Black Sails - Season 3 Edit

A favorable wind.

A few weeks ago, we had a chance to sail with him.

A great deal of respect for you.

A man walks into a tavern out of the dead of night,

A pattern is a pattern,

A queen, a king,

A tactical withdrawal to guide us into an ambush.

A tempest,

A war against England,

A war to plan for.

A week.

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aboard one of their ships,

About my capacity.

Against Captain Hornigold once the battle begins.

Against the use of it, would it not worry you that it might appear weak?

Aim ahead a little more!

All but you.

All crews, larboard batteries, target the lead ship!

All had one thing in common.

All of the blood that's about to be spilt,

All the things about to be lost... aren't you?

Always.

Am I to believe he sacrificed over 50 of his men,

Among the disturbing number of people

An old wives' tale. Pirate lore.

And a great need to redeem himself in my eyes.

And as I sit here, I'm acutely aware

And as in it sounded

And Charles was, in some sense, a brother to us.

And did she fight it?

And even if that's not true,

And given how much we have sacrificed to earn this battle,

And have the cache in our possession before the sun sets.

And he believes him responsible

And he cannot run away.

And I am genuinely sorry.

And I became something else.

And I can help you end it.

And I felt that you were entitled to an answer...

And I promise you,

And immediate concern for me.

And it was no he.

And it's no less a bullshit story now.

And it's so very hard to know which can be taken at their word.

And know that their time is nearing

And lead an impossible army

And let them come.

And make room for someone better suited

And Mrs. Barlow's deaths as bad luck.

And only a fool ignores one

And prepare the larboard batteries.

And send word to the Orion to do the same.

And settling Charles' account with her.

And signal the line to retreat.

And that may very well be true.

And that sooner or later a good man must resist it.

And the cache? It's being guarded there as well?

And the danger that you believe you may pose to me,

And the gibbet remains?

And the goddamn British navy.

And then proceeds to remove a man's head with a metal shoe.

And then you came, and my island fell,

And there is nothing they won't do

And they both ended up dead while playing the role.

And those like Captain Throckmorton,

And thus, as always, to traitors...

And undermine their confidence in their command.

And what?

And win it.

And your life with him behind you.

And?

Angry lords,

Any and all of them.

Applies itself to you and I...

Are the source of all good things gone wrong.

Are you having second thoughts?

Aren't you?

As a warning to wayward crew members.

As if there was more to that thought.

As the face of our efforts

As though a very difficult thing was done.

As to why Charles invested any time and energy in you.

As you were.

Asking us to verify who we are.

At the end of the day, secrets among friends

Avery's maiden crew

Back! Fall back!

Bear this in mind.

Became the doldrums into which we all sank.

Became the storm into which we all battled.

Because he does not care for the implications.

Because it isn't resentment.

Before this war actually begins,

Beg your pardon?

Bring the mortars forward!

British law sentenced him,

Bumbling into a hasty retreat

Bumbling?

But among them is the sincere confusion

But as far as successors go,

But because of it.

But from there, it's up to you.

But had partners in this endeavor.

But hat name isn't doing anything for us.

But hearing him use it just now,

But I fear the reason for your arrival

But I think you and I both know who it was

But I'd like to be quite certain

But I've come to find

But if the street wants to invest him

But in terms of our future

But it violates everything she understands herself to be.

But it's been sorted.

But now it's time she had a king.

But now...

But please understand...

But something, perhaps.

But that was the day

But the one in whose name this war is to be fought...

But the one of them who knows where to find it

But the truth of it,

But there comes a certain point

But there is no victory over her

But to be both liked and feared all at once

But to remove it in this moment

But towards me...

But you can see how this might be of particular

By half the British navy just beyond the horizon.

Calls for assistance was heard?

Captain Flint's battle plan

Captain Hornigold will be sailing

Captain Throckmorton's black spot

Captain, it's time!

Captain, we need to fall back.

Captain, we need to fall back.

Charles is dead.

Charles was, in some sense, a son to him,

Cloak themselves in whatever they must

Come on!

Come.

Company, form into two ranks!

Company, present!

Company, retreat!

Company, retreat!

Company, withdrawal!

Concentrate on the mortars!

Concerned that your association with me

Could he mean to board us?

Cut our... Our anchor cables

Defenders across the water

Defiled, scandalized...

Describe them, please.

Determined to stand by their oath to the very end,

Did he get it?

Did she resist your being here?

Did you not tell me that our darkest motives

Do not look at me like that.

Do we care that it isn't remotely true?

Do you trust him?

Dobbs assaulted him,

Does he actually mean to exchange broadsides with us?

Does he even know?

Does he have any idea you're using his name?

Does not take into account a force that large.

Does not take into account his retreat.

Doesn't matter what's true. Not now, at any rate.

Don't.

East?

Everything ended.

Exactly where I ask him to,

Except that I did their bidding,

Excuse me.

Feels compelled to rally around.

Find Mr. Silver, the fugitive Mr. Rackham,

Fire!

Fire!

Fire!

Fire!

Fire!

Fire!

Fire!

Fire!

Fire!

Fire!

Fire!

Fire!

Fire!

Fire! MAN: Fire!

Flint gave you command of his ship.

Flint sent you to kill me, yet instead, you surrendered.

Flint?

For choosing the men to be interrogated by them.

For having disappointed me

For its whereabouts to remain unknown,

For those of you who have not heard,

Form into two ranks!

Formation forward!

Friends?

From which in a few days' time

Get a message to the major.

Get her cleaned up, boy!

Get my log from below.

Get the gun crews to resume firing.

Get to the stern chasers! Now!

Get us under way!

Get us under way.

Gun crews at the ready!

Gun crews at the ready!

Gun crews, prepare to engage!

Had more to lose than you,

Hanged a pirate in the square.

Happy to be the first to betray it.

Harass their line.

Harboring who knows what sort of resentment against you?

Have been rendered largely ineffective.

He asked for this fight, Major.

He asks that I convey to the rest of his council

He believes we are beneath him,

He didn't do so without a plan.

He failed to account for me.

He is not among them.

He knew it was the only way to start it.

He knows.

He thought he could do that and face no consequences.

He took that cache with the express purpose

He wants us to pursue him. He wants you to pursue him.

He was hiding by the water.

He was in the tavern drinking with his men.

He wasn't talking about you.

He will lead Captain Hornigold

He would resent you for it,

He'll step into the role we've created for him...

He's currently being pummeled

He's quite capable of what you suggest and more.

He's right.

He's talking about our hostess, the queen.

Heed it, and reclaim your place amongst us.

Her role in the attack on the governor's caravan.

Hmm.

Hold your fire!

How can we do anything other than see it through?

How long before their force arrives?

How, sir?

I am suggesting the gibbet could be seen by some

I appreciate that.

I believe every part of her being was calling out for it.

I believe he feels shame

I believe she wanted to.

I came looking for Flint, not you.

I can?

I choose to allow the players to reveal themselves to me

I chose Mr. Dobbs.

I couldn't tell you what that makes us to him,

I did what I did.

I do.

I don't believe he feels resentment.

I don't know that it is anymore.

I don't know what to say.

I had three men hold him down

I have no doubt that Captain Throckmorton

I have survived starvation,

I knew men when I was young who sailed with Avery.

I know how it seems,

I know this enemy.

I look forward to seeing Miss Guthrie again

I made clear my position

I may one day wish to call a friend.

I offer the first chance to repent.

I once had a fleet of that makeup.

I once thought that to lead men in this world,

I sailed with that crew for months.

I say that's a story that stands a strong chance

I should be among them.

I suppose Flint's come to see that there might be

I think it's going to take

I told Billy I believed your darkest thoughts

I told them we were taking it, just not where.

I understand the obligation you are feeling to succeed,

I want it down and gone, not a minute longer.

I was no one,

I will say this for him.

I won't fight them about it.

I would have to admit in that case

I wouldn't do that.

I wouldn't worry too much.

I'd like to think that you're here to join our effort,

I'll put a launch in the water now.

I'm asking where it actually began.

I'm not sure it was that far off.

I've heard you use that word a thousand times.

I've lived too long dependent upon Flint

I've spent enough time in bed.

I've watched her bow before tyrants.

I've watched her follow mad men.

I've watched her follow rich men.

If anyone has a problem with my allegiance to the Crown,

If it is removed in the light of this threat,

If Mr. Dobbs takes this opportunity to betray you...

If that's what you're asking.

If the English can't find it,

If this war is to be won.

If we are to lead them into this war,

If we can just get our vanguard

If you allow him to dictate the terms of battle,

If you had disciplined him,

If you would like me to form a small detail

If you're wrong,

Ignore it, and join him.

Ignored on pain of death.

In a most startling way.

In consort with you.

In my defense, I hadn't had anything to eat or drink in a while.

In order to move us to action?

In recent weeks,

In the governor's leadership.

In the light of Captain Flint's standing ultimatum

In the minds of their soldiers on the ground

In the world right now than I.

In which, I believe, at this moment, I exist alone.

Into an unwinnable war...

Is a new story for Nassau.

Is an entirely different state of being...

Is currently unconcerned with our threat.

Is everything all right?

Is inside that camp,

Is it possible one of the governor's

Is something other than that

Is that so?

Is that what we are now?

It certainly worries me

It feels different.

It gives me no pleasure having it there,

It is a necessary sacrifice

It is a well settled statement of resolve

It is natural for men new to power

It is still a stranger to me.

It is time I did the same for you.

It kept him awake for three nights.

It might provoke the response you wish to avoid.

It seems as though I am fortunate

It seems Governor Rogers was able to enlist

It seems...

It sounds different.

It was a bullshit story then,

It was Mr. Gates who first told me about the spot.

It was sitting at the foot of my bed

It was the idea of Avery himself,

It wasn't the note or the threat.

It would seem that those closest to you meet their end

It's a dangerous errand...

It's a familiar combination.

It's a hard thing to look your successor in the eye

It's been a few days since I told you

It's done.

It's more than dangerous.

It's nearby. Buried.

It's time we finally had an alternative.

Jealous captains, mutinous crews,

Just the awareness that someone so terrible

Just to entice us to chase him?

Knew your name.

Larboard batteries may fire at will!

Lead him!

Led them into a massacre deliberately,

Left behind to guard it.

Less means with which to protect themselves than you.

Lest I make an enemy out of someone

Let us say that Mr. Dobbs will do as you ask of him.

Let us say there is some merit to your argument.

Let's finish this as quickly as possible.

Lieutenant, prepare the men.

Long John Silver.

Ma'am, cowards send notes.

Ma'am!

Ma'am?

Madness is such a hard thing to define,

Major, prepare your men.

Make a course for that second flotilla, please.

Make sure they have plenty of supplies,

Making it even less credible to characterize Mr. Gates'

More than a note to frighten him.

Mortars in position!

Mr. Carter, please bring me that man there.

Mr. Dobbs will do what I ask of him.

Mr. Silver?

Much to do.

My association with you began out of necessity,

My friend may have given his life to earn this battle.

My men and I are happy to address it with them.

No matter what the street may say.

No, he's right.

Nor did you take any action

Nor to Miss Guthrie.

Not far from here, the fortifications are already built

Not just during their relationship,

Not to betray for money.

Now a war to reclaim Nassau.

Now!

Of anyone's awareness.

Of compelling us to commit your force

Of course it is.

Of my suspicions about Idelle,

Of seeing itself embellished.

Of this I'm sure.

Oh, Jesus.

Oh, that man will meet the same end

On the flagship's mainmast!

On the island going forward...

On the island I helped build,

On the night I confiscated the pardon rolls,

Once it had been applied to Thomas,

Once our relationship had been exposed,

One can only assume she did not act alone,

One ship against their entire fleet?

Open the ports!

Open the ports!

Or guarded with guns.

Order the larboard batteries to concentrate their fire on that ship.

Otherwise, everyone is accounted for and where they belong.

Out of fear of appearing weak.

Over a man who was supposed to have been their brother.

Pass word up the line. All ships may fire at will.

Perhaps even friendship.

Perhaps removing the gibbet

Pirate hunters,

Prepare the larboard batteries!

Prepare the larboard batteries!

Present!

Protecting me.

Provided that you were among the circle

Pull everyone back.

Pull everyone back.

Raise the black instead.

Raise the black?

Reflected there.

Reinforcements from a sister colony?

Reinforcements, likely.

Reload!

Reload!

Remove the captain. You have until nightfall.

Removed from the gibbet in the square.

Retreat!

Right flank, kneel!

Sails! East southeast!

Says he knows where the slave camp is located.

Says the cache with the gems is hidden nearby.

Second cannons!

See you on the other side.

Send someone else.

Shall we prepare to repel boarders?

She agreed it was best for all

She has spent so many years protecting our people,

She let me go because she knows

She will likely need to step aside

She's been overrun!

Show her what you showed to me.

Show me that you truly intend to leave Captain Flint

Shut up.

Signal the line. Divide the gun crews

Signal!

Sir! It's the Orion!

Sir?

Sir.

Sir.

Sir.

Six sets of sails!

Six ships. British colors.

Six ships... Two sloops, man of war...

Smoke!

So he can make his retreat.

So near the actual arrival of it,

So now I'm ready to see it end,

So to whatever extent you may be concerned

So you see yourself as a potential fourth member of this class,

Some capacity in you after all.

Some day you will have no choice but to be my end,

Some of those demands I've come to know...

Somehow had the ability

Someone left it while I slept.

Stand easy!

Start what?

Starting tonight,

Such is the nature of the influence you wield.

Tactically incompetent.

Take cover!

Taking responsibility for Captain Throckmorton's murder.

Tell him he can deploy his men to this position.

Tell your governor!

Than most do with the ones that God gave them.

That England was broken...

That fashioned that noose,

That I will be the end of you.

That I've somehow sought out my own tragedies?

That if we survive this battle today,

That knew of it.

That much is clear.

That on some level I knew...

That said, at the end of three days' time,

That said, you're wrong. He's right.

That some day we will clash,

That the world has shifted beneath our feet

That there would be two sorts of men

That wants to see Captain Vane's remains

That when this pattern

That you might see yourself agreeing with him again...

That your anger over the murder of Mrs

That your despair over her death

The aid of one of his colleagues.

The appearance of a man that the resistance against the English

The captain's battle plan

The contents of the letter left for him today,

The entirety of our plan rests on its success.

The entirety of the British fleet

The flotilla... Describe them.

The form of the threat may not rightly be the issue.

The governor has imposed martial law

The governor in Nassau

The governor in Nassau hung him in the square.

The irony wasn't lost on either of us.

The law has been satisfied.

The men above would fight to protect us.

The men need to know they're in good favor with me.

The message, it would seem, is clear.

The navy?

The night I started becoming,

The pirate was Charles Vane.

The point has been made.

The resistance in Nassau is now under way.

The rest are women and children.

The safest place for this isn't behind walls

The safest place lives outside the realm

The second fleet... How many ships?

The war to reclaim Nassau began here about an hour ago.

Then let them be my enemies as well.

Then they take the side of those fucking savages

Then we have much preparation to do and little time to do it.

Then why didn't she?

There could be hundreds of soldiers aboard those ships.

There is a voice out there yet to identify itself

There is nowhere to retreat to

There may be no one closer to you

There wasn't any more to that thought, was there?

There were times that I was persuaded

There's a third member of this class,

There's only 100 men, more or less,

They all know him already. They all fear him already.

They are not fucking around, are they?

They call him John the Giant.

They can't take it.

They need it,

They say that he moves better on that leg

They say that he's seven foot tall.

They were in high spirits.

They were overwhelmed by a superior force.

They were vulnerable to you.

They'll fight to the death to defend it.

They're showing her fleet identification,

This battle will be over before it ever begins.

This is the plan.

This way.

Those like Captain Vane,

Threatens the entirety of the island,

Threatens to undermine confidence

Three paces forward!

Three tall ships!

Time is short, please.

To a battlefield of his choosing.

To affix to one's enemies.

To assume that it has no limits.

To be inflammatory.

To be liked was just as good as feared,

To be responsible for making a direct move

To be the one to hold our ranks together.

To be underestimated is an incredible gift.

To betray us...

To discover who the partners might be.

To do what must be done.

To gain your trust, to be your partner,

To inform Captain Flint

To maintain the display.

To make self defeating mistakes

To make sure they have it.

To manifest themselves upon our reality.

To offer you protection in the meantime...

To oust the English from the island,

To put it all in danger now...

To sue for peace since then,

To the first to betray,

To the street, to you,

To the truth.

Trust me. It does.

Truth is, they didn't give a shit about me

Two inches! Two inches!

Two sloop!

Under the command of Governor Rogers is in play.

Unfortunately, I've known too many men from Nassau in my life,

Unfortunately, I've known too many men from Nassau in my life,

Until I know how this game will unfold,

Until recently, I thought that was me as well,

Until then, I remain...

Upon all of Nassau Town in response to the murder of Captain Throckmorton.

Was said to deliver the black spot

Wasn't a part of it.

Water, and ammunition.

We agreed that I would select a man

We are aware there is dissent on the street.

We could disrupt their entire line.

We could disrupt their entire line.

We create uncertainty

We have only just begun to tell our story.

We haven't yet introduced the villain.

We ought to show that we are willing to lead them through it.

We'll be upon them quickly.

We'll give him a soul.

We'll have to see about that.

We'll introduce him. We'll put flesh on him.

We'll take fire, obviously.

We're being ambushed!

We're creating the appearance of a man out of nothing.

We're heading into the forest.

We're supposed to sail into that?

Well, before today I knew of two people

Well, I wish it wasn't necessary,

Well, now that you've been fetched,

Well, the three who preceded me

Were I to replace him now,

What difference does it make?

What do you want to do about it?

What exactly are you saying?

What flows forth from this house,

What for?

What the hell is he doing?

What...?

What's that?

Whatever unrest may be brewing.

When I woke this morning.

When we were becalmed,

When we're ready, when he's ready,

Where did you get this?

Where is he?

Where one must accept what is painfully obvious.

Whether you shoot him or some other man hangs him,

Which is why I find myself unnerved by the thought

Which makes it such an easy label

While Dooley and Wayne administered a beating.

While yours is almost through.

Who managed to truly know you,

Who the fuck is that?

Who've tried to kill one or the both of us,

Why does it look like this?

Why give him any reason to doubt it?

Why not Flint?

Why not use Flint?

Why the fuck would you do that?

Why would they say that?

Why would you assign it to a man

Why?

Will conceal themselves from us?

Will lead to your end.

Will not be the last.

Will you help us find it?

Will you tell me?

With an anonymous threat?

With any luck, we'll have a beachhead established in an hour,

With more than we can on our own,

Without a victory here today.

Worried he'd fuck us the first chance he got.

Worried that though today we be friends,

Would go a long way towards settling

Yeah, and I know how they'll feel.

Yeah.

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

Yes.

You asked me where I began,

You can count the things that Flint and I agree upon on one hand.

You chose Dobbs?

You court a disastrous outcome.

You did not report this news to the governor

You do not feel you are where you belong.

You don't know that man, Major, but I do.

You don't need to say anything.

You had the courage to do it

You have enemies here.

You have protected me for so very long.

You have the proper codes to respond?

You said you'd always be looking over your shoulder,

You should be in bed.

You sure this is wise?

You tell him I'm coming!

You they trust above any of us

You want to put a man forward

You'll look out and stare down King George's navy.

You're going to attack them?

You're suggesting that the governor comply

Your black spot was delivered, yeah.

Your demons are a part of our reality.

Your intentions are true

Your mother could do far worse.

Your mother.

But? I saw him.

Fall back! Fall back!

Hold your fire! First company, prepare to move out!

How many ships? What?

Mortars. Mortars!

Not yet. Fire!

Now, wait a minute... Now you're telling me

One man of war. And one man of war.

Retreat! Fall back!

Sir? Pull them back, now!

Smoke! Smoke!