I am doing a rewatch of this masterpiece. I have convinced my boyfriend to do it with me so each night we watch about 2-3 episodes depending on the mood we are in. I find that it is really hard to talk about season 1 without bordering on spoiler territory and the overall story of the show. Because season 1 is slow. It's hard to explain because so much happens in it, but at the same time when you watch it you have no clue what the bigger storyline is going to be, yet...
The show acts as a prequel to the novel of Treasure Island and it sets out to tell the origin stories (to a point) of the infamous pirate legends of John Silver, Anne Bonny, Jack Rackham, Blackbeard and Charles Vane. At the same time the show isn't really about them either. Season 1 introduces us to Captain James Flint, the man who is behind the creation of Long John Silver. It's about Nassua and it sets up the fight for freedom, ultimate freedom from England. The over reaching storyline of season 1 is the hunt for the Spanish Urca gold and the growing mistrust of Captain James Flint from his ever growing concerned crew. It introduces John Silver and an idea of who he used to be before he became the pirate legend. Unfortunately season 1 contains very little scenes between Flint and Silver, which you sit around and wait for, because the small teases of their friendship you get the more of it you want.
Season 1 also introduces you to a whole bunch of cool and interesting and complex ladies too. They are something else in this show that is for sure. Angry, queer, ambitious, unapologetic, violent and dynamic. Apart from that the whole show contains a cast where you can't help but like most of them and be drawn to their storylines. It is truly impressive when a show manages to create a whole cast of characters, even when they are against one another, and you root for them all. I love that about this show.
From what I remember when I saw this show years ago was that I really enjoyed season 3-4, especially season 4, I am intrigued to see what I think this time around. For starters I can't remember much of season 2 so I am excited to see it again.
The show acts as a prequel to the novel of Treasure Island and it sets out to tell the origin stories (to a point) of the infamous pirate legends of John Silver, Anne Bonny, Jack Rackham, Blackbeard and Charles Vane. At the same time the show isn't really about them either. Season 1 introduces us to Captain James Flint, the man who is behind the creation of Long John Silver. It's about Nassua and it sets up the fight for freedom, ultimate freedom from England. The over reaching storyline of season 1 is the hunt for the Spanish Urca gold and the growing mistrust of Captain James Flint from his ever growing concerned crew. It introduces John Silver and an idea of who he used to be before he became the pirate legend. Unfortunately season 1 contains very little scenes between Flint and Silver, which you sit around and wait for, because the small teases of their friendship you get the more of it you want.
Season 1 also introduces you to a whole bunch of cool and interesting and complex ladies too. They are something else in this show that is for sure. Angry, queer, ambitious, unapologetic, violent and dynamic. Apart from that the whole show contains a cast where you can't help but like most of them and be drawn to their storylines. It is truly impressive when a show manages to create a whole cast of characters, even when they are against one another, and you root for them all. I love that about this show.
From what I remember when I saw this show years ago was that I really enjoyed season 3-4, especially season 4, I am intrigued to see what I think this time around. For starters I can't remember much of season 2 so I am excited to see it again.
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