Why Black Sails’ Captain Flint is One of TV’s Best-Written Characters

What would it take for you to abandon your rage? Let go of your shame? Would love be enough?

War Against the World. Credit: Starz

Winston Churchill is credited with saying “History is written by the victors.” But what if it wasn’t? That’s how you get Black Sails (2014–2017), a 4-season period dramatic masterpiece about…