46,994 --> 00:46:48,656 why not use Flint? 679 00:46:48,657 --> 00:46:50,825 They all know him already. They all fear him already. 680 00:46:50,826 --> 00:46:52,660 I've lived too long dependent upon Flint 681 00:46:52,661 --> 00:46:54,996 to be the one to hold our ranks together. 682 00:46:54,997 --> 00:46:57,665 It's time we finally had an alternative. 683 00:46:57,666 --> 00:47:00,835 "On the night I confiscated the pardon rolls, 684 00:47:00,836 --> 00:47:03,547 the night I started becoming, 685 00:47:03,548 --> 00:47:04,972 I made clear my position 686 00:47:04,973 --> 00:47:06,307 that there would be two sorts of men 687 00:47:06,308 --> 00:47:09,477 on the island going forward... 688 00:47:09,478 --> 00:47:10,978 Those like Captain Vane, 689 00:47:10,979 --> 00:47:13,815 determined to stand by their oath to the very end, 690 00:47:13,816 --> 00:47:16,317 and those like Captain Throckmorton, 691 00:47:16,318 --> 00:47:19,487 happy to be the first to betray it. 692 00:47:19,488 --> 00:47:23,390 And thus, as always, to traitors..." 693 00:47:23,391 --> 00:47:25,326 Does he even know? 694 00:47:25,327 --> 00:47:26,994 Mr. Silver? 695 00:47:26,995 --> 00:47:31,332 Does he have any idea you're using his name? 696 00:47:31,333 --> 00:47:33,668 What flows forth from this house, 697 00:47:33,669 --> 00:47:35,837 starting tonight, 698 00:47:35,838 --> 00:47:40,299 is a new story for Nassau. 699 00:47:40,300 --> 00:47:43,236 I've watched her follow mad men. 700 00:47:43,237 --> 00:47:46,330 I've watched her follow rich men. 701 00:47:46,331 --> 00:47:49,450 I've watched her bow before tyrants. 702 00:47:49,451 --> 00:47:53,620 But now it's time she had a king. 703 00:47:53,621 --> 00:47:56,443 When we're ready, when he's ready, 704 00:47:56,444 --> 00:48:01,480 he'll step into the role we've created for him... 705 00:48:01,481 --> 00:48:04,465 And lead an impossible army 706 00:48:04,466 --> 00:48:09,466 into an unwinnable war... 707 00:48:09,822 --> 00:48:11,972 And win it. 708 00:48:11,973 --> 00:48:14,307 "Captain Throckmorton's black spot 709 00:48:14,308 --> 00:48:16,809 will not be the last. 710 00:48:16,810 --> 00:48:19,980 Ignore it, and join him. 711 00:48:19,981 --> 00:48:26,670 Heed it, and reclaim your place amongst us. 712 00:48:26,671 --> 00:48:30,290 Until then, I remain... 713 00:48:30,291 --> 00:48:34,844 Long John Silver."