More Black Sails

Pirates! We still have a big bottle of amaretto at home because we made tiramisu last week, so DD and I decided to have drinks while watching pirates, but we need to stop with that because in the past week we've drunk more alcohol than probably the entire year up to then. (Still not much at all.) Originally we started because we were told the first season is bad and bad things can be more fun to watch slightly tipsy, but in this case that really isn't necessary.

We're up to 2x03 and enjoying it a lot. Oddly, after hearing so often how much better the show gets with season 2, 2x01 was one of my least favorite episodes to date, I think because it was a very effective reminder of the brutality. ( ouch )

I shouldn't have expected otherwise, it is a show about pirates after all, but in my defense my two main associations with pirates in media are Pirates of the Caribbean and One Piece, both of which do a great job distracting from the violence.

There are so many complex characters, it's wonderful. Currently my opinions on many of them change basically with every episode, but have a few notes because I'm procrastinating on studying labor law.( Spoilers )