Miranda Barlow, RIP. Buh-bye, Eleanor.
As usual, it's the female characters on a TV show that end up being the most expendable.
I just knew that things would turn out badly for Flint. I believed from the get-go that Lord Ashe intended to see Flint hang and never intended to honor his word. Lord Ashe, and the British government by extension, want to annihilate piracy at any cost. They would never trust a man as high up in the pirate hierarchy as Flint.
I can't cheer over Anne helping to protect Jack against Eleanor's men, and getting back together with him. I'm still disgusted by what she did to Charlotte.
Interesting to see that Vane is finally pulling his head out of his butt and seeing the big picture. He was actually the smarter pirate this time. His going to rescue Flint makes sense, but what's really going to be fun is what happens afterwords- will he and Flint forge a temporary alliance of convenience? Or will Flint, with the help of John and Billy, escape? Will John somehow be forced to admit that he knows the gold is still on the island to Flint? So many possibilities there.
I've always been neutral on Eleanor- she did some bad things, but she wasn't as horrible as some of the other characters on the show. Ruthless when she needed to be, but also frequently incompetent. Her story line made no sense to me. Yes, she directed all the commerce on the island, but she's not actually the one out raiding and killing. I can't believe that Captain Hume would think she was worth 9 pardons..she's not nearly as valuable to the Crown as someone like Vane, Flint, or Rackham. If Eleanor isn't operating in Nassau then someone would step in and fill the void, or the pirates would simply start taking their booty elsewhere. It's known as The Law of Supply and Demand.
Seeing Dufresne's smirky face after he turned over Eleanor made me want to take a baseball bat to his ugly, oversized chin. Then whack him again in the nuts. Unfortunately, I've heard that Roland Reed is confirmed for season 3 so he'll be back.