Simcoe’s plot buries a Setauket nemesis
Abe: Mary its just a play.
But its one thatweget to write.
Ben: And I will see it through… personally.
Credit: Antony Platt/AMC
You could see it in her eyes at the end ofepisode 2, The Black Hole of Calcutta.
She intuited that one of the Woodhulls wasnt coming back.
But which Woodhull would it be?
Abe, played by movie star Jamie Bell?
Or the Judge, the savvy and deliberate local magistrate played by character actor Kevin McNally?
Dont quote Shakespeare, the Judge snaps back, Thatsmytrick.
Abe might never be the man his father is, but hes learned a lot of his tricks.
Simcoe is plotting the ambush awaiting both parties converging on Lyme.
Candidates are walking away from an easy five shillings, though Akinbode has to settle for three.
(And remember, Im still Peggy, not Mrs. Dont ever go to bed angry, lovebirds.
Itll kill the marriage!
But it turns out that little-seen Selah has risen in rank since we last encountered him.
And then Anna blurts out: my husband is a member of Congress!
In the woods near Lyme, Simcoes men are positioned for the turkey shoot.
But Akinbode recognizes some of the old Rangers whistle signals and know that danger is coming.
takes one of the head.
Hes probably dead before he hits the ground.
Ben, Abe, Caleb, and a few others retreat inside the mill.
Abe is frozen, shell-shocked, with his fathers blood splattered across his face.
Inside the mill, Abe finally takes matters into his own hands.
The episode began with Abe and the Judge lying low in the horse-pulled cart that Ben steered toward Lyme.
But the entire equation has changed: Setauket lacks a British commander; Simcoe knows Abe is a traitor.
