Taboo - Episode 2 ... May 2026

James is officially through with polite society. While the East India Company, led by a perpetually fuming Sir Stuart Strange, tries to legally (and then not-so-legally) strong-arm him out of Nootka Sound, James starts recruiting his own "Legion of Doom".

One of the most striking moments this week was the payoff to the pilot’s final scene. We saw James bury a bag in the mud; this week, he unearths it to reveal a cache of unpolished diamonds. It’s a literal and metaphorical digging up of his past. By sending one to his sister Zilpha—without so much as a note—James signals that their "complicated" history is very much alive, much to the terror of her husband, Thorne. "A League of the Damned" Taboo - Episode 2 ...

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