And I still love New York

First, I really loved the finale.  It was what I wanted it to be.  When Max told Silver where she would have sent HIM, I wondered, “I wonder if Thomas might be there.”  Interesting that Silver sent his man there BEFORE the Spanish came.

Flint:  I liked his ending; we know it’s not totally happy because according to TI, he dies in Savannah, of alcoholism.  Maybe after Thomas dies?  Silver was the only person who realized that Flint’s war wasn’t about freedom at all.  He just wanted to fuck England over because of what happened to Thomas.  I think Flint’s ending was real (some folks thought it was too dream-like) because if you noticed, when they returned to the island, one of the men on the boat was the man who’d gone to Savannah to find out about  Thomas Hamilton.

Silver:  Silver really did get to know Flint, in the previous episode, Flint realized that Silver never told him anything about himself, whereas Silver knew everything about Flint.  Silver never cared about anybody until he met Madi.  When he thought she was gone, he got Flint’s rage, he understood where Flint was coming from, that the war wasn’t about an ideal, it was because of an injustice done to a person.

Billy:  To me, Billy became worse than Flint.  All series long, Billy was like, “Flint’s insane, you’ve got to take him, Silver.”  But in the end, Billy was killing his fellow crewmen and nearly killed Madi, his rage at Flint and Silver was that strong.  Billy became what he hated the most about Flint.

Madi:  I got why Madi was pissed at Silver, it kind of read like, “the man telling the little woman, just trust me baby.”  But what Silver did was kind of like what Madi’s mother believed, that you had to find a safe place and hold the ones you love close to you, that’s what she was doing with Maroon Island in the first place.  Silver got what she originally wanted, a safe place where the Maroons could live in peace.

Flint dies of the effects of rum, in Savannah, supposedly in 1754.

Flint gives Billy Bones the map.

Flint took six men with him to bury the treasure and killed all of them, Ben Gunn, Silver and Billy Bones saw Flint take the treasure with six men but only Flint came back.

Billy Bones is so afraid of Silver, that he has a stroke and dies when he thinks Silver is near.

Silver is married to a “woman of color” he has a “Caribbean wife”, she’s never named in the book, but he trusts her enough to control his business interests when he is away.

Silver and his wife own a tavern in Bristol, England.

The ninth episode of every season of Black Sails, has a shocking death.  In season 1 it was Mr. Gates; season 2, Miranda; season 3, Charles Vane.  

Whoa.  I just finished watching this episode and man, the betrayals were going back and forth so fast I was getting whiplash.  

Flint and Silver:  Their breakup was hard to watch, though I don’t think it was only because 1) Silver took the cache unbeknownst to Flint, to save Madi’s life and 2) Flint took the cache off the ship to bury it.  The breakup wasn’t about Madi, it was about Flint/Silver.  In the beginning of the episode, Silver asked Flint, what exactly would happen if they won the war?  What if shit wound up worse?  To me, Silver made a good point.  Flint didn’t see it that way, because all Flint wants to do is destroy England because they fucked him up royally.  Flint has no idea how to govern, he simply told Silver, “well that’s yours and Madi’s job.”  Hands showed Silver that Flint only cares about Flint and no one else.  Ironically, Silver began this series only caring about himself, but he’s changed, he cares for Madi, he does care for his men; Silver has changed but Flint is still Flint.