Our Flag Means Death

HBO has just renewed Our Flag Means Death for a second season of stories about swashbuckling pirates falling in love on the high seas.

When we spoke with Jenkins earlier this year about season 2 before it was officially announced, he teased that Our Flag Means Death’s next chapters will explore the emotional headspaces Stede and Blackbeard find themselves in following their falling out. Just in time for this year’s Pride Month, HBO has announced that Our Flag Means Death will return for a second season of stories about swashbuckling and love on the high seas. “The pirate stuff is there, but it’s about those things,” Jenkins said.

The pirate series Our Flag Means Death, starring Taika Waititi and Rhys Darby as loose versions of historical pirates Blackbeard and Stede Bonnet, ...

After months of fan anxiety over the cliffhanger ending and big emotions of David Jenkins’ pirate series Our Flag Means Death, HBO has finally announced that a second season of the show has been greenlit. No date has been set for the second season. So whenever the second season does drop, expect an immediate, vocal cry for another renewal.

Avast ye swabs! for a second season of pirate comedy series starring Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi.

Pirate comedy series Our Flag Means Death, starring Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi, has been renewed for a second season by HBO Max. for a second season of pirate comedy series starring Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi. Our Flag Means Death is executive produced by Waititi, who directed the pilot, alongside showrunner David Jenkins, producer Garrett Basch, and Dan Halsted.

One of the best shows of 2022 so far, this heartwarming gem of a swashbuckling comedy will sail the streaming seas again.

Our Flag Means Death will return for a second season, with a release date yet to be announced. If you haven't hopped aboard already, Our Flag Means Death stars Darby stars as Stede Bonnet, a self-styled 'gentleman pirate', a great approximation of Flight of the Conchords' Murray if he'd existed centuries earlier, and a man determined to bring a bit of kindness and elegancy to the whole swashbuckling game. As its first season unfurled, Our Flag Means Death also proved to be a sweet and warmhearted romance, as well as essential viewing.

The HBO Max pirate comedy Our Flag Means Death became a sleeper hit, and has officially been picked up for a second outing.

The exact reason for the delay in renewal has not been released, though insiders have suggested that the issue may have arisen from scheduling conflicts. The hashtag #RenewOurFlagMeansDeath trended worldwide consistently over the weeks following the show's finale, and it topped the list of most watched new streaming shows for seven consecutive weeks according to data compiled by Parrot Analytics. However, news about the show's renewal was slow to come, giving rise to speculation that it could be dropped by the streaming service despite its word-of-mouth success.