However, the third episode of this eight-part miniseries put the couple's tainted love front and center, elevating the hushed whispers and stolen glances to furious letter-writing and church pew-groping. Even in the first episode of this unapologetically bleak FX series, it was clear that star, co-creator, and half-naked guiding spirit Tom Hardy's character James Delaney had romantic feelings for his striking half-sister Zilpha Geary ( Game of Thrones actress Oona Chaplin).
This is the (filthy) world of the show.īut, man: All the incest talk? That might've raised a few eyebrows. So, when last night's episode of this muck-covered historical drama opened with crabs waltzing out of a dead man's belly, grimy street kids performing amateur dental surgery, and marble-mouthed star Tom Hardy getting a knife wound sewn up by an American spy with blindingly yellow teeth, there was very little to be shocked about. It's right there in the name of the show: Taboo.
Note: This article contains spoilers from the first three episodes of the FX drama Taboo, an amazing show that everyone should be watching.
