Our Flag Means Death
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This recap covers episode 1-3.
The opening scene ofOur Flag Means Deaths second season was obviously a fantasy.
(What must that room have smelled like?
the Swede, who stays behind when the gang returns to the seas.
Which is fine he seems happy and was always kind of a background character anyway.
the gravy basket) while never actually, yknow, dying.
ButOur Flag Means Deathisnt really about violence and plunder, anyway.
The joke here is that while the pirates look and act tough, theyre actually gentle and sensitive underneath.
Then, we see Blackbeard himself buckling under the weight of everything hes lost.
Theres a lot of trauma being processed here, folks, even if the show doesnt use that term.
A sword isnt just a sword, either.
The soup, though?
That might just be soup.
You got a spot just for thinking?
Okay, but what was up with that sea witch thing?
We all know Buttons can talk to seagulls and is probably a cannibal, but a witch?
(Actually, you know what?
Its not that weird when you put it in context.)
Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) is so last summer.
Its all about This Womans Work now.
