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Our Flag Means Death

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In creator David Jenkins’s series, landowner and aristocrat Stede Bonnet (Rhys Darby, who also appears in the What We Do in the Shadows film and Wellington Paranormal) has spent a lifetime being rejected by people who should love him. His controlling father accuses him of being too dandyish, and his wife from an arranged marriage and their two children find him immature and out of touch. So Stede sells a couple acres of land to fund the construction of the ship Revenge; stocks it with a full library, tons of art, an array of satin outfits, and a larder of gourmet food; and devotes himself to a life of piracy — or at least his romanticized version of it. — Roxana Hadadi “What Makes a Taika Waititi TV Series a Taika Waititi TV Series?”

  1. Episode 8 Mermen
    Our Flag Means Death Season-Finale Recap: A Damn Fine Pirate Life’s a dick — but if you’re lucky, you can die a hero.
  2. Episodes 6 - 7 Calypso’s Birthday / Man on Fire
    Our Flag Means Death Recap: Mercy Beaucoup A huge explosion and the emergence of a big bad cause a major disruption to our Golden Age of Piracy.
  3. Episodes 4 - 5 Fun and Games / The Curse of the Seafaring Life
    Our Flag Means Death Recap: Lesbian Antiques and Avian Transmogrification Modern clashes with medieval aboard the reunited Revenge.
  4. Episode 1 Impossible Birds / Red Flags / The Innkeeper
    Our Flag Means Death Season-Premiere Recap: Soup Bitches and Gravy Baskets Our pirate boys are back and hornier than ever.

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