re: Official BLACK SAILS Re-watch/1st Watch Thread - Current watch: S3, EP6 to S3, EP8

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Kind of wish Morley's character was around a little bit longer, I liked him. He was one of the truly good guys I think. The end of episode 3 or 4 that ended with him telling Billy "that's because you don't know about Mrs. Barlow" was a cool end to that episode. They mystery of Flint just builds and builds.

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In the middle of a battle and he's trying to figure out if the captain is even on their side/has any good motives.

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IMO, this is where you really start to wonder about Flint as far as "Jesus, does everybody around this dude die? And is he killing people on purpose or do bad things just befall people around him?"

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I think this may be why the show is so good. Flint is the main character, and for lack of a better word, the "good guy." But there are constant reminders that maybe he's not such a good guy. And that also goes for other characters as well. They all seem to portray "good and bad" but most of them are pirates, who by definition are bad guys who steal and murder innocent people.

But this show does such a great job of interweaving various forms of "good' and "bad." Hell, Anne Bonny is a murderous feline, but she also has a good heart at times for Max (even though she gave Max to her crew knowing they would rape and kill her). Vane is a badass a-hole, but has a soft spot for Eleanor. Eleanor tries to do good for her community, while also doing what she can to gain/keep control. Hell, even the pastor, who should be an ultimate good guy, betrays his vows and fricks the town sloot.

Nobody (outside of very few people) can be officially defined as good or bad. It's very similar to The Wire in that regard (good people do bad things and bad people do good things, and nobody is black and white...there's always some gray).

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Bryson was kind of a badass himself. Dude is about to get attacked and he's making sure the chinaware cargo is bundled up safely. He had a pretty decent plan for sure that would have worked if the slaves didn't find a way to get a message out.

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Yeah I liked Bryson and wish he would've stayed around longer. He seemed like a worthy foil for the pirates.