Black Sails continues this upcoming Saturday with the second episode of the second season. This episode begins with a surprise return of a character that I wasn't expecting to see ever again. I can't mention who or where the character is, but as soon as you see the rolling credits you will know who I am talking about.
The show continues with the use of flashbacks in its second episode to tell more of Flint's backstory, from how he went from a noble officer to a pirate. At this point Flint's former Captain Thomas Hamilton wants to bring peace to Nassau, and to restore it to its former glory. Hamilton needs a man he can trust so asks Flint for his help in achieving his goal. Flint is skeptical about restoring Nassau because of the overwhelming amount of pirates on the island, but Hamilton believes with Flint by his side he can accomplish it.
Back in the present Flint is continuing with his plan to achieve his goal of getting his captaincy back, with the help of Silver. Flint has two days to get the crew on his side, so you will see this episode Flint offer his services, and council to the current captain Dufrane in a bid to try to manipulate him and the crew to scrap his punishment of being banished. This is all in his push for power once again, but whether Dufrane decides to listen to Flint is a whole other situation. Silver on the other hand is also attempting to win back the crew. He gets given a lot of information that can help him do that, but whether anyone decides to listen to him is an entirely different story.
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Elsewhere, Low's quartermaster, Mr Meeks is having major doubts about his captain. Meeks want's the men to obtain a decent profit, but with Low making deals here and there, and making stupid decisions he fears they won’t be able to do that. With Low's men still listening to his every word, and not truly knowing what is going on Mr Meeks decides to bring it to the attention of Eleanor, and makes a request that leaves her in a familiar situation. Before she can make a decision their conversation is interrupted, before they can resume it Captain Low does something that changes the dynamic of things. He doesn't like to be kept in the dark on anything, more importantly he doesn't like to be threatened. You will see just how mad, and deadly Captain Low can truly be, which forces Eleanor to try to forge an unlikely alliance.
This episode also sees Jack make Anne and Max an interesting proposition, which can change all of their lives for the better. He also discovers something that makes him rather jealous, but his jealously doesn't last long when he decides to put others before himself.
A lot more happens, but that's all I'm going to give you as I don't watch to spoil anything, but below are a few dialogue teasers for you all!
"I don't want to earn money, I don't want to join another crew. If I am being honest I don't want to be on this ship a day longer than is necessary"
"We are in possession of a warship, why would we shy away from a prize"
"What good are your efforts if they yield no spoils"
"Take your men, take your shit, and seek life elsewhere"
"I'm sorry we have had a rough go at it, you and I, but I'm afraid I am enjoying myself way too much"
As always, thank you for reading! You can catch "X" this Saturday 9pm on Starz.
Thanks for the preview Robert. Can't wait. Really enjoyed the premiere.
ReplyDeletebtw: I think you mean Saturday not Sunday he he
No problem, and yes I do. I am from the UK so I watch it on Sunday :)
ReplyDeleteI know you can't confirm it, but the returned character is obviously Billy Bones.
ReplyDeleteSo let's take a stab at those dialogue teasers
"I don't want to earn money, I don't want to join another crew. If I
am being honest I don't want to be on this ship a day longer than is
necessary" - Silver to Flint
"We are in possession of a warship, why would we shy away from a prize" - Dufrense
"What good are your efforts if they yield no spoils" - Meeks to Low
"Take your men, take your shit, and seek life elsewhere" - Elanor to Vane perhaps
"I'm sorry we have had a rough go at it, you and I, but I'm afraid I am enjoying myself way too much" - Anne to Max
Really enjoyed the premiere. I am glad this show is back.
ReplyDeleteLet me make some guesses:
The surprise character returning is Billy Bones.
I think Ned Low will kill Weeks and kill him brutally. That will put a proper scare in Eleanor.
Seeing the madness of Low, Eleanor will form an unlikely alliance with her father? I think she will need his help to counter Low. I am not saying Vane since he is an obvious choice and also the fact that he acted as a dickhead when Eleanor went to see him in the premiere. Like a shortsighted prick, he is happy to be the king of the fort - he doesn't have the foresight that Eleanor has.
Jack discovers Max and Anne ahem bumping uglies. That's what makes him jealous. As to his proposition - new idea to increase their clout on the island? Or does Jack advocate expanding Max's way of selling information?
I like the idea of Max and Anne Bonny as a couple. Thanks for the review, Robert ;-)
ReplyDeleteStarz would have my head if I gave it away. lol.
ReplyDeleteAs for the teasers you got 2/5 correct! The bottom one is very hard to guess as it sounds like its coming from a romantic perspective,but it's not.
I do as well, during season 1 is was pretty obvious they would get together at some point in season 2.
ReplyDeleteI am too, it was a really great premiere, and this episode was just as good. If not better.
ReplyDeleteWOW! I am extremely impressed with your guesses, it's as if you have already watched the episode! Most of them are indeed right, but obviously I cant say which without giving anything away.
The returning character was actually very hard to notice as the person had cuts all over the face, and the angle the camera was positioned at purposely made it very hard to see the actual face. I had to re-watch a dozen times to make sure, but I am pretty confident it's a old character as the story of how that person got their made perfect sense, also the actor/actress name was in the opening credits.
ReplyDeleteJust watched the season 2 premiere and I have to say I enjoyed it and can't wait until episode 2.
ReplyDeleteThe premiere episode was very good, glad you enjoyed it! The second episode is just as good so I am sure you will like it.
ReplyDeleteHeHe!! Thanks. So my arrows in the dark have hit some targets correctly. Good to know. :)
ReplyDeleteOk I just saw the promo for next week, and nearly everything in that was not in the screener I saw, so a lot of things could be different.
ReplyDeleteOh Shit! After seeing the promo,I now think that Low will kill Eleanor's bodyguard from Season 1.That man was quite awesome in S1 protecting Eleanor like a shadow. :(
ReplyDeleteHe was, and I was surprised to see them include in it a promo. Talk about spoilers much. lol.
ReplyDeleteI thought a discussion thread was going to be opened for it. Oh well.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad I wasn't wrong about the returning character as I had my doubts. There is a lot of things they could do with Billy, but we will have to find out where is he first to speculate that.
Ned Low looks like a really scary pirate, I mean he totally lost it. There is stopping point when killing a man, he didn't need to remove the head. I could actually see Vain and Low forming some sort of alliance together so that they can completely take over Nassau, that would be extremely deadly for all citizens if that were to happen.