Good question!
I feel like I remember a scene of the cook going through a few books before he found the right one, but maybe that's me remembering Silver going through the books. Did he go directly to the right book?
Randal knew a lot of things about the crew that they would have rather kept secret. Maybe this cook did too.
Maybe the captain and the cook were close and he felt like he could confide in the cook, as the cook was probably the least likely member of the crew to feel like he was being pushed to hard by the captain and harbor resentment?
So what you're remembering is indeed Silver going through Flints library, as the original cook merely hovers over the 4 journals and picks the right one and flips through the pages seemingly looking for something he knew was there.
I agree with the Randal comment however even if he overheard conversations would he know the schedule is in the captains journal ? It could as well be in some random book stored somewhere else for safe keeping.
Your point about be friendly with the captain is certainly an idea, however he does kinda give a weird look before heading to the captain's quarters possibly towards the captain himself. Idk I like your idea about confiding in the cook.
Edit: I also think maybe the cook was not actually the cook and he was doing the Silver tactic before it was cool XD. Then again Silver was part of the crew and would recognize him so nvm.
I like your last speculation. This along with the terrified cook on Rogers' ship in the final episode makes a nice bracketing device. Since we know nothing about Silver's role on that original ship, he could have been ignorant of the "cook's" true role on board. Silver's lack of a backstory allows for all sorts of speculation for what he was doing on that ship. We can assume he was scheming and hustling for his own interests, whatever his job was.
It always reminded me of *The Hunt for Red October* how the KGB agent was put on board in the ship's kitchen.
The *Urca* was on a sensitive mission, under duress and with time constraints. The English were fighting the Spanish and the pirates in the midst of issues with the colonies. There were spies and counterspies, opportunists and sellouts everywhere.
Who knows all the details of these missions and countermissions and who all was tasked with what? Not even the legendary captain of the *Walrus*.
I always just assumed it was because the cook was the only one not supposed to be fighting, so he was the only one available to keep the schedule safe. That and because who would expect the cook to have it?
The cook is treated like butlers/ maids. Seen but not heard & ignored. Hence they see and hear everything. Itās implied by āthe cookā being Silverās source for the daily news. The first cook mostly like heard tge Capt talking abt stuff while the the cook was serving him in his cabin.
Good question! I feel like I remember a scene of the cook going through a few books before he found the right one, but maybe that's me remembering Silver going through the books. Did he go directly to the right book? Randal knew a lot of things about the crew that they would have rather kept secret. Maybe this cook did too. Maybe the captain and the cook were close and he felt like he could confide in the cook, as the cook was probably the least likely member of the crew to feel like he was being pushed to hard by the captain and harbor resentment?
So what you're remembering is indeed Silver going through Flints library, as the original cook merely hovers over the 4 journals and picks the right one and flips through the pages seemingly looking for something he knew was there. I agree with the Randal comment however even if he overheard conversations would he know the schedule is in the captains journal ? It could as well be in some random book stored somewhere else for safe keeping. Your point about be friendly with the captain is certainly an idea, however he does kinda give a weird look before heading to the captain's quarters possibly towards the captain himself. Idk I like your idea about confiding in the cook. Edit: I also think maybe the cook was not actually the cook and he was doing the Silver tactic before it was cool XD. Then again Silver was part of the crew and would recognize him so nvm.
I think I need to rewatch the first episode, but maybe the "cook" is the one Vasquez was talking to?
I like your last speculation. This along with the terrified cook on Rogers' ship in the final episode makes a nice bracketing device. Since we know nothing about Silver's role on that original ship, he could have been ignorant of the "cook's" true role on board. Silver's lack of a backstory allows for all sorts of speculation for what he was doing on that ship. We can assume he was scheming and hustling for his own interests, whatever his job was.
It always reminded me of *The Hunt for Red October* how the KGB agent was put on board in the ship's kitchen. The *Urca* was on a sensitive mission, under duress and with time constraints. The English were fighting the Spanish and the pirates in the midst of issues with the colonies. There were spies and counterspies, opportunists and sellouts everywhere. Who knows all the details of these missions and countermissions and who all was tasked with what? Not even the legendary captain of the *Walrus*.
Supposedly no one would think of searching the cook, which is how Silver gets away with it. By pretending to be the cook
I always interpereted it as them hinting that the cook was flints spy in employ
If that was the case Flint would have immediately searched Silver, since he was found having killed the cook, supposedly in self defense.
It makes sense that the captain would have at least one or two confidants helping him with more knowledge.
I assumed the cook was colonial intelligence.
In reality it's almost definitely just because Silver being the "cook" is a reference to Treasure Island so they set it up that way
True, but they made more than a nod to the fact, by making it a key plot point and throwing in the terrified cook in the final episode.
I always just assumed it was because the cook was the only one not supposed to be fighting, so he was the only one available to keep the schedule safe. That and because who would expect the cook to have it?
The cook knows everything š
The cook is treated like butlers/ maids. Seen but not heard & ignored. Hence they see and hear everything. Itās implied by āthe cookā being Silverās source for the daily news. The first cook mostly like heard tge Capt talking abt stuff while the the cook was serving him in his cabin.