Yep, an illegitimate bastard and, although the show doesn't explicitly state that this child is a result of the siblings' relationship, Taboo is one of these shows that expects you to use basic mathematics when adding various multiples of the number two. ![]() Thorne is clearly jealous of the relationship that Zilpha and James have shared before him, not to mention the child that she has borne. Thorne is titillated by his wife's excitement and arousal, taking advantage of James' work to have his own way: he's precisely aware of their past, and although he acts horrified, clearly the taboo isn't as great as the title suggests. It appears that James visits her in their dreams, pleasuring her as she sleeps, although their trysts may just be the outward expression of their shared madness. Zilpha is horrified by the siblings' past relationship, but that horror is only because of her current place in society: in private, she still longs for James' touch. That's right: Taboo dips into that same world of Game Of Thrones by dropping some casual incest: we're stacking up on taboos here, remember. Aside from an almost preternatural awareness (or James just has a keen eye and is a good judge of character) James does not appear to have any manifest pour.Įxcept for the ability to give his sister a good time. The series suggests that James has learned some forms of witchcraft during his travels in Africa: his body covered in tribal tattoos, his guttural mumblings seeming to affect the world around him and communing with the ghosts. The show uses its visuals and audio to suggest that these ghosts are very real, but as the series embraces and explores James' mental state, it becomes more obvious that even if there are ungodly forces in this world, James, like his father, is still batshit regardless. ![]() That's just one element of the story here: Nootka Sound is also the home-land of Delaney's mother, a woman-of-colour (taboo the first!) who was bought by his father (slavery! Another taboo.) Neither of James' parents were in compos mentis the issue of mental health is laboured and becomes yet another of the taboos of the title: James regularly visits his mother's room in Bedlam Asylum, and is haunted by her ghost and the ghosts of many a ship-mate from his travels. ![]() ![]() Presumed dead, James hasn't been seen in the best part of a decade and is the sole beneficiary of his father's will, much to the consternation of half sister Zilpha (Oona Chaplin, previously Talisa in Game Of Thrones) and her conniving husband Thorne (Jefferson Hall.)James takes up residence in his father's house, alongside man-servant Brace (David Hayman.) James' presence scuppers the plans of the East India Trading Company and Sir Stuart Strange (Jonathan Pryce, or the High Sparrow) who expect to take over the elder Delaney's business deals after his death: amongst those deals is land on the peninsula of Nootka Sound, the easiest point of trade between China, the United States and the Commonwealth. Hardy plays James Keziah Delaney, a shaven-headed disheveled brute returning to London in 1814 for his father's funeral.
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