Black Sails Season 2 Ep. 5, Were you as surprised as me??

 Spoilers ahead if you haven't watched the show at all, or this episode DON'T READ THIS! Watch the show from the beginning, start with Season 1. =)

The title of my blog post says it all in one word "surprised". I was left very surprised after viewing this episode. 
I recently started watching this show after my best friend suggested it. And like I do when I find a great show, I binged. I watched it non stop until I was completely caught up. In fact like I posted on my Facebook page, I have a new favorite pirate captain (no offense to Captain Jack Sparrow, or Captain Hook from OUAT) and his name is Captain Charles Vane. I mean, really, who doesn't like a mysterious, bad boy, but sweet, sexy pirate captain?? 
But anyways back to the episode. I don't do really detailed descriptions of the episodes, and I don't write about every single episode of shows that I like. It's mostly the episodes that catch my eye, and surprise me. 
I was surprised 2-3 times in this episode. First time, when Eleanor Guthrie runs back to Charles Vane, and they "get together". I'm so confused by this woman. Hey Eleanor, either you want him, or you don't, he obviously cares about you. If you don't send him my way. ;) 
 Next surprise came when Flint chose to fire upon the fort. That decision actually came at the end of episode 4 but I was still surprised he went through with it. Mr. Scott made such a good argument at the end of that episode, I thought for sure Flint would change his mind. 
But then with the 3rd surprise I found out why he didn't. 
I didn't really understand why they were doing all the flash backs still in this episode, but later I was glad they did. 
I expected the love affair between Flint and Mrs. Hamilton, but I wasn't expecting the love affair between Mr. Hamilton and Flint. 
That left me staring at the TV with a  =O what just happened look. But if that is what makes Flint happy, I'm all for it. Question, was I the only one surprised?? I did notice Flint didn't act to happy while he was getting it on with Ms. Barlowe (A.K.A Mrs. Hamilton). But it just didn't dawn on me then, that he actually loved Thomas Hamilton. 
So maybe he's doing this whole thing about Nassau as vengeance for Thomas? To make sure Thomas's dream lives on, and that it gets done?? 
And again Eleanor confuses me, because last I saw her she was talking with her dad about no longer exporting stolen goods. So what does that mean for the pirates?? 
And last time I seen my man Mr. Charles Vane he looked like he was trying to chop off Flint's head. I really thought he was going to for a minute there. 
And we can't forget Ann and Jack. Poor Ann, she had to have seen that coming with her not being wanted on the new ship Max helped put together. Think about it, according to Jack Sparrow's crew it's bad luck to have a woman on board anyways. I don't know if that's the way it is in Black Sails though. Guess we'll have to wait and see if they get into that. Ann is a very mysterious woman, and now that I know she was an actual pirate, I'm probably gonna look her up and see how her life really went. 
Anyways this is such a great show. I'm so glad I was introduced to it, and can't wait to see what will happen next. 
Check out the preview for the next episode down below!