Episode 2

Episode 2
Series {{{series}}}, Episode 2
Air date	Jan 14, 2017 (BBC One) Jan 17, 2017 (FX)
Written by	Steven Knight
Directed by	Kristoffer Nyholm
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Episode 2 is the second of eight episodes of the first season of Taboo, a period drama miniseries originally aired on January 14^th, 2017 on BBC One, and January 17^th, 2017 on FX.

Synopsis

Having made his shock entrance into London society, James Delaney sets about reclaiming his legacy and establishing a new life for himself. While the city views him with hostility and suspicion, James begins to enlist allies in unlikely places and with irregular loyalties.

At the reading of his father's will, an unexpected arrival threatens to disrupt his plans, and it is not long before the poisonous nature of his new-found inheritance is finally revealed. Not only must he face down two of the mightiest powers in London, but there are equally complicated matters much closer to home. And then there is his past, which will not be denied.

Cast

Starring Tom Hardy as James Delaney Oona Chaplin as Zilpha Geary David Hayman as Brace Michael Kelly as Dr. Dumbarton Jonathan Pryce as Sir Stuart Strange Guest Starring Stephen Graham as Atticus Franka Potente as Helga von Hinten Mark Gatiss as Prince Regent Leo Bill as Benjamin Wilton Richard Dixon as John Pettifer Jason Watkins as Solomon Coop Jefferson Hall as Thorne Geary Ed Hogg as Michael Godfrey Nicholas Woodeson as Robert Thoyt Jessie Buckley as Lorna Bow Ruby-May Martinwood as Winter Scroobius Pip as French Bill

Co-Starring Roger Ashton-Griffiths as Abraham Appleby Philip Philmar as Auctioneer Daniel Tuite as Palace Servant Dudley Rogers as Old Man David Houston as Ship's Captain Sophie Ablett as Nurse Alex Ferns as Hall Robert Morgan as Gent Donovan Louie as The Malay James Greaves as Strange's Clerk Gareth Snook as Compere The Hanover Band as Concert Musicians Jason Grangier as Boat Salesman Sophie Karl as Featured pheasant handler Martyn Mayger as Passerby

Gallery

• Promotional Stills
• Screencaps

To Be Added

Videos

Episode 2 Season 1 Episode 2 Trailer Taboo

James and Atticus in the Dolphin - Taboo Episode 2 Preview - BBC One

Goofs

Anachronisms

• Delaney speaks of the "Fifteen States" and is not contradicted by the American to whom the remark is addressed. This should then be after the accession of Kentucky as the fifteenth State in 1792 and before Tennessee became the sixteenth in 1796. Yet the presence of the Prince Regent means the series cannot be set before he assumed that title in 1811.

Continuity

• At the 33m18sec mark, James walks through shot with his trench coat looking authentically soiled and in the next shot at 33m22sec his trench coat appears to have been dry cleaned.

Factual errors

• The show takes place in 1814 and there are doorknobs on the doors. However the doorknob was not invented until 1878, 64 years later.