Taboo_1x03 «2026 Edition»

The "taboo" relationship between James and his sister Zilpha comes to a head. After a series of intense letters, the two meet in a church where they share a brief, incestuous kiss before she tries to sever ties with him forever.

Delaney finds a bird symbol scratched into the fireplace of his mother’s room, identical to the one on his back. The young girl Winter identifies it as the Sankofa , an African symbol meaning "it is not taboo to fetch what is at risk of being left behind," highlighting the theme of learning from the past to shape the future. Taboo recap: Season 1, Episode 3 - Entertainment Weekly Taboo_1x03

Delaney secures his own internal intelligence by blackmailing Godfrey, a gay East India Company minute-taker he knew from their youth, to pass him secrets from the Company's inner workings. The "taboo" relationship between James and his sister