Pirates of the Caribbean brought swashbuckling adventure back to the big screen in 2003, and that instigated a wave of pirate-themed movies and TV shows on the back of it. Almost a decade after Jack Sparrow created a new pirate legend, Black Sails weighed anchor as a more mature offering that gave the characters of Robert Louis Stephenson’s Treasure Island new backstories in what really played out as Game of Thrones on the high seas. Now the series is coming to free streaming on Tubi, allowing those who have not yet watched the show to catch all the gritty action for free.

Originally broadcast from 2014 to 2017, the Treasure Island prequel features several familiar characters, including a certain John Silver and Captain Flint, as well as some real-life historical figures who cross paths with the fictional pirates years before the events of Stephenson’s novel. Essentially, what Wicked did for The Wizard of Oz....