1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:03,086 [Medwin Harris] Previously on Washington Black... 2 00:00:03,169 --> 00:00:05,505 -[connector clicks] -[fire whooshes] 3 00:00:05,588 --> 00:00:07,257 -[body thuds] -[Christopher "Titch" Wilde] Wash! 4 00:00:07,340 --> 00:00:08,633 You've scarred the boy for life. 5 00:00:08,717 --> 00:00:10,927 -You could have killed him. -I did no such thing! 6 00:00:11,011 --> 00:00:15,015 [Titch] Perhaps father wasn't so mistaken having you locked up. 7 00:00:15,098 --> 00:00:16,975 At least it kept others from harm's way. 8 00:00:17,058 --> 00:00:19,227 I heard somethin' earlier today. 9 00:00:19,310 --> 00:00:22,814 Big fella come in on the ferry lookin' for a Black man. 10 00:00:22,897 --> 00:00:25,316 [Moose] Calls himself George Washington Black. 11 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:28,028 -[John grunting] -Oh, hey, John. 12 00:00:28,111 --> 00:00:31,281 Mm! Hey, Jack, can you please buy me a little bit of rum? 13 00:00:31,364 --> 00:00:32,573 Put a little fire up in my belly? 14 00:00:32,656 --> 00:00:34,284 -I'm sorry, John. -You stay away from him. 15 00:00:34,367 --> 00:00:35,785 [♪ Tense music plays] 16 00:00:35,869 --> 00:00:36,870 Medwin? 17 00:00:37,328 --> 00:00:39,706 We've decided that you shall marry. 18 00:00:41,791 --> 00:00:43,877 [Tanna Goff] We're both dreamers. 19 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:45,962 Can't we dream up a different world? 20 00:00:46,046 --> 00:00:49,007 [♪ Swelling romantic music playing] 21 00:00:52,886 --> 00:00:55,055 [John Willard] The only one to get away. 22 00:00:56,264 --> 00:00:59,517 Why all that coin for a runaway? 23 00:00:59,601 --> 00:01:02,979 That's what happens when you kill a white man. 24 00:01:03,063 --> 00:01:04,731 [♪ Dramatic music playing] 25 00:01:06,608 --> 00:01:08,610 [insects chirring] 26 00:01:09,277 --> 00:01:11,279 [owl hooting] 27 00:01:15,784 --> 00:01:18,787 [♪ Gentle music playing] 28 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:26,074 29 00:01:31,007 --> 00:01:32,926 [Wash sighs] 30 00:01:33,009 --> 00:01:37,347 Ah, I can tell by that smile, you enjoy yourself. 31 00:01:37,430 --> 00:01:39,849 -Oh, Miss Angie. -[both laughing] 32 00:01:39,933 --> 00:01:41,184 She was pleased to see you? 33 00:01:41,267 --> 00:01:43,561 -She was very pleased. -[both laughing] 34 00:01:43,645 --> 00:01:45,730 -It was amazing. -[footsteps approaching] 35 00:01:47,190 --> 00:01:49,693 -Oh, Medwin. What's... -[Medwin] No. 36 00:01:49,776 --> 00:01:52,654 I'm gon' ask, you gon' answer. 37 00:01:55,031 --> 00:01:57,909 You got a white man's blood on your hands, island boy? 38 00:02:00,620 --> 00:02:02,706 -How... how did you... -I said... what the hell did I just say? 39 00:02:02,789 --> 00:02:04,207 You gon' do the answering. 40 00:02:04,290 --> 00:02:06,376 Medwin, wait. Ju... Wait. 41 00:02:06,459 --> 00:02:08,294 Look, I ain't gon' lose sleep 42 00:02:08,378 --> 00:02:11,423 over no slave master gettin' the bad end of the deal. 43 00:02:11,506 --> 00:02:16,011 But if this true, it mean more danger for all of us, okay? 44 00:02:16,094 --> 00:02:19,097 It's a different kinda hunter. 45 00:02:19,180 --> 00:02:21,266 He ain't gon' leave till the job is done, 46 00:02:21,349 --> 00:02:24,561 and you, son, you are the job. 47 00:02:25,687 --> 00:02:28,690 -So, if you still hidin'... -I'm not hiding anything. 48 00:02:28,773 --> 00:02:30,984 I... I just, um... 49 00:02:31,568 --> 00:02:34,529 [breathing heavily] I... I just don't know. 50 00:02:36,614 --> 00:02:39,617 [♪ Melancholy music playing] 51 00:02:46,207 --> 00:02:47,625 You're safe here. 52 00:02:49,961 --> 00:02:51,504 You're safe with us. 53 00:02:54,883 --> 00:02:55,884 [softly] Okay. 54 00:03:01,890 --> 00:03:05,352 I'll tell you everything about Barbados. 55 00:03:08,271 --> 00:03:09,773 And why I had to leave. 56 00:03:13,151 --> 00:03:16,029 [♪ Epic music playing] 57 00:03:19,532 --> 00:03:22,535 [♪ Tense music playing] 58 00:03:22,619 --> 00:03:24,454 [animal chittering] 59 00:03:27,665 --> 00:03:28,750 Thank you. 60 00:03:39,511 --> 00:03:42,555 Something I should have mentioned upon my arrival. 61 00:03:46,476 --> 00:03:47,644 Father's dead. 62 00:03:50,188 --> 00:03:51,481 From our solicitor. 63 00:03:51,564 --> 00:03:55,276 [♪ Somber music playing] 64 00:04:00,156 --> 00:04:01,950 [paper rustling] 65 00:04:05,370 --> 00:04:06,913 You withheld this deliberately. 66 00:04:08,081 --> 00:04:10,083 You lying, duplicitous wretch. 67 00:04:10,166 --> 00:04:12,335 Is this your revenge? 68 00:04:12,419 --> 00:04:14,045 The details are in the letter. 69 00:04:14,129 --> 00:04:17,507 He asked that Erasmus come back to London to sort the family affairs. 70 00:04:18,717 --> 00:04:20,385 And who is to run Faith? 71 00:04:20,969 --> 00:04:22,178 Titch. 72 00:04:25,140 --> 00:04:27,350 [Erasmus laughing] 73 00:04:34,399 --> 00:04:35,525 I need some air. 74 00:04:37,694 --> 00:04:38,695 [door slams shut] 75 00:04:42,365 --> 00:04:43,825 [footsteps approaching] 76 00:05:00,008 --> 00:05:01,009 Your father... 77 00:05:06,014 --> 00:05:08,224 [whispering] I'm sorry, Titch. 78 00:05:18,610 --> 00:05:19,861 [Titch sighs] 79 00:05:20,403 --> 00:05:24,157 [♪ Melancholy music playing] 80 00:05:37,295 --> 00:05:39,589 [Philip snoring] 81 00:05:42,050 --> 00:05:44,969 ♪♪ 82 00:05:55,563 --> 00:05:56,981 What are you doing? 83 00:06:00,985 --> 00:06:03,571 [Young Wash panting] 84 00:06:21,756 --> 00:06:25,176 A lie. This family doesn't exist. 85 00:06:25,260 --> 00:06:29,264 [♪ Melancholy music continues] 86 00:06:43,028 --> 00:06:46,031 -[machetes thwacking] -[horses grunting] 87 00:06:46,114 --> 00:06:48,158 [George Washington "Wash" Black] [quietly] Like Anansi. 88 00:06:48,241 --> 00:06:49,576 [Emilie] [quietly] Like Anansi. 89 00:06:50,910 --> 00:06:54,039 Let us take a little walk, George Washington Black. 90 00:06:54,122 --> 00:06:56,416 [♪ Tense music playing] 91 00:06:56,499 --> 00:06:58,460 [birds squawking] 92 00:07:06,593 --> 00:07:08,094 I've always loved this walk. 93 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:10,972 Mother and I did it often. 94 00:07:11,056 --> 00:07:14,476 A refuge for both of us away from Father and my brothers. 95 00:07:18,813 --> 00:07:21,441 I was never the same after her death. 96 00:07:21,524 --> 00:07:23,818 So often, I'd wish I had left with her. 97 00:07:24,819 --> 00:07:27,655 Erasmus spoke of a belief you lot possess, 98 00:07:27,739 --> 00:07:29,991 that you will go back home once you're dead. 99 00:07:31,993 --> 00:07:33,161 Do you believe it? 100 00:07:34,788 --> 00:07:36,706 My elders believe. 101 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:40,251 [Philip sighs] 102 00:07:41,544 --> 00:07:44,923 [♪ Ominous music playing] 103 00:07:45,006 --> 00:07:46,966 [bird cawing] 104 00:07:56,101 --> 00:07:57,644 [sighs deeply] 105 00:07:59,771 --> 00:08:00,980 This is the place. 106 00:08:04,025 --> 00:08:06,069 We're almost the same, you and I, 107 00:08:06,152 --> 00:08:08,154 ridiculous as that may seem. 108 00:08:09,656 --> 00:08:12,784 Both under Erasmus' boot, 109 00:08:12,867 --> 00:08:16,121 both of us slaves to his charity, 110 00:08:16,204 --> 00:08:18,540 both without real family. 111 00:08:20,667 --> 00:08:24,462 Perhaps I burden you unduly. People are cruel. 112 00:08:25,588 --> 00:08:30,135 And that cruelty crushes those like us to nothingness. 113 00:08:31,636 --> 00:08:34,931 Leaving us alive only enough to scream the entire time. 114 00:08:36,683 --> 00:08:39,019 A life of unending pain. 115 00:08:40,061 --> 00:08:41,563 [rifle cocking] 116 00:08:41,688 --> 00:08:43,690 [♪ Music intensifies] 117 00:08:45,817 --> 00:08:47,777 Shall I set you free, Washington? 118 00:08:48,778 --> 00:08:51,865 Wouldn't you be grateful if I sent you on your exodus? 119 00:08:51,948 --> 00:08:54,951 [♪ Ominous music playing] 120 00:09:00,248 --> 00:09:01,332 No. 121 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:09,132 I wish I'd had your bravery as a child. 122 00:09:10,258 --> 00:09:12,260 [sniffling] 123 00:09:15,013 --> 00:09:17,682 [sighs] Know this, boy. 124 00:09:18,350 --> 00:09:19,434 Titch will hurt you. 125 00:09:23,396 --> 00:09:25,315 This won't go well for you after. 126 00:09:26,733 --> 00:09:29,694 -[gunshot] -[Young Wash gasping] 127 00:09:34,115 --> 00:09:36,117 [softly weeping] 128 00:09:37,494 --> 00:09:38,495 Listen. 129 00:09:41,581 --> 00:09:43,500 The weight of that pain... 130 00:09:44,626 --> 00:09:47,170 is like the devil on your back. 131 00:09:47,253 --> 00:09:49,089 -Can't shoot it... -[sniffling] 132 00:09:49,172 --> 00:09:52,425 ...stab it, or... punch it. 133 00:09:54,135 --> 00:09:58,264 You can only try to let it go. 134 00:09:58,348 --> 00:10:00,934 [♪ Melancholy music playing] 135 00:10:04,437 --> 00:10:05,438 How? 136 00:10:09,025 --> 00:10:12,320 [Wash sobbing] 137 00:10:13,822 --> 00:10:15,824 [continues sobbing] 138 00:10:25,959 --> 00:10:28,128 They'll never touch him again. 139 00:10:30,964 --> 00:10:32,966 [Wash continues sobbing] 140 00:10:33,299 --> 00:10:35,301 [footsteps thudding] 141 00:10:37,178 --> 00:10:39,180 [door opens and closes] 142 00:10:42,809 --> 00:10:44,644 [dock workers chattering] 143 00:10:46,104 --> 00:10:47,105 [worker] Okay, suppertime. 144 00:10:47,188 --> 00:10:49,315 -[insects chirring] -[dog barking] 145 00:10:51,067 --> 00:10:54,070 -[door opens] -[heavy footfall] 146 00:10:57,532 --> 00:10:59,492 -[Wash sighs] -I just checking on ya. 147 00:10:59,576 --> 00:11:01,953 [chuckles] Thank you. 148 00:11:03,246 --> 00:11:05,832 Is there any word from Medwin about the hunters? 149 00:11:05,915 --> 00:11:08,501 He's still lettin' his network know to keep eyes out. 150 00:11:08,585 --> 00:11:12,172 Those hunters move, he'll find out soon enough. 151 00:11:12,255 --> 00:11:16,760 [sighs] The network. And this safe room. 152 00:11:18,470 --> 00:11:20,889 There's so much about Halifax I don't know. 153 00:11:20,972 --> 00:11:24,517 Last stop for people coming north for freedom. 154 00:11:26,519 --> 00:11:29,606 Sometimes, we have to hide those people 155 00:11:29,689 --> 00:11:31,816 from the monsters who come chasin' after 'em. 156 00:11:31,900 --> 00:11:32,901 Hm. 157 00:11:34,235 --> 00:11:36,946 Did someone else do this before Medwin? 158 00:11:37,697 --> 00:11:38,698 John. 159 00:11:40,116 --> 00:11:43,286 Yes, that John. [chuckles] 160 00:11:44,579 --> 00:11:48,249 He wasn't always the man you know today. 161 00:11:50,585 --> 00:11:53,380 Sometimes Medwin blames himself, 162 00:11:53,463 --> 00:11:56,049 thinks he could have done something different. 163 00:11:59,135 --> 00:12:01,888 When Medwin first step off the ferry... 164 00:12:02,889 --> 00:12:06,184 John was like the mayor of this town. 165 00:12:07,769 --> 00:12:09,104 He took Medwin in. 166 00:12:09,187 --> 00:12:11,106 [bar patrons chattering] 167 00:12:11,189 --> 00:12:12,482 [John] You got any work yet? 168 00:12:15,944 --> 00:12:17,654 Place to lay your head? 169 00:12:17,737 --> 00:12:19,656 How it your business either way? 170 00:12:19,739 --> 00:12:21,074 [chuckles] 171 00:12:21,157 --> 00:12:24,119 Go see Marston on the docks, first pier. 172 00:12:24,202 --> 00:12:25,495 He'll get you started. 173 00:12:26,621 --> 00:12:28,790 Why this Marston be so inclined to do that for me? 174 00:12:29,332 --> 00:12:32,919 My wife, she always say folk gotta take care of folk. 175 00:12:33,003 --> 00:12:35,130 So, I do. 176 00:12:35,213 --> 00:12:37,841 It's a good town. Make you some coin, 177 00:12:37,924 --> 00:12:40,343 and when you need a room, I run the boarding house. 178 00:12:41,886 --> 00:12:43,221 -Buy you one? -No. 179 00:12:43,304 --> 00:12:45,515 I don't touch that stuff, but thank you. 180 00:12:49,811 --> 00:12:51,855 You ain't got nobody, do you? 181 00:12:51,938 --> 00:12:53,565 I don't need nobody. 182 00:12:55,066 --> 00:12:57,610 Well, you in the right place to fix that. 183 00:12:58,987 --> 00:13:00,196 Name's John. 184 00:13:06,161 --> 00:13:07,746 [John] Payday at the docks tomorrow. 185 00:13:07,829 --> 00:13:09,706 I want you to handle it without me this week, 186 00:13:09,789 --> 00:13:12,417 gather those late rents while that cash is still hot. 187 00:13:12,500 --> 00:13:14,044 [horse whinnying] 188 00:13:14,127 --> 00:13:15,795 I can't do this forever. 189 00:13:15,879 --> 00:13:18,381 Folks is always gon' need someone to lean on. 190 00:13:18,465 --> 00:13:21,718 I never did thank you proper. 191 00:13:23,219 --> 00:13:24,888 You gettin' sentimental on me now? 192 00:13:24,971 --> 00:13:26,222 Means the world, John. 193 00:13:26,306 --> 00:13:28,099 -The way you look after me. -Mm. 194 00:13:28,183 --> 00:13:30,685 The way you looked after everybody comin' north. 195 00:13:30,769 --> 00:13:35,023 Well, always gotta have somebody watchin' out for folk. 196 00:13:36,149 --> 00:13:39,694 Keep an eye on that door, keep that wolf 197 00:13:39,778 --> 00:13:42,906 from sneakin' in back, tearing us all apart. 198 00:13:42,989 --> 00:13:44,824 Maybe it's your turn next. 199 00:13:44,908 --> 00:13:46,034 [chickens clucking] 200 00:13:46,117 --> 00:13:49,245 -Who gettin' sentimental now? -[laughing] 201 00:13:49,329 --> 00:13:51,889 Besides, you can't quit watchin' till we get your family up here. 202 00:13:52,957 --> 00:13:54,250 All y'all my family. 203 00:13:57,003 --> 00:13:59,422 That'll keep my heart until they get up here. 204 00:13:59,506 --> 00:14:02,801 [♪ Uplifting music playing] 205 00:14:02,967 --> 00:14:06,054 [bar patrons chattering] 206 00:14:06,596 --> 00:14:10,433 [♪ Melancholy music playing] 207 00:14:14,062 --> 00:14:15,438 They're gone. 208 00:14:15,522 --> 00:14:18,400 Slave patrols set bloodhounds after 'em. 209 00:14:18,483 --> 00:14:21,277 They ran in the river. And they never came out. 210 00:14:21,361 --> 00:14:24,906 My Ann, I... I used to be able to feel... 211 00:14:26,533 --> 00:14:28,827 her hand on my heart. 212 00:14:30,370 --> 00:14:33,498 And my baby girl, Ellie, 213 00:14:33,581 --> 00:14:36,376 man, and she weren't but knee-high when I come north. 214 00:14:42,132 --> 00:14:43,299 [crying] My babies. 215 00:14:44,259 --> 00:14:46,261 [sobbing] 216 00:14:57,355 --> 00:15:01,276 [♪ Ominous music playing] 217 00:15:09,701 --> 00:15:12,370 [slurping] 218 00:15:23,673 --> 00:15:24,841 [knocking] 219 00:15:28,678 --> 00:15:30,388 You wanted to see me? 220 00:15:30,472 --> 00:15:33,391 [♪ Ominous music continues] 221 00:15:38,730 --> 00:15:40,732 [keys jingling] 222 00:15:48,698 --> 00:15:50,367 This your room now. 223 00:15:52,535 --> 00:15:54,412 Don't you judge me, boy. 224 00:15:56,998 --> 00:15:58,750 [giggling] 225 00:16:00,919 --> 00:16:02,754 Hey, hold on one sec. 226 00:16:11,221 --> 00:16:12,222 [safe door creaking] 227 00:16:16,184 --> 00:16:18,770 [clicking tongue] Goddamn you, John. 228 00:16:19,688 --> 00:16:22,065 [♪ Ominous music continues] 229 00:16:23,900 --> 00:16:24,901 [fist thuds] 230 00:16:24,984 --> 00:16:26,986 [bar patrons chattering] 231 00:16:30,490 --> 00:16:32,701 Look like you cleaned us out. 232 00:16:35,912 --> 00:16:37,455 So, what it gon' be, John? 233 00:16:38,998 --> 00:16:43,294 You lookin' out for folks? Or you gon' drown in that? 234 00:16:44,295 --> 00:16:46,131 [John coughing] 235 00:16:52,929 --> 00:16:54,639 [grunting] 236 00:16:56,141 --> 00:16:59,185 ♪♪ 237 00:17:07,902 --> 00:17:09,279 -[fire crackling] -[dog barking] 238 00:17:09,362 --> 00:17:11,364 [John coughing] 239 00:17:13,742 --> 00:17:15,994 [people chattering] 240 00:17:16,077 --> 00:17:17,829 Medwin? What's... What's wrong? 241 00:17:18,955 --> 00:17:20,623 I can help. I-I can help. 242 00:17:23,126 --> 00:17:24,711 I'm still me, man. 243 00:17:26,004 --> 00:17:29,132 You see that, right? I'm still me! 244 00:17:30,842 --> 00:17:32,261 -[insects chirring] -[people chattering] 245 00:17:32,344 --> 00:17:33,762 -[maitre d'] Evening. -[Tanna] Father. 246 00:17:33,845 --> 00:17:36,056 [patrons chattering, laughing] 247 00:17:36,139 --> 00:17:38,141 Why are you late? 248 00:17:38,224 --> 00:17:40,727 I simply wasn't ready in time, Father. Please forgive me. 249 00:17:42,270 --> 00:17:43,814 [Mr. Goff] A dozen of your freshest oysters. 250 00:17:43,897 --> 00:17:44,898 [waiter] Yes, sir. 251 00:17:46,691 --> 00:17:48,985 -Mr. Goff? -Yes? 252 00:17:49,069 --> 00:17:50,820 Of the Royal Science League? 253 00:17:50,904 --> 00:17:53,531 I found your book captivatin'. 254 00:17:53,615 --> 00:17:55,533 -Well, join us, please. -I'd be honored. 255 00:17:55,617 --> 00:17:58,370 Are you a... a fellow marine biologist? 256 00:17:58,453 --> 00:18:01,331 I wish I were talented enough to be a scientist like you. 257 00:18:01,414 --> 00:18:02,582 -[chuckles] -No, no. 258 00:18:02,665 --> 00:18:05,752 My associate and I are involved in an investigation. 259 00:18:07,087 --> 00:18:09,589 Oh, look. There he is now. 260 00:18:09,673 --> 00:18:11,841 [♪ Ominous music playing] 261 00:18:12,801 --> 00:18:15,178 Is this your daughter? 262 00:18:15,261 --> 00:18:16,721 [Mr. Goff] Yes, it is. 263 00:18:16,805 --> 00:18:19,099 Tanna, let me, uh, introduce you to, uh... 264 00:18:19,182 --> 00:18:20,475 What did you say your name was? 265 00:18:20,558 --> 00:18:22,352 The lady puts me in mind of a rumor 266 00:18:22,435 --> 00:18:25,563 fillin' the sidewalks and streets this fine evening. 267 00:18:25,647 --> 00:18:29,901 Apparently, a white woman claiming to study bioluminescence 268 00:18:29,984 --> 00:18:34,322 was out in a rowboat along the cove with a Black boatman. 269 00:18:34,406 --> 00:18:37,659 The very heights of impropriety. 270 00:18:37,742 --> 00:18:39,327 Can you imagine? 271 00:18:40,829 --> 00:18:42,163 No, I cannot. 272 00:18:44,332 --> 00:18:48,753 And this Black boatman. I wonder. 273 00:18:48,837 --> 00:18:52,674 You must know where we might find him for a nice boat ride. 274 00:18:52,757 --> 00:18:54,634 [♪ Tense music playing] 275 00:19:01,016 --> 00:19:02,642 Goodnight to you both. 276 00:19:14,696 --> 00:19:16,948 -Father... -This is London all over again, isn't it? 277 00:19:19,325 --> 00:19:21,202 I will not have it, Tanna! 278 00:19:25,623 --> 00:19:26,624 [birds chirping] 279 00:19:26,708 --> 00:19:28,335 [Tanna] Father, please let me explain 280 00:19:28,418 --> 00:19:30,378 -about last night... -Tanna, Tanna, please just... 281 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:33,089 Just... listen. 282 00:19:33,173 --> 00:19:35,383 [fire crackling] 283 00:19:35,467 --> 00:19:36,760 [sighs] 284 00:19:37,802 --> 00:19:42,223 After your mishaps in London, whispers began, doors closed. 285 00:19:44,517 --> 00:19:47,979 I was ostracized from certain circles. 286 00:19:48,063 --> 00:19:52,067 And the financial impact of that was not long in coming. 287 00:19:52,734 --> 00:19:54,402 It was a crushing impact. 288 00:19:56,446 --> 00:20:01,785 Your marriage to McGee is vital to our survival. 289 00:20:03,495 --> 00:20:05,246 -Our survival? -Yes. 290 00:20:06,331 --> 00:20:08,458 Our coffers are depleted to the degree 291 00:20:08,541 --> 00:20:12,921 that we are now solely reliant upon Mr. McGee's generosity. 292 00:20:13,004 --> 00:20:15,924 [♪ Somber music playing] 293 00:20:17,258 --> 00:20:18,677 Father, I beg of you... 294 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:22,931 This is our last and final option. 295 00:20:23,014 --> 00:20:25,642 The engagement announcement has already been printed 296 00:20:25,725 --> 00:20:26,935 in today's newspaper. 297 00:20:27,018 --> 00:20:28,395 We cannot back out now. 298 00:20:38,446 --> 00:20:40,031 Then I will bear the weight. 299 00:20:42,784 --> 00:20:43,868 Good girl. 300 00:20:49,499 --> 00:20:50,500 [whispering] Good. 301 00:20:54,504 --> 00:20:58,425 [♪ Somber music continues] 302 00:21:07,392 --> 00:21:09,227 [sighs deeply] 303 00:21:12,522 --> 00:21:14,357 [Wash] Engaged to be married? 304 00:21:16,943 --> 00:21:19,279 [sighs] To Mr. McGee? 305 00:21:20,864 --> 00:21:23,158 Same one who own the docks. 306 00:21:26,161 --> 00:21:27,245 [exhales sharply] 307 00:21:27,328 --> 00:21:28,329 I... 308 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:32,667 So, it's true. [scoffs] Why couldn't she tell me? 309 00:21:32,751 --> 00:21:36,171 [Miss Angie] People often have a hard time acceptin' their own truth. 310 00:21:37,505 --> 00:21:39,466 [Wash] We never had a chance, did we? 311 00:21:44,095 --> 00:21:46,639 [sighs] I should have listened to you and Medwin. 312 00:21:49,392 --> 00:21:50,393 Jack... 313 00:22:07,827 --> 00:22:09,913 -What you want me to do with this? -Burn it. 314 00:22:12,165 --> 00:22:13,667 Burn it. 315 00:22:13,750 --> 00:22:15,627 [birds chirping] 316 00:22:22,175 --> 00:22:23,176 [sighs] 317 00:22:24,886 --> 00:22:26,596 [knocking] 318 00:22:30,809 --> 00:22:34,312 Miss Angie? I didn't expect a delivery today. 319 00:22:34,396 --> 00:22:36,523 That's not why I'm here, Miss Tanna. 320 00:22:37,607 --> 00:22:39,609 [birds chirping] 321 00:22:55,875 --> 00:22:57,127 So, he knows? 322 00:22:59,504 --> 00:23:02,757 -How is he? -Like you'd imagine. 323 00:23:05,343 --> 00:23:07,053 He must think awfully of me. 324 00:23:08,221 --> 00:23:09,681 I love that boy. 325 00:23:10,849 --> 00:23:14,853 And his pain breaks something inside of me. 326 00:23:17,564 --> 00:23:18,565 Mm. 327 00:23:21,151 --> 00:23:23,528 God, his face never leaves my eyes. 328 00:23:23,611 --> 00:23:27,282 [chuckles] His voice never leaves my ears. 329 00:23:28,324 --> 00:23:31,453 Birds of a feather, you two. [chuckles softly] 330 00:23:31,953 --> 00:23:33,955 He said something very similar. 331 00:23:35,415 --> 00:23:36,624 Even so... 332 00:23:42,088 --> 00:23:43,798 I have no choice. 333 00:23:43,882 --> 00:23:46,176 My father says I'm to wed Mr. McGee. 334 00:23:46,968 --> 00:23:47,969 [Miss Angie sighs] 335 00:23:51,473 --> 00:23:53,016 I brought you somethin'. 336 00:23:54,851 --> 00:23:59,064 He wanted to burn it, but I wouldn't. 337 00:23:59,856 --> 00:24:01,608 [♪ Gentle music playing] 338 00:24:01,691 --> 00:24:03,651 I know that boy. 339 00:24:03,735 --> 00:24:05,987 His feelings for you haven't changed. 340 00:24:07,072 --> 00:24:11,284 His situation is complicated. And trouble follows him. 341 00:24:11,368 --> 00:24:12,911 How so? 342 00:24:13,870 --> 00:24:15,622 It is not my place to say. 343 00:24:17,248 --> 00:24:20,168 Be better if you hear it from him. 344 00:24:26,633 --> 00:24:28,343 Could you get word to him? 345 00:24:30,261 --> 00:24:32,013 I have a better idea. 346 00:24:34,766 --> 00:24:37,310 -[door opens] -[footsteps approaching] 347 00:24:37,394 --> 00:24:39,270 I'd rather be alone, Miss Angie. 348 00:24:40,271 --> 00:24:41,773 [Tanna] Jack? 349 00:24:45,360 --> 00:24:46,945 [Wash] What are you doing here? 350 00:24:48,530 --> 00:24:50,990 Well, that's the very question I wanted to ask. 351 00:24:53,159 --> 00:24:54,911 Why didn't you tell me you're in trouble? 352 00:24:54,994 --> 00:24:56,788 Why didn't you tell me you're engaged? 353 00:24:59,457 --> 00:25:04,421 This marriage, it's not so simple. 354 00:25:05,839 --> 00:25:09,926 In London, my father lost opportunities because of his mongrel child. 355 00:25:10,010 --> 00:25:12,012 Well, how dare they speak of you that way. 356 00:25:12,095 --> 00:25:15,390 Well, it was a secret they only found out about 357 00:25:15,473 --> 00:25:18,268 because I chose to stop hiding it, 358 00:25:18,643 --> 00:25:21,980 to be myself, to live in my own skin. 359 00:25:23,606 --> 00:25:26,443 But in this world, that only meant... 360 00:25:27,527 --> 00:25:29,529 we would lose everything. 361 00:25:30,530 --> 00:25:32,157 I am so sorry. 362 00:25:33,324 --> 00:25:35,744 Truly, I... I am. 363 00:25:41,207 --> 00:25:43,293 Halifax was supposed to be a fresh start. 364 00:25:44,419 --> 00:25:47,380 And this marriage to McGee, a means to secure our future. 365 00:25:49,174 --> 00:25:50,425 My future. 366 00:25:54,721 --> 00:25:56,681 But it is a lie. 367 00:25:58,558 --> 00:26:00,185 I won't live a lie anymore. 368 00:26:00,268 --> 00:26:02,937 -Whoa. What are you saying? -That I will make another choice. 369 00:26:03,021 --> 00:26:05,940 [♪ Gentle music playing] 370 00:26:07,942 --> 00:26:12,906 Tanna, Tanna, you... you don't know what you're choosing. 371 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:16,826 -My life is... -Is what I choose to be a part of, 372 00:26:16,910 --> 00:26:19,037 no matter what shape it takes. 373 00:26:19,120 --> 00:26:20,455 [Wash sighs] 374 00:26:20,538 --> 00:26:23,041 I still have my truth to tell you, but... 375 00:26:24,042 --> 00:26:25,293 Well, then, tell me. 376 00:26:25,627 --> 00:26:26,628 [Wash exhales sharply] 377 00:26:31,341 --> 00:26:32,634 [sighs] 378 00:26:34,552 --> 00:26:37,681 I changed my name when I came to Halifax to hide. 379 00:26:38,765 --> 00:26:41,101 It's not Jack Crawford, it's... 380 00:26:42,143 --> 00:26:44,604 [sighs] It's George Washington Black. 381 00:26:47,065 --> 00:26:48,441 George Washington Black? 382 00:26:50,235 --> 00:26:51,861 The one the hunters are looking for? 383 00:26:51,945 --> 00:26:53,571 It's the reason I had to flee Barbados. 384 00:26:53,655 --> 00:26:55,824 But the hunters, they... they found me, 385 00:26:55,907 --> 00:26:58,576 and... and they hold me responsible for the death. But I... 386 00:26:58,660 --> 00:27:00,787 -I d... I did not kill anyone, Tanna, I... -No. You... 387 00:27:00,870 --> 00:27:03,540 You don't need to explain to me. 388 00:27:06,001 --> 00:27:08,420 What? You're not upset with me? 389 00:27:10,255 --> 00:27:11,881 How could I be? 390 00:27:13,133 --> 00:27:15,635 When we've both been living double lives? 391 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:20,682 [scoffs] 392 00:27:22,767 --> 00:27:24,269 [chuckles] 393 00:27:31,735 --> 00:27:34,529 My everything is better with you. 394 00:27:34,612 --> 00:27:38,450 [chuckles] My everything is better with you. 395 00:27:38,533 --> 00:27:41,411 [♪ Romantic music playing] 396 00:27:55,508 --> 00:27:58,178 [insects chirring] 397 00:28:02,974 --> 00:28:04,309 [banging] 398 00:28:04,392 --> 00:28:05,810 Hey. 399 00:28:05,894 --> 00:28:07,062 Oh, John. Wh... 400 00:28:09,522 --> 00:28:10,774 It's time to go, Jack. 401 00:28:11,733 --> 00:28:12,734 What? 402 00:28:12,817 --> 00:28:15,653 Them hunters, they about close enough to smell you. 403 00:28:15,737 --> 00:28:17,989 Medwin got a new plan. He needs you. 404 00:28:19,991 --> 00:28:20,992 Come on, now. 405 00:28:25,663 --> 00:28:29,000 -[Wash] Where does that go? -[John] Somewhere safe. 406 00:28:32,003 --> 00:28:34,130 -Watch your head. -Yeah. 407 00:28:36,216 --> 00:28:39,010 [♪ Tense, dramatic music playing] 408 00:28:43,765 --> 00:28:45,308 [John] Come on, it's just up ahead. 409 00:28:47,977 --> 00:28:50,897 -[dog barking] -[♪ tense music playing] 410 00:28:50,980 --> 00:28:51,981 [door creaking] 411 00:28:54,943 --> 00:28:56,736 Come on, come on, come on. Come on, let's go. 412 00:28:56,820 --> 00:28:59,280 [Wash] [panting] What is this John? What...? 413 00:28:59,364 --> 00:29:00,615 [whispering] Where's Medwin? 414 00:29:00,699 --> 00:29:01,991 [Miss Angie] Wash? 415 00:29:04,786 --> 00:29:06,955 [♪ Tense music playing] 416 00:29:12,002 --> 00:29:13,211 Oh, no. 417 00:29:13,294 --> 00:29:15,005 [breathing heavily] 418 00:29:17,298 --> 00:29:20,010 [♪ Tense music continues] 419 00:29:28,685 --> 00:29:30,395 [Wash] John, where are we? 420 00:29:31,229 --> 00:29:32,897 Come, come on. Come on. 421 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:36,693 C-Come on, now. 422 00:29:38,862 --> 00:29:40,613 Well, where's Medwin? 423 00:29:40,947 --> 00:29:43,116 -[♪ Dramatic music playing] -[Wash grunting] 424 00:29:43,199 --> 00:29:44,409 [blows thudding] 425 00:29:45,827 --> 00:29:47,370 -[kick thuds] -[grunts] 426 00:29:47,454 --> 00:29:48,872 [both grunting] 427 00:29:49,497 --> 00:29:51,499 -[grunting] -[punching] 428 00:29:52,208 --> 00:29:53,710 John! John, help me! 429 00:29:55,795 --> 00:29:57,672 -[Mouse grunting] -[Wash groans] 430 00:29:59,007 --> 00:30:01,593 Be useful! Earn your damn coin. 431 00:30:05,555 --> 00:30:08,516 Tie him up! Company's on the way. 432 00:30:09,726 --> 00:30:12,812 -Where's my damn money? -You'll get it when he gets here. 433 00:30:12,896 --> 00:30:14,564 John? Who are they waiting for? 434 00:30:15,857 --> 00:30:18,234 Tell me who's coming! John! 435 00:30:21,363 --> 00:30:24,282 [♪ Ominous music playing] 436 00:30:24,366 --> 00:30:25,408 [door creaking open] 437 00:30:26,910 --> 00:30:28,370 [door closing] 438 00:30:28,453 --> 00:30:30,455 [footsteps approaching] 439 00:30:31,956 --> 00:30:34,501 [breathing heavily] 440 00:30:45,470 --> 00:30:48,306 The burn, right where Erasmus said it would be. 441 00:30:54,854 --> 00:30:56,773 You've grown, Mr. Washington. 442 00:30:57,899 --> 00:30:59,734 Why are you doing this? 443 00:31:03,822 --> 00:31:06,157 I'm here to set things right. 444 00:31:06,700 --> 00:31:07,701 [metal scrapes] 445 00:31:09,244 --> 00:31:12,997 You didn't think you would get away with murdering a white man, did ya? 446 00:31:13,081 --> 00:31:15,041 No, but I didn't do anything wrong. 447 00:31:15,125 --> 00:31:16,835 I d... I didn't kill Philip. 448 00:31:16,918 --> 00:31:19,796 [Willard] You have a date with the hangman, Mr. Washington. 449 00:31:19,879 --> 00:31:22,507 Then, I will finally close my book. 450 00:31:22,590 --> 00:31:26,177 For now, think on this as you ask why. 451 00:31:26,928 --> 00:31:29,139 You're a threat, Mr. Washington. 452 00:31:30,098 --> 00:31:31,975 [♪ Tense music playing] 453 00:31:33,184 --> 00:31:36,980 Who you are, who you desire to be. 454 00:31:38,148 --> 00:31:41,735 And such a threat must always be countered. 455 00:31:41,818 --> 00:31:43,194 [door bangs open] 456 00:31:43,945 --> 00:31:45,530 -[gun clicks] -[Willard] Harris! 457 00:31:45,613 --> 00:31:47,490 -[gunshot] -[hunters shouting] 458 00:31:47,574 --> 00:31:50,076 -[♪ Dramatic music playing] -[gunshot] 459 00:31:50,452 --> 00:31:52,328 -[Mouse yelling] -[gunshots continue] 460 00:31:52,412 --> 00:31:53,872 [Wash gasping] 461 00:31:55,832 --> 00:31:56,916 [Wash] Medwin? 462 00:31:57,542 --> 00:31:58,835 [panting] 463 00:31:58,918 --> 00:32:01,421 Wait, the third one? Willard, where did he go?! 464 00:32:01,504 --> 00:32:03,423 I clipped him. Must have crawled outta here. 465 00:32:09,679 --> 00:32:10,680 [coins rattling] 466 00:32:10,764 --> 00:32:12,564 That there... that there is mine. That's mine. 467 00:32:13,350 --> 00:32:15,852 -That's mine. -You did this for money?! 468 00:32:15,935 --> 00:32:18,813 You the one did this! Bringin' trouble down on all our heads. 469 00:32:18,897 --> 00:32:21,358 -I didn't do what they said, John! -That ain't never mattered! 470 00:32:21,441 --> 00:32:22,442 Goddammit. 471 00:32:23,109 --> 00:32:25,070 -[coins rattle] -I said that's mine! 472 00:32:26,780 --> 00:32:29,783 -What, you choosin' him over me? -You the one made a choice! 473 00:32:29,866 --> 00:32:31,993 -Medwin? -[Medwin breathing heavily] 474 00:32:33,953 --> 00:32:36,915 [Medwin] Take this and get your things out of the church. 475 00:32:36,998 --> 00:32:38,792 Go to Miss Angie's shop. 476 00:32:38,875 --> 00:32:40,752 Go on now, island boy! 477 00:32:40,835 --> 00:32:42,295 You gotta go. 478 00:32:44,881 --> 00:32:47,092 [Medwin breathing heavily] 479 00:32:48,426 --> 00:32:51,054 [♪ Solemn music playing] 480 00:32:52,764 --> 00:32:55,016 [door opens and closes] 481 00:32:55,100 --> 00:32:58,561 That wolf don't always come like you expect. 482 00:32:58,645 --> 00:33:02,065 Sometime he be one of your own, sneakin' in. 483 00:33:03,358 --> 00:33:06,569 -Just like that boy. -Nothin' but good in that boy. 484 00:33:06,653 --> 00:33:08,488 [scoffs] No matter. He gone now. 485 00:33:08,571 --> 00:33:11,074 It's just me and you. Right, Medwin? 486 00:33:11,157 --> 00:33:13,451 And you know them white boys got some more coin on 'em. 487 00:33:13,535 --> 00:33:15,912 [chuckles] We take it. 488 00:33:15,995 --> 00:33:18,707 We tell the law the... the boy done did this, 489 00:33:18,790 --> 00:33:22,460 and we use that money to fix up the boarding house. 490 00:33:22,544 --> 00:33:24,963 We take... We take care of folks. That's what we do. 491 00:33:25,046 --> 00:33:27,716 Just like the old days. [sniffling] 492 00:33:28,216 --> 00:33:32,220 -[Medwin weeping] -Oh. It's alright, son. 493 00:33:32,303 --> 00:33:33,430 It's alright. 494 00:33:34,347 --> 00:33:36,224 Oh, we've been through a lot, huh? 495 00:33:37,934 --> 00:33:40,186 Here. Let it out. 496 00:33:40,270 --> 00:33:41,855 Come on. 497 00:33:41,938 --> 00:33:45,692 [♪ Melancholy music playing] 498 00:33:45,775 --> 00:33:48,361 [Medwin sobbing] 499 00:33:49,904 --> 00:33:52,282 [Medwin] Somebody gotta look out for folk. 500 00:33:52,365 --> 00:33:55,535 Somebody gotta watch that door. [sniffling] 501 00:33:55,618 --> 00:33:58,538 Make sure the wolf don't sneak in the back, 502 00:33:58,621 --> 00:34:00,123 tear us all apart. 503 00:34:03,168 --> 00:34:05,295 But what if he already here? 504 00:34:05,378 --> 00:34:06,963 [sniffling] 505 00:34:07,047 --> 00:34:08,381 He one of us. 506 00:34:08,465 --> 00:34:10,800 -[knife stabbing] -[John grunts, gasping] 507 00:34:11,426 --> 00:34:13,762 [♪ Heart-wrenching music playing] 508 00:34:14,137 --> 00:34:15,138 [knife clatters] 509 00:34:15,930 --> 00:34:17,932 [Medwin sobbing] 510 00:34:18,975 --> 00:34:20,977 [John groaning] 511 00:34:22,020 --> 00:34:23,188 [Medwin whimpers] 512 00:34:24,939 --> 00:34:27,567 -[John groans] -I'm sorry. 513 00:34:27,650 --> 00:34:29,569 -I'm sorry. -[John groaning] 514 00:34:30,487 --> 00:34:31,863 I'm sorry, John. 515 00:34:33,114 --> 00:34:34,407 I... 516 00:34:35,784 --> 00:34:38,828 I-I get to see them again. 517 00:34:39,371 --> 00:34:42,457 -My... my family. -Yeah. 518 00:34:42,540 --> 00:34:45,669 [♪ Heart-wrenching music continues playing] 519 00:34:47,212 --> 00:34:50,256 [Medwin crying] 520 00:34:58,932 --> 00:35:00,934 [sniffling and sobbing] 521 00:35:15,281 --> 00:35:17,909 [♪ Whimsical music playing] 522 00:35:42,183 --> 00:35:43,685 ♪♪ 523 00:36:15,342 --> 00:36:16,968 [♪ music fades out] 524 00:36:18,345 --> 00:36:21,264 [♪ Fanfare playing] 524 00:36:22,305 --> 00:37:22,159 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org