Black Sails series finale sneak peek: Woodes Rogers’ one request
You could argue that maybe this is some sort of twisted exercise, one in which Rogers wants to see the Captain breathing so that he can do terrible things to him. There are many characters out there within the TV world who strongly believe in the whole idea of a “fate worse than death.”
However, in this instance there’s something else going on here: Flint knows where the treasure is. If you want the wealth, you’re going to need to find the guy since otherwise it’s a needle in a haystack. You could spend weeks and months on end trying to find some treasure that is, to be frank, almost impossible to find. Flint is your one ace in the hole. Here’s your opportunity, and it makes sense that someone like Rogers would want to take advantage of that in any way the possibly could.
As for everyone else out there … let’s just say that Woodes could care less about any of them. He makes that clear in his attitude here.
This sneak peek may be very short — aren’t most of them for Black Sails? — but it does give you a sense of the panic and the intensity that will be there in the series finale. We’re going to have battles, chase scenes, and hopefully a great sense of legacy and what it means to be a pirate at a time when the landscape is starting to change and shift. There is only so much time in which you can go about this life. We’re confident in the show’s ability to deliver an excellent finale based largely on the breadth of content so far — plus, of course, where we are with Flint and the rest of the story. We don’t think that they are beholden to any specific ending, either, just because Treasure Island is out there. For example, Bates Motel showed recently one of the ways that you can spin around a story into something that feels new, but still keeps some of the heart of the original in play.
You can see another preview for the Black Sails series finale now by heading over to the link here. Be on the lookout for some further news on the series soon!
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