Max has premiered the first trailer for the eight-episode second season of its pirate dramedy “Our Flag Means Death”.
In addition, the new run’s release plans have been revealed with the first episodes to debut on October 5th. Two new episodes will then premiere weekly up until the season finale on October 26th.
The series is very loosely based on the true adventures of 18th-century would-be pirate Stede Bonnet (Rhys Darby). After trading the seemingly charmed life of a gentleman for one of a swashbuckling buccaneer, Stede became captain of the pirate ship 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. Now, they have to survive it.”
The show hails from comes from creator and showrunner David Jenkins, executive producer and star Waititi, and executive producer Garrett Basch. Dan Halsted, Adam Stein, and Antoine Douaihy also serve as executive producers.
