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Thank you, Caitlin. All right, let's jump into
episode 10. Yes, we got a lot to cover in
this episode. So episode 10 begins with Steve
returning and Mary has to face that she isn't actually a widow.
Yeah, she's not happy about that.
If you know that someone's not actually dead, you probably
shouldn't pretend like they are, because they.
Probably will show up. Back in your life.
To be fair, how would she know? That well, he said that he left
her. Yeah.
And. And she put together that he
bought the ship to go be a pirate, which is dangerous and
he's not qualified for. So, like people die at sea all
the time back then. So, like, it's not that big of a
leap to be like he probably died.
He was incompetent. I mean, to be fair, he was
already technically dead to her anyways, even when he was.
Loving with her. So.
Guaranteed for her, he died at the wedding.
Yeah, it was a transactional relationship, nothing at all.
That's fair. Well, Mary is rightfully pissed
to see Steed and no one is happy he is back, including the
children I love. The kid that's like, Who are you
again? Yeah, but Mary is flourishing
with her painting career and new guy Doug.
Yeah, Doug's great. I do OK.
I love the way this opens with her and her like, feminist
meeting of like, widows and like, if you look at the way
he's dressed, she's very like a little bit more mask coated like
like with the cravat, like the loose cravat kind of thing.
So like she's like got her independence and she's like
confident and shit. And then here comes Steed and
just her reaction with the shaking cough and stuff like the
rage emanating off of her. Quite literally raining on her
parade. Literally.
Yeah. Oh my God.
Poor Mary. I'm singing in my head now.
Thanks a lot, Zoe. You're.
So welcome. Mm hmm.
What you singing, Kaitlyn? Don't rain on my parade, oh.
Yeah, yeah. Yeah.
Sorry, I missed that. That's a.
Good song. Don't worry the listeners, some
of them might have the same question, so it's very valid.
That's a good song. Anyway, so OK, so yeah,
basically, like, in Steed's absence.
So this is a shocking return for all the parties involved.
So it starts with Mary being like, oh fuck, he's alive, damn
it. And then Steed comes to realize
that, like, oh, everyone's doing super well without me.
Like, even his children are thriving.
So it's almost like, like, Steed's selfishness was like a
plague on his family, 'cause if you looked at like, before and
then after, like, they were all almost like, caged together.
And like, any time they show shots at, like, the dinner
table, like, Steed is like miles away from his family.
Like, yeah, he's at the head of the table.
But, like, everyone's always clustered around Mary like the
kids. So it's almost like this divide
was always present. And then once he was removed,
everybody kind of like flourished in his family.
And Mary has like her widow's support group, which I I love
because this is such a real thing that was like never
actually talked about out in the open cause patriarchy and shit.
So like in the opening sequence, one of the new, it opens up like
one of the newly widowed women is like joining the group and
she's talking about how she feels and she's like, I feel so,
so happy. And Mary's like, exactly.
Never fucking apologize for that.
So I love this depiction because it's true.
Like widowed women were some of the only.
Like, it's one of the only avenues where, like, a woman
could be, like, single and financially independent and it's
socially acceptable because she had a man but he died.
Oh, how sad. So like, all these women are
like these awful men are gone and we're just like living our
best life. So I do love the realism of the
widow support group, even though it's like presented in a funny
way 'cause it is. How many of them are lesbians?
That's what I'm saying. Where's their spin off the widow
support from here if you haven't got like, comments?
That'd be a good web series type like miniseries.
Yeah. Oh, hell yeah, just women with
money and just hanging out with each other.
That right itself. I did think it was kind of odd
how like Steve was acting jealous of Mary potentially
being in a new relationship when she wasn't fond of him when he
was around in the 1st place. Like you expected her to not
move on when she was literally only staying for the kids.
Like literally. She she was legally binded into
staying. And you're surprised.
It's like Steed. Steed is very much in
fantasyland at all times. Is kind of the thing.
So yeah, like, that's a really good point.
Like, what really was his expectation with Mary
specifically? Like she was just gonna wait for
you to come back on a whim. He clearly didn't know, Mary, if
that's what he thought was going to happen.
You know, which I guess the point.
It still makes it even funnier when like, like a couple
episodes ago when like he was like going to, like the British
camp and they were like, he's dead.
And he's like, I'm not dead. I'm right here because because
I'm Mary just being like, oh, I'm a woe is me, I'm a widow.
Oh, so sad. Oh no.
He died. Rubs onions on eyes.
Oh no. Oh no.
Look at that tear. What a trap.
I could not imagine rubbing onions on my eyes.
I feel like I'd just be screaming in pain.
Well, that's what Mary's going for.
She's got to feel something, even if it's artificial.
It's like feminine rage, but like captured, actually.
Yes. If only they had artificial
tears back then. You know who would have him?
The lady with the Jaguar or whatever she would have.
Articles of eye patch. Let's be real, Yeah.
Eye patch lady whose name I can't remember.
I apologize. Yeah, she definitely invented
that after her husband mysteriously died.
Yeah, husband #1 or whatever. I don't even know what number
she's on. She's as bad as Jackie, but her
husband's don't live. Yeah.
Anyway, I also found this conversation really interesting,
'cause they're talking about happiness because in like the
prior episode, like, Steve was having a similar conversation
with Ed about this. So it's interesting the way
that's kind of paralleled with, like Mary and her widow support
group. So bottom line is that Mary has
found happiness now that she was given the freedom to basically
explore her own passions because before that she was trapped and
stifled by Steed, which is like how the heterosexual marriages
worked. Back then.
It was man was the head of the house.
It's his last name. It's his family, his lineage.
So like, Mary was stifled by all of this and like basically a
bargaining piece for her family to get money by marrying her off
to Steed. But here she is.
She has the the opportunity to like do something on her own
terms and like enter Doug who's like the she's like, oh, I can
finally explore my passion for painting and like found like
actual love through that. And so like, Mary is just like
thriving on her own terms. So it's really interesting that
Steed comes in and doesn't understand this.
Like you were saying, Zoe, because This is why Steed left
in the first place. Like to explore his passion and
who he is and be his own person on his own terms.
So it's really weird that he doesn't understand this coming
from Mary, 'cause they're basically doing the same thing,
just one's on land, one's at sea.
So to me it kind of indicates that, like, Steed is just
wrapped up in Steed, per usual. Hi, Brooklyn.
Sorry, she wanted to. The dog wanted to join the
podcast. I I was not expecting just
Brooklyn to, like, slowly emerge.
That happens sometimes. Sometimes little dogs join ours
and just go Caitlin's sweater, all right.
Anything else to say about this opening scene before we move on
to what's going on on The Revenge?
I've got a lot of merry things, but not right now, I.
Do too, Yeah. OK, Mary's awesome.
I do love her. I liked we got to see more of
her in this episode because I did not like her until this
episode. Yeah, that's fair.
But, like, to be fair, it was also coming from the standpoint
of how Steed perceived. So she was already like, kind of
painted as a villain. Because it's like I'm stuck with
this woman who doesn't love me. I don't love her.
She's just always nagging me. Like, just like the
stereotypical like man in a marriage anyways.
On train that thing, yeah. He had that mentality, even as
like. He did at.
The time closeted gay man, because he was raised around
that that's how his dad essentially treated his mom.
Like that's all he knew. And like that just kind of like
adds to the effect of he's so wrapped up in his own world that
he doesn't see like, the harm he's actively causing around him
because like he wasn't raised to express his emotions.
That's why it's he's so like gung ho about wanting to do that
like with his crew. But even then again, he still
can't see like when he's causing harm.
Like it's it's giving autism coded as an autistic person.
That's a really interesting. That's an interesting take.
Yeah, I can totally see that from Steve.
Yeah. Yeah, that is a major problem.
He's always spiraling with him, his own thoughts, and then he
literally can't see the people around him.
It comes up again later, like in Season 2 of like, Lucius and
like things like, like this is a pattern with Steve for sure.
So that's a really good point. All right, cool.
So we'll move on to The Revenge, because things on The Revenge
are weird. So Jim is back on the ship and
finally gets together with Ulu or Ulu.
Why can't he never say this? I I was saying it correctly all
week and then I read it and I'm like, how do I say this word?
My good luck, God. Damn it.
Ulu. I think it's Ulu.
Ulu. Thank you.
I apologize. I swear I know his name.
I just can't. When I read it, it's pronounced
differently. Something.
Ulu. Something triggers wrong in my
brain when I read it. OK, so they finally get
together, which is great, that long time coming.
So I'm glad that they're happy. It's.
Been a long time coming. See, I want the rock version.
That would be interesting. That would be interesting.
OK, also on the on the Revenge, Izzy is trying.
Now Izzy's in charge and he's trying his best to keep the crew
in line because Ed is completely heartbroken and just like Mya
and like he's spiraling in his own way.
And so Izzy in a goes up to Lucius and he's like, listen,
I'm gonna the captain has summoned you, and you're just
gonna have to shut the fuck up about what you see in there.
And Lucius is like, oh, weird, But OK, so he goes into like,
Steve's old room, which is where Ed is, and it's just like the
room is completely dark. It's just like emo as fuck,
basically. And he's like, what the Hell's
going on? And he finds Ed in a blanket
Fort, which is something Ed does when he's sad like multiple
times throughout the show. He just hides under blankets,
which is very, very cute cause like, I figure like he's never
really had his own room or anything.
So like that's just like that's the way you get privacy in these
like communal spaces. He just makes blanket forts,
which is really cute. And De Lucius joins him in the
in the blanket for it. And just Ed is just doing like
the classic like breakup things. He's like wallowing, eating
sweets, writing terrible, terrible songs.
Terrible and just like stabbing everything.
Knives. There's so many knives in this
room. It's it's insane.
How much knives does one person need?
And like, that's a serious question.
Like how much do you need? I mean, if you're a pirate.
If you're a pirate in the business of stabbing, I would
assume more than the average human who's not in the business
of stabbing anyway. Oh, sorry, Dog attack.
While we're on the business of names, it's it's Lucius.
Lucius. Mm hmm.
Lucius. All right.
Continue. Sorry, Thank you.
That's OK. I will probably still say it
wrong. All right.
And then I I love later, like he finally emerges at some point Ed
like after like quote writing the terrible song.
And then he comes out and like sings it with Frenchie playing
like guitar. And it's just like he's just so
in his feels like and just wants.
I don't know, like community with them.
It's very like, it's a weird move coming from like
Blackbeard, but I love that Ed does this.
He's just not ashamed of his like sadness and his feelings.
And it's a very like, I don't know, it's brave in a way that
he he even did that. It kind of counters Mary's
support group where he's trying to like bring everyone down to.
His Oh my God. She's trying to uplift everyone.
It does uplift them though. When he's like, does anybody
else have any songs? And then like Buttons does
whatever those he's like, my noises don't translate to human
speech and he does some like, see which noise and then it's
like we should start a bang on everyone.
That's like basically where that goes.
And it's funny, 'cause like it like that just kind of goes to
show, like, how much like Steed has rubbed off on Ed.
Because Steed was always the one that was like, all right, circle
time, let's share feelings. Here's the talking stick.
You go, you go, you want to go, Got anything to be off your
chest? And then Ed is just like,
needing that extra comfort. Cause like Steed's not there to
be like his, like emotional support human.
Yeah. No, that's so true.
And so, Yeah, exactly. So like Steve, this is, this is
all Steve behavior that's like coming out of him, which is
really. I would like to see the Republic
of Pirates battle of the bands. That would be amazing.
Battle of the Crew. Oh no.
If you do Battle of the Crew, they're gonna literally fight
each other. That is true.
That's maybe not Balance of the Crew.
How about that? That's.
The first album. Title.
I'd be into that. All right.
So while we were back in the Fort, Lucius, Lucius, whatever
steps in as like therapist Ed. And he's basically like, he
like, OK, so he's probably the most perceptive person on the in
the in the show. I would say it's like when it
comes to like, he's very much like sits on the sidelines,
notices people and can put together what's happening.
He's pretty emotionally intelligent, just observant.
So he's like, OK, this this screams heartbreak.
Cause Lucius has said he's great at breakups, so he understands
what this is. So he gives Ed the advice to
like, try and move on and stop with the wallowing and the
spiraling. And Ed's freaked out by that,
'cause he's like, he's like, I should move on, like die, right?
Like that's where Ed's brain goes.
He's like, there is no moving on, there's just the next step
is death. He's like, he's never probably
been in a position like this before and doesn't know what to
do. So he's like die got it.
And Lucy's is like, why, why, why does this have to be an end?
What if this is a new beginning? So I like this line.
It's basically setting up like basically the arc of Season 2,
which is like changing, not necessarily just like dying in
the face of AD, you know, adversity, which is a hard
lesson Ed learns and a lot of other characters, like Izzy, for
example. Oh, Izzy goes through it.
Izzy has a beautiful character arc in season 2, and I'm
emotionally attached to that arc.
Karma definitely bites in the ass, but like, it's a nice arc.
Yeah, no, for sure. But like, I mean, they are
Pirates. We have to remember that day is
a dangerous lifestyle. But yeah, Izzy was great Season
2, but anyway, we have to finish season one.
So OK, after that we can't. For some reason I thought we
were in season 2. No.
God Caitlin. I understand you want to jump to
see his dude because Jang's there.
I get it. All right?
So I love her. I love her.
All right. Anyway, so we cut to.
After that, we cut to Steed, who's basically on the exact
same journey as Ed at this point, where he needs to realize
that his family has 100% moved on from him and they're have it
like moved on for real. And they have had these, they
have these happy new lives that makes them happy.
And one of the things that like, really sells this, I guess, is
when he's like going through the house and he finds the family
portrait we saw like at the beginning of the season that
they were taking. And he's been completely blacked
out. So like, he's gone.
Mary took this photo and was like, fuck this and like painted
over Steed already. And he's like looking at this
painting, trying to process this.
And I think so. I think the problem with Steed
is I think he came home, like obviously he fled because he was
scared and all that stuff. But Ed, because he was scared
and came back here to like, quote a safe space for him, like
the familiar, right? And I think he came back home
and thought he was going to be this hero that was welcomed with
open arms And because like, he's trying to like tell them
exciting pirating stories and show them his treasures and his
adventures and stuff. But his family doesn't give a a
flying fuck about any of this. Like they're not interested in
his pirate tales. They're like, what is this weird
orange you're trying to give me? His son doesn't even know who he
is. So, like, he abandoned them.
Yes. No.
Absolutely. But like in Steed's fantasy
brain he's like I'm gonna be a hero and be and they're gonna
think I'm so interesting and and everyone's like no.
Like we we we've moved on from you and like.
Now he's the home wrecker. They're pretty.
Literally. Literally.
He's a homeless girl. He's traumatizing his children.
It's not good. And like, I will say though,
like I I get his thought process.
He's definitely, like, like still wrapped up in delusion for
thinking that like he'd be welcome home with like open
arms. But at the same time, like, I
get it, like with what you were saying about it being like a
security blanket because like it is quite scary having like like
making a relationship official and trying to take like the next
step. And he's pretty valid for
wanting to, like, run away because, like, it's essential,
like fight or flight. You either fight it out with
your partner and continue it on or you just kind of run away
because it's like, ah, this is scary.
Why why am I doing this? I love this person.
But like, I don't know if I'm ready yet.
So that is a pretty big step. And that's essentially what he
was doing with Ed the entire time was a bunch of like, went
from like, well, they won't, they to Oh my God, they are to
are they like. It's like such a confusing
relationship because like they both of them love each other
deeply and like that's shown like throughout like multiple
episodes. But it's also the fact of
they're both too insecure with themselves to allow themselves
to be happy and have their own peace without like them wanting
to start their own arguments or fights because that's what
they're used to. That's like the norm.
So I it's. I definitely feel for both of
them and, like see it. Especially just because like he
has somebody to go home to and doesn't.
And even with wanting to go back home and trying to like go back
to like the norm of it all and stop pirating and everything
like that, he's not welcome. And like that kind of just
circumvents like, well, I'm not welcomed as a pirate in most
places and I'm not even welcomed home.
Where am I welcome? Where do I fit in when in
reality he fits in with Ed? They're just being Dicks to each
other. Yeah, no 100%.
And like, if you think about from Steve's point of view, too,
like what is the only relationship he has to compare
with Ed, and that's with Mary. And look how that ended.
So like, I don't think he really knows what a healthy
relationship looks like. And I think on some level, he
recognizes what him and Mary had wasn't exactly healthy.
It was just like a force in marriage.
And they learned to, like, deal with that, basically.
And perhaps, like, because Steve is so delusional, you know,
parentheses, affectionate, like he's delusional, but like,
perhaps, like in his brain because he, like, spent time
away from Mary and was out at sea.
He had time to, like, reframe all of that in his head as more
romantic and happy and loving than it actually was, 'cause
that's something Steve would absolutely do.
And then he comes back and he's like, oh, expectations do not
meet reality, you know, and has to unlearn what he was like.
Framing in his head is like wonderful and things like that,
maybe. And like, it definitely is like,
one thing to come home and like your wife no longer.
Like or not even no longer. She didn't really love him to
start off with. But like, it's a totally
different other type of heartbreak for your kid to be
like, who are you like that? Oh, that's a nice thing right
there, 'cause Oh my God. And like, given, like his son
was quite small when he left. But like, how?
Fuck. Yeah, I mean, he hasn't been
gone that he's been gone on the order of months.
You know, like that's very quick for a child to forget you.
Yeah, I mean, if I was that child, I'd be like, why'd you
leave me? But he's like, Doug's my new dad
now. Yes, and that does not go over
well. If anything, that just kind of
shows like the disconnect between Steed and the kids.
If, like, it's only been like a matter of months, maybe a year,
being generous and the kids like, where where are you at my
house? Who right?
What are you doing here? Yeah.
I think that also speaks to the impression that Steve left, left
on him. And I think that's why they're
always, anytime they show the family, I think that's always
why they're showing the the physical distance at the dinner
table with Steed and like the rest of the family, 'cause like,
I don't think he was really connected with them.
And like, if you remember like the, I think it was the first
episode or early on when Mary's the one who had to, like, force
him to play with his own kids. So, like, who knows how much
time he was even spending with them, you know?
And it was a game he wanted to play.
He's like, let's play Pirates. That's my game.
Like, I don't think he knows his kids is like the other problem.
But, you know, not uncommon for a man like a male person of that
time. But still like, yeah,
expectation versus reality. Steve's not great at that in
general, OK? But Steed has to confront Mary.
So one night Steed witnesses Mary and Doug getting it on in
the art shed because he was suspicious.
And then he's like, oh shit. So the next morning, So Steve,
being the petulant child that he is, he tries to confront Mary
over breakfast, but like, Mary is not having it.
She's just reading her newspaper, doing her routine,
being very short with him until finally like she's like steals
herself to like have the conversation with him.
But she like it's A1 sided one. She's like, I'm just telling you
what it is, I'm not taking your input right now.
Steed and I love the sequence and the speech when this
happens. So like the way it starts out is
the camera starts out at Steed's level, basically across the very
long table and then it slowly zooms into just till the frame
is basically just Mary. Bye, Caitlin.
And yeah, and and so, like, I love the power of that zooming,
'cause it's just like Mary, cause like, it's Steve's
perception, right? Mary's this small person that he
like Lords over and then it becomes, she's imposing.
And like, I I think it like hits to the impact of like Steve
processing this whole conversation and she's basically
saying, like, you're home, fine, we're married, fine.
But she's basically like, I've created a life for myself that I
really enjoy. And like, I'm finally living my
truth and I found happiness. And I'm not destroying this
because you suddenly unabandoned your entire family on a whim.
And I love that she says the word whim, 'cause this word
comes up over and over and over again throughout the rest of the
show. And it's a word.
And that's the word that offends Steed the most, because I think
it holds the most truth. Not just the the abandoning,
unabandoning. It's the whim part that he just
did it just because. Because like, yeah, like his his
like win prone nature is what led to the rift with Ed to begin
with and it's something that causes him and Ed to have
problems like throughout the rest of the show.
Like that is a real problem Steed has and I don't think he
really confronts that about himself or starts to until Mary
brings this up and like makes it real, you know.
So yeah, so Steed, like, in order for him to be happy, like
basically he has to learn to move on completely from his past
life, you know, with Mary, the kids, the son of his father, the
landowner, that kind of stuff. And he really has to embrace
Steed, the gentleman pirate. Like he, he has this delusion
that he can live in both worlds a little bit.
But while he's doing that, he's making everybody miserable.
Like, he can't be the captain to his crew if he's at home with
Mary. He can't be with Ed if he's at
home with Mary. And then vice versa.
Like, you can't be like I'm still Mary's husband while
you're off gallivanting across the ocean, like you know you're
making everybody miserable. He.
Did not think about her or those kids one time.
Not once, no just. During his near death
experiences, but that's about it.
Also, I don't blame Mary like 1 fucking bit 'cause I love my
boyfriend to pieces. I'm gonna marry that man.
I love him. But if he abandoned me and our
hypothetical kids and came back and fucked up my bag because her
whole thing was the widow Mary, that was her painting spiel,
everything, that was the appeal of it, 'cause people were like,
oh, poor, poor Widow Mary. Yeah, of course it's
biopainting. But again, if my if my man did
that, oh oh, wrath of a woman scorned right there.
For real. Like it's fucked up to do that
to anyway. Like it just completely bulldoze
over somebody else's life. Like, you know, so.
Something that I really liked in this episode, this is actually
one of my favorite episodes, is that we do get to see more of
Mary and Mary alone. And I don't remember the
character's name, but she talks to some.
Yeah, the iPad. Scratch lady.
I have, I call another person knows dude later in season 2, so
I have no idea. I have no idea what the names
are. So yeah, I patched lady and
she's like, you know, there are other ways to handle that.
And like basically telling her you could just kill him and then
your problems will all be gone because that's the answer to
life. I mean, back then it was so.
For women it is actually like there's because Mary says that
basically in the conversation with Steve, she's like I am, we
got married under God and the law so I am legally bound to
honor this marriage. There is no escaping the
marriage unless you die. So like yeah, if women were
trapped in on that was a common thing.
Women were trapped in on happy marriages with poison kill their
husbands. That's the only way out of that
situation. So like actually that is true.
Like that is the out, unfortunately.
And it's pretty fitting for this time period because Aqua Tafana
was made around like 1651 by Giulia.
It's GIULIAI cannot pronounce it to save my life.
But Tafana and it was literally like her marketing like, hey, I
have a solution. You you need an answer to your
problem. You want to get rid of your
little hubby? Well, buy this magical serum,
slip it into his morning coffee or tea or whatever.
There you go. Problem solved.
Yeah, like it's very interesting.
Yeah, I know that TV's and all that didn't exist back then, but
in my head I'm just like picturing this as a marketing
campaign with ads and everything.
I'm. Like, how is that today?
Do you need to get rid of your spouse?
Like the weird I go, Do you have $10?
Well I got the solution for you. Act now and we'll give you 3
doses for the price of what? Right, that feels weird.
At the 1:00 AM. That especially would play at
1:00 AM like that, like 1 to 3:00 AM.
Oh, 100% like. Got to be discreet.
Got to be. Discreet.
And for the younger people who definitely do not understand, if
you fell asleep with the TV on on a cable channel, you'd wake
up to the most terrifying or weirdest commercials at those
times. Sometimes they're selling you
religion. Sometimes I don't even know what
it was. Oh, choppers.
A lot of different like kitchen gadgets.
Or if you weren't. Fortunate enough.
And you fell asleep with Cartoon Network on.
You woke up to Robot Chicken and we're horrified.
Yeah, basically 1:00 AM to 3:00 AM was just you were is the Wild
West of television. And if you were really
unfortunate, you got those sex ads.
For the one 800 numbers, I don't know about those.
No, I've I've even gotten them like on Hulu.
I'm like, why is this targeting a bunch?
Of. Crime anime and horror.
All right, we're glad you're married because Barry's like, I
don't want to, but you know, it's sounds appealing.
So when Steve goes to bed, 'cause we know he falls asleep
first or he falls asleep first quote, yes, she is it.
Paris isn't. What is it?
It's a OK, so when she was at the the dining hall or whatever
with eye patch lady, she saw a guy with a skewer who's like,
skewering. Yeah, yeah, yeah, making a
kebab. And then she's like, hmm, so she
took one and she's gonna poke him through the ear and, like,
Pierce his brain, which was actually pretty clever.
Yeah, I gotta say, that is like the most, that's like the tender
part that you could actually stab, right?
We're not endorsing murder, but like we are saying, good job
Mary in this fictional scenario. I'm just glad she had enough
sense to not like try to kill him with like painting utensils
like the little like like the pallet scraper or something like
that. Just because that would have
been like like if she did get away with like killing him and
they were trying to look for the murder weapon, it'd be like, OK,
well this is kind of obvious if who killed him?
But like, it was in their bed though, so there's really no
other suspect. Well, OK, you just, you play the
incompetent woman. You can be like, I was scared.
A man came in here. I hope that a woman do this.
And they're like, you're right, women could never do this.
That's true. But anyway, you see her hovering
over his ear and all of a sudden he wakes up and I'm like, do not
lift your head up. I was so anxious.
I was like, Oh my God, he's gonna, like, end up
inadvertently stabbing himself. Right.
He's gonna divorce death. He's not gonna be able to hear
and whisper sweet. Nothing's in his ear.
No more bedrooms. Like he's like.
Are you Are you sure to kill me? And she's like, Oh yeah, yeah,
I. I guess there's no other way
out, obviously. But then they actually start
talking. And I love this scene so much,
'cause it's it's sweet. It started out very, very
interesting. But, you know, we get there.
And so basically he's, they're talking about the lives that
they created. And Mary starts talking about
how she loves her life. Now, basically she has Doug.
She's so in love with Doug and I'm going off.
I'm not even reading my notes at this point, so I need to figure
that out. But Steed asked Mary what does
it feel like to be in love? And she's listing off all of
these things and all. He can't.
He can't help but to just think about ever all his time with Ed
and it's just it's a really cute and I feel like this is the
first time that Steve and Mary are properly getting along and
are happy for each other but they more importantly like this
I feel like is your real first conversation together.
Yeah. Yes, is.
That the bullshit going on. Yeah, because every other
conversation is like, I don't want to be here.
I am forced to be here. I went out.
Yeah. My favorite response of Mary is
when she when he asks, when she's, I guess describing, like,
what does it feel like? My favorite response is when
she's like, it just feels easy. We passed the time so well and
it just cuts to like Ed and Steed, like having Marmalade on
on the deck and like just laughing while they're telling
stories. And just that.
I love that explanation. I thought that was really and
being cute. Yes.
But Mary tells Steed that she hopes that he finds that.
And I first of all, I love that She says that because you could
tell it's so genuine. She's like we were We both know
that we aren't meant to be together.
And I finally found something that brings me peace.
And even though you abandoned us, that was needed for me to
find my happiness. But I would like you to find
yours as well, because they both know that each other are good
people. It's just they weren't right for
each other. But Steed adorably says that he
thinks he has in response to finding love, basically, and
just this whole scene. I'm trying to not go through it
too quickly because it's beautiful and I want to do it
justice. But but Mary's like, what's her
name? And like she's fully interested.
She wants to hear it. She's like, you met Doug, I want
to know about this. And he says Ed.
And yeah, I think he says Ed. His name is Ed.
He pauses. And then he's like, his name is
Ed. So I like that because, like Ed
could be a woman's nickname. So I like that he like Ed.
Weiner. Yeah.
It's the subtle pronoun change in order to get her to
understand that just pulls on my little heartstrings and then she
immediately grins like a fool and I I think that that grin
says You gay asshole. I knew it all along and I am so
happy for you A. 100% like just like his mannerisms towards
Mary. Like she she definitely had an
inkling like she she was definitely like one of the first
people to be like. Oh, I wonder if it was that
little touch in the beginning. Right.
And then like that also just kind of confirmed why like Steed
was very much so like trying to be involved, but also not trying
to be involved because like he, he like he loved her as a
friend, yes. And there's no.
Can't be friends. Like you can't.
Be friends, they. They do get to be friends, which
is really sweet. So I, like the writers, chose to
give them closure in a really beautiful, like way.
And then then they hug. And like, this hug is like the
closest they've ever been. And it's just so cute because
they're like, I understand you. I think of you as a friend and
like, Ed. Ed.
Oh my God, Steve. And Ed.
Steve needs to not have Ed in his name because it's what's
messing me up right now. So this is the first time Steve
really gets to talk about Ed, and especially to a party that
didn't know him as Blackbeard. That's a good point.
I would. Say though if if we somehow
managed to get a season three, I would love for them to make it
to where Ed and Mary meet since we met.
I think that would just be like amazing.
Just like trying to have like a nice little like dinner party
like double date type of deal. One of the Twitter peoples will
actually shout you all out in the last episode, but they said
that they want Mary, Doug and the kids to go to the inn and
not realize that it's. Yeah, it's.
Wonderful. And I would say like, that's
when Ed would do this whole like Pirate Day and do like a
treasure hunt and then they're all going on this treasure hunt
with the kids and Ed is helping the kids like be pirates as well
and. It was just giving them terrible
advice like here's. The stabs one, no, the girl
would definitely be like all in on it and he'd just be like,
wow, where are you behind her? And then he then he's like, we
gotta get her to Zhang. You should be Zhang Oh my.
God, I just love that scene so much.
Yeah, I also would like to see Mary meet Jiang.
I feel like that would be an interesting, like like just an
interesting alter like interaction overall.
Like they're so similar, but at the same.
Like they're so like different because like they're most strong
independent women and. You don't need no man.
Except and like you have like just a simple painter, widow,
widow and then you have like a pirate queen who conquered
China. I know.
I love that. The widow painter paints Zhang.
That'd be. Great does.
Zhang's official portrait. Oh my God, that'd be amazing.
Oh, there's so much to fanfic. About this show I know it's so
great. I will say though, at least Mary
did respect Steed enough to not like Peyton Doug.
Yeah, it's honestly. Like, at least like she had
enough decency to be like, OK, well, I'm not gonna do this.
I'm like the off chance he. Does come back.
Now hurts, but. Now that Steve knows though,
she's gonna like have Doug added, but like next to Ed's
shadow. Steed.
Steed Oh my God, Steed's shadow. So, like, they're the family's
still whole and the reminiscent. Of Steed is still there because
the ghost of Steed in the background, yeah.
Just the thing Ghost outline of Steed in the background or like
Steed looking down on it. It'd be funny if Doug if Doug
was painted but his arm was around the ghost.
I mean, they're happy Holly family.
They're. Buddies by the end.
So that, yeah, the. The whole family is in great
shape by the end. Agreed.
All right, so unfortunately we have to move away from the
family and see what Ed's doing, 'cause while this is all going
on, Ed is thinking about Steed and having his own montage.
While he's a montage about like the red silk 'cause he's like
playing with that red silk that his mom gave him and he's
reliving the you were fine things.
Well, memory. And what's important about this
scene is that prior to this whole like, sulking with the
silk incident, he was alone with Izzy.
Because Izzy's is like, who the fuck are you?
When where is Blackbeard? And so he basically like
provokes Ed into being angry in order to like, bring the old
Blackbeard out, 'cause the Ed right now is like, let's have a
talent show, free love, baby, whatever.
And Izzy's like, I surf Blackbeard, not Edward, because
Ed wanted everybody to call him Edward, because he's tired of
the persona, he just wants to be himself.
But Izzy's like, no, that's not why we're here.
And I think this particular phrasing really cuts Ed pretty
deep, because what Izzy's really saying is that, like, Ed isn't
valid, only Blackbeard is so like his his most trusted
confidant who's supposed to be Izzy.
Like Izzy betrays him and all that shit because Izzy thought
he was doing what was best for Blackbeard, not Ed is again,
like reinforcing that like Ed, Ed, Ed is worthless.
Blackbeard has all the worth and so like Ed doesn't feel
respected by like his crew through Izzy here.
So it's like reinforcing his insecurity that, like him, Ed is
like worthless and unlovable. But like, Blackbeard is who's
loved and respected. And like, while that's
happening, he hears the crew because the crew's excited about
the talent show and they're just like, screaming.
They're chanting Ed, Ed, Ed, Ed. So it's like this weird, like
fork in the road for Edward. He's like, what do I do?
Do I be the love and respected Blackbeard?
That's the only way I can get love?
Or do I, like, walk down the harder path and beat Edward,
who, like, clearly is unlovable and so he's like spiraling in
his own way. So when he's sitting here with
the silk, he's like, can I be Edward, like the man who who
wants to wear fancy clothes that the man that, like, wants to
like run an inn and like be with Steed and all this stuff, even
though, like, do I go forward on the harder path as Ed,
basically. And in that path he's basically
all alone, right? Because Steed abandoned him,
Izzy doesn't respect him. And so, like the Temptational,
like fall back and be Blackbeard is like, it's his equivalent of
going home to Mary and the kids, right?
Like, I can just fall back into my familiar pattern and be that
feared pirate everybody respects and have purpose in my life, I
guess. Yeah, because Ed, at the end of
the day, just, he's a very traumatized human and he feels
unworthy of love, basically. And that's the biggest thing
that he struggles with. And like, finally felt like he
was getting over that with Steed.
But then Steed's abandonment just reinforced that like, yeah,
no, I was right. I am.
I'm unlovable. And so I think that this just,
it hurts too much, like the pain of losing Steed and then having
that reinforced by Izzy. So that's when he, like,
symbolically, like and fit literally like, let's go of the
silk. So that's just like him letting
go of like his dream of being Ed and just like the dream of like
a better life, basically. So unfortunately, after he has
this epiphany, the first person he runs into is Lucius, who's
just like, hey, the talent show, blah blah, blah.
And then like like and Ed is like shadowed because it's night
time. And then we get like the turn of
his face and he's just, it's just Blackbeard just like
grimacing at him and he just like pushes Lucius overboard,
which I have to note, there's a couple of instances of people
being pushed overboard. One is this and then there's
another one in season 2 when like Ed gets pushed overboard.
In both instance, the person being pushed over loses both
shoes, which is really funny. I did want to point out though
with with Ed pushing Alicia's off the boat like it or the ship
rather, it just kind of like started to symbolize that like
he's back in his like villain era.
And while it was like a pretty like expected twist, like, I was
kind of like expecting like Izzy to kind of like worm his way
back into like Ed's mind and be like you're not Ed, you're
you're Blackbeard, remember? But like, I'm I'm also glad that
it happened in the 1st place because it shows that like even
with doing horrible acts, he doesn't like lose his human side
because he still deeply cares about Steed.
But like at the same time his like love for Steed is fueling
his hatred because he's still pissed off about like how things
like ended. So like and then like even on
top of that like Luscious was very like critical about Ed's
artwork. So I feel like this was kind of
like Ed's way of like getting back at him being like, my
fucking song rocked. You're the dipshit.
So that is so. Petty with it, 'cause like and
like, He definitely is petty. Ed is so damn petty.
It's like hilarious. So it's a very fitting, but it's
also like sad at the same time. And like with with you like
saying like, him throwing away the soap was like him going back
on like his like hopes and dreams.
It's also like, like the way I interpreted it was kind of like
him trying to just, like, get rid of his human side and like,
turn off his emotions. Because.
He's tired of feeling heartbroken.
He's tired of feeling sad. He just kind of wants to like
fuck shit up and destroy everything.
Like he's like along with him being in his villains era, he's
also in his like back to being self-destructive.
Like he kind of regressed to like his times with Calico Jack
and like starting off with Izzy and everything and like becoming
Blackbeard. So it's like very interesting to
see like this happening in like real time rather than us just
being presented with Blackbeard, also known as Ed, in the
beginning. So it's a very, very nice little
call back trying to like loop us in to like the shit show that's
about to start. Yeah, and this regression into
Blackbeard, you know, remember Blackbeard was the man that
doesn't know fear. He doesn't know pain, like.
And he says as he's like getting back into character basically by
putting on the makeup and like putting his Leathers back on
looking at the dagger, he says I am the Kraken.
And remember the Kraken is the monster.
So he's he's basically saying like OK, Ed the human is no more
Ed the human can't exist. Ed the human keeps getting
crushed. Like the monster is just gonna
come out. That's what people want.
That's what people respect. That's what people expect of me.
Like like you said. So like, yeah, the stripping of
his humanity is a really good way to put this.
And I think it's really fitting that the first thing he does as
the Kraken, as Blackbeard Izzy takes revenge on the man that
awakened the Kraken Izzy. And by like cutting off his toes
and feeding it to him and being like, don't you ever fucking
disobey me ever again or I'll take more of those things and.
Like and everything like that. But like anything, dealing with
nails and ingesting them makes me wanna fucking vom.
It is pretty nasty. But.
Then Izzy's reaction too is this mixture of just like, yes,
finally and a horror at the same time of what's happening Cause
like I I don't know that Ed has ever been or Blackbeard has ever
been this extreme towards him. Like, yeah, he's seen Blackbeard
do this to other people but like to have it turned on him I think
is possibly at to this level. I think is maybe new for Izzy.
And he's like, I'm a little uncomfortable, like laughs
nervously, you know, And things get worse for Izzy going
forward. But Izzy, you kind of like, you
woke up the Kraken, like, so Anyway, that's a whole nother
journey for Season 2. So part of the part of the
transformation also involves just like straight up erasing
all memories of Steed. So he basically orders the crew
to toss all the fancy stuff overboard.
So they're like getting rid of like Steed's books, like
basically everything. His clothes.
I think they'd probably get rid of some artwork, furniture, and.
Everything but a robe. Everything but a robe that will
pop up in Season 2. And the crew doesn't seem too
happy about this. Which is ironic, because in the
very beginning of the show, they all wished they had a captain
like Blackbeard, who didn't have books and like silks and all
this stuff. But but now that they're trans,
they're trans transitioning, sorry, into that reality of
being Blackbeard's crew. Like, I think that Steed's
people are like, is this what we want?
Like, I think they're starting to really doubt the reality of
what being, quote a real pirate is.
And like, it's starting to sink in.
They're starting to get super uneasy by all of this too, which
is a lot of character growth from like, where they started.
And, like, you really can't fault the crew all that much.
Because like wow, like whilst Steed isn't like the the proper
type of captain, he did like let them be very like LAX, like they
had a really good life. They got paid for it.
They were essentially just like like living on the on the ocean
but not really doing pirate stuff to a certain extent.
And then like, then the events where they actually do like
pirate stuff with like Pirate's Cove and like the whole like
Jackie incident and stuff like that.
You can tell, like, even then they felt uncomfortable because
they're like, OK, well, we're not really used to this,
besides, like, Pete, because Pete was a part of Blackbeard's
crew. Blackbeard is also delusional as
fuck. But yeah, you can just kind of
like, see, they're that. They're like, OK, well this is
what we wanted. But like, we had it really nice.
Like we had it really easy and now we don't get to slack off
and eat rations all day. We have to actually put in the
work of being a pirate. We can't just claim the status
and not do anything with it. So it it's definitely like like
two sides of a coin because it's like while you're getting
exactly what you wanted, you're not getting it in the way that
you wanted. Because even when they have like
Ed as the Co captain, with him being like still kind of
Blackbeard but like more so Ed like they have like a taste of
it. But again, they still had it
very, very easy compared to like other pirate crews that we've
seen in the show. You know what their situation
reminds me of? I agree with all that.
But you know what? Then there's a favorite.
Have you seen The Office? Yeah.
OK, I know you haven't, Caitlin. So for those of you that
haven't, Zoe, maybe you'll you'll get this.
OK, Steed is Michael Scott OK? And he's basically paying the
crew to be his friends. Like, it's basically what it is.
Like, they're not truly like, they're kind of doing pirate
stuff. Yeah, but they're mostly there
to be Steed's friends. His little confidants.
Yeah, exactly. Like, because he treats them
like people. And like, you know, he clearly
loves them and cares about them. And that's why he's always like,
hey, how are, you know, how are you doing?
Let's talk this through like we're having fun.
Yeah. Not to mention.
He's like. Like the slap of reality when
they're getting rid of Steed's stuff, it's kind of just like
them realizing, OK, well, I guess this is like the chapters
closing. I guess this is not where we are
anymore. And like, it's very bittersweet
because like like we've said, they're getting what they want
at the cost of not being able to remember Steve at all.
Besides the the Revenge, the ship itself.
Like. It it's it's so sad and like, I
feel so bad and like, it doesn't help when like, Izzy's like,
what the fuck are y'all doing? Hurry up.
I know. So Speaking of Steve, let's head
back there where the family is bonding for the first time in
forever. For the first time, yeah,
that's. That's that's where it was going
in my head. I was just really working hard
to not verbalize it. So thank you Theo.
No, you're good. You.
I see. If I keep doing it every time it
gets annoying, but if you do it, it brings in a new breath of
air. It's purely the odd I.
Can't like you can though. It's purely like one of the
trending TikTok sounds, least on my page.
I don't want candy, but the demons in me want candy.
I have not heard that one. I'll, I'll make sure to.
Send y'all something because. It's like, hilarious.
So nothing says a good family outing like executing a plan to
pretend the Man of the house quote died.
I agree. I mean, at least Mary didn't
actually go through with killing him and we got to this point.
But I do love that they show up too.
Eye patch lady who's apparently name is Evelyn House.
She's like, so you have any bodies leg around.
She's like, oh that that's a question for my son.
But he's like, she said, Does your does your husband know that
you're plotting his death or something like that?
And then Steve pops in. He's like, yeah, hi, right here.
I'm still here, unfortunately. Oh yeah?
She asked if she went through with it.
Yeah, it's. Just, it's just hilarious how
like when they were like plotting the plan together,
Steve, just like, well, everybody's had a goat killing
me besides me and I want to taste.
Right. I love.
I love earlier when the but when Mary got the idea about the
skewer when she's first talking to Evelyn and I love when
Evelyn's like basically like you could just kill him, that's
probably the best thing to do. And she's they're talking about
like natural causes of death. And her line, my favorite line
is murder is a natural cause of death.
It's just like true, but also really dark and funny.
What is not a natural? Cause of.
My camera didn't want me to ask that question.
Apparently not. Oh.
I definitely did want to mention I thought it was very intriguing
when Steed came from the bars to Mary's like paint show or art
show, whatever you want to call it and like he full on like like
a switch fucking flips like he he's like full on about a kill
Doug. And like, it's so wild to see,
like like I was mentioning earlier, how like Steve has
rubbed off on Blackbeard and then we see vice versa, where
like Steve's about like full on like maul this man, like he's
about to like full on pirate his ass.
Like, it's so interesting seeing like that switch flip and like
seeing it, like his face just drop and it's just amazing.
Yeah, that was a really good moment, 'cause it it goes to
show that, like, Steed really wasn't pretending like he did.
He now has pirate instincts, like that was instinctual.
He didn't think about that. And like, did you see the moment
where, like, it clicks what he's doing and he's like, oh, I'm in
the middle of, like, high society and like, I have a knife
to this man's throat. Like, I can't like, oh, what?
I can't believe I just did that like.
It also goes to show like the the people that really don't
believe that Steed went off to be a pirate.
It fully shows that like he did go and do that because where
where the fuck else did he learn something like that and like it?
It it purely like reminds me of like like what is the best way
to wear this kind of just like him slipping into like like
Neanderthal moment real quick almost.
Like it's like it's it's instinct.
It's just survival instinct. Yeah cave membrane.
OK other thing I love about back to like Evelyn and her big widow
energy I guess she OK so they show up at at Evelyn's because
her son I guess is like the the. Body Master the.
Fright the they won't run the morgue I guess of the time.
Like they're the corners of the time and so they're there to get
a body. So I love that she hooks them up
with a corpse and and a steed sized corpse and her jungle cat
Ned. I love that that's there, which
is hilarious and Steed just like I love that he makes it work
with this cat. It's hilarious.
It's also really nice, right? Out of all the names, just Ned.
Ned, but I I really do like how they perfectly executed A femme
fatale. Because that's exactly what
Evelyn is like. Very on point.
I really like that aspect and like it.
It makes me laugh that she just is like a femme fatale.
But here's my here's my jungle cat, Ned, you know.
And then my my mortician son, mortician that shall be unnamed.
He doesn't need a name. He's just the son that gets the
bodies. And then I love Ed's.
Ed's fuckery that goes. Sorry, Steed's fuckery.
You got me doing it now, Caitlyn.
It's not my fault, it's the name's fault.
It's Steed's where we got Steed, Ed and Ned in the scene on the
stage. Ed, Ed and Eddie.
Oh my God, seriously. And yeah, so I love that the the
fuckery goes really well and like, Steed pulls it off and
then Mary gets public closure that yes, my husband is dead.
And I do love the conversation that he had before he leaves.
And like, they execute it. I love the conversation Steed
and Mary have in the carriage where he's basically like, she's
like, Are you sure you don't want any of the money?
You don't want any of the land? He's like, I don't want anything
like that is yours. You have earned it.
You and the kids, I'm, I'm just gonna exit and we're gonna have
our happy, separate lives. So I like that like they make
peace like all of them. At the end, it's really like a
good like, I like how they wrote the closure with Steed and his
family. It was very sweet.
I I do loved it and I love the daughter splitting the orange in
hand and giving it to him. I have.
Go ahead. Mine's about Ned, so go ahead.
Oh, mine was just about Doug and Steed's relationship.
Because it's purely like, here's my here's my husband's
boyfriend. Yes.
That's like the. The dynamic that they have,
like, yeah, they're kind of like like Doug's just kind of like I
don't know how I feel about you, but you're you're trying to make
an effort and like in in like relation to that they end up
becoming friends and like obviously like Doug and Steve
aren't together, but like that's just like the vibe that is like
brought to the function. It's so cute.
I like when they like when they come up with a plan and Mary
wakes up, she's like, Steve, you made me breakfast the bed.
He's like, no, that was Doug. And Doug is sitting in the bed.
He's like, we're talking. It's so cute.
It's just such like it's just such a good episode.
Just it is. Like the closure that we get,
the like, the repairing of relationships, the starting of
like a new friendship. Like it's just it's so
beautiful. Plus, like, Steed actually gets
like a look into Mary's new life and like, he finally takes his
head out of his ass and is like, all right, well, it'd be best if
I just faked my own death and went back to my boyfriend.
So let's do that. The breakfast and bed scene
foreshadows season 2. Ah, you're correct.
It does. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
We get the flip side of that. Yeah.
Because Mary was like. I hope you find what I have.
And then he does. He does.
But I have something to say about Ned.
OK, so you know how they say the lion's den?
He flipped the word. Den.
It's Ned. Oh shit, that is my additional
wow. Thank you, Caitlin.
Oh, insightful. Thank you.
OK, and with that nugget of wisdom, let's move on to the
ending of season one. So.
But. I got, I got a note.
I don't know what it is. Hold on, OK, I said.
The end thing is very bittersweet because Steve is
finally free. Meanwhile, it is spiraling like
a maniac and is trying to go back to being Blackbeard while
being heartbroken. Oh.
My gods, so I love one of the things he does is like, OK, so
he basically basically part of what he's doing is cleansing of
Steed basically. So part of what he has to do is
get rid of all of Steed's quote playthings.
So he gets rid of his crew and basically strands them on an
island and just leaves them there, except the the two
members of Steed's original crew and he's like, you can be useful
to me. So that's, I said Vigo, that's
Jim. Sorry, played by Vigo and
Frenchy. And the reason he he's like Jim,
you're a good specimen. And then takes, without any
explanation, just takes Jim. And then Frenchy, the initial
reason he recruits Frenchy's like, you can sew, right?
And he's like what I saw, like the wind, like, you know, and
his survival instinct is always like whatever you want.
So I don't die. So he has him basically, so an
additional element to the Blackbeard flag, and we see it
hoisted at the end by Frenchie and it's basically that, like
the monster with the spear. And he adds like a heart at the
end, 'cause. Like and then three little ones
I think. Yeah, 'cause Blackbeard's so
heartbroken. He's like, fuck love.
It's basically like anti like Valentine's Day energy for me.
Yeah, he's just not. He's not trying.
OK, so yeah, he's put the Blackbeard mask back on.
He's being an over extreme version of Blackbeard, but he's
also not hiding the fact that he's just like, utterly
heartbroken. He's just announcing that with
this new flag, basically. But we still have these moments.
Like there's one last moment in the finale where after he does
all this blustering, he ends up he being Ed ends up back in
Steed's room, just like all alone, sobbing uncontrollably.
Because, like, to be Blackbeard at this point and to cast off Ed
while retaining a bit of his humanity despite not wanting it.
Ed is ultimately trapped and just alone.
He can't confide in anybody. He has to be Blackbeard now for
everybody. It's like the for him, like the
crew, the ship. It's not a really a safe space
for Ed because Izzy made that super, super clear.
So, like, it's just really sad that poor Ed is like even more
isolated, I think, alone and alone than he was before he met
Steed, Which is, like, really sad that, like, his journey put
him so far back like that. He's in a worse position than
like when we first met him. And he was just like he felt
alone, you know, and as Ed. There's there's a lot going on.
I I analyze him more in Season 2 because there's a lot happening.
There's. A There's been a lot happening.
It's just it's a very sad place to leave Ed.
And like it's it's such like a well done like scene.
Anytime it cuts to like Ed, just like sobbing because like we've
all been there. Like for the most part like
we've all dealt with like going through heartbreak or just like
having the feeling of being alone.
Even if you have people surrounding you and like it.
Like it's very nice and comforting almost to like see
that happening to like a relatable character.
Because it's just like, hey, I I felt alone before even though
like I'm with like multiple people.
Like I definitely get it. And then adding like the
heartbreak element to it, it's just like I've really been there
before. So I I just feel for him and
like in with trying to like get rid of his humanity, it's still,
it's not working. Like, it's still there Because
if he was working, he would not be crying.
He would have killed Steed's playthings.
Yeah, no, totally. And the yes to all of that.
And another thing I'd like to add like a layer to all of this
that I really appreciate is the fact that these are men.
So usually with men, when they're upset, it's like
socially acceptable to just be angry and not have emotions and
squash your humanity. And so like normally we.
Would. Yeah, exactly.
So normally the way we would see this play out in media is just
you would just see the destructive Blackbeard and
nothing else and be like he's fine.
He's just, he's expressing himself through his anger.
So I love that they specifically cut to a scene of just Ed just
sobbing because, yeah, on the inside he's upset and like, it's
OK for him to be upset. So I like that they explicitly
show the audience like he's fucking sad and they just let
the character cry, 'cause I feel like we don't get that with with
male characters and it's it's. And I like that they're showing
that in a healthy way. Like it's OK to be sad.
Like that's normal. Like this is OK to see the great
Blackbeard being sad, like that's OK.
So I do. I do appreciate that layer to it
as well. Yeah, and it's even more
impactful that it's specifically Blackbeard.
Yes. Because, like, he's very.
He's very much so. Like the, the epitome of, like,
manly man. Yes.
So like, I'm just like sobbing like and like crying his eyes
out to where like that you can like visibly see them like all
puffy and stuff. And like it's just and like his
like, makeup is like smearing. Like it's just it's so impactful
and like, it's so lovely and just I I appreciate that they
did that, 'cause like you said, it's OK to cry no matter what
gender or what you identify as. So it like I like I said, it's
nice seeing, like the stereotype of what men should be just
having a full mental breakdown. Yeah, no, I I absolutely love
that about Blackbeard's journey in in.
Particular. Yeah.
So I hate to break up the the the Ed talk, but I think we need
to head back to Steed on Steed because Steed when he left his
family because he's dead quote now.
Thanks, Ned. And the piano.
Yes, the piano. The carriage.
A lot. A lot happened in that death
scene, but he he rode off into the sunset and apparently the
boat could only track where the crew members were left on a
deserted island. But just this once, once, he
couldn't magically track where the Revenge is in the middle of
the ocean. It's because Ed didn't want to
be found. No, you're right, This is Looney
Tunes. Caitlin Looney Tunes.
Looney Tunes. I do love the fact that when
Steve shows up, his crew was like 2 seconds away from eating
the Swede. Yeah, I I also think it's
hilarious that like, it just it was like just like a cut to like
Swede's ass and and they're just like they're looking mighty
tasty right there. OK.
I also love that the reason they're on the desert deserted
island is 'cause like, Izzy tricked them.
And he was basically like, yeah, yeah, I know.
We're gonna have, like, we're gonna have the talent show on
this island. You guys set up first and then
we'll come back. So they're like in costumes.
They have like juggling things. So I love that.
With that knowledge, buttons still brought his, like, his
grill or whatever. Like the Yeah, I love that he
brought that for the talent. Like, it's such a buttons move,
like, why would you bring that? So he was like, you never know
what's gonna happen like. Better have it and not need it
than you so. I love that little detail, like
the thought process of buttons is the absolute best.
But that, unfortunately brings us to the end of season one.
It Sure. Does we.
Still have a whole another season to talk about, but
thankfully that's it for the season.
Yeah, so again, we did our best to cover like our favorite
parts, things that we really enjoyed, if he missed things,
BTS stuff, leave it all in the comments, We love hearing from
you. But we will be back to cover the
rest of season 2 and then speculate on what we would have
loved from season 3 amongst us and with all of your input.
Thank you fandom. So.
You'll have a lot to say about season.
Three, that might be its own episode, obviously just
theorizing about season three. There's some good stuff in
there. I'm very excited to talk about
that. So there's plenty more to enjoy
and we will have more interviews coming out hopefully.
Or maybe they're already out. But let me get this.
Speaking of interviews, if you want to know more about behind
the scenes stuff, we do have the Veco and Gypsy interviews
already posted. If you haven't seen those
already, check them out. So until next time.
Wait, we didn't give the Big Gay Energy Award to season one?
Oh, shit. I didn't even see that in there.
My bad. I was ready to hydrate and move
on. OK, let's not move on, all
right? We've come to the end of season
one. If you're new here, we, I mean,
we used to rate episodes, but now we're rating the whole
season using our Big Gay Energy Scale.
So what is the Big Gay Energy Award?
Basically, it's a gayer version of our Big Witch Energy Award.
If you've been with us that long.
And if you don't know what I'm talking about, this award goes
to something we absolutely loved or found very queer in the show
that really encapsulates the term Big Gay Energy.
So, Big Gay Energy Team, who or what would you give the Big Gay
Energy Award to for season one of Our Flag Means Death?
Honestly, I'm thinking the outfit, they were pretty Kunti.
Yes, especially Evelyn. Speaking of like, hunty outfits.
Yes. Oh, that's a good one.
Thanks. No, it wasn't Gypsy.
Thank you other costume designer for season one.
No, Nancy is Nancy's. The Goods is Harry.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah.
Yeah, it's mine, is Steed and Mary's conversation.
Gets the beginner new one. Yeah, because it's it's a
perfect scene for Steed to come out quote to Mary.
That's also a nice little like example of like allyship so.
Yes. Even though Mary, I'd swear to
God, she experimented afterwards.
A widow's group? How could you not?
Yeah, no, I agree. That's a good point.
All right, I'm gonna give just like, the easy existence of
queerness in this show as the big Gay Energy award because
there's several queer characters portrayed explicitly.
We have Jim, we have Lucius and Black Pete, and then we have Ed
and Steed. And there's there's other
queerness going on as well. But the way that the queerness
just exists in this time period, we don't really have to explain
it. There's no stigma.
There's no, they just exist and get to have their own stories
and just get it up all over the place.
I appreciate that wholeheartedly about a period show.
You know, that's so I love that about this show more than
anything. I think that alone gets its own
award. Not to mention, as we mentioned
before, like this show is still like very historically accurate
in the sense of pirates fucking each other, 'cause they didn't
have readily available access to fucking women.
So I mean like it's it's very historical in that aspect.
Cheers to that. We're not doing the next.
Section. OK, so thank you guys.
We will be back to do Season 2. How?
What? What wins the big Gay Energy
award in your point of view? Leave it in the comments And
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