This show has utterly 720'd me on the concept of telling pirate tales (I would have said 180'd, but it literally spun me around at least once!). I really was not in the least expecting STARZ, known to me mostly for Spartacus, to produce narrative gold like this. Shiver me timbers! The cast is incredible, the plot literally thick as thieves, and the booty gets dug up in good fashion! Where Pirates of the Carribean made piracy fun for kids, comedy and adventure, Black Sails makes piracy fun for adults, drama and intrigue. From alluring, cunning prostitutes conjuring alliance-forming trysts to fallen English lords plotting against the Crown for its own good, this show has it all. Absolutely fantastic writing, with very few elements to gripe about, expertly delivered by an excellent cast. I tip my pirate hat to this production. Jack Sparrow himself would be proud!
