Black Sails (2014)

Action · Adventure · Drama

The pirate adventures of Captain Flint and his men twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic “Treasure Island.” Flint, the most brilliant and most feared pirate captain of his day, takes on a fast-talking young addition to his crew who goes by the name John Silver. Threatened with extinction on all sides, they fight for the survival of New Providence Island, the most notorious criminal haven of its day – a debauched paradise teeming with pirates, prostitutes, thieves and fortune seekers, a place defined by both its enlightened ideals and its stunning brutality.

IMDb rating: 8.2 (127,421 votes)
Episode average: 8.4 ↑ +0.2 vs IMDb
Seasons: 4
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 4 seasons indexed

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Seasons

Season 1 (2014)

7.94 avg 8 episodes 7.8 → 8.7 57 min avg

Big finale

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	I.	7.8	3,988
2	II.	7.6	3,097
3	III.	7.5	2,863
4	IV.	7.7	2,695
5	V.	8.2	2,733
6	VI.	8.0	2,563
7	VII.	8.0	2,532
8	VIII.	8.7	2,913

Season 2 (2015)

8.47 avg 10 episodes 8.5 → 9.6 55 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	IX.	8.5	2,689
2	X.	8.6	2,489
3	XI.	8.6	2,419
4	XII.	8.0	2,234
5	XIII.	7.7	3,024
6	XIV.	8.0	2,119
7	XV.	8.1	2,110
8	XVI.	8.4	2,158
9	XVII.	9.2	3,028
10	XVIII.	9.6	4,386

Season 3 (2016)

8.65 avg 10 episodes 8.7 → 9.5 54 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	XIX.	8.7	2,478
2	XX.	8.5	2,143
3	XXI.	8.6	2,093
4	XXII.	8.5	1,993
5	XXIII.	8.2	1,936
6	XXIV.	8.4	1,909
7	XXV.	8.5	1,958
8	XXVI.	8.6	1,937
9	XXVII.	9.0	2,304
10	XXVIII.	9.5	3,930

Season 4 (2017)

8.58 avg 10 episodes 8.5 → 8.6 59 min avg

Shape drift

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	XXIX.	8.5	2,135
2	XXX.	8.2	1,928
3	XXXI.	9.2	2,732
4	XXXII.	8.4	1,824
5	XXXIII.	8.5	1,856
6	XXXIV.	9.1	2,189
7	XXXV.	8.1	1,708
8	XXXVI.	8.2	1,745
9	XXXVII.	9.0	2,247
10	XXXVIII.	8.6	3,034

Black Sails (2014)

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