Episode 6 saw Stede and Blackbeard lean into their crew’s request to celebrate Calypso’s Birthday, which is essentially a made-up holiday for the pirate community. Unaware that they’re being ...

OFMD is special because it is so unabashedly ... This is reflected by the Medusa-like illustration on Blackbeard’s wanted poster, which Stede reacts to with incredulity. It’s hard to watch ...

Yet OFMD's love story is a triumph ... Toxic masculinity is an ever-present antagonist in Stede and Blackbeard's lives. There's also a slyly complicated butch/femme dynamic between the two ...

That’s part of the reason why the OFMD writers room knew the stories ... show indicates), and her reign was nearly a century after Blackbeard’s death, but the massive pirate confederation ...

It’s probably safe to say that most Our Flag Means Death fans expected that the stars of season one – Taika Waititi as Blackbeard and Rhys Darby as Stede Bonnet – would remain the focus of ...