James had also not only exposed Stuart Strange’s crimes courtesy of lawyer Mr Chichester (Lucian Msamati), but also exploded Strange with a letter bomb. He’d learned that his father had been poisoned, but in an act of mercy by loyal manservant Brace (David Hayman) who’d wanted to save the sinning man’s Christian soul. How Season One Endsīy the finale, James had managed all three and more, and was on a ship sailing for Portugal with a rag-tag crew of ‘Pilgrims’ and 70 barrels of gunpowder. He’d come back with three goals: 1) to solve his father’s murder, 2) to expose Sir Stuart Strange (Jonathan Pryce) of the EIC for the illegal transportation and deaths of hundreds of enslaved Africans, and 3) to rekindle his affair with his half-sister Zilpha (Oona Chaplin). After a decade of being missing-presumed-dead, he returned to 1814 London for his father’s funeral. James grew up to enrol at the EIC, and went to sea where he was lost in a shipwreck. Fans await more news with (now slightly lowered) anticipation. There’s something fun about that,” Hardy told Esquire, explaining that he’s currently hanging fire on the second season until the perfect idea comes along. In summer 2021, Hardy gave an interview to Esquire questioning whether the already-written linear continuation of the story is “the right way to go.” Might the drama be better off leaping through time and taking place during the 1960s war in Vietnam? “It’s still Taboo, it’s still period, but it’s the Sixties. Knight confirmed that he’d written six of eight scripts for a second season back in summer 2019, but scheduling issues for its in-demand star stalled progress, an issue later compounded by Covid-19. Despite appearances, it is planned to be a continuing series. Written by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, based on an idea by Tom Hardy and his novelist father, Tabooaired in 2017 on BBC One and FX. More than anything though, it’s an eight-episode excuse for Tom Hardy to grunt about in a stovepipe hat. It’s an antidote to the bloodless bonnets-and-quadrille vision of Regency England popularised by Jane Austen adaptations, and swaps that sterile environment for a London filled with grime, debauchery and violence. Taboo is a Gothic conspiracy thriller about the evil committed by servants of British Empire, and the story of an enigmatic man with otherworldly abilities. Warning: contains spoilers for the Taboo finale.
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