Home > Taboo > Season 1 « TV Series Page Taboo: Season 1 (2017) Episode List All Critics | Top Critics TOMATOMETER 77% Average Rating: 7.03/10 Season Reviews: 65 Fresh: 50 Rotten: 15 Critics Consensus: After a sluggish start, Taboo takes hold as a mysterious, dark, and often brutal period drama with plenty of promise as a series -- most notably evident in Tom Hardy's exceptionally watchable performance. 80% Average Rating: 7.11/10 Season Reviews: 25 Fresh: 20 Rotten: 5 Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Critic Consensus: After a sluggish start, Taboo takes hold as a mysterious, dark, and often brutal period drama with plenty of promise as a series -- most notably evident in Tom Hardy's exceptionally watchable performance. AUDIENCE SCORE 92% liked it Average Rating: 4.5/5 User Ratings: 1556 ADD YOUR RATING - NOT INTERESTED + WANT TO SEE Share on Facebook Post Want to See Not Interested Add Rating My Rating × Want to See Not Interested Post Share on Facebook Episodes 1 Pilot Air date: Jan 10, 2017 In the series premiere, James Delaney returns to London to follow his father's legacy following a ten-year stint in Africa. More 2 Episode 2 Air date: Jan 17, 2017 An unexpected arrival looms and threatens James' plans as he assembles his league of the damned. More 3 Episode 3 Air date: Jan 24, 2017 James takes radical action to protect himself from his enemies. More 4 Episode 4 Air date: Jan 31, 2017 James protects his business by any means necessary after being blacklisted. More 5 Episode 5 Air date: Feb 7, 2017 James gets blackmailed into taking on a dangerous mission as animosity grows between the Crown and Company. More 6 Episode 6 Air date: Feb 14, 2017 War is declared on James while a family revelation rocks him to the core. More 7 Episode 7 Air date: Feb 21, 2017 James faces a betrayal that jeopardizes his freedom and gives his enemies a big opportunity. More 8 Episode 8 Air date: Feb 28, 2017 In the season finale, James plans his escape while Prince Regent makes a final push to destroy him. More Taboo: Season 1 Videos 0:29 Taboo: Season 1 Promo - Dear James 0:29 Taboo: Season 1 Promo - Deserving 1:00 Taboo: Season 1 Promo - Little Men 0:30 Taboo: Season 1 Episode 2 Trailer 0:30 Taboo: Season 1 Episode 3 Trailer 0:30 Taboo: Season 1 Episode 4 Trailer 0:30 Taboo: Season 1 Episode 5 Trailer 1:18 Taboo: Season 1 Trailer 0:30 Taboo: Season 1 Episode 6 Preview 0:30 Taboo: Season 1 Episode 7 Trailer View All Videos (11) Taboo: Season 1 Photos View All Photos (38) Tv Season Info Presumed-dead James Delaney reappears in London in 1814, to find his father dead and England at war with France and the US. Due to inherit his father's shipping empire, his resurfacing threatens his half-sister Zilpha and the political ambitions of the East India Company. Genre: Drama Network: FX Premiere Date: Jan 10, 2017 Exec. Producers: Dean Baker, Gene Stein, Kate Crowe, Ridley Scott, Steven Knight, Tom Hardy Cast Tom Hardy as James Keziah Delaney Michael Kelly as Dumbarton Jonathan Pryce as Stuart Strange Oona Chaplin (II) as Zilpha Geary David Hayman as Brace Jessie Buckley as Lorna Bow Ashley Walters Jefferson Hall as Thorne Geary Ed Hogg as Godfrey Leo Bill as Wilton Christopher Fairbank as Ibbotson Richard M. Dixon as Pettifer Jason Watkins as Solomon Coop Nicholas Woodeson as Thoyt Show More Cast News & Interviews for Taboo: Season 1 New On DVD in February: Coco, Three Billboards, Only the Brave and More Taboo Finale: 8 Things to Prepare You for the Game-Changing Season Closer Tom Hardy Promises ‘Slow Burn’ Taboo to Heat Up View All Taboo: Season 1 News Episodes 1 Pilot Air date: Jan 10, 2017 In the series premiere, James Delaney returns to London to follow his father's legacy following a ten-year stint in Africa. More 2 Episode 2 Air date: Jan 17, 2017 An unexpected arrival looms and threatens James' plans as he assembles his league of the damned. More 3 Episode 3 Air date: Jan 24, 2017 James takes radical action to protect himself from his enemies. More 4 Episode 4 Air date: Jan 31, 2017 James protects his business by any means necessary after being blacklisted. More 5 Episode 5 Air date: Feb 7, 2017 James gets blackmailed into taking on a dangerous mission as animosity grows between the Crown and Company. More 6 Episode 6 Air date: Feb 14, 2017 War is declared on James while a family revelation rocks him to the core. More 7 Episode 7 Air date: Feb 21, 2017 James faces a betrayal that jeopardizes his freedom and gives his enemies a big opportunity. More 8 Episode 8 Air date: Feb 28, 2017 In the season finale, James plans his escape while Prince Regent makes a final push to destroy him. More Critic Reviews for Taboo Season 1 All Critics (65) | Top Critics (25) | Fresh (50) | Rotten (15) If you like your historical fiction grim and your cobblestones dirt-caked, if you don't mind looking into some of humanity's bleaker facets, this one's for you. Jan 5, 2017 | Full Review… Matthew Gilbert Boston Globe Top Critic Hardy may want to mix in a romantic comedy sometime soon, if only for his own sanity. But for now, he's got demons to work out and it's an exorcism worth watching. Jan 10, 2017 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review… Neal Justin Minneapolis Star Tribune Top Critic Hardy's great - as always - but the story at times can be as turgid as the Thames in winter. Jan 10, 2017 | Rating: B+ | Full Review… Verne Gay Newsday Top Critic Hardy, always an admirably committed actor, has the magnetism to elevate even the silliest moments, making this an intriguing, if sometimes oppressively moody trip into a sinister underworld. Jan 10, 2017 | Full Review… Sophie Gilbert The Atlantic Top Critic Three episodes deep, there's an appetite for more, but not a ravenous one. Jan 10, 2017 | Rating: B- | Full Review… Ed Bark Uncle Barky Top Critic Taboo's strength is that, despite borrowing from westerns, gangster flicks and even Dickens, it still manages to feel utterly original. Jan 9, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… Ben Lawrence Daily Telegraph (UK) Top Critic The Hardys have created a period piece with a grim, noir feel, and ballsy execution. There are plenty of betrayals, murders, conspiracies and a clash of primitive and modern western values. Aug 24, 2018 | Full Review… Anne Brodie What She Said The actor, also the creator of the series, has a hypnotic presence halfway between a rhinoceros and a peacock. [Full Review in Spanish] Jul 10, 2018 | Full Review… Álvaro P. Ruiz de Elvira El Pais (Spain) ... an amazing Tom Hardy in one of his usual genius performances... [Full review in Spanish] Jan 16, 2018 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review… Alberto Sáez Villarino El antepenúltimo mohicano For not giving up on historical dramas, even if not perfecting the genre, Tom Hardy's Taboo deserves your attention. Give it some. Dec 26, 2017 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review… Soumya Srivastava Hindustan Times View All Critic Reviews (65) Audience Reviews for Taboo: Season 1 SylvesterK Super Reviewer StevieS Super Reviewer View All News & Features 150 Erotic Movies Ranked worst to best! 2019's Most Anticipated 63 movies coming up this year 200 Essential Movies Chosen by RT staff! 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