They're back, but with more heartache, longing, denial, sublimation, grief, and hijinks. Lots of hijinks. Many of last seasons characters are back, and a few new ones as well. The Gentleman Pirate is back to rectify his lost opportunity with love, and Blackbeard as Kraken is tearing up the Caribbean to assuage his sorrows. The other love connections from season one have been torn apart as collateral damage, and we are left to hope that they will be reunited. Spanish Jackie provides a respite for our castaways and provides a scene for the first episode and Stede's crew sets out to save up enough to resume the sailing life, which sets the season's arc in motion.