Brilliant, thriller, madness, dangerous, vicious. I can think in too many words when I start recommending to my friends Taboo nearly two months ago, just hours after I saw the first episode of this TV show. But after all the adjectives that I can say of this show, all of them where connected and linked to the figure of Tom Hardy. Just mesmerizing. The end will have you speechless and I need to start finding new adjectives when I try to talk about this final episode of the season one. I don't want to spoil anything, but if the people are still finding this show boring, you need help mate. Ladies and gentlemen, we're witness of the future right now and Tom Hardy is the captain of the ship. Bloody brilliant!
6 Reviews
Perfect !
igor-cipar14 December 2019
A thrill ride from start to finish
by-product26 February 2017
Warning: Spoilers
The ending was superb!
Fast paced, it made your hearth race leaving you speechless at the end. I can't recommend it enough.
**(Spoiler)**
I loved the bit where Delaney asked Dumbarton for a pen to sign the document passing ownership of Nootka Sound, and then hit his head in the table. It felt like a tribute to Nolan's Joker in the Dark Knight. After all Tom Hardy was Bane in that franchise!
Fast paced, it made your hearth race leaving you speechless at the end. I can't recommend it enough.
**(Spoiler)**
I loved the bit where Delaney asked Dumbarton for a pen to sign the document passing ownership of Nootka Sound, and then hit his head in the table. It felt like a tribute to Nolan's Joker in the Dark Knight. After all Tom Hardy was Bane in that franchise!
"We are Americans."
LegendaryFang5620 December 2022
(230-word review) An adequate follow-up to the previous episode (which I believed was this season's best), this episode possibly surpassed it; at the very least, it equaled it. Everything hit the mark, besides a few missed shots by the boys: but it was an intense environment; in actuality, I just wanted to be a little cheeky by saying that, as there may not have been any missed shots.
But more importantly, everything up to this point gathers in your head in a way by the end, making you feel some way and also wanting the next season immediately. Five, almost six years later, and it still isn't here; so much pain.
One thing that's a little surprising is how the main cast of characters didn't get away scot-free. It always seems to be the other way around. The thing that was a little surprising was more the execution. There was a central death (!?), a serious but minor injury, and a severe one; that's some variation: well-done writing with that.
This finale of deaths happening left and right, James outsmarting everyone as he does, Jonathan Pryce killing it as Sir Stuart Strange, and the usual invigorating score and entertainment throughout the show, was quite entertaining to watch. All the leading up to and building up and the conclusion was great. And, as I said before, you want and desire more by the end.
But more importantly, everything up to this point gathers in your head in a way by the end, making you feel some way and also wanting the next season immediately. Five, almost six years later, and it still isn't here; so much pain.
One thing that's a little surprising is how the main cast of characters didn't get away scot-free. It always seems to be the other way around. The thing that was a little surprising was more the execution. There was a central death (!?), a serious but minor injury, and a severe one; that's some variation: well-done writing with that.
This finale of deaths happening left and right, James outsmarting everyone as he does, Jonathan Pryce killing it as Sir Stuart Strange, and the usual invigorating score and entertainment throughout the show, was quite entertaining to watch. All the leading up to and building up and the conclusion was great. And, as I said before, you want and desire more by the end.
I couldn't muster the will to finish it
yavermbizi26 September 2020
Warning: Spoilers
The episode was so awful, I only lasted for about 2/3 before deciding I just didn't care how it concluded, which is an especially awful thing for a finale... Even ignoring that the protagonist somehow conjures up a plan that perfectly plays out, this episode is just fundamentally boring: nonsensical backstabbing; characters completely forgetting what their actual character was (oh, right, Lorna hates the house now, why not!); things happening simply because they need to happen for the plot (anybody can just walk in to any member of the nobility; sir Stewart agrees to half his company board being shot for whatever reason etc etc etc); ridiculous melodrama and contrivances keep happening (oh, the doctor guy betrays Delaney, but then the latter hangs his body up on ropes, because while he only has 1 hour until high tide, might as well, at this point); and continuity is just forgotten about.
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