Spoilers - CROSSBONES Spoilers & Speculation {#1}: John Malkovich is Blackbeard the Pirate

Lutesse · 04-18-2014, 04:48 PM

John Malkovich as Edward Teach, aka Blackbeard

Welcome to the Crossbones S&S Thread {#1}
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Premiere Friday, May 30th, 2014 - 10 PM E/P
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ABOUT
It's 1715 on the Bahamian island of Santa Campana, the ﬁrst functioning democracy in the Americas, where the diabolical pirate Edward Teach, aka Blackbeard (John Malkovich), reigns over a rogue nation of thieves, outlaws and miscreant sailors. Part shantytown and part marauder's paradise, this is a place like no other on Earth - and a mounting threat to international commerce.

Teach/Blackbeard has set his sights on the world's first longitude chronometer, a device that will change society, sea-trade and global business. In a massive attack on an English vessel, Blackbeard attempts to steal the device; however, Tom Lowe, an English spy working undercover as the ship's surgeon, destroys the chronometer before it can fall into his hands. Taken as prisoner to Santa Campana Island, Lowe must find a way to reassemble the precious device, all while trying to unfold Blackbeard's plan... a plan that includes a threat to the English throne even worse than pirates.

From the award-winning creator of "Luther," Neil Cross, and award-winning executive producers Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald ("Gladiator," "Men in Black") comes an extraordinary action adventure with an unexpected moral center where one can't be sure whether the pirates or the British crown are the villains. One-hour drama.
Crossbones | NBC

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CAST

John Malkovich - Blackbeard
Yasmine Al Massri - Selima
Richard Coyle - Lowe
Claire Foy - Kate
David Hoflin - Rider
Tracy Ifeachor - Nenna
Chris Perfetti - Fletch

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EPISODES

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1.01 – “The Devil’s Dominion”

The Longitude Chronometer, a contraption that will change the world, is stolen from HMS Petrel by pirates working for the legendary but supposedly long dead Edward Teach — AKA 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.

1.02 – “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 assess the risks of relieving 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.

1.03 – “The Man Who Killed Blackbeard”

When Kate is captured during a trading voyage, Blackbeard and Lowe must band together 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.

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Originally posted: Crossbones Episodes 1-3 - Official Plot Guides - Seriable