1 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:12,600 [dramatic swashbuckling music] 2 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:18,320 [narrator] The Caribbean is home to a notorious band of British pirates… 3 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:19,680 [pirates cheering] 4 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:22,120 …called the Flying Gang. 5 00:00:23,080 --> 00:00:25,640 They plunder merchant ships, 6 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:28,000 sailing from the Americas to Europe 7 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:29,960 and Africa. 8 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:32,600 Take everything. Gracias. 9 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:33,680 [neck snapping] 10 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:38,200 [narrator] They ravage the profits of London's merchants. 11 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:42,320 We have all lost to these heathen pirates. 12 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:44,360 These traitors! 13 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:47,720 [narrator] England's King George I has had enough, 14 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:49,720 so he comes up with a shock tactic… 15 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:52,720 -[Vane] What does it say? -[narrator] …to end piracy. 16 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:55,320 [Jennings] It's an offer from the King, a pardon. 17 00:00:56,560 --> 00:01:00,480 [narrator] Clemency for those who turn their backs on piracy. 18 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:03,320 -I have your word? -My future depends on it. 19 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:05,600 -[chains rattling] -The end is coming for you. 20 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:10,400 [narrator] Those who refuse will be hunted down and hanged. 21 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:11,920 [wheezing] 22 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:16,400 It's an offer that sets pirate against pirate. 23 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:21,440 This is all your fucking pardon is good for. 24 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:25,680 [narrator] Only two pirates are left standing. 25 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:27,760 [dramatic music] 26 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:29,320 [narrator] Blackbeard… 27 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:31,120 [voice echoing] Blackbeard! 28 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:32,280 [shrill scream] 29 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:33,840 [narrator] …and Charles Vane. 30 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:38,720 And if anyone gives you any trouble, kill 'em. 31 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:40,440 [cannon fire echoing] 32 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:43,720 [narrator] In their way stands the King's man, 33 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:46,400 Woodes Rogers, the pirate terminator. 34 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:50,720 Who will win the final battle? 35 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:54,280 [dramatic swashbuckling music] 36 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:59,080 [waves splashing] 37 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:01,600 [suspenseful music] 38 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:13,760 [lantern creaking] 39 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:17,560 [narrator] Woodes Rogers has sailed halfway round the world 40 00:02:17,640 --> 00:02:22,960 to stamp out Nassau's Pirate Republic in the name of God and country. 41 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:24,240 [reading indistinctly] 42 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:28,360 [pirates cheering] 43 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:30,640 What a festering hellhole. 44 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:32,680 [woman moaning loudly] 45 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:34,560 Just listen to that godless rabble. 46 00:02:34,640 --> 00:02:35,800 [woman moaning loudly] 47 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:40,160 Woodes Rogers was the King's man going on behalf of the government 48 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:43,560 and on behalf of law and order to clean this place up. 49 00:02:43,640 --> 00:02:45,680 [narrator] But Rogers has a problem 50 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:49,120 in the shape of the most brutal pirate who ever lived: 51 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:51,360 Charles Vane. 52 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:52,480 [shot echoes] 53 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:54,360 Look at me when I'm talking to you! 54 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:57,800 Charles Vane is a man with no breeding. No standing in society. 55 00:02:57,880 --> 00:02:58,760 Hold him. 56 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:01,480 [Lawrence] No respect for authority. 57 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:03,720 -[squelching] -[screams] 58 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:06,000 Imposing his own law on other people. 59 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:07,920 [pistol cocks] 60 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,160 Now would be the time to say something. 61 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:13,160 [muffled gasp] 62 00:03:15,640 --> 00:03:18,360 [narrator] As one of the last pirates standing, 63 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:23,240 Vane is now the self-appointed governor of the pirates' republic. 64 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:26,840 [panting] 65 00:03:26,920 --> 00:03:28,480 [man shouts indistinctly] 66 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:33,800 [suspenseful music] 67 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:37,200 From Governor Vane, sir. 68 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:38,880 He would like to know your… 69 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:39,920 [gulps] 70 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:41,280 …answer. 71 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:43,560 [narrator] In his letter, Vane tells Rogers 72 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:46,840 he will take the pardon on one condition: 73 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:50,320 he's allowed to keep all his booty. 74 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:51,880 Well, look here. 75 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:56,000 A man who signs his name with a cross 76 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:58,720 seems to think he's in a position to negotiate with me. 77 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:07,440 [somber music] 78 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:10,400 Here's his answer. 79 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:16,600 If he can't read it well enough, tell him he can cooperate with the King 80 00:04:17,280 --> 00:04:18,640 or he can hang. 81 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:21,440 [somber music] 82 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:33,760 [Conniff] Woodes Rogers is horrifically scarred on his face. 83 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:37,120 Last time he's been in a direct fight with pirates, he took a shot 84 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:39,520 that lodged itself in his mouth, 85 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:41,160 and here he is, once again, 86 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:43,920 about to go back into the same kinda conflict 87 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:45,480 with the very same enemy. 88 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:48,880 [somber music] 89 00:04:49,840 --> 00:04:51,360 [women laughing] 90 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:58,560 [narrator] The remnants of Nassau's pirate community 91 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:00,960 await Rogers' response. 92 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:03,320 [pirates laughing] 93 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:07,360 How long's your husband been now? 94 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:11,720 He'll be working his ways on Woodes Rogers, 95 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:16,360 trying to steal a march on yous all, no doubt, 96 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:19,760 at your very great cost. 97 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:22,320 [door opens] 98 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:27,240 [somber music] 99 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:34,520 [sighs] 100 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:48,200 [shouting angrily] 101 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:54,200 [Fox] For Charles Vane, Woodes Rogers was the enemy. 102 00:05:54,280 --> 00:05:57,880 He was the personification of everything that Vane hated. 103 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:02,400 He was a symbol of authority that Vane seriously opposed. 104 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:06,000 So, he was the nemesis for Vane. 105 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:10,080 We'll answer him in kind. Come on, lads. 106 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:13,960 [narrator] Vane's messenger boy is James Bonny. 107 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:18,600 His wife, Anne, the leading female pirate in Nassau, 108 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:21,320 is looking to trade up her man. 109 00:06:23,280 --> 00:06:25,920 [waves splashing] 110 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:30,440 You have to take me away from him. 111 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:31,520 From James. 112 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:32,760 I will. 113 00:06:32,840 --> 00:06:35,160 I'll talk to him. We'll organize it. 114 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:40,240 [romantic music] 115 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:43,200 [Cale] When Jack Rackham fell in love with Anne Bonny, 116 00:06:43,280 --> 00:06:44,840 she was still married. 117 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:46,320 Now, at the time, 118 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:49,400 divorce was only really available to the wealthy, 119 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:52,760 and for everybody else, they had wife sales and wife auctions. 120 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:56,080 It was a pretty common way to get out of a marriage. 121 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:58,440 It's like trading her as a possession. 122 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:01,040 [romantic music] 123 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:06,600 Hide it for now. 124 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:08,440 I'll bring more. 125 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:10,920 I'll ride with that madman, Vane, for now, 126 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:14,240 but I'll come back with my own boat, enough to pay off that bastard, Bonny. 127 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:17,920 Rackham! Rackham! 128 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:19,960 [whispers] That man is a madman. 129 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:22,560 -I know, but he's gonna be a rich madman. -Jack! 130 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:24,600 Got a surprise for Rogers. Come on. 131 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:27,840 Come on. 132 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:31,040 [Vane] Come on! 133 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:37,680 [somber music] 134 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:42,800 [suspenseful music] 135 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:49,560 Cut along there. 136 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:54,160 [narrator] Rogers' fleet, with a force of 200 men, 137 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:56,600 is blockading Nassau Harbor. 138 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:58,720 [somber music] 139 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:05,920 Burn my honest offer to parlay? 140 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:09,040 Let's show him what a proper fucking fire is. 141 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:18,720 [Fox] Vane took one of his ships, and he filled it with everything he could find 142 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:20,360 that was flammable. 143 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:22,080 So, pitch and tar, 144 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:24,080 probably all sorts of other chemicals… 145 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:29,080 [Woodward] The sort of cherry on top was loading all the canon on this vessel 146 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:30,480 double loaded with shot, 147 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:35,160 so that when they heated up, they'd also start randomly firing 148 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:37,200 and perhaps causing damage all around. 149 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:39,880 [flames crackling] 150 00:08:42,560 --> 00:08:44,280 We're set, Captain. 151 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:47,400 [narrator] Vane unleashes hell on the high seas 152 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:49,480 against the King's Navy. 153 00:08:49,560 --> 00:08:52,560 [flames whooshing] 154 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:58,560 [dramatic music] 155 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:01,240 [flames roaring] 156 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:07,840 [dramatic music] 157 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:08,920 Sir! Sir! 158 00:09:11,680 --> 00:09:12,960 Cut the lines! 159 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:15,560 Cut the lines or we all burn. 160 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:21,280 [Fox] These fire ships, as they were called, were one of the most terrifying 161 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:23,360 things for a sailor at sea 162 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:27,440 because all the ships are made of wood and hemp and rope and tar and canvas; 163 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:29,240 all things that would burn easily. 164 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:31,480 [flames crackling] 165 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:37,480 There's a fire, Rogers! 166 00:09:37,560 --> 00:09:40,040 There's your fucking fire. 167 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:42,520 Move, quickly! 168 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:45,120 [dramatic music] 169 00:09:57,600 --> 00:09:59,640 Hell awaits you, Vane. 170 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:01,640 Hell. 171 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:06,520 Woodes Rogers crew, ships, they cut their anchor cables, 172 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:10,040 they split, they just fled in any direction they could 173 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:11,760 to get away from this fire ship. 174 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:15,840 Set her to the shallows, boys. If the bastard follows, he'll run aground. 175 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:20,240 [narrator] As Rogers and his fleet scatter, 176 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:23,000 Vane escapes in his sloop. 177 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:28,960 When I come back, 178 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:32,520 you'll be a dead governor on a pile of English corpses. 179 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:36,440 [somber music] 180 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:40,480 [waves splashing] 181 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:44,920 [narrator] 700 miles north of Nassau, 182 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,160 up the Eastern Seaboard, 183 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:52,040 Blackbeard has decided to take the King's pardon 184 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:54,600 but carry on plundering. 185 00:10:57,080 --> 00:10:58,680 Load everything! 186 00:10:58,760 --> 00:10:59,760 Let's go, let's go. 187 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:06,240 [narrator] He brings a haul of booty into the Port of Bath in North Carolina. 188 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:10,640 Take a bag of sugar back. A nice little sweetener for our new friend. 189 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:13,720 [sailors talking indistinctly] 190 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:19,280 [narrator] He's cut a deal with the governor, Charles Eden. 191 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:24,560 [Blackbeard] A healthy few days fishing, you'll agree? 192 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:28,000 Thought you might like it as a gesture of goodwill. 193 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:33,280 A toast to your gracious pardon and our new partnership. 194 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:37,040 [Woodward] Blackbeard's retirement plan 195 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:39,440 hinged on the idea that he would be operating 196 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:41,360 under the legal protection of a governor. 197 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:45,080 With my men controlling your coast, you'll be safe from the Spaniards, 198 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:49,480 and there'll be more happy discoveries to line our pockets. 199 00:11:49,560 --> 00:11:51,360 Governor Eden and his friends 200 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:54,440 will take a portion of Blackbeard's profits 201 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:59,320 and will even offer to fence some of the stolen merchandise. 202 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:02,680 [sinister music] 203 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:05,480 Be careful, now, Captain. 204 00:12:05,560 --> 00:12:07,640 My neighbors are beginning to fret. 205 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:11,440 You don't want them to cry too loudly. 206 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:13,600 [chuckles softly] 207 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:17,960 [Woodward] This turned out to be a misapprehension by Blackbeard, 208 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:21,640 who was not realizing just how treacherous some of his enemies 209 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:26,120 in the established proper world of governors and aristocrats might be. 210 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:27,400 Keep it moving! 211 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:29,760 Faster! 212 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:34,160 [tense music] 213 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:37,440 [narrator] But Blackbeard has already crossed the line, 214 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:40,360 and spies are watching his every move. 215 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:42,840 [indistinct sailors' chatter] 216 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:45,680 [birds calling] 217 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:50,240 [narrator] Up the coast sits the spymaster, 218 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:52,840 who has infiltrated Blackbeard's crew. 219 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:59,120 The Governor of Virginia, Alexander Spotswood, 220 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:01,000 was a member of nobility. 221 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:04,320 Now, Virginia had a great deal of trade, 222 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:06,040 particularly in tobacco, 223 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:10,400 and Spotswood's job included protecting that trade. 224 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:13,440 [man] Apologies upon disturbing you. 225 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:16,840 We have new intelligence upon the whereabouts of Blackbeard. 226 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:20,200 Blackbeard was an enormous threat to that. 227 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:23,480 Having a pirate with a powerful ship and a powerful fleet, 228 00:13:23,560 --> 00:13:25,880 sailing up and down the coast of Virginia 229 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:28,200 would have been devastating for the trade, 230 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:31,160 which would then have been devastating for the colony itself. 231 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:33,840 Lieutenant Maynard, 232 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:38,000 I am looking for a particular individual. 233 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:40,880 A man that history will record 234 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:44,120 as the savior of American trade. 235 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:48,880 A man who will rid the world of Blackbeard. 236 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:52,920 Would you be that man? 237 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:57,200 That I would, sir. 238 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:02,560 Maynard was one of the oldest lieutenants in the Royal Navy. 239 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:05,720 He was a very, very experienced sailor. 240 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:09,760 He would have been an ideal man to hunt Blackbeard out 241 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:12,000 and to lead the attack on him. 242 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:16,280 You need only do one thing. 243 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:21,760 Bring me Blackbeard's head. 244 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:25,760 [gulls crying] 245 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:31,800 [blacksmith hammering] 246 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:37,160 [light, tense music] 247 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:42,040 [approaching footsteps] 248 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:49,720 [narrator] With Charles Vane safely away at sea, 249 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:52,680 Woodes Rogers lands in Nassau 250 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:55,480 as the new official governor. 251 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:00,720 [somber music] 252 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:09,200 [Woodward] Woodes Rogers was probably encouraged by his formal arrival. 253 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:14,280 Hornigold and other pirates assembled to greet him in proper fashion. 254 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:18,840 [footsteps nearing] 255 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:23,840 I gather you have all read this? 256 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:25,640 So, I'll make to the nub of it. 257 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:29,760 Nassau is now under the rule of the Crown. 258 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:33,480 As its emissary, 259 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:36,160 to all intents and purposes and the for the avoidance of doubt, 260 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:39,080 I am the Crown. 261 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:47,480 [Walker] Rogers arrival at the end of this site as a pirate nest, 262 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:55,520 it would have marked its transformation into a more formal colony 263 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:58,120 and ushered in a new era. 264 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:02,120 [Rogers] Make no mistake. 265 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:06,240 Nassau will now run according to the rule of God and the King. 266 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:09,760 Long live the King. 267 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:11,160 -Long live the King. -King. 268 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:13,840 [sighs] 269 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:19,440 Benjamin Hornigold, at the Crown's service. 270 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:25,160 Hornigold. 271 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:27,160 Hornigold. 272 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:29,080 Ah, yes. 273 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:33,080 The fool who unleashed that murderous scum Vane 274 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:34,720 on the Caribbean. 275 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:36,400 Yes… 276 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:41,120 [tense music] 277 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:44,320 It would be a poor Christian who didn't believe in forgiveness, 278 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:46,680 and, as a God-fearing man, 279 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:49,680 I'm always pleased to offer the fallen 280 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:51,400 the path to redemption. 281 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:53,840 So, here is. 282 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:58,160 Use those skills you have as a captain of some note. 283 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:02,120 Gather as many souls as you can who are prepared to repent, 284 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:05,640 and chase down Charles Vane. 285 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:08,240 [tense music] 286 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:23,880 [scoffs] 287 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:27,440 There's no love lost between me and that animal. 288 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:31,200 He's a danger to all of us. 289 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:32,400 To all of us. 290 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:36,720 So, yeah. 291 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:41,120 I'll hunt him down for you. 292 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:43,800 [tense music] 293 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:50,000 Somewhat for the Crown, but mainly for the well-being of my companions. 294 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:54,520 Bring him to me, feed him to the sharks as you will, 295 00:17:56,320 --> 00:18:00,000 but scrub that man's soul from the list of the living 296 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:02,080 and finish him. 297 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:07,800 [tense music] 298 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:18,960 [Fox] He took the King's shilling, as it were. 299 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:21,080 He accepted Rogers' authority, 300 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:24,960 and he started working for Rogers as a pirate hunter, 301 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:28,840 hunting down his former comrades and bringing them to justice. 302 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:37,840 [narrator] Hornigold sets sail from Nassau on a manhunt for Charles Vane. 303 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:39,960 [waves splashing] 304 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:45,520 [suspenseful music] 305 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:54,640 Which 306 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:56,520 one… 307 00:18:58,400 --> 00:18:59,280 will… 308 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:01,560 it 309 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:03,520 be? 310 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:04,960 [unsheathes knife] 311 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:11,120 [Woodward] Vane was going out of his way to sadistically torture people, 312 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:13,640 and, you know, even if he didn't think they have treasure, 313 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:17,280 well, if there's a one percent chance they might be hiding something, we'll find out. 314 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:21,840 Tell the captain what you know. 315 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:30,840 I will cut you all into pound pieces and sink this stinking ship! 316 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:33,560 Last chance. 317 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:35,960 [shouting] Where are the jewels? 318 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:39,400 -[whispering inaudibly] -[Vane] What did that man say? 319 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:42,800 What did he say? What did that man just say? 320 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:45,320 Plotting, is it? 321 00:19:47,120 --> 00:19:51,800 Well don't you even dare think about double-crossing Charles Vane, 322 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:56,720 or your thoughts will soon be separated from your dandy neck. 323 00:19:56,800 --> 00:20:01,000 No one's double-crossing you, Charles. He had information useful to you. 324 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:07,200 So, where are the jewels? 325 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:08,600 No jewels, Charles. 326 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:11,080 More valuable than jewels. 327 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:16,160 [tense music] 328 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:20,760 They know where Blackbeard's camped. 329 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:28,920 Then this man must find his voice! 330 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:30,280 And tell me 331 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:33,280 where I might find the rascal. 332 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:37,240 [tense music] 333 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:41,880 Hmm? 334 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:44,640 [suspenseful music] 335 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:49,920 -[men laughing] -[hornpipe playing] 336 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:53,840 [Blackbeard] Drink! 337 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:57,720 [Fox] After Blackbeard had taken some French ships, 338 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:00,040 he and his men retreated to Ocracoke Island, 339 00:21:00,120 --> 00:21:02,840 which is several miles off the coast of North Carolina. 340 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:06,320 Come on, you lazy bunch of nomads. 341 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:08,880 [pirates laughing] 342 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:10,920 -[laughing] -[man] Drink! 343 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:16,240 [pirates keep laughing] 344 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:17,520 Up the Frenchies. 345 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:19,040 Up the Frenchies. 346 00:21:20,360 --> 00:21:22,600 They have the mother of all parties. 347 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:24,440 They cracked open the barrels. 348 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:26,840 They danced, they sang. 349 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:32,320 [narrator] But Blackbeard knows that life as a pirate 350 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:35,120 has many ways of catching up with you. 351 00:21:36,120 --> 00:21:39,600 [somber music] 352 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:42,960 It's very possible that Blackbeard was suffering from syphilis. 353 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:46,080 [somber music continues] 354 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:51,880 [pained gasps] 355 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:55,360 Now, there was no cure for syphilis that was readily available 356 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:56,720 until about 1930. 357 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:58,480 [pirates laughing] 358 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:02,480 So, if people contracted this, you could expect it to eventually kill them 359 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:03,960 if something else didn't first. 360 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:06,160 [Blackbeard panting] 361 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:08,040 I think it's time, old friend, 362 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:11,480 for us to call it a day. 363 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:13,040 I think you need more alcohol. 364 00:22:13,120 --> 00:22:14,560 [Vane] Edward! 365 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:16,880 Oh, 366 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:19,800 you throw a marvelous party, my friend. 367 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:23,880 [chuckles] 368 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:26,320 What a stroke of fortune you were passing this way. 369 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:27,320 [Vane] Mm. 370 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:31,560 I've been looking for you. 371 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:38,480 Nassau's lost. 372 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:44,040 And Benjamin, where is he? 373 00:22:45,360 --> 00:22:46,440 He's a turncoat. 374 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:50,400 He's betrayed us all. He's a pirate hunter. 375 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:53,280 Betrayed? 376 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:56,560 Yeah. 377 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:00,240 I'm offering you the chance 378 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:04,640 to be the pirates who control the seas from Boston to Hispaniola. 379 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:06,080 [Blackbeard laughs] 380 00:23:08,120 --> 00:23:09,080 You and me. 381 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:12,520 [Lawrence] I think Blackbeard knew that his time was up. 382 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:14,320 Everybody knew his name. 383 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:18,440 Everybody knew him at every single port, and he needed to find a way out of this 384 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:20,600 which didn't end in a hangman's noose, 385 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:23,560 and hanging around with a wanted criminal like Charles Vane 386 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:24,840 was not a way to go. 387 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:29,680 I'll let you have the high seas, Vane. 388 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:33,400 I'm happy with these here sands and inlets. 389 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:38,320 [woman laughing] 390 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:40,840 [tense music] 391 00:23:42,360 --> 00:23:44,800 [Vane laughs] 392 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:48,720 You'll regret this, 393 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:52,600 Edward Thatch. 394 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:55,280 [somber music] 395 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:09,240 [downbeat hornpipe music] 396 00:24:12,360 --> 00:24:15,160 [narrator] Ocracoke is a slap in the face, 397 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:17,440 but Vane isn't going to give up. 398 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:21,400 [Fox] Vane ordered an attack on a merchant ship. 399 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:25,400 It looked like a nice, big merchant ship, carrying wealthy cargo. 400 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:27,840 Merchant ships, although they often had canons, 401 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:29,240 very rarely fought back. 402 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:32,400 The crews weren't paid to defend the ship, they were just paid to sail it. 403 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:35,600 She looks loaded, lads. 404 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:36,840 [pirates] Yeah! 405 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:40,840 [Lawrence] The merchant ship is a French Crown-backed vessel. 406 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:44,640 This means that aboard this ship isn't just some merchant sailors, 407 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:46,960 no, these are trained officers. 408 00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:50,240 This means this ship is heavy in the water because of the canon, 409 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:51,600 not because of booty. 410 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:53,840 Flak! 411 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:57,320 [cannon fire echoing] 412 00:24:57,400 --> 00:25:02,000 [Fox] The canons opened fire. It was a devastating salvo. 413 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:03,440 Caused a lot of damage. 414 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:05,520 [cannon fire echoing] 415 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:07,560 Immediately, he ordered the attack off. 416 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:09,960 -Turn about! -Too late. 417 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:12,200 If we turn around now, she'll blow us to pieces. 418 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:14,840 -Let's have at her! -[pirates] Yeah! 419 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:17,200 -[pirate] Come on! -Turn about! I ain't dying on this! 420 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:19,440 -[Rackham] Come on! -[men shouting] 421 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:22,280 [Lawrence] His crew, desperate for booty, 422 00:25:22,360 --> 00:25:25,680 desperate for continuing the journey, they're not scared. 423 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:27,920 But the captain says no, and this 424 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:30,960 puts a question in every single crew member's mind 425 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:35,200 about whether he is worthy enough to be their captain. 426 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:37,960 [cannon fire echoing] 427 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:42,480 [ship hull creaking] 428 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:49,720 Vane's decision to retreat caused a split in the crew. 429 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:53,160 Some people supported him, but the majority of the crew didn't. 430 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:56,520 They were disappointed that they hadn't pressed forward the attack. 431 00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:59,840 -The crew feel that your command-- -You all owe me your lives. 432 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:05,880 On the contrary, your command today risked this ship and everyone aboard. 433 00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:09,240 A strategic withdrawal. 434 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:13,000 Sometimes it's better to fight another day. 435 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:18,120 That faction found a leader in John Rackham, 436 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:22,240 who was the quartermaster, the second-in-command of Vane's crew, 437 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:26,160 and they really opposed Vane's leadership on this issue. 438 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:29,800 You were committed to the fight. That turnaround wasn't strategic withdrawal. 439 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:32,120 We all saw you. 440 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:35,880 It was cowardice. 441 00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:40,080 We ask that you step down. 442 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:43,280 Stand down, is it? 443 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:48,280 Well I'd like to see the man brave enough to ask me to stand down. 444 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:03,640 [Fox] They demanded that he step down, 445 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:05,760 and when he refused, they took a vote on it. 446 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:10,000 And, the vote went against Vane, and Rackham took over. 447 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:17,880 Come back! Come back! 448 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:21,600 Come back! I'm your fucking captain! 449 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:24,560 Come back here! Come back! 450 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:26,040 Fuck! 451 00:27:26,120 --> 00:27:28,920 Vane had a hold on his cohorts. 452 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:32,480 He was an inspirational character. They looked to him for leadership. 453 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:35,720 And so he almost certainly was surprised 454 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:39,240 when his company not only disagreed, but decided to depose him. 455 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,560 [somber music] 456 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:47,120 [narrator] Charles Vane is castaway. 457 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:50,360 The so-called King of Nassau's reign 458 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:54,080 was brutal, bloody and short. 459 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:58,600 [Vane] Come back! Come back! I'm your fucking caption. 460 00:27:59,360 --> 00:28:01,920 [waves splashing] 461 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:08,120 [narrator] Back in Nassau, Woodes Rogers knocks the island into shape. 462 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:11,440 -[whip cracks] -[screaming] 463 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:13,040 [Rogers] Lay it on, man. 464 00:28:13,120 --> 00:28:14,400 [screams] 465 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:19,560 [whipping and screaming continue] 466 00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:23,280 [narrator] For Anne Bonny, her lover is back. 467 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:25,920 -[whip cracks] -[screams] 468 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:29,000 [narrator] But Calico Jack is now Captain Jack 469 00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:32,400 and he can finally afford to buy Anne's freedom. 470 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:33,920 -[whip cracks] -[man screams] 471 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:37,440 I have your money, Bonny. 472 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:41,560 -[whip cracks] -[agonized scream] 473 00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:46,280 [Cale] Jack wanted to do the right thing, and him and Anne, they were in love, 474 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:47,720 they wanted to be together, 475 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:51,360 and Jack was willing to do what he needed to do to make that happen. 476 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:53,440 So, he offered to buy her. 477 00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:58,520 This, for the most popular girl in Nassau? 478 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:01,200 How many men a day pay me 479 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:03,880 for the pleasure of fucking such a pretty and willing whore? 480 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:07,480 [scoffs] 481 00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:09,920 Imagine my luck. 482 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:13,280 Pimped to a whore who enjoys her work more than they do. 483 00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:15,240 -You-- -[Rackham] Hey. 484 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:18,000 [Simon] James Bonny, at this point, is so insulted 485 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:19,800 that he decided to go to Woodes Rogers. 486 00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:25,440 He said that his wife was trying to make a cuckold out of him. 487 00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:26,720 Bring her to me. 488 00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:30,400 [Simon] He demanded something be done about it. 489 00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:35,920 So, 490 00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:38,920 you cheat on your husband with a pirate? 491 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:40,840 Not a pirate, no. 492 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:42,000 I took the pardon. 493 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:43,800 I'm a free man. 494 00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:46,080 Free to marry this infamous whore? 495 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:48,200 What devilry would tempt you to do that? 496 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:53,040 Perhaps we should see for ourselves. 497 00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:56,920 No! 498 00:29:57,960 --> 00:30:00,240 [panting, groaning] 499 00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:03,160 [Anne gasps] 500 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:05,800 [Simon] Woodes Rogers decided to employ a law, 501 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:07,600 which wasn't used very often, 502 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:09,160 to beat a woman 503 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:12,520 who was cheating on her husband or trying to leave him. 504 00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:16,720 The blame all fell completely onto the woman, 505 00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:19,240 stripping them of any dignity 506 00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:23,840 and stripping them any sort of agency and freedom to make their own decision, 507 00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:26,040 to better their own lives in their own way. 508 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:29,160 [Rogers] No. 509 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:33,320 If the devil is to be beaten out of this harlot, 510 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:36,360 it is only fitting that you should do it. 511 00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:39,560 [dramatic music] 512 00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:47,640 [breathes heavily] 513 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:57,720 [softly] No. No! 514 00:30:59,960 --> 00:31:03,000 [Anne breathing heavily] No! 515 00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:06,080 [Anne gasps] 516 00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:08,240 Hold. 517 00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:10,960 I think it's about time you let us leave. 518 00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:12,720 Don't you? 519 00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:14,880 [grunts] 520 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:16,680 Cunt. 521 00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:18,160 Stand down. 522 00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:20,600 Stand down. 523 00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:25,200 [Rogers breathing heavily] 524 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:34,640 [upbeat music] 525 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:40,720 [narrator] At last, Anne Bonny is what she set out to be: 526 00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:43,640 a pirate on the high seas. 527 00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:46,280 With her lover in tow… 528 00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:47,360 Let's finish this. 529 00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:49,760 [narrator] …this new legend of the Caribbean 530 00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:53,960 will never again be subject to mere men. 531 00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:57,680 For the first time, she considered herself to be truly free. 532 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:01,280 She was able to dress how she wanted. 533 00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:03,520 She wore men's clothes. 534 00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:07,400 And she had her shirt open, exposing her breasts, 535 00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:11,920 proving to the world that she did not need to adhere 536 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:13,320 to society's expectations. 537 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:19,720 Not using her sexuality to get what she wanted 538 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:21,360 or anything like that, 539 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:23,840 but she was using her body as a way to show 540 00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:25,520 that she belonged to nobody, 541 00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:27,280 and that nobody controlled her. 542 00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:30,720 [upbeat music] 543 00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:34,080 [Anne gasps] 544 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:35,800 Hold! 545 00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:38,680 [shot echoing] 546 00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:41,720 [waves splashing] 547 00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:50,320 [narrator] Lieutenant Maynard and his British crew 548 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:52,600 ditch their Naval uniforms 549 00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:56,360 to hunt the coast of North Carolina for Blackbeard. 550 00:32:57,760 --> 00:33:03,280 [Woodward] A Naval detachment of sailors sailed down to Blackbeard's alleged lair, 551 00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:05,800 at the mouth of the creek, on Ocracoke Island. 552 00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:12,000 And there they found Blackbeard and his men. 553 00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:16,280 Gentlemen, we have him. 554 00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:19,680 [somber music] 555 00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:32,240 [Blackbeard coughing] 556 00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:37,560 [narrator] In those shallow, secret inlets of Ocracoke, 557 00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:41,840 Blackbeard discovers he's more vulnerable than he'd like. 558 00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:43,960 From Governor Eden. 559 00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:50,240 He fears Spotswood has a team of assassins after us. 560 00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:55,040 [somber music] 561 00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:58,880 Seems the cowardly puppies have found us. 562 00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:01,760 [somber music continues] 563 00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:09,960 It's a very treacherous area, where boats can run aground very easily, 564 00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:11,720 and that's exactly what happened. 565 00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:15,320 Maynard's vessel ran aground and was stranded. 566 00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:20,400 They may be inconvenienced. 567 00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:23,760 We should leave them there to rot. 568 00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:25,960 They're hardly in a position to follow us. 569 00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:32,280 Or we can finish 'em. 570 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:38,000 Let's put an end to Spotswood's plans now, brother. 571 00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:42,160 Let's do it right now. 572 00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:46,640 [coughs] 573 00:34:46,720 --> 00:34:48,880 Blackbeard was determined to end this fight. 574 00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:50,440 He knew he couldn't get away. 575 00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:52,200 Man the canons. 576 00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:53,920 Grenados, to the ready! 577 00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:55,880 We fight! 578 00:34:59,920 --> 00:35:02,280 [coughing] 579 00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:04,640 [shot echoing] 580 00:35:04,720 --> 00:35:06,040 [powder sizzling] 581 00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:09,280 [cannon fire echoing] 582 00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:18,520 He knew this as a do or die moment. 583 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:19,880 He had to win the battle. 584 00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:22,320 [cannon fire echoing] 585 00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:25,800 [Fox] They threw grenades across. 586 00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:28,480 These would be cast iron balls, filled with explosives 587 00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:34,240 that would explode in a hail of shrapnel, excellent for clearing decks. 588 00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:36,680 [grenade exploding] 589 00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:43,000 [pistol shot echoing] 590 00:35:44,720 --> 00:35:46,960 [somber music] 591 00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:52,960 [Choundas] Blackbeard is the first over the rail 592 00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:56,400 to board Maynard's sloop and to secure her. 593 00:35:56,480 --> 00:36:01,640 They see bloodied bodies sprawled across that upper deck, 594 00:36:01,720 --> 00:36:04,200 and so, in Blackbeard's mind, he thinks the battle's over. 595 00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:08,360 He thinks the struggle is done, and now it's just a matter of cleaning up. 596 00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:13,880 [suspenseful music] 597 00:36:23,240 --> 00:36:24,320 Go to the rear! 598 00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:32,120 -You see him? -No. Stay sharp. 599 00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:37,560 [suspenseful music] 600 00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:45,920 Maynard has been clever in how he's going to approach 601 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:49,360 this inevitable confrontation between the two parties. 602 00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:54,720 He's put himself in a position of strength by using the element of surprise. 603 00:36:57,520 --> 00:36:59,560 Identify yourself. 604 00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:06,200 [suspenseful music] 605 00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:12,240 You don't know me? 606 00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:16,440 I'm the devil made flesh. 607 00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:20,560 The man with the flaming beard. 608 00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:27,120 [Blackbeard yells] 609 00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:30,640 -[both men grunting] -[blades clashing] 610 00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:49,960 -[blades clashing] -[both grunting and groaning] 611 00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:07,480 [somber music] 612 00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:18,760 [blade clatters] 613 00:38:20,680 --> 00:38:21,920 [groans] 614 00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:24,960 [Blackbeard screams furiously] 615 00:38:25,040 --> 00:38:27,480 [panting] 616 00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:31,080 [Blackbeard groans] 617 00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:35,080 [pained growl] 618 00:38:41,520 --> 00:38:42,840 [angry grunt] 619 00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:45,440 -[blade slicing flesh] -[Blackbeard screaming] 620 00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:53,800 [narrator] It's too late for Blackbeard, but not for vengeance. 621 00:38:58,280 --> 00:39:01,600 [Lawrence] Black Caesar went below decks, 622 00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:03,680 where there was a lot of gunpowder 623 00:39:03,760 --> 00:39:06,360 and under his captain's instructions, 624 00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:07,680 to blow up the ship. 625 00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:12,800 [dramatic music] 626 00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:15,360 Black Caesar, there's no way of escaping himself, 627 00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:16,880 this was a suicide mission. 628 00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:31,520 [grunts] 629 00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:37,000 [panting] 630 00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:42,640 [somber music] 631 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:50,240 I think the death of Blackbeard is really the symbolic end 632 00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:52,000 of the Golden Age of Piracy. 633 00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:53,760 There's no greater archetype 634 00:39:53,840 --> 00:39:57,560 whose image and embodiment represents the spirit 635 00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:00,520 that we all understand to be pirates more than Blackbeard. 636 00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:05,240 Maynard took Blackbeard's severed head 637 00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:08,240 and tied it onto the bowsprit at the front of his ship, 638 00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:10,760 a signal to all that he passed 639 00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:13,520 that Blackbeard was defeated, that Blackbeard was gone 640 00:40:13,600 --> 00:40:15,400 and that he was the man who had done it. 641 00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:19,440 Let the lesson be to anyone who seeks to follow in his footsteps, 642 00:40:19,520 --> 00:40:21,320 that the same fate would await them. 643 00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:24,560 [somber music] 644 00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:28,080 [narrator] As the sun sets on the Golden Age of Piracy, 645 00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:31,360 what of the other great characters in our story? 646 00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:34,640 Charles Vane is captured, 647 00:40:34,720 --> 00:40:37,440 and before Port Royal's rabble, 648 00:40:37,520 --> 00:40:39,240 he meets a fitting end. 649 00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:44,480 On the day of his execution, the streets would be lined with people, 650 00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:48,120 queuing up to this famous pirate executed. 651 00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:51,000 [thunder rumbling] 652 00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:55,760 [narrator] But Vane is defiant until the end. 653 00:40:57,080 --> 00:40:58,840 Fuck your fucking King 654 00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:05,560 and the rich assholes that milk the poor like working cattle. 655 00:41:06,680 --> 00:41:07,840 [man] Go! 656 00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:10,760 [Vane grunts] 657 00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:16,240 [panting] 658 00:41:17,720 --> 00:41:19,920 [rasps, chokes] 659 00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:22,840 [narrator] Paulsgrave Williams, 660 00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:24,960 ever restless. 661 00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:27,680 He heads to the east coast of Africa. 662 00:41:29,480 --> 00:41:31,000 Henry Jennings. 663 00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:36,040 He retires as a wealthy plantation owner in Bermuda. 664 00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:41,400 His old adversary, 665 00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:45,200 godfather of Nassau, Benjamin Hornigold, 666 00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:48,240 they say he takes up privateering again. 667 00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:50,640 But then he vanishes. 668 00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:56,000 most likely joining Black Sam Bellamy at the bottom of the ocean, 669 00:41:56,080 --> 00:41:58,760 the pirates' watery grave. 670 00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:03,960 [narrator] As for Anne Bonny and Jack Rackham, 671 00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:06,400 their ending is bittersweet. 672 00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:10,920 If you can't fight like a man, you deserve to hang like a dog! 673 00:42:11,880 --> 00:42:13,280 Bastard! Bastard! 674 00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:17,000 [narrator] He fails to defend her and tries to hide. 675 00:42:17,080 --> 00:42:21,040 Both are captured by British forces and sentenced to death. 676 00:42:21,680 --> 00:42:23,560 [bell ringing] 677 00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:26,120 [somber music] 678 00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:32,800 But Anne's life is spared when she reveals she is with child. 679 00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:40,280 Some say Bonny even settles in North Carolina 680 00:42:41,240 --> 00:42:44,680 and lives to see the founding of a new republic, 681 00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:45,960 a new nation, 682 00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:49,440 free from the British Crown, 683 00:42:49,520 --> 00:42:52,040 the United States of America. 684 00:42:55,960 --> 00:42:58,960 [somber music] 685 00:43:05,360 --> 00:43:09,040 [dramatic swashbuckling music]