1 00:00:08,342 --> 00:00:10,709 Man: "Scenario 37... 2 00:00:10,744 --> 00:00:13,578 Agent-to-agent transfer." 3 00:00:45,178 --> 00:00:46,874 Pharaoh, please. 4 00:00:53,620 --> 00:00:58,320 I don't know which is colder, the wind or the winter. 5 00:00:58,358 --> 00:01:01,260 And weary winter comin' fast 6 00:01:01,295 --> 00:01:03,696 and cozy here beneath the blast. 7 00:01:25,686 --> 00:01:27,518 You there. 8 00:01:27,554 --> 00:01:29,546 What's the price for one of those? 9 00:01:31,992 --> 00:01:34,291 I'm afraid these are not for sale. 10 00:01:34,328 --> 00:01:37,526 Agreement with the commissary. 11 00:01:37,564 --> 00:01:40,227 Oi, you turn your back on me? 12 00:01:43,236 --> 00:01:45,569 It's one measly egg. 13 00:01:45,606 --> 00:01:48,371 And I've the balsam to pay. 14 00:01:48,408 --> 00:01:50,809 So how's about you quit acting a lout 15 00:01:50,844 --> 00:01:53,871 'fore I shove one of these bumnuts down your throat? 16 00:01:57,384 --> 00:02:00,411 Oh, look at what you done now. 17 00:02:03,523 --> 00:02:05,890 Hey, what's this? 18 00:02:18,405 --> 00:02:19,896 Mm. 19 00:02:19,940 --> 00:02:24,844 Soldier: Traitor! Traitor! I killed a traitor! 20 00:02:39,726 --> 00:02:43,288 Man: Try, try again. 21 00:02:44,965 --> 00:02:47,560 ♪ Hush, hush ♪ 22 00:02:47,601 --> 00:02:49,263 ♪ There's snakes in the garden ♪ 23 00:02:49,302 --> 00:02:52,864 ♪ Soul for sale ♪ 24 00:02:52,906 --> 00:02:55,307 ♪ Blood on the rise ♪ 25 00:02:57,077 --> 00:02:59,808 ♪ Hush, hush ♪ 26 00:02:59,846 --> 00:03:05,046 - ♪ I can't wait anymore ♪ - ♪ Soul for sale ♪ 27 00:03:05,085 --> 00:03:08,749 ♪ I can't wait anymore ♪ 28 00:03:11,324 --> 00:03:14,192 ♪ Hush, hush... ♪ 29 00:03:19,099 --> 00:03:21,091 Soldier: Shoulder firelocks! 30 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:40,830 Soldier prisoner exchange 31 00:03:40,854 --> 00:03:42,432 was carried through this morning, Excellency. 32 00:03:42,456 --> 00:03:45,483 And what is the condition of our returned? 33 00:03:45,525 --> 00:03:47,756 Very poor, sir. 34 00:03:47,794 --> 00:03:50,764 Some are unable to walk owing to starvation. 35 00:03:50,797 --> 00:03:53,631 It confirms Captain Gamble's account... 36 00:03:53,667 --> 00:03:55,761 The enemy treat our captured with brutality 37 00:03:55,802 --> 00:03:58,499 while we protect theirs according to protocol. 38 00:04:04,478 --> 00:04:06,379 "To Lord Howe. 39 00:04:06,413 --> 00:04:08,382 I am sorry to trouble Your Lordship 40 00:04:08,415 --> 00:04:10,714 with a letter almost wholly on the subject 41 00:04:10,751 --> 00:04:13,880 of the barbaric treatment our officers received 42 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:16,685 on board your prison ship in New York Harbor." 43 00:04:16,723 --> 00:04:19,022 Prepare a copy of Captain Gamble's account. 44 00:04:19,059 --> 00:04:20,652 - I want it enclosed. - Yes, sir. 45 00:04:20,694 --> 00:04:23,357 "I call upon Your Lordship to say 46 00:04:23,396 --> 00:04:25,661 if our treatment of your men 47 00:04:25,699 --> 00:04:29,067 had merited so severe a retaliation..." 48 00:04:29,102 --> 00:04:30,730 Scott: Absent without leave, 49 00:04:30,771 --> 00:04:33,206 falsifying intelligence, insubordination... 50 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:34,250 I want you to know, Captain, 51 00:04:34,274 --> 00:04:36,505 I plan to leave nothing out of my report. 52 00:04:36,543 --> 00:04:39,707 I wouldn't expect you to, sir. Though you should know, 53 00:04:39,746 --> 00:04:42,079 I already told the commander everything I did. 54 00:04:42,115 --> 00:04:44,846 Well, then likely your punishment's been decided 55 00:04:44,885 --> 00:04:47,411 and we've merely been called here to see it carried out. 56 00:05:09,142 --> 00:05:11,873 The accused, John Herring, 57 00:05:11,912 --> 00:05:14,507 having been convicted of breaking into the house 58 00:05:14,548 --> 00:05:16,073 of Mr. Prince Howland 59 00:05:16,116 --> 00:05:19,052 and robbing him of several spoons, 60 00:05:19,085 --> 00:05:22,021 silver dollars, and wearing apparel, 61 00:05:22,055 --> 00:05:25,514 has been sentenced to suffer death. 62 00:05:25,559 --> 00:05:27,960 His Excellency, the commander in chief, 63 00:05:27,994 --> 00:05:31,590 approves this sentence as an example made 64 00:05:31,631 --> 00:05:36,501 to deter the boldest and most hardened offenders. 65 00:05:52,085 --> 00:05:53,815 Shall we? 66 00:06:19,112 --> 00:06:21,638 This is Mr. Nathaniel Sackett 67 00:06:21,681 --> 00:06:27,018 of the Committee to Detect and Defeat Conspiracies against America. 68 00:06:27,053 --> 00:06:30,683 Sir, the presence of a civilian at court-martial is highly irregular. 69 00:06:30,724 --> 00:06:32,249 Yes, I agree, Charles. 70 00:06:32,292 --> 00:06:34,921 Now, would you be so kind as to brief the room 71 00:06:34,961 --> 00:06:37,590 on the intelligence uncovered at Trenton? 72 00:06:37,631 --> 00:06:41,659 - Brief the room? - Myself included. 73 00:06:41,701 --> 00:06:44,000 Ahem. 74 00:06:44,037 --> 00:06:46,836 An examination of orders 75 00:06:46,873 --> 00:06:48,842 discovered in the desk of Colonel Rall 76 00:06:48,875 --> 00:06:50,786 suggests that the garrison we took from the Hessians 77 00:06:50,810 --> 00:06:53,177 was much more than a winter camp. 78 00:06:53,213 --> 00:06:55,944 Trenton was being prepared as a launch point 79 00:06:55,982 --> 00:06:57,211 for an attack on Philadelphia. 80 00:06:57,250 --> 00:07:00,709 I know what Howe wants. 81 00:07:00,754 --> 00:07:04,987 But how will Howe take it? 82 00:07:05,025 --> 00:07:06,823 By land... 83 00:07:08,261 --> 00:07:10,560 by sea... 84 00:07:12,866 --> 00:07:16,132 or will he lunge north to join forces with Burgoyne 85 00:07:16,169 --> 00:07:19,606 so as to decapitate New England from the rest of our colonies? 86 00:07:21,574 --> 00:07:23,133 We have until the snow melts 87 00:07:23,176 --> 00:07:25,839 before their forces in New York begin to move. 88 00:07:28,615 --> 00:07:29,878 New York, 89 00:07:29,916 --> 00:07:32,010 which remains dark to us. 90 00:07:32,052 --> 00:07:35,216 Sir, I have just dispatched new scouts to observe the enemy. 91 00:07:35,255 --> 00:07:37,486 I grow weary of contradictory accounts 92 00:07:37,524 --> 00:07:40,722 that merely guess at the intent of the enemy. 93 00:07:42,896 --> 00:07:45,525 This letter written by your man on Long Island... 94 00:07:45,565 --> 00:07:47,932 That letter was not received through the proper channels. 95 00:07:47,968 --> 00:07:50,199 Which is why I paid it no mind. 96 00:07:50,236 --> 00:07:52,330 It was a lone report and unconfirmed 97 00:07:52,372 --> 00:07:56,833 until our victories at Trenton and Princeton proved it accurate. 98 00:07:56,876 --> 00:07:59,004 More accurate than any piece of intelligence 99 00:07:59,045 --> 00:08:02,174 we've received thus far, at least. 100 00:08:02,215 --> 00:08:04,878 Gentlemen, I've asked you here today 101 00:08:04,918 --> 00:08:07,945 to determine if this was a fluke 102 00:08:07,988 --> 00:08:10,253 and, perhaps more importantly, 103 00:08:10,290 --> 00:08:14,159 if this fluke can be repeated. 104 00:08:25,739 --> 00:08:27,230 Mornin'. 105 00:08:27,273 --> 00:08:29,105 What's your business in New York? 106 00:08:29,142 --> 00:08:31,236 Feeding your officers. 107 00:08:31,277 --> 00:08:34,441 These hogs I have here are bound for Colonel Cook of the commissary. 108 00:08:34,481 --> 00:08:37,246 - Papers? - Yes, sir. 109 00:08:37,283 --> 00:08:39,149 There you go. 110 00:08:39,185 --> 00:08:42,417 - You often travel alone? - Uh, usually I do, yeah. 111 00:08:42,455 --> 00:08:45,220 Is that... is that a problem? 112 00:08:45,258 --> 00:08:46,783 - Not for me. - Great. 113 00:08:46,826 --> 00:08:48,337 Thought you might have trouble closer to the city. 114 00:08:48,361 --> 00:08:50,728 They're still jumpy from the fire. 115 00:08:50,764 --> 00:08:52,790 And after the rebels' victories, 116 00:08:52,832 --> 00:08:55,301 they see lone arsonists everywhere. 117 00:08:55,335 --> 00:08:57,736 Mm. 118 00:08:57,771 --> 00:08:59,611 You look like you might give them real trouble. 119 00:09:01,508 --> 00:09:03,807 Safe travels, Mr. Woodhull. 120 00:09:07,514 --> 00:09:10,143 Go. 121 00:09:14,888 --> 00:09:16,966 Ben: I can assure you, sir, you will be perfectly convinced 122 00:09:16,990 --> 00:09:19,186 of my friend's integrity and loyalty. 123 00:09:19,225 --> 00:09:20,249 Well, according to you, 124 00:09:20,293 --> 00:09:22,990 he took an oath of loyalty to King George. 125 00:09:23,029 --> 00:09:26,329 Only to get closer to the enemy, to learn their secrets. 126 00:09:26,366 --> 00:09:30,428 Traditional military reconnaissance is a proven discipline. 127 00:09:30,470 --> 00:09:33,167 Multiple scouts produce multiple reports 128 00:09:33,206 --> 00:09:36,176 which may be cross-referenced to ensure verification. 129 00:09:36,209 --> 00:09:38,769 In addition, soldiers are trained to recognize... 130 00:09:38,812 --> 00:09:42,180 Actually, soldiers make terrible spies. 131 00:09:42,215 --> 00:09:45,185 All that discipline drilled into their movements 132 00:09:45,218 --> 00:09:47,346 makes them easy to spot, 133 00:09:47,387 --> 00:09:49,481 unlike us civilians. 134 00:09:49,522 --> 00:09:53,983 Excuse me, sir, but why exactly are you in this room? 135 00:09:54,027 --> 00:09:56,826 I've been invited here by your commander in chief 136 00:09:56,863 --> 00:09:59,526 to opine on the business at hand. 137 00:09:59,566 --> 00:10:03,833 Mr. Sackett came to us by way of William Duer, 138 00:10:03,870 --> 00:10:08,308 who recommended him as a person of intrigue and secrecy. 139 00:10:08,341 --> 00:10:10,242 And I must say, I find this young man's 140 00:10:10,276 --> 00:10:13,041 chain of agents very intriguing. 141 00:10:13,079 --> 00:10:16,345 I want this chain notion explored 142 00:10:16,382 --> 00:10:19,045 and a unified recommendation presented upon my return. 143 00:10:19,085 --> 00:10:21,247 Any questions? 144 00:10:21,287 --> 00:10:25,315 - I... - Well, yes, Your Excellency. 145 00:10:25,358 --> 00:10:29,056 The letter that I transcribed regarding the Hessians and Trenton. 146 00:10:29,095 --> 00:10:31,564 It was unsigned. 147 00:10:31,598 --> 00:10:35,558 I mean to ask, how did you come by the name Abraham Woodhull? 148 00:10:35,602 --> 00:10:38,902 Excellent question. 149 00:10:38,938 --> 00:10:41,066 Any for you, Mr. Sackett? 150 00:10:41,107 --> 00:10:43,576 Plenty, but not for you, sir. 151 00:10:43,610 --> 00:10:46,079 Very well. 152 00:10:53,486 --> 00:10:56,388 ♪ He'll not come back for many a day ♪ 153 00:10:56,422 --> 00:11:00,917 ♪ Johnny's gone for a soldier... ♪ 154 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:04,260 - All right? - Hey. 155 00:11:04,297 --> 00:11:06,766 Whoa, whoa, whoa! 156 00:11:09,002 --> 00:11:10,903 - Are you all right? - Go. I'm all right. 157 00:11:12,605 --> 00:11:14,870 I think it came from over here somewhere. 158 00:11:14,908 --> 00:11:17,070 Soldier: Don't worry... 159 00:11:20,313 --> 00:11:21,975 I got ya. 160 00:11:25,185 --> 00:11:29,281 ♪ He'll not come back for many a day ♪ 161 00:11:29,322 --> 00:11:32,884 ♪ Johnny's gone for a soldier... ♪ 162 00:11:34,194 --> 00:11:37,562 ♪ With pipe and drum he marched away... ♪ 163 00:11:38,631 --> 00:11:41,191 ♪ He would not heed... ♪ 164 00:11:58,017 --> 00:11:59,918 Andre: Are you nearly finished? 165 00:11:59,953 --> 00:12:02,354 We have important company arriving, Abigail. 166 00:12:02,388 --> 00:12:05,654 We must show them a respectable welcome. 167 00:12:05,692 --> 00:12:08,218 Now, let's have a look. 168 00:12:10,196 --> 00:12:14,497 Oh, dear. 169 00:12:14,534 --> 00:12:16,503 I'm afraid this is all wrong. 170 00:12:18,037 --> 00:12:20,029 I'm sorry, sir. 171 00:12:20,073 --> 00:12:23,043 I just arranged it how my mistress had taught me. 172 00:12:23,076 --> 00:12:25,602 I don't expect you to anticipate my preferences. 173 00:12:25,645 --> 00:12:28,274 Then again... 174 00:12:28,314 --> 00:12:31,648 it is never too late to learn. 175 00:12:33,319 --> 00:12:35,015 Have a seat. 176 00:12:35,054 --> 00:12:36,818 Please have a seat. 177 00:12:41,661 --> 00:12:43,323 Show me how your former mistress 178 00:12:43,363 --> 00:12:45,491 would cut up and eat her meat. 179 00:12:53,506 --> 00:12:56,704 Ah, ah. 180 00:12:56,743 --> 00:12:59,804 It is the European custom, and most appropriate, 181 00:12:59,846 --> 00:13:04,841 to switch and feed oneself 182 00:13:04,884 --> 00:13:07,285 with the dominant hand. 183 00:13:09,088 --> 00:13:11,080 The time it takes to transfer 184 00:13:11,124 --> 00:13:15,585 prevents us from descending into gluttony. 185 00:13:15,628 --> 00:13:18,097 You must think us mad 186 00:13:18,131 --> 00:13:22,227 to devote such attention to trivialities, don't you? 187 00:13:22,268 --> 00:13:25,796 I know I certainly did when I was first made to learn it all. 188 00:13:27,807 --> 00:13:31,574 If I ask you your opinion, you need not be afraid to give it. 189 00:13:33,379 --> 00:13:35,746 I want you to feel safe here 190 00:13:35,782 --> 00:13:40,379 and perhaps find reason to smile. 191 00:13:43,656 --> 00:13:45,352 Ah! 192 00:13:45,391 --> 00:13:48,122 And here they are. 193 00:13:53,566 --> 00:13:57,230 Happy return, gentlemen. 194 00:13:57,270 --> 00:14:01,139 You should all feel free to relax and get some rest tonight. 195 00:14:01,174 --> 00:14:03,803 Tomorrow, I shall interview each of you 196 00:14:03,843 --> 00:14:06,540 regarding your time in captivity. 197 00:14:06,579 --> 00:14:08,912 Abigail will show you to your rooms. 198 00:14:27,166 --> 00:14:29,726 Look at this. 199 00:14:29,769 --> 00:14:33,900 Liberty never smelled so sweet, hey, snowball? 200 00:14:36,809 --> 00:14:39,608 I smell his tackle on your breath. 201 00:14:47,787 --> 00:14:49,255 You gonna pick it up? 202 00:14:49,288 --> 00:14:51,484 Listen to the pickaninny. 203 00:14:51,524 --> 00:14:56,485 We be Queen's Rangers, son. Back to your digging. 204 00:14:56,529 --> 00:14:58,691 Did you say the Queen's Monkeys? 205 00:15:02,502 --> 00:15:04,368 There's your monkey. 206 00:15:05,638 --> 00:15:06,901 Come on, huh? 207 00:15:06,939 --> 00:15:09,568 You wanna play? 208 00:15:10,576 --> 00:15:12,602 Come on. Yeah? 209 00:15:18,418 --> 00:15:20,216 Come here. Come on! 210 00:15:30,396 --> 00:15:32,331 No eyes on him. 211 00:15:37,370 --> 00:15:39,737 I am sorry to keep you waiting, 212 00:15:39,772 --> 00:15:41,741 but, you see, I've been looking for someone. 213 00:15:41,774 --> 00:15:45,677 I've been tracking a man who killed one of my boys. 214 00:15:45,711 --> 00:15:47,339 And it's been four months... 215 00:15:47,380 --> 00:15:49,713 Just one of them, four months... 216 00:15:49,749 --> 00:15:52,878 So, you see, if you hurt a Ranger, you pay a price. 217 00:15:52,919 --> 00:15:55,218 Now, it's nothing personal. That's just the rules. 218 00:15:55,254 --> 00:15:57,348 Do what you will. 219 00:15:57,390 --> 00:15:59,723 Oh, yeah, I will. 220 00:15:59,759 --> 00:16:03,890 But before all that, I just wanna ask ya, 221 00:16:03,930 --> 00:16:08,163 where the hell did you learn how to use staves like this? 222 00:16:08,201 --> 00:16:12,229 I have seen all manner of lethality, 223 00:16:12,271 --> 00:16:14,433 but you showed me something new today. 224 00:16:14,474 --> 00:16:16,909 I'm Maasai. 225 00:16:16,943 --> 00:16:19,606 We train with fimbos for initiation. 226 00:16:19,645 --> 00:16:22,843 Fimbos? 227 00:16:22,882 --> 00:16:24,714 Go on, then. Show me. 228 00:16:24,750 --> 00:16:28,243 Only warriors are initiated. 229 00:16:30,223 --> 00:16:33,751 I have been a warrior for 30 years, boy. 230 00:16:35,394 --> 00:16:37,295 Let me put him down, Major. 231 00:16:37,330 --> 00:16:40,391 Drop your iron. I'll make you my meat. 232 00:16:40,433 --> 00:16:42,459 While you dream, snowball. 233 00:16:42,502 --> 00:16:44,368 We'll have a fair fight, then. 234 00:16:44,403 --> 00:16:46,770 The lads'll make a little coin, 235 00:16:46,806 --> 00:16:50,800 and you and he will get the answer you're looking for, eh? 236 00:16:53,279 --> 00:16:57,614 So she then hangs a black petticoat on a drying line 237 00:16:57,650 --> 00:17:00,745 to signal to my courier when the intelligence is ready. 238 00:17:00,786 --> 00:17:03,221 - Not bad. - And she hangs napkins 239 00:17:03,256 --> 00:17:06,283 to signify which cove is safe for the rendezvous. 240 00:17:06,325 --> 00:17:08,385 Wait, wait. Rendezvous? 241 00:17:08,427 --> 00:17:11,659 Don't tell me your agent meets your courier in person? 242 00:17:11,697 --> 00:17:14,633 Oh, well, of course. 243 00:17:14,667 --> 00:17:16,659 Failure. Death. 244 00:17:16,702 --> 00:17:19,297 No, no, no. Courier and agent 245 00:17:19,338 --> 00:17:21,307 are never in the same place at the same time. 246 00:17:21,340 --> 00:17:25,277 Well, then how do you expect for them to make the transfer? 247 00:17:25,311 --> 00:17:28,770 You predetermine the location 248 00:17:28,814 --> 00:17:31,283 to drop, id est, hide 249 00:17:31,317 --> 00:17:34,776 the lettre confidentielle in question 250 00:17:34,820 --> 00:17:38,484 and then arrange a later time for retrieval. 251 00:17:38,524 --> 00:17:41,983 A dead drop... 252 00:17:42,028 --> 00:17:45,521 to ensure your agents don't drop dead 253 00:17:45,565 --> 00:17:49,764 from being caught in flagrante delicto. 254 00:17:49,802 --> 00:17:52,533 Which demonstrates the folly of this scheme. 255 00:17:52,572 --> 00:17:55,974 If a single link is broken, the entire chain is rendered useless. 256 00:17:56,008 --> 00:17:59,274 Which is why we use encryption, sir. 257 00:17:59,312 --> 00:18:02,441 To shield the men, not the message. 258 00:18:03,816 --> 00:18:07,514 Captain, which enciphering method have you been using thus far? 259 00:18:07,553 --> 00:18:09,954 Rossignol? Trithemius? 260 00:18:09,989 --> 00:18:12,481 Personally, I prefer Dumas. 261 00:18:19,765 --> 00:18:21,996 Please tell me you're using encryption. 262 00:18:23,569 --> 00:18:25,037 My God. 263 00:18:25,071 --> 00:18:27,734 I was told you were a graduate of Yale. 264 00:18:27,773 --> 00:18:29,674 Yes, sir. Class of '73. 265 00:18:29,709 --> 00:18:31,575 Hmm. 266 00:18:31,611 --> 00:18:34,843 One supposes you've studied Greek, Latin, Hebrew? 267 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:37,315 Nai. Certe. Chen-adon. 268 00:18:37,350 --> 00:18:40,878 And I am a quick study, Mr. Sackett. 269 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:43,913 Then at least we have somewhere to start. 270 00:18:45,524 --> 00:18:47,550 Commit this to memory. 271 00:18:47,593 --> 00:18:48,904 Scott: We don't have time for this. 272 00:18:48,928 --> 00:18:51,659 The commander expects results, not wordplay. 273 00:18:51,697 --> 00:18:54,895 But we're ahead of the game, thanks to Captain Tallmadge here. 274 00:18:54,934 --> 00:18:57,927 Typically, I have to concoct a legend 275 00:18:57,970 --> 00:19:00,872 for the agents I wish to embed into enemy territory. 276 00:19:00,906 --> 00:19:05,901 A poultry trader, fishmonger, schoolteacher. 277 00:19:05,945 --> 00:19:09,677 Requires wardrobe, documentation, training. 278 00:19:09,715 --> 00:19:15,086 The brilliance of Mr. Woodhull is his life is his legend. 279 00:19:15,121 --> 00:19:16,851 There's no reason to invent a false one. 280 00:19:16,889 --> 00:19:18,858 He's already living it. 281 00:19:18,891 --> 00:19:22,020 - Who pays for it? - Hmm? 282 00:19:22,061 --> 00:19:24,621 Well, if the farmer's not farming, who provides for his expenses? 283 00:19:25,998 --> 00:19:30,436 His food, his lodging? His money to bribe sources? 284 00:19:30,469 --> 00:19:32,597 We do, of course. 285 00:19:32,638 --> 00:19:36,769 The Congress will never approve intelligencer salaries 286 00:19:36,809 --> 00:19:39,711 while we cobble together bounties for our regulars. 287 00:19:39,745 --> 00:19:43,113 Congress needn't know about it. 288 00:19:43,149 --> 00:19:45,641 We'll draw from a secret fund 289 00:19:45,685 --> 00:19:49,486 authorized by Washington to be used at our discretion. 290 00:19:49,522 --> 00:19:51,616 General, please. 291 00:19:51,657 --> 00:19:54,627 We've been asked to explore how a chain of agents might work. 292 00:19:54,660 --> 00:19:57,789 Some debate is to be expected. 293 00:19:57,830 --> 00:20:00,265 Explore whatever you want, Tallmadge. 294 00:20:00,299 --> 00:20:02,666 As the head of intelligence, I will never approve this. 295 00:20:04,537 --> 00:20:07,473 It's time that you learned how the chain of command works. 296 00:20:07,506 --> 00:20:08,997 Hmm. 297 00:20:09,041 --> 00:20:11,010 That was predictable. 298 00:20:12,445 --> 00:20:14,175 Ah. 299 00:20:30,162 --> 00:20:36,124 Man singing: ♪ I sold my flax, I sold my wheel ♪ 300 00:20:36,168 --> 00:20:41,505 ♪ To buy my love a sword of steel ♪ 301 00:20:41,540 --> 00:20:47,673 ♪ So it in battle he might wield ♪ 302 00:20:47,713 --> 00:20:53,619 ♪ Johnny's gone for a soldier... ♪ 303 00:20:53,652 --> 00:20:56,520 Listen to me. You've made a mistake. 304 00:20:58,224 --> 00:21:01,854 You're shivering, Mr. Woodhull. 305 00:21:01,894 --> 00:21:03,863 Here. 306 00:21:03,896 --> 00:21:05,524 This'll warm you up. 307 00:21:05,564 --> 00:21:07,032 No, no, no. 308 00:21:07,066 --> 00:21:09,661 I am the son of a Tory magistrate. 309 00:21:09,702 --> 00:21:11,500 I'm a loyal subject of the Crown. 310 00:21:11,537 --> 00:21:14,564 You've gotta listen to me. You've gotta listen. 311 00:21:14,607 --> 00:21:16,872 Little Tory boy. 312 00:21:24,250 --> 00:21:27,880 I'm with the 19th Continentals under Sullivan. 313 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:32,551 I've been out here five months... 314 00:21:32,591 --> 00:21:35,186 The last man of my unit... 315 00:21:35,227 --> 00:21:38,493 Ambushing their dispatch riders, hitting supply lines, 316 00:21:38,531 --> 00:21:42,229 all while looking for a way to get back to the regiment proper. 317 00:21:42,268 --> 00:21:45,568 Only reason you're still breathing 318 00:21:45,604 --> 00:21:48,870 is I got more questions need answering 319 00:21:48,908 --> 00:21:53,505 about who you sell to and where, at what price, 320 00:21:53,546 --> 00:21:56,209 anything they'll ask at the checkpoints. 321 00:21:56,248 --> 00:22:00,117 You plan to pass yourself off as me? 322 00:22:00,152 --> 00:22:01,916 But that coat and that pin 323 00:22:01,954 --> 00:22:04,719 is as much a disguise for me as it is for you. 324 00:22:04,757 --> 00:22:07,249 I'm under direct orders to infiltrate the city 325 00:22:07,293 --> 00:22:10,092 and gather intelligence for the Continental Army. 326 00:22:10,129 --> 00:22:12,894 - I swear. - Oh, I see. 327 00:22:12,932 --> 00:22:14,798 So... 328 00:22:14,834 --> 00:22:16,564 you're a spy. 329 00:22:16,602 --> 00:22:20,266 Benjamin Tallmadge, Second Continental Light Dragoons. 330 00:22:20,306 --> 00:22:24,903 He will confirm my loyalty and he will verify my mission. 331 00:22:24,944 --> 00:22:27,937 Your mission? 332 00:22:32,184 --> 00:22:36,781 You're gonna tell me what I need to know 333 00:22:36,822 --> 00:22:42,853 or they'll find your body liberated of its skin. 334 00:22:47,867 --> 00:22:50,962 What, you know them all, trust them all? 335 00:22:51,003 --> 00:22:52,904 We all grew up together. 336 00:22:52,938 --> 00:22:54,964 Childhood friends. Fascinating. 337 00:22:55,007 --> 00:22:56,942 Wouldn't have thought to try that. 338 00:22:56,976 --> 00:22:58,808 Well, it wasn't exactly planned. 339 00:22:58,844 --> 00:23:00,972 Don't tell anyone that. 340 00:23:01,013 --> 00:23:04,142 Don't tell anyone else Mr. Woodhull's name. 341 00:23:04,183 --> 00:23:08,883 Time to gift Mr. Woodhull an alias. 342 00:23:11,123 --> 00:23:14,355 One by which the other agents will know him. 343 00:23:16,829 --> 00:23:18,161 I'm sorry, the other agents? 344 00:23:18,197 --> 00:23:21,964 Hmm, I've plans for your farmer. 345 00:23:22,001 --> 00:23:25,438 Need him to nurture the seeds 346 00:23:25,471 --> 00:23:29,203 that I've planted over the last year and a half. 347 00:23:29,241 --> 00:23:33,269 One of them is sprouting right now, 348 00:23:33,312 --> 00:23:36,077 right under the enemy's nose. 349 00:23:39,318 --> 00:23:42,049 I... no, I'm sorry, but I'm afraid that's 350 00:23:42,087 --> 00:23:43,646 not how this is going to work. 351 00:23:43,689 --> 00:23:45,783 You see, Abe, he's a very cautious man. 352 00:23:45,824 --> 00:23:48,623 He won't meet with anybody he doesn't already know. 353 00:23:48,661 --> 00:23:51,358 - He'll have to. - No, he'll quit is what he'll do. 354 00:23:51,397 --> 00:23:53,366 I thought he was your friend. 355 00:23:53,399 --> 00:23:56,392 Yes, which is exactly why he trusts me to protect him. 356 00:23:57,937 --> 00:24:01,066 Only that which is concealed is protected. 357 00:24:01,106 --> 00:24:03,940 You can't even conceal his name. 358 00:24:07,246 --> 00:24:11,240 Luckily for you, I am a master at the art of concealment. 359 00:24:19,959 --> 00:24:22,224 Thank you, Lieutenant Terrence. 360 00:24:22,261 --> 00:24:24,059 I have an uncle in the Coldstream Guard, 361 00:24:24,096 --> 00:24:27,191 so he'll be glad we've reclaimed one of his own. 362 00:24:27,232 --> 00:24:30,896 I remember the motto... "Nulli Secundam." 363 00:24:30,936 --> 00:24:33,030 Second to none. 364 00:24:42,748 --> 00:24:45,377 Good evening, sir. Have a seat. 365 00:24:45,417 --> 00:24:49,252 - Name and rank. - Captain John Graves Simcoe. 366 00:24:49,288 --> 00:24:51,689 And where was your post? 367 00:24:51,724 --> 00:24:54,125 A town called Setauket. 368 00:24:54,159 --> 00:24:55,821 Setauket, Long Island? 369 00:24:57,229 --> 00:25:00,222 Ambush, was it not? 370 00:25:00,265 --> 00:25:03,702 Where are my manners. Drink? 371 00:25:10,142 --> 00:25:12,805 And how did you find it there in Setauket? 372 00:25:12,845 --> 00:25:15,713 May I have some more ink, please, Abigail? 373 00:25:15,748 --> 00:25:18,445 This is for military record? 374 00:25:18,484 --> 00:25:21,943 Oh, my own personal curiosity. 375 00:25:21,987 --> 00:25:23,751 It's a pit 376 00:25:23,789 --> 00:25:25,985 run by a man who I'd say... 377 00:25:27,426 --> 00:25:31,261 Well, best not to talk out of turn. 378 00:25:31,296 --> 00:25:33,265 Hewlett? 379 00:25:33,298 --> 00:25:35,790 "The Oyster Major," as he's referred to in these parts. 380 00:25:37,770 --> 00:25:41,104 If you'd like, I could see to arranging a transfer. 381 00:25:41,140 --> 00:25:44,736 Please, Major, not on my account. 382 00:25:44,777 --> 00:25:48,236 There's someone whom I left far too abruptly. 383 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,146 A local woman, perhaps? 384 00:25:50,182 --> 00:25:53,482 In any case, I should very much like to return to her. 385 00:25:53,519 --> 00:25:56,148 By all means. 386 00:25:56,188 --> 00:25:58,384 Tell me about her. 387 00:26:05,397 --> 00:26:09,801 Well, I'm all packed up. 388 00:26:09,835 --> 00:26:12,202 Tell me what I need to know 389 00:26:12,237 --> 00:26:15,105 or I kill that fire 'fore I go. 390 00:26:15,140 --> 00:26:19,236 No? Have it your way, then. 391 00:26:25,317 --> 00:26:28,651 My... my father's Richard Woodhull. 392 00:26:32,691 --> 00:26:37,322 His deal is with Colonel Cook for seven pounds per pound. 393 00:26:37,362 --> 00:26:41,060 Now, was that so hard? 394 00:26:41,100 --> 00:26:43,626 Tell me true... 395 00:26:43,669 --> 00:26:45,661 if you're such a patriot, 396 00:26:45,704 --> 00:26:47,502 why didn't you enlist with the militia 397 00:26:47,539 --> 00:26:49,201 and fight for your country like a man? 398 00:26:51,877 --> 00:26:54,073 Because you can't win. 399 00:26:56,181 --> 00:26:59,242 Look at you. 400 00:26:59,284 --> 00:27:02,186 Look at your... 401 00:27:02,221 --> 00:27:04,520 Your fort here. 402 00:27:06,625 --> 00:27:08,787 You're one man. 403 00:27:11,396 --> 00:27:13,729 You're alone in the woods... 404 00:27:15,601 --> 00:27:19,368 surrounded by an army 405 00:27:19,404 --> 00:27:22,101 on an island surrounded by a navy. 406 00:27:22,141 --> 00:27:25,737 That... that is the Continental Army. 407 00:27:27,412 --> 00:27:29,472 That is what you're running back to. 408 00:27:32,217 --> 00:27:34,880 So I should be like you, then? 409 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:37,890 Swear allegiance to the king with my fingers crossed behind me? 410 00:27:37,923 --> 00:27:40,415 What's your family think of you? 411 00:27:46,565 --> 00:27:49,592 What I do, I do for my son. 412 00:27:51,270 --> 00:27:54,240 He know you're a liar? 413 00:27:56,408 --> 00:27:58,639 He's a year old. 414 00:27:58,677 --> 00:28:01,169 I want to be there for him when he grows up. 415 00:28:03,982 --> 00:28:06,383 Man: If I had a son, I'd have him know 416 00:28:06,418 --> 00:28:08,114 I fought and died for my beliefs 417 00:28:08,153 --> 00:28:12,147 so he could rise to avenge me. 418 00:28:12,191 --> 00:28:14,592 I'd want my son to choose for himself... 419 00:28:16,195 --> 00:28:18,824 rather than have his father choose for him. 420 00:28:18,864 --> 00:28:21,095 But then our... 421 00:28:21,133 --> 00:28:24,399 Our views on liberty... 422 00:28:24,436 --> 00:28:28,032 True liberty... may differ. 423 00:28:31,009 --> 00:28:34,844 You say you need this suit, this pin, and this paper. 424 00:28:36,114 --> 00:28:38,015 I'll do you a deal. 425 00:28:43,055 --> 00:28:44,785 Fight me for them. 426 00:28:53,165 --> 00:28:54,463 Come on! 427 00:28:54,499 --> 00:28:56,434 I don't want to fight you. 428 00:28:56,468 --> 00:29:00,929 Oh, don't worry. I'll let you warm up first. 429 00:29:00,973 --> 00:29:04,466 You think you deserve this more? 430 00:29:04,509 --> 00:29:06,842 - Prove it. - We're on the same side. 431 00:29:06,878 --> 00:29:08,938 Prove you're worth more. 432 00:29:08,981 --> 00:29:10,609 - No, I won't. - You fight me. 433 00:29:10,649 --> 00:29:13,118 - I'm not worth more. - You fight me. 434 00:29:20,993 --> 00:29:22,985 Wanna kill me? Wanna kill me? 435 00:29:23,028 --> 00:29:24,963 That's what a man does. 436 00:29:26,231 --> 00:29:27,575 Soldier: That's Mr. Woodhull's cart. 437 00:29:27,599 --> 00:29:29,295 He went through the checkpoint yesterday. 438 00:30:03,635 --> 00:30:05,604 Soldier: Come around to the left, men! 439 00:30:11,710 --> 00:30:14,373 No, he's the captive! 440 00:30:18,450 --> 00:30:19,975 There he is! 441 00:30:21,953 --> 00:30:25,117 Surrender! You are alone and outnumbered. 442 00:30:29,061 --> 00:30:30,927 Man: You were right, Mr. Woodhull. 443 00:30:30,962 --> 00:30:33,761 You Tory bastard! 444 00:30:50,182 --> 00:30:53,311 It's over now. You're safe. 445 00:30:53,352 --> 00:30:56,254 Tough nut, that one. 446 00:30:59,758 --> 00:31:01,590 Oh, it's a long story. Too long. 447 00:31:01,626 --> 00:31:03,618 - Do tell, tell. - Soldier: Tell, tell. 448 00:31:05,330 --> 00:31:06,992 Very well, very well. 449 00:31:07,032 --> 00:31:09,297 You see, I, too, was once taken prisoner. 450 00:31:09,334 --> 00:31:12,236 Not long after I arrived in America 451 00:31:12,270 --> 00:31:14,637 during the defense of Fort Saint-Jean. 452 00:31:16,441 --> 00:31:20,344 I took it upon myself to write down everything that I saw... 453 00:31:20,379 --> 00:31:23,440 Troop movements, gun placements. 454 00:31:23,482 --> 00:31:26,316 I even drew a detailed map of the territory. 455 00:31:26,351 --> 00:31:27,979 You must be quite the artist. 456 00:31:28,019 --> 00:31:30,614 I dabble. 457 00:31:30,655 --> 00:31:32,590 My reports were sent to General Howe 458 00:31:32,624 --> 00:31:34,855 and, impressed with my initiative, 459 00:31:34,893 --> 00:31:36,521 he assigned me to a new post. 460 00:31:36,561 --> 00:31:42,262 So you see, I understand the value of men in chains. 461 00:31:42,300 --> 00:31:45,668 Thus it falls to me to interrogate our returned. 462 00:31:45,704 --> 00:31:47,764 Though I do prefer to compare multiple accounts. 463 00:31:47,806 --> 00:31:50,173 That way, if something is suspect... 464 00:31:51,576 --> 00:31:53,738 it's easier to spot. 465 00:31:56,648 --> 00:32:00,210 As an artist, I've learned that it's not always the big picture, 466 00:32:00,252 --> 00:32:02,118 but the little details 467 00:32:02,154 --> 00:32:05,022 that effectively sell the tale. 468 00:32:05,056 --> 00:32:08,151 Another line of the old author, Lieutenant Terrence? 469 00:32:12,664 --> 00:32:16,658 Lieutenant Terrence here is a Coldstream man. 470 00:32:16,701 --> 00:32:19,466 I propose a toast for 471 00:32:19,504 --> 00:32:22,804 one of Colonel Mathew's finest. 472 00:32:22,841 --> 00:32:24,366 Nulli Secundam. 473 00:32:27,412 --> 00:32:28,675 Secundus. 474 00:32:38,089 --> 00:32:39,580 What the hell have you done? 475 00:32:39,624 --> 00:32:41,525 This man's a liar. 476 00:32:43,361 --> 00:32:48,095 Coldstream lieutenant not knowing his regiment's motto. 477 00:32:49,534 --> 00:32:52,163 He was likely sent back to us as a spy. 478 00:32:52,204 --> 00:32:53,763 I know that! 479 00:32:55,707 --> 00:32:58,267 You pale fool. 480 00:32:58,310 --> 00:32:59,744 I had planned on turning him double, 481 00:32:59,778 --> 00:33:02,407 the opportunity of which I have now been robbed. 482 00:33:02,447 --> 00:33:05,611 I apologize, Major. I just thought... 483 00:33:05,650 --> 00:33:07,516 You didn't think. 484 00:33:07,552 --> 00:33:09,530 You acted upon the assumption that you were the only one 485 00:33:09,554 --> 00:33:12,547 who could spot a mouse in the cupboard. 486 00:33:12,591 --> 00:33:16,687 Has it really been that long since your last kill 487 00:33:16,728 --> 00:33:19,823 or is violence your natural inclination? 488 00:33:25,804 --> 00:33:28,535 Go back to Setauket, Captain. 489 00:33:28,573 --> 00:33:32,567 I pray that woman can settle your savage side. 490 00:33:59,471 --> 00:34:02,600 General, have we come to a consensus? 491 00:34:02,641 --> 00:34:06,840 Your Excellency, we believe traditional reconnaissance 492 00:34:06,878 --> 00:34:08,176 is the way forward 493 00:34:08,213 --> 00:34:10,580 as it depends on as little variable as possible 494 00:34:10,615 --> 00:34:13,710 and would be carried out by men who could be trusted to follow orders. 495 00:34:16,288 --> 00:34:19,952 Captain, what say you? 496 00:34:21,459 --> 00:34:25,191 I... I concur with the general, sir. 497 00:34:27,866 --> 00:34:31,200 The chain of agents approach would require trust 498 00:34:31,236 --> 00:34:33,603 and in that resource, 499 00:34:33,638 --> 00:34:36,403 I'm afraid we find ourselves lacking. 500 00:34:39,878 --> 00:34:43,178 You're speaking now of your men on Long Island. 501 00:34:43,214 --> 00:34:46,412 No, sir, I'm speaking of the men in this room. 502 00:34:50,922 --> 00:34:55,451 Sir, for a conspiracy like this one to function, 503 00:34:55,493 --> 00:34:57,291 we would need to be keeping secrets 504 00:34:57,329 --> 00:35:01,664 from the enemy, from Congress, even from our own army. 505 00:35:01,700 --> 00:35:07,697 This would require absolute trust amongst the secret-keepers, 506 00:35:07,739 --> 00:35:09,731 and yet General Scott here 507 00:35:09,774 --> 00:35:12,573 does not trust me or my judgment. 508 00:35:12,611 --> 00:35:15,308 Mr. Sackett here mistrusts my experience, 509 00:35:15,347 --> 00:35:17,373 much as I mistrust his attitude 510 00:35:17,415 --> 00:35:20,214 toward the lives of the agents in the field. 511 00:35:20,251 --> 00:35:22,846 And you, sir... 512 00:35:24,255 --> 00:35:27,020 You know the name Abraham Woodhull 513 00:35:27,058 --> 00:35:30,028 and yet you will not disclose to me 514 00:35:30,061 --> 00:35:32,758 the source of your knowing. 515 00:35:32,797 --> 00:35:35,733 Apparently, you do not trust me either. 516 00:35:35,767 --> 00:35:38,396 Therefore, I cannot trust the success 517 00:35:38,436 --> 00:35:41,406 of any chain that we might build here today. 518 00:35:49,881 --> 00:35:53,716 I would like to speak with Captain Tallmadge alone. 519 00:36:25,784 --> 00:36:27,810 Get up, boy. 520 00:36:29,454 --> 00:36:30,922 Come on, fight! 521 00:36:59,651 --> 00:37:02,280 Hold! 522 00:37:06,558 --> 00:37:08,584 Shut your gobs! 523 00:37:12,530 --> 00:37:13,964 You still gonna kill me? 524 00:37:16,334 --> 00:37:19,532 Well, Rangers don't kill their own initiates. 525 00:37:46,197 --> 00:37:48,757 Samuel Tallmadge. 526 00:37:49,768 --> 00:37:53,603 Samuel. 527 00:37:56,441 --> 00:37:59,240 Mr. Sackett tells me that you prefer 528 00:37:59,277 --> 00:38:01,542 an alias for Woodhull. 529 00:38:01,579 --> 00:38:04,071 I must say, I concur. 530 00:38:04,115 --> 00:38:06,744 Forgive me, sir, but I thought that we had agreed 531 00:38:06,785 --> 00:38:09,497 - that the best way forward... - You were right in your prescription. 532 00:38:09,521 --> 00:38:12,047 We require an amendment in the name of trust. 533 00:38:12,090 --> 00:38:15,083 Following our retreat from Brooklyn Heights, 534 00:38:15,126 --> 00:38:19,564 I tasked a agent to reconnoiter enemy encampments around Long Island 535 00:38:19,597 --> 00:38:22,863 and seek out contacts friendly to our side. 536 00:38:22,901 --> 00:38:25,598 His name was Nathan Hale, 537 00:38:25,637 --> 00:38:29,438 and he was captured while he was on a mission for me. 538 00:38:29,474 --> 00:38:32,205 He was hanged as a spy. 539 00:38:32,243 --> 00:38:34,838 Fortunately, his best friend at Yale, 540 00:38:34,879 --> 00:38:37,781 a certain Benjamin Tallmadge, 541 00:38:37,816 --> 00:38:40,547 spoke often of his hometown friends... 542 00:38:40,585 --> 00:38:45,990 A whaler named Brewster and a farmer named Woodhull. 543 00:38:47,592 --> 00:38:50,619 I wrote those three names down on a report, 544 00:38:50,662 --> 00:38:54,224 a report I looked back on when an unsigned letter 545 00:38:54,265 --> 00:38:57,997 sent by an anonymous farmer proved correct. 546 00:38:59,938 --> 00:39:04,774 Captain Hale died without friends to support him. 547 00:39:04,809 --> 00:39:08,871 We cannot let that happen to Mr. Culpepper. 548 00:39:08,913 --> 00:39:12,577 Mr. Culpepper? 549 00:39:12,617 --> 00:39:16,418 We'll never use the name Woodhull again. 550 00:39:27,832 --> 00:39:30,768 Why was he wearing your clothes? 551 00:39:30,802 --> 00:39:33,328 His aim was to pose as me, 552 00:39:33,371 --> 00:39:35,636 escape into the city, I suppose. 553 00:39:35,673 --> 00:39:38,006 Right, and that proves the general's anxieties. 554 00:39:38,042 --> 00:39:42,002 Can't take any more lone men into New York. 555 00:39:42,046 --> 00:39:44,777 You mean I can't continue on? 556 00:39:44,816 --> 00:39:47,285 Not alone. 557 00:39:49,187 --> 00:39:51,213 He tell you his name? 558 00:39:56,828 --> 00:39:58,160 No. 559 00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:26,719 Please don't think that I condone such barbarism. 560 00:40:29,093 --> 00:40:32,063 Just... 561 00:40:32,096 --> 00:40:34,725 miss my boy, is all. 562 00:40:34,766 --> 00:40:36,928 You have a son? 563 00:40:38,536 --> 00:40:41,802 His birthday's comin' round. 564 00:40:41,839 --> 00:40:44,070 Well, then, we must send him something. 565 00:40:47,178 --> 00:40:49,170 If you think of a gift, I'll make arrangements 566 00:40:49,213 --> 00:40:50,909 to have it sent by special courier. 567 00:40:55,954 --> 00:40:57,752 Well, there's that smile. 568 00:40:59,958 --> 00:41:02,393 That's good. Good, good. 569 00:41:05,296 --> 00:41:08,061 Washington: You are an invaluable asset to me, 570 00:41:08,099 --> 00:41:09,897 and so, General Scott, I feel it better 571 00:41:09,934 --> 00:41:12,563 to apply your acumen where it is most needed... 572 00:41:12,603 --> 00:41:13,935 On the front. 573 00:41:13,972 --> 00:41:16,771 But, sir, a captain can't run the intelligence branch. 574 00:41:16,808 --> 00:41:19,744 That's why I have promoted him to major. 575 00:41:22,981 --> 00:41:26,247 I wish you the best of luck, Your Excellency. 576 00:41:35,994 --> 00:41:38,486 He is a fine general. 577 00:41:40,131 --> 00:41:43,727 Thank you for this promotion, sir. 578 00:41:43,768 --> 00:41:46,465 - I pray I do you proud. - As do I. 579 00:41:46,504 --> 00:41:48,302 Your first duty is to come up 580 00:41:48,339 --> 00:41:51,798 with a given name for our Mr. Culpepper. 581 00:41:54,979 --> 00:41:56,277 Samuel. 582 00:41:56,314 --> 00:41:58,806 In honor of your brother, I presume? 583 00:41:58,850 --> 00:42:00,910 Yes, sir. 584 00:42:00,952 --> 00:42:05,322 And might I ask, what is the meaning of "Culpepper"? 585 00:42:05,356 --> 00:42:06,790 Excellent question.