Our Flag Means Death season 2 finale

[silverstarry]

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2x8: Mermen
After watching the Republic of Pirates crumble, Stede and Zheng pursue Prince Ricky Barnes, the Revenge crew schemes to escape imprisonment, and Blackbeard plots a return to piracy, leading to triumph and a devastating loss.

Comments

[violet_crumble9]

Why they kill off her whole crew besides auntie 😭😒😔

Oh, and you know who. They brought flavour. Now what.

[diablo_dancer]

I really enjoyed the finale. Was great to see some great female characters join this season (and a slightly expanded role for Spanish Jackie) and excited that it looks like they’ll be staying on. While what happened was sad (and I dread what social media will be like as many people don’t seem to understand storytelling these days and take it as a personal offence), I think it made sense narratively.

Also very amused at the show continuing to predict the ending of the next season of Good Omens 😂

[silverstarry]

I definitely appreciated having more female characters this season, and I'm glad that some of them appear to be sticking around for S3 (fingers crossed!).

[braindiva]

It made sense narratively though I still think they are losing an interesting foil in the crew. It'll be interesting to see how it unfolds if we get a S3.

I do enjoy this show a lot, and did appreciate getting more women into the show, for sure. I do enjoy that they paid off the merman and letters in a bottle.

That said, I felt the complaint about pacing that some people were raising in last week's episode thread. I haven't always felt that, but this episode really did feel like it was overstuffed. I'm happy we left Ed and Stede in a good place in the end, but the speed at which they reversed Ed walking away from piracy (and finding his leather clothes in the bottom of the sea? LOL) gave me whiplash. Same with Izzy saying to Ed that the crew was now his family. What? The same crew he tortured and who wanted to exile him 2 episodes ago? I wanted to love some of that, but you didn't really feel the emotional journey/a real payoff?

[diablo_dancer]

Agree with all of this. The pacing has been wonky and there’s some storylines/characters I really wish were given more time (still a bit baffled by Archie’s addition tbh).

[niyarav]

Now I've had a moment, most unbelievable part of the finale for me was [Spoiler (click to open)]the idea of Blackbeard getting dressed in wet leather

I can only suspend my disbelief so far, I still remember this scene

[silverstarry]

The lotion and the powder have made a paste!

[anagramofbrat]

OHAI SPECIFICALLY NOT LOOKING AT ANYTHING IN HERE JUST WANTED TO POST THAT MY USUAL SHIP ON THE HIGH SEAS I RIDE TO GET THESE EPISODES HAS NOT RECIEVED THE FINALE YET AND I'M SITTING HERE LIKE....

[siaht]

I too am here just to get the general vibe while also trying to avoid spoilers lol (thank you everyone using the spoiler tags)

I'll finally binge it tomorrow I think, Saturday at the latest. Cannot wait ><;

[peddlestools]

I AM NOT OKAY

[Spoiler (click to open)]THEY KILLED OFF MY SECOND FAVORITE CHARACTER

David Jenkins will suffer for his crimes (I will tweet a sad emoji at him)