Black Sails' structure never did make much sense. The climactic event of the season was supposed to be a confrontation…

Toby Stephens as Captain Flint has been the most consistently good part of Black Sails since its beginning. I've…

What's wrong with a little crowd-pleasing? We critics can often stand against it, and I include myself in that. If a…

Now that was more like it. It turns that, unsurprisingly, what Black Sails needed was an episodic focus. Two of its…

You know, for a show ostensibly about pirates, Black Sails isn't doing a whole lot of pirating. Back when I read Todd's…

And tonight's Michael Bluth Memorial Award for Excellence In A Character Saying What The Audience Is Thinking goes to Bl…

Now this, this is more like it. After a pilot that offered promise and tested patience, the easiest way for Black Sails…

A decade or so ago, there was a running joke/conversation/cliche on the Internet and amongst geek-type people: which…

The more ambitious television gets, the more apparent its budgetary limits become. Television can build intricate…