Izzy Hands was Blackbeard's loyal first mate ... Stede Bonnet was known as "The Gentleman Pirate" because he gave up a life of nobility in favor of plundering the high seas (via Smithsonian ...

While this is arguably Izzy’s highpoint, we all know that pirates don’t generally tend to get happy endings, and there was one kicker of a twist in the season finale. Thankfully, Izzy Hands ...

Some actors, like Taika Waititi and Con O'Neil, play characters based on real pirates (Blackbeard and Izzy Hands, respectively). Others, like Joel Fry, play fictional characters. Rhys Darby stars ...

but what our pirates stand for is a life of belonging to something larger than they are in the face of a crushing, slightly fascist normalcy. That comes up in Izzy’s speech to Ricky Banes just ...

and Izzy Hands (Con O’Neill). Episode 6 saw Stede and Blackbeard lean into their crew’s request to celebrate Calypso’s Birthday, which is essentially a made-up holiday for the pirate community.

His behavior even alarms other hardened pirates — including his cynical sidekick Izzy Hands, played to the hilt by an entertainingly acidic Con O'Neill. Invested in maintaining his captain's ...