Suffer defeat and youll face infamy as Americas Judas.
After betraying his friends and the American Revolution, his future could still be written in his favor.
But even he may not have truly understood until oily John Simcoe explained the personal stakes over drinks.
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This is a man Simcoe can work with.
With Simcoe, fear and terror is what the patriots can expect.
The Culper ring knows firsthand what havoc Simcoe is capable of wreaking.
And it doesnt take them long to see his fingerprints on the prisoner-exchange ambush that killed Judge Woodhull.
For Abe, the assassination weighs heavy, for obvious reasons.
When Abe awakes from his nightmare, he finds that hes not back in Setauket.
Instead, hes in a barn in Washingtons camp in New Windsor.
His fathers cold dead body rests nearby, and Anna is there to console Abe.
Abes done with the Culper ring.
Washington is not quite himself.
One defection is tearing us apart still, Ben will later say in anguish, and its true.
He confided in Arnold.
And such affection had made him blind.
Most notably, there is growing discontent within Washingtons camp.
They just want what is owed them, and what they and their families need to survive.
But this is happening at a fragile time for Washington and the American army.
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Did you know Wayne was known as Mad Anthony?
The soldier balked, saying he couldnt kill his comrade.
The hapless soldier then stepped forward and plunged his bayonet into the writhing man.
Mad Anthony, ladies and gentleman.
Hes not exactly a sympathetic character, and we barely know him.
Moreover, he frowns upon Rivingtons editorial lacquer.
(The truth is bloody enough.)
Before war broke out, Rivington had published a more evenhanded paper, theNew York Gazettier.
One cannot speak truth to power if power has no use for truth, he tells Robert.
And my rhetoric does not hold a candle to their roaring flame.
Clearly, Rivington has some scars that he blames on the patriots.
Its not impossible to imagine him rediscovering his ideals, under the right circumstances.
Back in New Windsor, a plan is afoot.
But what the Culpers dont know yet is that Simcoe and Arnold have joined forces.
Nevertheless, that is the plan.
Caleb and Abe bring the Judges body back to Setauket.
All is well during the funeral; no sign yet of Simcoe or his Rangers.
But theyre coming, one way or another.
What can stop them?
Certainly not Abe, who leaves to enlist.
Certainly not wounded Caleb, who heads to the woods to practice his hatchet-toss.
Hes no danger to the enemy in his condition.
But did you notice the brief POV shift as Caleb hurled another hatchet lamely at a target?
Its a technique the show has used before to indicate that someone is spying on another person.
In fact, it was most notably used when Robert Rogers was lurking in the woods, stalking Abe.
We havent seen Rogers since he settled his score with John Andre.
