Red Sails – Episode 9

In the nineteenth-century South China Sea, smuggler Captain Thomas Mercer is captured by pirate warlord Wei after claiming his opium cargo sank with his ship. Bound to a magistrate’s chair and pressed to reveal the truth, Thomas holds his nerve while his battered crew risks everything to rescue him. But the cargo is still intact, and a marked chart points toward a hidden anchorage behind the last island—where armed enemies and a dangerous reckoning await.

Episode 9: After catching a runaway chicken, Peter presses Thomas to divide the silver. Thomas insists they sell the whole cargo in India, pay food and repairs first, and record every expense before a shared meal gives way to storm clouds ahead.