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Jenny: Jodie, oh my God; oh my God, Jodie. No matter how many times I watch this episode (and I've watched it a fair few times), I am never emotionally prepared for it. We'll have moments later on where Flint is in an actually darker headspace, but this is the only time that he's just this raw, bleeding wound of a man.

Phew. Okay. I will get my shit together and get us started. In this episode, Charles Vane heads to a logwood settlement to confront his past; Eleanor and Scott deal with the fallout of their mutual betrayals of each other; and Max begins her new life. Silver, meanwhile, finds his place in the Walrus crew in jeopardy thanks to Randall, and Flint tries to keep control of a situation that's rapidly slipping away from him.

SO MUCH PLOT! Where would you like to start?

( Spoilers ahoy )

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Jodie: Anchors away for Episode 6 of our favourite pirate drama, Black Sails.

( Spoilers follow (CW for an early mention of sexual assault) )

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Jodie: So, so, so - I watched Episode 5, and we need to talk about everyone's speeches as soon as you're ready.

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Jenny: Okay, it's episode four and Black Sails is finally, finally setting sail for its shores of magnificence! The Walrus takes a time-out from piracy to perform some important ship maintenance; we learn a very great deal more about Mrs. Barlow's background and her history with Flint; Eleanor does some maneuvering to acquire the guns that Flint needs to go after the Urca; and the Max plotline continues to make me want to maroon the showrunners on an uninhabited island to die of thirst.

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( Anchors away for discussion! (Lots of spoilers ahead.) )

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( Spoilers for Episode 2 )

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Jenny: The fandom newsletter The Rec Center used the words queer and pirates and postcolonial text to describe Black Sails back in June, and I left cartoon dust trails in my wake dashing off to my TV to watch it. Though the first season is notoriously worse and less substantive than the rest of the show, it took approx 30 seconds of run time before I was (DON’T DO IT) (I’m definitely doing it) (JENNY NO) (JENNY YES) …. hooked.

(Get it?)

Months have passed since then, and I have not yet grown tired of talking about Black Sails. Accordingly I badgered the wonderful Jodie into watching it and doing recaps with me -- mainly because I want an excuse to rewatch the show, but also to give myself an outlet for the thinking and reading and talking about this show I wanted to be doing anyway. We’ll be discussing it on an episode-by-episode basis, and we’d love for you to watch along with us!

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Entries tagged with fandom: black sails

Sailing the High Squees - Black Sails, Episode 7

Sailing the High Squees - Black Sails, Episode 6

Sailing the High Squees - Black Sails, Episode 5

Sailing the High Squees - Black Sails, Episode 4

Sailing the High Squees - Black Sails, Episode 3

Sailing the High Squees - Black Sails, Episode 2

Sailing the High Squees - Black Sails, Episode I.

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