Black Sails - Starz Pirate TV Show

last episode (with it's major character killing) and the final payoff of the blackbeard setup was pretty well calculated

Silver absolutely killing it in S3.

Overall this one is a bit more predictable and linear than S2, but still massively entertaining, and the production design, acting and dialogue just keep getting better. They've even toned down the previously hugely annoying Max.

I thought the ending of the season was great; they've quite literally set the table for full on game of thrones intrigue and internecine warfare. And we got rid of Raspy Fabio!

just finished s2 ep5

did NOT see THAT coming

which one was that?

Spoliers

When we find out flint is gay

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ohhhhh yeah, that is when true black sails begins imo
like you DON'T see that coming and the way they handle it is super smart and believable and in character and made me trust the writers a lot more

S2>S3 I think. The latter is still great, but the plotting's not as interesting.

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And we got rid of Raspy Fabio!

Am I alone in having liked Charles Vain? His ridiculousness was endearing.

BLACK SAILS!

Definitely the most excited I've been at a season premiere for a while.

... i cancelled my pay cable channels but am planning on doing a month of Starz on amazon to binge this before it ends.

i am caught up on this and love it.

it's sort of the best and i am considering doing the dumb thing and just subscribing now.

last season too btw. guess it never quite caught on.

I was finding this season a bit run of the mill compared to the previous two (a result of watching week by week rather than binging?), but episode 5 was so exciting! bringing the evil Spanish on board was a great idea, really ramping things up. The scene in the Gobernador's office was wonderfully shot.

The latest season is pretty boring, too much wooden expository dialogue and bad acting. Mind you I still watch it! I feel like the revamped, next gen of post-Ragnor Vikings has had an unsteady transition and a dodgy as fuck season, but has actually surpassed this series now.

Anyone still with it? Picked up a lot in the second half of the season. Still hasn't approached the heights of seasons 2 and 3 through really.

Largely because most of the plot developments have been relatively predictable.

gonna start this season soon

prob gonna do the amazon starz subscription when i know i have a dead weekend and binge the last season over a weekend.

get ready for the worst season yet and lots of long boring scenes of expository dialogue, when you start FF'ing past them there isn't a lot else holding it together. That Blackbeard is a tedious character and the start of the end of this series imo

sorry to hear. last two seasons have been aces.

It's a lot better than Calzino says, but still not as good as the last two.

Disappointing finale. The battle was decent (particularly Flint and Billy Bones having it out on the rigging), but overall it seemed rather confused about what it was trying to say/achieve - also fell prey to an unexpected case of happyendingitis.

This has been the first season where the characters' shifting motives, goals and alligiances have felt forced and sometimes inexplicable; a pity as doing that kind of thing well was one of the show's trademarks in previous seasons.

so how did this end up? worth sticking with it and watching the new season?

oh just saw calzino and chaps posts. guess its not worth it?

It has its rewards. Bit of a slog in parts though, and an anticlimactic ending.