![]() ![]() If the dual happens, Thorne will find out, and it will mean his end. Throne truly did not know with whom he was dealing with (stories don’t equal reality). A dual with anything other than pistols will lead to Thorne’s demise. Whether that folly will lead to an actual dual, cleverly, remained to be seen. Instead, James let him roar, cry fowl, and then call him out. James, for his part and like in most situations, was stoic. ![]() It was something, seeing a person’s angst roar to the surface through a stupor of jealousy, anger, intoxication, and drugs. That is the only explanation for what he did to himself, his reputation, his wife’s reputation, and their joint life together in front of all Thorne held dear. In the third act of Episode 4, was Thorne Geary drunk, high, or both at the party? It looked like both. What was strange is that James didn’t more thoroughly try to ring intelligence about the assassin’s employer from the assassin before he so artfully killed him. What if James’ assailant was armed with muskets and shot James instead of punching and kicking him? Will all of James’ attackers only be armed with sharp or bludgeoning weapons? Weaponry aside, the fight (or the James Delaney Beat Down) in Episode 4 was entertaining. The Americans trying to kill James was an eventuality that James should have planned for more vigilantly. Each characters was exposed to the other but neither were able to use their leverage to gain the upper hand. Instead only demands and threats were levied, the same desires and threats that were introduced in the last episode. You would think James and The Countess would have used that time to constructively move forward regarding Delaney’s proposition. The meeting between James and Countess Musgrove ( Marina Hands) in the turn-around chamber was amusing (like the robbery in this episode – minus the throat cuts and direct heart stabs). Cholmondeley was no different, bringing humor into the show and a scholarly yet practical new character into the series. Hollander is an actor capable of handling any dialogue or situation thrown at him with ease. Cholmondeley ( Tom Hollander)’s entrance into Taboo was theatrical then tastefully salacious. That even includes his loyal Butler Brace ( David Hayman). Everyone and everything else is fodder in his wake. ![]() For one, he only has eyes for his half-sister and two, James is focused like a laser beam on his mission: gaining the monopoly for Nootka Sound and the creation of the commodity (gun powder) he will sell there. Lorna Delaney may be beginning to fancy James but courting him would be a fruitless endeavor. What he wanted to do in that cell with Lorna added an entirely new layer to his character. At first glance, Coop seemed like a character who expeditiously went about his job. He didn’t even try to hide his physical ill-intent towards Lorna Delaney. Solomon Coop ( Jason Watkins), chief advisor to the Prince Regent, was the most deplorable amongst them. Her jailers were perverse, deviants in sheep’s clothing, their power, influence, and upbringing the only differentiating factors between them and those shackled. Lorna Bow / Lorna Delaney ( Jessie Buckley)’s imprisonment held surprising moments. BBC and FX‘s Taboo: Season 1, Episode 4 further distilled James Keziah Delaney ( Tom Hardy)’s plan for Nootka Sound, introduced a hilarious new team member, equalized the threat James faced with the East India Trading Company with the United States of America, and brought to a head the conflict that had brewed between James and Thorne Geary ( Jefferson Hall) since the season began. ![]()
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