Black Sails (2014)

Black Sails (2014) — Adventure, Drama Set twenty years before the events of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, Black Sails plunges viewers into the brutal, politically charged world of Nassau in the Bahamas. The series follows Captain Flint and a band of pirates as they jockey for power, treasure and survival, rubbing shoulders with both historical figures (Charles Vane, Governor Woodes Rogers, Jack Rackham, Anne Bonny) and fictional ones (including a young Long John Silver). Watching Black Sails you’ll experience high-stakes naval action and gritty, character-driven drama: bloody sea battles, tense raids, shifting alliances, and clever strategic maneuvering ashore. The show balances swashbuckling adventure with darker themes of ambition, loyalty, identity and the cost of freedom, delivered through morally complicated characters and explosive betrayals. Expect cinematic production values, claustrophobic shipboard scenes, and an undercurrent of political intrigue as pirates build and defend their own republic. Overall it’s a raw, immersive prequel that reimagines pirate mythology with grit, intelligence and emotional intensity.

Actors: Jessica Parker Kennedy, Toby Stephens, Hannah New

Genres: Adventure, Drama

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