For me, Anne and Jack have the most healthy and normal relationship on this show, why?  Because they respect each other.  They both want the same things in life, they are equals at a time women were considered property of men, it’s almost like they are one person, which isn’t all that healthy but as far as relationships go, theirs is the best.

Flint and Silver have an interesting union.  Flint never respected Silver, he thought he was a useless shit.  In the beginning of season 3, Silver acted like an abusive spouse, he flat out told Silver, “you are not welcome.”  He undermined his authority by going on that empty ship even though Silver gave the order for the men to sweep the deck BEFORE the captain boarded it.  He even blamed Silver for them having to go into the storm, which was bullshit because Flint could have overridden Silver’s decision to go on the empty ship.  And then in the doldrums, Flint tells Billy that Silver would start to hallucinate, I was like, “dude, you’ve BEEN hallucinating for days.”  Also in the doldrums, Silver was like a mama bear, trying to figure out which crewman had stolen the food, so the correct person would be punished, but Flint, acting like papa bear was like, “I don’t have time for this shit, Silver bae,” and shot both men, then told Silver that if HE, Silver couldn’t do what needed to be done, then HE, Flint would have to do it.  In other words, You’re a weak little shit and I’m the only one whose thinking straight.”

Flint only started to respect Silver when Silver told him he stole from him.  Flint then realized that Silver wasn’t the useless little shit anymore.  However, Silver told Flint a very important thing, and it’s the thing that describes Silver, “without these men, all I am is an invalid.”  To me, that means that the crew means everything to Silver, and he’ll do anything to protect them, even if he has to protect them from Flint.

After last night’s episode, I asked myself, is Silver evil?  Does he want to kill Flint?  I don’t think so.  I mean Silver had to be a bit apprehensive taking the job of quartermaster on Flint’s ship, especially since he walked into Flint’s quarters that day and found that Flint had murdered Gates, who was not only Flint’s quartermaster but his BEST FRIEND.  I mean that is one honking red flag right there.

When Flint told Silver about Thomas, I think something clicked inside Silver’s head, that is: “shit, this man is fighting England because of what they did to his relationship with Thomas and what they did to Thomas, he and Miranda.”  Now, I can get Flint’s anger, but I don’t know if that’s enough to wage war on an entire country and drag crewmen into it.  At some point, I think Silver will tell Flint, “Dude, this is YOUR issue with England, not ours.”

Last is Eleanor and Vane.  Lots of folks hate Eleanor because of what she did to Vane, but I don’t really hate her.  See, Eleanor is like that girl who does heroin for years, hits a bottom and then realizes she has to get sober, Vane was the guy she used to do drugs with.  The had a hot, passionate relationship, but in the end it would never go anywhere because Eleanor wants to move on with her life and Vane, as he said this season, has no use for anything more in his life.  I always felt that Eleanor loved Vane, but it’s hard to love a man after he kills your dad, even if you dad was a major douchebag.  Eleanor just couldn’t get past that.