Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-27060727-20160824022100/@comment-24674051-20160824171156

YOu know, as to Blackbeard being in the LoUS, we don't really know what happened to him after Elsa reduced the size of the Jolly Roger. It would be reach, to be sure, but I won't totally discount it.

Another pirate option would be for Long John Silver. I know we had Captain Silver in "The Brothers Jones", but that would not necessarily have to have been the Treasure Island captain. Long John could be a descendent of Captain Silver that took to Piracy due to the loss of his father (and his father/grandfather's obsession with the Heart of the Storm). And given that we have over 100 years between the time that Killian served as a deck hand under Captain Silver and the present day, there is plenty of time for 3-4 generations (at least) to have come from Captain Silver (or one of his brothers, should Captain Silver have been himself childless).

Also, another reason I think this could be a pirate based episode is that the Jolly Roger seems to be shown with some prominence in the BTS pics from the first 5 episodes. (They are definitly geting some extended use from the Lady Washington, at least so far).