Along the lines of how Our Flag Means Death is constantly shifting between genres (muppet comedy, gritty pirate realism, British Navy Master & Commander realism, etc etc), I want to say for the record that I have zero idea if Calico Jack is still alive, because I don't know if his death took place in the muppet world of almost zero consequences or in the gritty pirate realism world where a cannonball to the chest actually means something. He could pop up next season in a neck brace bitching about swimming back to shore after the British shot him and I'd be like "Yeah, that tracks," and he could never show up again because he's dead dead and I'd be like, "Yeah, that also tracks," and it's both brilliant and baffling how the show pulls off this melange of genres in a way that keeps us guessing like this.

I should clarify that I firmly believe Lucius’s “death” is in the Muppet-y world of zero consequences, ie he’s definitely alive, for an endless list of reasons but one has got to be the stupid like comedy “swoop!” sound effect that plays when he goes overboard and the fact his shoe does a little spin in the air like a cartoon character falling off a cliff before it tumbles after him. It’s hard to see or hear because of the dark atmosphere and Avalanche’s opening notes playing but it’s definitely there and to me is a very Doylist signal to take Ed’s “confirmation” after with a grain of salt.