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Teetime Wed 11-Jan-17 14:52:17

Anyone else watching this? It took me a couple of goes as I went to sleep the first time round but now I have concentrated I thinks it very good. The main actor reminds me of Oliver Reed as Bill Sykes so that's all good then (yes I know he's not everyone's cup of tea).

POGS Sun 19-Feb-17 23:20:40

Just caught up and it never fails to please in the acting, the setting, the story, the whole flipping shebang.

One of the best drama for ages and there have been some damn good ones.

Can't wait for next week to hopefully get a conclusion.

tiredoldwoman Mon 20-Feb-17 04:54:51

I've been trying out the grunt too , Badenkate! It's quite animalistic isn't it - bull , stallion , bear ?
I had to turn away from the cell violence , though . I was terrified throughout .

Rinouchka Mon 20-Feb-17 09:03:52

Imagine how they must smell! The lovely Mrs. Delaney and her red ensemble appear to stay clean despite all the walks in the Thameside mud.
Looking forward to the finale. Hope she and James get together and get away.

rosesarered Mon 20-Feb-17 09:57:33

Not just the grunt...what about the menacing 'I've got a use for you!'

Badenkate Mon 20-Feb-17 14:20:32

I am hoping that comes out on a t-shirt roses - there are so many opportunities.....?

trisher Mon 20-Feb-17 16:02:43

I love it. Some great acting- Jonathan Pryce is such a good 'baddy"! And it was great to see Tom Hollander as the mad scientist. Fascinated by the historical stories and I am going to check up about the East India Company. It is violent and I sometimes hide my eyes, but I suppose. the times were violent.

tiredoldwoman Sun 26-Feb-17 07:32:41

Well , Saturday nights won't be the same now that Taboo has ended ( or has it? ) .
I got a bit lost with the goings on last night , what did the raven tell him ? But gleefully laughed out loud at demise of Sir Stuart Strange - wonderful, wonderful stuff !

Badenkate Sun 26-Feb-17 08:39:53

I so enjoyed it. I'm not sure why I was rooting for a cold-blooded killer who slept with his sister but it was so good to see it all coming together at the end. Won't say anymore in case people are going to watch it later BUT I'm pretty sure I've seen that there is at least one more series ?

Badenkate Sun 26-Feb-17 08:43:21

What I didn't realise is that Tom Hardy funded the production at least partly.

Greyduster Sun 26-Feb-17 09:28:50

At one point I said to DH "is it just me who hasn't the faintest idea where this is going?" There will almost certainly be another series or what was the point of last night's episode? If I'm honest, I don't think I actually enjoyed any of it.

Grannyknot Sun 26-Feb-17 09:34:02

greyduster I couldn't really follow the previous episode (I haven't watched last night's) so I think I will pick up my knitting when I do watch it with husband and pretend that I understand it by occasionally grunting grin

Lona Sun 26-Feb-17 09:37:00

Although I did enjoy it, it was like a series of mad ramblings which had no real point to it.
I think Tom Hardy was indulging in his own fantasies, hence the self funding.

harrigran Sun 26-Feb-17 10:23:17

I continued to watch because I found the recreation of 19th century London very well done. Delaney was a mumbler and TBH I didn't hear all of his dialogue. I was quite taken with Tom Hollander, he was so sleazy.

trisher Sun 26-Feb-17 10:26:53

(Spoiler alert) Quite happy with Tom Hardy's fantasies. I thought it was great and there must be another series-so many unanswered questions. Is the sister dead or alive? Will Mrs Delaney survive and what about the mad scientist ? Great to see Michael Kelly from House of Cards again although he met a dreadful end.

Badenkate Sun 26-Feb-17 10:57:51

'I have a use for you' - any time Tom ?

yggdrasil Sun 26-Feb-17 11:49:36

As Badenkate said -- I'm not sure why I was rooting for a cold-blooded killer who slept with his sister but it was so good to see it all coming together at the end. --

The real villains were those of the East India Company though. I don't know how much fact there was in the African stuff, it was more than another half century that they actually got reigned in.

I would like to know what happened next, but it was a complete story, and a good ending.

(I'd have put the bit at the top as a quote but I don't know how to do it)

POGS Sun 26-Feb-17 12:46:29

trisher

I thought Delaney eventually saw in his mind his sister drowned in the Thames.

I thought the scientist died holding the East India Company's clerks hand on a bunk on the ship?

A brilliant series and looks like the writer wants to write 2 more series and the BBC would be nuts if it doesn't commission them before another channel snaps them up.

How can you find a grubby, murderous character so attractive and bat for his side? confused

trisher Sun 26-Feb-17 14:02:17

Get Tom Hardy to play him POGS.
Not sure about the sister or the scientist. He said he would hear the sister singing and she didn't and they didn't cover Tom Hollander's face. I suspect both have been left open but as both are played by in-demand actors they can be written off if not available,

POGS Sun 26-Feb-17 14:14:07

Q
" How can you find a grubby, murderous character so attractive and bat for his side? confused "

A
"Get Tom Hardy to play him POGS."

smile

rosesarered Mon 27-Feb-17 19:49:07

Watched the final episode last night...wow! What a good ending, I was really gripped by it.I won't do any spoilers in case others have recorded it and not yet watched it.