Rackham gets a lot of mileage this week. He starts off by giving some rather prudent advice to his rat cellmate before he’s taken away in the coach with Rogers to meet the Spanish.

Bobbing around right on the outskirts of Nassau’s vision, Silver has to deal with a small mutiny aboard his ship throwing the tenuous treaty with the other half of the rebellion. He decides to go with the truth and brings Madi in on it right away so they can work it out together. It proves to be the right move, but Madi flexes her authority, putting Silver in his place (one of my favorite scenes).

Good old Max can smell a trap from a mile away when Eleanor tells her how the meeting with Anna went. It helps to really know the people you are up against. In fact, Max has her eyes wide open this episode while Eleanor is showing her rust. With her ears all around, Max also realizes that if she can figure out what the caravan route is, anyone paying attention can. Max also puts her new mistress on notice that she’s an amateur and recognizes that the three-way trust triangle between her, Eleanor and Rogers has been compromised by a spy. Eleanor and Max try to raise the alarms with the English about the pirate plot but are dismissed.  Good old Captain Hornigold can put two and two together.

This brings us to the fantastic coach scene.  Rackham’s great origin story, telling Rogers of his personal disgust with England and thus, Rogers himself. It gives way to why Rackham feels so strongly about the importance of his last name, of leaving a legacy. Rogers pulls the “You think you know me, but you have no idea,” speech just before the attack pops off. Awesome attack scene flying down that dirt road in one long, up close and personal sequence. Second only to the typhoon set piece a few weeks ago.

Bringing the events to a close, the pirates plan almost went perfectly. Treasure and Rackham in hand, they lost Vane to the clutches of England thanks to Captain Hornigold and have to figure out how to get him back. Embarrassed by what happened on the boat, Silver figures out a way to silently punish the man who attacked Madi’s man. Max is in full business mode, shoring up her plans with Eleanore. They have to stick together to make it through another day. There’s a lot of trust issues going around.