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Black Sails (2014)

Action · Adventure · Drama

The pirate adventures of Captain Flint and his men twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic “Treasure Island.” Flint, the most brilliant and most feared pirate captain of his day, takes on a fast-talking young addition to his crew who goes by the name John Silver. Threatened with extinction on all sides, they fight for the survival of New Providence Island, the most notorious criminal haven of its day – a debauched paradise teeming with pirates, prostitutes, thieves and fortune seekers, a place defined by both its enlightened ideals and its stunning brutality.

IMDb rating
8.2 (125,718 votes)
Seasons
4
Streaming (US)
Starz · Philo · Spectrum On Demand · MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel · The Roku Channel · Amazon Prime Video · Plex · Plex Channel
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Seasons

Season 1 (2014)

7.93 avg 8 episodes 7.8 → 8.7 57 min avg

  • Big finale
Ep 1: 7.8 · 3,820 votesEp 2: 7.6 · 2,976 votesEp 3: 7.5 · 2,748 votesEp 4: 7.6 · 2,581 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 2,619 votesEp 6: 8.0 · 2,459 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 2,430 votesEp 8: 8.7 · 2,793 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1I.7.83,820
2II.7.62,976
3III.7.52,748
4IV.7.62,581
5V.8.22,619
6VI.8.02,459
7VII.8.02,430
8VIII.8.72,793

Season 2 (2015)

8.47 avg 10 episodes 8.5 → 9.6 55 min avg

  • Big finale
  • Rebound
Ep 1: 8.5 · 2,589 votesEp 2: 8.6 · 2,393 votesEp 3: 8.6 · 2,327 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 2,147 votesEp 5: 7.7 · 2,916 votesEp 6: 8.0 · 2,033 votesEp 7: 8.1 · 2,024 votesEp 8: 8.4 · 2,073 votesEp 9: 9.2 · 2,930 votesEp 10: 9.6 · 4,265 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1IX.8.52,589
2X.8.62,393
3XI.8.62,327
4XII.8.02,147
5XIII.7.72,916
6XIV.8.02,033
7XV.8.12,024
8XVI.8.42,073
9XVII.9.22,930
10XVIII.9.64,265

Season 3 (2016)

8.65 avg 10 episodes 8.7 → 9.5 54 min avg

  • Big finale
  • Rebound
Ep 1: 8.7 · 2,391 votesEp 2: 8.5 · 2,057 votesEp 3: 8.6 · 2,010 votesEp 4: 8.5 · 1,911 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 1,855 votesEp 6: 8.4 · 1,831 votesEp 7: 8.5 · 1,877 votesEp 8: 8.6 · 1,862 votesEp 9: 9.0 · 2,216 votesEp 10: 9.5 · 3,817 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1XIX.8.72,391
2XX.8.52,057
3XXI.8.62,010
4XXII.8.51,911
5XXIII.8.21,855
6XXIV.8.41,831
7XXV.8.51,877
8XXVI.8.61,862
9XXVII.9.02,216
10XXVIII.9.53,817

Season 4 (2017)

8.57 avg 10 episodes 8.5 → 8.6 59 min avg

Ep 1: 8.5 · 2,057 votesEp 2: 8.2 · 1,858 votesEp 3: 9.2 · 2,639 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 1,756 votesEp 5: 8.5 · 1,788 votesEp 6: 9.1 · 2,117 votesEp 7: 8.1 · 1,644 votesEp 8: 8.2 · 1,684 votesEp 9: 9.0 · 2,169 votesEp 10: 8.6 · 2,955 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1XXIX.8.52,057
2XXX.8.21,858
3XXXI.9.22,639
4XXXII.8.31,756
5XXXIII.8.51,788
6XXXIV.9.12,117
7XXXV.8.11,644
8XXXVI.8.21,684
9XXXVII.9.02,169
10XXXVIII.8.62,955

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