1 00:00:00,039 --> 00:00:02,174 Previously on "Turn: Washington's Spies..." 2 00:00:02,276 --> 00:00:04,109 Congress still refuses to pay me. 3 00:00:04,211 --> 00:00:06,144 John, Andre's coming here. 4 00:00:06,247 --> 00:00:07,980 In exchange for 20,000 pounds, 5 00:00:08,082 --> 00:00:11,417 I shall transfer to you the plans for West Point. 6 00:00:11,519 --> 00:00:13,386 Arnold's a traitor, sir. 7 00:00:14,489 --> 00:00:16,153 Andre has been captured. Will they hang him? 8 00:00:16,256 --> 00:00:19,323 They'll hang us. I must flee, now. 9 00:00:21,361 --> 00:00:23,127 Row. 10 00:00:23,229 --> 00:00:25,663 If I don't stand up to Simcoe, who will? 11 00:00:28,602 --> 00:00:30,211 Get a rope. 12 00:00:39,644 --> 00:00:42,441 The accused, Nathan Hale, 13 00:00:42,476 --> 00:00:44,968 having been found guilty of espionage 14 00:00:45,016 --> 00:00:48,985 and treasonous conspiracy against His Majesty King George III, 15 00:00:49,020 --> 00:00:52,120 shall hereby be executed as a spy 16 00:00:52,155 --> 00:00:56,858 on this day the 22nd of October, 1776. 17 00:00:58,028 --> 00:01:00,362 If the condemned has any last words, 18 00:01:00,397 --> 00:01:02,449 let him speak them now. 19 00:01:03,933 --> 00:01:05,333 I only regret 20 00:01:05,802 --> 00:01:09,203 that I have but one life to lose for my country. 21 00:01:34,629 --> 00:01:35,828 Wait there! 22 00:01:35,863 --> 00:01:38,031 Come here. 23 00:01:55,315 --> 00:01:56,814 Stop! 24 00:01:56,850 --> 00:01:59,250 Stop! What is this madness? 25 00:01:59,285 --> 00:02:02,853 This fiend just raided the garrison and assaulted an officer. 26 00:02:02,888 --> 00:02:04,088 Me. 27 00:02:04,123 --> 00:02:05,756 This is murder. 28 00:02:05,791 --> 00:02:08,225 Stand back, old man, or I'll see you up this tree as well. 29 00:02:08,261 --> 00:02:10,428 I am magistrate of this town, Captain, 30 00:02:10,463 --> 00:02:14,131 charged with upholding the rights of the king's subjects. 31 00:02:14,167 --> 00:02:17,333 And those rights state that no man 32 00:02:17,369 --> 00:02:19,969 shall be condemned without trial. 33 00:02:22,374 --> 00:02:24,006 Falkoff. 34 00:02:30,082 --> 00:02:33,748 Justice may only be delivered by the just. 35 00:02:33,784 --> 00:02:36,351 Perhaps what this town needs is a new magistrate. 36 00:02:36,387 --> 00:02:38,420 I stand only for the law, nothing more. 37 00:02:38,456 --> 00:02:40,922 If my son has committed crimes, let him stand trial for them. 38 00:02:40,958 --> 00:02:43,658 - A trial where you sit as judge? - No. 39 00:02:43,694 --> 00:02:47,296 If the crimes are committed against army persons or property, 40 00:02:47,331 --> 00:02:49,530 then the case falls to martial law 41 00:02:49,566 --> 00:02:51,732 and the highest ranking military officer will sit. 42 00:02:51,767 --> 00:02:54,969 But as this case involves colonists, 43 00:02:55,004 --> 00:02:57,271 you would be obliged to prosecute for the Crown. 44 00:02:57,307 --> 00:02:59,574 Isn't that correct, Magistrate? 45 00:03:00,710 --> 00:03:03,711 You're damn right it is. 46 00:03:06,915 --> 00:03:09,649 Put the prisoner in the stockade. 47 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:14,254 And construct a gallows up there on the hill 48 00:03:14,289 --> 00:03:16,289 for one where the last one stood. 49 00:03:16,325 --> 00:03:19,659 I want it built to exact military specifications. 50 00:03:22,998 --> 00:03:24,963 We're going to do this properly. 51 00:04:10,595 --> 00:04:15,251 Synced & corrected by -robtor- www.addic7ed.com 52 00:04:24,925 --> 00:04:28,261 Attention! 53 00:04:28,296 --> 00:04:30,095 Fall in! 54 00:04:31,566 --> 00:04:33,266 Fall in! 55 00:04:41,208 --> 00:04:44,976 Colonel Hamilton, dispatch from one of our gunboats. 56 00:05:08,201 --> 00:05:09,466 You have drawings of me, 57 00:05:09,502 --> 00:05:11,467 but I have nothing to remember you by. 58 00:05:16,733 --> 00:05:19,534 - Arnold has made good on his escape. - Damn it! 59 00:05:19,570 --> 00:05:21,470 He boarded the Vulture, which sailed off 60 00:05:21,505 --> 00:05:23,204 before our guard boats could arrive. 61 00:05:23,239 --> 00:05:25,306 He sent these ashore first. 62 00:05:29,879 --> 00:05:31,812 We must secure West Point. 63 00:05:31,848 --> 00:05:34,949 Nathaniel Greene will assume command of the fort, effective immediately. 64 00:05:34,984 --> 00:05:37,651 Have Colonel Jameson and David Franks arrested 65 00:05:37,687 --> 00:05:40,621 and transport Major André to the main army away from potential rescue. 66 00:05:40,656 --> 00:05:41,822 Yes, sir. 67 00:05:42,592 --> 00:05:45,458 We must endeavor to keep this quiet. 68 00:05:45,494 --> 00:05:48,928 Your Excellency, I'm afraid that may prove difficult. 69 00:05:58,874 --> 00:06:02,007 Who are you? Where is he? 70 00:06:02,743 --> 00:06:04,442 Where is who? 71 00:06:04,478 --> 00:06:06,151 My husband. 72 00:06:06,714 --> 00:06:08,614 He's gone. 73 00:06:09,069 --> 00:06:10,115 Gone! 74 00:06:10,150 --> 00:06:12,784 - Yes, we know, madam. - He's gone forever. 75 00:06:12,820 --> 00:06:15,079 He's there. He's there. 76 00:06:15,556 --> 00:06:17,188 The spirits have taken him up there. 77 00:06:17,224 --> 00:06:18,471 They have... 78 00:06:18,507 --> 00:06:22,159 oh, they have put hot irons in his head. 79 00:06:22,194 --> 00:06:24,862 - Mrs. Arnold, just... - Oh, they've... 80 00:06:24,898 --> 00:06:26,564 oh, they've... 81 00:06:26,599 --> 00:06:28,699 they've... they have put them on me. 82 00:06:28,735 --> 00:06:30,555 Oh, they have put... oh, they have put them on me! 83 00:06:30,580 --> 00:06:31,168 Madam! Madam! 84 00:06:31,203 --> 00:06:33,871 - They have put them on me! - It's all right, madam. It's all right. 85 00:06:33,907 --> 00:06:35,205 To the bed. To the bed. 86 00:06:35,241 --> 00:06:37,340 - Only Washington can take them away. - Shh. 87 00:06:37,375 --> 00:06:40,410 - Only Washington! - I'm here. 88 00:06:40,445 --> 00:06:43,914 No, you are not Washington. 89 00:06:43,949 --> 00:06:46,049 You are the man in the fire. 90 00:06:46,084 --> 00:06:48,852 - She's in hysterics. - In the ceiling! 91 00:06:48,887 --> 00:06:50,687 - Fetch the doctor. - Benedict! 92 00:06:50,722 --> 00:06:54,256 Benedict! 93 00:07:02,366 --> 00:07:04,851 Reading up on martial law, are we? 94 00:07:05,269 --> 00:07:07,768 I hope you don't mind if I sup while you prepare your case. 95 00:07:08,105 --> 00:07:09,483 I do mind. 96 00:07:10,707 --> 00:07:12,259 But it's not a problem. 97 00:07:12,809 --> 00:07:14,508 I will repair to my study. 98 00:07:14,544 --> 00:07:16,083 You mean my office? 99 00:07:16,546 --> 00:07:17,979 I'd rather you not. 100 00:07:18,014 --> 00:07:21,049 Captain, the lady wants a word with you. 101 00:07:21,084 --> 00:07:22,476 By all means, let her come down. 102 00:07:22,986 --> 00:07:25,753 He already has, but he couldn't explain to me 103 00:07:25,789 --> 00:07:28,354 why it was necessary I be imprisoned in my room. 104 00:07:28,390 --> 00:07:29,656 Well, ask your father-in-law. 105 00:07:29,692 --> 00:07:32,258 It was he who requested you be confined to quarters. 106 00:07:32,294 --> 00:07:33,927 I'm merely honoring his request. 107 00:07:33,963 --> 00:07:36,296 You are sequestered, not imprisoned. 108 00:07:36,331 --> 00:07:38,465 I plan to call on you as a witness. 109 00:07:38,500 --> 00:07:39,967 To testify against Abraham? 110 00:07:40,002 --> 00:07:41,434 To testify to the truth. 111 00:07:42,603 --> 00:07:44,971 What gives you the right to judge... 112 00:07:45,006 --> 00:07:46,492 His Majesty the King. 113 00:07:46,908 --> 00:07:49,575 And his right is given him by Almighty God. 114 00:07:51,913 --> 00:07:53,534 God will judge you. 115 00:07:53,915 --> 00:07:56,082 Actually, he's just prosecuting the case. 116 00:07:56,117 --> 00:07:57,917 Wakefield will serve as judge 117 00:07:57,952 --> 00:08:00,375 as he is Royal Army and I am mere Ranger. 118 00:08:00,854 --> 00:08:03,014 And witness, too, I hope. 119 00:08:03,924 --> 00:08:05,824 And who will stand for Abraham? 120 00:08:05,859 --> 00:08:07,325 Who will defend him? 121 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:10,028 Abraham has elected to stand for himself. 122 00:08:27,980 --> 00:08:30,313 The plan was to lead the invasion force 123 00:08:30,349 --> 00:08:33,383 around to the rear of Fort Putnam and overwhelm the garrison. 124 00:08:33,418 --> 00:08:35,284 General Arnold would send for reinforcements 125 00:08:35,319 --> 00:08:37,253 and then surrender before they could arrive. 126 00:08:37,288 --> 00:08:39,088 I would assume control of West Point 127 00:08:39,124 --> 00:08:41,791 while General Arnold would wait to surprise the reinforcements 128 00:08:41,826 --> 00:08:43,151 led by you, sir. 129 00:08:43,528 --> 00:08:46,863 When did the correspondence begin between yourself and General Arnold? 130 00:08:47,348 --> 00:08:49,632 The first inquiry was in September 131 00:08:49,668 --> 00:08:52,167 and done through Arnold's contacts on the black market. 132 00:08:52,601 --> 00:08:53,802 Smugglers, as they are, 133 00:08:53,837 --> 00:08:55,704 pledge true allegiance to coin. 134 00:08:56,031 --> 00:08:58,774 I don't know how much Arnold paid the fellow to drop a letter through my door, 135 00:08:58,809 --> 00:09:01,840 but it must have been enough that he didn't break the seal and read it. 136 00:09:04,314 --> 00:09:05,511 And he acted alone? 137 00:09:06,378 --> 00:09:07,749 Far as I know, yes, sir. 138 00:09:08,024 --> 00:09:10,885 I don't believe that his aide-de-camp was aware of our conspiracy 139 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:13,120 nor poor Colonel Jameson. 140 00:09:13,156 --> 00:09:14,822 Or Arnold's family, for that matter. 141 00:09:15,228 --> 00:09:18,759 Yes, I received a letter from Arnold saying as much. 142 00:09:18,795 --> 00:09:21,328 In it he asks mercy for his poor wife 143 00:09:21,363 --> 00:09:24,631 whom he abandoned and begs that she be spared 144 00:09:24,667 --> 00:09:27,133 the mistaken vengeance of her country. 145 00:09:29,571 --> 00:09:33,472 I have made it known that it would be exceedingly painful to me 146 00:09:33,508 --> 00:09:36,810 if Mrs. Arnold were not to be treated with the greatest kindness. 147 00:09:36,845 --> 00:09:39,734 He betrayed her as much as his country. 148 00:09:40,215 --> 00:09:42,281 I wish it were not so that the innocent 149 00:09:42,317 --> 00:09:44,282 often suffer most in war. 150 00:09:47,922 --> 00:09:50,388 Are there any other questions I might answer, sir? 151 00:09:51,013 --> 00:09:53,959 Sir, regarding sources and contacts... 152 00:09:53,994 --> 00:09:55,468 Not today. 153 00:10:02,368 --> 00:10:04,501 Then may I trouble you for a request, sir? 154 00:10:04,537 --> 00:10:05,384 Of course. 155 00:10:05,409 --> 00:10:08,072 May my servant be cleared to visit from New York 156 00:10:08,108 --> 00:10:10,507 and bring with her a fresh uniform 157 00:10:10,543 --> 00:10:13,510 so that I may stand trial properly as a soldier? 158 00:10:14,332 --> 00:10:16,147 Colonel Hamilton will see to it. 159 00:10:17,415 --> 00:10:18,508 Thank you, sir. 160 00:10:20,352 --> 00:10:22,786 I fully expect the tribunal to find me guilty 161 00:10:22,821 --> 00:10:24,390 and to recommend my execution. 162 00:10:24,857 --> 00:10:26,689 I beg of you to allow that sentence 163 00:10:26,725 --> 00:10:29,259 to be carried out by firing line rather than the gallows. 164 00:10:29,294 --> 00:10:31,527 One is a fate befitting an officer 165 00:10:31,563 --> 00:10:33,130 and the other is meant for a spy. 166 00:10:33,573 --> 00:10:36,232 I am an officer dedicated to service 167 00:10:36,267 --> 00:10:39,401 and stained with no action that can give me cause for remorse. 168 00:10:40,671 --> 00:10:43,239 I wish the mode of my death to reflect this. 169 00:10:45,777 --> 00:10:47,509 I will consider it. 170 00:10:49,747 --> 00:10:51,143 Thank you, sir. 171 00:11:05,572 --> 00:11:08,206 - Major André isn't home. - We are aware. 172 00:11:09,057 --> 00:11:11,676 This place as good as any for your lodgings 173 00:11:11,711 --> 00:11:14,044 until we've determined what's to be done with you. 174 00:11:14,780 --> 00:11:16,448 I do not require comfort, sir, 175 00:11:16,482 --> 00:11:18,882 only the opportunity for service. 176 00:11:19,329 --> 00:11:21,285 As soon as I'm provided with uniform and regiment, 177 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:23,134 I will deliver upon my promise. 178 00:11:24,409 --> 00:11:26,156 May I inquire as to my new rank? 179 00:11:26,190 --> 00:11:27,723 No, you may not. 180 00:11:27,758 --> 00:11:30,759 Sir, will Major André be returning home soon? 181 00:11:30,794 --> 00:11:32,693 Major André has been captured by the enemy. 182 00:11:32,729 --> 00:11:34,729 Efforts are underway to secure his return. 183 00:11:34,764 --> 00:11:36,331 Allow me to lead those efforts, sir. 184 00:11:36,366 --> 00:11:38,500 Washington's army is vulnerable. I know their weaknesses. 185 00:11:38,535 --> 00:11:40,335 I can redraw the fortifications at West Point. 186 00:11:40,370 --> 00:11:42,637 It's likely he's been moved by now. 187 00:11:42,672 --> 00:11:46,341 And the defenses strengthened in the wake of your defection. 188 00:11:47,355 --> 00:11:48,276 Sir. 189 00:11:48,310 --> 00:11:50,177 We've received a dispatch from General Washington. 190 00:11:50,212 --> 00:11:53,313 - I rode first to your headquarters... - Yes, yes, hand it over, lad. 191 00:11:55,117 --> 00:11:57,651 - What are you doing? - Completing my rounds, sir. 192 00:11:57,686 --> 00:12:00,287 I collect Major André's correspondence each day. 193 00:12:00,322 --> 00:12:01,995 Anything for me? 194 00:12:03,207 --> 00:12:04,991 - Well, I... - Sort through. 195 00:12:05,027 --> 00:12:07,393 See if there is post intended for me 196 00:12:07,428 --> 00:12:09,662 since I am standing right here. 197 00:12:11,566 --> 00:12:14,267 Just cut through the red tape, man. 198 00:12:24,161 --> 00:12:25,928 He's going to try André as a spy. 199 00:12:25,964 --> 00:12:28,030 That's absurd. He is an officer. 200 00:12:29,033 --> 00:12:30,507 He proposes an exchange. 201 00:12:30,543 --> 00:12:31,664 For prisoners? 202 00:12:32,688 --> 00:12:33,800 For you. 203 00:12:34,138 --> 00:12:38,173 He writes since you are the author of this mischief, 204 00:12:38,209 --> 00:12:41,275 you ought more properly to be the victim. 205 00:12:41,311 --> 00:12:44,813 Well, that is... that... this will not stand. 206 00:12:44,848 --> 00:12:46,347 We will not stand for this. 207 00:12:46,383 --> 00:12:49,150 I will draft a personal response to this attack. 208 00:12:49,185 --> 00:12:51,887 There is nothing for you, sir. 209 00:13:05,267 --> 00:13:06,867 "To General Clinton, 210 00:13:06,903 --> 00:13:10,203 I can conclusively report that Agent Culper 211 00:13:10,239 --> 00:13:13,140 is Abraham Woodhull of Setauket." 212 00:13:24,953 --> 00:13:27,059 Who is Abraham Woodhull? 213 00:13:27,862 --> 00:13:30,056 Some assembled here may know him 214 00:13:30,091 --> 00:13:31,767 as a friend, a Christian, 215 00:13:32,259 --> 00:13:34,159 an adulterer, a criminal, 216 00:13:34,194 --> 00:13:37,162 a husband or a son. 217 00:13:37,932 --> 00:13:39,799 Or you may not know him at all. 218 00:13:40,100 --> 00:13:42,233 I will show that Abraham Woodhull 219 00:13:42,269 --> 00:13:45,037 committed crimes against the Crown. 220 00:13:45,072 --> 00:13:48,042 First, by the attempted theft of army property. 221 00:13:48,078 --> 00:13:51,208 Second, by conspiracy to commit insurrection. 222 00:13:51,243 --> 00:13:54,344 And third, by the assault of an officer. 223 00:14:00,319 --> 00:14:02,150 Abraham Woodhull, 224 00:14:02,989 --> 00:14:04,766 you have heard the charges against you. 225 00:14:05,256 --> 00:14:06,856 How do you plead? 226 00:14:14,132 --> 00:14:16,499 The prisoner stands mute. 227 00:14:19,437 --> 00:14:22,738 The, uh... the Crown calls Elias Appleby 228 00:14:22,773 --> 00:14:23,962 as its first witness. 229 00:14:24,875 --> 00:14:27,715 He meant to get the guns that were taken from us. 230 00:14:30,152 --> 00:14:33,020 That we turned over. 231 00:14:33,250 --> 00:14:34,867 Did he say how he pnned to do this? 232 00:14:35,152 --> 00:14:36,485 No, sir. 233 00:14:38,589 --> 00:14:39,827 Your witness. 234 00:14:49,899 --> 00:14:51,899 Thank you, Mr. Appleby. 235 00:14:53,770 --> 00:14:56,970 The Crown calls Jeremiah Scroggins. 236 00:14:57,006 --> 00:14:58,905 I remember him saying, 237 00:14:58,941 --> 00:15:01,574 "Without gunpowder, there is no freedom." 238 00:15:01,610 --> 00:15:04,711 And what was his temperament 239 00:15:04,747 --> 00:15:06,479 when he uttered this venom? 240 00:15:06,515 --> 00:15:09,816 He was vicious, nearly foaming at the mouth. 241 00:15:09,852 --> 00:15:11,551 If the firelocks had been loaded, 242 00:15:11,586 --> 00:15:13,218 I fear I wouldn't be sitting here today. 243 00:15:13,254 --> 00:15:14,319 And what happened then? 244 00:15:14,355 --> 00:15:16,355 I informed him he was under arrest 245 00:15:16,390 --> 00:15:18,457 and requested he surrender peacefully. 246 00:15:18,492 --> 00:15:21,360 He answered with a fist aimed at my wounded ear. 247 00:15:21,395 --> 00:15:23,328 - It hurt very badly. - And that will be all. 248 00:15:23,353 --> 00:15:25,131 Captain Simcoe. 249 00:15:26,924 --> 00:15:29,001 On the 23rd of May, 1777, 250 00:15:29,037 --> 00:15:31,670 a musket round was fired at Judge Woodhull on his property. 251 00:15:31,705 --> 00:15:33,371 The bullet nearly killed him. 252 00:15:33,406 --> 00:15:35,674 Did you order Corporal Eastin to fire that shot? 253 00:15:38,078 --> 00:15:42,047 The prisoner will restrict his interview to this case. 254 00:15:42,082 --> 00:15:45,150 More recent, then. Do you deny torching Appleby's barn and livestock 255 00:15:45,185 --> 00:15:48,285 along with Herman Weaver's cordwood and Jonas Gullet's hayfield? 256 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:50,154 Your Honor! 257 00:15:50,189 --> 00:15:51,822 The prisoner may present evidence of the truth. 258 00:15:51,857 --> 00:15:53,557 The truth of the matter. 259 00:15:53,592 --> 00:15:56,493 The matter being the charges brought against you here. 260 00:15:56,528 --> 00:15:59,897 If you wish to present names, make them of your coconspirators. 261 00:16:02,401 --> 00:16:05,026 The prisoner may present evidence of the truth. 262 00:16:06,071 --> 00:16:08,671 Surely this must herald the end, don't you think? 263 00:16:08,707 --> 00:16:10,272 The end? The end of what? 264 00:16:10,308 --> 00:16:11,643 The bloody rebellion, Jonathan. 265 00:16:11,678 --> 00:16:12,745 The bloody... 266 00:16:13,182 --> 00:16:15,945 Benedict Arnold tries to nab 3,000 Yanks 267 00:16:15,980 --> 00:16:18,068 and comes over with two bargemen. 268 00:16:18,917 --> 00:16:21,249 He's a rat who didn't get the cheese. 269 00:16:21,284 --> 00:16:24,019 The ship must be near sinking when the rats are leaving it. 270 00:16:24,054 --> 00:16:26,588 - Don't you agree, Townsend? - Absolutely. 271 00:16:26,623 --> 00:16:29,191 - Here's what I know... - Yeah. 272 00:16:35,044 --> 00:16:37,077 - Robert! - Father. 273 00:16:37,434 --> 00:16:39,666 Didn't know you were coming. 274 00:16:39,702 --> 00:16:42,069 Haven't heard from you in quite some time. 275 00:16:43,639 --> 00:16:46,397 Well, I thought we might have a word in private. 276 00:16:46,809 --> 00:16:48,776 Really? About what? 277 00:16:49,317 --> 00:16:51,212 You know what. 278 00:17:01,556 --> 00:17:02,661 Do you know that man? 279 00:17:14,334 --> 00:17:16,811 Go see what that was about, yes? 280 00:17:17,355 --> 00:17:19,655 You truly are a glutton for punishment. 281 00:17:20,307 --> 00:17:22,607 - Robert. - After everything they did? 282 00:17:22,643 --> 00:17:26,578 For the cause, we shall freely give up our bodies for sacrifice. 283 00:17:27,648 --> 00:17:29,847 This is not about them, Robert. 284 00:17:29,883 --> 00:17:32,349 It's about something greater than them and us. 285 00:17:39,458 --> 00:17:44,128 Lord, lettest thou thy servants depart in peace. 286 00:17:46,364 --> 00:17:48,431 We have sacrificed enough, Father. 287 00:17:50,535 --> 00:17:51,785 He knows that. 288 00:17:52,704 --> 00:17:54,337 Townsend. 289 00:17:54,372 --> 00:17:56,606 Come break your vow and have some rum. 290 00:17:56,641 --> 00:17:58,741 I think I will. 291 00:18:08,857 --> 00:18:10,431 It should come as no surprise 292 00:18:10,466 --> 00:18:12,271 that in light of General Arnold's defection, 293 00:18:12,521 --> 00:18:15,322 the future of our cause lies in peril. 294 00:18:15,358 --> 00:18:18,259 As I assess the true strength of our army, 295 00:18:18,294 --> 00:18:20,761 I must reassess our chains of intelligence. 296 00:18:20,796 --> 00:18:23,097 Yes, sir. General Arnold 297 00:18:23,132 --> 00:18:25,799 is undoubtedly aware of the alias Culper, 298 00:18:25,834 --> 00:18:29,302 though he does not know his true name or location. 299 00:18:29,337 --> 00:18:31,371 We have no reason to believe that he even suspects 300 00:18:31,406 --> 00:18:33,273 the presence of Culper Jr., though he does know 301 00:18:33,308 --> 00:18:35,408 that our chain extends as far as New York. 302 00:18:35,443 --> 00:18:37,810 Does it still? Lieutenant Brewster? 303 00:18:37,845 --> 00:18:40,546 We ain't heard from Culper Jr. since he warned us about Tryon. 304 00:18:40,581 --> 00:18:42,615 I did tell him that our door was still open 305 00:18:42,650 --> 00:18:44,150 and he alone had the key. 306 00:18:44,185 --> 00:18:45,418 Place an ad in the "Gazette" 307 00:18:45,453 --> 00:18:46,919 and I'll come rowing out to you. 308 00:18:46,954 --> 00:18:48,387 Do you think he will? 309 00:18:48,422 --> 00:18:51,656 Well, if I had to place a wager on it, sir, no, I don't. 310 00:18:51,691 --> 00:18:53,130 What about 355? 311 00:18:53,961 --> 00:18:56,161 Since the capture of Major André, 312 00:18:56,196 --> 00:18:59,998 I do not think we can expect any new discovery from Abigail. 313 00:19:00,915 --> 00:19:03,034 Major Tallmadge has informed me 314 00:19:03,069 --> 00:19:06,884 that André has requested his servant bring his uniform from New York. 315 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:11,409 I humbly submit that if Abigail is allowed to cross the lines, 316 00:19:11,444 --> 00:19:14,511 we should secure for her the emancipation 317 00:19:14,547 --> 00:19:16,513 she was promised in Setauket. 318 00:19:16,549 --> 00:19:20,350 It's the least we can do to show our gratitude for her service in our cause. 319 00:19:20,385 --> 00:19:23,153 But would her deed then be transferred to another royal officer? 320 00:19:23,188 --> 00:19:26,056 I mean, perhaps we can establish a new channel between her and Culper. 321 00:19:26,091 --> 00:19:28,358 - We need to bring Culper in as well. - Yeah. 322 00:19:28,393 --> 00:19:30,526 It's not safe for him, sir. There are so many eyes on him now. 323 00:19:30,562 --> 00:19:33,763 A mistake for me to cut him from the chain, but he must remain there. 324 00:19:33,798 --> 00:19:36,766 So you would spare André, but not Abe? 325 00:19:38,869 --> 00:19:42,938 Colonel Hamilton told me about your offer to exchange André for Arnold. 326 00:19:42,974 --> 00:19:44,673 Arnold is a traitor. 327 00:19:44,708 --> 00:19:46,541 André was merely doing his duty. 328 00:19:46,577 --> 00:19:48,877 I would trade a thousand Andrés for Arnold. 329 00:19:48,912 --> 00:19:51,180 Nathan Hale was doing his duty, sir, 330 00:19:51,215 --> 00:19:52,514 and they hanged him as a spy. 331 00:19:52,549 --> 00:19:54,949 Hale? Hale was captain in our militia. 332 00:19:54,985 --> 00:19:58,519 André is Adjutant General of the British Army. 333 00:19:58,554 --> 00:20:00,715 He does not hang without consequences. 334 00:20:02,725 --> 00:20:05,226 May I request that Lieutenant Brewster and Mrs. Strong 335 00:20:05,261 --> 00:20:06,861 be excused before I respond, sir? 336 00:20:06,896 --> 00:20:09,897 No, owing to the value of truth, let them be present. 337 00:20:09,932 --> 00:20:13,066 Very well. The consequences are upon us now. 338 00:20:13,102 --> 00:20:14,734 In the wake of Arnold's treachery, 339 00:20:14,769 --> 00:20:16,936 the men are reluctant to trust their officers. 340 00:20:16,972 --> 00:20:18,205 Officers doubt their commanders. 341 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:21,108 An example must be made to restore that order. 342 00:20:21,143 --> 00:20:22,742 This is about doing what is right. 343 00:20:25,047 --> 00:20:28,077 Neither of you ever have a chance to meet Captain Hale? 344 00:20:28,870 --> 00:20:30,216 - No, sir. No. - No, sir. 345 00:20:30,251 --> 00:20:32,751 Benjamin's beloved classmate from Yale. 346 00:20:32,786 --> 00:20:34,786 As a friend, you knew him better than most. 347 00:20:34,822 --> 00:20:36,322 Do you remember his final words? 348 00:20:37,047 --> 00:20:40,626 "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." 349 00:20:40,661 --> 00:20:44,596 From the drama "Cato," except he didn't write them and he never said them. 350 00:20:44,632 --> 00:20:45,916 We did. 351 00:20:48,402 --> 00:20:50,835 When I received the report from General Howe's aide-de-camp, 352 00:20:50,870 --> 00:20:53,505 it described Hale behaving with great resolution. 353 00:20:53,540 --> 00:20:55,673 Before hanging, he said he thought of the duty 354 00:20:55,708 --> 00:20:58,043 of every good officer to obey any orders 355 00:20:58,078 --> 00:21:00,011 given him by his commander-in-chief. 356 00:21:00,047 --> 00:21:03,358 He wished to be seen as a soldier, 357 00:21:03,749 --> 00:21:05,167 not a spy. 358 00:21:06,852 --> 00:21:08,752 We altered what he said 359 00:21:08,787 --> 00:21:11,288 and thus converted a failed mission 360 00:21:11,323 --> 00:21:13,490 into an act of martyrdom. 361 00:21:15,094 --> 00:21:17,461 The truth that links Hale and André 362 00:21:17,496 --> 00:21:20,447 is they were both captured on their very first mission undercover. 363 00:21:21,566 --> 00:21:24,633 Woodhull has been surviving under his for years. 364 00:21:38,182 --> 00:21:40,048 You've done an excellent job, Magistrate. 365 00:21:40,084 --> 00:21:41,550 I think it's time you rest your case. 366 00:21:41,585 --> 00:21:42,917 I have more evidence to present. 367 00:21:42,953 --> 00:21:44,586 If I didn't know better, I'd say you were 368 00:21:44,621 --> 00:21:47,021 deliberately drawing out the case longer than needs be. 369 00:21:47,057 --> 00:21:48,856 Since the outcome is inevitable, 370 00:21:48,892 --> 00:21:53,627 I wonder is it out of sentiment or cruelty? 371 00:21:54,697 --> 00:21:56,230 The Crown calls Mary Woodhull. 372 00:22:00,002 --> 00:22:02,103 You are married to the prisoner? 373 00:22:03,573 --> 00:22:05,072 I am wife to Abraham Woodhull. 374 00:22:05,108 --> 00:22:07,308 And how did you come to be wife to him? 375 00:22:09,145 --> 00:22:11,211 I was first engaged to his brother Thomas. 376 00:22:11,246 --> 00:22:14,780 The dowry for which was settled with me by your father John Blake. 377 00:22:15,717 --> 00:22:17,217 Yes. 378 00:22:17,252 --> 00:22:19,519 And why did you not wed Thomas? 379 00:22:21,055 --> 00:22:23,856 Because he died in New York. 380 00:22:23,891 --> 00:22:26,229 During the Liberty Pole Riots. 381 00:22:26,961 --> 00:22:29,261 While he was fighting for his king and country 382 00:22:29,296 --> 00:22:31,555 against the so-called Sons of Liberty. 383 00:22:31,832 --> 00:22:34,124 But you did not break that contract. 384 00:22:34,668 --> 00:22:37,002 Instead, you married Thomas's younger brother Abraham 385 00:22:37,037 --> 00:22:38,637 under the laws of coverture. 386 00:22:39,673 --> 00:22:41,283 Abraham proposed. 387 00:22:42,026 --> 00:22:45,443 What is the point of this, Magistrate? 388 00:22:45,478 --> 00:22:48,779 That Mary Blake Woodhull is a woman who holds to her obligations. 389 00:22:48,814 --> 00:22:51,048 And as those obligations multiplied by inheritance, 390 00:22:51,083 --> 00:22:52,550 by property, by motherhood, 391 00:22:52,585 --> 00:22:55,586 she had to be loyal to Abraham even as he grew disloyal. 392 00:22:55,622 --> 00:22:57,221 I witnessed no act of treason. 393 00:22:57,257 --> 00:22:59,908 I meant to you, not to the Crown. 394 00:23:00,826 --> 00:23:04,427 Everyone knows he was adulterous with that harlot Anna Strong. 395 00:23:04,463 --> 00:23:06,829 And I myself remember the months you spent 396 00:23:06,865 --> 00:23:08,765 living away from him bringing up your child. 397 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:10,267 How could you witness treason? 398 00:23:10,302 --> 00:23:13,102 I love my husband and I will stand by him now. 399 00:23:13,138 --> 00:23:16,506 If he broke the law, it was done from a need to protect those he loves, 400 00:23:16,542 --> 00:23:18,674 to protect the town that he loves from you. 401 00:23:18,709 --> 00:23:20,182 - Sit down! - It is Judge Woodhull 402 00:23:20,207 --> 00:23:21,577 who gave Captain Simcoe your names. 403 00:23:21,612 --> 00:23:23,979 The fields that were burned were from a list that he wrote up. 404 00:23:24,014 --> 00:23:25,614 - I saw him do it. - The witness is excused. 405 00:23:25,650 --> 00:23:28,317 He was in a scheme with Major Hewlett to sell off crops to the Royal Army. 406 00:23:28,352 --> 00:23:30,919 That's enough! I am not the one on trial here. 407 00:23:30,954 --> 00:23:32,221 Perhaps you should be. 408 00:23:32,256 --> 00:23:34,956 - I know you gave me up! - The attainders were illegal! 409 00:23:34,992 --> 00:23:38,759 Dismiss the witness. 410 00:23:40,063 --> 00:23:42,230 The court will consider that Major André 411 00:23:42,265 --> 00:23:44,566 travelled upriver under a flag of truce. 412 00:23:44,601 --> 00:23:47,669 When his vessel departed without him, he proceeded on foot 413 00:23:47,704 --> 00:23:49,770 and was caught out in the neutral ground... 414 00:23:49,806 --> 00:23:52,006 that is, between enemy lines 415 00:23:52,041 --> 00:23:54,708 and not in American-held territory. 416 00:23:54,743 --> 00:23:56,710 He does not meet the status of a spy 417 00:23:56,745 --> 00:23:59,746 according to the "Laws and Ordinance of War." 418 00:24:01,317 --> 00:24:04,484 The board has studied the letters of General Arnold and Sir Clinton 419 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:07,321 and have determined that there was no valid flag of truce. 420 00:24:07,356 --> 00:24:10,456 Furthermore, Major André was travelling in disguised habit 421 00:24:10,491 --> 00:24:11,890 and under an assumed name. 422 00:24:11,926 --> 00:24:14,026 He carried with him incriminating papers 423 00:24:14,061 --> 00:24:15,794 given to him by a known traitor. 424 00:24:15,830 --> 00:24:18,931 The recommendation of this tribunal is that Major André 425 00:24:18,966 --> 00:24:20,999 ought to be considered a spy from the enemy 426 00:24:21,035 --> 00:24:23,636 and that, agreeable to the law and usage of nations, 427 00:24:23,671 --> 00:24:26,471 it is our opinion that he suffer death. 428 00:24:37,618 --> 00:24:41,185 Sir, the board did not speak to the manner of his execution. 429 00:24:41,221 --> 00:24:45,088 Yes, they left that to my discretion and it remains complicated. 430 00:24:46,325 --> 00:24:49,192 This arrived inside a packet from Sir Clinton. 431 00:24:49,228 --> 00:24:51,695 It is written from Arnold to me 432 00:24:51,731 --> 00:24:55,666 threatening retaliation to American prisoners under their power. 433 00:24:58,638 --> 00:25:00,703 "Should this warning be disregarded... 434 00:25:00,739 --> 00:25:03,239 I shall call upon heaven and earth to witness... 435 00:25:03,275 --> 00:25:06,041 you will be accountable for the torrent of blood 436 00:25:06,077 --> 00:25:08,177 that may be spilled in consequence." 437 00:25:26,735 --> 00:25:28,368 Sir, my apologies. 438 00:25:28,403 --> 00:25:31,204 My house servant and her boy seem to have gone off without leave. 439 00:25:31,239 --> 00:25:32,844 "A torrent of blood"? 440 00:25:33,141 --> 00:25:35,742 Did you threaten to slaughter 40 hostages 441 00:25:35,777 --> 00:25:37,143 if Washington harms André? 442 00:25:37,178 --> 00:25:38,979 Washington seeks my ruin. 443 00:25:39,014 --> 00:25:41,114 He threatened first when he offered the trade. 444 00:25:41,149 --> 00:25:42,816 I meant to make our position clear. 445 00:25:42,851 --> 00:25:43,813 Our position? 446 00:25:44,151 --> 00:25:45,985 We do not murder prisoners of war 447 00:25:46,020 --> 00:25:49,488 and you do not speak for the king, ever. 448 00:25:51,392 --> 00:25:53,692 And just to make my position clear, 449 00:25:53,728 --> 00:25:56,328 I would trade you with André in a heartbeat 450 00:25:56,363 --> 00:25:58,176 if my hands were not tied. 451 00:25:59,343 --> 00:26:00,899 We do not trade defectors, 452 00:26:01,120 --> 00:26:03,434 for it would discourage new ones. 453 00:26:07,106 --> 00:26:10,942 And she is not your house servant. 454 00:26:10,977 --> 00:26:13,912 She is André's. And I have sent her across the lines 455 00:26:13,947 --> 00:26:16,047 with his uniform at his request. 456 00:26:17,071 --> 00:26:19,817 I understand, sir. He deserves that. 457 00:26:19,852 --> 00:26:21,084 He deserves more than that. 458 00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:23,954 So do I. I apologize for my letter, 459 00:26:23,989 --> 00:26:25,822 but I am a warrior, not a diplomat. 460 00:26:25,858 --> 00:26:27,791 Allow me a uniform and let me fight. 461 00:26:27,826 --> 00:26:29,893 Give me a command and I will give you victory. 462 00:26:33,294 --> 00:26:35,932 You will be made a brigadier in our service. 463 00:26:35,967 --> 00:26:36,878 Any higher rank 464 00:26:36,903 --> 00:26:38,534 - would offend our generals. - But that is a demotion. 465 00:26:38,570 --> 00:26:41,437 You shall be allowed to raise a regiment of Loyalists, 466 00:26:41,472 --> 00:26:44,874 though it remains to be seen whether any man will fight under a turncoat. 467 00:26:56,987 --> 00:26:58,519 Abigail. 468 00:27:01,191 --> 00:27:03,558 I'm so glad they let you take Cicero. 469 00:27:03,594 --> 00:27:05,927 I told them he's the one who always shaves Major André's beard, 470 00:27:05,963 --> 00:27:07,829 so they wrote him into the pass. 471 00:27:07,864 --> 00:27:10,731 Abi, listen to me. You don't have to go back. 472 00:27:10,766 --> 00:27:14,167 - But the pass is only for... - Lots of things get lost on the road. 473 00:27:14,203 --> 00:27:15,836 You don't have to go back. 474 00:27:15,871 --> 00:27:17,638 And you don't have to stay here, 475 00:27:17,673 --> 00:27:19,773 though you're welcome to for as long as you like. 476 00:27:20,370 --> 00:27:21,274 Thank you. 477 00:27:21,674 --> 00:27:23,712 It's you who deserves to be thanked. 478 00:27:23,746 --> 00:27:26,846 - Both of you. - You remember Ben from Setauket. 479 00:27:28,516 --> 00:27:30,617 I'll show you to Major André. 480 00:27:33,021 --> 00:27:34,320 Would you like to see the camp? 481 00:27:34,355 --> 00:27:35,955 I've got to tell you about the letter. 482 00:27:35,991 --> 00:27:37,323 What letter? 483 00:27:48,535 --> 00:27:50,109 Abigail. 484 00:27:52,304 --> 00:27:53,438 How good to see you. 485 00:27:54,128 --> 00:27:55,696 I brought your uniform. 486 00:27:56,043 --> 00:27:57,384 Thank you. 487 00:27:59,079 --> 00:28:00,400 I, um... 488 00:28:02,416 --> 00:28:03,480 apologize. 489 00:28:03,516 --> 00:28:06,083 It seems I won't be able to make it home after all. 490 00:28:07,687 --> 00:28:09,120 I'm sorry. 491 00:28:10,999 --> 00:28:12,172 You mustn't cry. 492 00:28:16,828 --> 00:28:18,528 It's not your fault. 493 00:28:24,402 --> 00:28:26,770 Major, after you're dressed, 494 00:28:26,805 --> 00:28:28,538 I will escort you to the site. 495 00:28:37,181 --> 00:28:38,781 Morning! 496 00:28:38,816 --> 00:28:40,683 Closing statements. 497 00:28:56,465 --> 00:28:58,733 This is an excellent likeness. 498 00:28:58,768 --> 00:29:00,868 Did you study portraiture back in Europe? 499 00:29:01,310 --> 00:29:03,537 Major Tallmadge, allow me to say that it's an honor 500 00:29:03,573 --> 00:29:05,106 to properly make your acquaintance. 501 00:29:06,943 --> 00:29:09,209 I wonder if you might indulge my curiosity. 502 00:29:09,567 --> 00:29:12,045 Do you remember the first time you heard my name? 503 00:29:12,081 --> 00:29:13,947 Oh, I remember it well. 504 00:29:13,982 --> 00:29:17,217 It was a brisk Thursday, January of '77. 505 00:29:17,252 --> 00:29:21,354 Mr. Nathaniel Sackett, a friend of mine, 506 00:29:21,389 --> 00:29:24,657 he was telling me how he had managed to place a man within your inner circle 507 00:29:24,693 --> 00:29:26,458 posing as a Coldstream Guard. 508 00:29:26,493 --> 00:29:29,929 That man was later killed by a knife to the throat, 509 00:29:29,964 --> 00:29:31,797 as was Mr. Sackett. 510 00:29:31,833 --> 00:29:35,901 I would like you to accept my personal apology for Mr. Sackett. 511 00:29:36,971 --> 00:29:38,403 My orders to Lieutenant Gamble 512 00:29:38,439 --> 00:29:40,767 were to avoid violence at all costs. 513 00:29:41,408 --> 00:29:42,552 I accept. 514 00:29:43,243 --> 00:29:46,077 Though I will not apologize for the punishment 515 00:29:46,113 --> 00:29:48,012 that Lieutenant Gamble received in kind. 516 00:29:48,048 --> 00:29:50,949 Gamble knew well the risks of our particular business. 517 00:29:50,984 --> 00:29:53,561 I suppose that Sackett knew the risks as well. 518 00:29:54,420 --> 00:29:56,788 I must say that he was quite impressed 519 00:29:56,823 --> 00:29:59,923 with the ruse that you concocted with Sutherland and Shanks. 520 00:29:59,959 --> 00:30:02,459 A master stroke, he would have called it. 521 00:30:02,494 --> 00:30:03,700 Hardly. 522 00:30:04,563 --> 00:30:07,330 I sometimes wonder if Sackett 523 00:30:07,366 --> 00:30:09,767 would have seen right through Benedict Arnold. 524 00:30:11,093 --> 00:30:12,836 Arnold was a failure. 525 00:30:15,074 --> 00:30:17,539 Culper is the master stroke. 526 00:30:19,677 --> 00:30:22,879 Seeing as I'm about to take a vow of eternal silence, 527 00:30:23,623 --> 00:30:26,282 who was Culper's contact in York City? 528 00:30:28,853 --> 00:30:30,820 I had a classmate in Yale College 529 00:30:30,855 --> 00:30:32,739 by the name of Nathan Hale. 530 00:30:33,171 --> 00:30:35,657 I followed him into the army in '76. 531 00:30:36,427 --> 00:30:38,861 He was tracked and caught by Robert Rogers 532 00:30:38,896 --> 00:30:41,529 and subsequently hanged as a spy. 533 00:30:43,066 --> 00:30:45,366 And you think his case and mine are alike? 534 00:30:45,951 --> 00:30:48,970 He did his duty for his country. 535 00:30:49,705 --> 00:30:52,107 You did yours for your king. 536 00:30:53,542 --> 00:30:56,443 And I want you to know that I see the honor in both. 537 00:30:57,087 --> 00:30:58,578 Then you're mistaken. 538 00:30:59,134 --> 00:31:00,913 I didn't do it for the king. 539 00:31:01,684 --> 00:31:03,217 I did it for a woman. 540 00:31:07,823 --> 00:31:12,192 That is the loss I regret more so than my own life. 541 00:31:20,268 --> 00:31:21,901 Called to order. 542 00:31:21,937 --> 00:31:23,353 All parties present? 543 00:31:25,172 --> 00:31:26,271 Dada. 544 00:31:28,075 --> 00:31:30,375 Does the Crown or the prisoner 545 00:31:30,410 --> 00:31:32,477 have any closing statements to make? 546 00:31:32,512 --> 00:31:33,834 Yes, Your Honor. 547 00:31:39,153 --> 00:31:43,253 Are these... are these final statements of a lengthy nature? 548 00:31:43,289 --> 00:31:45,289 Mine shall take quite some time, yes. 549 00:31:45,658 --> 00:31:47,525 Then the prisoner will proceed first. 550 00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:49,060 The prisoner? The Crown should speak first. 551 00:31:49,095 --> 00:31:53,831 Your Honor, I beg you, hold to the practice and the procedure... 552 00:32:04,409 --> 00:32:06,042 ...proper justice. 553 00:32:06,078 --> 00:32:07,878 I killed him. 554 00:32:09,865 --> 00:32:12,815 I killed Thomas. I killed my brother. 555 00:32:12,851 --> 00:32:15,784 I killed... I killed Thomas. 556 00:32:16,954 --> 00:32:18,620 I started the riots at King's College. 557 00:32:18,655 --> 00:32:20,789 It was a prank that went wrong, but I started it. 558 00:32:20,824 --> 00:32:25,460 I felt responsible... responsible for his life, so I took it. 559 00:32:25,496 --> 00:32:27,897 I took his intended. I took his inheritance. 560 00:32:27,932 --> 00:32:31,033 I took his good Tory name, but it wasn't me. 561 00:32:32,890 --> 00:32:35,036 It was never me, and... 562 00:32:37,007 --> 00:32:38,773 You ask who I am. 563 00:32:38,808 --> 00:32:39,945 I don't know. 564 00:32:41,278 --> 00:32:43,278 I buried that man along with my brother. 565 00:32:43,313 --> 00:32:45,246 I thought that maybe one day I'd meet him again 566 00:32:45,282 --> 00:32:47,382 in the soul of the son that I named after him. 567 00:32:47,417 --> 00:32:49,182 And on that day I'd tell him that I lied. 568 00:32:49,218 --> 00:32:51,518 Then I lied to try and make things right, but it didn't work. 569 00:32:52,044 --> 00:32:53,457 It didn't work. 570 00:32:55,524 --> 00:33:00,227 But I can't lie anymore. 571 00:33:03,966 --> 00:33:06,432 And as for these crimes that I'm accused of committing... 572 00:33:07,936 --> 00:33:10,102 my only regret is that I didn't commit them sooner. 573 00:33:14,042 --> 00:33:15,341 Right. 574 00:33:20,048 --> 00:33:21,311 Guilty. 575 00:33:21,649 --> 00:33:23,375 Death by hanging. 576 00:34:12,349 --> 00:34:15,849 This is illegal, a lynching! 577 00:34:19,330 --> 00:34:20,624 Captain Wakefield. 578 00:34:21,390 --> 00:34:23,693 Ensign Meadows. Scout, 27th Foot. 579 00:34:23,728 --> 00:34:25,227 Colonel Cooke is en route and wishes... 580 00:34:25,263 --> 00:34:26,962 Captain Wakefield is otherwise engaged. 581 00:34:26,998 --> 00:34:28,895 Whatever your business is, it can wait. 582 00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:38,273 If death takes too long, 583 00:34:38,308 --> 00:34:40,975 we may pull down on the legs of the condemned 584 00:34:41,011 --> 00:34:43,311 in order to speed along mercy. 585 00:35:33,894 --> 00:35:36,227 It'll be but a momentary pang. 586 00:36:14,465 --> 00:36:18,701 The accused, Abraham Woodhull... 587 00:36:18,736 --> 00:36:22,938 ...having been found guilty of espionage against America, 588 00:36:22,974 --> 00:36:26,675 shall hereby be executed as a spy. 589 00:36:27,111 --> 00:36:30,879 If the condemned has any last words, let him speak them now. 590 00:36:39,623 --> 00:36:42,356 I pray that you all bear me witness 591 00:36:42,392 --> 00:36:44,726 that I meet my fate like a brave man. 592 00:38:01,967 --> 00:38:04,834 Help! Help me! 593 00:38:06,972 --> 00:38:08,972 Help me! 594 00:38:13,711 --> 00:38:16,478 Shoot every man that stands at the gallows. 595 00:38:18,015 --> 00:38:21,516 Men, present arms! Take aim at the Rangers. 596 00:38:21,551 --> 00:38:22,684 Captain. 597 00:38:22,720 --> 00:38:25,386 Captain Simcoe, look there, sir. 598 00:38:27,557 --> 00:38:29,657 I told you Colonel Cooke was en route. 599 00:38:45,207 --> 00:38:47,340 John Graves Simcoe! 600 00:38:47,375 --> 00:38:49,408 Rangers at attention. 601 00:38:52,213 --> 00:38:53,780 Explain yourself, Captain. 602 00:38:54,191 --> 00:38:55,982 We're hanging a traitor, sir. 603 00:38:56,018 --> 00:38:57,550 Not that, man. 604 00:38:57,585 --> 00:38:59,152 Explain your wanton destruction 605 00:38:59,187 --> 00:39:01,521 of one's cordwood, of one's hay, 606 00:39:01,556 --> 00:39:03,305 sheep, and horse. 607 00:39:04,575 --> 00:39:08,027 Those fields belonged to men sheltering criminals, sir. 608 00:39:08,062 --> 00:39:09,594 They belonged to me! 609 00:39:12,432 --> 00:39:13,999 To the army. 610 00:39:17,638 --> 00:39:20,138 I think your talents ought to be put to better use elsewhere, 611 00:39:20,173 --> 00:39:23,474 perhaps the front where you can destroy the enemy 612 00:39:23,509 --> 00:39:26,065 rather than our own resources 613 00:39:26,100 --> 00:39:28,445 or good Tory neighbors. 614 00:39:28,481 --> 00:39:31,749 The Rangers are needed to protect the people of this town. 615 00:39:32,256 --> 00:39:33,751 There have been frequent raids. 616 00:39:33,787 --> 00:39:35,287 People of Setauket, 617 00:39:36,489 --> 00:39:38,555 do you feel protected by this man? 618 00:39:38,590 --> 00:39:41,591 - No! - We don't! 619 00:39:48,934 --> 00:39:51,534 Those names, those fields, 620 00:39:51,570 --> 00:39:53,909 and DeJong to take the message 621 00:39:54,338 --> 00:39:57,006 after I blocked your correspondence. 622 00:39:57,349 --> 00:40:00,409 I underestimated you, Magistrate. 623 00:40:02,279 --> 00:40:04,580 So it was sentiment. 624 00:40:06,751 --> 00:40:09,551 Get out of my town, 625 00:40:09,587 --> 00:40:12,003 you pathetic amateur. 626 00:40:16,860 --> 00:40:19,794 Captain Simcoe, clear the field. 627 00:40:26,436 --> 00:40:29,269 Rangers, fall in. 628 00:41:15,983 --> 00:41:17,949 Mrs. Arnold. 629 00:41:26,759 --> 00:41:29,693 His thoughts were with you in the end. 630 00:41:33,699 --> 00:41:35,799 Now, it's only a matter of time 631 00:41:35,834 --> 00:41:38,601 before your role in all of this is discovered. 632 00:41:41,773 --> 00:41:45,108 I suggest you cross the lines as quick as you can manage. 633 00:41:50,081 --> 00:41:52,148 Why? 634 00:41:56,987 --> 00:41:59,221 "When the epic strain was sung, 635 00:41:59,256 --> 00:42:01,790 the poet by his neck was hung, 636 00:42:02,156 --> 00:42:04,693 and to his cost he found too late, 637 00:42:04,728 --> 00:42:08,596 the dung-born tribe decides his fate." 638 00:42:09,700 --> 00:42:11,598 Our André will be avenged. 639 00:42:11,634 --> 00:42:13,634 Hear, hear! 640 00:42:19,175 --> 00:42:22,243 Is that Arnold? 641 00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:26,714 Turncoat... 642 00:42:28,450 --> 00:42:29,940 Mr. Rivington. 643 00:42:31,153 --> 00:42:33,353 Brigadier General Benedict Arnold 644 00:42:33,388 --> 00:42:34,701 at your service, sir. 645 00:42:35,882 --> 00:42:37,858 I wish to publish a proclamation, 646 00:42:37,893 --> 00:42:39,792 "To the Inhabitants of America." 647 00:42:40,963 --> 00:42:43,230 Can you afford the space, sir? 648 00:42:43,265 --> 00:42:45,497 That is, after all the ink you purchased 649 00:42:45,532 --> 00:42:48,700 to publish your exoneration by the American court. 650 00:42:54,275 --> 00:42:56,876 I can afford that and more. 651 00:43:03,216 --> 00:43:04,949 Drink. 652 00:43:06,386 --> 00:43:08,253 Whatever's cheapest. 653 00:43:08,288 --> 00:43:12,257 Here you are, sir. Our best ale on the house. 654 00:43:12,679 --> 00:43:14,192 Do you know who I am? 655 00:43:14,396 --> 00:43:16,194 I believe so, sir. 656 00:43:17,048 --> 00:43:19,230 I read the "Gazette." 657 00:43:19,265 --> 00:43:21,598 Don't believe everything you read. 658 00:43:22,868 --> 00:43:25,302 Some claim my defection a failure. 659 00:43:25,337 --> 00:43:27,271 They don't know our plans were betrayed 660 00:43:27,306 --> 00:43:29,672 by a treacherous ring of rebel spies. 661 00:43:30,709 --> 00:43:33,643 Oh, that story was not printed. 662 00:43:33,678 --> 00:43:35,955 It was their young leader who sabotaged me. 663 00:43:36,494 --> 00:43:37,950 He'll come to regret that. 664 00:43:38,516 --> 00:43:41,617 I'll find his spies wherever they lie in their filth 665 00:43:41,652 --> 00:43:43,652 and I'll drag them screaming to the gallows. 666 00:43:43,687 --> 00:43:45,245 Then you can read about that. 667 00:43:47,225 --> 00:43:49,825 No one will ever know the true measure of my sacrifice. 668 00:43:52,495 --> 00:43:55,330 It is difficult to measure sacrifice. 669 00:43:56,833 --> 00:43:58,900 Often it seems to me 670 00:43:58,936 --> 00:44:01,903 that it is a road with no end. 671 00:44:02,906 --> 00:44:04,537 Of course there's an end. 672 00:44:05,409 --> 00:44:07,042 The end is death. 673 00:44:17,386 --> 00:44:19,253 Mr. Rivington. 674 00:44:19,288 --> 00:44:20,838 What is it, Townsend? 675 00:44:22,524 --> 00:44:24,575 I'd like to buy an advertiment.