Synopsis of 2×09: Flint and Miranda discover startling information about Lord Ashe. Eleanor attempts to stop Max and Rackham. Vane and his crew seize the Man-O-War. Rating: ★★★★☆ Tonight’s episode will likely go down as one of the most explosive episodes yet, and that’s saying a lot for Black Sails. After the […]
Black Sails: XVI Recap
Synopsis of 2×08: Flint faces his past when he delivers Abigail home to her father in Charlestown. Rackham and Max make plans to seize the Urca gold and Silver makes a sacrifice to keep his lies. Meanwhile, Vane makes good on his promise for revenge. Rating: ????? Abigail is dealing with […]
Black Sails: XV Recap
Synopsis of 2×07: Silver turns the tables on Flint, striking a deal with Max. Hornigold looses support while Flint gains an unlikely ally. Eleanor makes a critical decision. Rating: ????? Eleanor is in far over her head, as she attempts to steal Abigail from under Vane’s nose. It does not look like […]
Black Sails: XIV Recap
Synopsis of 2×06: Flint and Miranda share their past with Eleanor and Vane. Rackham encounters a difficult situation while out at sea. Max deals with the fallout of Anne’s betrayal by Rackham. Rating: ★★★☆☆ Picking up immediately where the last episode left off, Vane and Flint are having an all out brawl as […]
Black Sails: XIII Recap
Synopsis for 2×05: Miranda confronts Flint. Flint’s past relationships come to light. Rackham makes a bold decision concerning Anne. Rating: ★★★☆☆ After Flint’s crucial decision last week, he begins bombing the fort with his Spanish warship’s mighty guns. Her guns mercilessly lay siege to the fort, destroying large sections of the […]
Black Sails: XII Recap
Synopsis of 2×04: Flint threatens Vane while Eleanor plays mediator. Rackham and Max compete for Anne’s heart and Hornigold questions Flint’s end goals. Rating: ★★★★☆ Vane is not a happy man as the episode opens. His anger is fueled by Flint’s presentation of demands to vacate the fort or prepare to be […]
Black Sails: XI Recap
Synopsis of 2×03: Flint and Hornigold team up. Vane deals with Lowe and Rackham regains his reputation. Eleanor makes a crucial decision. Rating: ★★★☆☆ In a more politically geared episode, episode XI of Black Sails sees many relationships mended or created, while others are broken or destroyed in the never ending cycle to […]
Black Sails: X Recap
Synopsis of 2×01: Flint gives Dufresne some advice. Silver must make himself indispensable. Eleanor is asked to depose a captain. Rackham gets ambitious. Rating: ????? Billy Bones is back! In a welcoming return, what appears to be a very disheveled Billy washes up on a beach where he is rudely greeted by the […]
Black Sails: IX Recap
Synopsis of (2×01): Flint tries to regain some sort of power over his crew. Nassau has a new, violent captain that faces off with the likes of Eleanor Gunthrie. Rating: ★★★★☆ STARZ’s Black Sails kicked it into high gear in the season premiere tonight. There’s a new captain on the waters, and […]
A First Look at Black Sails
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdthyoQ1A20] I’ve had an eye on Black Sails since San Diego Comic Con last year – thanks for making me watch the preview at the booth to get a bandana, Starz! My initial impression of the pilot is that this would be the Pirates of the Caribbean movies if all […]