Honourable East India Company takes a deep breath at the edge of madness. Because, killing Mr. Delaney is not that easy...
After a very, very long break (my apologies) I decided to write down my feelings about 2017's beloved TV series 'Taboo' and its episode 2.
I would love to talk about its music at first. Max Richter did a great job with composing all the music in BBC's drama. Especially the piece that used while Delaney was heading his way to buried diamonds on his white horse was so ominous, I couldn't help myself getting goose bumps on that scene. There was a feel of darkness and death. The air always depressive already and that tone of direful inauspiciousness was enough to make me prepared for the things that will come after...
Delaney bought a ship! Its name is Felice Adventurero. There is a true story about this ship in history actually. A captain, John Meares, sailed the same named ship to Nootka Sound under the Portuguese flag in 1788. Meares is mostly known as a navigator and explorer who had a great role in the Nootka Crisis between Britain and Spain. So we see Felice Adventurero in the show as a fictionalized version.
The head of East India Company, Stuart Strange gets mad at this situation. "How the hell has Devil Delaney found that much money to buy a fucking ship?" Delaney's debut is exactly as Count of Monte Cristo, don't you think? A dead man with an unknown past and wealth, returns for revenge and justice... Voilà; James Keziah Delaney....
The debts of his mad father comes to light one by one. The shadowy skulkers rise from their caves with never ending rages to seek shillings in the pockets of Delaney... Stephen Graham enters to the scene as "Atticus". A former butcher of his father. Let's take the guesses; of course Horace Delaney was in debt to Atticus. Surprised? No :)
The mannishly talk between Atticus and James was intense. Both of them showed their teeths as wild animals. Delaney underhandedly was holding a knife just in case. Fortunately the money solved all problems radically (as always). Our anti-hero James learned the good sides of being a wealthy man in this world while he was known long dead in Africa.
If you have money, your word will be listened. If you have money, you will make new friends and allies. If you have money, you can ridicule everyone who goes wrong with you... And James did it. He made new allies as Atticus (the father of crimes, mysterious deaths, hit-men) and Helga (the mother of whores).
And we have Lorna Bow; James' step mother.
Will she be a good ally? Time will show... Her arrival in London will make East India happy for sure. On the other hand, they will be very angry when they hear the brutal end of their assassin; 'The Malay'...
The relationship between Zilpha and James has come into open before the eyes of audiences already. Even though they look perfectly fit each other, they are sister and brother. The secret that Zilpha doesn't want to talk about may be a taboo that broken in the past (a child of siblings)?
James seems to having fun while delving into the past... So we do.
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