About this season
Bristol, England, 1717. Lieutenant Robert Maynard of the Royal Navy scouts the seas in order to restore safe passage to the sea lanes. He meets his match when he's taken by a fearsome hulk of a menace in the West Indies—a pirate sailing off the Island of St. Vincent. Edward Teach has no plans for retirement. In fact, his goal-to find and lay claim to the fabled treasures of Captain Kidd.
Episodes (2)
1. Episode 1
5.0Aired 17 June 2006 • 85 min
Bristol, England, 1717. In order to restore safe passage to the sea lanes, Lieutenant Robert Maynard of the Royal Navy scouts the seas and offers amnesty to all pirates who choose to give up their evil ways and banish the criminals from the hundreds of islands they occupy. An imposing force, Maynard meets his match, a pirate sailing off the Island of St. Vincent: Edward Teach also known as Blackbeard.
2. Episode 2
5.0Aired 17 June 2006 • 85 min
An epic battle for control of the seas, for honor of Maynard's beloved Charlotte, and for possession of untold riches that lie buried in ghostly Vulture Island takes place, where Blackbeard's fate will become a symbol of an era's end in the New World.