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Taboo |OT| TV miniseries starring Tom Hardy, Tuesdays on FX / Saturdays on BBC One
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On FX, Ryan Murphy gets all of the monies.
Aw shit.
Edit: Hahahaha, what a fucking line!
Edit: Hahahaha, what a fucking line!
Ah, yes, that would explain it. Should have known that it was a Murphy joint.
That is a heck of a cliffhanger. That episode had a breakneck pace for this show.
Might as well be the tagline for the entire show.
True to both lol
Cornballer
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Into the Light
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It's very good you will enjoy it.
Familienoberhauptvogel
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Great finale but something doesn't make sense.
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And what justice?
If they can nurse Chumley back to health, what do they need him for
And what justice?
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Are we getting a second season
Given how burned he is, Tom Hollander being in severe burn make-up for a second season is a stretch, I suspect.
For the justice,
Delaney and Godfrey gave their testimony in writing on what happened to the Influence, though I don't know how much weight it hold as enemies of the country now.
Incredibly likely, given how well it's done, but it may be a little while from now, waiting for Hardy.
tearsintherain
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Delaney mentions it right before the attack,
chumley is the only doctor
Finale was great, entire show was very unexpected for me - I was going in expecting a crazy psuedo-voodoo Count of Monte Cristo revenge story of a simple man against rich aristocrats. Instead it really was sort of a micro story of the East India Company vs the King of England with Delaney as the proxy combatant.
I wouldn't quite call the show great yet, a lot of scenes that moved slow and its hard to tell the difference between Delaney getting superbly lucky and him actually having a plan. If it gets renewed and the next season can amp the pace a little it could be a fantastic 3 season/series show, depending on where exactly we go to next and who the enemy is.
the sister
was just an odd bit of the episode, I ... think? she's dead, but its a bit ambiguous and I thought the whole Taboo aspect of the show was gonna be the kid being their child and all that jazz, but not sure if that thread is dead or not.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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I probably forgot, but why are Atticus and co so loyal to James?
He likely is paying incredibly well, with his (increasingly smaller) supply of diamonds. Plus he's a boss, haha.
I think you hit the nail on the head.
The kid will likely be a product of his sister's relationship. It will tie into the second season somehow, as they travel the sea and America, where he likely grows closer to the child and also reflects on the "songs" his dead sister provides.
Familienoberhauptvogel
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Strange
appears to be dead and Delaney bailed, the prince regent will give no fuck, so there's really no one to bring to justice.
enemy of the crown thing gets me with how he left his inheritance as if it wouldn't be confiscated by the crown.
That's why I said they don't need him
if they can treat him, it means they don't really need a doctor.
Daffy Duck
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That was a brilliant ending to the series.
I really enjoyed the show. Shame it will likely be ages before we get season 2.
I really enjoyed the show. Shame it will likely be ages before we get season 2.
The way the final moments played out, I think everything happened fairly quickly to one another. So the bombing of Strange and the disappearance of his two lackeys won't be immediate until Chichester hears about it.
Cornballer
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Season finale tonight:
Familienoberhauptvogel
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Oh that was meant from an observer's perspective.
The Horror the horror
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I think it's because they're almost cut from the same cloth and James is the type of fellow he would follow: A remorseless killer with a purpose and a lucrative endgame. Plus, I think he's a bit afraid of him.
Falchion
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I'm halfway through right now and I'm really enjoying it so far. It's definitely a slow burn but I like most of the characters and where the plot is going. Only thing I hate so far is
James' sister because she's almost one dimensional in the sense that she just stands there with her eyes wide open and a look of horror on her face 90% of the time.
The Illiterati
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About the Taboo title: Delaney speaks with the dead, uses black magic rituals, eats human flesh multiple times, and has sex with his sister in both dreams and reality. I think we've got the title covered.
Ah, okay. Yeah, I guess it's just his character's personal success that justified the scene, that's how it played for me.
killamajig
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Taboo is definitely my favorite show since The Knick.
And yes it's a slow burn. But like the slow burn of a lit fuse.
And yes it's a slow burn. But like the slow burn of a lit fuse.
Finished. That was a fun series with a lot of great acting.
My one gripe was how Delaney was far too powerful and the EIC were far, far too inept. Only the Crown and the Americans posed any real threat.
Well, where to go from here? I'm still not sure why this series is going.
What's driving him?
My one gripe was how Delaney was far too powerful and the EIC were far, far too inept. Only the Crown and the Americans posed any real threat.
Well, where to go from here? I'm still not sure why this series is going.
What's driving him?
He took it as a bad omen during coitus that he had images of his mother drowning him, I suspect. Feelings of his mother and sister being somewhat the same, given how the husband met his untimely end to a sewing needle, haha.
Yep, March and April are going to be massive for FX: Feud, The Americans, Fargo, and technically Archer (on FXX).
RatskyWatsky
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The rest of the year tho...
True! FX is quite easily my favorite channel at this point. But outside of Better Things, and The Strain's final season, I'm curious what's ahead for them. Murphy's stuff is all next year, I believe, outside of Horror Story.
Maybe Sutter's Mayans show.
Smokey_Run
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Damn.
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