1 00:00:10,936 --> 00:00:13,103 Land ho! 2 00:00:13,138 --> 00:00:14,805 I'd like to go back and retrieve the gold. 3 00:00:14,857 --> 00:00:16,807 Refit, hire a consort, finish the job. 4 00:00:16,859 --> 00:00:19,060 - Is that possible? - Well, it might have been possible. 5 00:00:19,111 --> 00:00:21,311 Before the bay fell into the hands of a madman. 6 00:00:21,363 --> 00:00:23,030 Either we act now to remove him or no one will. 7 00:00:23,065 --> 00:00:25,532 Congratulations, Jack. 8 00:00:25,568 --> 00:00:27,868 Now you know what it's like to rise from the grave. 9 00:00:27,903 --> 00:00:29,987 We're gonna sail again. 10 00:00:30,039 --> 00:00:32,539 Your judgment with her is clouded at best. 11 00:00:32,575 --> 00:00:34,374 And there's nothing I can do to counter it 12 00:00:34,410 --> 00:00:37,160 when I'm on the wrong side of that door. 13 00:00:37,162 --> 00:00:38,996 Found the prize they was hiding. 14 00:00:39,048 --> 00:00:40,497 Her father is Lord Peter Ashe, 15 00:00:40,499 --> 00:00:42,216 governor of the Carolina colony. 16 00:00:42,251 --> 00:00:44,167 Lord Ashe won't be trifled with. 17 00:00:44,169 --> 00:00:46,303 I have no intentions of trifling with him. 18 00:00:46,338 --> 00:00:49,890 Charles Vane and the animals he commands 19 00:00:49,925 --> 00:00:53,343 have until sunrise tomorrow to vacate that fort 20 00:00:53,395 --> 00:00:55,395 or, so help me God, 21 00:00:55,431 --> 00:00:58,081 I will rain holy hell down upon him. 22 00:03:29,585 --> 00:03:31,218 Go on. 23 00:03:33,338 --> 00:03:35,889 "If you fail to meet these demands," 24 00:03:35,924 --> 00:03:37,974 if you remain when the deadline arrives, 25 00:03:38,010 --> 00:03:40,343 I will respond swiftly and definitively. 26 00:03:40,396 --> 00:03:44,347 And as I currently sit fully outside your means of retaliation, 27 00:03:44,349 --> 00:03:48,151 this response will continue unabated until you, 28 00:03:48,187 --> 00:03:51,855 your men, and that structure are rendered fully incapacitated. 29 00:03:51,857 --> 00:03:54,491 "Until dawn, Captain James Flint." 30 00:04:04,536 --> 00:04:06,953 Get him out of here. 31 00:04:09,007 --> 00:04:10,457 Put him behind a door somewhere. 32 00:04:10,509 --> 00:04:13,376 I want him whole when he delivers my answer. 33 00:04:19,051 --> 00:04:20,491 Make ready the guns in the northwest. 34 00:04:20,519 --> 00:04:23,186 Move everything we have to the southwest bastion. 35 00:04:23,222 --> 00:04:26,523 He's telling the truth. The southwest bastion 36 00:04:26,558 --> 00:04:29,443 is too weak to support any batteries at all. 37 00:04:31,897 --> 00:04:34,898 We have no guns that can reach his position. 38 00:04:36,118 --> 00:04:40,904 Somehow Flint knew exactly where to sit to take advantage. 39 00:04:43,408 --> 00:04:45,826 Then find out how close I can get. 40 00:04:47,079 --> 00:04:48,378 Now. 41 00:05:03,395 --> 00:05:05,428 Tell me right now you had nothing to do with this. 42 00:05:05,481 --> 00:05:08,014 - Charles, look at me. - Tell me this isn't part of your plan 43 00:05:08,066 --> 00:05:10,317 - to push me into the sea. - Look at me. 44 00:05:16,191 --> 00:05:17,941 I had no idea this was coming. 45 00:05:17,993 --> 00:05:20,327 I had no idea that Flint would be so fucking reckless 46 00:05:20,362 --> 00:05:22,445 as to threaten the fort itself. 47 00:05:22,498 --> 00:05:24,865 I had no idea Hornigold would be so fucking petty 48 00:05:24,917 --> 00:05:26,500 as to divulge secrets about its weaknesses, 49 00:05:26,535 --> 00:05:29,035 risk its destruction for his own personal gain. 50 00:05:29,087 --> 00:05:31,288 I told you what I would do if challenged like this. 51 00:05:31,340 --> 00:05:32,873 - I know. - I may not be able to hit his ship, 52 00:05:32,925 --> 00:05:34,457 but I can hit the rest of them. 53 00:05:34,510 --> 00:05:36,793 I can turn that whole goddamn bay into a graveyard. 54 00:05:36,845 --> 00:05:39,129 - But you won't. - You doubt me? 55 00:05:39,181 --> 00:05:42,966 No, I have faith in your ability 56 00:05:42,968 --> 00:05:45,218 to formulate a plan more effective than this. 57 00:05:48,357 --> 00:05:52,025 The initial barrage will be targeted at the southeast bastion. 58 00:05:52,060 --> 00:05:53,894 Once the turrets are destroyed, we'll turn our aim 59 00:05:53,946 --> 00:05:56,146 to the weaker of the defensive walls. 60 00:05:56,148 --> 00:05:58,481 Hammer them until the interior is exposed 61 00:05:58,534 --> 00:06:01,985 and the fort is vulnerable to an assault from the ground. 62 00:06:01,987 --> 00:06:05,539 At this point, there's no limit to the damage we can inflict. 63 00:06:05,574 --> 00:06:08,158 - How long to rebuild? - Rebuild? 64 00:06:08,210 --> 00:06:10,994 After we secure possession of what's left of the fort, 65 00:06:11,046 --> 00:06:13,846 how long will it take you and your men to rebuild what we've destroyed? 66 00:06:15,167 --> 00:06:18,001 10 weeks before the batteries are restored. 67 00:06:18,003 --> 00:06:20,837 Twice that to resecure the interior. 68 00:06:20,889 --> 00:06:22,839 It is a risk, 69 00:06:22,891 --> 00:06:25,809 but a relatively short window in the grand scheme. 70 00:06:25,844 --> 00:06:28,395 A short window that coincides with a British warship 71 00:06:28,430 --> 00:06:30,897 sitting in anchor 40 miles from here 72 00:06:30,933 --> 00:06:33,934 and my having stolen a Spanish warship 73 00:06:33,986 --> 00:06:36,019 in full view of a company of Spanish soldiers. 74 00:06:40,108 --> 00:06:43,360 We'll just have to keep our fingers crossed for a while, then, won't we? 75 00:06:43,412 --> 00:06:45,779 Are you suggesting the threat we posed 76 00:06:45,831 --> 00:06:49,416 to Captain Vane is an empty one and we have no intent of following through? 77 00:06:49,451 --> 00:06:51,451 I am fully committed, as are we all, 78 00:06:51,503 --> 00:06:54,037 to the removal of Captain Vane from that fort. 79 00:06:54,039 --> 00:06:56,122 But we'd be fools to ignore 80 00:06:56,174 --> 00:06:58,458 the catastrophic risks that lie down this road. 81 00:06:58,510 --> 00:07:00,961 I have committed men and resources to aid you 82 00:07:01,013 --> 00:07:02,679 in retrieving the Urca gold. 83 00:07:02,714 --> 00:07:05,548 In exchange for which you've assured me of your assistance 84 00:07:05,601 --> 00:07:09,386 of expelling Captain Vane from that fort by any means necessary. 85 00:07:09,388 --> 00:07:12,222 Now, as I hear you waver, 86 00:07:12,224 --> 00:07:16,393 I feel forced to ask, if the sun rises tomorrow 87 00:07:16,395 --> 00:07:18,895 and Vane has not ceded to our demands, 88 00:07:18,947 --> 00:07:21,064 then what will you do? 89 00:07:42,854 --> 00:07:44,470 I was told it was urgent. 90 00:07:44,522 --> 00:07:46,522 He said he wanted to see you right away. 91 00:07:47,692 --> 00:07:50,777 What about? 92 00:07:50,812 --> 00:07:53,529 It's all right. It has nothing to do with you and I. 93 00:08:05,410 --> 00:08:08,161 He'll be arriving in less than two hours. 94 00:08:08,213 --> 00:08:12,029 I'm sorry, who? 95 00:08:12,250 --> 00:08:14,751 The fourth Earl of Ashbourne. 96 00:08:14,753 --> 00:08:17,587 Lord Proprietor to the Carolina colony, 97 00:08:17,639 --> 00:08:19,138 including the Bahama Islands, 98 00:08:19,174 --> 00:08:20,673 and peer of the realm. 99 00:08:20,725 --> 00:08:22,759 Lord Alfred Hamilton. 100 00:08:22,811 --> 00:08:25,144 My father. 101 00:08:25,180 --> 00:08:28,231 I'm told he expects a full report of our efforts 102 00:08:28,266 --> 00:08:31,351 to devise a plan for the management of Nassau. 103 00:08:31,403 --> 00:08:34,654 And you're concerned how he'll receive it? 104 00:08:34,689 --> 00:08:37,357 I'm concerned about how he'll receive one particular part of it. 105 00:08:37,409 --> 00:08:41,110 The part you and I have yet to discuss. 106 00:08:42,664 --> 00:08:44,497 I didn't think we had one of those. 107 00:08:46,785 --> 00:08:50,620 These past few months 108 00:08:50,672 --> 00:08:53,256 I have come to trust you. 109 00:08:54,626 --> 00:08:55,875 Very much. 110 00:08:55,927 --> 00:08:58,461 Which is why I feel I can ask for your help. 111 00:08:58,463 --> 00:09:01,297 When my father arrives, I intend to propose something to him 112 00:09:01,299 --> 00:09:03,299 which could be very dangerous politically. 113 00:09:03,301 --> 00:09:05,768 What is it you want me to help you with? 114 00:09:07,605 --> 00:09:09,555 I want you to try to talk me out of it. 115 00:09:44,309 --> 00:09:46,509 Yes? 116 00:09:47,679 --> 00:09:49,762 Ma'am, you're needed. 117 00:09:49,814 --> 00:09:51,564 All right. 118 00:10:19,474 --> 00:10:21,628 It's a Spanish warship! 119 00:10:21,690 --> 00:10:25,865 There's a Spanish galleon anchored in the harbor! 120 00:10:25,901 --> 00:10:29,119 Is today some sort of holiday that I've forgotten about? 121 00:10:29,154 --> 00:10:31,988 Spanish warship anchored in the bay. 122 00:10:31,990 --> 00:10:34,157 Word is it's Flint's crew sailing her. 123 00:10:34,159 --> 00:10:37,460 And it's scaring the shit out of everyone on the beach. 124 00:10:37,496 --> 00:10:40,997 Flint's sailing a Spanish warship? 125 00:10:41,049 --> 00:10:43,299 Think we should try and lure some of them inside? 126 00:10:48,507 --> 00:10:51,141 Wait. Does he have it? 127 00:10:51,176 --> 00:10:52,726 Does he have what? 128 00:10:52,761 --> 00:10:54,511 Did Flint get to the Urca gold? 129 00:10:54,513 --> 00:10:55,845 I don't know. 130 00:11:19,454 --> 00:11:21,371 Hold there. 131 00:11:24,042 --> 00:11:25,959 The fuck are you doing? 132 00:11:26,011 --> 00:11:28,128 The situation is as we feared. 133 00:11:28,180 --> 00:11:31,047 That warship is fully outside our field of fire. 134 00:11:32,467 --> 00:11:35,101 And given our severe disadvantage, 135 00:11:35,137 --> 00:11:38,138 might she provide us valuable leverage? 136 00:11:38,190 --> 00:11:40,890 Make sure Flint knows the moment he fires those guns, 137 00:11:40,942 --> 00:11:44,227 her body gets dumped over the wall. 138 00:11:44,279 --> 00:11:46,029 Your reply to Flint will be significantly 139 00:11:46,064 --> 00:11:47,397 more effective if it comes from me personally. 140 00:11:47,399 --> 00:11:49,282 You might want to keep quiet now, miss. 141 00:11:50,735 --> 00:11:53,069 You have questions about my loyalties 142 00:11:53,071 --> 00:11:55,038 as it relates to Miss Guthrie? 143 00:11:56,992 --> 00:12:01,878 Then accuse me. Challenge me. Fight me. 144 00:12:01,913 --> 00:12:04,714 Or shut the fuck up about it. 145 00:12:06,551 --> 00:12:08,251 Open the gate! 146 00:13:05,894 --> 00:13:07,277 What are you doing here? 147 00:13:08,363 --> 00:13:10,063 Putting an end to this. 148 00:13:17,739 --> 00:13:18,739 Miss Guthrie. 149 00:13:20,325 --> 00:13:22,709 Captain Vane has issued a reply to your ultimatum. 150 00:13:22,744 --> 00:13:25,044 It's being read aloud on the beach as we speak. 151 00:13:26,998 --> 00:13:28,915 I think you should see it. 152 00:13:36,258 --> 00:13:39,008 Give us the room. 153 00:13:39,010 --> 00:13:41,427 - I have as much right... - Now, please! 154 00:13:57,662 --> 00:13:59,912 "You must ask yourselves who represents" 155 00:13:59,947 --> 00:14:03,032 the greater threat to your interests... 156 00:14:03,084 --> 00:14:06,335 my men in this fort 157 00:14:06,370 --> 00:14:08,587 "or the madman on the water." 158 00:14:08,623 --> 00:14:10,589 It's effective. 159 00:14:10,625 --> 00:14:12,875 Mm, I can see that. 160 00:14:12,927 --> 00:14:17,430 What I cannot see is how Charles Vane alone was clever enough 161 00:14:17,465 --> 00:14:19,765 to turn this all into political theater 162 00:14:19,801 --> 00:14:23,219 in which he is the defender of the island's welfare. 163 00:14:23,221 --> 00:14:25,554 Are you suggesting he had help in crafting his reply? 164 00:14:25,606 --> 00:14:28,190 Did he? 165 00:14:28,226 --> 00:14:30,976 Were I to have aided Captain Vane against your efforts, 166 00:14:31,028 --> 00:14:34,313 helped him move into a more favorable position last night, 167 00:14:34,365 --> 00:14:38,651 what would such a move say about the trust you and I are supposed to share? 168 00:14:38,703 --> 00:14:41,370 I believe I was clear yesterday about the danger he represents 169 00:14:41,405 --> 00:14:43,656 and my desire to see him removed from that fort. 170 00:14:43,708 --> 00:14:45,324 Though you conveniently omitted the part 171 00:14:45,376 --> 00:14:47,209 about how you were prepared to use a Spanish warship 172 00:14:47,245 --> 00:14:48,961 to annihilate the fort to achieve that end. 173 00:14:48,996 --> 00:14:51,413 Your refusal to acknowledge the urgency 174 00:14:51,415 --> 00:14:53,582 of the situation gave me no choice but... 175 00:14:53,634 --> 00:14:57,553 But to do what? Disregard our partnership? 176 00:14:57,588 --> 00:14:59,922 Ignore the resources and influence and trust I have invested in you? 177 00:14:59,924 --> 00:15:02,424 This isn't personal. 178 00:15:02,477 --> 00:15:04,593 It's too important for that. 179 00:15:06,597 --> 00:15:08,264 All right, then. 180 00:15:08,266 --> 00:15:10,182 What is it you wish to accomplish here? 181 00:15:12,019 --> 00:15:13,903 To see him removed from the fort. 182 00:15:13,938 --> 00:15:17,740 Then this is a stupid fucking way of going about it. 183 00:15:17,775 --> 00:15:20,910 He'll never voluntarily leave if he thinks it will show weakness to do so. 184 00:15:20,945 --> 00:15:22,945 You want him out, here's how you do it. 185 00:15:22,947 --> 00:15:26,866 You move this ship. You allow him to save face on this score. 186 00:15:26,918 --> 00:15:31,420 And then you and he and I sit down at a table and we sort it out. 187 00:15:31,455 --> 00:15:36,425 Eleanor, I don't care if he leaves voluntarily. 188 00:15:38,596 --> 00:15:41,597 If I give up this position, I will never regain it. 189 00:15:41,632 --> 00:15:44,633 And without this position, the decision is his and his alone. 190 00:15:44,635 --> 00:15:46,352 No, I simply cannot risk that. 191 00:15:46,387 --> 00:15:47,770 Not with what's at stake. 192 00:15:47,805 --> 00:15:49,471 You are talking about rendering this bay, 193 00:15:49,524 --> 00:15:51,607 rendering Nassau completely unprotected. 194 00:15:51,642 --> 00:15:54,310 I know! 195 00:15:54,312 --> 00:15:56,612 And I am perfectly aware of the danger that presents. 196 00:15:56,647 --> 00:16:00,616 But when it comes to Charles Vane, you and I simply do not see him in the same way. 197 00:16:02,987 --> 00:16:05,905 Now, if you can see a way, 198 00:16:05,957 --> 00:16:08,574 an effective, credible way out of this 199 00:16:08,626 --> 00:16:10,576 that doesn't involve disabling the fort, 200 00:16:10,628 --> 00:16:12,494 I would love to hear it. 201 00:16:12,547 --> 00:16:13,963 If you think that he will hear reason. 202 00:16:13,998 --> 00:16:15,714 Not with you holding a gun to his head. 203 00:16:15,750 --> 00:16:17,499 Then I suggest you talk to him. 204 00:16:17,501 --> 00:16:19,885 Because one way or another, he is leaving that fort. 205 00:16:19,921 --> 00:16:22,171 And right now my way is the only way 206 00:16:22,223 --> 00:16:23,722 that I can be certain of that. 207 00:17:07,969 --> 00:17:10,886 My name is Charles Vane and you are now my guest. 208 00:17:10,938 --> 00:17:14,807 As such, no harm will come to you as long as you do exactly as I say. 209 00:17:14,859 --> 00:17:17,309 You understand? 210 00:17:19,697 --> 00:17:23,232 The other one, he said no talking. 211 00:17:24,402 --> 00:17:26,201 Captain Low? 212 00:17:27,989 --> 00:17:30,239 You don't need to worry about him anymore. 213 00:17:31,242 --> 00:17:32,958 How can you be sure? 214 00:17:35,046 --> 00:17:36,495 I cut his head off. 215 00:17:43,004 --> 00:17:44,420 Good. 216 00:17:47,808 --> 00:17:50,926 Now, your father is Lord Peter Ashe, 217 00:17:50,928 --> 00:17:54,179 governor of the Carolina colony. Is that right? 218 00:17:55,817 --> 00:17:57,850 What is the total value of his estate? 219 00:17:57,902 --> 00:17:59,435 I don't know. 220 00:17:59,487 --> 00:18:02,822 How many rooms in his house? How many slaves? 221 00:18:02,857 --> 00:18:05,775 Honestly, I don't know. Haven't seen him in years. 222 00:18:07,162 --> 00:18:10,029 I've been at school in London. 223 00:18:10,081 --> 00:18:11,497 Are you close with him? 224 00:18:11,533 --> 00:18:13,449 What? 225 00:18:13,451 --> 00:18:16,169 I'm asking if there's any reason I should expect 226 00:18:16,204 --> 00:18:20,339 he may not be willing to pay to ensure no harm comes to you? 227 00:18:24,712 --> 00:18:27,296 You're asking if he loves me? 228 00:18:34,055 --> 00:18:35,855 He'll pay you what you ask. 229 00:18:42,981 --> 00:18:44,313 Can you write? 230 00:18:46,484 --> 00:18:47,700 Of course. 231 00:18:47,735 --> 00:18:50,119 Then write the following. 232 00:18:52,991 --> 00:18:56,325 You're a prisoner of the pirate Captain Charles Vane. 233 00:18:56,377 --> 00:18:59,783 Your ransom, should your father ever wish to see you alive again, 234 00:18:59,784 --> 00:19:01,997 is £250,000. 235 00:19:01,999 --> 00:19:03,966 The next contact I'll make will be to arrive 236 00:19:04,001 --> 00:19:05,918 in Charlestown harbor with you in my possession. 237 00:19:05,970 --> 00:19:09,505 If I sense a trap or my demands are unmet, 238 00:19:09,557 --> 00:19:12,474 I'll kill you and throw your body into the bay. 239 00:19:17,348 --> 00:19:18,731 Do you understand? 240 00:20:07,615 --> 00:20:09,565 She's writing the letter now. 241 00:20:09,567 --> 00:20:11,867 I want it on its way to Charlestown 242 00:20:11,902 --> 00:20:14,703 before whatever's going to happen here tomorrow happens. 243 00:20:14,738 --> 00:20:16,572 Right. 244 00:20:16,574 --> 00:20:18,707 Who are they? 245 00:20:18,742 --> 00:20:22,161 Friends from the beach. 246 00:20:23,964 --> 00:20:26,915 They have pledged their services to Captain Vane 247 00:20:26,917 --> 00:20:30,886 to defend the fort and to discourage any move against it. 248 00:20:30,921 --> 00:20:34,223 It seems his pronouncement has had the intended effect. 249 00:20:37,394 --> 00:20:39,344 And 40 men becomes 60 250 00:20:39,396 --> 00:20:41,680 and the fight ahead only gets bloodier. 251 00:20:41,732 --> 00:20:44,266 Then get out there. Sit with the captains. 252 00:20:44,268 --> 00:20:45,767 Talk some sense into them. 253 00:20:45,769 --> 00:20:47,736 Tell them that it's their ships and cargo 254 00:20:47,771 --> 00:20:50,939 that will be subject to his extortion the moment it suits him. 255 00:20:50,941 --> 00:20:52,608 I'll get to the beach. Appeal directly to the crews. 256 00:20:52,660 --> 00:20:54,660 If we can stop anyone else from going up there, 257 00:20:54,695 --> 00:20:56,335 we can keep this from getting out of hand. 258 00:21:08,876 --> 00:21:12,344 Can I assume when you say you'll go to the beach 259 00:21:12,379 --> 00:21:14,796 to make this appeal, you mean me? 260 00:21:17,268 --> 00:21:19,218 All right, then. 261 00:21:21,939 --> 00:21:24,306 Why do you think they went up that hill? 262 00:21:25,776 --> 00:21:28,644 Beg your pardon? 263 00:21:28,696 --> 00:21:30,946 If we're to stop any more men from joining his side, 264 00:21:30,981 --> 00:21:33,282 isn't it a prerequisite that we try and understand 265 00:21:33,317 --> 00:21:35,367 the thinking of the men who have already joined him? 266 00:21:36,737 --> 00:21:39,821 Sorry, are you asking my opinion? 267 00:21:43,744 --> 00:21:45,327 Oh. 268 00:21:45,329 --> 00:21:48,997 Well, uh... 269 00:21:48,999 --> 00:21:53,302 I suppose one could argue that it's simple fear. 270 00:21:53,337 --> 00:21:56,171 Their fear of losing the fort 271 00:21:56,223 --> 00:21:59,558 being greater than their fear of Vane remaining in it. 272 00:21:59,593 --> 00:22:01,059 But then again, 273 00:22:01,095 --> 00:22:03,896 it's possible this has nothing to do with the fort. 274 00:22:03,931 --> 00:22:05,847 Nor with Vane. 275 00:22:05,849 --> 00:22:09,234 Perhaps it's just them expressing their opinions about you. 276 00:22:09,270 --> 00:22:11,603 So you think that they see me 277 00:22:11,655 --> 00:22:13,438 as the villain in this particular story? 278 00:22:14,942 --> 00:22:18,410 I think that would explain their decision, yes. 279 00:22:20,638 --> 00:22:24,750 And you? What do you think? 280 00:22:24,785 --> 00:22:26,868 You see me as the villain here? 281 00:22:28,706 --> 00:22:32,791 I see you as the agent most likely 282 00:22:32,843 --> 00:22:35,344 of securing my share of the gold on that beach. 283 00:22:35,379 --> 00:22:37,629 As long as that remains true, 284 00:22:37,681 --> 00:22:40,515 I am not bothered in the least by whatever labels 285 00:22:40,551 --> 00:22:42,351 anyone else decides to affix to you. 286 00:22:47,531 --> 00:22:49,274 Why? 287 00:22:51,395 --> 00:22:53,195 What do you think about it? 288 00:22:55,366 --> 00:22:57,399 I'm sorry? 289 00:22:59,987 --> 00:23:02,788 It bothers you, doesn't it? 290 00:23:02,823 --> 00:23:04,706 What they think? 291 00:23:07,711 --> 00:23:09,962 With the things you've done... 292 00:23:09,997 --> 00:23:13,415 My God. 293 00:23:15,052 --> 00:23:18,720 It must be awful being you. 294 00:23:22,093 --> 00:23:24,676 Time is short. 295 00:23:24,728 --> 00:23:27,262 You'd better be off. 296 00:23:35,856 --> 00:23:38,607 We have reasonable proposals to recruit men for the expedition. 297 00:23:38,659 --> 00:23:40,609 To procure supplies and to ferry them. 298 00:23:40,661 --> 00:23:42,911 But it will be the approach to dealing with the Nassau pirates 299 00:23:42,946 --> 00:23:44,663 by which the entire plan will be judged. 300 00:23:44,698 --> 00:23:46,615 I feel that's where we're strongest. 301 00:23:46,617 --> 00:23:49,701 Targeted raid on the beach under cover from two men-of-war. 302 00:23:49,753 --> 00:23:52,754 Public trials and hangings of roughly a dozen of the ringleaders. 303 00:23:52,790 --> 00:23:55,624 And the replacement of the governor with an officer of our choosing. 304 00:23:55,626 --> 00:23:57,175 It's precise, it's affordable, 305 00:23:57,211 --> 00:23:58,627 and it'll play well with the Sea Lords. 306 00:23:58,629 --> 00:24:01,263 I understand that's the expected proposal. 307 00:24:01,298 --> 00:24:04,016 The safest one. But it's not the one I would like to make. 308 00:24:04,051 --> 00:24:07,436 When my father arrives, I would like to propose to him 309 00:24:07,471 --> 00:24:09,855 that we don't hang the pirates. 310 00:24:09,890 --> 00:24:13,308 - That we pardon them. - I'm sorry, what was that? 311 00:24:13,360 --> 00:24:16,645 I want to pardon them. 312 00:24:16,697 --> 00:24:18,397 - You want to pardon them? - Yes. 313 00:24:20,651 --> 00:24:23,702 - How many? - All of them. 314 00:24:23,737 --> 00:24:25,697 - All right. - The island needs commerce to survive. 315 00:24:25,706 --> 00:24:28,790 It needs labor. It needs men and women vested in its interest. 316 00:24:28,826 --> 00:24:30,266 Don't these men fit that description? 317 00:24:30,294 --> 00:24:31,493 Couldn't they become part of the solution? 318 00:24:31,545 --> 00:24:33,462 You don't need me to answer that. 319 00:24:33,497 --> 00:24:34,746 - They're men. - They're traitors to the Crown. 320 00:24:34,798 --> 00:24:37,499 - What difference does that make? - Makes some difference to the Crown. 321 00:24:37,501 --> 00:24:39,384 Just answer me this, would it work? 322 00:24:40,754 --> 00:24:43,472 To pardon a traitor is the act of a coward. 323 00:24:43,507 --> 00:24:45,674 And given our current war footing, 324 00:24:45,726 --> 00:24:48,894 precisely no one in Whitehall wants to wear that label right now. 325 00:24:48,929 --> 00:24:51,229 If you propose this to your father, 326 00:24:51,265 --> 00:24:55,350 he will almost certainly distance himself from it and most likely from you. 327 00:24:55,352 --> 00:24:57,602 Now, I only know what I've heard of your father, 328 00:24:57,654 --> 00:24:59,771 but if half of what I've heard is true, 329 00:24:59,823 --> 00:25:01,940 he's not a man one wants as an enemy. 330 00:25:03,944 --> 00:25:06,278 If you're asking me as your liaison to the Admiralty, 331 00:25:06,330 --> 00:25:08,947 my advice to you 332 00:25:08,999 --> 00:25:11,783 is that this is a maneuver only to be approached 333 00:25:11,835 --> 00:25:13,418 with utmost caution. 334 00:25:15,255 --> 00:25:18,540 But as your friend, 335 00:25:18,592 --> 00:25:21,543 I suggest you forget you ever thought of it. 336 00:25:26,633 --> 00:25:28,383 They came through the gate like locusts, 337 00:25:28,435 --> 00:25:30,051 Vane and his men. 338 00:25:30,104 --> 00:25:32,354 Brothers of mine being hacked to pieces. 339 00:25:32,389 --> 00:25:34,890 I swear to Christ Almighty, 340 00:25:34,892 --> 00:25:38,059 it wasn't the screams that haunt me most. 341 00:25:38,061 --> 00:25:40,729 It was their laughter. 342 00:25:40,781 --> 00:25:44,866 I thought they said no one survived the raid from Captain Hornigold's crew. 343 00:25:44,902 --> 00:25:48,537 Well, I guess one of them must have gotten away. 344 00:25:48,572 --> 00:25:53,041 So what do you make of this business between Captains Flint and Vane? 345 00:25:55,546 --> 00:25:58,163 Thank you. Lovely performance. 346 00:26:07,257 --> 00:26:08,723 Hello, friend. 347 00:26:08,759 --> 00:26:12,727 Man around the bend has something to say about this business at the fort. 348 00:26:15,599 --> 00:26:17,599 The fuck's going on in there? 349 00:26:17,601 --> 00:26:19,601 Pulled a man out of the water. 350 00:26:19,603 --> 00:26:21,603 Up by the north point. 351 00:26:21,655 --> 00:26:23,572 That's lucky. 352 00:26:23,607 --> 00:26:25,907 We were just about to send for one of you. 353 00:26:25,943 --> 00:26:27,108 Excuse me? 354 00:26:27,161 --> 00:26:29,194 You're a Walrus man, aren't you? 355 00:26:29,246 --> 00:26:30,662 Sorry, what are you talking about? 356 00:26:30,697 --> 00:26:32,164 He's one of yours. 357 00:27:04,815 --> 00:27:08,900 I assume Captain Flint wasn't amenable to your suggestion. 358 00:27:08,952 --> 00:27:12,153 He's not listening to me and this place is slipping into ruin. 359 00:27:12,155 --> 00:27:15,907 It's my commitment to see this fort protected 360 00:27:15,959 --> 00:27:18,460 from all enemies, all threats. 361 00:27:18,495 --> 00:27:21,162 So as you consider where to lay your support, 362 00:27:21,215 --> 00:27:24,883 consider which of us represents the greatest threat... 363 00:27:24,918 --> 00:27:27,969 my men in this fort or the madman on the water? 364 00:27:28,005 --> 00:27:31,089 - How many criers did you pay? - Four total, as you asked. 365 00:27:31,141 --> 00:27:32,507 Sent to the ends of the camps. 366 00:27:32,509 --> 00:27:34,142 But what I don't understand 367 00:27:34,177 --> 00:27:36,061 is why we're supporting Captain Vane's position. 368 00:27:36,096 --> 00:27:37,846 We're not supporting it, we're relaying it. 369 00:27:37,848 --> 00:27:41,266 With all due respect, I can't see the difference. 370 00:27:41,318 --> 00:27:42,934 I think I can live with that. 371 00:27:42,986 --> 00:27:44,402 So what do we do now? 372 00:27:45,689 --> 00:27:47,250 The only one who can stop this is Flint. 373 00:27:47,274 --> 00:27:50,025 I'll just have to find someone to convince him. 374 00:27:52,746 --> 00:27:55,747 He's moving in a direction that promises unimaginable chaos. 375 00:27:55,782 --> 00:27:58,416 He won't listen to me, 376 00:27:58,452 --> 00:28:01,002 but perhaps he would listen to an appeal from you. 377 00:28:04,041 --> 00:28:07,175 I appreciate your frustration. 378 00:28:07,210 --> 00:28:09,650 Were there something I could do to help, I assure you I would. 379 00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:12,347 You can make him see how destructive his actions would be. 380 00:28:12,382 --> 00:28:14,599 - You can make him... - If you believe... 381 00:28:14,635 --> 00:28:17,052 if you believe anyone can make him see anything, 382 00:28:17,054 --> 00:28:18,970 you must not know him very well at all. 383 00:28:21,058 --> 00:28:23,942 I'm sorry. I can't help you. 384 00:28:23,977 --> 00:28:26,361 You weren't here the last time they came. 385 00:28:26,396 --> 00:28:29,030 200 Spanish soldiers walked onto the beach. 386 00:28:29,066 --> 00:28:32,067 They burned the huts on the beach and then the structures in town. 387 00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:34,569 When the whole of Nassau was a smoking wreck, 388 00:28:34,621 --> 00:28:36,621 they turned their eye inland. 389 00:28:36,657 --> 00:28:39,124 They raped, they murdered, 390 00:28:39,159 --> 00:28:40,825 they laid waste. 391 00:28:40,877 --> 00:28:43,328 And all because there was no fort to protect the bay. 392 00:28:43,380 --> 00:28:46,081 The men in charge had allowed it to fall into disrepair. 393 00:28:48,168 --> 00:28:51,753 Please, help me to dissuade him 394 00:28:51,805 --> 00:28:54,005 from putting us on that path again. 395 00:28:54,057 --> 00:28:56,341 If you're concerned for your safety, 396 00:28:56,393 --> 00:28:57,926 perhaps you should request sanctuary 397 00:28:57,978 --> 00:28:59,644 along with your father at the Underhill estate. 398 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:00,929 I'd be happy to carry the message. 399 00:29:00,931 --> 00:29:02,764 You think this is about me? 400 00:29:02,766 --> 00:29:06,017 You asked me for my help yesterday with Mr. Underhill. 401 00:29:06,069 --> 00:29:08,603 I gave it my best efforts. You asked me today again for my help, 402 00:29:08,655 --> 00:29:09,988 but I'm sorry, 403 00:29:10,023 --> 00:29:12,824 what you ask is simply impossible. 404 00:29:12,859 --> 00:29:15,694 You don't give a shit about the rest of us, fine. 405 00:29:17,948 --> 00:29:20,665 But Flint. Don't you care enough about him 406 00:29:20,701 --> 00:29:23,118 to at least try to stop him from doing this? 407 00:29:24,755 --> 00:29:26,671 Don't I care about him? 408 00:29:26,707 --> 00:29:28,790 He's the one in the most immediate danger. 409 00:29:28,792 --> 00:29:30,842 - And you would do nothing... - You who have enabled him, 410 00:29:30,877 --> 00:29:32,927 encouraged his violence, 411 00:29:32,963 --> 00:29:35,964 you ask if I care about him? 412 00:29:36,016 --> 00:29:38,800 How dare you? 413 00:29:40,504 --> 00:29:43,188 Get out of my house. 414 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:11,332 Yes? What? 415 00:30:11,334 --> 00:30:13,802 - New recruits? - Mm-hmm. 416 00:30:13,837 --> 00:30:17,222 It would appear your reconciliation with Captain Vane has borne fruit. 417 00:30:17,257 --> 00:30:20,475 Though, perhaps, of the low-hanging variety. 418 00:30:20,510 --> 00:30:23,178 Thank you for your concern. 419 00:30:25,098 --> 00:30:26,431 Did you know? 420 00:30:27,768 --> 00:30:29,350 Before she opened the door? 421 00:30:32,072 --> 00:30:34,072 No, I didn't know. 422 00:30:35,192 --> 00:30:36,941 You must care for her a great deal. 423 00:30:36,993 --> 00:30:40,528 Not once all night did you so much as look in my direction. 424 00:30:42,032 --> 00:30:44,416 I've seen enough to know to keep my distance from you, 425 00:30:44,451 --> 00:30:46,000 thank you very much. 426 00:30:46,036 --> 00:30:48,203 The situation was not of my making. 427 00:30:48,255 --> 00:30:50,038 If it was anyone's, it was yours. 428 00:30:50,090 --> 00:30:51,923 I'm sorry, what? 429 00:30:51,958 --> 00:30:55,043 The conflict within her. I had it under control. 430 00:30:55,045 --> 00:30:57,879 Right until the moment you walked in on her and me. 431 00:30:57,931 --> 00:31:02,050 For that was the moment you began the competition between you and me. 432 00:31:02,102 --> 00:31:04,636 What is happening here, the three of us, 433 00:31:04,688 --> 00:31:06,438 it is only temporary. 434 00:31:06,473 --> 00:31:09,891 A state of denial until she finally makes a choice. 435 00:31:09,893 --> 00:31:12,227 A choice between you and I? 436 00:31:14,948 --> 00:31:17,398 Anne and I have been by each other's sides 437 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:20,118 since she was 13 years old. 438 00:31:20,153 --> 00:31:23,288 We have sailed together. We've killed together. 439 00:31:23,323 --> 00:31:26,241 We have shared things you couldn't begin to imagine. 440 00:31:26,293 --> 00:31:28,993 You've shared a bed with her for a week. 441 00:31:29,045 --> 00:31:32,247 You'd be amazed what can change in a week in my bed. 442 00:31:35,252 --> 00:31:38,419 I understand you're feeling quite indispensable of late. 443 00:31:38,472 --> 00:31:41,422 But rest assured, it only seems that way. 444 00:31:41,424 --> 00:31:43,424 I wouldn't get too comfortable were I you. 445 00:31:43,477 --> 00:31:47,929 And what if I can get you back on the water with a crew? 446 00:31:47,931 --> 00:31:51,149 Would I still only seem indispensable then, too? 447 00:31:52,936 --> 00:31:54,853 One of the girls has a lead? 448 00:31:54,905 --> 00:31:57,105 Mm, but which one? 449 00:31:57,107 --> 00:32:01,242 They're so mistrustful of male authority figures. 450 00:32:01,278 --> 00:32:04,996 It'll take some time before they report these things to you and not me. 451 00:32:09,286 --> 00:32:11,085 Come. 452 00:32:14,624 --> 00:32:18,293 Mr. Featherstone. Been a regular for months now. 453 00:32:18,345 --> 00:32:20,461 The navigator on the Colonial Dawn. 454 00:32:20,463 --> 00:32:23,264 Finest on the island, so he says. 455 00:32:23,300 --> 00:32:25,967 He's all right. Go on. 456 00:32:26,019 --> 00:32:29,137 Put my tongue in his bum, he'd tell me anything. 457 00:32:29,139 --> 00:32:32,106 So I did and he did. 458 00:32:32,142 --> 00:32:34,309 He's looking to move. 459 00:32:34,311 --> 00:32:37,111 Said the men were split badly over the mess on the beach. 460 00:32:37,147 --> 00:32:39,314 Some backing Flint, some saying he'd gone mad. 461 00:32:39,316 --> 00:32:41,950 Said the crew been fraying for some time, anyway. 462 00:32:43,491 --> 00:32:47,038 Said in all likelihood, a lot of those men would follow him wherever he went 463 00:32:47,073 --> 00:32:48,706 on account of his skills. 464 00:32:48,742 --> 00:32:52,994 And we have a plan to sway him and his men to our camp? 465 00:32:52,996 --> 00:32:55,163 I'm going to fuck the living shit out of him. 466 00:32:57,217 --> 00:33:00,418 If he chooses to join Captain Rackham's crew, 467 00:33:00,470 --> 00:33:03,004 that decision must be heartfelt. 468 00:33:03,056 --> 00:33:05,173 It cannot be cast into doubt the moment the pleasure fades. 469 00:33:05,225 --> 00:33:07,308 And for that, you cannot just fuck him. 470 00:33:07,344 --> 00:33:08,843 You must seduce him. 471 00:33:11,982 --> 00:33:14,933 Yes, there is a difference. 472 00:33:14,985 --> 00:33:17,151 The breath in his ear. 473 00:33:17,187 --> 00:33:20,438 The arch in your back when he thinks he is making you finish. 474 00:33:20,490 --> 00:33:23,358 The look in your eyes when you finally breathe again 475 00:33:23,410 --> 00:33:26,244 that tells him you would do anything he asked in that moment. 476 00:33:26,279 --> 00:33:28,863 Anything at all without hesitation. 477 00:33:28,915 --> 00:33:32,200 The story you tell him that night about when you were a little girl, 478 00:33:32,252 --> 00:33:35,837 about the place you hid from your mother where the world was quiet. 479 00:33:35,872 --> 00:33:40,208 A story you've never told another soul. 480 00:33:40,210 --> 00:33:42,343 The look of confusion you show him 481 00:33:42,379 --> 00:33:44,045 when you wake up the next morning 482 00:33:44,097 --> 00:33:46,631 that tells him despite the thousand other men 483 00:33:46,683 --> 00:33:50,051 you've awoken beside, that he is unique. 484 00:33:50,053 --> 00:33:52,353 That he has seen you vulnerable. 485 00:33:52,389 --> 00:33:54,305 And that you cannot live without him. 486 00:33:57,143 --> 00:33:59,027 I completely understand. 487 00:34:01,982 --> 00:34:05,450 Just so we're clear, I still fuck the shit out of him, yes? 488 00:34:07,203 --> 00:34:09,203 Yes. 489 00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:12,040 Is there anything else you would like to add? 490 00:34:13,793 --> 00:34:16,077 Uh, no. No, I don't think so. 491 00:34:27,223 --> 00:34:28,756 Tell me again, 492 00:34:28,808 --> 00:34:31,092 who are those men camped out in your family's storehouse? 493 00:34:31,094 --> 00:34:32,477 What men? 494 00:34:32,512 --> 00:34:34,262 Perfect. 495 00:34:38,985 --> 00:34:41,069 We're doing wrong. 496 00:34:41,104 --> 00:34:43,154 He can't be on the ship right now. 497 00:34:43,189 --> 00:34:46,024 Captain is holding things together with both hands 498 00:34:46,076 --> 00:34:48,242 and Billy will, understandably, 499 00:34:48,278 --> 00:34:50,945 have some feelings about the events of this past week. 500 00:34:50,997 --> 00:34:53,665 If those feeling were expressed right now, 501 00:34:53,700 --> 00:34:57,869 it could spoil whatever chances we have to retrieve the Urca gold. 502 00:35:04,344 --> 00:35:05,960 Where is this? 503 00:35:07,430 --> 00:35:10,131 It's all right. You made it home. 504 00:35:19,976 --> 00:35:21,309 What was that? 505 00:35:23,113 --> 00:35:26,698 Get... Gates. 506 00:35:52,308 --> 00:35:55,093 Featherstone and Idelle? 507 00:35:55,145 --> 00:35:58,262 - Max told me. - Ah. 508 00:35:58,314 --> 00:36:01,682 Been in there going on three hours. 509 00:36:01,735 --> 00:36:03,735 Do you think she can do it? 510 00:36:03,770 --> 00:36:05,570 Swing him our way? 511 00:36:05,605 --> 00:36:08,523 I think I have underestimated my last whore 512 00:36:08,575 --> 00:36:10,525 for a while, given the week I've been having. 513 00:36:15,165 --> 00:36:18,166 I've put a lot of bodies in the ground for you, haven't I? 514 00:36:20,754 --> 00:36:21,869 Excuse me? 515 00:36:21,871 --> 00:36:23,588 Watched your back. 516 00:36:23,623 --> 00:36:24,872 Cleaned up your messes. 517 00:36:24,874 --> 00:36:27,708 Carried out your plans. 518 00:36:29,712 --> 00:36:31,712 I didn't always understand. 519 00:36:31,765 --> 00:36:34,465 Didn't always agree. 520 00:36:35,802 --> 00:36:37,602 But I did it. 521 00:36:37,637 --> 00:36:40,605 Some fucked-up, awful shit 'cause I knew you needed it done. 522 00:36:41,891 --> 00:36:43,808 I don't think the night you had last night 523 00:36:43,860 --> 00:36:45,726 comes even close to something to bitch about. 524 00:36:45,728 --> 00:36:49,730 I know you know this is significantly more complicated 525 00:36:49,783 --> 00:36:52,650 than the quantity of tits I have access to at any given moment. 526 00:36:52,702 --> 00:36:55,820 I know she's dangerous. 527 00:36:55,872 --> 00:36:58,489 Especially to me. 528 00:36:58,541 --> 00:37:01,492 I ain't in my right head about her. 529 00:37:01,544 --> 00:37:03,578 She knows it. 530 00:37:03,630 --> 00:37:05,496 And it ain't hard to imagine her intent 531 00:37:05,548 --> 00:37:07,965 is to play us off one against the other. 532 00:37:08,001 --> 00:37:11,052 But I'm asking you to do this for me. 533 00:37:12,806 --> 00:37:14,639 I'm asking you to watch my back 534 00:37:14,674 --> 00:37:17,175 on the other side of that door. 535 00:37:17,227 --> 00:37:20,728 'Cause I know as long as you are, there ain't shit she can do to get between us. 536 00:37:57,183 --> 00:38:00,384 Mr. Featherstone will announce to his shipmates tomorrow 537 00:38:00,436 --> 00:38:02,386 that he has joined a new crew. 538 00:38:02,438 --> 00:38:03,804 Your crew. 539 00:38:11,364 --> 00:38:12,647 What? 540 00:38:18,238 --> 00:38:20,454 He believes a number of his men will join him 541 00:38:20,490 --> 00:38:22,456 upon hearing this news. 542 00:38:22,492 --> 00:38:24,659 At least 28 men. 543 00:38:26,462 --> 00:38:28,412 That's more than half his crew. 544 00:38:28,464 --> 00:38:29,830 In addition to these new recruits, 545 00:38:29,832 --> 00:38:33,668 you will be granted command of their ship as well. 546 00:38:35,388 --> 00:38:37,755 Congratulations, Captain. 547 00:38:54,908 --> 00:38:57,525 A few more men in the fort now than two hours ago, 548 00:38:57,577 --> 00:39:00,444 though I believe we stemmed the tide there. 549 00:39:00,496 --> 00:39:04,865 The captains I've spoken with are on firm agreement with our position. 550 00:39:04,918 --> 00:39:06,584 Several of them have committed men and resources 551 00:39:06,619 --> 00:39:08,536 to the final assault up the hill. 552 00:39:08,538 --> 00:39:11,923 Though we have yet to hear from your man Mr. Silver, 553 00:39:11,958 --> 00:39:14,258 word has come in from the beach. 554 00:39:14,294 --> 00:39:15,793 Support is in our favor, 555 00:39:15,845 --> 00:39:18,713 though division amongst the remaining crews is rampant. 556 00:39:18,765 --> 00:39:22,600 Reports of skirmishes amongst and within the camps has been arriving... 557 00:39:22,635 --> 00:39:24,552 Numbers, please. 558 00:39:24,554 --> 00:39:26,437 Pardon? 559 00:39:26,472 --> 00:39:30,891 We're well aware of the discord caused by Captain Vane's entreaty. 560 00:39:30,944 --> 00:39:34,028 I want to know what we'll be facing if we go down this road. 561 00:39:39,702 --> 00:39:42,570 Roughly 65 men in the fort, plus or minus 10. 562 00:39:42,572 --> 00:39:44,405 We bring to bear 90 men on our own 563 00:39:44,457 --> 00:39:47,742 plus 50 pledged by sister crews. 564 00:39:47,744 --> 00:39:50,294 On rough terrain and fighting an entrenched enemy, 565 00:39:50,330 --> 00:39:52,880 I think it's safe to assume that casualties 566 00:39:52,915 --> 00:39:55,666 will number threescore on our side. 567 00:39:55,718 --> 00:39:57,752 As I've said, we ought harbor no illusions 568 00:39:57,754 --> 00:39:59,720 about the blood that will be spilled on that hill. 569 00:40:04,477 --> 00:40:06,344 Father, how was your travel from the country? 570 00:40:08,314 --> 00:40:10,598 Wet. 571 00:40:12,602 --> 00:40:14,435 Well, I think you're most optimistic 572 00:40:14,487 --> 00:40:16,687 about the Admiralty's willingness to outfit 573 00:40:16,739 --> 00:40:19,774 these ships you assume you can procure. 574 00:40:19,776 --> 00:40:21,692 But as for the rest of it, 575 00:40:21,744 --> 00:40:23,828 seems like a reasonable proposal. 576 00:40:23,863 --> 00:40:25,830 Do you agree, Lieutenant? 577 00:40:25,865 --> 00:40:27,832 Yes. Yes, I would, sir. 578 00:40:27,867 --> 00:40:32,703 I see. Well, then, perhaps we can discuss 579 00:40:32,755 --> 00:40:37,425 the one element you so conveniently elected to ignore. 580 00:40:37,460 --> 00:40:39,510 What about the pirate raiders of Nassau? 581 00:40:45,134 --> 00:40:46,967 I want to put them to work. 582 00:40:47,020 --> 00:40:48,936 To work? At what? 583 00:40:48,971 --> 00:40:50,771 Tilling, harvesting, coopering, 584 00:40:50,807 --> 00:40:52,973 building, smithing, fishing. 585 00:40:53,026 --> 00:40:55,109 What are you talking about, Thomas? 586 00:40:57,480 --> 00:40:59,897 I intend to secure them pardons. 587 00:41:01,484 --> 00:41:03,484 A blanket amnesty for any man who will accept it. 588 00:41:03,536 --> 00:41:05,453 In exchange for his allegiance, 589 00:41:05,488 --> 00:41:08,823 his renunciation of violence and his labor. 590 00:41:13,379 --> 00:41:15,996 What a piece of work you are. 591 00:41:16,049 --> 00:41:18,332 You asked me to formulate a plan. 592 00:41:18,384 --> 00:41:20,051 That's what I've done. 593 00:41:21,504 --> 00:41:24,839 I asked you to formulate a plan 594 00:41:24,891 --> 00:41:28,392 that would secure the support of the navy in our efforts. 595 00:41:28,428 --> 00:41:31,345 Support without which there is little chance 596 00:41:31,347 --> 00:41:34,515 of reversing the catastrophic downward trend in revenue 597 00:41:34,567 --> 00:41:36,183 from the Bahama territories. 598 00:41:36,235 --> 00:41:39,403 Support that is almost certain to disappear entirely 599 00:41:39,439 --> 00:41:43,023 and for good the moment they hear they are to be associated 600 00:41:43,025 --> 00:41:46,694 with a plan to reward men who are in open revolt against the Crown. 601 00:41:46,746 --> 00:41:50,081 This is the solution most likely to lead to our desired result. 602 00:41:50,116 --> 00:41:52,116 It also has the virtue of being the right thing to do. 603 00:41:52,168 --> 00:41:54,835 Oh, for God's sake. 604 00:41:54,871 --> 00:41:57,371 Lieutenant, am I right to assume 605 00:41:57,373 --> 00:41:58,923 that a proposal such as this... 606 00:41:58,958 --> 00:42:00,374 Don't look at him. Talk to me. 607 00:42:06,048 --> 00:42:08,215 My son is impertinent, Lieutenant. 608 00:42:08,267 --> 00:42:10,518 My son is indulged. 609 00:42:10,553 --> 00:42:13,104 My son is self-righteous. 610 00:42:13,139 --> 00:42:15,890 But he's not stupid. 611 00:42:17,226 --> 00:42:19,193 Perhaps you could explain to me 612 00:42:19,228 --> 00:42:21,562 how you intend to distract the queen 613 00:42:21,564 --> 00:42:24,198 from her war to issue these pardons. 614 00:42:24,233 --> 00:42:25,866 I wouldn't need her to do anything. 615 00:42:25,902 --> 00:42:27,535 A simple act would accomplish the same thing. 616 00:42:27,570 --> 00:42:29,904 Of Parliament? There aren't four votes 617 00:42:29,956 --> 00:42:31,489 among the lords for something as absurd as this. 618 00:42:31,541 --> 00:42:34,742 Sutton, Dunster, Lewis, Form, Philpott. There's five. 619 00:42:34,744 --> 00:42:37,077 They're easy. I haven't even opened my mouth to make an argument. 620 00:42:37,130 --> 00:42:38,913 An argument to abet sedition in times of war? 621 00:42:38,965 --> 00:42:41,966 A war, sir, to ensure that a Protestant sits on the throne of Spain. 622 00:42:42,001 --> 00:42:43,717 Thomas, if I were a rival of this family, 623 00:42:43,753 --> 00:42:46,137 I would be shouting from the rooftops that any man 624 00:42:46,172 --> 00:42:48,923 who proposes to pardon a traitor in times such as these 625 00:42:48,975 --> 00:42:50,257 is himself a traitor. 626 00:42:50,259 --> 00:42:53,310 We are fighting a war in the service of the son of God. 627 00:42:53,346 --> 00:42:56,096 And it is treason to offer forgiveness to any man who would seek it? 628 00:42:56,149 --> 00:42:57,398 What in the hell is it you think we're doing here? 629 00:42:57,433 --> 00:42:59,266 This isn't your goddamn salon, Thomas. 630 00:42:59,268 --> 00:43:03,174 If you do not forgive men their sins, your father will not forgive your sins. 631 00:43:03,189 --> 00:43:05,656 - I don't want to hear it! - I know you don't. 632 00:43:17,086 --> 00:43:19,703 Lieutenant. 633 00:43:19,755 --> 00:43:22,423 I'll ask you once again, 634 00:43:22,458 --> 00:43:25,176 am I to assume by your silence 635 00:43:25,211 --> 00:43:28,345 that you are in agreement with this proposal? 636 00:43:30,299 --> 00:43:32,183 The lieutenant has dutifully expressed his reservations... 637 00:43:32,218 --> 00:43:34,969 Madam... 638 00:43:35,021 --> 00:43:39,473 you have done enough to damage the good name of this family. 639 00:43:39,475 --> 00:43:41,642 I would ask that you keep both your mouth 640 00:43:41,644 --> 00:43:43,644 and your legs firmly shut going forward... 641 00:43:43,696 --> 00:43:45,980 I support it. 642 00:43:50,987 --> 00:43:53,204 I found his argument persuasive. 643 00:43:53,239 --> 00:43:56,290 I find his intent to be good and true. 644 00:43:56,325 --> 00:43:58,626 And I find yours wanting, sir. 645 00:44:00,580 --> 00:44:03,714 I will be relaying my findings to Admiral Hennessey in short order. 646 00:44:03,749 --> 00:44:07,051 And now I think it's time you left, sir. 647 00:44:23,352 --> 00:44:26,270 Gentlemen. 648 00:44:42,622 --> 00:44:46,423 Did you just ask my father 649 00:44:46,459 --> 00:44:48,459 to leave his own house? 650 00:45:07,196 --> 00:45:10,397 Right now he will be dispatching messages to the Sea Lords, 651 00:45:10,449 --> 00:45:12,900 the Southern Secretary, 652 00:45:12,902 --> 00:45:14,234 his friends in the Privy Council. 653 00:45:14,287 --> 00:45:18,038 He will stop at nothing to ensure that this plan never sees the light of day. 654 00:45:18,074 --> 00:45:21,125 And now you're in the line of fire. 655 00:45:21,160 --> 00:45:23,210 People can say what they like about you. 656 00:45:26,048 --> 00:45:28,132 But you're a good man. 657 00:45:31,170 --> 00:45:33,837 More people should say that. 658 00:45:35,091 --> 00:45:37,224 And someone should be willing to defend it. 659 00:45:55,277 --> 00:45:57,027 Pastor. 660 00:45:57,079 --> 00:45:59,330 It's before dawn. 661 00:45:59,365 --> 00:46:02,032 I don't sleep anymore. 662 00:46:13,212 --> 00:46:15,129 I've seen you at my service. 663 00:46:15,181 --> 00:46:18,966 I've kept my distance, but I've seen you there. 664 00:46:19,018 --> 00:46:21,352 Heard of your efforts to join our community. 665 00:46:21,387 --> 00:46:23,053 To make a fresh start. 666 00:46:23,105 --> 00:46:26,223 I've wanted to believe it to be true. 667 00:46:26,275 --> 00:46:28,525 After... 668 00:46:28,561 --> 00:46:31,111 after what happened between you and I, 669 00:46:31,147 --> 00:46:34,281 I wanted to believe that as vile as the act was, 670 00:46:34,316 --> 00:46:36,984 perhaps it was born of a misguided desire 671 00:46:37,036 --> 00:46:39,036 on your part to change your ways. 672 00:46:39,071 --> 00:46:40,904 To seek a more virtuous path. 673 00:46:43,075 --> 00:46:46,043 I do seek a more virtuous path. 674 00:46:46,078 --> 00:46:49,747 Then why am I also hearing that you've been receiving Mr. Guthrie's daughter? 675 00:46:49,799 --> 00:46:53,000 Making requests of Mr. Underhill on her behalf? 676 00:46:53,002 --> 00:46:54,635 You don't understand. 677 00:46:54,670 --> 00:46:57,971 I understand more than you think, ma'am. 678 00:47:00,176 --> 00:47:02,009 I've been to town today. 679 00:47:02,061 --> 00:47:04,812 I hear that one of the thieves on the beach, 680 00:47:04,847 --> 00:47:07,848 desirous of impressing her, assaulted another. 681 00:47:07,900 --> 00:47:10,350 Killed him. 682 00:47:10,352 --> 00:47:14,021 And in a display for all to see, mounted his severed head on a pike. 683 00:47:14,023 --> 00:47:16,740 Were this not monstrous enough, 684 00:47:16,776 --> 00:47:19,276 talk is it was all in service of stealing a young girl 685 00:47:19,328 --> 00:47:21,612 intended to be ransomed to her father. 686 00:47:21,664 --> 00:47:25,199 None other than the governor of the Carolina colony. 687 00:47:25,201 --> 00:47:27,251 An upstanding, God-fearing man 688 00:47:27,286 --> 00:47:30,087 hundreds of leagues from here is unsafe from their brutality. 689 00:47:30,122 --> 00:47:32,623 These are Miss Guthrie's associates. 690 00:47:32,675 --> 00:47:36,043 These are the men on whose behalf you would act by doing her bidding. 691 00:47:36,095 --> 00:47:39,012 Men who seek profit through the most boundless, 692 00:47:39,048 --> 00:47:41,381 wanton, unrepentant barbarism. 693 00:47:41,383 --> 00:47:44,885 And I'm to believe that your desire to repent is genuine? 694 00:47:44,937 --> 00:47:46,720 Lord Ashe? 695 00:47:46,772 --> 00:47:48,772 What? 696 00:47:48,808 --> 00:47:50,691 The governor in Carolina, 697 00:47:50,726 --> 00:47:53,644 it is Lord Peter Ashe, it is not? 698 00:47:55,064 --> 00:47:56,814 I believe so, but... 699 00:47:58,067 --> 00:48:00,734 Lord Ashe's daughter, what was her name? 700 00:48:00,786 --> 00:48:03,320 Mrs. Barlow, what difference does her name make? 701 00:48:03,372 --> 00:48:05,405 Abigail. 702 00:48:05,458 --> 00:48:08,742 Her name is Abigail Ashe. 703 00:48:08,744 --> 00:48:10,744 Absolution. 704 00:48:10,796 --> 00:48:13,413 A clean slate for all those willing to accept it. 705 00:48:13,466 --> 00:48:15,415 A few hours ago, I informed my father 706 00:48:15,468 --> 00:48:19,002 that this was my intended solution for the pirate issue on New Providence Island. 707 00:48:22,758 --> 00:48:25,259 We've talked in this room, you and I, 708 00:48:25,311 --> 00:48:26,760 about reason. 709 00:48:28,063 --> 00:48:29,346 We've talked about justice. 710 00:48:29,398 --> 00:48:31,682 We've talked about virtue and the right. 711 00:48:31,734 --> 00:48:33,433 We've talked and talked. 712 00:48:33,435 --> 00:48:35,602 And now, perhaps, it is time to do that 713 00:48:35,604 --> 00:48:38,272 which we've only spoken about behind closed doors. 714 00:48:38,274 --> 00:48:40,607 I am committed to this end. 715 00:48:40,609 --> 00:48:44,361 But it is a long road and I will need your help to see it through. 716 00:49:29,408 --> 00:49:31,241 How can I help? 717 00:49:33,412 --> 00:49:35,495 I don't believe you've been properly introduced. 718 00:49:35,548 --> 00:49:37,297 Lieutenant McGraw... 719 00:49:38,500 --> 00:49:41,385 my good friend Lord Peter Ashe. 720 00:50:19,425 --> 00:50:21,124 What the fuck is this? 721 00:50:26,215 --> 00:50:28,382 I heard the news today. 722 00:50:28,384 --> 00:50:31,685 I thought it a sign it was time to come and see you. 723 00:50:33,389 --> 00:50:35,305 You're kidding me. 724 00:50:35,357 --> 00:50:37,057 Coming to gloat now? 725 00:50:38,360 --> 00:50:40,944 You don't see it, do you? 726 00:50:40,980 --> 00:50:44,281 You're so close to having everything you've wanted. 727 00:50:44,316 --> 00:50:47,401 Everything I told you you'll never have. 728 00:50:47,453 --> 00:50:49,369 It's within your reach. 729 00:50:49,405 --> 00:50:51,705 I came to help you get it. 730 00:51:03,419 --> 00:51:05,719 I remember when I first saw it. 731 00:51:05,754 --> 00:51:08,221 I'd never seen a structure like it. 732 00:51:08,257 --> 00:51:11,174 It seemed indestructible. 733 00:51:12,761 --> 00:51:15,595 If you would have told me then the decision you face today, 734 00:51:15,648 --> 00:51:19,433 I don't know if I would have believed it possible. 735 00:51:22,438 --> 00:51:26,406 Richard Guthrie sat on the throne of commerce when I arrived. 736 00:51:26,442 --> 00:51:29,159 Made men rich, they said. 737 00:51:30,996 --> 00:51:34,414 Then his daughter took his place, made Nassau strong. 738 00:51:36,118 --> 00:51:38,118 Everyone knows this. 739 00:51:39,872 --> 00:51:42,122 I wonder how many know that there was one man 740 00:51:42,174 --> 00:51:45,125 standing behind them. 741 00:51:45,177 --> 00:51:47,844 Standing behind both thrones, 742 00:51:47,880 --> 00:51:49,796 keeping the world spinning. 743 00:51:53,469 --> 00:51:56,386 You're as invested in the future of this place as any. 744 00:51:58,557 --> 00:52:00,023 What would you do? 745 00:52:05,147 --> 00:52:07,230 I know Eleanor's argument. 746 00:52:07,282 --> 00:52:10,650 And I know why you think it is weak and I do not disagree with you. 747 00:52:10,703 --> 00:52:14,204 Her judgment about Captain Vane has never been right. 748 00:52:14,239 --> 00:52:16,490 But because she is compromised, 749 00:52:16,542 --> 00:52:19,710 it does not necessarily follow that she is wrong. 750 00:52:19,745 --> 00:52:21,828 I fear that to take that fort 751 00:52:21,830 --> 00:52:25,632 will be to divide this island in a most dangerous way. 752 00:52:25,667 --> 00:52:28,335 To force men to take sides against each other 753 00:52:28,387 --> 00:52:32,055 at a time when our very survival demands the very opposite. 754 00:52:33,675 --> 00:52:35,392 I fear that if we go down that road, 755 00:52:35,427 --> 00:52:37,761 by the time Spain or England arrive, 756 00:52:37,813 --> 00:52:39,479 they will find their job done for them. 757 00:52:39,515 --> 00:52:43,066 They will find Nassau has destroyed itself. 758 00:52:45,154 --> 00:52:46,820 The world changes. 759 00:52:46,855 --> 00:52:48,855 It is inevitable. 760 00:52:48,907 --> 00:52:51,691 Perhaps the only thing that is inevitable. 761 00:52:53,362 --> 00:52:55,912 If it were me facing this decision, 762 00:52:55,948 --> 00:52:58,198 I would make peace with that. 763 00:52:58,250 --> 00:53:02,285 I would teach myself to see Captain Vane 764 00:53:02,337 --> 00:53:06,039 as an unfortunate but unavoidable change 765 00:53:06,041 --> 00:53:07,707 in our landscape. 766 00:53:09,545 --> 00:53:14,548 And I would ensure that we all live to see the sunrise again tomorrow. 767 00:53:14,550 --> 00:53:16,099 Were it me. 768 00:54:06,101 --> 00:54:08,068 What say you, Captain? 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