Black Sails
Seen it?2014 | 4 seasons | 60 min | Drama, Action & Adventure
Saturday SpecialWhy it’s a Saturday Special
It won 3 Emmys and it's still drawing plenty of interest. A strong pick for the weekend.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for action fans.
- The mood
- Exciting.
- The pace
- 4 seasons: a few months of evenings, hour-long episodes, about 38 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- Rated TV-MA: meant for adults.
The pirate adventures of Captain Flint and his men twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic “Treasure Island.” Flint, the most brilliant and most feared pirate captain of his day, takes on a fast-talking young addition to his crew who goes by the name John Silver. Threatened with extinction on all sides, they fight for the survival of New Providence Island, the most notorious criminal haven of its day – a debauched paradise teeming with pirates, prostitutes, thieves and fortune seekers, a place defined by both its enlightened ideals and its stunning brutality.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsSolid
65% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesSolid
7.6 out of 10
- AwardsStrong
5 wins and 10 nominations from smaller awards and festivals
- Reach & staying powerSolid
Ran for 4 seasons and reached a solid audience
- Buzz & cultural impactStrong
About 437K people sought it out in the past year
Season by season
The show overall is a Saturday Special. Here's how each season stacks up; Season 2 is the high point.
Season 12014 · 8 episodes · 7.6 out of 10Sunday- Season 22015 · 10 episodes · 8.2 out of 10Saturday
- Season 32016 · 10 episodes · 8.1 out of 10Saturday
- Season 42017 · 10 episodes · 8.0 out of 10Saturday
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Cast & crew
Created by Robert Levine, Jonathan E. Steinberg
- Toby StephensCaptain James Flint
- Luke ArnoldJohn Silver
- Hannah NewEleanor Guthrie
- Jessica Parker KennedyMax
- Toby SchmitzJack Rackham
- Tom HopperWilliam "Billy Bones" Manderly
- Clara PagetAnne Bonny
- Ray StevensonBlackbeard
- Luke RobertsWoodes Rogers