Major Edmund Hewlett
Abraham Woodhull is a spy.
A patriot or a traitor, depending on your political point of view in 1778.
Hes been an undercover agent ever since he gleaned intelligence from a pair of Hessians heading to Trenton.
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His paranoia and nightmares should finally be realized; hes been betrayed by his own father.
The embittered Judge Woodhull turned in his only son to the supremely oblivious Major Hewlett.
Will the British commander send Abe directly to the gallows?
Will he shoot him in Whitehalls parlor?
Of course not…because its hapless star-gazing Hewlett were talking about.
In fact, only Hewlett can pull defeat from the jaws of victory.
He has Abe dead to rights the morning after the judge finally comes clean about his suspicions.
But when cornered, Abe has two options, and he doesnt opt to beg for mercy.
He angrily calls his father a coward and practically scoffs at Hewletts threat of a death sentence.
But what will happen to you?
Abe taunts the officer pointing a pistol in his face.
Youll be stripped of your command.
Who provided the papers that got me into New York?
Whose letter got me out of jail when I was arrested for being a spy?
I wonder what your superiors in New York will have to say about that?
You never know you might be hanging with me.
At any rate, youll be shown to be the fool that you really are!
Am I being too hard on Edmund?
Lets table that discussion and check in on New York, where some real spycraft is getting done.
Welcome to Rivingtons Corner, a fashionable Wall Street coffee house for British officers and Tories.
(Its important enough to make the shows new opening credit animation.)
Rivingtons very silent partner: Robert Townsend, a natural-born observer who blends in with the surroundings.
Rivington (John Carroll Lynch) has a unique operation working.
When Townsends father arrives to pick up the coded Geneva Bible, Rivington pounces for details.
While others worship mysteries, I seek to dispel them.
Rivington isnt the only person in his establishment with potentially conflicting motivations.
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned?
NEXT: Can Abe afford to let Hewlett live?
Near Philadelphia, Benedict Arnold took his case to his boss.
Joseph Reed is charging Arnold with treason (TREASON!
), but all he really wants is 10,000 pounds so he can marry Peggy Shippen.
Rogers has promised to kill Abe eventually, but that hasnt stopped him for enjoying their odd-couple companionship.
Simcoe and Hewlett are back at each others throats.
More accurately, Simcoe is slurping tea while digging his heel deeper into Hewletts throat.
Or does he simply not care?
Because he loves her like a fool.
She is his beacon, the only person he can trust, he says.
Because he wants Anna to himself, no doubt.
But never trust the word of a rebel spy, Edmund.
Because Abe is a killer, and he cant let any man who knows the name Culper live.
Then, itll be Hewletts turn.
Ben volunteers to kill the reverend himself.
Washington liked the mans sermons, but what was his ultimate response?
Make it look like an accident.
Hewlett couldve shot Abe at Whitehall.
He couldve shot him in the dark.
No professional repercussions from New York because dead men tell no tales.
Will Anna do more than kiss him?
Will she warn him about Abes plan to double-cross him?
Is she starting to feel like Odysseus, too, caught between a rock and a hard place?
Last question: Does someone need to die for the show to grow?
Is his time finally up?
