1 00:00:11,288 --> 00:00:13,088 Are you the liaison sent by the Admiralty? 2 00:00:13,134 --> 00:00:14,195 I am, my lord. 3 00:00:14,196 --> 00:00:17,175 I intend to save Nassau before she's lost forever. 4 00:00:17,210 --> 00:00:19,627 Hornigold provided security for the consortium's operations. 5 00:00:19,629 --> 00:00:21,512 You'd like me to fill that role for you now? 6 00:00:21,548 --> 00:00:23,598 If your friends aren't capable of protecting themselves, 7 00:00:23,633 --> 00:00:24,793 they aren't worth protecting. 8 00:00:24,801 --> 00:00:26,050 - What's your name? - Ned Low. 9 00:00:26,102 --> 00:00:27,886 It would be a shame to make enemies of each other 10 00:00:27,938 --> 00:00:30,555 - over such a small amount of money. - Get out of my place. 11 00:00:30,607 --> 00:00:33,558 Hell of a prize, Mr. Meeks. Hell of a prize. 12 00:00:33,570 --> 00:00:35,371 Perhaps it is in everyone's best interest 13 00:00:35,395 --> 00:00:37,645 that you and I find a way past all of this. 14 00:00:37,647 --> 00:00:40,031 There's simply no way of stealing their gold. 15 00:00:40,066 --> 00:00:42,450 But there might be something else you can steal... their war ship. 16 00:00:42,485 --> 00:00:44,619 You will both be transported back to Nassau 17 00:00:44,654 --> 00:00:47,622 at which point you will be removed from this ship permanently. 18 00:00:47,657 --> 00:00:50,325 I think you intend to take control of this ship. 19 00:00:50,377 --> 00:00:52,877 And then I think you intend to return to that beach 20 00:00:52,913 --> 00:00:55,380 and seize every last ounce of gold off of it. 21 00:00:55,415 --> 00:00:57,999 And I think you're going to need my help to do it. 22 00:03:11,301 --> 00:03:14,469 I learned of this technique from a Spanish bishop. 23 00:03:14,471 --> 00:03:16,604 Six days, they claim, 24 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:19,107 before the sun shrinks the leather so tight 25 00:03:19,142 --> 00:03:22,477 that the ribs collapse, piercing vital organs within. 26 00:03:24,064 --> 00:03:26,397 And on the seventh day, you'll rest. 27 00:03:26,449 --> 00:03:30,151 Who knew? They have a sense of humor. 28 00:03:35,208 --> 00:03:37,408 When my men first pulled you out of the sea 29 00:03:37,460 --> 00:03:39,293 and brought you back to this garrison, 30 00:03:39,329 --> 00:03:43,498 I knew right away you were going to be of great value to me. 31 00:03:43,500 --> 00:03:46,334 You were ill-disposed to acknowledge as much then, 32 00:03:46,386 --> 00:03:48,336 but five days later, 33 00:03:48,388 --> 00:03:50,338 I believe I have your attention. 34 00:03:50,340 --> 00:03:53,674 You see, I believe I may have an opportunity 35 00:03:53,726 --> 00:03:55,676 to be liberated from this place. 36 00:03:55,728 --> 00:03:58,930 And you are going to help me. 37 00:04:10,193 --> 00:04:14,028 And God said, "Let there be light," 38 00:04:14,030 --> 00:04:16,447 and then there was light. 39 00:04:16,499 --> 00:04:19,367 And He saw that it was good, 40 00:04:19,419 --> 00:04:22,453 and He separated the land from the water, 41 00:04:22,505 --> 00:04:25,206 and He called the water the Seas. 42 00:04:27,343 --> 00:04:31,429 And He said, "Let the sea bring forth life abundantly." 43 00:04:33,049 --> 00:04:34,715 And He blessed it, 44 00:04:34,717 --> 00:04:36,384 and He said that it was good. 45 00:04:45,728 --> 00:04:49,280 And He formed man of the dust of the ground 46 00:04:49,315 --> 00:04:52,033 and breathed life into his nostrils 47 00:04:52,068 --> 00:04:54,869 and man became a living soul. 48 00:04:54,904 --> 00:04:57,572 And He beheld all He had created, 49 00:04:57,574 --> 00:04:59,707 and He said it was very good. 50 00:05:02,879 --> 00:05:07,215 But the Lord beheld the man made in his likeness 51 00:05:07,250 --> 00:05:09,217 and He beheld his solitude... 52 00:05:10,553 --> 00:05:12,336 and He said, 53 00:05:12,388 --> 00:05:15,089 "It is not good that he is alone." 54 00:05:17,594 --> 00:05:20,061 And the moral of the story... 55 00:05:22,398 --> 00:05:25,066 everybody needs a partner. 56 00:05:26,186 --> 00:05:28,102 You are the partner assigned to me 57 00:05:28,154 --> 00:05:31,239 in response to my father's request by the Admiralty, but it would appear 58 00:05:31,274 --> 00:05:34,942 that even you believe this endeavor is doomed to fail. 59 00:05:34,944 --> 00:05:37,411 Beg pardon, my lord, but I didn't say that. 60 00:05:37,447 --> 00:05:40,615 I merely said that it would be wise for us to manage our expectations 61 00:05:40,617 --> 00:05:42,533 as to what's achievable. 62 00:05:42,585 --> 00:05:44,835 And what is it that you think is achievable? 63 00:05:44,871 --> 00:05:47,338 Well, sir, the pirate issue is a thorny one, 64 00:05:47,373 --> 00:05:49,707 but I believe that there are ways to... 65 00:05:49,759 --> 00:05:52,510 - Aside from the pirates. - I'm sorry? 66 00:05:52,545 --> 00:05:55,596 I don't believe the pirates are the cause of Nassau's problem. 67 00:05:55,632 --> 00:05:58,466 I believe they are a symptom. 68 00:05:58,468 --> 00:06:01,636 The root causes are the ones that I would like to address first. 69 00:06:01,638 --> 00:06:03,471 Root causes? 70 00:06:03,473 --> 00:06:05,523 The graft of its governor. 71 00:06:05,558 --> 00:06:06,974 The incompetence of its managers. 72 00:06:07,026 --> 00:06:09,610 The neglect of its lords. 73 00:06:09,646 --> 00:06:11,646 The instability caused by these things 74 00:06:11,648 --> 00:06:14,198 is what draws the pirates to Nassau, not the other way around. 75 00:06:14,234 --> 00:06:16,117 So let's begin there. 76 00:06:16,152 --> 00:06:18,653 What is it that you believe would truly return Nassau 77 00:06:18,655 --> 00:06:20,154 to stable profitability? 78 00:06:20,206 --> 00:06:22,823 You mean aside from removing the pirates? 79 00:06:22,875 --> 00:06:25,793 Let's leave them out for now, yes. 80 00:06:25,828 --> 00:06:28,162 What would it take? 81 00:06:30,166 --> 00:06:34,168 Farmers, men skilled in the cultivation of sugar and tobacco. 82 00:06:34,220 --> 00:06:37,388 Magistrates to maintain order. Carpenters to raise buildings. 83 00:06:37,423 --> 00:06:39,340 Clergy to raise spirits. 84 00:06:39,392 --> 00:06:42,843 Foodstuffs to sustain them all for six months, perhaps a year. 85 00:06:42,845 --> 00:06:46,180 Three ships to transport it all, sailors to sail them. 86 00:06:46,182 --> 00:06:48,065 And an honest governor, 87 00:06:48,101 --> 00:06:51,185 the first in recent memory, to oversee it all. 88 00:06:51,187 --> 00:06:53,738 In short, you'd be assembling a colony, 89 00:06:53,773 --> 00:06:56,607 boarding it onto ships, transporting it across the Atlantic, 90 00:06:56,659 --> 00:06:59,327 and hoping that when it arrives, it takes to an environment 91 00:06:59,362 --> 00:07:01,696 that has resisted every attempt at stable commerce 92 00:07:01,698 --> 00:07:04,031 for the past 50 years. 93 00:07:04,083 --> 00:07:07,368 Oh, and then there are the pirates that we've agreed not to discuss. 94 00:07:09,706 --> 00:07:12,373 Are you sure three ships would be enough? 95 00:07:14,093 --> 00:07:17,762 My lord, I feel I have to be honest with you. 96 00:07:17,797 --> 00:07:21,849 I have grave doubts about whether something like this is realistic. 97 00:07:21,884 --> 00:07:24,135 - Yes, I've gathered that. - If you wish to request 98 00:07:24,187 --> 00:07:27,555 a liaison more sympathetic to your views, 99 00:07:27,607 --> 00:07:29,857 I'm sure Admiral Hennessey would be happy to oblige. 100 00:07:29,892 --> 00:07:33,728 The New World is a gift, Lieutenant, 101 00:07:33,730 --> 00:07:38,366 a sacred opportunity to right our wrongs and begin anew. 102 00:07:38,401 --> 00:07:41,118 And I do not want my family's plot in it 103 00:07:41,154 --> 00:07:43,070 to be the reason for its fall. 104 00:07:47,744 --> 00:07:50,328 I'm not looking for someone to hold my hand. 105 00:07:50,380 --> 00:07:52,413 I need someone who can help me 106 00:07:52,465 --> 00:07:55,082 ensure that Nassau survives. 107 00:07:55,134 --> 00:07:57,001 The stakes are too great for anything else. 108 00:07:58,254 --> 00:07:59,837 And you suspect that I'm that person 109 00:07:59,889 --> 00:08:03,367 despite the fact that it's clear that we both view the world very differently? 110 00:08:03,368 --> 00:08:04,998 Because of it. 111 00:08:04,999 --> 00:08:07,895 Strange pairs, Lieutenant. 112 00:08:07,930 --> 00:08:11,432 They can achieve the most unexpected things. 113 00:08:24,113 --> 00:08:26,614 You can walk away from all this if you wanted. 114 00:08:26,666 --> 00:08:29,500 The moment we arrive at Nassau, 115 00:08:29,535 --> 00:08:32,086 you're free to go anywhere you want. 116 00:08:32,121 --> 00:08:36,590 And yet you've offered to help me regain control of this crew. 117 00:08:37,627 --> 00:08:40,010 Why would you do that? 118 00:08:42,265 --> 00:08:44,965 You mean aside from the share of gold I'd get out of it? 119 00:08:47,303 --> 00:08:50,805 There are other ways of earning money, other crews. 120 00:08:50,857 --> 00:08:53,891 I don't want to earn money. 121 00:08:53,943 --> 00:08:55,810 I don't want to join another crew. 122 00:08:55,812 --> 00:08:58,612 If we're being honest, I don't really want to be on this crew 123 00:08:58,648 --> 00:09:01,148 a day longer than is absolutely necessary. 124 00:09:01,150 --> 00:09:02,366 Why not? 125 00:09:02,402 --> 00:09:04,819 Because I don't want to be a pirate. 126 00:09:04,871 --> 00:09:07,154 I'm not interested in the life. 127 00:09:07,206 --> 00:09:09,073 Not interested in the fighting, 128 00:09:09,125 --> 00:09:11,208 not interested in the ships. 129 00:09:11,244 --> 00:09:14,495 I don't care much for the sea while we're on the subject. 130 00:09:14,497 --> 00:09:16,247 But being a pirate on this crew 131 00:09:16,299 --> 00:09:17,998 for a little while longer, 132 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:19,800 it offers me an opportunity 133 00:09:19,836 --> 00:09:23,504 I don't believe I can find anywhere else on Earth... 134 00:09:23,506 --> 00:09:26,173 one big prize. 135 00:09:26,225 --> 00:09:28,309 And with it, freedom. 136 00:09:28,344 --> 00:09:30,845 From water, from Randall, 137 00:09:30,897 --> 00:09:34,315 from hunger, from wages... 138 00:09:35,685 --> 00:09:37,151 from you. 139 00:09:43,242 --> 00:09:44,825 Just one question. 140 00:09:46,829 --> 00:09:48,863 In approximately two days' time, 141 00:09:48,915 --> 00:09:50,948 when we arrive back at Nassau, 142 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:54,084 you and I will both be unceremoniously expelled from this ship. 143 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:56,871 That would seem to be an impediment to your plan. 144 00:10:00,126 --> 00:10:02,593 In less than two days, 145 00:10:02,628 --> 00:10:06,096 I intend to be a captain again. 146 00:10:06,132 --> 00:10:09,717 I suggest you find a way of earning your way back onto this crew as well. 147 00:10:23,366 --> 00:10:26,116 Captain, a word, please. 148 00:10:27,370 --> 00:10:30,154 Mr. Meeks, how can I help you? 149 00:10:35,878 --> 00:10:37,828 What happened at the tavern last night, Captain? 150 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:39,630 I don't know. Did something happen? 151 00:10:39,665 --> 00:10:42,716 I've heard word you confronted the Guthrie woman. 152 00:10:42,752 --> 00:10:45,135 - Threatened her? - And? 153 00:10:45,171 --> 00:10:47,221 And I wish you hadn't done that. 154 00:10:47,256 --> 00:10:48,976 I'm sorry you feel that way. Are we through? 155 00:10:49,008 --> 00:10:50,758 No, we're not. 156 00:10:50,810 --> 00:10:52,760 The crew's relationship with her 157 00:10:52,762 --> 00:10:54,678 is worth far more than the amount she withheld 158 00:10:54,730 --> 00:10:56,514 from the Good Fortune prize. 159 00:10:56,566 --> 00:10:59,266 You're recklessly jeopardizing that relationship, 160 00:10:59,268 --> 00:11:01,435 their relationship. 161 00:11:01,437 --> 00:11:03,070 Mr. Meeks, would you like to know 162 00:11:03,105 --> 00:11:04,905 what the men were laughing at just now when you arrived? 163 00:11:04,941 --> 00:11:09,276 I was recounting to them my conversation at the tavern last night 164 00:11:09,278 --> 00:11:11,278 and wondering aloud 165 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:13,280 if I were to fuck the lady Guthrie 166 00:11:13,282 --> 00:11:15,749 to within an inch of her young life while they watched, 167 00:11:15,785 --> 00:11:18,836 would the crew consider her debt to them repaid in full? 168 00:11:21,123 --> 00:11:22,957 And will they feel the same 169 00:11:22,959 --> 00:11:25,426 when their next haul is rejected by her outright? 170 00:11:25,461 --> 00:11:27,177 When we return from Carolina, 171 00:11:27,213 --> 00:11:29,797 every man on this ship will have his hat filled with gold. 172 00:11:29,799 --> 00:11:32,016 What happens after that? 173 00:11:32,051 --> 00:11:34,134 It's an uncertain world, Mr. Meeks. 174 00:11:34,186 --> 00:11:35,519 Best to live in the now. 175 00:12:02,498 --> 00:12:04,715 He took me in 176 00:12:04,750 --> 00:12:08,168 when I didn't have shit. 177 00:12:08,170 --> 00:12:09,803 Made a place for me. 178 00:12:09,839 --> 00:12:12,840 Taught me things. 179 00:12:12,892 --> 00:12:16,894 Without him, I wouldn't have fucking made it. 180 00:12:19,515 --> 00:12:22,566 When someone gives you a life, 181 00:12:22,602 --> 00:12:24,485 it ain't truly your own. 182 00:12:26,939 --> 00:12:29,990 You owe some part of it back. 183 00:12:33,245 --> 00:12:36,363 What happened last night... 184 00:12:36,415 --> 00:12:38,165 Jesus. 185 00:12:41,504 --> 00:12:44,254 I understand. 186 00:12:44,290 --> 00:12:47,007 Something so different from what you know. 187 00:12:47,043 --> 00:12:49,376 I know how frightening it can be. 188 00:12:54,016 --> 00:12:56,050 I will respect your wishes 189 00:12:56,052 --> 00:12:58,636 and we can make last night the last time. 190 00:13:13,653 --> 00:13:17,454 Oh, fuck. There must be a way. 191 00:13:17,490 --> 00:13:19,406 A way to make me essential. 192 00:13:19,458 --> 00:13:22,543 They can hate me, they just need to need me. 193 00:13:22,578 --> 00:13:24,878 Randall, hurry the fuck up. 194 00:13:24,914 --> 00:13:26,547 We're waiting. 195 00:13:29,418 --> 00:13:31,969 And don't you dare fucking spit in my bowl, Randall. 196 00:13:32,004 --> 00:13:33,554 We all know you do it when you're ornery, 197 00:13:33,589 --> 00:13:36,256 but I'm warning you, I'll know. 198 00:13:40,596 --> 00:13:42,012 Curs. 199 00:13:45,685 --> 00:13:47,601 You're gonna do it anyway, aren't you? 200 00:13:53,325 --> 00:13:55,442 Randall, that is truly disgusting. 201 00:13:55,444 --> 00:13:58,946 Imbecile or no, you really ought to know better. 202 00:13:58,948 --> 00:14:01,532 I don't like him. 203 00:14:01,584 --> 00:14:04,668 Be that as it may, it hardly justifies... 204 00:14:06,455 --> 00:14:07,955 What did you say? 205 00:14:07,957 --> 00:14:10,457 I don't like him. 206 00:14:14,130 --> 00:14:15,963 Yes. 207 00:14:16,015 --> 00:14:18,132 Perhaps the better question is, 208 00:14:18,134 --> 00:14:20,684 who else doesn't like him? 209 00:14:24,807 --> 00:14:26,640 Yes? 210 00:14:29,478 --> 00:14:31,478 A moment, if I may? 211 00:14:33,315 --> 00:14:34,982 Of course. 212 00:14:36,485 --> 00:14:38,118 Have you read any of these? 213 00:14:39,705 --> 00:14:41,121 Excuse me? 214 00:14:43,075 --> 00:14:46,543 A shelf of books, so many lives unled... 215 00:14:47,997 --> 00:14:50,581 so many possibilities. 216 00:14:50,633 --> 00:14:53,584 I glanced, but nothing rang familiar. 217 00:14:53,636 --> 00:14:56,420 Nor for me. 218 00:14:59,475 --> 00:15:01,341 You know the irony of all this? 219 00:15:01,343 --> 00:15:04,178 When we first found you, 220 00:15:04,230 --> 00:15:07,347 I was the one who saw the promise in acquiring you 221 00:15:07,399 --> 00:15:09,683 and Mr. Gates was the one who opposed it. 222 00:15:09,685 --> 00:15:12,069 Is that so? 223 00:15:12,104 --> 00:15:13,687 He didn't trust lettered men. 224 00:15:13,689 --> 00:15:16,440 Found them harder to keep in line, 225 00:15:16,492 --> 00:15:19,326 more resistant to persuasion. 226 00:15:19,361 --> 00:15:21,862 I prevailed. 227 00:15:21,914 --> 00:15:23,447 What was your argument? 228 00:15:24,784 --> 00:15:28,702 That I was tired of being the only one he had a hard time keeping in line. 229 00:15:34,927 --> 00:15:38,512 Mr. Flint, I'm sorry, but I have a tremendous amount of preparations... 230 00:15:38,547 --> 00:15:40,347 It's killing me... 231 00:15:40,382 --> 00:15:41,849 what happened. 232 00:15:41,884 --> 00:15:45,302 What I did to Mr. Gates. 233 00:15:45,354 --> 00:15:48,856 I keep on replaying it in my mind 234 00:15:48,891 --> 00:15:50,858 every waking moment, 235 00:15:50,893 --> 00:15:53,227 trying to see another way. 236 00:15:56,232 --> 00:15:59,199 I don't expect you to understand, 237 00:15:59,235 --> 00:16:02,903 but I need you to know that no one on this ship 238 00:16:02,905 --> 00:16:06,657 feels his loss more keenly than I do. 239 00:16:06,709 --> 00:16:10,911 I know he developed a great affection for you. 240 00:16:13,299 --> 00:16:15,249 Perhaps if I can support you in this moment, 241 00:16:15,301 --> 00:16:18,919 it will be some small penance for what I've done. 242 00:16:18,921 --> 00:16:22,222 How exactly do you propose to support me? 243 00:16:22,258 --> 00:16:24,258 By giving you good counsel. 244 00:16:28,764 --> 00:16:31,515 We're losing our favorable wind. 245 00:16:31,567 --> 00:16:33,851 Been losing it for hours. 246 00:16:33,903 --> 00:16:36,904 Now, sooner or later, someone will suggest 247 00:16:36,939 --> 00:16:40,324 tacking east around the coast, get ahead of the wind. 248 00:16:40,359 --> 00:16:42,943 Maneuvered properly, that would be the fastest way home, 249 00:16:42,945 --> 00:16:45,579 but I suggest that you resist that plan at all costs. 250 00:16:46,699 --> 00:16:47,865 Why? 251 00:16:47,917 --> 00:16:51,702 Because that route runs right through the common passage out of Kingston. 252 00:16:51,754 --> 00:16:55,005 And the men will press to take the first prize they sight. 253 00:17:00,212 --> 00:17:03,547 We're in possession of a war ship. 254 00:17:03,599 --> 00:17:05,849 Why would we shy away from taking a prize? 255 00:17:05,885 --> 00:17:08,352 Because the men aren't ready. 256 00:17:08,387 --> 00:17:10,137 Not with the numbers they've lost. 257 00:17:10,189 --> 00:17:13,724 They're far too depleted to fully man this ship in battle. 258 00:17:13,776 --> 00:17:15,559 You get them home safely, 259 00:17:15,611 --> 00:17:18,812 get them rested, reinforce their numbers, 260 00:17:18,864 --> 00:17:22,232 and then take this ship and do with it what you will. 261 00:17:41,553 --> 00:17:45,973 "A sacred opportunity to right our wrongs." 262 00:17:46,008 --> 00:17:50,344 My God, do you know anyone in the world who talks that way? 263 00:17:50,346 --> 00:17:52,179 I do now, sir. 264 00:17:52,181 --> 00:17:54,848 Is it possible he's fully mad? 265 00:17:54,850 --> 00:17:56,650 Half of Whitehall whispers it. 266 00:17:56,685 --> 00:17:59,770 He isn't mad. He's just... 267 00:17:59,822 --> 00:18:02,572 bright, determined, wealthy, 268 00:18:02,608 --> 00:18:04,074 all at the same time. 269 00:18:04,109 --> 00:18:05,525 Jesus. That's worse. 270 00:18:13,202 --> 00:18:14,751 You might like him, sir. 271 00:18:14,787 --> 00:18:19,539 Actually, I went to one of those salons of his, 272 00:18:19,541 --> 00:18:23,260 the ones that half the Royal Society attend but most deny. 273 00:18:23,295 --> 00:18:25,796 Most of those men are pretenders, sir, 274 00:18:25,848 --> 00:18:28,882 attracted to his ideas because they make them feel like radicals. 275 00:18:28,934 --> 00:18:30,884 But Thomas... 276 00:18:30,886 --> 00:18:33,770 when he talks about the need to rethink things, 277 00:18:33,806 --> 00:18:35,605 systemic things, 278 00:18:35,641 --> 00:18:38,191 I think he truly believes what he's saying. 279 00:18:38,227 --> 00:18:41,361 And what's more, I'm afraid I might believe a good deal of it as well. 280 00:18:41,397 --> 00:18:42,896 Thomas? 281 00:18:42,948 --> 00:18:45,565 I'm sorry, sir. 282 00:18:45,567 --> 00:18:49,653 He refuses to stand on ceremony, insists on the familiar. 283 00:18:51,290 --> 00:18:53,290 I know what you're thinking, but I assure you, sir, 284 00:18:53,325 --> 00:18:56,076 my judgment, as it relates to this assignment, 285 00:18:56,078 --> 00:18:57,661 is still intact. 286 00:19:01,216 --> 00:19:03,250 Ship's business. 287 00:19:03,252 --> 00:19:05,669 I shall return. No, no. 288 00:19:28,360 --> 00:19:30,660 Is there a problem? 289 00:19:30,696 --> 00:19:33,497 No problem. None whatsoever. 290 00:19:34,783 --> 00:19:36,166 Apologies. 291 00:19:36,201 --> 00:19:38,835 Perhaps it's my jealousy showing. 292 00:19:38,871 --> 00:19:40,954 Liaison to the Hamilton family, 293 00:19:41,006 --> 00:19:43,423 that's quite an appointment. 294 00:19:43,459 --> 00:19:45,459 Congratulations, sir. 295 00:19:46,962 --> 00:19:48,295 Thank you. 296 00:19:48,347 --> 00:19:50,347 I must say, I thought myself quite qualified, 297 00:19:50,382 --> 00:19:52,466 but then I suppose perhaps 298 00:19:52,518 --> 00:19:56,136 for this particular assignment, you were the better man. 299 00:20:04,146 --> 00:20:05,645 Of course, I can understand 300 00:20:05,697 --> 00:20:08,031 how it would be of such importance to you. 301 00:20:08,067 --> 00:20:11,985 Someone of your station... son of a carpenter's mate 302 00:20:11,987 --> 00:20:14,321 given a chance to socialize with a lord. 303 00:20:14,373 --> 00:20:16,406 Hold that position for long enough 304 00:20:16,458 --> 00:20:19,709 and you might convince everyone you're something more than you actually are. 305 00:20:21,413 --> 00:20:23,830 A gentleman, most civilized. 306 00:20:25,751 --> 00:20:28,919 I imagine there is no end to the benefits 307 00:20:28,971 --> 00:20:31,254 Thomas Hamilton's favor could bestow upon you. 308 00:20:31,306 --> 00:20:34,508 Future employment, status... 309 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:38,595 hell, I understand if he likes you well enough, 310 00:20:38,647 --> 00:20:40,981 he may even let you fuck his wife. 311 00:20:50,242 --> 00:20:52,159 Enough! 312 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:01,084 If you are an officer in my fleet, 313 00:21:01,120 --> 00:21:03,670 I suggest you leave this place. 314 00:21:04,756 --> 00:21:06,373 Now! 315 00:21:26,061 --> 00:21:27,777 You can't blame the men. 316 00:21:27,813 --> 00:21:30,030 They'd suffered under an awful stretch of captains. 317 00:21:30,065 --> 00:21:32,866 Weaklings, frauds, liars. 318 00:21:32,901 --> 00:21:36,153 Ned Low, whatever he is, he's none of those things. 319 00:21:36,205 --> 00:21:37,988 The men saw him as an answer. 320 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:41,241 But now I fear they cannot see that by supporting him, 321 00:21:41,293 --> 00:21:43,243 they may be sowing the seeds of their own destruction. 322 00:21:43,245 --> 00:21:46,129 Mr. Meeks, your men can't possibly be that stupid. 323 00:21:46,165 --> 00:21:48,715 Are they unaware of the profits he cost them with the Good Fortune prize? 324 00:21:48,750 --> 00:21:50,500 Or the future profits he's costing them with me? 325 00:21:50,552 --> 00:21:54,588 Ma'am, I'm uncertain of my footing on this subject. 326 00:21:54,590 --> 00:21:56,089 Suffice it to say, 327 00:21:56,091 --> 00:22:00,977 the Good Fortune yielded up a unique item of great value. 328 00:22:01,013 --> 00:22:03,480 The men know where their next distribution is coming from 329 00:22:03,515 --> 00:22:06,016 and it isn't you. 330 00:22:06,068 --> 00:22:07,651 Item? What kind of item? 331 00:22:07,686 --> 00:22:09,436 I really cannot say. 332 00:22:10,656 --> 00:22:12,772 Well, Mr. Meeks, I'm not exactly sure 333 00:22:12,824 --> 00:22:14,304 what it is you think I can do for you, 334 00:22:14,326 --> 00:22:17,110 - but I've got business... - I hear you depose captains. 335 00:22:17,112 --> 00:22:20,280 - Excuse me? - I'm told you have that power. 336 00:22:20,332 --> 00:22:22,249 I'm told you've done it before. 337 00:22:22,284 --> 00:22:24,167 That was a special case 338 00:22:24,203 --> 00:22:26,620 and something I nearly paid for at the cost of my livelihood. 339 00:22:26,672 --> 00:22:29,122 Simply incompatible with the role I play here now. 340 00:22:29,174 --> 00:22:31,841 He is a mad man. 341 00:22:31,877 --> 00:22:34,761 And he's fixed on you as an object of his ire. 342 00:22:34,796 --> 00:22:37,714 I need your help. My men need your help. 343 00:22:37,766 --> 00:22:42,219 But you have an interest in seeing this resolved as well. 344 00:22:43,972 --> 00:22:45,805 Ma'am. 345 00:22:46,942 --> 00:22:48,975 I'm on my way. 346 00:22:49,027 --> 00:22:50,443 Wait for me in the bar. 347 00:22:50,479 --> 00:22:52,445 We'll continue this conversation. 348 00:22:56,318 --> 00:22:58,318 Apologies, gentlemen, for keeping you waiting. 349 00:23:03,292 --> 00:23:06,910 I'm most eager to hear the results of Captain Lawrence's journey. 350 00:23:12,301 --> 00:23:16,219 - Thanks, love. - Treating yourself, I see. 351 00:23:17,339 --> 00:23:19,172 I'd say you're entitled. 352 00:23:19,174 --> 00:23:21,341 The work you've done for my inn is commendable. 353 00:23:21,393 --> 00:23:25,228 And what good are the efforts if they yield no spoils? 354 00:23:25,264 --> 00:23:28,181 - I don't know what you mean. - Don't ya? 355 00:23:28,233 --> 00:23:31,651 Mademoiselle, what exactly is happening between you and Anne? 356 00:23:31,687 --> 00:23:34,487 She wanted me out of the inn, out on the streets. 357 00:23:34,523 --> 00:23:35,989 What would you have had me do? 358 00:23:36,024 --> 00:23:40,277 I couldn't say, but seducing her was certainly... 359 00:23:40,329 --> 00:23:42,329 an interesting approach. 360 00:23:42,364 --> 00:23:44,030 Call it what you like, 361 00:23:44,032 --> 00:23:45,749 but yesterday she was enraged. 362 00:23:45,784 --> 00:23:47,917 And today she is not. 363 00:23:47,953 --> 00:23:49,369 That is not seduction, 364 00:23:49,421 --> 00:23:52,422 that is simply removing the cause of her frustration. 365 00:23:52,457 --> 00:23:54,040 Please. 366 00:23:54,092 --> 00:23:57,427 She was frustrated because you crossed Eleanor Guthrie. 367 00:23:57,462 --> 00:23:59,212 Do you really believe that? 368 00:23:59,214 --> 00:24:01,931 Has she not been behaving strangely 369 00:24:01,967 --> 00:24:03,883 for far longer than any of that? 370 00:24:03,885 --> 00:24:08,305 Were Mr. Hamund here, perhaps he could testify on the subject. 371 00:24:10,142 --> 00:24:11,775 I beg your pardon, but are you asking me 372 00:24:11,810 --> 00:24:14,311 to believe that Anne killed eight men, 373 00:24:14,363 --> 00:24:16,780 risked her life, utterly destroyed both our reputations, 374 00:24:16,815 --> 00:24:19,255 to say nothing of the damage done to her relationship with me, 375 00:24:19,284 --> 00:24:21,701 to remove you from that tent, and that she did it all 376 00:24:21,737 --> 00:24:24,571 because she secretly wants to fuck you? 377 00:24:29,127 --> 00:24:31,294 I see. 378 00:24:33,548 --> 00:24:35,632 I'll tell you what that sounds like to me. 379 00:24:35,667 --> 00:24:38,835 It sounds like a crass attempt to drive a wedge between my partner and I 380 00:24:38,887 --> 00:24:41,588 to achieve for yourself a controlling influence 381 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:43,173 over our little triumvirate. 382 00:24:43,225 --> 00:24:45,175 Perhaps I'll share that feeling with Anne 383 00:24:45,227 --> 00:24:48,261 and let's just see how quickly she turns that anger in your direction. 384 00:24:48,313 --> 00:24:51,426 - It won't work. - No? Why? 385 00:24:51,427 --> 00:24:53,266 Because I believe that somewhere, somehow, 386 00:24:53,318 --> 00:24:54,851 you have known she has wanted this... 387 00:24:54,903 --> 00:24:57,237 needed this for a very long time. 388 00:24:57,272 --> 00:24:59,322 I'm giving it to her. 389 00:24:59,358 --> 00:25:00,940 And now that she has it, 390 00:25:00,942 --> 00:25:03,777 it would be exceedingly difficult for her to let it go. 391 00:25:03,779 --> 00:25:06,830 This upsets you. This threatens you. 392 00:25:06,865 --> 00:25:08,748 I am sorry. 393 00:25:08,784 --> 00:25:11,034 There is nothing you can do about it. 394 00:25:25,300 --> 00:25:27,384 Hoist up the sails! 395 00:25:30,639 --> 00:25:33,022 - No luck? - Ugly stretch. 396 00:25:33,058 --> 00:25:36,359 Goddamn wind just won't cooperate. 397 00:25:36,395 --> 00:25:40,313 If I were to suggest rather than trying to tack southwest 398 00:25:40,365 --> 00:25:44,367 that we head east, hug the coast to navigate around the weather, 399 00:25:44,403 --> 00:25:46,152 what would you say? 400 00:25:48,457 --> 00:25:51,908 I would say either somebody gave you that idea, 401 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:54,244 somebody who's a hell of a sailor, 402 00:25:54,296 --> 00:25:55,712 or you've been holding back on me. 403 00:25:57,249 --> 00:25:58,832 Flint said to avoid it. 404 00:25:58,834 --> 00:26:00,633 Said when it was raised 405 00:26:00,669 --> 00:26:02,919 that we should resist the temptation at all costs. 406 00:26:02,971 --> 00:26:05,505 Avoid the common passage it would take us through 407 00:26:05,507 --> 00:26:07,340 and the temptation to hunt a prize. 408 00:26:07,342 --> 00:26:09,142 You spoke to Flint? 409 00:26:10,345 --> 00:26:12,228 He approached me. 410 00:26:12,264 --> 00:26:14,013 Why would he do that? 411 00:26:14,065 --> 00:26:17,317 Why attempt to scuttle the idea before any of us have even arrived at it? 412 00:26:17,352 --> 00:26:19,853 Is it possible he still believes he can take back his command? 413 00:26:19,855 --> 00:26:21,438 How? 414 00:26:21,490 --> 00:26:23,440 There isn't a man on the crew that will even speak to him, 415 00:26:23,492 --> 00:26:25,658 much less support him. 416 00:26:25,694 --> 00:26:28,862 I don't know, but had he that notion, 417 00:26:28,914 --> 00:26:32,916 I imagine the idea of this crew taking a prize under your command 418 00:26:32,951 --> 00:26:35,702 would be a terrifying prospect. 419 00:26:35,754 --> 00:26:37,921 I suppose the only question is, 420 00:26:37,956 --> 00:26:40,206 are you prepared to lead them? 421 00:26:43,295 --> 00:26:45,712 Set the course. 422 00:26:51,937 --> 00:26:53,520 It's better than nothing, isn't it? 423 00:27:02,147 --> 00:27:04,314 An account of goings-on. 424 00:27:04,366 --> 00:27:07,984 Volume the first on this 13th day in June, 425 00:27:08,036 --> 00:27:12,238 1715, in the year of our Lord. 426 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:14,491 The weather is fair. 427 00:27:14,543 --> 00:27:17,377 Fresh topsail gale, north by northeast. 428 00:27:19,965 --> 00:27:21,414 First item... 429 00:27:24,085 --> 00:27:28,137 a certain member of this crew, who shall remain nameless, 430 00:27:28,173 --> 00:27:31,224 was seen dozing during the night watch. 431 00:27:31,259 --> 00:27:33,259 Another member of the same watch 432 00:27:33,311 --> 00:27:37,230 took the opportunity to take three pieces from his pocket... 433 00:27:38,934 --> 00:27:40,733 Shut the fuck up. 434 00:27:40,769 --> 00:27:42,485 We're eating. 435 00:27:55,834 --> 00:27:57,450 What was that? 436 00:27:57,452 --> 00:27:59,836 I am convincing the crew 437 00:27:59,871 --> 00:28:01,788 to allow me to remain with them. 438 00:28:01,790 --> 00:28:03,456 As we discussed. 439 00:28:03,458 --> 00:28:04,924 Is that what you're doing? 440 00:28:06,711 --> 00:28:10,880 I spent three years at the St. John's Home for Poor Orphan Boys. 441 00:28:10,932 --> 00:28:13,600 During that time, I knew a boy named Solomon Little. 442 00:28:13,635 --> 00:28:15,301 Cleft palette, spotted face, 443 00:28:15,353 --> 00:28:19,355 and the most unfortunate set of ears I have, to this day, ever seen. 444 00:28:19,391 --> 00:28:21,975 He should have been beaten to within an inch of his life on a daily basis 445 00:28:21,977 --> 00:28:24,477 if the laws of nature applied. 446 00:28:24,479 --> 00:28:27,030 Yet no one ever laid a finger on him 447 00:28:27,065 --> 00:28:30,950 because even at that tender age, 448 00:28:30,986 --> 00:28:33,620 he knew... 449 00:28:33,655 --> 00:28:36,706 it isn't about getting them to like you, 450 00:28:36,741 --> 00:28:40,243 it's about reminding them how much they dislike each other. 451 00:28:41,496 --> 00:28:44,831 He got up every morning, made his address, 452 00:28:44,833 --> 00:28:47,300 and I'll be God damned if there was a boy in that home 453 00:28:47,335 --> 00:28:49,085 who could've lasted a day without it. 454 00:28:51,890 --> 00:28:56,509 You do realize that those are grown men out there, not boys. 455 00:28:56,561 --> 00:28:58,177 In my experience, 456 00:28:58,179 --> 00:29:01,347 when it comes to the thrill of ridiculing one's peers, 457 00:29:01,349 --> 00:29:03,066 there's little difference. 458 00:29:12,110 --> 00:29:14,577 No one pays him any attention, 459 00:29:14,613 --> 00:29:17,497 so he sees everything. 460 00:29:17,532 --> 00:29:19,365 And he knows his fate and mine 461 00:29:19,417 --> 00:29:21,834 are more closely linked than he'd care to admit. 462 00:29:21,870 --> 00:29:24,787 So he reports it all back to me. 463 00:29:24,839 --> 00:29:26,873 And there's plenty more gossip in the well. 464 00:29:30,512 --> 00:29:33,429 Good luck with... 465 00:29:33,465 --> 00:29:35,181 whatever this is. 466 00:29:41,556 --> 00:29:44,057 80 barrels of molasses, 467 00:29:44,059 --> 00:29:46,142 65 units of rum. 468 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:50,120 I can't believe this is all we got for it. 469 00:29:50,148 --> 00:29:52,365 If I may, ma'am, I consider it a triumph 470 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:53,900 I made it back here at all. 471 00:29:53,952 --> 00:29:57,570 I was met with great skepticism at every turn, 472 00:29:57,572 --> 00:30:00,039 from the merchant buyers to the customs house... 473 00:30:00,075 --> 00:30:01,541 Your papers were properly arranged. 474 00:30:01,576 --> 00:30:03,042 Your payoffs were in the proper amounts. 475 00:30:03,078 --> 00:30:04,577 It was all in good order. 476 00:30:04,629 --> 00:30:06,162 All but your family's name, ma'am. 477 00:30:07,332 --> 00:30:09,215 It is no longer in good order, 478 00:30:09,250 --> 00:30:10,833 and everyone in that harbor knew it. 479 00:30:10,885 --> 00:30:13,586 I was questioned for nigh on three hours 480 00:30:13,588 --> 00:30:16,422 the minute the customs man realized I was your agent. 481 00:30:16,474 --> 00:30:19,676 At a certain point, I had to frighten him into believing 482 00:30:19,728 --> 00:30:23,479 there would be reprisals against him personally 483 00:30:23,515 --> 00:30:25,565 if he were to arrest me. 484 00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:28,267 - By whom? - I beg your pardon? 485 00:30:28,319 --> 00:30:33,239 By whom did you suggest there would be reprisals against him? 486 00:30:33,274 --> 00:30:36,159 Did you use Mr. Frasier's name? 487 00:30:36,194 --> 00:30:38,611 Captain Naft's, then? 488 00:30:38,613 --> 00:30:42,331 I can understand how that would strike fear in the heart of any man. 489 00:30:42,367 --> 00:30:45,368 - Charles, enough. - Or did you use mine? 490 00:30:48,873 --> 00:30:50,673 You're welcome. 491 00:31:07,726 --> 00:31:11,110 How awkward this is. 492 00:31:11,146 --> 00:31:13,980 Mr. Holmes here informed me 493 00:31:14,032 --> 00:31:16,315 that he observed you in this place 494 00:31:16,367 --> 00:31:18,401 nervously entering Eleanor Guthrie's office. 495 00:31:18,453 --> 00:31:23,156 I told myself, "What on Earth could Mr. Meeks have to say to her?" 496 00:31:23,208 --> 00:31:27,043 Now forced to wonder if it stems from your concerns about my fitness. 497 00:31:27,078 --> 00:31:30,580 Seeking an ally, perhaps, to threaten my position as captain. 498 00:31:32,834 --> 00:31:35,468 I swore an oath to those men. 499 00:31:35,503 --> 00:31:38,471 To protect them from their captain. 500 00:31:39,724 --> 00:31:42,308 From themselves when called for. 501 00:31:43,428 --> 00:31:45,511 I see. 502 00:31:45,513 --> 00:31:47,897 But perhaps you're right. 503 00:31:47,932 --> 00:31:51,734 Perhaps you serve their interests best by betraying me in this moment. 504 00:31:51,770 --> 00:31:55,438 Although, perhaps this is just the act of a spineless traitor, 505 00:31:55,490 --> 00:31:57,523 in which case... 506 00:31:57,575 --> 00:32:00,443 well, in which case... 507 00:32:02,781 --> 00:32:05,031 I have a duty to do something about it. 508 00:32:10,538 --> 00:32:14,040 - You need to walk away from this. - Walk away? 509 00:32:14,092 --> 00:32:15,625 This venture is on shaky footing. 510 00:32:15,677 --> 00:32:18,294 How long before the street realizes this? 511 00:32:18,346 --> 00:32:20,546 How long before the mob is outside your door again? 512 00:32:20,548 --> 00:32:23,382 What happens if this time it won't go away? 513 00:32:23,384 --> 00:32:25,885 Since when have you been concerned with my operation? 514 00:32:25,937 --> 00:32:28,054 My concern is for you. 515 00:32:33,111 --> 00:32:34,811 I believe this is going to work. 516 00:32:34,863 --> 00:32:37,697 I believe you have motive to see it fail. 517 00:32:37,732 --> 00:32:39,649 I believe you're angry with me. 518 00:32:39,701 --> 00:32:41,484 I believe you resent me. 519 00:32:41,536 --> 00:32:43,619 What I do not believe... 520 00:32:43,655 --> 00:32:45,822 not at all, not for an instant... 521 00:32:45,874 --> 00:32:47,456 is that you have any concern for me. 522 00:32:47,492 --> 00:32:49,075 I can't protect you from this. 523 00:32:50,545 --> 00:32:53,379 My men follow me because I serve their interests first. 524 00:32:53,414 --> 00:32:55,965 To ask them to protect a tyrant 525 00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:58,050 too weak to enforce her own tyranny... 526 00:32:58,086 --> 00:33:00,586 I will have a very hard time convincing them 527 00:33:00,638 --> 00:33:03,089 that that is in their interests. 528 00:33:03,091 --> 00:33:06,642 If you are not strong enough to protect yourself, Eleanor, 529 00:33:06,678 --> 00:33:10,096 then I am urging you to cease behaving as if you are. 530 00:33:56,394 --> 00:33:58,361 I don't want to see you in my place again. 531 00:33:58,396 --> 00:34:00,529 I don't want to see you on my island again. 532 00:34:00,565 --> 00:34:03,482 Take your men, take your shit, 533 00:34:03,534 --> 00:34:05,284 and seek life elsewhere. 534 00:34:17,298 --> 00:34:20,333 I'd appreciate it if you'd remove that from my face, friend. 535 00:34:20,385 --> 00:34:23,753 Did you not hear the lady, friend? 536 00:34:25,556 --> 00:34:27,139 All right. 537 00:35:14,889 --> 00:35:16,689 Don't. 538 00:35:44,585 --> 00:35:48,254 I'm sorry we've had such a rough go of it, you and I... 539 00:35:48,306 --> 00:35:51,674 but I'm afraid I'm simply enjoying myself 540 00:35:51,726 --> 00:35:54,143 way too much to consider leaving this place. 541 00:36:01,019 --> 00:36:03,402 I'm sure we'll be seeing each other soon. 542 00:36:28,763 --> 00:36:30,846 If you're trying to impress me, 543 00:36:30,882 --> 00:36:32,798 it isn't working. 544 00:36:41,809 --> 00:36:45,277 Goings-on, volume the fourth. 545 00:36:47,365 --> 00:36:49,982 Light breeze, west-southwest. 546 00:36:50,034 --> 00:36:53,152 Sunset in roughly three hours. 547 00:36:53,154 --> 00:36:55,488 First item... 548 00:36:57,125 --> 00:36:59,291 a certain member of the rigging crew, 549 00:36:59,327 --> 00:37:01,327 who shall remain nameless, 550 00:37:01,379 --> 00:37:04,330 was moving his bowels over the side. 551 00:37:04,382 --> 00:37:06,665 He was spotted considering the stick 552 00:37:06,667 --> 00:37:09,168 and its unacceptable state of being, 553 00:37:09,220 --> 00:37:11,720 and instead, chose to wipe 554 00:37:11,756 --> 00:37:14,173 with the bare palm of his hand. 555 00:37:32,410 --> 00:37:34,860 Next item... 556 00:37:37,198 --> 00:37:39,748 Oh... 557 00:37:39,784 --> 00:37:42,168 A member of the third watch, 558 00:37:42,203 --> 00:37:44,837 who shall remain nameless, 559 00:37:44,872 --> 00:37:46,872 entered the pen late last night 560 00:37:46,924 --> 00:37:49,041 sometime after three bells. 561 00:37:49,093 --> 00:37:52,428 Though no one actually saw him enter or exit, 562 00:37:52,463 --> 00:37:55,264 evidence of his presence was clear, 563 00:37:55,299 --> 00:37:57,383 as upon inspection, 564 00:37:57,385 --> 00:38:01,720 the dairy goat's anus was irritated from overuse. 565 00:38:09,147 --> 00:38:10,896 You fucked the dairy goat? 566 00:38:19,657 --> 00:38:22,124 The dairy goat? 567 00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:25,211 They know who fucked the dairy goat. 568 00:38:27,248 --> 00:38:30,583 There you go, Joshua! 569 00:38:32,587 --> 00:38:35,838 - Sail! - Starboard bow! 570 00:38:37,175 --> 00:38:40,809 - Sail! - Starboard bow! 571 00:38:40,845 --> 00:38:42,561 There! 572 00:38:46,267 --> 00:38:47,933 Steady. 573 00:38:47,935 --> 00:38:50,519 Steer steady, keep your course. 574 00:38:50,571 --> 00:38:53,439 - What is she? - English colors. 575 00:38:53,491 --> 00:38:56,742 Inbound from Kingston. Sugar merchants, most likely. 576 00:39:03,167 --> 00:39:06,035 How do you presume an English merchantmen will react 577 00:39:06,087 --> 00:39:07,920 when being hailed by a Spanish warship? 578 00:39:09,373 --> 00:39:11,090 Only one way to find out. 579 00:39:14,795 --> 00:39:16,629 Anyone up for a little hunting? 580 00:39:49,580 --> 00:39:52,164 I'm sorry, you were saying something 581 00:39:52,166 --> 00:39:55,634 about your judgment on this matter 582 00:39:55,670 --> 00:39:57,253 remaining intact. 583 00:39:58,839 --> 00:40:01,307 I apologize, sir. 584 00:40:01,342 --> 00:40:03,842 Good sense escaped me for a moment. 585 00:40:03,844 --> 00:40:07,096 An insult to the man's wife that had to be answered. 586 00:40:07,148 --> 00:40:10,316 It reflects not upon my fitness 587 00:40:10,351 --> 00:40:12,935 to continue handling Lord Hamilton. 588 00:40:12,987 --> 00:40:15,271 I know how important this posting is. 589 00:40:15,323 --> 00:40:17,489 I know you know. 590 00:40:17,525 --> 00:40:20,242 My concern with you 591 00:40:20,278 --> 00:40:24,029 is over that which cannot be known. 592 00:40:24,081 --> 00:40:27,449 That thing which arises in you 593 00:40:27,501 --> 00:40:30,169 when passions are aroused... 594 00:40:30,204 --> 00:40:32,538 good sense escapes you. 595 00:40:34,208 --> 00:40:36,125 All men have it. 596 00:40:36,177 --> 00:40:40,129 But yours... yours is different. 597 00:40:40,181 --> 00:40:43,265 Darker. Wilder. 598 00:40:43,301 --> 00:40:47,102 I imagine it's what makes you so effective as an officer. 599 00:40:47,138 --> 00:40:49,722 But when exposed to extremes, 600 00:40:49,774 --> 00:40:53,359 I could not imagine what it is capable of. 601 00:40:53,394 --> 00:40:56,812 And of greater concern, 602 00:40:56,864 --> 00:40:58,981 I'm not sure you do either. 603 00:41:09,377 --> 00:41:10,993 Lift! 604 00:41:13,414 --> 00:41:16,415 Raise the lateen. 605 00:41:16,417 --> 00:41:18,384 Pull away! 606 00:41:18,419 --> 00:41:23,922 Heave! 607 00:41:23,974 --> 00:41:25,424 Pull away, God damn it! 608 00:41:25,476 --> 00:41:28,844 Pull away, you lubbers! 609 00:41:28,896 --> 00:41:30,429 Heave! 610 00:41:30,481 --> 00:41:32,648 - Come down. - Aye, sir. 611 00:41:34,902 --> 00:41:36,602 Harnin' the port sheets. 612 00:41:36,654 --> 00:41:39,238 Harnin' the port sheets! 613 00:41:42,175 --> 00:41:43,776 Take your pistols. 614 00:41:43,778 --> 00:41:48,414 - Ready the grappling. - Keep it dry. 615 00:41:48,449 --> 00:41:52,918 Stand to, lads! 616 00:41:55,589 --> 00:41:58,290 I don't need to explain to you the stakes of what happens 617 00:41:58,342 --> 00:42:01,593 if Mr. Dufresne is successful in taking this prize. 618 00:42:01,629 --> 00:42:04,129 Keep the mainsail tight! 619 00:42:04,181 --> 00:42:07,132 Took me a while to get a feel for this part of it. 620 00:42:07,134 --> 00:42:09,968 Raise the black too soon and the prize will run. 621 00:42:09,970 --> 00:42:11,970 Raise it too late 622 00:42:12,022 --> 00:42:15,557 and you'll induce panic and a greater chance of resistance. 623 00:42:15,609 --> 00:42:18,777 You ought to show your colors at just the right moment 624 00:42:18,813 --> 00:42:20,396 to get them to strike theirs. 625 00:42:33,744 --> 00:42:35,160 Raise the black. 626 00:42:35,212 --> 00:42:37,663 Raise the black! 627 00:42:37,665 --> 00:42:40,249 Raise the black! 628 00:42:56,434 --> 00:42:58,317 Gun crews at the ready. 629 00:43:03,908 --> 00:43:06,325 Hold your breath, lads. 630 00:43:14,335 --> 00:43:15,834 They struck their colors. 631 00:43:19,707 --> 00:43:21,790 See? I told you. 632 00:43:25,546 --> 00:43:28,013 - Prepare to board. - Aye. 633 00:44:08,722 --> 00:44:10,255 You're in command here, yes? 634 00:44:10,307 --> 00:44:12,925 I am. 635 00:44:12,927 --> 00:44:15,143 You were wise not to fight. 636 00:44:15,179 --> 00:44:17,596 Are there any men lying in wait below? 637 00:44:18,682 --> 00:44:20,065 Answer truthfully 638 00:44:20,100 --> 00:44:23,235 or the consequences will be severe. 639 00:44:25,906 --> 00:44:28,106 It is as you see it. 640 00:44:31,278 --> 00:44:34,029 Sweep the hold. Start at the bow. 641 00:44:39,954 --> 00:44:42,204 This is the most dangerous part. 642 00:44:43,924 --> 00:44:46,041 Look at him. 643 00:44:46,093 --> 00:44:48,794 His mind is drowning in questions. 644 00:44:48,846 --> 00:44:51,630 Did I make the right decision? 645 00:44:51,682 --> 00:44:53,799 How am I going to explain to my proprietors 646 00:44:53,851 --> 00:44:56,018 that I gave up their goods without a fight? 647 00:44:56,053 --> 00:44:57,886 What kind of man am I? 648 00:44:57,938 --> 00:45:01,473 You hope he has answers to those questions. 649 00:45:01,475 --> 00:45:06,645 You hope that he can reassure himself that he made the right decision. 650 00:45:06,697 --> 00:45:08,780 You hope that he doesn't realize 651 00:45:08,816 --> 00:45:11,366 that the thing that he thought he was surrendering to... 652 00:45:11,402 --> 00:45:14,369 the thing that drove fear into his heart 653 00:45:14,405 --> 00:45:17,456 the moment he saw the black... 654 00:45:17,491 --> 00:45:20,659 that that thing is nowhere to be found. 655 00:45:27,167 --> 00:45:29,334 Are you him? 656 00:45:35,259 --> 00:45:39,261 - Beg your pardon? - I said are you him? Are you Captain Flint? 657 00:45:48,689 --> 00:45:50,772 I assure you, sir, 658 00:45:50,824 --> 00:45:52,741 you do not want to test us. 659 00:45:56,330 --> 00:45:59,114 Men in these waters are hard men. 660 00:45:59,166 --> 00:46:02,701 They don't fear ships. They don't fear guns. 661 00:46:02,753 --> 00:46:04,620 They don't fear swords. 662 00:46:06,373 --> 00:46:08,206 Then what do they fear? 663 00:46:39,406 --> 00:46:42,207 - Retreat! - Back to the ship! 664 00:46:51,752 --> 00:46:54,072 I want muskets in the rigging to suppress their front line. 665 00:46:54,088 --> 00:46:55,587 Mr. Dufresne, we have lost the day. 666 00:46:58,142 --> 00:46:59,424 Muskets! 667 00:47:01,228 --> 00:47:02,561 We must disengage. 668 00:47:02,596 --> 00:47:04,179 What are we waiting for? Why aren't we moving? 669 00:47:04,231 --> 00:47:06,098 Give the order, Mr. Dufresne. 670 00:47:06,100 --> 00:47:08,316 We do not have the manpower to retake that ship. 671 00:47:08,352 --> 00:47:10,652 - We must get underway. - Why the fuck are we waiting for him? 672 00:47:10,688 --> 00:47:13,155 - Because he's in charge here. - No one is in fucking charge here! 673 00:47:13,190 --> 00:47:15,273 You have to sink her. 674 00:47:15,325 --> 00:47:18,910 You cannot just escape, you have to sink that ship. 675 00:47:18,912 --> 00:47:21,113 For if a single one of those men lives to tell the tale, 676 00:47:21,115 --> 00:47:24,783 no one will ever surrender before that flag again. 677 00:47:31,675 --> 00:47:33,458 Cut us loose. Get us underway. 678 00:47:33,510 --> 00:47:36,845 Cut us loose! Get us underway! 679 00:47:36,880 --> 00:47:40,632 - Set sail. - Cut the line! Cut the line! 680 00:47:45,472 --> 00:47:47,305 Gun crews at the ready. 681 00:47:51,478 --> 00:47:53,478 Gun crews at the ready. 682 00:47:56,150 --> 00:48:00,318 - Two-six! Two-six! - Heave! Heave! 683 00:48:03,157 --> 00:48:07,709 - Two-six! Two-six! - Heave! Heave! 684 00:48:07,745 --> 00:48:09,411 - Two-six! - Heave! 685 00:48:09,463 --> 00:48:11,546 Fire! 686 00:48:11,582 --> 00:48:13,832 - Fire! - Fire! 687 00:49:06,770 --> 00:49:09,604 I don't see a move I can make from here. 688 00:49:09,640 --> 00:49:11,723 If I move against him directly, 689 00:49:11,725 --> 00:49:14,309 his men retaliate and I don't have the muscle to withstand it. 690 00:49:14,361 --> 00:49:17,112 And even if I could muster up that kind of support, 691 00:49:17,147 --> 00:49:19,564 I couldn't get away with it. 692 00:49:23,287 --> 00:49:26,154 Not after such a public display of loss as today. 693 00:49:28,242 --> 00:49:30,625 Not so brazenly. 694 00:49:30,661 --> 00:49:33,962 The consortium is fragile. It would be toppled. 695 00:49:33,997 --> 00:49:36,882 And I'm simply not willing to allow that to happen. 696 00:49:36,917 --> 00:49:39,835 And I suspect it's only a matter of time 697 00:49:39,887 --> 00:49:41,887 before he makes a move against me. 698 00:49:50,898 --> 00:49:53,398 You want me to believe that you have some concern for me? 699 00:49:54,768 --> 00:49:56,101 Then show it. 700 00:49:59,323 --> 00:50:02,858 If you need something to induce your men into action, 701 00:50:02,910 --> 00:50:05,827 I know his crew hold an asset from their last prize 702 00:50:05,863 --> 00:50:08,196 that they deem of great value. 703 00:50:08,248 --> 00:50:11,082 - What asset? - I don't know. 704 00:50:16,590 --> 00:50:18,423 I don't know. 705 00:51:37,537 --> 00:51:39,704 What I have found in my experience 706 00:51:39,756 --> 00:51:42,090 is the more elusive the puzzle, 707 00:51:42,125 --> 00:51:45,593 the more painfully obvious its ultimate solution. 708 00:51:45,629 --> 00:51:47,879 One just has to be willing to see it. 709 00:51:47,931 --> 00:51:52,801 Take our predicament, for example. 710 00:51:52,853 --> 00:51:54,719 You have a wealth of leads, 711 00:51:54,771 --> 00:51:57,722 but no means of exploiting them for anything other than a fee 712 00:51:57,724 --> 00:52:01,226 and risking retaliation from Ms. Guthrie in the process. 713 00:52:01,228 --> 00:52:03,144 I, on the other hand, 714 00:52:03,196 --> 00:52:06,314 have an unparalleled aptitude for the management of a crew, 715 00:52:06,366 --> 00:52:09,784 but am denied any and every opportunity to exploit the skill. 716 00:52:09,820 --> 00:52:13,204 And there it is... the solution, so obvious. 717 00:52:13,240 --> 00:52:16,157 You will provide all leads 718 00:52:16,209 --> 00:52:17,742 derived from this place directly to me. 719 00:52:17,794 --> 00:52:19,744 I will judge which to prosecute 720 00:52:19,746 --> 00:52:22,497 and which too likely to rouse Ms. Guthrie's ire. 721 00:52:22,549 --> 00:52:24,749 Anne and I will then take those chosen leads, 722 00:52:24,751 --> 00:52:26,584 we'll procure a ship, we'll recruit men, 723 00:52:26,636 --> 00:52:29,254 and we'll create, from nothing, a new crew 724 00:52:29,256 --> 00:52:32,173 from which we three will each hold a share. 725 00:52:38,181 --> 00:52:40,515 You asked for better captains... 726 00:52:40,567 --> 00:52:42,600 I give you Captain Jack Rackham. 727 00:52:47,941 --> 00:52:50,492 And one more thing... 728 00:52:50,527 --> 00:52:54,245 darling, I can understand why you wouldn't want to tell me about this, 729 00:52:54,281 --> 00:52:58,249 but please know that all I have ever wanted for you is to be happy. 730 00:53:02,122 --> 00:53:04,122 Come to bed when you're through. 731 00:53:23,527 --> 00:53:26,311 Was it close? 732 00:53:26,313 --> 00:53:27,812 The vote. 733 00:53:29,866 --> 00:53:31,366 It was. 734 00:53:34,371 --> 00:53:36,488 I suppose you warned me... 735 00:53:38,708 --> 00:53:40,492 didn't you? 736 00:53:42,079 --> 00:53:44,746 To avoid that course through the shipping lanes. 737 00:53:46,333 --> 00:53:50,885 Perhaps it was my hubris that drove me to it. 738 00:53:50,921 --> 00:53:54,839 To show you I had it in me to lead. 739 00:53:57,010 --> 00:54:00,512 But as I sit here, 740 00:54:00,514 --> 00:54:03,932 I'm forced to consider another possibility. 741 00:54:06,153 --> 00:54:08,069 That course we charted... 742 00:54:10,524 --> 00:54:15,693 perhaps none of us would have thought of it at all 743 00:54:15,695 --> 00:54:18,530 had you not raised it in the first place. 744 00:54:20,450 --> 00:54:22,367 That you orchestrated it all. 745 00:54:25,205 --> 00:54:27,922 The deaths, 746 00:54:27,958 --> 00:54:31,426 the destruction, 747 00:54:31,461 --> 00:54:33,044 the loss. 748 00:54:36,183 --> 00:54:38,883 All to achieve this very moment. 749 00:54:42,189 --> 00:54:44,639 Is it possible a man could do such a thing? 750 00:55:09,749 --> 00:55:11,666 Congratulations, Captain. 751 00:56:01,167 --> 00:56:04,301 Sync & corrections by Elderfel www.addic7ed.com