Storming mad.
Warning: Full spoilers for the episode below.
Black Sails spared no expense for its twentieth chapter, taking Flint and his devoted crew into the heart of a brutal ship-wrecking tempest. All to avoid capture by Hornigold, with the added tension of Flint's crew actually having been offered full pardons for their crimes, but riding into the storm anyhow because of Flint's sweeping speech of madness. One that Silver even soon regretted getting caught under the spell of.
We've seen sea battles, land battles, and sea-to-land conflict, but this was Sails' first big experience with destructive weather. And it was pretty damn impressive. Watching Flint sacrifice his own men, in that particular regretful-yet-cold manner that we know only he can project. But then also watching him tie himself to the wheel of the ship during the most dangerous part of the journey while his crew took shelter below deck. So there was a lot of give and take here. And seeing Billy react to things helped layer the process even more given what Flint once did to him.
Sails' has had several non-essential characters come and go, but - damn - a good death is a good death. Muldoon's tragic drowning was very effective. From him expressing his gratitude toward Silver, on behalf of himself and the entire crew, to his hopefulness in the face of an agonizing demise, the entire bit with him and Silver down below was very well done. In particular, the way that it worked to craft and shape Silver. A character who's already so changed and altered from who he was at the start of the series.
And now that the ship is lost at sea, with no water and very little food, it'll be time to see how everyone holds up. How quickly the crew's allegiance to Flint will crumble. Or, to that end, the loyalty of Billy and Silver. Rough times lie ahead and I have no real idea how anyone's getting back to Nassau. Or what Flint's haunting dreams mean. The ones of Miranda, the abandoned cabin, the mystery hatch, and the dark figure. I think I could make out her lips saying "Help us" and "Come with me," but I'm just guessing.
Back on Nassau though, things got interesting when Blackbeard finally reunited with Vane. A meeting made more meaningful with us having learned the back history of the both of them during Eleanor's discussion with Woodes. Vane, the former apprentice who betrayed his mentor due to a woman. Eleanor, in fact. In an ultimate power play to get Teach off the island. And I really like how the show is treating Blackbeard's overall presence.
Teach isn't a psychotic thug like Low, but more of an old, influential lover come back to turn new partnerships and allegiances to rot. And while that doesn't mean we won't get to see him throw down at some point and get savage, right now he's playing things like a disapproving professor. Still, his arrival was enough to make Jack instantly reconsider Max's plan to exchange a lot of the gold for easier to hide, and transport, materials and goods.
The Verdict
Black Sails gave us one hell of a ride in its second episode of the season. A big stunt spectacular featuring a ton of action, harsh water, crippling tragedy, and even a wide FX shot of several ocean tornados/waterspouts. All possibly even feeding into the old legends and myths about the Bermuda Triangle (as the crew found themselves somewhere in the Sargasso at the end).
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