Black Sails (TV Series) X. (2015) User Reviews

Great Dialogue Driven Episode

[jablack-42141 · 10/10 · 22 June 2021]

Another great episode of Black Sails. For whatever reason I stopped watching this show for a while, I probably got caught up in another show. But the first episode I come back to immediately pulls me back into this world of pirates. This show tells its story like no other television series I have seen. It's very dialogue heavy but none of it ever feels like filler and whenever action does happen it has meaning, the new pirate in town cuts the head off of one of his crew because he suspects he is a snitch/traitor or maybe he just did it for fun. This scene was actually terrifying, I've seen plenty of decapitation scenes in movies. But the way its played out here in such a realistic fashion, Guthrie comes into the room, the crewmate screaming as his head is being cut off. It was actually hard to watch and had my anxiety up. This is how I knew how invested I was, I can sit and watch Saw and not be scared because of how death and grotesque scenes are treated as no big deal but this show treats its world with care. Also the characters are so incredibly written, which is a must for such a dialogue driven show. Also Season 2's production and the filmmaking has grown since Season 1. It looks very cinematic in a lot of places, you might even mistake this for an HBO show with the quality on display. The only thing that holds this episode back are the flashbacks involving Flint but knowing this show, sitting through those scenes will payoff in the long run. 9/10.

Another glorious day for a broadside

[SuperHelpfulMedic · 3 February 2015]

Ahoy landlubbers, grog blossoms and scalawags. There is much merriment to be had from this week's episode. We open up with an unusual scene which may leave you gloriously happy or happily perplexed.

All is not well in the kingdom - uh, I mean, in the free and democratic land of Flint - uh, I mean, of the Caribbean.

Eleanor learns that swords and dirks may kill a man but words cannot kill jack (as in the expression, not Jack Rackham). Flint and Silver play Game of Thrones Light on a boat and Jack (Rackham this time) and Anne Bonny discover that brothel business can be much more than just rum and women.

Thank god there's no commercials on this show, because each episode finishes faster than a young man's first time with a woman of leisure.

Ahoy!