Black Sails

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Season 2
  • Network: Starz
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 25, 2014
Season #: 4, 3, 2, 1
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5.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 202 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 122 out of 202
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 202
  3. Negative: 72 out of 202
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  1. Quelhas
    Oct 10, 2015
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The plot twist of the most important character being gay is not convincing. Not properly the fact of him being gay, is all the plot that involves it, not convincing enough. This plot twist revealed lack of imagination from the writers, this homosexual thing is old and has a longer beard than my grandfather. But... I'm eager to see how this story ends next season.… Expand
  2. Pookster
    Feb 25, 2015
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'm curious to see, here or elsewhere, reactions to the out-of-the-blue "big reveal" that essentially the whole basis for the context of the show with Capt. Flint somehow going from a coveted up-&-coming post in the Royal Navy to pirate captain is all because, while he was supposed to be working on a political resolution to the Nassau problem, he first screwed Miranda, wife of his patron and current ambiguous companion on the island, then found "true love" in a gay relationship with Thomas -- and was caught and exiled with Miranda (Thomas conveniently was imprisoned and then died). Seems like it would've been a more-credible plot twist if he had actually continued to refuse to screw her, and it turned out it was because he was secretly attracted to him. Instead it winds up feeling kind of silly that, really, despite being in such a pivotal position re the fate of this colony, he simply couldn't keep it in his pants with a woman or a man.… Expand

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  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Neil Genzlinger
    Oct 1, 2015
    80
    Starz, though, knows the formula for these costume-heavy action dramas from experience with shows like “Spartacus” and “Camelot.” And that formula is executed with particular skill in Black Sails, thanks to some strong performances and an exploration of the consequences of greed that could have come out of modern-day Wall Street.
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  2. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    Jan 21, 2015
    83
    The stories are intricate enough to hold attention, but not too intricate. The action, which always supersedes the chatter, is the thing, and here it's something to see indeed.
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  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Dalton Ross
    Jan 16, 2015
    75
    The appeal of Starz's pirate drama in the season 2 premiere remains just that: pirates. But on land, when the show switches from the quest for one booty to another altogether, things get a bit wobbly, with romantic entanglements that fail to match the intrigue on the high seas. [23 Jan 2015, p.71]