Image: HBO This past January, HBO canceled Our Flag Means Death after the show’s second season premiered (and wrapped) in October. As with most cancled shows, a fan campaign emerged to try and get HBO to renew the show, while creator David Jenkins said he’d try his best to shop the show around somewhere else … Read more
Stede (Rhys Darby) and Ed (Taika Waititi) in the Our Flag Means Death series (?) finale.Photo: Nicola Dove/Max The news that Our Flag Means Death would not be returning for a third season was a devastating way to kick off the new year, and it galvanized the Max pirate series’ supercharged fanbase to launch a … Read more
Last week, the season two finale of Our Flag Means Death aired on Max. The eight-episode season was marked by incredible acting, a mix of goofy swashbuckling and brutal nose-peeling mutilation, and an encompassing acceptance of queerness that made the first season lightning in a bottle. For some fans, however, that bottle broke at the … Read more
Rhys Darby, Taika Waititi, and Ruibo Qian in Our Flag Means Death.Photo: Nicola Dove/Max The ship has now sailed on season two of Our Flag Means Death, and we’ve just stopped sobbing long enough to check our email and find a missive from Max with the subject line “What to watch after Our Flag Means … Read more