The Final Breach in Black Sails
We spend a lot of emotional energy on the breach between Silver and Flint. But after Billy has put into action his plan to splinter Silver and Flint, there is one final partnership that must be sundered for the full tragedy to unfold: Flint and Madi.
In 4x10, Silver rescues Madi (which Flint directs him to do) and they walk through the ship. Madi continues to wear a worried expression, even as she sees redcoats being led away in chains. It is only when they more fully emerge into the light that Madi sees Flint and her facial expression relaxes. When Flint looks back at her, her smile cracks open, her eyes brighten, and her breathing heaves as in a sob of relief. Silver observes Flint's effect on Madi and he glares and seethes.
In her “Multitudes” speech to Woodes Rogers, Madi says, “Flint’s war, my war….it will not be bargained away….”
In his speech to Flint on Skeleton Island, Silver says, “This war, your war, her war….Julius will be no obstacle to it. As long as you and she stand for it.”
Silver thinks that he must prevent a war—not recognizing that there already is a war on Madi’s people—and that the only way to prevent this war is to separate Flint and Madi. Silver not only betrayed Flint; he not only betrayed Madi. He betrayed them both precisely by separating them from each other. That shattered partnership is the one that I mourn.
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