Our Flag Means Death: Rhys Darby Reveals What He Wants to See in Season 3

The second season of Our Flag Means Death has come and gone, and now fans are eager to find out if Max will be renewing the show for a third season. Recently, ComicBook.com had the chance to chat with Rhys Darby (Stede Bonnet), and he talked about the ending of the second season and how things left off with "a little bit of happiness." Warning: Spoilers Ahead! While Izzy Hands (Con O'Neill) sadly died, things did end happily for Stede and Blackbeard/Ed (Taika Waititi). They decided to leave the pirate life behind and open an inn. However, Darby doesn't think that life is going to last long. In fact, he has some ideas of what Stede and Ed could be getting up to in a potential third season. 

"It's a difficult one," Darby began. "I don't know where they're going to go next if they carry on, because Stede has definitely had the ultimate journey. And I think there's moments where he must be pinching himself, 'This can't be right.' And I think when I think of these two characters, who are now very famous pirates in this region who think they're going to pull off being able to just open an inn and have a nice life, they're kidding themselves. And I think they're in this amazing honeymoon period where they're now going, 'Okay, we've basically gone through all of this tough stuff and together, and our relationship is at a point where we can actually now relax.' I think that's when they're going to have their hardest time because they've never had that before. And so that in itself would be fun to explore. How are they going to be together like this?"

He continued, "Is it going to work? And then at the back of their minds, they've got to be thinking, 'Wait a minute, aren't we real badass pirates? The British are not going to give up.' Everyone gets killed or taken in if you're a pirate in those days. So that, and the other element that I think Stede would be really missing – both of them – but particularly Stede, would be that he's seeing his family float off. Those are his new people, those people that really, that he loves and almost like his kids. And I think he's going to be worried, not that he's ever worried about his kids, but these people who I believe he has a connection to, and he feels responsible for them in some way, that they're going to have danger. As soon as you see that pirate ship head off, you think, 'Right well, it's literally a pirate ship, so it's going to be attacked at some point.' Now. Luckily, it's got some real kick-ass people on there now that are going to be more capable than he is."

Are you hoping for a third season of Our Flag Means Death? If so, what do you think will happen to Stede and Ed? Tell us in the comments! 

Our Flag Means Death is now streaming on Max. Stay tuned for more from our interviews with the show's cast.