Our Flag Means Death season 2 gets a release date and fan-bait trailer

Fans of Max’s addictive pirate comedy/drama/romance Our Flag Means Death have had a strained, sweaty wait for season 2, ever since season 1 ended with a heartbreaking story shift and an emotional send-off designed to give them the exact opposite of what they wanted for the leads, based-on-real-life pirate captains Stede Bonnet (Rhys Darby) and Edward “Blackbeard” Teach (Taika Waititi). The release date for season 2 is finally known, as well as a teaser trailer that gives fans a hint of what they can expect. Even though the exact wording of this sentence is unclear, it could be translated as follows: What they are looking for in Season 2 is a lot of drama and angst, an outsized romance, the return of the colorful and large cast and Waititi as a rousing operatic tsundere.

[Ed note: Broad spoilers ahead for season 1 of Our Flag Means Death.]

Season 1 of David Jenkins’ pirate series starts off as an ensemble pirate-workplace comedy and turns into a series of queer love stories with remarkably different tones. The show’s intensely vocal and demonstrative fandom has expressed a lot of joy and investment in the different pairings — Black Pete (Matthew Maher) and Lucius (Nathan Foad) in a casual hookup that turns into something much sweeter; Oluwande (Samson Kayo) and Jim (Vico Ortiz) in a carefully navigated friends-to-lovers scenario; Ed Teach’s second-in-command Izzy (Con O’Neill) with his unacknowledged and unrequited crush on his boss; bar owner Spanish Jackie (Leslie Jones) and her many husbands, including her bartender Geraldo (Fred Armisen). Stede and Ed are at the center of this fandom. They both undergo major life changes that pull them closer together in the first season, but then separate them.

It’s clear that Season 2 writers are already working on the next season. Exactly, you can contact us by clicking here. what’s driving the fandom, which has mobbed social media, angsting over Stede and Ed’s separation. The trailer offers glimpses of that big, sprawling cast, but it’s much more about Ed’s jilted fury, Stede’s absolute cluelessness, and their inevitable and potentially violent reunion. Brace yourselves, because #OFMD fandom is about to get loud again as it waits to see when Stede will finally realize he broke Ed’s heart, and Ed might respond by stabbing Stede’s.

Season 2 Our Flag Means Death Season 2 will have eight episodes. The first three episodes are set to premiere on Thursday, October 5. Two episodes each week until the end of the season, on Friday, October 26, the remaining episodes will be released on Thursdays. Here’s the official summary for season 2:

OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH (with some looseness) is based on (very little) the adventures of Stede Bonnet, a would-be pirate in 18th Century. Stede traded the seemingly charming life of gentleman in for a life as a swashbuckling pirate. He became the captain of the Revenge. Struggling to earn the respect of his potentially mutinous crew, Stede’s fortunes changed after a fateful run-in with the infamous Captain Blackbeard (Taika Waititi). To their surprise, the wildly different Stede and Blackbeard found more than friendship on the high seas…they found love. The only thing left is to make it through.

Season 2 cast: In addition to Darby and Waititi, season two stars returning cast members Samson Kayo, Vico Ortiz, Ewen Bremner, Joel Fry, Matthew Maher, Kristian Nairn, Con O’Neill, David Fane, Samba Schutte, Nat Faxon, and Leslie Jones. RuiboQian and Madeleine Sami are recurring guests, along with AnapelaPolataivao. ErrollShand is also a guest star, while Minnie Driver and BronsonPinchot join the ensemble.