[Ward] A great man once said that if you're born poor,
that's not your fault,
but if you die poor,
well, that's on you.
I think, in the end, it was my fear of going back,
of losing everything I have
that made me lose sight of everything I am…
[dramatic instrumental music playing]
[thuds]
…everything I wanted to be.
I killed Big John Routledge.
I murdered Sheriff Peterkin.
[gun fires]
Looks like your old man took the rap.
I shot Gavin Barnstead.
I know there's nothing I can do to ease the pain I've caused.
Many will say I took the easy way out.
But I leave this world with the terrible pain of knowing
that I leave behind my family,
shattered by grief,
broken by my sins.
I don't expect you to forgive me for leaving you this way.
-[sniffles] -I just pray you understand that…
I can't go on ruining your lives anymore. This had to end.
To all of you, I leave my estate, uh, to be divided equally,
and I leave a love deeper than I could ever express.
-Take care of each other. -[sniffles]
[sniffles, crying]
-[sniffles] -[JJ] He deserved it, right?
[Kie] Are you joking?
Of course he deserved it.
[Pope] Never seen anyone blow themselves up like that.
-[JJ] Cross that one off the bucket list. -[Kie] JJ!
[rock music playing faintly]
[JJ] Sucks for Sarah.
Are you okay?
It's not me I'm worried about.
Sarah. Hey, wait, Sarah.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Slow down. Slow down.
You touch me one more freaking time!
We can't keep ignoring each other. Dad wanted us to talk.
When I tell you you are the last person I want to talk to,
I mean it, Rafe.
I know you hate me. I know you hate me.
You tried to kill me.
I know. I know, I know. I know, Sarah. I just--
-Please. No, Sarah, Sarah. -Jeez.
Please! Sarah, please don't leave, okay?
[sighs]
Dad's gone.
And now, it's just… it's you, me, and Wheezie.
What's the point, Rafe? [sniffles]
I know. I know…
I know what I did, okay?
But listen, Sarah, um…
I was only trying to do right by Dad, okay? Everything I…
Everything I ever did was trying to help him, okay?
And you heard… you heard the recording.
He said we should… we should stay together as a family.
It was his dying wish, and he's gone.
And I swear I'm gonna do what I can to make that happen.
I know I can't… I can't change the past, but I'm gonna be different now.
I'm sorry.
["My Lady's on Fire" by Ty Segall playing]
♪ You say you want to cry ♪
♪ But your tears are dry ♪
♪ When I was that way ♪
♪ There's nothing left… ♪
[Sarah] Hey.
Hey.
♪ Nothing left to say ♪
♪ There's nothing left to say ♪
[softly] I'm sorry. [sniffling]
I'm sorry you had to see that.
The way you looked…
You looked almost… [sniffles]
…glad.
I… [sighs]
I saw you.
Sarah, he killed my dad.
[sighs] I just think too much has happened.
[sniffles]
What does that mean?
[sniffling]
I just thought, of all people…
you would understand…
[sniffles] …what it was like losing a dad.
And I needed you.
[crying] I just think
it's too complicated.
No, it's… it's not. It's not too complicated
[Sarah] It is for me.
I think I need to go.
Sorry. I… I shouldn't have come. [sniffles]
Hey.
Sarah. Hey.
No, no. Look. Hey. Hey. It's okay.
It's okay.
Just talk to me. Please.
[softly] I'm sorry.
Please don't.
I don't want it back.
Sometimes, some things just aren't meant to be.
["Montezuma" by Fleet Foxes playing]
♪ So now I am older ♪
♪ Than my mother and father ♪
♪ When they had their daughter ♪
♪ Now what does that say about me? ♪
♪ Oh, how could I dream of ♪
♪ Such a selfless and true love? ♪
♪ Could I wash my hands of ♪
♪ Just looking out for me? ♪
♪ Oh man, what I used to be Oh man, what I used to be ♪
♪ Montezuma to Tripoli Oh man, oh my, oh me ♪
[dog barking]
-[Sarah whispers] Hey. -Sarah, hey!
I'm so sorry. Can I stay again?
Yeah, of course, of course. Uh…
I'll be right down.
["Intro" by The xx playing]
[sighs]
[Topper] It's totally cool.
Seriously, you can stay as long as you need. Okay?
[weakly] Thank you. I just can't go home.
I can't imagine what you're going through.
Alrighty, yeah.
I just can't believe he's gone.
[Topper] Look,
Ward wasn't, you know, perfect by any means, but, um…
you know, he… he was still your dad.
I think it's… it's probably hard to be
just simple and happy now.
[sighs, sniffles]
Nothing feels simple.
Um…
[clicks tongue]
-I got school tomorrow, but-- -Yeah, I'm sorry.
No, no, no. I was gonna say there's the bonfire afterward if you want to go.
Do you remember? [chuckles]
-Oh, that's tomorrow? -That's tomorrow.
-Remember the bonfire, the annual bonfire? -[sniffles] Yeah.
We could, uh… take the Malibu.
-Couple mai tais, you know. -[laughs]
Shotgun a few beers.
[both laughing]
Uh, I think it'd be good for you to just kinda get your mind off things
if you're down.
I'll think about it.
-Maybe. -[Topper] Okay.
Okay, cool. Well, um… get some sleep
and let me know if you need anything, okay?
Uh, yeah, I will. Good night.
I don't get it.
[rock music playing faintly]
I don't.
[sighs] Love is five minutes of pleasure for a lifetime of pain.
Wow.
[John B] So okay, you and Kie. What's going on? Talk to me.
[Pope] Um…
[sniffles] Well… she just wants to be friends.
[sighs] Death blow.
Oh no. I'm sorry, man.
I… I didn't even see it coming.
[sighs]
-Hot potato, hot potato, hot potato two! -[beer hisses]
-Impressive catch. -[Pope] Oh!
-Oh! He shoots! -[John B] I need another one.
-[JJ] One, two. -[Kie] Hey.
-I'll take that. -[JJ] All right.
What are you guys doing down here? Having a good cry?
[Pope] Cry?
Cry? What are you talking-- We don't cry.
You know it's not your fault, right?
-You think she'll come around? -Yeah, dude. She's one of us.
Hmm.
Sarah's a Pogue.
She'll come around. Yep. You know, she'll come back to me. Right.
You know, I was just thinking about it. I'm gonna do a backflip.
-You're lying. -[John B] I won't do it?
-You won't. -You got any money?
-Hold my beer that you already dropped. -[Pope] I wanna see you do it!
[group screams]
[shouts]
-[JJ] Yeah! -[Kie] Yeah!
[JJ] That's my boy!
-[John B] Woogity-woogity, baby! -[Kie] John B!
[Limbrey] Gotta hand it to those dirtbag kids… [chuckles]
…switching the key like that.
We only saw a drawing. We couldn't have known.
[sighs] Stop making excuses.
-I think they still got the key. -[coughs]
Of course they still have their key. They're probably searching for the cross--
[coughing, wheezing]
As we sit here wasting time.
Maybe they've already found it.
[continues coughing, wheezing]
[dramatic music playing]
[gulps, coughs] I want you to get your friends,
the ones that you served with.
I understand.
How could you possibly… how could you possibly understand?
I'm dying.
I will give you whatever you want, whatever resources you need,
whatever means necessary.
Isn't that what you and your…your friends say?
I'll get it done.
["Too Young to Burn" by Sonny & the Sunsets playing]
[Pope] Hey. We gotta go to school, man.
We have a geometry test in 30 minutes.
Get up! JJ!
-Is he alive? -I don't know.
-[Pope] JJ. Get your shoes. -What are you doing today?
-Hey, Kie. We're going this way. -Um… I will meet up with you guys later.
-[JJ] I'm starving. I need some pizza. -No, you missed breakfast.
Okay. I got it. I got it!
♪ When I was just a kid, they said ♪
♪ "Kid, don’t you cry" ♪
♪ I am older now ♪
♪ I say… ♪
-[Pope] Come on. -[school bell rings]
Let's go. Up and at 'em, boys.
♪ Every tear rolling down ♪
♪ Is a lesson learned… ♪
-[teacher] Glad you could join us. -It's good to be back.
[teacher] Just in time for your first quiz.
-[whispers] A test? -[whispers] I told you we had a test.
-No, you didn't. -The first thing I said to you--
-[teacher clears throat] -[girl] Psst. John B.
♪ Too young to burn ♪
♪ Too young, too young ♪
♪ Too young to burn ♪
[thumping]
♪ Too young, too young ♪
[JJ] Bonfire?
Well, I think she meant to give it to me, so we're all good there. We're going.
Mr. Heyward, Mr. Routledge, Mr. Maybank, just the men I wanted to see.
Wish I could say the same.
I have a question of an historical nature for you gentlemen.
I digitize documents for the Maritime Museum,
and in return, I've been given access to the archives.
And I found… this.
-[Pope] A box. -More than a box.
[Pope] That's a good start.
Go ahead, Mr. Heyward.
Uh… careful with that.
-[Pope] Whoa. -[teacher] It's a diary.
The author's unknown.
Whoa.
And this is a sample of a Denmark Tanny letter.
Compare the handwriting.
[Pope] No way.
[teacher] It's nearly identical.
This is Denmark Tanny's diary.
Guys, it's Captain Limbrey.
August 6th, 1829.
That's the year the Royal Merchant went down.
-I thought you might find it interesting. -Thank you so much for this.
It's important to know your own history.
[mysterious instrumental music playing]
Oh my God.
It's the Cross of Santo Domingo.
Holy shit.
[Pope] It was on the Royal Merchant.
[Renfield] Don't miss.
[chuckles] I like the hat.
You know I gotta represent for the cousins.
-Good to see you, Ren. -God!
I was hoping you wouldn't be here, Travis.
-You're shit out of luck then. [laughs] -You must want something.
Job opportunity. Nothing complicated.
Oh. It's your rich aunt, huh?
-Half sister. You know the story. -Yeah, you only told us a thousand times.
She's gonna die.
All's I got to do is wait for her to knock off.
Now, I need some help. Easy money.
Might even be a bonus in it for you.
You in or not?
[Travis] What do you think?
[ominous music playing]
I can't find the account numbers. They're not anywhere.
[clears throat]
The account numbers? Uh…
I think it's Hank at Coastal.
-No, Hank-- -It should be.
The Swiss accounts, Rafe. The gold.
Ward didn't leave anything behind. There's no record of it.
I talked to the banks. I've searched the computer. There's nothing.
Can't you call? I don't understand.
Call who, Rafe?
We don't know the bank, and there's no name on the account.
What don't you get? There's no record of it.
[softly] Oh my God.
All right, well, I mean, there's… there's gotta be something.
I have looked everywhere!
We're gonna find the gold, okay?
All right? We'll find it.
In the meantime, I mean, we still have Cameron Development.
I'll step in. I'll do the job, all right? It's gonna be okay.
No, we don't have Cameron Development. It's not gonna be okay.
What?
[Rose] Cameron Development is in debt. The banks called in the loans.
Hey, why do you think your dad was doing the things he was doing?
Rafe, hey, we have to get the gold.
-You're kidding. Okay? -I'm not--
It cannot be that bad, all right?
We have one month to come up with $1.7 million.
-[gasps] -[Rafe breathing heavily]
[Rose] Hey, don't you freak out on me.
Rafe.
Hey, Rafe!
Fuck!
[screams]
[Pope] Guys, this is from Denmark's diary.
"August 15th, set sail from Port-au-Prince on calm seas."
"Came upon the Spanish ship San Jose on fire."
"The entire deck was aflame."
"And we could hear the screams of men trapped below."
"The Spanish captain cared about only one thing,
his valuable cargo, the Cross of Santo Domingo
and countless bars of gold."
"Once the cargo was on board, we went to help the crew,
but Captain Limbrey ordered us to pull bayonets
and not to let any of the Spanish crew on board."
"He robbed them
and left them to die."
-So it didn't go down off Bermuda. -And it was a Limbrey stealing shit again.
This diary proves that both the gold
and the Cross of Santo Domingo were on the Royal Merchant.
[JJ] Why didn't we find it in the well then?
I mean, if Denmark was able to get this, like, bedazzled cross
off of the Merchant to shore, why didn't he just hide it with the gold?
-Because it was too big. -[Pope] You're right.
He had to hide it someplace else.
[Kie] But where?
[Pope] Right before he was hung,
Denmark said he'd buried the treasure at the foot of the angel.
-[JJ] I thought this was about the key. -[Kie] Right. So what's the connection?
"The path to the tomb begins in the island room."
But what is the island room?
You know what helps me figure shit out?
[John B] Oh boy. Here we go.
Smoking beers and drinking weed.
The ideas just pour out of me.
If we just sit here and try to figure this out,
we're gonna get nowhere.
But if we get creative and go to this bonfire tonight,
maybe we get somewhere.
Well, I just got disowned by my parents,
and I'm an official member of the I-have-nothing-to-lose club.
[JJ] Pope?
[Pope] We're so close.
Look, look, think about how much you could think
if you just gave your brain a rest.
-Oh. -Okay, fine.
[Kie] Okay, great!
Okay, wait. We gotta shotgun before we go.
[John B] The bonfire, an Outer Banks tradition.
[dance music playing]
-It was the same weekend every year. -[cheering]
Everyone went.
And I mean everyone.
After finding a fortune and losing it
and sort of being a fugitive, it felt good to be back. [chuckles]
[Pope] Look, I'm just saying that if you talk to your parents, you know,
and, like, actually let them talk, and listen, maybe they'd let you back.
Okay, I feel like you're not listening to me. You sound like my dad.
Oh my God, I missed you so much.
It's classic, you know? She kicks me out because I tell the truth.
Right.
-[John B] She's like, "That's it." -[JJ] I know.
But, dude, her father blew up right in front of her.
Just give her a minute, all right?
In the meantime, shotgun right now. Like old days--
-[girl] Hey, derelicts! -Whoa!
Hey, there she is.
That's you. I'm out of here.
-Good night. -[girl laughing]
[JJ] That was…
Hi.
Hey.
I thought you might be afraid to show up.
Yeah, yeah, no, uh, super afraid, um…
-Shotgun? -Mm-mm.
You weren't afraid of my germs last year.
Sarah, you know what you need? You need a drink.
All right, let's get you a drink.
-Oh! They got mai tais. Come on. -[both laughing]
-I don't know. -Come on. Let's just have a good night.
-Come on. -Yeah.
Something to kind of take the edge off.
-Cheers. -Cheers.
Cheers to just a… just a normal, fun night.
-Yeah. -[chuckles]
-[girl] I like your shirt. -[John B] Oh! Thank you.
[choking, coughing]
[Topper] You okay?
I really do too.
Okay, first, you need to tell me who broke up with who.
It's, uh… it's complicated.
-Yeah? -Yeah.
"Complicated." That means you got rejected. [laughing]
[laughing]
[Topper] You okay?
Yeah, I'm fine. Yeah, yeah. Um, this--
[Topper] You finish it?
Mmm.
Ah.
[chuckling] You good?
Yeah, I need another one.
-You want another one? -Yeah.
It's that kind of night. All right. [laughs]
[girl] I know. It sucks.
But how are you doing?
-Um… -[Topper] You good?
-Yeah. -[Topper] All right.
Let's just check out this party.
-Let's go. -Yeah.
No, look, it's… it's just… I… I felt like it was different.
And I don't… I don't know. I just-- I don't… I don't feel like it's over.
Well,
I know that's how everyone feels when they get dumped.
Trust me. [laughs]
Anyways, it's over.
Sarah Cameron does this to every guy.
Hmm?
And you know,
the best way to move on from the ex-girl…
Um…
-I'll be right back. -[girl] Okay.
["Heybb!" by binki playing]
♪ Hey, baby You got me feelin' punch-drunk crazy ♪
♪ It's everything I want, not maybe… ♪
Sarah, I got nothing against him, all right? I really don't.
I just-- I didn't feel like you belonged with him, right?
And I… I… I knew you thought you were close.
Yeah, I thought so.
You're… you're… you're too damn trusting.
You're just gonna get hurt.
I just-- I don't think they feel things in the same way that we do.
[laughs] Um…
You know what I think?
I think we should have a good time tonight.
And I wanna dance.
-Let's dance. [laughing] Let's dance! -[laughing]
-There it is. -What are you doing?
Spin around.
[Sarah and Topper laughing]
[Topper] It just… just feels like old times, you know?
It's just… it's just you and me. We're just…
Listen, Sarah, I don't wanna freak you out after everything you've been through--
What could possibly freak me out any more than what I've been through?
I just don't want you to forget we had something too.
-[chuckling] Sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. -Oh! Oh, um… [clears throat]
-I'm sorry. -I'm sorry. I, uh…
-Yeah. One… one too many mai tais. -No. It's just-- No, no, it's just--
Look, it's… it's just a little soon.
-Cheers. Cheers -Cheers.
[Topper] It's all good. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
-It's fine. -I promised them a shotgun.
-Yeah. Go do that. -[Topper] I'll see you in a second.
["Under My Tongue" by Katastro playing]
♪ I think you got a problem Everybody's got 'em ♪
♪ But nothin' ever goes your way ♪
[girl] John B!
♪ Just feel the anthem Come under your tongue ♪
♪ We'll have everyone jumpin' When they don't even know your name ♪
♪ You've been low But there's more… ♪
We haven't done this in a while.
Sancho.
Hi! You gonna introduce me to your friend?
What are you doing here?
Same thing you're doing here it looks like.
-Hey, Top! -Hey, Sarah.
Hey, I think we should go.
I don't know what you mean. I think we're just getting started.
-Good idea. You should go, Sarah. -Did I ask you?
You don't own everything, princess. You aren't even together.
-Why are you still talking? -Relax!
-Have a little respect! Her dad just died! -Shut up, Kook! Back off!
-[Topper] What's your problem? -[girl] Respect?
She's a real gem.
What am I to you, huh? Am I just another one? Like that?
She just another groupie that you're gonna collect?
Did… did I mean anything to you? Did you… did you tell her?
-You wanna start shit right now? -Do I wanna start some shit?
Come on, John B. Kick his ass!
-They all know what happened last time. -Just get out! Just go!
-[Topper] I'll beat your ass. -Get out of here!
-He started it, Sarah. -Don't even think about it.
-Hey, she don't want you anymore, bro. -Shut the hell up!
What you gonna do, John B, kill me like you killed Sheriff Peterkin?
-Do something! -[crowd screaming, shouting]
[John B] Sarah, Sarah.
-[boy] Get him! -Stop! Stop!
-[girl 2] Do they ever not cause problems? -What the hell?
[boy 2] Suck on this! Piece of shit!
Move! Move!
-Get off! [grunts] -[Sarah screams]
Sarah! [grunts]
-Move, bitch! What's your problem? -[girl] Hey, what the hell?
[Kie] You all right?
Whose side are you on?
[Kie] She's my friend.
[girl] You belong with us!
Remember what happened on the beach? Do you wanna go through that again?
-Hey! -[Kie] Guys, let's go!
-[Pope] JJ! -Get the hell off of him!
[Kie] Stop doing this!
[JJ] Get off of him!
-[Kie] It's not worth it! -[grunting, groaning]
We gotta get out of here! Come on!
-You good? You good? All right. -[John B] I'm good.
-[boy 3] Get out of here, Pogue! -[Pope] Kie, let's go!
[girl] John B!
[girl 3] Go back to the Cut.
-[boy 4] Come on. Break it up. -[girl 4] Move, bitch!
-[girl 5] Stop it! -[boy 4] Hey, hey, break it up.
[groans, burps]
[grunts] Well, that was a little unexpected.
Was it?
Couldn't just have one night without some shit going on.
I mean, these Pogues, they just… they… they need to make up reasons
for why they don't have nice things. That's all I can come up with.
Hey, maybe she'll come around.
I get it's exciting and all,
the Pogue life, the adventure, but…
well, after a while, you just wanna live a normal life.
Yeah. [sniffles]
It's like everything that happened to us didn't matter.
You can't say… [sniffles]
…you care about someone
and then treat them like that…
and move on in a day.
[sighs]
[Pope] I've had more black eyes in the last month than I've ever had.
That was building up for years. Rumble in the jungle.
Ah!
Hey, did you really stick up for Sarah?
Of course I did.
She's not a real Kook.
[John B] Right.
Yeah, tell that to Topper.
-I just want one bite. That… Mmm. -What are you doing? No, stop!
[JJ] You're not having any of mine.
-[John B] I thought you were gonna share. -[Kie] I spent my money on that.
-Sixteen years in most federal prisons. -[Kie] I'm stealing your marshmallow.
[Pope] I believe that's a… not even a fair trade.
-[Kie] It's not at all. Not even close. -Yeah.
Hey, hey. [shushes]
[rustling]
Somebody's here.
[dramatic music playing]
[Kie] You don't think that Topper would…
[JJ] I wouldn't put it past him.
Do you have your gun?
-Oh, now she wants the gun. -Oh, now you don't have the gun?
-[JJ] No. -Isn't that your "secret" weapon?
-[John B] Shut up. -Jesus.
-[JJ] Goddamn, now she wants the gun. -Hey, who's out there?
You Kooks better not try anything.
[JJ] Who's there?
-[Renfield] How y'all doing? -It's this piece of shit.
-You gotta be kidding me. -Lovely evening we're having.
Look, I, uh… I don't hold a grudge with any of y'all, all right?
But this can go hard,
or this can go easy.
You know what I'm here for.
Let me give you a little demonstration. You see that swing?
I got the best bow hunters in the Army Rangers with me.
-Yeah? Mm-hmm. -Hidden.
-[whistles] -[whizzes]
Now, they're out there.
They'll stick you just as soon as I say so.
-[whistles] -[whizzes]
Uh, uh, uh.
We clear?
Now, I'm not gonna give you a countdown or any bullshit like that.
I'm just gonna whistle.
-[softly] No. -Oh.
This key belongs to my family.
[laughs] I'm losing my patience with you, Pope.
Did the right thing, kid.
Knowing when you don't have a choice is an underappreciated talent.
You be safe.
Easy there.
[panting]
Y'all have a good night.
[Renfield whistles]
I'm so sick of this shit.
[breathing heavily]
It's all good. It's all good.
[inhales deeply]
All right, all right. Just one.
[inhales sharply]
[snorts, exhales]
That's not gonna solve anything.
How would you know? [inhales]
Huh?
You've got a problem, Rafe.
[inhales sharply]
[exhales, snorts]
-What are you doing? Give it back to me. -No.
-Give it back. -Ow!
Give it to me.
You know what my problem is?
I got a stepmother who lies to me.
You think I'm stupid, huh?
You think… you think I believe that line of shit
about how you can't find the gold?
[exhales deeply, chuckles]
[sniffles] Listen, admit it, Rose.
Admit it.
You know where the gold is, right?
-Rafe, stop. -Okay. You know where the gold is.
[Rose] Stop.
And you just wanna keep it for yourself, right?
You do. Yeah.
[Rose] Don't touch me.
[Rafe] Yeah.
[Rose] If anyone should be paranoid, it's me.
You were the one that was in the Bahamas with Ward.
You were married to him.
I mean, I'm living under the same roof as a thief!
[Rose] What are you gonna do, Rafe?
He never trusted you.
Ugh. Even when you were little, you were always slithering around…
always sucking up.
[grunting, groaning]
-Try it again. -[knock at door]
[knocks at door]
[knocking at door]
[exhales deeply]
Hi. You must be Rafe.
You look a lot like your father.
I'm Carla Limbrey.
-Can I help you? -[Limbrey] Yes.
I'd like to see the island room.
[thunder rumbles]
[grunts] I'll get your bike for you, Sarah.
I don't know. I really… really don't like you going in there
after what happened last time.
Look, I just need to grab some clothes and check on Wheezie.
Okay.
Wait. Why is the door open? Wheeze!
-Hey, you'll pick me up tonight, right? -Um…
Tonight? Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, whatever you need.
-[Sarah] Cool. -Cool.
Thank you…
for everything.
You're a great guy, Top.
-I was hoping you'd notice by now, Sarah. -[laughing] Stop.
I'm not too bad, all right?
-All right, I'll see you later. -All right. Yeah, yeah. Drive safe.
[Topper] All right.
[suspenseful music playing]
[vehicle engine starting]
Wheeze!
[vehicle departing]
Wheezie?
Hello?
Where is everyone?
[breathing heavily]
Hello?
Oh my God!
[gasps]
[chuckles]
[upbeat reggae music playing]