9.6/103,923 votesLoading...#1 - XVIII.
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 3/28/2015
Flint acquires an unlikely ally. Vane's crew seeks a sea change. Silver makes a sacrifice.
Director: Steve Boyum
Writer: Jonathan E. Steinberg, Robert Levine
9.5/103,534 votesLoading...#2 - XXVIII.
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 3/26/2016
Rogers and his forces come for the pirates. Rackham and Bonny face impossible odds. Silver demands answers from Flint. Billy crowns a king.
Director: Alik Sakharov
Writer: Jonathan E. Steinberg, Robert Levine
9.2/102,656 votesLoading...#3 - XVII.
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 3/21/2015
Flint and Miranda come to grips with their past. Bonny makes clear her intentions to Rackham. Vane collects a huge prize. Eleanor issues a declaration of war.
Director: Lukas Ettlin
Writer: N/A
9.2/102,406 votesLoading...#4 - XXXI
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 2/12/2017
Max has a run-in with the law. Rogers reckons with the past. Flint and Madi come to an understanding.
Director: Roel Reiné
Writer: Jonathan E. Steinberg, Brad Kane
9.1/101,911 votesLoading...#5 - XXXIV
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 3/5/2017
Nassau is delivered. Silver makes a painful amends. Madi and Flint are separated. Rogers searches for Eleanor.
Director: Steve Boyum
Writer: Jonathan E. Steinberg, Robert Levine
9.0/102,000 votesLoading...#6 - XXVII.
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 3/19/2016
Eleanor puts everything on the line to save Rogers. Billy recruits allies. Flint and Silver prepare for war.
Director: Steve Boyum
Writer: N/A
9.0/101,946 votesLoading...#7 - XXXVII
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 3/26/2017
Silver and his men hunt for Flint on Skeleton Island. Madi receives an offer. Billy casts his lot.
Director: Steve Boyum
Writer: Jonathan E. Steinberg, Dan Shotz
8.7/102,512 votesLoading...#8 - VIII.
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/15/2014
The hunt for the Urca begins. Things change for Eleanor. Bonny and Rackham are haunted by their past sins.
Director: T.J. Scott
Writer: Jonathan E. Steinberg, Robert Levine
8.7/102,186 votesLoading...#9 - XIX.
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 1/23/2016
Flint and his crew wage war against the world. Eleanor receives an offer of clemency. Vane objects to Rackham's methods. One of Nassau's most notorious returns.
Director: Alik Sakharov
Writer: Jonathan E. Steinberg, Robert Levine
8.6/102,160 votesLoading...#10 - X.
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/31/2015
Flint gives Dufresne some advice. Silver must make himself indispensable. Eleanor is asked to depose a captain. Rackham gets ambitious.
Director: Clark Johnson
Writer: Michael S. Chernuchin
8.6/102,095 votesLoading...#11 - XI.
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 2/7/2015
Flint returns to Nassau and encounters a dilemma. Eleanor turns to an unlikely source for help. Rackham works to restore his reputation. Vane gets an unexpected prize.
Director: Stefan Schwartz
Writer: Brad Kane
8.6/101,816 votesLoading...#12 - XXI.
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 2/6/2016
Stranded at sea, Flint pushes Silver to his limit. As Nassau prepares to repel an invasion, Rackham takes the reins, while Max gets her house in order. To stave off defeat, Vane makes a difficult choice.
Director: Stefan Schwartz
Writer: Jonathan E. Steinberg, Dan Shotz
8.6/101,681 votesLoading...#13 - XXVI.
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 3/12/2016
Rogers comes under attack while moving a prisoner. Violence erupts on the Walrus. Silver and Madi are put to a test. Billy sees a new role for himself in the coming battle.
Director: Stefan Schwartz
Writer: Evan Bleiweiss
8.6/102,695 votesLoading...#14 - XXXVIII
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 4/2/2017
Flint makes a final push to topple England. Silver seals his fate. Rackham confronts Rogers. Nassau is changed forever.
Director: Jonathan E. Steinberg
Writer: Jonathan E. Steinberg, Robert Levine
8.5/102,338 votesLoading...#15 - IX.
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/24/2015
The Walrus crew is stranded, with an army of Spanish soldiers standing between them and the precious Urca gold. With their crimes against their brethren no longer a secret, Flint and Silver must join forces in a desperate bid for survival.
Director: Steve Boyum
Writer: Jonathan E. Steinberg, Robert Levine
8.5/101,870 votesLoading...#16 - XX.
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 1/30/2016
The Walrus crew battles the elements. Teach and Rackham have a disagreement. Rogers and Eleanor set terms for their partnership. Bonny fears for her future with Max.
Director: Lukas Ettlin
Writer: Jonathan E. Steinberg, Brad Kane
8.5/101,722 votesLoading...#17 - XXII.
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 2/13/2016
Civilization returns to Nassau, and sets its sights on Vane. Flint, Silver and Billy encounter a new enemy. Rackham takes a stand against his crew. Scott finds his place in the new regime.
Director: Steve Boyum
Writer: Jonathan E. Steinberg, Lisa Schultz Boyd
8.5/101,688 votesLoading...#18 - XXV.
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 3/5/2016
Flint and Silver return to Nassau, and a legend is born. A change in terms puts Rackham and Bonny in jeopardy. Vane’s mission evolves. Eleanor confides in Rogers.
Director: Rob Bailey
Writer: Marc Berzenski, Josh Rothenberger
8.5/101,880 votesLoading...#19 - XXIX
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 1/29/2017
The invasion of Nassau results in catastrophe, while Teach and Rackham look to avenge the death of Charles Vane and Eleanor gets acclimated to her new role.
Director: Lukas Ettlin
Writer: Jonathan E. Steinberg, Robert Levine
8.5/101,620 votesLoading...#20 - XXXIII
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 2/26/2017
Silver takes Flint's life in his hands. Billy drives a wedge. Eleanor risks everything. Rogers makes a stunning appeal.
Director: Alik Sakharov
Writer: Jonathan E. Steinberg, Dan Shotz
8.4/101,863 votesLoading...#21 - XVI.
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 3/14/2015
Flint and Miranda prepare for a tough go of it. Silver becomes enlightened. Eleanor learns Max's secret. Vane makes a move.
Director: Steve Boyum
Writer: N/A
8.4/101,651 votesLoading...#22 - XXIV.
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 2/27/2016
Flint challenges Teach over the future of piracy. Rogers makes an arrest. Rackham finds new purpose. Madi comes to Silver's aid.
Director: Lukas Ettlin
Writer: Dan Shotz
8.3/101,675 votesLoading...#23 - XXIII.
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 2/20/2016
Facing certain death, Silver pushes Flint to take action. Teach shows Vane a way forward. A new threat puts Eleanor and Rogers on notice. Max makes her play.
Director: Alik Sakharov
Writer: Jonathan E. Steinberg, Robert Levine
8.3/101,585 votesLoading...#24 - XXXII
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 2/19/2017
Violence engulfs Nassau. Silver demands answers from Billy. Eleanor comes to Max's aid. Bonny and Rackham endure hell.
Director: Marc Jobst
Writer: Peter Ocko, Michael Russell Gunn
8.2/102,359 votesLoading...#25 - V.
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/22/2014
Bonny confesses. Rackham makes a life-altering decision. Richard forces Eleanor's hand. A chess match is organized for Flint and the Walrus crew.
Director: Marc Munden
Writer: Doris Egan
The Best Episodes of Black Sails
Every episode of Black Sails ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Black Sails!
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...
Genres:DramaAction & Adventure
Network:Starz
Best Episodes Summary
"XVIII." is the best rated episode of "Black Sails". It scored 9.6/10 based on 3923 votes. Directed by Steve Boyum and written by Jonathan E. Steinberg, Robert Levine, it aired on 3/28/2015. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "XXVIII.".