Black Sails

Silver: I am acutely aware

that I'm not the first to have been a partner to him in this way

and that the ones that have seen those depths before,

they never surfaced again.

Teach: So we have one fleet and two men claiming it.

There is only one way I know of to resolve that.

- You can't win. - I don't care.

They took my home. I can't walk away from that.

- Can you? - (Grunting)

Flint: It would've helped having the fleet.

I may be able to add to our pool of assets...

A cache of gems could be the key

to defeating British forces in Nassau.

If we cannot retrieve that cache,

then the dread fleet in Havana sets sail

to raze all of Nassau to the ground.

I will deny him the cache, and in doing so,

I will ensure that whatever Nassau is come Christmas, English will be not it.

Man: The fugitive's name is Anne bonny.

You know how dangerous she is.

- (Birds screeches) - (Horse whickers)

I am alone,

as I promised I would be.

The night you left, at the cave,

you said Jack's been arrested.

What the fuck's going on?

Spanish intelligence.

They learned of the cache.

They demanded the governor recover it and return it.

And they made clear failure to do so will result in the end of Nassau.

The governor is a reasonable man.

He is a compassionate man, but he needs that cache.

Fuck what he needs.

Jack don't want it turned over.

If he did, he'd be the one asking me to do it.

They are hurting him, Anne.

- What? - You were right.

He is defiant.

So they are trying to coerce him into cooperating,

into asking you to cooperate.

He refuses, so I am asking on his behalf.

Fuck you.

I understand what you are going through.

Please understand I am here for his sake.

Surrender the cache and I will see to it that Jack goes free.

You have my word.

Max: She is going to do it.

She agreed to make the exchange?

- She said that? - No.

But neither can she bear the idea of Jack's torture.

She will resist awhile.

It will tear her to pieces.

But sooner than later, she will acquiesce.

How can you know this for certain?

Eleanor: She knows.

She knows.

Jack rackham? Who is Jack rackham?

At the moment, he's the most wanted man in the west indies,

owing to a cache of rare jewels in his possession,

proceeds from a massive Spanish prize

and, as luck would have it,

our only hope of victory against Rogers's regime in Nassau.

You left here to secure a fleet of ships

so that we might harass Nassau's trade and bleed away her strength.

You told me that without those ships,

you could see no other way to achieve victory in this fight.

Now you have returned with nothing but him

and a plan to make up the difference with money?

Not money, bait.

I came upon a trove of information

belonging to Spanish intelligence.

In it was mention of this cache of gems,

cache I know to be in Jack's possession.

Spain is furious over its very existence.

They see it as an affront.

They are so furious, in fact,

they are willing to burn Nassau to the ground just to prove the point.

The only way Rogers can prevent this

is to find the cache and return it.

Which means if we were to find it first,

we could dictate what happens next.

And what are you proposing that might be?

Rogers's strength resides in his naval consort...

Ships and soldiers on loan to him from the crown.

They're well-trained and well-armed.

Against them on even terms, we wouldn't have a prayer of success,

but if we can get them to meet us on uneven terms,

terms that dramatically favor our efforts,

things might be different.

Use the cache to lure him to committing his forces

onto an undesirable battlefield.

Committing all of his forces there.

With the stakes this high, he'll have no choice

but to put everything at his disposal in play.

We compel him into a single, decisive fight,

one in which we have a massive advantage

and one in which, with a little luck,

we might deal him a catastrophic defeat,

break the back of his military strength,

and open up Nassau for a direct invasion.

What battlefield is this that will allow us to defeat that kind of force?

Here.

Your plan is to lure the British Navy here?

I'd like to speak with the captain alone.

Now.

How many men?

We imagine Rogers has 500 regulars at his disposal.

What about militia? Conscripts? The total force?

Twice that, thereabouts.

And what plans for their ships?

Without means to engage them,

their heavy guns would repel any attempt to defend the beach.

Surely there can be no victory

if you cannot harass their landing.

How do you propose to account for that?

I don't know yet.

And let's say somehow you're able

to eliminate some of their numbers on the beach.

We have neither the manpower nor the ammunition

to fight the kind of battle you're suggesting,

even with the terrain in our favor.

How do you propose to gain these things

on the schedule you're suggesting?

I don't know yet.

I'm not going out there with "I don't know yet."

These people know their lives are about to change.

They know they'll need to fight to survive,

but I will not go before them

and argue to have that fight all at once

and risk losing everything all at once

unless I am certain that fight can be won.

Am I certain that we will prevail?

But the odds will never be better than they are

right now, in this moment.

Of that, I am most certain.

To find Jack rackham, you'll need to go to Nassau, yes?

We assume that he's long gone by now,

but Nassau is where we will pick up his trail, yes.

There are other things you will need to secure while you're there.

My husband supplied us with weapons and shot

to arm ourselves and to defend this camp.

He also maintained a stockpile on Nassau

in preparation for a day such as this.

As far as we know, it is still there, guarded by his agents.

Tell me where to find them and I'll retrieve it.

They will not trust you

nor even acknowledge the existence of this place

to anyone other than my husband,

and he's too weak to leave our care.

So we will have to send the next best thing.

She will help you get what you need,

but one more thing.

I know your way is to invest a captain

with unquestioned authority while in battle,

but this battle is ours as much as yours.

My word and your word will govern in concert or not at all.

And when I'm not present, that word shall be given by my daughter.

Sir.

Touch of the grippe is all, sir.

I'll be all right.

You're the third man to say as much to me in the last four hours.

I'll see you relieved.

Please report to Dr. Marcus immediately.

Yes, sir.

It's almost over,

this unfortunate arrangement between you and I.

- What? - Contact was made with Anne bonny.

The situation was explained to her

that the sooner she returns the cache,

the better it would be for you.

She was disturbed but, we believe, ultimately persuaded.

Disturbed?

You told her I was being tortured.

If the street would hear you were being mistreated,

if they were to see you emerge from this place

damaged or not at all, I'd risk losing them.

I know this.

I imagine you were counting on it,

the notion that all you had left me were bad options

guaranteed, ultimately, to serve your ends.

This way, no one hears it but her.

I get what I need,

the island survives,

and no one is harmed.

I face a number of dangers ahead in stabilizing Nassau.

The one I will resist to the limits of my ability

is to allow myself to be cast as its villain.

When the cache is delivered, you'll both be free to do as you please.

Do you have a wife?

Beg pardon?

Do you have a wife?

How do you imagine she would feel

if she were told you were suffering

some awful, degrading abuse

and that the only way she could end it

would be to betray your trust?

How do you think she would feel if she betrayed you,

knowing she likely lost that trust forever,

and then learned the whole thing was based on a ruse?

And no one was harmed.