This season turned into binging, and binging it fast. 3 days later and here we are, ready for more. I will try and not talk spoilers but I can't promise it either, so be warned. While season 1 is slow at times and building towards something bigger this season picks up the pace quickly. Episode one kicks off immediately after the ending of season 1 and it finally starts to tackle the tricky relationship between Flint and Silver. It gives us flashbacks of James Flint and his life before he became the notorious pirate captain he is today, and it's a welcoming break in the story. Season 1 doesn't give much of Flint, we see glimpses of who he is through his anger and sadness and as an audience you understand there has been tremendous loss in his life. But the front he puts forward as the captain makes him hard to read at times too. He's a badass and he is cool but he is also quite terrible at times as well. Therefore, the parallels of who he is now to who he used to be gives him such depth suddenly, and as you watch you start to root for him more and more. It's a clever way of using the flashback device and it leaves you as an audience both angry and sad at his story. But he quickly becomes the best character of the show, and you finally understand why.
This season also starts to set up the bigger storyline, and its themes of monsters, shame and fighting society (England). The war is coming, Flint's been warning us and when the season ends you can almost taste the navy's heavy presence in the air, suffocating all that's been fought for out of it. Silver grows this season too and while he's the antagonist to Flint in many ways he might also be his closest friend too. That relationship is the epitome of the show, while at the same time possible the downfall for them both.
Jack, Anne and Max continue to be interesting, all three of them give the show depth and matters to think of. Jack and Max's banter is quite entertaining and as the season goes on it is clear that they are not a trio easily dismissed.
It continues to have the most badass female characters and the emotional stakes are so high this season. It's a show with brutal emotional blows that hit you right in the feels while also showing some brutal scenes of bodily torture, sometimes you are left to wonder which hurts more. Much of it is thanks to Toby Stephens incredible acting, his face is just a beauty to watch, a twitch of the mouth, the subtle rise of an eyebrow, the smile we so rarely see. I am pretty sure season 2 is the last time he smiles in the whole show. God, these pirates they don't have it easy.
I am going to go write on my dissertation now and brace myself for the next season. After all England is coming!
This season also starts to set up the bigger storyline, and its themes of monsters, shame and fighting society (England). The war is coming, Flint's been warning us and when the season ends you can almost taste the navy's heavy presence in the air, suffocating all that's been fought for out of it. Silver grows this season too and while he's the antagonist to Flint in many ways he might also be his closest friend too. That relationship is the epitome of the show, while at the same time possible the downfall for them both.
Jack, Anne and Max continue to be interesting, all three of them give the show depth and matters to think of. Jack and Max's banter is quite entertaining and as the season goes on it is clear that they are not a trio easily dismissed.
It continues to have the most badass female characters and the emotional stakes are so high this season. It's a show with brutal emotional blows that hit you right in the feels while also showing some brutal scenes of bodily torture, sometimes you are left to wonder which hurts more. Much of it is thanks to Toby Stephens incredible acting, his face is just a beauty to watch, a twitch of the mouth, the subtle rise of an eyebrow, the smile we so rarely see. I am pretty sure season 2 is the last time he smiles in the whole show. God, these pirates they don't have it easy.
I am going to go write on my dissertation now and brace myself for the next season. After all England is coming!
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