| #1 | What’s up with Flint’s dreams?
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| What we know: Miranda warns Flint silently by allegedly repeating lines from 2x05 || someone is credited as Death || this is part of what has been described as Flint's odyssee so some sort of obstacle to returning home
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| Theories: In the first episode of the season, the crew finds a ship with an abandoned Captain and his last mad notes: "We die alone." Foreshadowing? Also in the first episode we have a reenactment of Eleanor’s trial with a woman representing death, bearing quite a resemblance to the creature in Flint’s dream. Is he headed towards death and his subconsciousness in the form of Miranda is warning him not to continue down the path he has chosen? Or is she still his conscience, reminding him of the deaths he is responsible for, including her own? Her words suggest that death is looming over Flint himself and that he has do something to change course. Problem: He can’t hear her (yet). Maybe in the next episode; starvation should provide him with more hallucinations.
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| Book spoilers: In Treasure Island, Captain Flint eventually dies as a drunkard in Savannah. However, he is not alone. Billy is at his side.
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| #2 | Will Flint and Silver engage in a tryst of love?
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| What we know: Captain Flint is gay || John Silver has not had a love interest yet || Their relationship has been building for two seasons, oscillating between contempt and grudging respect || They are becoming increasingly dependent on each other
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| Here’s what Toby Stephens has to say about it:
Actually it’s from a banned source ( →) so I’ll just paraphrase a bit: John’s going to try and get through to Flint, yayada tragic, yadayada sweet, it’ll carry over into the next season.
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| Theories: Well, one theory is that they will fuck. The other is that they won’t. Personally, I think chances are 50/50. Captain Flint seems too far gone to engage with someone on that intimate level atm imo but Toby is speaking about penetration, so… they will definitely be significant to one another, let’s put it this way, I’m not 100 % convinced yet that it’ll turn romantic or sexual but I’d be hft, the dudebros must’ve stopped watching long ago anyway so here’s to hoping that there’s no network meddling involved (anymore).
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| Book spoilers: None, really, except that John Silver is said to be the only man Captain Flint ever feared. This will not be a happy love affair in any case.
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| #3 | What fate will befall Max/Anne?
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| What we know: Max has been talking about an inevitable separation || Anne doesn’t want to leave but would probably choose to go with Jack if push came to shove
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| Theories: The separation will happen sooner than we think. In the preview for 3x03 we already see the British fleet approaching Nassau and talk of an invasion. As the Madam of the brothel, Max will choose to stay behind with Eleanor and the British. Anne will leave with Jack to fight another day. Chances for reunion unclear.
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| #4 | What will Vane/Blackbeard do against Rogers?
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| What we know: Jack wants to take a stand || Blackbeard dgaf about Nassau || Hornigold offers pardons
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| History spoilers: Rogers did take back Nassau and rid it of the pirates. The pardons he offered were taken up by many. Hornigold turned into a pirate hunter. Charles Vane didn’t take a pardon and became the head of the resistance. He set a ship on fire and sent it towards the British fleet, using the distraction to escape. Afaik he did that trick several times (before eventually being captured and executed but let’s not get ahead of ourselves). He met up with his old buddy Blackbeard and failed to convince him to aid in an attempt to take back Nassau. His crew mutinied and made Jack Rackham their new Captain. After that he was basically toast.
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| Theories: The show is not historically accurate but it rightfully includes the cool bits. In the preview for 3x03, Jack is seen planning the defense of Nassau against the British. However, as one dude points out, who shall the pirate ships unite under? Captain Flint, their self-proclaimed King, is losing his marbles from dehydration somewhere far away.
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| Eleanor spots Vane and may or may not point him out to Rogers. We see Vane’s quartermaster Featherstone take the pardon. His crew turns on him, maybe as a condition for the pardon. He fights them. He sets a ship on fire like he did historically and escapes with Jack, Anne and Blackbeard. Some cannonfire will probably also be involved.
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| #5 | And how will Flint tie into that fight?
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| What we know: He won’t accept a pardon || He’ll fight against the British and try to persuade Vane to join the fight
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| Theories: To start 3x03 with, it seems like Flint will kill off some of the crew to save rations. They also go shark-hunting, presumably afterwards because Silver looks like he‘s contemplating killing Flint but then they probably see a shark and Silver figures he won’t be able to catch it without Flint. Or something.
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| At some point, Flint meets Rogers for a parley on the beach. It would make sense if this were upon his return to Nassau because he may not have heard the pirates were driven out (fuck the time before telecommunication tbh). He appears defiant.
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| Later (or earlier?) he meets with Vane and Blackbeard on a different stretch of beach. He tries to appeal to Vane’s conscience. Flint ends up fighting Blackbeard who has already made allusions that he wants Vane back on his crew. So I guess they have to do some sword-swinging to see who’s the alpha male. Vane ends up on Blackbeard‘s ship, probably because he’s like family to him and it will take some time before he realizes that he doesn’t want to hang out with grandpa.
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| The others retreat to this amazing looking place from where they will presumably start to carry out their pirating and form a plan to take back Nassau piece by piece. As Flint says at one point:
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| "England takes whatever it wants, I am suggesting that we help each other, start taking things back."
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| Flint’s crew seems to be sort of initially imprisoned in that place where they retreat to? There’ll be some sort of guerilla fight in the woods. A battle on a beach.
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| #6 | What’s in store for Eleanor?
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| What we know: She will arrive with Rogers in Nassau || They’ll fuck
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| Here’s what the showrunners have to say:
"She’s condemned in a sense by Vane with the sense of "You’ll betray anyone" and she’s sort of desperate to not have that be true. Her relationship with Woodes Rogers is informed by that. Even though he, weeks before, would represent everything she was fighting against, he’s now something that she wants to, in a sense, deliver for and be true to." → Den of Geek
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| Theories: At least for the moment, Eleanor seems to be doing what she can to survive by providing correct intel (but maybe not all of it at once). The interests of her and Rogers are aligned. In the promo material she can be seen wearing the colors of the British when she arrives in Nassau with them. The order she wanted to establish there didn’t work (and was highly dependent on her person), so maybe she actually truly wants to give civilization a try so long as she can rule the place. Her betrayal of him would almost be too expected. Maybe Rogers will betray her? Maybe their partnership of convenience will come to an end when the pirates attack? I’m guessing Max won’t sit by idly twiddling her thumbs either. And then there’s still the chambermaid Mrs. Hudson who could end up playing a much more important role than suspected at first glance. A confidante for Eleanor? A spy working for Rogers?
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| #7 | What about Hornigold and Dufresne?
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| What we know: Dufresne is going to get his face smashed in
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| Theories: Assuming that this is happening in a tavern in Nassau, Billy and Silver must sneak in at some point for some sweet retaliation. Dufresne gets a kick to the head that looks impossible to survive. Silver then apparently recruits Dufresne‘s men:
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| "Tomorrow you will join us or you will all be looking over your shoulder the rest of your lives. My name is John Silver and I’ve got a long fucking memory."
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| History spoilers: As for the historical Hornigold, his ship sunk during a hurricane. Since this show loves its parallels, wouldn’t it make sense if Flint chased him into a storm where he met his end? Poetic justice.
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| #8 | Will Mr. Scott finally get something to do?
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| Theories: Let’s hope so. Honestly, there’s only this one shot of him in all of the trailers. Boo!
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| # 9 | What role will Mrs. Hudson play?
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| What we know: She’ll also be in S4
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| Theories: I honestly have no clue (see #6).
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| #10 | And what about all that gold?
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| What we know: From the moment Max and the others spot the British fleet, they have 12 days until their arrival – not a lot of time to move the gold
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| Theories: The most pivotal question for last. The fort cannot be defended. Max and Jack have started transferring some of the gold into other goods and they may or may not be fast enough to move all of it out of the fort before it’s taken by the British. We see a British soldier and Rogers searching the fort and someone weighing the gold. Rogers also talks about the danger of a Spanish attack. Now, historically speaking he had to fend them off as well but wouldn’t it be genius if Max and Jack left the gold they couldn’t bring and then told the Spanish that Rogers had their gold? Just a random thought.
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| History spoilers: Rogers had financial troubles that made him go back to England where he was imprisoned before his debt was written off because he was a national hero and he returned to Nassau for a second term as Governor. Could it be that he’ll go after the gold to pay off his debts? It’ll definitely spell trouble with the Spanish either way.
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