Ahead of the release for Our Flag Means Death ‘s second season on October 5th, Max (formerly HBO Max) has dropped a first teaser trailer for its upcoming eight-episode season. Following a 3-episode premiere, season 2 will continue with two new episodes each week until its finale on October 26th.

Our Flag Means Death is based – very loosely – on the true adventures of 18th century would-be pirate Stede Bonnet (Rhys Darby). After trading the seemingly charmed life of a gentleman for one of a swashbuckling buccaneer, Stede became captain of the pirate ship Revenge. Struggling to earn the respect of his potentially mutinous crew, Stede’s fortunes changed after a fateful run-in with the infamous Captain Blackbeard, aka Ed (Taika Waititi). To their surprise, the wildly different Stede and Blackbeard found more than friendship on the high seas… they found love. Now, they have to survive it.

Opposite Darby and Waititi, the returning cast includes Samson Kayo, Vico Ortiz, Ewen Bremner, Joel Fry, Matthew Maher, Kristian Nairn, Con O’Neill, David Fane, Samba Schutte, Nat Faxon and Leslie Jones. Joining the show for its second season are Ruibo Qian, Madeleine Sami, Anapela Polataivao, Erroll Shand, Minnie Driver and Bronson Pinchot.

Watch the teaser for season 2 of Our Flag Means Death below: