Our Flag Means Death S01 E03: A Gentleman Pirate

Examining OFMD E3: A Gentleman Pirate in close detail and liveblogging/analysing the text.

S01 E01: The Pilot || S01 E02: A Damned Man || S01 E03: A Gentleman Pirate

Still from E3, via IMDb.

Back at it again! Once again I am setting your expectations for what I do in these liveblogs/close reading pieces:

• This is going to be a rewatch liveblog going through each episode and closely reading and responding to the text, bit by bit, in chronological order.
• It’s going to be pretty casual in tone, I will be swearing and making sex jokes and blah blah blah, this is close reading for fun and isn’t academic in tone, but it’s still close reading and commentary on the text with some analysis here and there. For fun.
• I’m gay, gay, homosexual, gay, and I’m not editing out the bits where I get distracted by being horny for the benefit of your entertainment and also my own lack of shame. You’re welcome.
• I have seen the whole series, I will be making constant reference to other stuff later in the text, so there will be spoilers for later in the series.

Of the episodes, I think this is the episode that makes me cringe the absolute most and want to look away from the screen the most, so. Expect…