Instead of picking up immediately after the events of last week, Episode 7 starts with Winters memorial.
You have a heart at least, she tells him.
He insists that hes only down by the water to look for a ship.
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Responding to her belief that he didnt kill Winter, he says, I very well may have.
Considering they way her body was torn apart, I couldnt have put it better.
Looking uneasy, Atticus half-heartedly tries to suggest that its possible Delaney didnt do it.
Theres no certainty that he did not, she quickly replies.
Yeah, shes definitely pissed.
He wasnt lying Winter is already making a reappearance.
Delaney awakens to see her in his house, telling him, Im getting scared, James.
Not one to be thrown off by spiritual visitors, Delaney does have an important question.
Youre among them now, arent you?
The ones who use to sing to me.
As one ghost visitor leaves, a real visitor arrives… maybe.
Both men have heard a lot about each other, and they immediately have a great rapport.
This leads Chichester to recommend he come back another time.
No, no, theres no use.
Im always like this, Delaney replies, speaking the truth.
I have done much worse things than steal diamonds, Delaney divulges the opposite of breaking news.
I have an alternative suggestion, Delaney mysteriously counters.
Pondering his situation, Delaney gets a visit from his brother/son Robert.
I have a use for you, Delaney tells Robert.
He gives him the key to his safe, but not before playing an uncharacteristic game of keep away.
A bullet knocks over his hat.
Murderer, Helga yells.
Staring at the grieving mother, Delaney picks up his hat and walks away.
His associate is quite worried about Helgas outburst, but Delaney orders that she not be touched.
Delaneys problems with women dont get any better when he gets a visit from his sister/lover.
With Geary out and creepy voices in, Zilpha is ready to be with Delaney.
Problem is, Delaney has had a change of heart.
She interrupts: We are.
This is quite the role reversal.
We arent, he retorts.
If rejecting her werent already bad enough, he throws her a pity diamond for her widowhood.
She begins moaning, but these are much sadder moans than their previous encounter.
As if Delaney werent already dealing with enough family issues, he has a moody Brace to confront.
It was a kindness, Brace says, admitting to poisoning Delaneys father.
We couldnt go on, James.
Delaney replies, But you did.
Brace continues to try and justify his actions: You came back too late.
For both of us.
Not the hilariousThrees Companyweve become accustomed to.
Just like both Atticus and Delaney predicted, Helga has gone to the EIC.
Talking to Strange and his inner circle, she shares details of Delaney manufacturing gunpowder for the Americans.
The news is welcomed by, well, everyone except Godfrey, who is sweating up a storm.
We fing have him, laughs Strange, causing the whole room to erupt.
He will be cut to pieces.
They reason that they have enough to charge Delaney with treason.
having visions and doing witchcraft.
You are betrayed, Godfrey declares.
I know, Delaney says, asking for the address where Helga is being kept.
I have a use for you, Delaney tells his inside man.
Then they ride off on a horse together, which is just teasing Godfrey too much.
We have some rather good news for British patriots everywhere, proclaims Strange with an evil smile.
Coop agrees to give the company the trade monopoly that Delaney had been seeking.
You got lucky with a whore, quips Coop.
The official green light is given for Delaneys arrest.
Delaney brings a nervous Godfrey to meet with Chichester.
At least theyre getting together on Godfreys home territory: a brothel full of men dressed as women.
I am only interested in mens mind, not clothes, says Chichester.
You are a fool, Godfrey replies.
They are going to hang you.
Despite that, Godfrey agrees to tell Chichester what he wants.
As Godfrey rushes to pack, Delaney shows no urgency: It ends here.
Hes actually still more concerned about finding a ship than he is about avoiding capture.
Godfrey is ordered to give Helgas location to Atticus, who will help him disappear.
The soldiers finally descend on Delaney, taking him alive but knocking him unconscious.
Walking through town, Lorna spots the young boy she tried speaking to at Winters memorial.
The boy, no longer avoiding her, says, I want her to forgive me.
I only wished Id killed James too, he cries.
Give him a kind death, protect him from himself.
Make this man president of the colonies!
His treatment doesnt get any better when Coop comes seeking information.
Threatening him with enough torture to hurt him but not kill him, the kings right-hand man wants names.
Delaney agrees to the deal, but only if hes given a meeting with Strange.
An amused Coop orders the torture to commence.
The man in charge of inflicting the harm thinks it should only take an hour or two.
but Im thinking it will take much more, especially since theyre waterboarding him.
We all know that Delaney loves a good old-fashioned drowning.
While Delaney is going through hell, Strange is off celebrating with a round of golf.
His relaxing day turns bad when Chichester makes an unexpected drop-in.
A spooked Strange soon learns that its none other than Godfrey.
All hell say is, Stuart Strange.
When he enters Delaneys cell, he sees his enemy beaten but at least now clothed.
My god, look at you, says Strange.
Your plan worked: You in a cell, me on a hook.
Delaney lifts his head and asserts, I have a use for you.
What did you think?
What are your predictions for next weeks finale?
What use does Delaney have for Strange?
For more answers, read ourpostmortem with co-creator Steven Knight.
