Crossbones (2014)

Season 1

It's 1715 on the Bahamian island of New Providence, the first functioning democracy in the Americas, where the diabolical pirate Edward Teach, a.k.a. Blackbeard, reigns over a rogue nation of thieves, outlaws and miscreant sailors. Part shantytown, part marauder's paradise, this is a place like no other on earth - and a mounting threat to international commerce. To gain control of this fearsome society, Tom Lowe, a highly skilled undercover assassin, is sent to the buccaneers' haven to take down the brilliant and charismatic Blackbeard. But the closer Lowe gets, the more he finds that his quest is not so simple. Lowe can't help but admire the political ideals of Blackbeard, whose thirst for knowledge knows no bounds - and no law. But Lowe is not the only danger to Blackbeard's rule. He is a man with many villainous rivals and one great weakness - a passionately driven woman whom he cannot deny.

Released May 30, 2014 Episode 42 min 14+

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Keywords: tmdb.outlaw, tmdb.pirate, tmdb.period-drama, tmdb.swashbuckler, tmdb.18th-century, tmdb.historical-drama, tmdb.island + 10 more, mdblist.has-trailer, tmdb.bahamas, imdb.pirate, imdb.tropical-island, imdb.tropical-setting, mdblist.ext.2k-blu-ray, imdb.1700s, imdb.1710s, imdb.18th-century, imdb.blackbeard-character

Production Companies: Mr. Cross, Universal Television, Parkes+MacDonald Image Nation, MacDonald/Parkes Productions

Network: NBC

Country: United States
Languages: English

IMDb 3968

6.5

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Neil Cross
Director

John Malkovich
Blackbeard

Richard Coyle
Tom Lowe

Yasmine Al Massri
Selima El Sharad

David Hoflin
Charlie Rider

Claire Foy
Kate Balfour

Tracy Ifeachor
Nenna Ajanlekoko

Chris Perfetti
Tim Fletch

Peter Stebbings
James Balfour

5.8

S1E1 - The Devil's Dominion

The Longitude Chronometer, a device that will change the world, is stolen from HMS Petrel by pirates working for the legendary but supposedly long dead Edward Teach - better known as Blackbeard. On board the Petrel is Tom Lowe, an English spy working undercover as ship's surgeon. Lowe's mission is to prevent the Chronometer from falling into the hands of pirates... and if the opportunity should arise, to assassinate Blackbeard.

May 30, 2014, midnight

6.8

S1E2 - The Covenant

Blackbeard's plans are complicated when a popular Pirate Captain comes to town and violently disagrees with his grand design. For his master plan to survive, Blackbeard must weigh the risks of ridding himself of a dangerous old friend. Meanwhile, trying to gain insight into the Commodore's mysterious endgame, Tom Lowe finds himself an unlikely instrument of Blackbeard's will.

June 6, 2014, midnight

6.8

S1E3 - The Man Who Killed Blackbeard

When Kate is captured on a trading voyage, Blackbeard and Lowe must work together in order to rescue her before she reveals the island's whereabouts to William Jagger. In the process, Lowe discovers that Blackbeard has an ulterior, deeply personal motive for keeping him on Santa Compana.

June 20, 2014, midnight

8.0

S1E4 - Antoinette

Having learned of Blackbeard's plans to attack innocent civilians in Jamaica, Lowe devises a way to report back to his spymaster, William Jagger. But having done so, Lowe discovers that Jagger might be an even greater madman than the Commodore. The time has come to make a choice between two evils. Which way will he jump?

June 27, 2014, midnight

5.0

S1E5 - The Return

Lowe plots to kidnap Blackbeard and deliver him to the English authorities, believing this to be the only way to save the people of Santa Compana from the mad wrath of William Jagger. Meanwhile, Jagger visits an insane asylum, believing a patient there will be the key to finally defeating Blackbeard.

July 11, 2014, midnight

8.8

S1E6 - A Hole in the Head

Balfour overhears Lowe confess to Kate of being an English spy sent to kill Blackbeard and he tells Selima, who sends pirates to find Lowe. Antoinette's torture continues at the hands of Jagger, now using Lowe's sketchbook as evidence that Edward "Blackbeard" Teach is alive.

July 18, 2014, midnight