Delaney puts his explosive plan into motion
So, anything of note happen on Tuesday’sTaboofinale?
If that pick-up unfortunately never happens, then the show certainly went out with a bang.
The episode begins with a much different kind of bloodshed than the violence to come.
As Zilpha walks through town, we hear her reading an ominous letter she has written to her brother.
“Travel to a place where I will be free,” she writes.
“It is a place where I hope someday we will meet and be happy.”
That explains how Delaney became a member of his regiment.
“The things I did in Africa make your transactions look paltry,” he confesses.
“I witnessed and participated in darkness that you cannot conceive.”
I definitely believe that.
Until now, Strange has played coy, pledging to not admit any wrongdoing.
That changes when Delaney slides the powerful man a letter detailing his demands.
At that moment, the clock strikes, sending both Lorna and young Robert on their own important missions.
“How the hell does he find me?”
“He sees me in my dreams, is that it?”
A pissed-off Strange returns to EIC, summoning Wilton and Pettifer to give them their marching orders.
Step 1 is to have Pettifer retrieve the still-in-mourning Helga.
Atticus and company stop the carriage containing them, but it turns out that Pettifer is in on it.
Always one for a sweet message, Atticus tells Helga that Delaney has ordered her unharmed.
He then turns the gun on a panicked Pettifer, who claims that their bosses had an agreement.
“Indeed there is,” replies Atticus, shooting the company man in the head.
They soon meet up with a carriage holding both Lorna and Winter’s young friend.
The young boy then followed this ghost to a meeting with company men.
“Because this whole thing is insane,” an exasperated Strange replies.
“Because this day is insane.
Because Delaney is insane.
Because I am insane.”
As he begins chanting in African, blood falls from Delaney’s mouth, which leads to a seizure.
The countess asks what Lorna means to Delaney.
“I’m Mrs. Delaney,” she responds.
“His wife?”
Lorna proudly replies, “No, his mother.”
As Delaney is still being worked on by the doctor, he can hear Robert yelling from outside.
This is clearly a sign, as Delaney declares himself ready.
He’s dragged in front of Coop, who demands that the prisoner name his co-conspirators.
Seeing a group of ravens fly by, Delaney responds by once again speaking in African.
“Did I?”
“I must’ve lied.”
Upon his release, he gives Robert one last letter to relay.
The Damned have assembled at Atticus' place of businessminus their leader.
It’s like when theOcean’screw is waiting to see what happens to Clooney.
Standing outside, Brace’s face perks up when he sees a ship coming around the corner.
A damaged Delaney limps home after a long few days of torture.
“I’m planning to journey to Heaven,” it reads.
“hey keep some part of my soul within your own.”
She finds Delaney motionless, shedding a heartbreaking single tear.
“I would hear her and I would feel it.”
He eventually rises and heads off to handle unfinished business, but he will return for her.
But he doesn’t want it for the Americanshe wants it for the EIC.
“Does it even matter?”
“No one in this city has only one master.”
Grabbing the pen to sign the document, Delaney slams the traitor’s head into the table.
“I do,” he boasts.
The doctor isn’t getting off that easy, though.
These will be his last words, as Bill shoots him in the head, courtesy of Strange.
The king declares, “Just fing kill him.”
The order for Delaney’s death is officially given.
As Delaney’s Eleven brace for the soldiers coming their way, Brace gets some bad news.
Delaney tells his longtime servant that he won’t be making the trip to America.
“You’ve always been my father’s man in my father’s world,” Delaney confesses.
“You were not born for freedom.
You wouldn’t know what to do with it.”
An emotional Brace begs his master to reconsider, but to no avail.
The soldiers have arrived and are greeted by a detonation set off by Chumley.
That gives Delaney’s group an early advantage before more soldiers charge through, setting off the real fight.
The casualties come quickly and often; the first is poor Helga.
Despite a few obstacles, they make it to the ship and set sail in the nick of time.
He even boasts of heading out early for the weekend.
“And an end to this business at last,” he says gleefully.
As he opens it, a massive explosion wipes out Strange and his office.
We discover that Brace did make it out of the battle at the docks alive.
Instead of celebrating, he’s back at the Delaney estate, staring off into the distance.
Upon reading them, a look of relief and accomplishment crosses Chichester’s face.
He sums up his feelings in one word: “Justice.”
Now on the open seas, Delaney goes below deck to check on his injured crew.
He compassionately places his hand on Lorna’s shoulder as she lies in pain from her gunshot wound.
(secure your Google search; it’s in Portugal.)
“I thought the gunpowder was for the Americans,” Atticus says, confused.
Delaney retorts, “We are Americans.”
What did you think?
Did this serve as a fitting end to the story in England?
Do you hope that the show returns for a second season?
Don’t forget to check out our postmortem with Tom Hardy andTabooco-creator Steven Knighthere.
