The 6 (and falling) rating is primarily for this season which has started excruciatingly slowly. Seasons 1 and 2 were much faster paced and more exciting. The current season has taken a turn for the worse. The dialogue is getting very cheesy as this pirate epic is turned into thespians performing Shakespeare. I'm not sure if all uneducated pirates and prostitutes were such eloquent philosophers endlessly debating the finer points of philosophy, strategy and psychology. LOL. This crap is really pegging my cheese meter. In addition, it feels like no one has any idea where the hell this season is going, and they don't have enough material for the season, so they are turning what would be one episode from either of the first two seasons into 2 or 3 episodes this season. We are 7 episodes into the season, and I could easily edit those 7 episodes into 3 episodes. If you need a writer, Black Sails, I'm available. Please don't go all True Detective because you don't have enough material or a decent editor. This series is too good for what it's becoming - a nighttime soap opera.
Review of Black Sails
