Hunter Ingram SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “Mermen,” the Season 2 finale of “Our Flag Means Death,” now streaming on Max. What is on the other side of the Golden Age of piracy? Every character on Max’s “Our Flag Means Death” faces that question after the Season 2 finale saw the destruction of their safe haven known as the Republic of Pirates, the death of an unexpectedly beloved member of the crew and the Revenge sailing off into the sunset –– without Stede Bonnet (Rhys Darby) or Blackbeard aka “Ed” (Taika Waititi) on board. That’s right, after two seasons of swashbuckling and swooning, the two pirates reunited after Ed found the message-in-a-bottle love letter Stede cast out to sea in the season premiere.