John Ridley

Troy calls his wife Darlene from a bunker during a crisis, trying to reassure her while secretly relaying his location and final wishes.

A chilling scene where Master Epps monitors the daily cotton harvest, praising Patsey's high yield while threatening those who fall below their previous day's quota.

Armsby reflects on his fall from grace and the moral toll of being an overseer while Solomon cautiously probes for information about his past.

In the middle of the night, Patsey approaches Solomon with a stolen ring, pleading for him to end her life and dispose of her body in the swamp. Solomon is horrified by the request, leading to a desperate confrontation about faith, mercy, and the unbearable reality of their enslavement.

Colonel Archie Gates confronts his superiors about the hollow victory of the Gulf War and his dissatisfaction with his current assignment.

Two kidnapped men discuss a desperate and violent plan to seize control of a slave ship and sail back to freedom in New York.

Jasper, an enslaved man traveling north, discreetly approaches a free man to express his desperate longing for freedom and his fear of recapture.

Eliza recounts the tragic betrayal of her master's promise of freedom and the loss of the luxury she once shared with her children.

Solomon urges Eliza to suppress her grief to survive, while she challenges his loyalty to their master and the cost of his endurance.