TURN: Washington's Spies (2014–2017): Season 4, Episode 9 - Reckoning - full transcript
Washington heads south to lay siege to Yorktown but must convince Clinton he is heading to New York. Abraham joins the Continental Army. Peggy goes into labor.
( fire crackling )
♪
( sighs )
You're beautiful.
And you're mine.
♪
Mine.
( gasps, panting )
( footsteps approach )
Abigail:
Mornin'.
How are we today?
We are a little unsettled.
I had a terrible dream
about Benedict.
Oh, it was just a dream.
Nothing to worry
yourself about.
I can't help thinking
it's a sign
of darker things to come.
This'll fix you right up.
Thank you.
( grunts )
Peggy!
What's wrong?
Peggy!
- ( distantly ) Peggy!
- ( baby crying, echoes )
( theme music playing )
♪ Hush, hush
♪ There's snakes
in the garden ♪
♪ Soul for sale
♪ Blood on the vines
♪ Hush, hush
♪ I know there will
come a day ♪
♪ They're hiding
in the color of night ♪
- ♪ I can't wait anymore
- ♪ Soul for sale
- ♪ I can't wait anymore
- ♪ Soul for sale
♪ I can't wait anymore
♪ Hush, hush
- ( chatter )
- ( birds chirping )
♪
Heard you been looking
for a British soldier
- claiming to be a spy.
- Aye.
We nabbed this scrappy
bastard near Blandford.
Claims he was planted
with the lobsters in York City
on Washington's orders.
Bring him out.
Brewster?
Champe.
- Man: This your man?
- No.
- Wait, wait, wait--
- But he's telling the truth.
He's one of ours.
What happened
to Woodhull?
Last I saw him, he was
looking for a way to run.
Hopefully,
he got another chance.
I thought I glimpsed him
at Blandford.
He can't have gotten
too far.
Our plan was get
to Head of Elk.
We heard Lafayette
was there.
- Lafayette?
- Aye.
Frenchies have a sloop
further up the coast.
- They're always patrolling.
- Good man.
♪
( man coughing )
Bon appétit.
- ( man coughing )
- ( man #2 snoring )
First time locked
in the brig?
Third.
Was it sins
or mistakes?
- ( chatter )
- ( horses neighing )
( door closes )
I was summoned.
- As were we.
- ( footsteps approach )
I've written
Robert Morris
requesting 30 transport vessels
to move the army.
I require of you our count
of wagons, tent, and horse,
as well as smaller boats
to lay pontoons.
For amphibious assault
on New York Harbor.
No. The vessels
are for moving south
to Virginia,
where we will rendezvous
with the French fleet
under Admiral De Grasse.
The pontoons are for the
benefit of General Clinton,
to make him think that
we're attacking New York.
Sir, may-- may I ask what
prompted this change of course?
Lafayette received intelligence
from a trusted source
in the enemy's camp
that General Cornwallis
is vulnerable in Yorktown.
We will need to conceal
our true destination
from our own men as well.
Until we reach the Delaware,
they will think that we are
embarking for Staten Island.
Keeping our men in the dark
won't be the problem, sir.
Deceiving Clinton will be.
I can take a regiment
to Rhode Island.
They will think we are
mustering with the French
to attack York City.
Dividing the army will put us
at a disadvantage.
Sir, the numbers
clearly favor the enemy.
We need every man
we've got.
You'd do well not to dismiss
a proposal out of hand
unless you've
a better one.
I do.
I believe I have a way
to convince General Clinton
that we intend to attack
New York,
and we don't need to move
a single man to do it.
Maybe Clinton will call
troops from Virginia
to fortify the city.
- If he believes the letter...
- He will.
What did you write in it
that was so compelling?
Oh, it's, uh...
nothing of importance.
Then why the secrecy?
Well, if you must know,
it's a, uh, love letter.
From?
From me...
to you.
You said yourself
there was gossip.
I merely wrote to what Ann
Bates already believed.
Well, now you have
to tell me something.
You don't have much experience
with love letters.
Are you sure
it's convincing?
Convincing enough.
Are you sure Mrs. Strong
doesn't know you took this?
I was able to sneak it
out of her belongings
without her noticing.
Who'd have known
young Major Tallmadge
had such a way
with words?
Especially the ones
where he says
he'll miss
his little cart wench
while the army's off
to take York City.
What are you doing?
Taking this to Sir Henry.
It's not too late
for you to come with me.
It's best if I stay,
if only to ensure that--
that no one
comes looking for you.
What aren't
you telling me?
I've told you
everything that I know.
Except the real reason
you want to stay behind.
Anna Strong.
She's done
awful things to me.
I don't forgive easily,
and I won't leave this camp
until I see she gets
what's coming to her.
Well, Mary,
remind me to always stay
on your good side.
Give my regards
to your Joseph.
Take care of yourself.
And little Thomas.
♪
What's wrong?
Nothing.
Doctor says you're fine
and so is the baby.
If you stay
off your feet.
Do you believe him?
I can tell you're worried
about something.
I've heard tell a bounty's been
placed on General Arnold's life
by the Virginia Governor,
Jefferson.
They're gossiping 'bout it
down at the market.
I fear someone's bound
to take a shot at him.
I hope someone does.
Then I'll be rid of him
once and for all.
If I'm honest, it's what
he said about John.
That he still loved me,
even at the end.
Major André
always loved you.
It broke his heart for you
to be with someone else.
He wanted you more than he ever
wanted to turn General Arnold.
Remember that.
( knock on door )
It's probably the delivery
from the market.
I'll see to it.
( knock on door )
( gasps )
I told you
I was coming back.
♪
I'm sorry I took so long.
But I did come back here
in spring--
- I know.
- And y-you weren't here.
And I had to get
outta town.
And then Rangers
ambushed you,
and you ran off with £500
of army gold, I know.
How?
Woodhull told me.
The son.
Said you saved
his life out there.
Y-yeah.
I-I-I didn't mean
for this to happen.
- I know.
- Would you stop with that, now?
Listen, go get your
clothes, get that boy.
I'm gonna show you both
someplace you don't know.
It's cold,
but it's so beautiful.
Cicero's not here.
He's with General Arnold.
Signed on as his valet.
They're marching somewhere
between here and Virginia.
Peggy:
Abigail?
Mrs. Arnold, she's about
to give birth.
I'm sorry.
I'm gonna find him.
No.
I can find him.
- Akinbode...
- I know.
♪
( distressed )
Abigail!
Clinton: He fears he may
never see her again.
( clock ticking )
When he wrote that an attack of this
size has never been tried before,
I knew I had to get this
to you at once, sir.
You were
absolutely right, madam.
Who did you say procured
this intelligence?
In camp, she went
by Mary Smith.
But her true name
is Woodhull, wife to--
Abraham Woodhull.
Yes.
You-- you know him?
Clinton: One of them refuses
easy money so that he may fight,
the other endangers herself
to spy on our behalf.
If only we had more colonists
like the Woodhulls.
And the Bateses.
You've done
very well, madam.
As reward for your efforts,
I've arranged a little visit.
( bell ringing )
As you were.
Joseph.
My little scout.
Your wife has been
exemplary
in service
of the Crown, Corporal.
Be sure to thank her
properly for us.
Oh, Joseph.
Sir, I-- I don't know if we
should trust this intelligence,
seeing as it arrives
from an unverified source.
Mrs. Bates infiltrated
the camp at White Plains
before New Windsor.
You know, she's
verified in my book.
And Washington's been itching
to retake New York
ever since Howe sent him
fleeing into Harlem.
Still, sir,
I must urge caution.
And caution is what
I intend to take.
It will require recalling
some forces from Cornwallis.
He won't take kindly
to that,
what with Arnold
returning north
and a loss
in the Ranger leadership.
Loss in the Rangers?
Colonel Simcoe's gravely ill
after being wounded in battle.
At death's door,
apparently.
Still, Charlie will
have to make do.
We must protect
New York.
Sir?
In the interest
of security,
may I ask that I personally
deliver your orders to Yorktown?
Certainly.
- ( chains rattling )
- ( gate creaks )
Allons-y.
What's going on?
- ( waves crashing )
- ( metal creaking )
It ain't him.
- Shut up.
- Definitely ain't him.
- You bastard.
- ( laughs )
- I told you I was telling the
truth, didn't I? - Come here.
With so much at stake, every
precaution had to be taken.
- Abe: You all right?
- How are ya?
All right.
I saw you
at Blandford.
Was that you
who shot Simcoe?
Aye.
Did I kill him?
Ah, well, the last I saw,
he was still drawing breath.
Might have had a chance myself,
but it was either that
or making sure the British
plans got to Washington.
- You did send the letter, right?
- What letter?
I received word
that His Excellency
has left New York
and is moving south
with his army and ours.
I have orders to sail
to support him.
Where are we meeting him?
Yorktown.
♪
Hewlett: The general has
received your fervent requests
for more men,
but unfortunately,
he cannot allocate them
at this time.
In fact, it is he
who needs men
from your battalions
immediately
for another campaign.
- Another campaign?
- Where?
York City.
Washington
is planning to attack,
and General Clinton
needs all the men
that you can spare
to defend the harbor.
That's not
what our scouts report.
Mm.
Let the general know we will
send reserves tomorrow.
You may take your leave
whenever you choose.
Uh, General,
one more thing.
Would you permit me
to take notes on the camp
for my report
to General Clinton?
The camp is at your disposal.
Thank you.
♪
( chatter )
( men coughing and wheezing )
( groaning )
The wound is festering.
Your blood is tainted.
You've been bled to purge it,
but you're still not healing
as well or as fast
as I'd like.
Recourse?
Prayer.
That's all there is now.
I can send
for the chaplain.
Don't.
Colonel, if you have
any loved ones,
you should write to them.
Get your affairs in order.
( coughing )
♪
I must find Comte Rochambeau
and give him my report.
Till we meet again.
( chatter )
Is that Thomas?
Thomas!
Either you're getting quick
or I'm getting slow!
Come here, ah! Got you!
Let me look at you!
Abraham?
Hi.
- Abraham.
- Hi. Are you all right?
You made it back
in one piece.
( laughs )
Not for lack of trying.
( chuckles )
I knew
you'd find him.
Never doubted it
for a moment.
Well, there's
no hiding you now, eh?
So much
for Samuel Culper, eh?
Well, I never
liked him anyway.
( chuckles )
Well,
whenever you're ready.
Yeah, just give me
a moment with my wife?
- Of course.
- All right. Good to see you.
All right?
I missed you so much.
You shouldn't be here,
nor him.
- It's closer to you-- - It's
too close to the fighting.
All right? I want you to take
Thomas, gather your things,
and I'll have Ben
arrange for a boat.
A boat?
To where?
Back to Setauket.
- ( kisses )
- What about you?
I'm staying here.
I'm not leaving
without you.
Washington moved the army based
on intelligence that I sent.
I'm here
and I know how to fight.
I--
I can't abandon
the cause now.
You're my cause, Abraham.
I won't abandon you
either.
We've come too far
to go back now.
Abe:
7,000 casks of rice,
10,000 pounds of salted
beef and pork for the men.
A hundred tons of hay and
oats to feed their horses,
though some of that went with
Arnold when he marched north.
He dumped a cache of black
powder into the James
to make room for the tobacco
that he plans to sell.
So munitions are low.
Enough for the cannons,
though.
They have 140 of those
on the ground.
140, right.
And?
Anything else?
He's right as rain
and ready to fight.
You just tell us
where you want us.
Washington: We will seize
the entrenchment defenses
abandoned by the enemy
near the Pigeon's Quarter.
( translating into French )
Once reinforced,
we will convert the battery
and continue entrenching, using
them as cover for our advance.
We will then dig
two parallels
until we reach
our main targets--
Redoubts 9 and 10.
( explosions )
Washington: First, we must get
through the Fusiliers redoubt
on the perimeter.
It's heavily fortified.
If the first redoubt falls,
the rest will follow.
( speaking French )
Admiral de Grasse
is maneuvering
24 of our ships
of the line into position.
Colonel Olney
has arrived.
The Rhode Island Regiment
is at our disposal.
Good, as we advance,
my hope
is that our friends in the
water will provide cover.
Major, have the men
begin reinforcing
- the enemy's works at once.
- Yes, sir.
Come on,
get out there, men!
They can't target us at night.
Come on!
They're firing blind!
Do not be intimidated!
- ( explosions )
- ( chatter )
General.
Man:
Come on!
♪
( horse sputters )
How did you become
so well-versed in John's plans?
I don't understand
what you mean.
It's a simple question.
I can't imagine he would
be sharing his plans
to turn Benedict Arnold
over dinner with his servant.
You're twisting my words.
Am I?
Or are you twisting
away from the truth?
You told me the rebels
turned you against Benedict
when you were in their camp,
but it started much earlier
than that, didn't it?
Stop.
You're upsetting
yourself.
It's not good for you
or the baby.
Before conspiring
against my husband...
you were spying against John
for the Patriots.
Benedict said Tallmadge was a
step ahead of him at West Point,
and that's
how they caught John.
You are the reason
he's dead!
No.
I never meant for him
to be hurt.
I only warned them about
the General Arnold's betrayal.
You shut your mouth.
Send for the doctor
and leave this house at once.
- Peggy-- - No, don't
you dare speak my name!
Get out! Now!
Leave before
I force you out myself.
- You're bleeding.
- ( grunts )
- Baby's coming.
- Oh, no.
No, it's too soon.
- ( men shouting )
- ( gunfire )
♪
( gunfire )
( cannon balls whistling,
explosions )
Get down!
Fall back!
- ( no audible dialogue )
- Aah!
( chatter )
Bring broadside to bear.
Adjust for wind and tides
and set sights
for the enemy lines.
( cannon ball whizzes )
( speaking French )
( cannons fire )
Line ahead!
Signal the fleet
to clear the field for fire!
( soldiers shouting )
♪
Bear down and engage!
Angle starboard!
What the hell is he doing?
He's not following
the signal.
Why signal one way
and move the other?
Belay that order!
Rake broadsides,
fire as she bears!
( speaking French )
- Man: Keep digging those trenches.
- ( gunfire )
( men chattering )
( man shouting in French )
Man: Fire!
Man #2: Second line, advance!
Fire!
( cannon ball whistling )
Anyone need water?
Anna:
Water?
The red bastards set up shop right
in my goddamn drawing room!
Five guineas to any man who
puts a ball through my house
cellar to chimney!
Your coin's welcome
in my pockets, Nelson!
Missed.
( cannon ball whistles )
Adjust for shorter range!
Man: Cannon set!
We're ready, sir!
Fire!
Nelson:
Move over, boatman.
Let me show you
how the real shooting's done.
- ( sizzles )
- Aah!
Molly! Pitcher!
Just a minute, love.
I need a drink.
- ( gunshot )
- ( screams )
( bullets whizzing )
♪
( gunshots continue )
( no audible dialogue )
- ( screaming )
- Get him up! Get him up!
Move!
- ( breathing heavily )
- Moving helps with the pain.
( groans )
I can't.
I have to rest.
( groans )
What is it?
Baby's not turned right.
Y-you need to go
for the doctor.
No time.
It's best for both
of you if I stay.
( groans )
No. No.
- I can't.
- You can.
Cicero tried to come
into this world upside down.
A midwife helped me guide him
out during my reckoning,
and she taught me
to do the same.
But I need you
to trust me.
- ( men groaning )
- ( chatter )
Help!!
I need help!
Hang in there, Woody.
You! Here! Now!
( groaning )
- ( breathing echoes )
- ( heart beating )
♪
( echoing )
Am I dead?
( panting )
Man:
I want water!
( man #2 groans )
( man whimpering )
Thomas, I told you
to wait outside.
- Papa's here.
- No, Papa's not...
Abe? Abraham?
Oh, God.
No.
M-Mary.
Mary.
Abe, this is going to hurt.
( screams )
- ( panting ) - I need
to stop the bleeding.
Your face-- I forgot
how beautiful it was.
Try not to talk.
( grunting )
( whimpering )
- ( distant explosions )
- ( men coughing )
( chatter )
( wheezing )
( tapping )
♪
Man:
Simcoe's in here.
Sir?
You wanted
to see us, sir?
( grunting )
( weakly ) General
Cornwallis has informed me
that the safety of this place
is so precarious,
he cannot recommend our
rescue to General Clinton.
Many of you,
before you came to me,
before you came to Rogers,
had enlisted
with the rebel militia
or the Continental Army.
I recommend
that you flee...
and rejoin your former units
if the opportunity arises.
Your excuse should be that you
were captured by the British
and you were biding time
to make your escape.
Otherwise, they will
execute every one of you.
Falkoff:
We can't leave you behind.
Simcoe: I will ship
out on the Bonetta
with the other ranking
officers that have fallen ill.
The French will allow her
through the blockade?
Washington
will convince them.
He's a man of honor.
Go.
While you still can.
While Deux-Ponts
advances on Redoubt 9,
I advance on 10 with bayonets
fixed and muskets unloaded.
And the forlorn hope
of 20 men.
With your company
in reserve,
we can end this
tonight, mon ami.
Non! This is folly, my friend.
Laurens' men were torn apart
by the enemy fougasse.
We can expect many more such mortars
embedded around their redoubts.
They will not
hear us coming.
They will not have time
to light the fuses.
Lafayette: Your Excellency,
we'll wait them out.
We let our Grand Battery
shell them from the field
and our ships shell them
from the sea until they break.
And how long do we wait?
What if reinforcements arrive?
They don't have
enough powder.
For their mines.
For the-- the fougasse.
They may have made
a show of it at the start,
but they're running
on reserves.
- How do you know this?
- Culper.
While in the enemy camp,
he observed their black
powder was running low,
enough for a march,
but not for a siege.
They'll save what they have
left for cannons, not mines.
Now or never,
deliverance must come.
We attack the redoubts
at nightfall.
( groaning )
Okay, I've got the baby
turned around.
Now I need you
to do the rest.
Push!
( grunting )
Push! Push.
- ( gunfire )
- Charge!
- ( men shouting )
- ( gunfire continues )
Come on!
♪
( bellows )
Take their cannons!
♪
Turn the guns
on the town!
- ( grunting )
- ( cannon ball whistling )
( explosion )
- Out of the way!
- Ben: Ready!
And... fire!
( explosion )
Get to the shore!
- ( no audible dialogue )
- ( cannon fires )
( drums playing )
( drums continue )
- ( waves crashing )
- ( wood creaking )
I'm going
to the galley, sir.
Let me know
if you need anything.
( wheezing )
( coughs, wheezing )
( gasping )
It was wise of you
to come
while I was weakened.
( muffled shouting )
I had a horse once.
Bucephalus.
You may recall him.
Andalusian.
Powerful, noble,
trustworthy.
Beautiful creature.
Brought low...
with a poisoned apple.
Take a bite.
Bite.
( crunching )
Of all the men
I have forged
from weaklings
into warriors...
you may have been
my greatest creation.
How does your treat taste?
It was delicious.
Thank you.
That is what mercy
tastes like.
Bittersweet.
I did so want
to kill you, John.
I still do,
as a point of fact,
but after I heard you
grant mercy to your men,
I had a change of heart.
You have earned
the right to destroy me.
Do it.
All nature is a circle...
of creation
and destruction.
And after so much destruction
from this war, John,
it is time to tend
the garden again.
I have thought long
about this.
So, you see, I am not
breaking the circle
but merely following it...
through
its natural revolution.
You... are weak.
( groans )
We must create a new world
from the old world.
And our feud
is part of the old.
Such knowledge is bitter.
( whimpering )
But the fruit is sweet.
( whimpering )
( baby coos )
♪
He's the most beautiful thing
I've ever seen.
What will you name him?
Edward.
After my father.
It's a strong name.
It wasn't your fault.
Providence played a
greater hand in our lives
than either of us
could ever know.
It brought you into my home,
for better and worse.
But you saved my life.
You saved us both.
Even though I can't help
my own son right now...
I'm glad
I could help yours.
( march playing )
"Yankee Doodle."
"Yankee Doodle"
playing
Man:
Halt!
( song ends )
( horse nickers )
Is it the habit
of General Cornwallis
not to attend
an official surrender?
I'm afraid the general
has fallen ill.
He sends
his deepest apologies.
Nearly four years ago
to this day,
General Gates accepted
General Burgoyne's sword
at Saratoga.
Today, the American
and French alliance
is honored...
to accept yours.
♪
Man:
Forward march!
♪
♪
( sighs )
You're beautiful.
And you're mine.
♪
Mine.
( gasps, panting )
( footsteps approach )
Abigail:
Mornin'.
How are we today?
We are a little unsettled.
I had a terrible dream
about Benedict.
Oh, it was just a dream.
Nothing to worry
yourself about.
I can't help thinking
it's a sign
of darker things to come.
This'll fix you right up.
Thank you.
( grunts )
Peggy!
What's wrong?
Peggy!
- ( distantly ) Peggy!
- ( baby crying, echoes )
( theme music playing )
♪ Hush, hush
♪ There's snakes
in the garden ♪
♪ Soul for sale
♪ Blood on the vines
♪ Hush, hush
♪ I know there will
come a day ♪
♪ They're hiding
in the color of night ♪
- ♪ I can't wait anymore
- ♪ Soul for sale
- ♪ I can't wait anymore
- ♪ Soul for sale
♪ I can't wait anymore
♪ Hush, hush
- ( chatter )
- ( birds chirping )
♪
Heard you been looking
for a British soldier
- claiming to be a spy.
- Aye.
We nabbed this scrappy
bastard near Blandford.
Claims he was planted
with the lobsters in York City
on Washington's orders.
Bring him out.
Brewster?
Champe.
- Man: This your man?
- No.
- Wait, wait, wait--
- But he's telling the truth.
He's one of ours.
What happened
to Woodhull?
Last I saw him, he was
looking for a way to run.
Hopefully,
he got another chance.
I thought I glimpsed him
at Blandford.
He can't have gotten
too far.
Our plan was get
to Head of Elk.
We heard Lafayette
was there.
- Lafayette?
- Aye.
Frenchies have a sloop
further up the coast.
- They're always patrolling.
- Good man.
♪
( man coughing )
Bon appétit.
- ( man coughing )
- ( man #2 snoring )
First time locked
in the brig?
Third.
Was it sins
or mistakes?
- ( chatter )
- ( horses neighing )
( door closes )
I was summoned.
- As were we.
- ( footsteps approach )
I've written
Robert Morris
requesting 30 transport vessels
to move the army.
I require of you our count
of wagons, tent, and horse,
as well as smaller boats
to lay pontoons.
For amphibious assault
on New York Harbor.
No. The vessels
are for moving south
to Virginia,
where we will rendezvous
with the French fleet
under Admiral De Grasse.
The pontoons are for the
benefit of General Clinton,
to make him think that
we're attacking New York.
Sir, may-- may I ask what
prompted this change of course?
Lafayette received intelligence
from a trusted source
in the enemy's camp
that General Cornwallis
is vulnerable in Yorktown.
We will need to conceal
our true destination
from our own men as well.
Until we reach the Delaware,
they will think that we are
embarking for Staten Island.
Keeping our men in the dark
won't be the problem, sir.
Deceiving Clinton will be.
I can take a regiment
to Rhode Island.
They will think we are
mustering with the French
to attack York City.
Dividing the army will put us
at a disadvantage.
Sir, the numbers
clearly favor the enemy.
We need every man
we've got.
You'd do well not to dismiss
a proposal out of hand
unless you've
a better one.
I do.
I believe I have a way
to convince General Clinton
that we intend to attack
New York,
and we don't need to move
a single man to do it.
Maybe Clinton will call
troops from Virginia
to fortify the city.
- If he believes the letter...
- He will.
What did you write in it
that was so compelling?
Oh, it's, uh...
nothing of importance.
Then why the secrecy?
Well, if you must know,
it's a, uh, love letter.
From?
From me...
to you.
You said yourself
there was gossip.
I merely wrote to what Ann
Bates already believed.
Well, now you have
to tell me something.
You don't have much experience
with love letters.
Are you sure
it's convincing?
Convincing enough.
Are you sure Mrs. Strong
doesn't know you took this?
I was able to sneak it
out of her belongings
without her noticing.
Who'd have known
young Major Tallmadge
had such a way
with words?
Especially the ones
where he says
he'll miss
his little cart wench
while the army's off
to take York City.
What are you doing?
Taking this to Sir Henry.
It's not too late
for you to come with me.
It's best if I stay,
if only to ensure that--
that no one
comes looking for you.
What aren't
you telling me?
I've told you
everything that I know.
Except the real reason
you want to stay behind.
Anna Strong.
She's done
awful things to me.
I don't forgive easily,
and I won't leave this camp
until I see she gets
what's coming to her.
Well, Mary,
remind me to always stay
on your good side.
Give my regards
to your Joseph.
Take care of yourself.
And little Thomas.
♪
What's wrong?
Nothing.
Doctor says you're fine
and so is the baby.
If you stay
off your feet.
Do you believe him?
I can tell you're worried
about something.
I've heard tell a bounty's been
placed on General Arnold's life
by the Virginia Governor,
Jefferson.
They're gossiping 'bout it
down at the market.
I fear someone's bound
to take a shot at him.
I hope someone does.
Then I'll be rid of him
once and for all.
If I'm honest, it's what
he said about John.
That he still loved me,
even at the end.
Major André
always loved you.
It broke his heart for you
to be with someone else.
He wanted you more than he ever
wanted to turn General Arnold.
Remember that.
( knock on door )
It's probably the delivery
from the market.
I'll see to it.
( knock on door )
( gasps )
I told you
I was coming back.
♪
I'm sorry I took so long.
But I did come back here
in spring--
- I know.
- And y-you weren't here.
And I had to get
outta town.
And then Rangers
ambushed you,
and you ran off with £500
of army gold, I know.
How?
Woodhull told me.
The son.
Said you saved
his life out there.
Y-yeah.
I-I-I didn't mean
for this to happen.
- I know.
- Would you stop with that, now?
Listen, go get your
clothes, get that boy.
I'm gonna show you both
someplace you don't know.
It's cold,
but it's so beautiful.
Cicero's not here.
He's with General Arnold.
Signed on as his valet.
They're marching somewhere
between here and Virginia.
Peggy:
Abigail?
Mrs. Arnold, she's about
to give birth.
I'm sorry.
I'm gonna find him.
No.
I can find him.
- Akinbode...
- I know.
♪
( distressed )
Abigail!
Clinton: He fears he may
never see her again.
( clock ticking )
When he wrote that an attack of this
size has never been tried before,
I knew I had to get this
to you at once, sir.
You were
absolutely right, madam.
Who did you say procured
this intelligence?
In camp, she went
by Mary Smith.
But her true name
is Woodhull, wife to--
Abraham Woodhull.
Yes.
You-- you know him?
Clinton: One of them refuses
easy money so that he may fight,
the other endangers herself
to spy on our behalf.
If only we had more colonists
like the Woodhulls.
And the Bateses.
You've done
very well, madam.
As reward for your efforts,
I've arranged a little visit.
( bell ringing )
As you were.
Joseph.
My little scout.
Your wife has been
exemplary
in service
of the Crown, Corporal.
Be sure to thank her
properly for us.
Oh, Joseph.
Sir, I-- I don't know if we
should trust this intelligence,
seeing as it arrives
from an unverified source.
Mrs. Bates infiltrated
the camp at White Plains
before New Windsor.
You know, she's
verified in my book.
And Washington's been itching
to retake New York
ever since Howe sent him
fleeing into Harlem.
Still, sir,
I must urge caution.
And caution is what
I intend to take.
It will require recalling
some forces from Cornwallis.
He won't take kindly
to that,
what with Arnold
returning north
and a loss
in the Ranger leadership.
Loss in the Rangers?
Colonel Simcoe's gravely ill
after being wounded in battle.
At death's door,
apparently.
Still, Charlie will
have to make do.
We must protect
New York.
Sir?
In the interest
of security,
may I ask that I personally
deliver your orders to Yorktown?
Certainly.
- ( chains rattling )
- ( gate creaks )
Allons-y.
What's going on?
- ( waves crashing )
- ( metal creaking )
It ain't him.
- Shut up.
- Definitely ain't him.
- You bastard.
- ( laughs )
- I told you I was telling the
truth, didn't I? - Come here.
With so much at stake, every
precaution had to be taken.
- Abe: You all right?
- How are ya?
All right.
I saw you
at Blandford.
Was that you
who shot Simcoe?
Aye.
Did I kill him?
Ah, well, the last I saw,
he was still drawing breath.
Might have had a chance myself,
but it was either that
or making sure the British
plans got to Washington.
- You did send the letter, right?
- What letter?
I received word
that His Excellency
has left New York
and is moving south
with his army and ours.
I have orders to sail
to support him.
Where are we meeting him?
Yorktown.
♪
Hewlett: The general has
received your fervent requests
for more men,
but unfortunately,
he cannot allocate them
at this time.
In fact, it is he
who needs men
from your battalions
immediately
for another campaign.
- Another campaign?
- Where?
York City.
Washington
is planning to attack,
and General Clinton
needs all the men
that you can spare
to defend the harbor.
That's not
what our scouts report.
Mm.
Let the general know we will
send reserves tomorrow.
You may take your leave
whenever you choose.
Uh, General,
one more thing.
Would you permit me
to take notes on the camp
for my report
to General Clinton?
The camp is at your disposal.
Thank you.
♪
( chatter )
( men coughing and wheezing )
( groaning )
The wound is festering.
Your blood is tainted.
You've been bled to purge it,
but you're still not healing
as well or as fast
as I'd like.
Recourse?
Prayer.
That's all there is now.
I can send
for the chaplain.
Don't.
Colonel, if you have
any loved ones,
you should write to them.
Get your affairs in order.
( coughing )
♪
I must find Comte Rochambeau
and give him my report.
Till we meet again.
( chatter )
Is that Thomas?
Thomas!
Either you're getting quick
or I'm getting slow!
Come here, ah! Got you!
Let me look at you!
Abraham?
Hi.
- Abraham.
- Hi. Are you all right?
You made it back
in one piece.
( laughs )
Not for lack of trying.
( chuckles )
I knew
you'd find him.
Never doubted it
for a moment.
Well, there's
no hiding you now, eh?
So much
for Samuel Culper, eh?
Well, I never
liked him anyway.
( chuckles )
Well,
whenever you're ready.
Yeah, just give me
a moment with my wife?
- Of course.
- All right. Good to see you.
All right?
I missed you so much.
You shouldn't be here,
nor him.
- It's closer to you-- - It's
too close to the fighting.
All right? I want you to take
Thomas, gather your things,
and I'll have Ben
arrange for a boat.
A boat?
To where?
Back to Setauket.
- ( kisses )
- What about you?
I'm staying here.
I'm not leaving
without you.
Washington moved the army based
on intelligence that I sent.
I'm here
and I know how to fight.
I--
I can't abandon
the cause now.
You're my cause, Abraham.
I won't abandon you
either.
We've come too far
to go back now.
Abe:
7,000 casks of rice,
10,000 pounds of salted
beef and pork for the men.
A hundred tons of hay and
oats to feed their horses,
though some of that went with
Arnold when he marched north.
He dumped a cache of black
powder into the James
to make room for the tobacco
that he plans to sell.
So munitions are low.
Enough for the cannons,
though.
They have 140 of those
on the ground.
140, right.
And?
Anything else?
He's right as rain
and ready to fight.
You just tell us
where you want us.
Washington: We will seize
the entrenchment defenses
abandoned by the enemy
near the Pigeon's Quarter.
( translating into French )
Once reinforced,
we will convert the battery
and continue entrenching, using
them as cover for our advance.
We will then dig
two parallels
until we reach
our main targets--
Redoubts 9 and 10.
( explosions )
Washington: First, we must get
through the Fusiliers redoubt
on the perimeter.
It's heavily fortified.
If the first redoubt falls,
the rest will follow.
( speaking French )
Admiral de Grasse
is maneuvering
24 of our ships
of the line into position.
Colonel Olney
has arrived.
The Rhode Island Regiment
is at our disposal.
Good, as we advance,
my hope
is that our friends in the
water will provide cover.
Major, have the men
begin reinforcing
- the enemy's works at once.
- Yes, sir.
Come on,
get out there, men!
They can't target us at night.
Come on!
They're firing blind!
Do not be intimidated!
- ( explosions )
- ( chatter )
General.
Man:
Come on!
♪
( horse sputters )
How did you become
so well-versed in John's plans?
I don't understand
what you mean.
It's a simple question.
I can't imagine he would
be sharing his plans
to turn Benedict Arnold
over dinner with his servant.
You're twisting my words.
Am I?
Or are you twisting
away from the truth?
You told me the rebels
turned you against Benedict
when you were in their camp,
but it started much earlier
than that, didn't it?
Stop.
You're upsetting
yourself.
It's not good for you
or the baby.
Before conspiring
against my husband...
you were spying against John
for the Patriots.
Benedict said Tallmadge was a
step ahead of him at West Point,
and that's
how they caught John.
You are the reason
he's dead!
No.
I never meant for him
to be hurt.
I only warned them about
the General Arnold's betrayal.
You shut your mouth.
Send for the doctor
and leave this house at once.
- Peggy-- - No, don't
you dare speak my name!
Get out! Now!
Leave before
I force you out myself.
- You're bleeding.
- ( grunts )
- Baby's coming.
- Oh, no.
No, it's too soon.
- ( men shouting )
- ( gunfire )
♪
( gunfire )
( cannon balls whistling,
explosions )
Get down!
Fall back!
- ( no audible dialogue )
- Aah!
( chatter )
Bring broadside to bear.
Adjust for wind and tides
and set sights
for the enemy lines.
( cannon ball whizzes )
( speaking French )
( cannons fire )
Line ahead!
Signal the fleet
to clear the field for fire!
( soldiers shouting )
♪
Bear down and engage!
Angle starboard!
What the hell is he doing?
He's not following
the signal.
Why signal one way
and move the other?
Belay that order!
Rake broadsides,
fire as she bears!
( speaking French )
- Man: Keep digging those trenches.
- ( gunfire )
( men chattering )
( man shouting in French )
Man: Fire!
Man #2: Second line, advance!
Fire!
( cannon ball whistling )
Anyone need water?
Anna:
Water?
The red bastards set up shop right
in my goddamn drawing room!
Five guineas to any man who
puts a ball through my house
cellar to chimney!
Your coin's welcome
in my pockets, Nelson!
Missed.
( cannon ball whistles )
Adjust for shorter range!
Man: Cannon set!
We're ready, sir!
Fire!
Nelson:
Move over, boatman.
Let me show you
how the real shooting's done.
- ( sizzles )
- Aah!
Molly! Pitcher!
Just a minute, love.
I need a drink.
- ( gunshot )
- ( screams )
( bullets whizzing )
♪
( gunshots continue )
( no audible dialogue )
- ( screaming )
- Get him up! Get him up!
Move!
- ( breathing heavily )
- Moving helps with the pain.
( groans )
I can't.
I have to rest.
( groans )
What is it?
Baby's not turned right.
Y-you need to go
for the doctor.
No time.
It's best for both
of you if I stay.
( groans )
No. No.
- I can't.
- You can.
Cicero tried to come
into this world upside down.
A midwife helped me guide him
out during my reckoning,
and she taught me
to do the same.
But I need you
to trust me.
- ( men groaning )
- ( chatter )
Help!!
I need help!
Hang in there, Woody.
You! Here! Now!
( groaning )
- ( breathing echoes )
- ( heart beating )
♪
( echoing )
Am I dead?
( panting )
Man:
I want water!
( man #2 groans )
( man whimpering )
Thomas, I told you
to wait outside.
- Papa's here.
- No, Papa's not...
Abe? Abraham?
Oh, God.
No.
M-Mary.
Mary.
Abe, this is going to hurt.
( screams )
- ( panting ) - I need
to stop the bleeding.
Your face-- I forgot
how beautiful it was.
Try not to talk.
( grunting )
( whimpering )
- ( distant explosions )
- ( men coughing )
( chatter )
( wheezing )
( tapping )
♪
Man:
Simcoe's in here.
Sir?
You wanted
to see us, sir?
( grunting )
( weakly ) General
Cornwallis has informed me
that the safety of this place
is so precarious,
he cannot recommend our
rescue to General Clinton.
Many of you,
before you came to me,
before you came to Rogers,
had enlisted
with the rebel militia
or the Continental Army.
I recommend
that you flee...
and rejoin your former units
if the opportunity arises.
Your excuse should be that you
were captured by the British
and you were biding time
to make your escape.
Otherwise, they will
execute every one of you.
Falkoff:
We can't leave you behind.
Simcoe: I will ship
out on the Bonetta
with the other ranking
officers that have fallen ill.
The French will allow her
through the blockade?
Washington
will convince them.
He's a man of honor.
Go.
While you still can.
While Deux-Ponts
advances on Redoubt 9,
I advance on 10 with bayonets
fixed and muskets unloaded.
And the forlorn hope
of 20 men.
With your company
in reserve,
we can end this
tonight, mon ami.
Non! This is folly, my friend.
Laurens' men were torn apart
by the enemy fougasse.
We can expect many more such mortars
embedded around their redoubts.
They will not
hear us coming.
They will not have time
to light the fuses.
Lafayette: Your Excellency,
we'll wait them out.
We let our Grand Battery
shell them from the field
and our ships shell them
from the sea until they break.
And how long do we wait?
What if reinforcements arrive?
They don't have
enough powder.
For their mines.
For the-- the fougasse.
They may have made
a show of it at the start,
but they're running
on reserves.
- How do you know this?
- Culper.
While in the enemy camp,
he observed their black
powder was running low,
enough for a march,
but not for a siege.
They'll save what they have
left for cannons, not mines.
Now or never,
deliverance must come.
We attack the redoubts
at nightfall.
( groaning )
Okay, I've got the baby
turned around.
Now I need you
to do the rest.
Push!
( grunting )
Push! Push.
- ( gunfire )
- Charge!
- ( men shouting )
- ( gunfire continues )
Come on!
♪
( bellows )
Take their cannons!
♪
Turn the guns
on the town!
- ( grunting )
- ( cannon ball whistling )
( explosion )
- Out of the way!
- Ben: Ready!
And... fire!
( explosion )
Get to the shore!
- ( no audible dialogue )
- ( cannon fires )
( drums playing )
( drums continue )
- ( waves crashing )
- ( wood creaking )
I'm going
to the galley, sir.
Let me know
if you need anything.
( wheezing )
( coughs, wheezing )
( gasping )
It was wise of you
to come
while I was weakened.
( muffled shouting )
I had a horse once.
Bucephalus.
You may recall him.
Andalusian.
Powerful, noble,
trustworthy.
Beautiful creature.
Brought low...
with a poisoned apple.
Take a bite.
Bite.
( crunching )
Of all the men
I have forged
from weaklings
into warriors...
you may have been
my greatest creation.
How does your treat taste?
It was delicious.
Thank you.
That is what mercy
tastes like.
Bittersweet.
I did so want
to kill you, John.
I still do,
as a point of fact,
but after I heard you
grant mercy to your men,
I had a change of heart.
You have earned
the right to destroy me.
Do it.
All nature is a circle...
of creation
and destruction.
And after so much destruction
from this war, John,
it is time to tend
the garden again.
I have thought long
about this.
So, you see, I am not
breaking the circle
but merely following it...
through
its natural revolution.
You... are weak.
( groans )
We must create a new world
from the old world.
And our feud
is part of the old.
Such knowledge is bitter.
( whimpering )
But the fruit is sweet.
( whimpering )
( baby coos )
♪
He's the most beautiful thing
I've ever seen.
What will you name him?
Edward.
After my father.
It's a strong name.
It wasn't your fault.
Providence played a
greater hand in our lives
than either of us
could ever know.
It brought you into my home,
for better and worse.
But you saved my life.
You saved us both.
Even though I can't help
my own son right now...
I'm glad
I could help yours.
( march playing )
"Yankee Doodle."
"Yankee Doodle"
playing
Man:
Halt!
( song ends )
( horse nickers )
Is it the habit
of General Cornwallis
not to attend
an official surrender?
I'm afraid the general
has fallen ill.
He sends
his deepest apologies.
Nearly four years ago
to this day,
General Gates accepted
General Burgoyne's sword
at Saratoga.
Today, the American
and French alliance
is honored...
to accept yours.
♪
Man:
Forward march!
♪