1 00:00:03,436 --> 00:00:05,037 - You know what? Here's an interesting story 2 00:00:05,039 --> 00:00:06,038 that we haven't talked about. 3 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:07,840 So you've got Alexander Hamilton, 4 00:00:07,842 --> 00:00:08,774 Aaron Burr, 5 00:00:08,776 --> 00:00:09,908 George Washington, 6 00:00:09,910 --> 00:00:10,976 Thomas Jefferson, 7 00:00:10,978 --> 00:00:11,844 James Monroe. 8 00:00:11,846 --> 00:00:13,245 There's this hurricane. 9 00:00:13,247 --> 00:00:14,680 A flaming ship. 10 00:00:14,682 --> 00:00:16,615 The Revolutionary War. 11 00:00:16,617 --> 00:00:17,950 An affair. 12 00:00:17,952 --> 00:00:18,717 And duels. 13 00:00:18,719 --> 00:00:20,786 - Oh, Questlove is-- - Questlove? 14 00:00:20,788 --> 00:00:23,022 - Texting me--what? How did Questlove find out? 15 00:00:23,024 --> 00:00:25,824 This is the stuff you can't do in a play. 16 00:00:25,826 --> 00:00:26,792 - [laughs] 17 00:00:26,794 --> 00:00:29,995 [patriotic music] 18 00:00:29,997 --> 00:00:35,300 ♪ ♪ 19 00:00:39,572 --> 00:00:42,941 [sweeping orchestral music] 20 00:00:42,943 --> 00:00:47,579 ♪ ♪ 21 00:00:47,581 --> 00:00:49,114 - So this is where you grew up. 22 00:00:49,116 --> 00:00:50,916 - This is the block I grew up. 23 00:00:50,918 --> 00:00:52,851 I, uh--you know, 24 00:00:52,853 --> 00:00:54,920 learned to ride a bike going down this hill. 25 00:00:54,922 --> 00:00:57,022 - Do you wanna get drunk? - Yes! Yes! 26 00:00:57,024 --> 00:00:57,990 - Oh, okay, okay. - Let's do that. 27 00:00:57,992 --> 00:01:00,292 - I meant to ask you that before we walked up the street. 28 00:01:00,294 --> 00:01:01,360 - Okay. - You do wanna get drunk? 29 00:01:01,362 --> 00:01:02,995 - Yeah, we should do that. - 'Cause we got these 30 00:01:02,997 --> 00:01:03,996 camera guys here, I just think-- 31 00:01:03,998 --> 00:01:05,531 - That would work out nicely. - That would be weird 32 00:01:05,533 --> 00:01:07,399 if you didn't want to. - Let's go. 33 00:01:07,401 --> 00:01:08,534 - Okay. - All right. 34 00:01:08,536 --> 00:01:11,670 [lively music] 35 00:01:11,672 --> 00:01:14,706 ♪ ♪ 36 00:01:14,708 --> 00:01:17,276 - I read in your biography that you were more into 37 00:01:17,278 --> 00:01:18,177 the Monkees than the Beatles. 38 00:01:18,179 --> 00:01:20,412 I think that's really cool of you, Lin. 39 00:01:20,414 --> 00:01:21,947 Cut. - Bullshit. 40 00:01:21,949 --> 00:01:23,048 [both laugh] 41 00:01:23,050 --> 00:01:25,217 - No! 42 00:01:25,985 --> 00:01:28,787 [laughter] 43 00:01:30,123 --> 00:01:33,625 Hi, I'm stage's Lin-Manuel Miranda. 44 00:01:33,627 --> 00:01:35,294 [laughter] 45 00:01:35,296 --> 00:01:38,597 And we're gonna--[laughs] [bleep]. 46 00:01:38,599 --> 00:01:43,035 Hello, my name is Lin-Manuel Miranda. 47 00:01:43,037 --> 00:01:43,869 Today we're gonna talk about 48 00:01:43,871 --> 00:01:47,673 Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. 49 00:01:47,675 --> 00:01:48,941 [laughs] 50 00:01:48,943 --> 00:01:50,175 - Cheers, my brother. - Cheers! 51 00:01:50,177 --> 00:01:51,543 - Here we are. [glasses clink] 52 00:01:51,545 --> 00:01:53,745 - Our story begins 53 00:01:53,747 --> 00:01:56,782 in the Exotic Caribbean. [laughs] 54 00:01:56,784 --> 00:01:59,318 Um--uh, it begins on the island of Nevis. 55 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:02,254 So Hamilton and his mother-- they were both sick 56 00:02:02,256 --> 00:02:03,689 and he survived and she didn't. 57 00:02:03,691 --> 00:02:05,691 So she died in bed with him. 58 00:02:05,693 --> 00:02:09,962 It's a hellish, Dickensian childhood. 59 00:02:09,964 --> 00:02:12,764 Here's where we have to talk about our buddy Aaron Burr. 60 00:02:12,766 --> 00:02:14,433 Also an orphan. Everyone dies 61 00:02:14,435 --> 00:02:16,502 by the time he's, like, 10 years old. 62 00:02:16,504 --> 00:02:18,036 His mother dies, his father dies. 63 00:02:18,038 --> 00:02:21,273 He's put in the care of various people who died, 64 00:02:21,275 --> 00:02:22,141 just like Hamilton. 65 00:02:22,143 --> 00:02:24,176 The difference is, he's got money. 66 00:02:24,178 --> 00:02:26,211 He gets an amazing education. 67 00:02:26,213 --> 00:02:27,112 He goes to Princeton, 68 00:02:27,114 --> 00:02:29,982 which was then Queens College, at 13 years old. 69 00:02:29,984 --> 00:02:33,118 Finishes it in two years instead of four. 70 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:34,286 Here's Hamilton. Genius. 71 00:02:34,288 --> 00:02:35,821 The orphan who is stuck on an island. 72 00:02:35,823 --> 00:02:38,457 You know, he's gonna invent our economy later. 73 00:02:38,459 --> 00:02:39,158 History spoiler. 74 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:43,629 Um, but he learns it by-- by running a company. 75 00:02:43,631 --> 00:02:46,632 So one day, there's this hurricane. 76 00:02:46,634 --> 00:02:48,500 And it... 77 00:02:48,502 --> 00:02:52,304 [bleep] up the Caribbean. 78 00:02:53,006 --> 00:02:54,540 He writes a letter to his father, 79 00:02:54,542 --> 00:02:55,541 um, and he's saying, 80 00:02:55,543 --> 00:02:56,842 Hey, Dad, I know you're not here 81 00:02:56,844 --> 00:02:59,144 'cause you were never here in my entire childhood. 82 00:02:59,146 --> 00:03:02,548 But this hurricane really [bleep] us up. 83 00:03:02,550 --> 00:03:04,783 And it's super flowery language. 84 00:03:04,785 --> 00:03:08,220 Like, "The scene is sufficient to strike 85 00:03:08,222 --> 00:03:10,789 astonishment into angels." 86 00:03:10,791 --> 00:03:12,891 Ann Lyton Venton, his cousin, 87 00:03:12,893 --> 00:03:14,760 reads this letter, and she goes, 88 00:03:14,762 --> 00:03:16,962 like, holy shit, this kid's a genius. 89 00:03:16,964 --> 00:03:19,731 Um, his--his talents are being wasted 90 00:03:19,733 --> 00:03:20,599 running a trading company. 91 00:03:20,601 --> 00:03:24,069 And she basically helps to raise him enough money 92 00:03:24,071 --> 00:03:26,338 so he can get on a ship and go to the Colonies 93 00:03:26,340 --> 00:03:27,206 and get his education. 94 00:03:27,208 --> 00:03:30,742 And that's how Hamilton escapes, uh, his lot in life. 95 00:03:30,744 --> 00:03:32,544 He--he literally writes his way out. 96 00:03:32,546 --> 00:03:36,915 And the ship he's on catches fire. 97 00:03:36,917 --> 00:03:38,150 - What? - I know. 98 00:03:38,152 --> 00:03:40,152 This is the stuff you can't do in a play. 99 00:03:40,154 --> 00:03:44,189 Like, here comes sick-ass Hamilton on a flaming ship. 100 00:03:44,191 --> 00:03:46,825 Your ass will never be the same. 101 00:03:46,827 --> 00:03:48,727 [laughter] 102 00:03:48,729 --> 00:03:52,231 Um, so Hamilton shows up at Queens College, and he says, 103 00:03:52,233 --> 00:03:53,532 Hey, what's up, I'm Hamilton. 104 00:03:53,534 --> 00:03:56,268 Here are all my letters from the West Indies. 105 00:03:56,270 --> 00:03:57,302 I'm really [bleep] smart, 106 00:03:57,304 --> 00:03:59,838 so I'd like to graduate in two years, 107 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:00,973 which Burr did. 108 00:04:00,975 --> 00:04:01,807 Um, and they say, 109 00:04:01,809 --> 00:04:03,308 Burr's dad was the president of Princeton. 110 00:04:03,310 --> 00:04:07,379 We don't know you from a hole in the ground. 111 00:04:07,381 --> 00:04:09,581 So no. 112 00:04:09,583 --> 00:04:11,583 And he says, [bleep] you, [bleep] you, 113 00:04:11,585 --> 00:04:13,885 you're cool, Aaron Burr, nice to meet you. 114 00:04:13,887 --> 00:04:15,320 I'm gonna go to another college 115 00:04:15,322 --> 00:04:16,922 that will graduate me faster. 116 00:04:16,924 --> 00:04:21,193 And they both split early before finishing their education 117 00:04:21,195 --> 00:04:23,862 because-- [imitates fanfare] 118 00:04:23,864 --> 00:04:24,630 The war! 119 00:04:24,632 --> 00:04:25,530 The Revolutionary War. 120 00:04:25,532 --> 00:04:29,968 Burr and Hamilton start their respective war careers. 121 00:04:29,970 --> 00:04:32,471 And Burr has a really distinguished war career. 122 00:04:32,473 --> 00:04:35,707 Um, like, kills a lot of British dudes, 123 00:04:35,709 --> 00:04:37,142 has an amazing, sort of, run. 124 00:04:37,144 --> 00:04:40,345 Meanwhile, George Washington asks Hamilton, 125 00:04:40,347 --> 00:04:41,847 hey, be my aides-de-camp. 126 00:04:41,849 --> 00:04:44,016 Aides-de-camp is, like, a fancy word for secretary. 127 00:04:44,018 --> 00:04:45,817 He's like, nah, nah, nah, I'm good, I wanna fight. 128 00:04:45,819 --> 00:04:48,287 I wanna fight, 'cause that's how I'm gonna rise up. 129 00:04:48,289 --> 00:04:49,154 When Washington's like, 130 00:04:49,156 --> 00:04:51,556 mother[bleep], like, come work for me. 131 00:04:51,558 --> 00:04:54,159 It's paperwork, sure, but you're gonna be 132 00:04:54,161 --> 00:04:55,460 at the center of the action. 133 00:04:55,462 --> 00:04:56,695 You're gonna be in the guy-- 134 00:04:56,697 --> 00:04:58,196 in with the guy who knows best. 135 00:04:58,198 --> 00:05:01,800 And Hamilton does his political calculus and says, 136 00:05:01,802 --> 00:05:02,968 okay. 137 00:05:02,970 --> 00:05:04,770 So Hamilton writes his letters. 138 00:05:04,772 --> 00:05:06,772 Hamilton writes letters to Congress. 139 00:05:06,774 --> 00:05:09,308 This whole time, all Hamilton wants is a command. 140 00:05:09,310 --> 00:05:11,410 Hamilton's just, sort of, tugging on his sleeve, 141 00:05:11,412 --> 00:05:13,045 being like, can I fight? 142 00:05:13,047 --> 00:05:15,480 Can I--can you just give me, like, a bunch of dudes 143 00:05:15,482 --> 00:05:19,017 and like, I--I promise I'll be so good at this. 144 00:05:19,019 --> 00:05:20,052 And Washington's like, 145 00:05:20,054 --> 00:05:22,688 no, just stay aides-de-camp. 146 00:05:22,690 --> 00:05:26,091 But they go through some of the toughest trials 147 00:05:26,093 --> 00:05:27,025 of the war together. 148 00:05:27,027 --> 00:05:29,227 It's--it's Hamilton and Washington. 149 00:05:29,229 --> 00:05:30,629 And then Hamilton finally goes, 150 00:05:30,631 --> 00:05:31,797 I quit! I'm out! 151 00:05:31,799 --> 00:05:34,466 And Washington, aware of what a, sort of, 152 00:05:34,468 --> 00:05:37,436 gifted but troubled kid Hamilton is, 153 00:05:37,438 --> 00:05:40,072 says, all right, you're gonna lead these troops 154 00:05:40,074 --> 00:05:41,907 to do this very specific thing 155 00:05:41,909 --> 00:05:43,308 in the Battle of Yorktown. 156 00:05:43,310 --> 00:05:45,510 Hopefully this is our last battle anyway. 157 00:05:45,512 --> 00:05:47,312 But, like, you will be able to say you led a command. 158 00:05:47,314 --> 00:05:53,819 And so, Hamilton goes into it like, with ridiculous gusto. 159 00:05:53,821 --> 00:05:55,120 Um, he's like--he-- 160 00:05:55,122 --> 00:05:57,055 he's like jumping ahead of everyone. 161 00:05:57,057 --> 00:05:59,524 Being like, oh, we're at war! Wah! 162 00:05:59,526 --> 00:06:01,960 Like--like--he's, like, showboating. 163 00:06:01,962 --> 00:06:04,830 Ba dum, ba, dum, ba dum, ba dum, blop. 164 00:06:04,832 --> 00:06:05,997 [blows raspberry] 165 00:06:05,999 --> 00:06:06,932 Ba dum, ba, dum, ba dum-- 166 00:06:06,934 --> 00:06:08,367 Like, he's totally showboating. 167 00:06:08,369 --> 00:06:11,136 Whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo. 168 00:06:11,138 --> 00:06:13,872 [both laugh] 169 00:06:13,874 --> 00:06:19,811 - Okay, I'm gonna lean forward. - You're okay? 170 00:06:21,214 --> 00:06:22,948 - Oh, shit, I'm drunk. 171 00:06:28,121 --> 00:06:31,356 - You're doing great. - Okay, good. 172 00:06:31,358 --> 00:06:34,493 Pretty drunk. [laughs] 173 00:06:34,495 --> 00:06:35,260 - You feel okay? 174 00:06:35,262 --> 00:06:38,864 - I'm giggly and there's gaps in my memory. [laughs] 175 00:06:38,866 --> 00:06:40,031 - That's all right. - Already. 176 00:06:40,033 --> 00:06:42,534 - Okay, so, uh, let's get back. 177 00:06:42,536 --> 00:06:43,668 - So, Yorktown. 178 00:06:43,670 --> 00:06:44,703 We won! 179 00:06:44,705 --> 00:06:47,906 Well, now we've gotta form a country. 180 00:06:47,908 --> 00:06:48,673 Um, they all ask him, 181 00:06:48,675 --> 00:06:51,643 hey, come be a part of the Constitutional Convention. 182 00:06:51,645 --> 00:06:53,278 So we're figuring out how 183 00:06:53,280 --> 00:06:55,147 the American system is gonna work. 184 00:06:55,149 --> 00:06:56,248 The Constitutional Convention: 185 00:06:56,250 --> 00:06:57,682 this is the room where they're deciding 186 00:06:57,684 --> 00:07:00,952 what the shape of our government should be. 187 00:07:00,954 --> 00:07:02,487 They're hashing it out. 188 00:07:02,489 --> 00:07:04,222 And Hamilton speaks for six hours. 189 00:07:04,224 --> 00:07:08,226 But some of the things he pitched would haunt him 190 00:07:08,228 --> 00:07:09,261 the rest of his career. 191 00:07:09,263 --> 00:07:12,097 He pitched maybe president for life? 192 00:07:12,099 --> 00:07:15,700 [whispering] Ooh, he's secretly a monarchist. 193 00:07:15,702 --> 00:07:19,971 Maybe, uh, we inherit... 194 00:07:19,973 --> 00:07:20,739 positions. 195 00:07:20,741 --> 00:07:21,973 [whispering] Bullshit. That's terrible. 196 00:07:21,975 --> 00:07:24,876 This guy just wants to bring back the British. 197 00:07:24,878 --> 00:07:26,578 Those whispers are from the perspectives 198 00:07:26,580 --> 00:07:28,713 of, um, people who don't like him. 199 00:07:28,715 --> 00:07:31,883 Um, but anyway, um, we adopt the system that we adopt. 200 00:07:31,885 --> 00:07:35,554 And Hamilton becomes its most ardent defender. 201 00:07:38,658 --> 00:07:40,225 So-- 202 00:07:40,227 --> 00:07:44,663 Trying to find the straightest line through this story. 203 00:07:48,401 --> 00:07:51,069 So Hamilton has an affair. 204 00:07:51,071 --> 00:07:53,038 Um, while he's the treasury secretary, 205 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:57,342 he carries on this affair with a woman named Maria Reynolds. 206 00:07:57,344 --> 00:07:59,744 Her husband shows up. 207 00:07:59,746 --> 00:08:03,615 He's like, yo, uh, that's my wife. 208 00:08:03,617 --> 00:08:06,585 I'm happy to, like, keep it on the low, 209 00:08:06,587 --> 00:08:08,820 but you have to pay me. 210 00:08:08,822 --> 00:08:12,891 Gets basically extorted for about $1,000. 211 00:08:14,026 --> 00:08:17,896 James Reynolds, the husband who was extorting him, 212 00:08:17,898 --> 00:08:19,764 gets arrested on some other bullshit. 213 00:08:19,766 --> 00:08:22,501 While he's trying to weasel his way out of it, 214 00:08:22,503 --> 00:08:25,637 he says, I've got dirt on Alexander Hamilton. 215 00:08:25,639 --> 00:08:27,839 Everyone goes, really? 216 00:08:27,841 --> 00:08:30,842 Hamilton, uh, and-- has been embezzling. 217 00:08:30,844 --> 00:08:34,346 And he sort of says all this shit about Hamilton. 218 00:08:34,348 --> 00:08:38,617 Um, and so three guys go to confront Hamilton 219 00:08:38,619 --> 00:08:39,384 on these charges. 220 00:08:39,386 --> 00:08:43,321 One of the dudes was future president James Monroe. 221 00:08:43,323 --> 00:08:45,156 And they went, yo, Hamilton, 222 00:08:45,158 --> 00:08:47,792 we know what you did, you know what you did. 223 00:08:47,794 --> 00:08:50,395 Check out these checks to James Reynolds. 224 00:08:50,397 --> 00:08:52,631 What's up? And they accuse him 225 00:08:52,633 --> 00:08:53,999 of embezzling funds. 226 00:08:54,001 --> 00:08:55,467 And Hamilton goes, no, no, no. 227 00:08:55,469 --> 00:08:57,435 I was just [bleep] this lady, 228 00:08:57,437 --> 00:08:59,938 and her husband was hitting me up for money. 229 00:08:59,940 --> 00:09:01,339 I didn't touch American money, 230 00:09:01,341 --> 00:09:02,807 and I have all kinds of proof. 231 00:09:02,809 --> 00:09:07,112 And he, like, vomits information all over them. 232 00:09:07,114 --> 00:09:10,482 Oh, wow, that was more than we needed to hear. 233 00:09:10,484 --> 00:09:12,817 And we're good, thanks. 234 00:09:12,819 --> 00:09:16,555 The info about the affair gets somehow miraculously 235 00:09:16,557 --> 00:09:18,323 printed in the paper. 236 00:09:18,325 --> 00:09:21,660 Hamilton is not a great dude. 237 00:09:21,662 --> 00:09:24,696 I know you think he's great 'cause he's a war vet, 238 00:09:24,698 --> 00:09:26,264 and he's the Treasury Secretary, 239 00:09:26,266 --> 00:09:30,001 but you're gonna learn the truth real soon. 240 00:09:30,003 --> 00:09:35,640 And Hamilton gets this and he goes to James Monroe, 241 00:09:35,642 --> 00:09:36,608 [whispering] what the [bleep]? 242 00:09:36,610 --> 00:09:38,243 Like, I told you that in secret. 243 00:09:38,245 --> 00:09:39,311 And James Monroe's like, 244 00:09:39,313 --> 00:09:41,313 it wasn't secret and it wasn't me. 245 00:09:41,315 --> 00:09:44,382 Wasn't me who--who, uh, published it. 246 00:09:44,384 --> 00:09:45,150 Mother[bleep]! 247 00:09:45,152 --> 00:09:47,385 I told three people about this 248 00:09:47,387 --> 00:09:49,487 and you're the one who was taking notes, 249 00:09:49,489 --> 00:09:52,123 so I know it came from you. 250 00:09:52,125 --> 00:09:54,426 Like...fess up. 251 00:09:54,428 --> 00:09:55,393 [bleep] you. [bleep] you. 252 00:09:55,395 --> 00:09:58,697 So Hamilton, over sharer, writes the Reynolds Pamphlet. 253 00:09:58,699 --> 00:10:01,299 The whole thing reads like a Dear Penthouse letter. 254 00:10:01,301 --> 00:10:03,201 Like, dear America, 255 00:10:03,203 --> 00:10:05,737 I never thought this would happen to me. 256 00:10:05,739 --> 00:10:09,741 But one day, this ripped bodice woman 257 00:10:09,743 --> 00:10:11,810 showed up at my door, saying, 258 00:10:11,812 --> 00:10:14,346 oh, my husband's beating me, left me alone 259 00:10:14,348 --> 00:10:16,648 and I need money and I need help. 260 00:10:16,650 --> 00:10:19,351 You are a man of honor. Can you help me? 261 00:10:19,353 --> 00:10:21,786 Hamilton's like, I could give her money 262 00:10:21,788 --> 00:10:22,621 or I could [bleep] her 263 00:10:22,623 --> 00:10:24,022 and either one would be acceptable. 264 00:10:24,024 --> 00:10:26,791 The--the Reynolds Pamphlet is like Dick 101. 265 00:10:26,793 --> 00:10:29,394 And, by the way, he sent this to his friends. 266 00:10:29,396 --> 00:10:32,464 Being like, hey, I think I'm gonna publish this. 267 00:10:32,466 --> 00:10:33,331 And everyone was like, 268 00:10:33,333 --> 00:10:36,034 hey, bro, I don't think this is a good idea 269 00:10:36,036 --> 00:10:36,701 to publish this. 270 00:10:36,703 --> 00:10:38,970 Like, maybe your wife and your seven children 271 00:10:38,972 --> 00:10:41,439 would not love it if you published this. 272 00:10:41,441 --> 00:10:43,174 And Hamilton's like, well, I mean, like, 273 00:10:43,176 --> 00:10:44,609 I got accused of embezzling. 274 00:10:44,611 --> 00:10:46,378 And, like, I can't let that stand. 275 00:10:46,380 --> 00:10:50,248 Maybe the, like, marital infidelity trumps that? 276 00:10:50,250 --> 00:10:51,549 I know it doesn't in your head, 277 00:10:51,551 --> 00:10:54,586 but to everyone else in the world it does. 278 00:10:54,588 --> 00:10:58,323 Um, and he's like, no, I can't let that shit stand. 279 00:10:58,325 --> 00:11:01,126 And Hamilton goes back to James Monroe 280 00:11:01,128 --> 00:11:02,694 and--and now Hamilton's like, 281 00:11:02,696 --> 00:11:04,129 well, it's all out in the open. 282 00:11:04,131 --> 00:11:05,497 um, and if you still wanna settle this, 283 00:11:05,499 --> 00:11:07,532 because I know you're the one who leaked it. 284 00:11:07,534 --> 00:11:08,933 Um, Monroe's like, well, I didn't leak it, 285 00:11:08,935 --> 00:11:12,537 but if you wanna, like, fight, like, let's do this. 286 00:11:13,873 --> 00:11:14,906 And so they meet face to face. 287 00:11:14,908 --> 00:11:17,809 And Monroe goes, all right, you're mad at me 288 00:11:17,811 --> 00:11:19,010 because of this, this, and this. 289 00:11:19,012 --> 00:11:21,279 And Hamilton goes, let's start at the beginning. 290 00:11:21,281 --> 00:11:25,016 And lists, like, the first time they met. [laughs] 291 00:11:25,018 --> 00:11:26,951 He lists the details of the entire meeting, 292 00:11:26,953 --> 00:11:29,354 as Monroe gets more and more impatient. 293 00:11:29,356 --> 00:11:32,724 Monroe's like, I know all this, I know all this. 294 00:11:32,726 --> 00:11:34,359 I know all this. 295 00:11:34,361 --> 00:11:37,529 Hamilton's like, you interrupted me. 296 00:11:37,531 --> 00:11:38,496 I have to start again. 297 00:11:38,498 --> 00:11:39,798 And Monroe's getting angrier and angrier, 298 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:41,099 until they're finally pulled apart. 299 00:11:41,101 --> 00:11:44,369 'Cause they're about to, like, punch each other in the face. 300 00:11:44,371 --> 00:11:47,272 So Monroe goes to his homey, Aaron Burr. 301 00:11:47,274 --> 00:11:50,075 And goes, yo, you know Hamilton, 302 00:11:50,077 --> 00:11:51,176 will you tell him-- 303 00:11:51,178 --> 00:11:54,245 this is so, like, high school gossip. 304 00:11:54,247 --> 00:11:56,247 He goes, will you tell Hamilton 305 00:11:56,249 --> 00:11:59,617 that if he's challenging me to a duel, I accept. 306 00:11:59,619 --> 00:12:03,888 But if he's not, I wasn't challenging him to a duel. 307 00:12:03,890 --> 00:12:07,659 And Burr goes over to Hamilton, like, 308 00:12:07,661 --> 00:12:09,828 James Monroe told me to tell you 309 00:12:09,830 --> 00:12:12,130 that if you're challenging him, he accepts, 310 00:12:12,132 --> 00:12:13,565 but if you weren't challenging him, 311 00:12:13,567 --> 00:12:16,401 he doesn't really wanna go into a duel. 312 00:12:16,403 --> 00:12:18,703 Uh, and Burr squashes the duel. 313 00:12:18,705 --> 00:12:21,172 Burr's like, duels are stupid. 314 00:12:21,174 --> 00:12:24,976 And you both should just, like shut up. 315 00:12:24,978 --> 00:12:25,710 And it's over. 316 00:12:25,712 --> 00:12:28,346 And Hamilton told everyone everything, anyway. 317 00:12:28,348 --> 00:12:30,749 So there's no point in you shooting at each other. 318 00:12:30,751 --> 00:12:31,916 [cell phone beeps] Sorry, I forgot 319 00:12:31,918 --> 00:12:33,151 to put my phone on vibrate. 320 00:12:33,153 --> 00:12:34,452 - Yeah, okay. 321 00:12:34,454 --> 00:12:37,055 - Uh-oh, Questlove's-- - Questlove? 322 00:12:37,057 --> 00:12:37,989 - Texting me. 323 00:12:37,991 --> 00:12:39,424 "You did 'Drunk History'?" 324 00:12:39,426 --> 00:12:41,292 What? How did Questlove find out? 325 00:12:41,294 --> 00:12:42,794 - Oh, here we go. 326 00:12:42,796 --> 00:12:45,263 - Yo! - Questlove! 327 00:12:45,265 --> 00:12:47,332 - Yo! [laughs] 328 00:12:47,334 --> 00:12:48,399 [both laugh] 329 00:12:48,401 --> 00:12:51,302 - Look at this. - This is the best shit ever! 330 00:12:51,304 --> 00:12:53,338 I cannot wait for this episode. 331 00:12:53,340 --> 00:12:55,907 My girl and I got together based on our love 332 00:12:55,909 --> 00:12:56,674 for "Drunk History." 333 00:12:56,676 --> 00:12:58,476 - You see the effect you have? - Well-- 334 00:12:58,478 --> 00:12:59,110 I love you both. 335 00:12:59,112 --> 00:13:02,680 - ♪ History has its eyes on you ♪ 336 00:13:02,682 --> 00:13:04,382 - Yes. - This is awesome! 337 00:13:04,384 --> 00:13:05,583 - Cheers. - Bye, Questo. 338 00:13:05,585 --> 00:13:07,051 - All right, bye. 339 00:13:11,891 --> 00:13:13,691 - How drunk are you? - Very. 340 00:13:13,693 --> 00:13:15,727 - [laughs] - Where are you guys? 341 00:13:15,729 --> 00:13:19,097 What car are you in? What even is happening? 342 00:13:19,099 --> 00:13:21,299 - Yo, film him now. - [laughs] 343 00:13:21,301 --> 00:13:22,267 - We are. - They are. 344 00:13:22,269 --> 00:13:23,434 - Uh, you can't see. - Look. 345 00:13:23,436 --> 00:13:26,671 - Oh, my God. Hey, what's up, ya'll? 346 00:13:26,673 --> 00:13:28,072 [laughs] - I think you're great. 347 00:13:28,074 --> 00:13:30,241 You're my fav--you're my best-- - I am too, man. 348 00:13:30,243 --> 00:13:31,309 both: You're my best friend. 349 00:13:31,311 --> 00:13:32,944 - Say it! Say it. You're my best friend. 350 00:13:32,946 --> 00:13:34,646 - You're my best friend. - [laughs] 351 00:13:34,648 --> 00:13:35,513 - I love you. [laughs] 352 00:13:35,515 --> 00:13:37,515 I love you, Lin! - Long as I got a job, 353 00:13:37,517 --> 00:13:38,550 you got a job, bye. 354 00:13:38,552 --> 00:13:39,884 - Try hard, homey, try hard. 355 00:13:39,886 --> 00:13:42,453 - Long as I got a job, you got a job. 356 00:13:42,455 --> 00:13:43,454 - [laughs] 357 00:13:43,456 --> 00:13:45,723 [both laugh] 358 00:13:49,728 --> 00:13:52,096 - [whispering] I wanna order Dominos. 359 00:13:52,098 --> 00:13:54,699 Um-- 360 00:13:54,701 --> 00:13:55,600 Okay. 361 00:13:55,602 --> 00:13:57,268 So Hamilton and Burr, 362 00:13:57,270 --> 00:13:58,336 they're contemporaries. 363 00:13:58,338 --> 00:13:59,504 And they're colleagues. 364 00:13:59,506 --> 00:14:02,106 And they're friends until they're not. 365 00:14:02,108 --> 00:14:05,543 They're cool until Burr runs against 366 00:14:05,545 --> 00:14:07,612 Hamilton's father-in-law for Senate. 367 00:14:07,614 --> 00:14:09,614 And he wins. And Hamilton's like, 368 00:14:09,616 --> 00:14:11,616 yo, I thought we were friends. 369 00:14:11,618 --> 00:14:12,417 We are friends. 370 00:14:12,419 --> 00:14:14,552 I ran against your father-in-law, he was weak. 371 00:14:14,554 --> 00:14:15,253 And I won. 372 00:14:15,255 --> 00:14:16,988 Like, why can't we still be friends? 373 00:14:16,990 --> 00:14:19,757 'Cause that was my [bleep] father-in-law. 374 00:14:19,759 --> 00:14:23,394 And now we're enemies. 375 00:14:23,396 --> 00:14:25,196 Um, all right. 376 00:14:25,198 --> 00:14:27,065 Let's flash forward. 377 00:14:27,067 --> 00:14:28,266 Burr runs for president 378 00:14:28,268 --> 00:14:31,569 against Hamilton's arch nemesis, Thomas Jefferson. 379 00:14:31,571 --> 00:14:34,639 It was a tie between Jefferson and Burr. 380 00:14:34,641 --> 00:14:35,673 And people went to Hamilton. 381 00:14:35,675 --> 00:14:39,410 And they said, hey, should we vote for Burr or Jefferson? 382 00:14:39,412 --> 00:14:42,080 Hamilton was like, blah, blah, blah, blah 383 00:14:42,082 --> 00:14:43,748 blah, blah, blah, blah--no! 384 00:14:43,750 --> 00:14:46,317 Vote for Jefferson. I disagree with him, 385 00:14:46,319 --> 00:14:47,752 at least he has an ethos. 386 00:14:47,754 --> 00:14:52,290 He said, if pressed, if pressed, 387 00:14:52,292 --> 00:14:53,992 like a juice. - Mm-hmm. 388 00:14:53,994 --> 00:14:56,761 - I don't know what the [bleep] Burr stands for. 389 00:14:56,763 --> 00:14:59,264 And I've known Burr all my life. 390 00:14:59,266 --> 00:15:02,233 And Jefferson wins because of Hamilton. 391 00:15:02,235 --> 00:15:07,672 So Burr's vice president, he doesn't got shit to do. 392 00:15:07,674 --> 00:15:08,706 Like, Thomas Jefferson's like, 393 00:15:08,708 --> 00:15:10,742 I trust you about as far as I can throw you, 394 00:15:10,744 --> 00:15:12,577 and I can't throw things very far. 395 00:15:12,579 --> 00:15:14,812 I have slaves who do that for me. 396 00:15:14,814 --> 00:15:17,248 So Burr is suddenly on the other side 397 00:15:17,250 --> 00:15:19,550 of this brush with greatness. 398 00:15:19,552 --> 00:15:21,052 And he's got nothing. 399 00:15:21,054 --> 00:15:21,819 No one trusts him. 400 00:15:21,821 --> 00:15:23,087 And he looks around and he goes, 401 00:15:23,089 --> 00:15:28,059 why don't I have a career in this country 402 00:15:28,061 --> 00:15:31,029 I helped fight for and die for and-- 403 00:15:31,031 --> 00:15:32,030 He didn't die for it, but-- 404 00:15:32,032 --> 00:15:35,633 Like, I helped build this thing, and why am I-- 405 00:15:35,635 --> 00:15:37,268 Why is my political career over? 406 00:15:37,270 --> 00:15:40,538 And he looks around and the only answer he has is Hamilton. 407 00:15:40,540 --> 00:15:44,943 Hamilton talked shit about Burr all the time. 408 00:15:44,945 --> 00:15:48,246 So Burr writes a letter to Hamilton. 409 00:15:48,248 --> 00:15:51,683 Dear Alexander Hamilton, mother[bleep]. 410 00:15:51,685 --> 00:15:53,251 Hamilton responds with, 411 00:15:53,253 --> 00:15:54,953 Burr, mother[bleep]. 412 00:15:54,955 --> 00:15:59,624 Burr: mother[bleep]. Apologize for what you said, 413 00:15:59,626 --> 00:16:02,160 or meet me on the field for combat. 414 00:16:02,162 --> 00:16:05,763 Hamilton: I don't want it to go down like this. 415 00:16:05,765 --> 00:16:06,597 I really don't. 416 00:16:06,599 --> 00:16:08,533 But I can't apologize for what I said, 417 00:16:08,535 --> 00:16:10,501 so I guess I'll see you there. 418 00:16:10,503 --> 00:16:12,437 - Again, this feels like high school. 419 00:16:12,439 --> 00:16:14,672 - Totally high school. 420 00:16:14,674 --> 00:16:16,541 Well, you know what? Here's an interesting story 421 00:16:16,543 --> 00:16:19,310 that we haven't talked about yet. 422 00:16:19,312 --> 00:16:21,612 A couple of days before the final duel, 423 00:16:21,614 --> 00:16:23,848 Hamilton and Burr are at the same party. 424 00:16:23,850 --> 00:16:27,952 And by all accounts, Burr was sulking in the corner 425 00:16:27,954 --> 00:16:31,022 and Hamilton was standing on the bar, 426 00:16:31,024 --> 00:16:33,691 leading his friends in a song. 427 00:16:33,693 --> 00:16:34,926 - And the song was? 428 00:16:34,928 --> 00:16:36,861 - I don't know. - Right, we don't know. 429 00:16:36,863 --> 00:16:39,797 Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. 430 00:16:39,799 --> 00:16:44,402 both: ♪ I know who I want to take me home ♪ 431 00:16:44,404 --> 00:16:45,737 - That was my graduation song. 432 00:16:45,739 --> 00:16:48,373 Like, I remember, thinking, like, man-- 433 00:16:48,375 --> 00:16:49,173 You know-- [plays piano] 434 00:16:49,175 --> 00:16:51,376 It's a metaphor for everything. - Yeah. 435 00:16:51,378 --> 00:16:51,943 [laughs] 436 00:16:51,945 --> 00:16:55,079 And this is the last night, guys. 437 00:16:55,081 --> 00:16:56,581 The last night. 438 00:16:59,318 --> 00:17:03,521 both: ♪ I know who I want to take me home ♪ 439 00:17:03,523 --> 00:17:07,725 ♪ I know who I want to take me home ♪ 440 00:17:07,727 --> 00:17:09,660 - ♪ With me ♪ - ♪ I know who ♪ 441 00:17:09,662 --> 00:17:12,497 both: ♪ I want to take me home ♪ 442 00:17:12,499 --> 00:17:14,198 ♪ Take me home ♪ 443 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:18,836 - ♪ My new born ♪ - ♪ New boy ♪ 444 00:17:18,838 --> 00:17:26,778 [both laugh] 445 00:17:26,780 --> 00:17:29,213 - [laughs] So-- where was I? 446 00:17:29,215 --> 00:17:30,615 - We're gonna duel it out. 447 00:17:30,617 --> 00:17:34,352 - 1804, four, four, four, four. 448 00:17:34,354 --> 00:17:36,888 So we're here. We're on the grounds at Weehawken. 449 00:17:36,890 --> 00:17:40,291 From Burr's perspective, there's no reason to think 450 00:17:40,293 --> 00:17:42,126 Hamilton won't fire at him. 451 00:17:42,128 --> 00:17:43,394 Hamilton shows up wearing glasses. 452 00:17:43,396 --> 00:17:47,465 Hamilton is checking out his gun pretty intently. 453 00:17:47,467 --> 00:17:50,435 Burr's like, this mother[bleep] right here 454 00:17:50,437 --> 00:17:51,769 talked shit about me my whole career. 455 00:17:51,771 --> 00:17:53,905 Basically stopped me from being elected 456 00:17:53,907 --> 00:17:55,373 President of the United States. 457 00:17:55,375 --> 00:17:57,275 This guy has opposed me at every turn. 458 00:17:57,277 --> 00:18:00,244 When I look back at my career, he's the one in the way. 459 00:18:00,246 --> 00:18:02,280 He's got his [bleep] glasses on. 460 00:18:02,282 --> 00:18:06,017 This guy is checking out his gun pretty intently. 461 00:18:06,019 --> 00:18:08,019 This mother[bleep] is gonna kill me 462 00:18:08,021 --> 00:18:10,588 if I don't kill him first. 463 00:18:10,590 --> 00:18:15,359 So, um, they get to that moment. 464 00:18:15,361 --> 00:18:17,662 They meet. 465 00:18:17,664 --> 00:18:20,431 They count their paces. 466 00:18:20,433 --> 00:18:21,532 They turn and fire. 467 00:18:21,534 --> 00:18:25,036 Burr aims forward, Hamilton aims up. 468 00:18:25,038 --> 00:18:29,140 Burr's bullet strikes Hamilton right between his ribs. 469 00:18:32,211 --> 00:18:35,213 The first thing that happened was Burr rushed over 470 00:18:35,215 --> 00:18:36,581 to talk to Hamilton. 471 00:18:36,583 --> 00:18:37,849 And his second held him back. 472 00:18:37,851 --> 00:18:39,884 No, I have to go talk to Hamilton. 473 00:18:39,886 --> 00:18:41,719 And his second is like, no, no, no. 474 00:18:41,721 --> 00:18:45,556 You forfeit the right to talk to Hamilton when you shot him. 475 00:18:45,558 --> 00:18:46,657 You gotta get back to New York. 476 00:18:46,659 --> 00:18:49,527 You gotta get, like, away from the scene 477 00:18:49,529 --> 00:18:51,562 as quickly as possible. 478 00:18:55,634 --> 00:18:58,136 Hamilton gets rowed back across the river. 479 00:18:58,138 --> 00:19:02,907 He gets taken to a doctor's office on Maiden Lane. 480 00:19:02,909 --> 00:19:07,044 And Hamilton dies the next day. 481 00:19:07,046 --> 00:19:07,912 But here's the thing: 482 00:19:07,914 --> 00:19:11,549 Hamilton writes letters before the final duel. 483 00:19:11,551 --> 00:19:14,185 In his last act of political-- 484 00:19:14,187 --> 00:19:18,022 I don't know if it's genius or [bleep] you-itiveness. 485 00:19:18,024 --> 00:19:19,323 He damns Burr for life. 486 00:19:19,325 --> 00:19:21,659 He wrote a bunch of [bleep] letters, saying, 487 00:19:21,661 --> 00:19:23,561 listen, I have to go to this duel with Aaron Burr, 488 00:19:23,563 --> 00:19:26,664 but I want you to know that I'm a good Christian. 489 00:19:26,666 --> 00:19:28,833 I'm not gonna fire on him. 490 00:19:28,835 --> 00:19:31,235 I'm gonna waste my shot in the air. 491 00:19:31,237 --> 00:19:32,570 I never meant to kill Burr, 492 00:19:32,572 --> 00:19:37,942 and if Burr killed me, he's the asshole. [laughs] 493 00:19:37,944 --> 00:19:40,444 And so history's eyes turn on Burr. 494 00:19:40,446 --> 00:19:44,215 Whether Hamilton lived or died, he won the duel. 495 00:19:44,217 --> 00:19:46,284 And so, Hamilton wins. 496 00:19:46,286 --> 00:19:48,786 He wins in a, "200 years later, 497 00:19:48,788 --> 00:19:53,090 they're writing musicals where I'm a martyr" type way. 498 00:19:54,459 --> 00:19:57,595 And so Burr's the monster. 499 00:19:57,597 --> 00:19:59,130 And what's ironic about that 500 00:19:59,132 --> 00:20:01,699 is Burr was never the monster. - Never. 501 00:20:01,701 --> 00:20:03,868 - Burr was the cautious mother[bleep] 502 00:20:03,870 --> 00:20:05,870 who never let his opinion be known. 503 00:20:05,872 --> 00:20:07,605 And Hamilton was the reckless mother[bleep] 504 00:20:07,607 --> 00:20:10,174 who let his opinion be known about everything. 505 00:20:10,176 --> 00:20:13,945 And in the one moment where it counted most, 506 00:20:13,947 --> 00:20:18,950 Hamilton was cautious and Burr was reckless. 507 00:20:18,952 --> 00:20:19,550 Oh. 508 00:20:19,552 --> 00:20:23,988 And that defined their legacies forever. 509 00:20:23,990 --> 00:20:27,091 It's [bleep] up. - It's really [bleep] up. 510 00:20:27,093 --> 00:20:29,360 Mm-hmm. - Um-- 511 00:20:32,631 --> 00:20:34,265 [laughs] 512 00:20:34,267 --> 00:20:35,233 Right-- 513 00:20:35,235 --> 00:20:36,167 [chuckles] 514 00:20:36,169 --> 00:20:37,235 - Ready-- - So what do I have to do 515 00:20:37,237 --> 00:20:38,903 to get a part in this movie? [laughs] 516 00:20:38,905 --> 00:20:40,871 - You already got it. 517 00:20:40,873 --> 00:20:48,079 ♪ ♪ 518 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:10,601 - Our founding fathers drank all the time 519 00:21:10,603 --> 00:21:14,405 because beer was more reliable than water 520 00:21:14,407 --> 00:21:18,209 as a source of [bleep] liquid. 521 00:21:18,211 --> 00:21:19,277 - Right. 522 00:21:19,279 --> 00:21:20,978 Just you wait. 523 00:21:20,980 --> 00:21:21,011 - [laughs]