I know I'm repeating what other people have said more eloquently than me, but one thing that continues to baffle me is the idea that Izzy was protecting the crew prior to s2ep1.
The idea only works if we surmise Ed was removing Izzy's toes instead of the crew's because Izzy volunteered in their place. Which is immediately disproven by the scene where Izzy tells Ed the crew SPECIFICALLY were refusing to part with treasure. That's not very protective of him right? And Ed immediately tells Izzy that its another of *his* toes. He doesn't ask for another crew member. No, it's *Izzy* He is only doing this to Izzy because it's what Izzy WANTED from him when he told Ed he should have let the English kill him and threatened Ed's life if he didn't perform Blackbeard.
I suppose by ignoring Izzy's role here and concluding that Ed just had a mental breakdown for no reason is how we lead to shit like "the murder shack."














