Taboo (2017)

It is the time of final reckoning. James Delaney confronts Sir Stuart Strange of the East India Company with the cold, hard truth. Revelations about those surrounding him are unearthed and met with deadly ramifications. Meanwhile, James conspires to escape, but as the cold enmity of the Prince Regent turns into a lethal fury, the Crown unleashes one final plan to destroy him. Time is running out, scores need to be settled, and tragic consequences must be borne. MORE -LESS

Not even over there, where everyone dies.

prepared to give information heard under a raised hand.

Atticus!

You ladies are going on a tour of the grounds.

for an unannounced inspection of its hull

Full house.

And for those of us who have secrets, marks, blemishes...

*Oranges and lemons, say the bells of St Clement's*

lately accused of conspiring with the

'I'm planning to journey to heaven, James.

You've lots of people waiting for you,

Pulling your wool over everybody's eyes.

Has he bothered to employ anyone

If he dies, then Nootka goes to the Americans, as per his will.

and the account of the East India clerk, Godfrey.

James Delaney has seemingly lost everything but, when he suffers a devastating betrayal, he realises even his freedom is in jeopardy. Armed with the opportunity they have been longing for, the Crown and Company conspire to bring him down once and for all. Elsewhere, Lorna sets out to discover the truth, whilst Zilpha perhaps has already found her own. MORE -LESS

Take into your loving arms this purest flake of snow,

First, I must tell you that I already know many things about you.

I have strong reason to believe that you were aboard the ship

Please, carry on.

as the man who organised the loading of the Cornwallis with slaves -

For the safe.

for at least a month.

We knocked.

Your ten o'clock is 20 minutes early, sir.

You witnessed the division of the gunpowder

treason.

So...you've not only delivered us Delaney,

The trade in sea otter pelts for tea

OVERLAPPING CONVERSATIONS

Mr Chichester, would you please allow me a few moments alone?

..you will never have to testify.

Until that happy resolution, I bid you good day, gentlemen.

Safe? Safe?

I suggest that you leave very quickly...

Dr Dumbarton!

JAMES GROANS

it was the Company, it was the East India Company.

Mr Delaney...

A line between life...

with not an unpleasant view of the River Thames.

No. Not of this game.

The East India Company declares war on James Delaney, whilst a family revelation drives him into dark and haunted places.

But when it is added to the sulphur and charcoal in our vats,

And Robert.

Ah.

a Royal Commission into the sinking of an East India Company ship

As part of a thriving illicit network.

And then I intend to visit Zilpha Geary.

Delaney is a horse

- enjoys the beatings... - I don't need to...

So fat, so plump, so monstrous big

It's as if the disease is not transmitted by air or miasma,

A position in Sydney, Australia.

"For the purpose of preventing contagion." Hm?

It's coming down the Fleet and Kilburn Rivers.

We thought you might have left for good.

Sit there.

Finally!

♪ It was the cursed Bonaparte! I threw a rope around... ♪

My ship is in fucking pieces, Godfrey.

or you cut off his thumb,

James Delaney is blackmailed into a dangerous mission, whilst animosity between the Crown and Company escalates to a new level.

No lack of faith in either party, but I need payment in advance.

of a messenger coming to tell you

And how did you end up in the duck pond?

The Company have already stated those involved will hang.

They say he's the devil,

Which brings me to that rather delightful woman

No.

We just have to find out where.

Where's he making the powder?

The oil in the paint is burning very nicely, thank you.

he had her sent to Bedlam Insane Asylum.

You are jealous of the little Scotsman.

Who the devil is George Chichester?

That's why we've also moved down here.

Not the ship's real name, of course.

The-The-The Influence? Why?

I sent word of your offer,

Is there somewhere we can pin her down?

Blacklisted, James Delaney sets out to protect his business by any means necessary.

to contest his will, on the grounds of insanity.

I believe that to be true, too.

but he instructed me to make sure you get home safely.

the only merchandise you could possibly use would be gunpowder.

Now, finally, here, I'm introducing chlorine gas

I hope now is not inconvenient.

So, what exactly is it you would use me for?

We're all just part of the plan, aren't we, sir?

Is that why you let it happen? To teach me a lesson?

War going on.

Brace, do not believe that I will not know

you cannot be outside lurking in the garden in the dark scaring people.

- And Mary. - Thank you so much.

Ah! You feel me, don't you, when I break in?

You're quite a prize, Mr. Delaney, quite a prize.

Love is now part of the deal that we are offering

offering the gift of hysteria before the night is over.

I want you to bring my father's possessions tomorrow

In the absence of a chimpanzee, a gorilla will have to do.

What will the gorilla do with the lady, one wonders.

Oh, no.

James Delaney decides to take radical action in order to safeguard himself from those intent on his demise.

Well, you tell Carlsbad...

So now I know I'm looking for a lady.

lies along the line of our disputed border with the Americans.

- Oh... - Dear God.

So, when the carpenter comes,

You see the heathen?

There is a hand-written note on my desk in the attic.

"This is the last will and testament of me, James...

For now I'm only in danger from the Americans

And down he floats...

Vancouver coast to Canton.

like carcasses into the Seine.

Always, Sir, on account of her being a fussy, stuck up bitch, Sir.

♪ How can I keep my maidenhead ♪

and you also hear everything they say when they raise their hand?

I have registered the Delaney Trading Company

There is enough treachery already surrounding us

Your servant is also now half mine.

No! No!

I'm willing to take care of the insurance of your ship.

and I also believe that that is of no consequence to you.

it excites me,

A beautiful exhaustion.

Brace...

Come, come.

Now this gentleman is a Duke.

As James Delaney assembles his league of the damned; an unexpected arrival threatens to disrupt his plans.

To keep things safe.

your father only gave me coppers. What man?

gave him money and secured his services.

Sit down.

Ah! See, there it is.

See? So I said, "You go or I'll slit your gizzard"

Why did you make them red? It's us who should be red.

You really must try and drink more from the green bottle

What the fuck is this? Oh, it's, um, from the East India.

I spy on her. From the conversation,

Prayer beads, not enough to get you to heaven.

Ah!

I would rather that you worked with me rather than against me.

The Whigs want to protect you.

They said you were a doctor.

He was drunk.

There are only savages at Nootka. Then I will trade with them.

of his most intimate business to his enemies at the East India Company.

To his son, James Keziah Delaney,

and I never got a penny.

Hurry up!

If the paperwork from Dublin is validated,

Well, what kind of documents?

You, what's your name?

She would have a claim against James Delaney for

Tonight, composer Ludwig van Beethoven's Sixth Symphony.

In the series opener, James Delaney returns to 1814 London after ten years in Africa to claim a mysterious legacy left to him by his father.

What extra shilling?To bury your father deeper in the ground.

Before we begin, may we bow our heads in prayer?

whereby he is able to subdue all things to himself.

Were those Negro words he said over the grave?

and, yes, I have other business than pissing.

The land in your father's will is not only useless,

These girls arriving are all whores.

Well, then you will have no need for legacies now, will you?

Words from a raised hand... will not...

She was committed as a resident of Bedlam.

The necks he broke always belonged to officers.

Where perhaps our lawyers could pick it apart?

In the end, he was calling for you.

And he would talk to Anna.

Thoyt has been trying to buy the Delaney Shipping Company

Where did you get the key?This key? This is my father's key.

Mm-hmm.

Why does a soldier know that a nigger bowing low

now you know the truth.

Now it's time for you to do some bleeding good among your own.

the Royal College of Physicians, see you know many others of them

No, because I have no fear to feed you with.

Today, I have work to do.

Chairman of the Honourable East India Company

I know.

actually will be very, very valuable to the Crown

Conquest?