 At the end of the film, they are looking forward to a ride Jack promised them on "Black Pearl", only to find that Barbossa has stolen it, upsetting Jack and making it impossible for him to keep his promise.Lieutenant Commander Theodore Groves, played by Greg Ellis, is a naval officer under Commodore Norrington's command in "The Curse of the Black Pearl".He is present when Jack Sparrow steals "Interceptor" and notes Sparrow's cleverness, saying "That's got to be the best pirate I have ever seen", the opposite of Norrington's oft-stated opinion that Sparrow is "without a doubt the worst pirate I have ever heard of".