Yeah I might not have liked that he was going against Flint and Silver in order to do that, but his motivations were still pure. Only thing I don't really like is the intro. He was pretty much constantly giving that speech to his men. They should have had the cannons aimed at the enemy ship and fired them all off as soon as they noticed the fire which really shouldn't be long with people on deck. This is probably the best and deepest line of speech in modern television and Toby Stephens' delivery was exceptional. There are some satisfactions here.
I think his actions are understandable. That is a good insight into those fight scenes. That Flint can give up his dreams in order to have a future with Thomas Hamilton. Rest in peace, my dearest Walrus. Acting is very believable and quite good, especially for Flint pretty bad ass character. Still, in that case it was nonetheless a desperate and stupid choice. Also a rest in peace to my supporting fav, DeGroot, who always felt like one of the most grounded and gruffly likeable characters on the show.
It was an inevitability, set up just long enough ago. Rogers doesn't know that when Flint is in-charge, no one panics whether it be storm or an enemy ship. Some people complain the pace is slow. Are you a fucking coward? Now if he had rebelled way back when he was just on Flint's crew - that I would understand. Because the folk who have the gold are in fact the ones who tell us not to stray from the path. Now Flint has to ask permission, to remind Silver about knives in the back. Joji's fight with Flint was the first time in the entire series I was legitimately concerned for Flint's welfare, and because of sneaky intentional editing, I was having to do a double-take to see if it was Flint or Joji that had gotten stabbed.
The genuine fondness between Flint and Silver was touching, and we've come a long way since Flint threatened to kill him every five minutes! Link flair can be used to add this warning after submission if you forget. But the world is changing, and the story of the pirates still has meaning. And he could stay on the account until the bitter end. Madi has an appropriate rage. It did a masterful job of showing how Eleanor felt betrayed. Black Sails is and will always be favorite tv show. Almost every fight he's been on in the show before this moment has relied on him figuring his way out, which I get goes along with his character, but I just wanted to see him actually go toe to toe with the Governor.
Don't forget the English and Spanish empires were real bastards - conquering, killing, enslaving and torturing; exploiting their own people with horrific labor and living conditions. I'm pretty sure I sing Toby Stephens' praises every week, but it's so utterly deserved. Maybe Billy didn't see any good outcome coming from eternal obedience. I have never loved an inanimate object in a show more. Flint does want his own losses to have meaning. It did feel quite cathartic when Flint saved Silver, but on the other hand, the irony that Flint killed the only person around who was actually loyal to him to save Silver was a gut punch. I really enjoyed the back and forth between the two.
So instead he waged a war against them. The stories we tell make history. The objective part of the ol' brain was 'nah, Flint's didn't get stabbed', but the not-so-objective half was bellowing back, 'are you sure? They tried to wrap it in the works of the magical spell of the island, sailors hearing things and so, but there must have been a plethora of factors and explain a massive negligence like this. I'm expecting Flint to crack before Madi, honestly. By himself, he could not create a pirate empire, but he could create hell for Rogers, much worse than being dragged under a ship. The Maroons — the folk who really needed an uprising, and really would have benefited from one — agree to stand down.
I never knew the man lost his balls, as well as his leg. It's also worth noting that Flint--irrespective of history's record in Black Sails, was a monster. The fire would compromise the cannons but not all of them. Degroot have had to answer for this anyway. Yes, we knew that Thomas was going to be in this episode. We will have been for nothing. They were way more toxic, and I'm happy to have found this group, but even over there, he had some love.
It was like how Joji had the upper hand in the fight with Flint up until the point when they took the tumble and things got turned around to the point where craft wasn't enough to win the fight. Advertisement Jack Rackham is again wearing the yellow coat he first put on to sit in council with Blackbeard. Then the dealing… Who has the chest, who will retrieve the chest, who will carry the chest? We end with Jack Rackham, spinning his stories. A courageous woman with the weight of the world and the pain of her people on her shoulders. One of the smartest and most underappreciated sailors on the show too. So it's not even like he's completely berserk either.
That type of technique is so rare that I felt my heart skip a beat at how creepy yet powerful it was. I'd like to thank him for bringing Captain Flint to life. I was worried that they may continue the thread of him being a somewhat lackluster fighter and not give him his moment to shine against Rogers. Then he was ignored and humiliated. And Silver turns into a philosopher.