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Wednesday, 8 March 2017

Taboo: Season 1 Review

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Full spoilers for Taboo's first season continue below.

Taboo was a passion project from the start for series star and executive producer Tom Hardy, and his influence is laced through the DNA of the FX/BBC co-production. The period drama is in the same vein as his previous collaborations with showrunner Steven Knight on Locke and Peaky Blinders, with a dark grittiness and interest at looking at the seedy underbelly of the world.

Like its pedigree suggests, Knight, Hardy and directors Kristoffer Nyholm and Anders Engström bring exquisite cinematography and gorgeous art direction to give the series a unique aesthetic. But for all that it was a beautiful show with solid performances and impressive direction, Taboo's character development and story were continually lacking. In the premiere review, I said the success of Taboo would be determined by how well it would be able to tie together its various storylines in the finale. Despite some high points throughout the season, the finale had many of the same narrative issues that the premiere did.

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