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Black Sails, Queer Representation, and the Valid Canonicity of Subtext
You Should Read the Republic of Pirates After Watching Black Sails
Black Sails + Halt and Catch Fire
Evangelicals and Captain Flint’s “Dragons” Speech in Black Sails
Black Sails is a television show about queer wrath, and if you weren’t already aware of this fact, I can…
Black Sails + Halt and Catch Fire
by Elizabeth Minkel Given the open-ended prompt of “can you write and/or talk about greatest show of all time Black…
You Should Read The Republic of Pirates After Watching Black Sails
For those fans who become interested in historical pirate history because of Black Sails, The Republic of Pirates by Colin Woodard…
Black Sails, Queer Representation, and the Valid Canonicity of Subtext
by Char Q There are a multitude of reasons to love Black Sails and to proclaim it “the best show…
Theology and Black Sails
Little known fact about me: I went to seminary! I love thinking about the theological messages that are implicit and…
Black Sails Season 4 Episode 10 Review – XXXVIII
Flint makes one last push to topple England. Silver seals his fate. Rackham confronts Rogers. Nassau is changed forever. (Summary…
Black Sails Season 4 Episode 9 Review – XXXVII
Silver and his men hunt for Flint on Skeleton Island. Madi is made an offer. Rogers struggles to hear Eleanor.…
Black Sails Season 4 Episode 8 Review – XXXVI
A rescue plan threatens to divide Flint and Silver. Max learns the true price of freedom. Rackham seeks his prey.…
Black Sails Season 4 Episode 7 Review – XXXV
Flint urges caution on an enraged Silver. Max leads Rackham and Bonny up river. Billy finds a survivor. Rogers learns…
Black Sails Season 4 Episode 6 Review – XXXIV
Nassau is delivered. Silver makes a painful amends. Flint and Madi are separated. Rogers searches for Eleanor. (Summary provided by starz.com)…
Black Sails Season 4 Episode 5 Review – XXXIII
Silver takes Flint’s life in his hands. Billy drives a wedge. Eleanor risks everything. Rogers makes a stunning appeal. (Summary…
Black Sails Season 4 Episode 4 Review – XXXII
Violence engulfs Nassau. Silver demands answers from Billy. Eleanor comes to Max’s aid. Bonny and Rackham endure hell. (Summary provided…
Black Sails Season 4 Episode 3 Review – XXXI
Max runs afoul of the law. Rogers reckons with his past. Flint and Madi reach an understanding. Long John Silver…
Black Sails Season 4 Episode 2 Review – XXX
Flint acedes to Billy’s authority. Eleanor has a plan for Rogers. Silver seeks help from an unlikely source. Max is…
Black Sails Season 4 Episode 1 Review – XXIX
The invasion of Nassau meets with catastrophe. Teach and Rackham seek revenge for the death of Charles Vane. Eleanor adjusts…
Black Sails Season 3 Episode 10 Review – XXVIII
Rogers and his forces come for the pirates. Rackham and Bonny face impossible odds. Silver demands answers from Flint. Billy…
Black Sails Season 3 Episode 9 Review – XXVII
Eleanor puts everything on the line to save Rogers. Billy recruits allies. Flint and Silver prepare for war. (Summary provided…
Black Sails Season 3 Episode 8 Review – XXVI
Rogers comes under attack while moving a prisoner. Violence erupts on the Walrus. Silver and Madi are put to a…
Black Sails Season 3 Episode 7 Review – XXV
Flint and Silver return to Nassau, and a legend is born. A change in terms put Rackham and Bonny in…
Black Sails Season 3 Episode 6 Review – XXIV
Flint challenges Teach over the future of piracy. Rogers makes an arrest. Rackham finds new purpose. Madi comes to Silver’s…
Black Sails Season 3 Episode 5 Review – XXIII
Facing certain death, Silver pushes Flint to take action. Teach shows Vane a way forward. A new threat puts Eleanor…
Black Sails Season 3 Episode 4 Review – XXII
Civilization returns to Nassau, and sets its sights on Vane. Flint, Silver, and Billy encounter a new enemy. Rackham takes…
Black Sails Season 3 Episode 3 Review – XXI
Stranded at sea, Flint pushes Silver to his limit. As Nassau prepares to repel an invasion, Rackham takes the reins,…
Black Sails Season 3 Episode 2 Review – XX
The Walrus crew battles the elements. Teach and Rackham have a disagreement. Rogers and Eleanor set terms for their partnership.…
Black Sails Season 3 Episode 1 Review – XIX
Flint and his crew wage war against the world. Eleanor receives an offer of clemency. Vane objects to Rackham’s methods.…
Black Sails Season 2 Episode 10 Review – XVIII
An unlikely ally comes to Flint’s aid. Vane’s crew wants a change. Silver makes a sacrifice. (Summary provided by starz.com) BEST…
Black Sails Season 2 Episode 9 Review – XVII
Flint and Miranda confront their past. Bonny declares her intents to Rackham. Vane takes a massive prize. Eleanor declares war.…
Black Sails Season 2 Episode 8 Review – XVI
Flint and Miranda prepare for the worst. Silver has his eyes opened. Eleanor discovers Max’s secret. Vane makes his move.…
Black Sails Season 2 Episode 7 Review – XV
Max cleans up after a massacre. News from the outside world changes everything for Flint and Silver. Eleanor risks her…
Black Sails Season 2 Episode 6 Review – XIV
Eleanor brokers a peace. Rackham learns the hard way. Flint breaks a promise. Bonny loses control. (Summary provided by starz.com) BEST…
James and Thomas (Spoilers through Black Sails 205 – XIII)
I’m trying to be as non-spoilery as possible in my episode reviews, but I needed a place to vent all…
Black Sails Season 2 Episode 4 Review – XII
Flint threatens Vane. Eleanor chooses a side. Rackham learns what Max is capable of. Silver reunites with an old friend.…
Black Sails Season 2 Episode 3 Review – XI
Flint faces a dilemma upon his return to Nassau. Eleanor needs help from an unlikely source. Rackham seeks to repair…
Black Sails Season 2 Episode 2 Review – X
Flint gives Dufresne some advice. Silver must make himself indispensable. Eleanor is asked to depose a captain. Rackham gets ambitious.…
Black Sails Season 2 Episode 1 Review – IX
Flint and Silver face judgment before the crew. Vane enjoys his new position on the island. Max confronts Bonny. Eleanor…
Black Sails Season 1 Episode 8 Review – VIII
The hunt for the Urca is on. Everything changes for Eleanor. Bonny and Rackham’s sins come back to haunt them.…
Black Sails Season 1 Episode 7 Review – VII
Flint tells Gates the truth. Randall puts Silver in a bind. Eleanor suffers a loss. Max comes to Rackham’s aid.…
Black Sails Season 1 Episode 6 Review – VI
The costs of chasing the Andromache continue to mount. Eleanor needs Silver’s help. Billy wants Gates to confront Flint. Bonny…
Black Sails Season 1 Episode 5 Review – V
Flint and the Walrus crew play a deadly chess match on the open sea. Richard forces Eleanor’s hand. Rackham makes…
Black Sails Season 1 Episode 4 Review – IV
An undertaking by the Walrus crew ends in disaster. Silver warns Flint about Billy. Rackham and Bonny try to regain…
Black Sails Season 1 Episode 3 – III
Flint and Gates seek a partner to hunt the Urca d’Lima. Silver helps Billy with a morale problem. Vane impressed…
Black Sails Season 1 Episode 2 – II
“They’re not animals. They’re men starved of hope. If you give them that back, who’s to say what could happen?”
Black Sails Season 1 Episode 1 – I
The once powerful Captain Flint faces mutiny by his own pirate crew. John Silver joins Flint, hiding something of great…
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