Our Flag Means Death (2022)

A gentleman's midlife crisis in the Golden Age of Piracy. In 1717, Stede Bonnet (Rhys Darby) swaps his comfortable life for a pirate ship he has no idea how to run, struggles to earn his crew's respect, and soon crosses paths with Blackbeard (Taika Waititi). What starts as a silly fish-out-of-water comedy turns into one of TV's warmest love stories, and that shift is the reason to watch. David Jenkins created it for HBO Max; Max canceled it after two seasons, 18 episodes in all, so the story ends with threads still loose.