"Man:" "Part of him knows the power's real." "Announcer:" "Legion." "All new wednesdays at 10:00." "On fx." "Fx presents taboo." "I'm planning a robbery." "Brace:" "Ingredients for makinggunpowder stolenfrom underthecompany'snoses." "Regent:" "Failure to secure hismajesty'sgunpowder against the enemy is a criminal offense." "It might be more effective if we went after sir Stuart himself." "Strange:" "Thosebastardsat thepalace have opened a royal commission into the sinking of the influence." "Chichester:" "It is my belief thatsomeverypowerfulmen were involved in an illicit shipment of slaves and were complicit in the deaths of those slaves." "Dumbarton:" "The bell men andthenewspaperstellme there is a new source of prime grade powder in town." "Our guns will fall silent in 10 days." "We need powder in eight." "I need more gunpowder." "You would risk the life of your son for chlorate?" "You are now one of us." "Why burden him?" "Zilpha:" "Please understand thatfromthismoment" "Iwillburnyourletters withoutopeningthem." "James:" "Then I will visit you inyourdreams." "James." "I told the priest how he visits you." "Priest:" "There is a ceremony ofexorcismwhichcan  eradicatethebarbason." "James:" "Mymother'snamewas salish." "My father, he had her sent to bedlam insane asylum." "(Theme music playing)" "(Wind howling)" "(Door opens) (Ominous rasping)" "Mooning about in the chill." "Staring into your head." "You're as bad as your da." "My father cast my mother into madness, then jumped in straight after." "He's scarcely a man to follow." "He was a good man." "Yes." "Yes, a good man who killed his wife for convenience." "You know nothing." "Always cow-eyed about your sainted mother." "Well, maybe it's about time you knew about your mother." "I do." "No." "You know she took you down to the river to drown you." "Carried you across the foreshore, a tiny baby in her arms, innocent and sweet." "She waded in, held you under till the bubbles stopped!" "She was deranged, James." "That's why your father had her committed to bedlam, to protect you." "To save your life, son." "Desperate for your death." "It took three men to pull you apart." "She was clawing and spitting and dragged from the river, howling and screaming..." "Be very, very careful now." "She wanted you dead, James." "(Crows cawing) (Bubbling)" "(Nickering)" "(Indistinct whispering)" "(Disembodied screaming)" "(Screaming continues)" "(Screaming continues)" "Go away, winter." "Winter:" "I'm not scared of you." "What are you scared of?" "Of who they say you are." "The African devil." "(Speaking ashanti)" "Stop staring, you're scaring me." "Go home to your mother." "Helga loves you, you're safe there, go to sleep." "All will be well." "Go." "Cholmondeley:" "Gentlemen, i want you to pay attention because all our lives will depend upon it." "This harmless-looking powder is called chlorate." "And on its own, it is harmless." "But when it's added to the sulfur and the charcoal in our vats, it is anything but." "Think of it as like adding a baby to a marriage." "All was ordered and calm, and now there is this thing that demands attention, stops you sleeping, belches, farts, screams." "And she's going to make this whole process louder and Wilder, more insane, more impractical." "And the only thing that will stop this entire enterprise from erupting in a giant explosion the size of Mauritius, is this" "and dedication." "Because from now on, until the powder is complete, we have to stir" "continuously." "You." "You." "And Robert." "Cholmondeley:" "Stir." "(Sloshing)" "Stir." "Stir." "(Hooves clopping)" "Pettifer:" "Frightened rabbit." "Go to hell." "He is African." "They smell fear like dogs." "He's a trumped-up fucking antiquarian." "Self learnt." "The worst." "Busiest in the head." "Doesn't drink." "They should not be dropping him on us like a black cannonball." "Man:" "Mr. George chichester." "Ah!" "Gentlemen." "How good of you to see me." "You can mystify it all you want, but in the end, that is what it is." "A cat in the middle of the desert with no nose!" "(All laugh)" "But, what..." "What an extraordinary achievement, gentlemen." "When you think that the pyramids, and the great valley of the kings and the sphinx were all manufactured by men with skin almost as dark as my own." "It almost defies all your..." "Our current views of nature." "(All laugh)" "You are very well travelled, sir." "(Laughs)" "I just wish I had seen those wonders without the benefit of chains around my arms and legs." "Which brings me to this tragic business." "I have prevailed upon the prince regent to open a royal commission into the sinking of an east India company ship called the cornwallis  on July the 10th, 1804." "The cornwallis?" "I thought the name of the ship in question was the influence." "Its real name is the cornwallis." "But in the port of cabinda on the west African coast, its name was temporarily changed." "(Stuttering) Why was its name changed?" "Because on July the 5th, it was loaded with a cargo of slaves." "Which is strictly not illegal in 1804." "(Chuckles) No, no, no." "But the return of the abolitionist Charles Grant into the east India court of directors almost a year previously meant that the east India no longer sanctioned the transportation of slaves." "But these slaves were loaded by east India company directors anyway." "As part of a thriving illicit network." "It was done for personal profit." "The ship was officially registered as departing cabinda empty." "That is why it sailed with only a skeleton crew." "And this scarcity of crew is almost certainly the reason why, within four days, the ship ran aground." "(Water sloshing)" "(Crows cawing)" "(Disembodied laughter)" "(Muffled grunting)" "¶ ¶" "brace:" "Help yourself to breakfast." "It's been two days." "Why are you not looking for him?" "We had words." "What words?" "Family matter." "I shall call on Mr. thoyt." "Perhaps we can glean some knowledge from him." "(Laughs) Oh, if there's any darkness, that articled pimp will know about it." "And then I intend to visit zilpha geary." "Why are you not worried?" "(Metal clangs)" "He won't be dead, and he won't be happy." "You can depend on that." "(Indistinct conversation)" "(Grunting)" "(Laughs)" "Man:" "Come on out!" "We know you're in there." "(Man coughing)" "James Delaney!" "Wilton:" "He then said the ship was doubly over burdened." "280 slaves in a ship of 150 tons." "The blackamoor then claimed that when the ship ran aground, the captain ordered that the cargo hold be nailed shut." "So the slaves would all go down with the ship." "Leaving no evidence of the illicit cargo to incriminate those who had arranged the shipment." "Then he asked about your brother, sir." "And his sugar plantation at jumby bay, Antigua." "Chichester is their bishop." "The king is safe." "Delaney is a horse." "And prinny is their queen." "I think it's time we started moving some pieces." "(Gentle snoring)" "Mr. cholmondeley, wake up!" "Change of guard!" "Steady as she goes." "Steady as she goes." "Steady as she goes." "And may god have mercy on our souls." "(Knocks)" "(Distant barking)" "(Footsteps approaching)" "I was calling on the lady of the house." "If your wife is indisposed, i will leave." "You thought the man of the house would be out attending business." "I have no business." "Is your wife indisposed?" "Your visit is regarding Mr. James Delaney, I presume." "Yes." "I thought Mrs. geary might know where he would be." "(Scoffs) Why would my wife know where he is?" "She is his sister." "And I already tried his attorney." "You know, there are so many awful rumors flying around London about him." "I heard one about an actress he keeps locked in his cellar who enjoys the beatings..." "All right, I need to leave." "An actress who enjoys walking with a man with human flesh in his teeth." "You know you can even buy a song about Delaney now, in covent garden for a penny." "I'll return when you're sober." "It's about a cannibal who plans to eat the prince regent." "So it can only be about Delaney." "Forgive me." "I was..." "Just dressing." "Lorna:" "He's been gone two days." "Thorne:" "And she thought you might know where he is." "Because you are his sister." "I'm afraid I have no idea where he is." "I was just telling her about the rhyme they all sing about him now." "It's..." "T'is in pall mall there lives a pig." "That doth this mall adorn..." "So fat, so plump." "So monstrous big, fire and air were born." "This pig so sweet, so full of meat." "He's the one i wish to kill..." "My fowls resign on thee to dine." "Sweet pig of fine pall mall." "They were saying that rhyme long before Mr. Delaney returned to London." ""Before Mr. Delaney returned to London."" "Ah, yes." "That golden age." "You want to know where he is?" "My dear, the whole of London wants to know where he is." "His majesty's government want to know where he is." "I'm afraid we can't help you." "Miss bow, my husband and i would now like you to leave." "Of course." "Perhaps you'd be so kind as to order me a carriage?" "Zilpha:" "No." "(Footsteps receding)" "(Door opens)" "(Door closes)" "(Footsteps approaching)" "Hmm." "The enigma that is James Delaney." "You know it's curious." "This cholera epidemic that you and I invented for our own convenience has actually begun to claim lives." "Six people in rotherhithe." "It's as if the disease is not transmitted by air or miasma but by false rumor." "Then it is the same as religion." "Or patriotism." "(Scoffs) You have no god, certainly no country." "What do you have?" "Powder." "When will you deliver?" "Tomorrow." "At midnight." "(Door banging)" "Thorne:" "Zilpha, open this door." "Zilpha!" "(Banging continues)" "Zilpha!" "(Door banging)" "(Banging continues) Zilpha!" "Open this door now." "(Banging continues)" "(Door banging) Zilpha!" "Australia!" "I swear it." "I swear it." "A position in Sydney, Australia." "Port and harbor assessor." "And the jurisdiction over sizes and administration of felons through the docks." "Never lock your door or draw your robe against me again, for I am an assessor." "Ha." "I applied for the position three months ago." "I didn't tell you." "(Sniffs)" "Read it, won't you?" "Read." "Come now." "All is forgotten." "All is forgotten." "How ridiculous it's all been, dueling." "And you and i fighting like children." "Australia is too far." "Please leave." "Let me finish here." "All fires extinguished." "Gently, gently, gently, gentlemen." "Have the greatest of respect for the inhabitant of this coffin." "Famously volatile." "Given to explosive fits of rage." "May he rest in peace." "Till he's reignited with his savior." "Cholmondeley:" "Slow, slow, slow over the potted roads." "The chlorate is still there, it's just sleeping." "(Grunts)" "For the purpose of preventing contagion." "Hmm." "I saw you." "And you saw something at the pond." "What did you see?" "(Grunts) Nothing." "Hmm." "I strongly suggest you continue to see nothing." "(Chuckles)" "Move." "Giddyup." "¶ ¶" "(indistinct chatter) (Horses trotting)" "Hey!" "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!" "Hold it." "Whoa!" "Whoa!" "(Indistinct chatter)" "Policeman:" "What's this?" "Cholera..." "Cholera?" "And where's this cholera now?" "James:" "Hendon road." "It's coming down the fleet and kilburn rivers." "Oh, is that so?" "How many?" "Six." "And a child." "I see." "A child?" "Yes, it's very sad." "It's a whole family." "Been dead for days." "We haven't heard about that." "We've been instructed to transport them under the cover of darkness so as not to alarm the populace." "Cholera, you say?" "Well." "Let's have a look, shall we?" "Torch." "I wouldn't do that." "Oh, Jesus Christ!" "(Breathing heavily)" "Go on." "Go!" "Go, get out of here, go!" "Move on." "Man:" "Get on." "Move." "Man 2:" "Get them out of here." "What happened there?" "No idea, get on the horse." "Man:" "Move on." "Good work, boy." "Go on." "Move out of here, go!" "(Panting softly)" "(Gasps)" "(Bell tolling)" "Gently." "Careful not to wake the dead." "As they reach their final resting place." "I will tell Mr. Madison that I have made an extraordinary discovery." "A man in London who can be relied upon." "(Low grunt)" "Yes, you tell him that." "And I will rely upon him to give my ship safe passage through the American blockade." "If my factory is discovered," "I will know where to find you." "¶ ¶" "Torrent downloaded by RARBG" "(sighs) (Door opens)" "(Door shuts)" "Oh." "You stink of cow shit." "That's horse shit, actually." "We might have left for good." "And would that be good?" "I visited your sister to ask where you were." "Three days and not a word." "Do you think you would go unnoticed?" "Company have men in every tavern asking where you are." "They're offering 10 pounds to anyone with information." "And making threats." "And what money being offered, it's only a matter of time, James." "You tell me one thing that isn't just a matter of time." "They say you're going to sell the gunpowder to the Republicans." "Republicans haven't got any money;" "Why would i sell it to them?" "They think you're going to start a revolution." "Huh." "(Sighs)" "If the prince genuinely thought that I was going to start a revolution," "I would be in the tower." "(Gasps)" "He's not a safeguard." "If the crown and company solve their little dispute, they will crush you between them." "What did my sister say?" "¶ ¶" "(voices whispering)" "Voice:" "No." "(Floor creaking)" "(Sniffs)" "(Voices whispering)" "Zilpha?" "(Groans)" "(Groaning)" "(Door banging)" "(Door banging)" "(Door banging)" "(Door banging)" "(Door closes)" "(Exhales)" "(Sobs)" "(Exhales)" "(Exhales)" "What have you done?" "I killed him." "Just like you said." "(Sighs)" "Where is the body?" "In the bedroom." "Are you sure he's dead?" "Quite dead." "Sit there." "In the bedroom?" "Yes." "When did I, um..." "What?" "Nothing." "You stay here." "I will tell brace to arrange a carriage." "By the time you get home, the body will be gone." "Home?" "Yes." "You're sending me home?" "Of course." "Or you will hang." "I will get rid of the body." "No one will know." "Of course." "(Birds chirping)" "¶ ¶" "for immediate burial." "(Door closes)" "(Indistinct chatter)" "Gentlemen, at last some good news." "This morning, a lost sheep returned to the fold." "A penitent sinner saw the light and spoke earnestly to the one true god." "A devil was exorcised." "A farmer, called ibbotson, confessed to the priest at St. Mary's church, greyhound road, hendon, that he had allowed the devil into his life." "He received absolution from the priest, and this morning the priest received his reward from the honorable east India company." "A reward in the sum of 25 pounds." "Gentlemen, we have Delaney's factory." "(Crowd chattering, laughing)" "James!" "James!" "James." "Catastrophe." "The farmer, ibbotson took confession." "Calm down." "James, no, no, no, no." "You are betrayed." "You shouldn't be here." "I will deal with it." "Go home." "Hmm." "(Man shouting indistinctly)" "We have your men." "Hurry up." "Hurry up." "Come on." "Keep moving." "(Horses grunting) (Men speaking indistinctly)" "He wanted her shifted." "James." "The powder that we moved last night was ready to be moved." "That's why we moved it." "The 50 kegs we have in storage is powder that is not ready to be moved because it is unstable." "If you put those kegs on a cart on a bone-hard road, they will explode." "We are leaving now because we have been betrayed." "No excuses." "The talking is done." "Jesus Christ." "(Door closes)" "You again." "Is there more to tell?" "(Gasping)" "(Man shouting indistinctly)" "Soldier 1:" "Must be somewhere." "Soldier 2:" "Keep looking." "(Grunts) (Object clatters)" "¶ ¶" "(door opens)" "Oh, god." "Is this the face of abject failure?" "He must have known we were coming." "How?" "How did he know?" "(Grunts)" "Very well." "We will allow him to think he is one step ahead." "While we exploit what is undefended." "(Door opens, closes)" "(Birds cawing)" "(Organ music playing)" "(Bell tolling)" "(Grunting softly)" "¶ ¶" "priest:" "And to you, as your church on earth and in heaven." "We offer honor and glory, now and forever." "Amen." "All:" "Amen." "¶ ¶" "(thunder rumbling)" "(Gasps)" "Take that dress off." "Take that fucking dress off now." "(Breathing deeply)" "(Moaning)" "(Screaming)" "(Gasping)" "(Scraping)" "¶ ¶" "(people speaking indistinctly)" "(Grunts)" "(Singing)" "¶ This way and that ¶ children:" "¶ this way and that ¶" "(singing indistinctly)" "¶ I know you think theysawhimhere standingonthedeck¶" "Mr. Delaney." "Sir Stuart just wants you to know..." "It's war." "The gloves are off." "(Children singing)" "¶ I know you think theysawhimthere, standingonthedeck¶" "¶ it was the cursed Bonapartethatthrew aropearound...¶" "(people screaming)" "¶ ¶" "(laughter)" "¶ ¶" "chase me!" "Chase me faster!" "Chase me!" "My ship is in fucking pieces, Godfrey." "It is in fucking pieces." "Swear..." "Swear I didn't know." "Know." "Report." "War has begun." "(Gasping)" "(Distant music playing)" "Man:" "Yeah." "(Sniffs)" "Luis:" "Sorry about your news." "Mushroom?" "I need a ship." "And I need to ensure no one else betrays me." "Your man did not heed my warning." "You don't want much, do you?" "(Woman laughing)" "(Urinating)" "You were meant to be guarding the ship." "(Gasps, gagging)" "(Body thuds)" "Two possibilities..." "He sold you out 'cause you cut off his thumb..." "Or you cut off his thumb 'cause you knew he was going to sell you out." "Possibility one, reason." "Possibility two, witchcraft." "Bury this body where it won't be found." "You can keep the heart." "Good night." "(Exhales deeply)" "(Distant laughter)" "(Woman moaning)" "The devil's here." "(Exhales deeply)" "(Door opens)" "(Sighs)" "Go get some sleep." "I don't need sleep." "I need... a ship." "Maybe you fuck first, find a ship tomorrow." "Why don't you find a captain?" "And you take him upstairs and slit his throat and I will take his ship." "No captains." "No throat slitting." "I can't find you a ship." "Mine." "(Door opens)" "(Murmuring indistinctly)" "Ah." "I need a ship." "Just give me a fucking ship." "Winter:" "James." "Huh?" "Winter:" "What are you doing?" "Oh, go away." "I'm busy." "I'm not fit to be near you now." "I brought this for you." "¶ ¶" "(muffled scream)" "(Birds chirping)" "(Birds chirping)" "¶ ¶" "I am a very dangerous man to know." "Announcer:" "Taboo." "All new Tuesdays at 10:00 on fx." "Look, as we all know, everything is about emotion with women." "Right, Dee?" "What?" "Oh, my god!" "Whoa!" "Whoa." "All right, Dee." "Relax." "We're trying to have a rational conversation." "Sunny." "All new." "Wednesdays at 10:00." "Only on fxx." "(Whirring)" "Announcer:" "Man seeking woman." "All new, wednesdays at 10:30." "Only on fxx." "Careful, honey." "Oh." "Mmm." "What's this?" "It's still good." "Announcer:" "Baskets." "All new Thursdays at 10:00." "On fx." "Man:" "So, is he crazy?" "Man #2:" "I think he believes he's mentally ill." "But at the same time, part of him knows..." "The power's real." "Announcer:" "Legion." "All new wednesdays at 10:00 on fx." "Take an hour of his time." "Wow." "Look at Stan's yard." "Someone's been busy." "(Chuckles)" "Clearly not in ours." "Maybe Henry can do some work today." "Yeah." "I forget your back is always bad this time of year." "Only when there are leaves" "when did you wash this last?" "(Engine starts)"