Black Sails got off to a smashing good start with Season 1, but it's in Season 2 that it really begins to excel with a lot of moving parts. As much as I dug last season, I was still somewhat concerned that the series would dip. A show like this, with the amount of detail it exhibits always has Suits looking to cut corners and do it cheaper which ends up wrecking everything. It's on Starz, so I was expecting it wholesale. Well, happy to say that they are staying true to their vision of life on the seas through the eyes of Pirates. If anything, they upped their game with FX. It looks phenomenal. Set dressing is all fine and dandy, but it still needs to have a story to drive it all and it certainly does here. All the main and secondary characters are fun to watch. There is always something happening and what makes this season really great is the amount of double crosses and uneasy alliances they have to broker until their purpose is served. These are Pirates in every sense of the word. I highly recommend this as a Rent. Can't wait for Season 3 to drop on DVD. But I fear it's going to take a long time given the long ass wait just to get Season 2 into my Library branch.