101 - James Delaney, believed dead, returns to London to attend his father's funeral. Other than owning a small part of the west coast of North America, Horace has left nothing of value. The land, Nootka Sound, is in dispute between Great Britain and the United States, who are at war. The East India Company had an agreement to buy the land from Zilpha Geary, Delaney's half-sister, but Delaney knows the war is coming to an end, greatly increasing the value of the land, and scorns their offer. Delaney discovers his father had died from arsenic poisoning, so his mind could have been affected during his final months.

102 - Delaney sets about reclaiming his inheritance; he buys a ship at auction, then begins to assemble his crew. The reading of Horace's will concludes with the appearance of Lorna Bow, a London actress, announcing that she and Horace were married. Delaney pays off Horace's numerous creditors, and makes contact with Dr. Dumbarton. The East India Company plot Delaney's murder. The man with the silver tooth stabs Delaney, but Delaney, although severely injured, manages to kill him.

103 - After Dumbarton administers to Delaney's wound, his assistance regarding Nootka Sound is made clear. Delaney cleverly protects his life against the East India Company and the Crown by writing his will which states that all his possessions would pass to the United States government. When Lorna Bow makes claim for half of Horace Delaney's assets, she is warned that her life is at risk and she should flee to Paris. Godfrey is blackmailed by Delaney to provide secrets from the East India Company's meetings. Bow, on leaving the theatre is abducted, only to be rescued by Delaney.

104 - Bow, encouraged by Delaney, allows herself to be arrested by the Crown. About to be raped by Coop, she is rescued when the East India Company intervene having been tipped off by Delaney. Cholmondeley advises Delaney on gunpowder. They plan to steal saltpetre from a Company warehouse. An attempt to kill Delaney instigated by the US secret agent Carlsbad, ends with the disembowelment of his attacker. When Delaney is invited to a ball held by the Countess Musgrove he asks Bow to accompany him. Although she neither confirms or denies it, he realises that Musgrove is Carlsbad. Thorne, suffering from laughing gas provided by Cholmondeley, challenges Delaney to a duel to the death.

105 - After a surprising turn to a duel at dawn, James Delaney finds himself blackmailed and against the time.

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Main

Tom Hardy as James Keziah Delaney, Horace Delaney's son
Leo Bill as Benjamin Wilton, records officer, East India Company
Jessie Buckley as Lorna Bow, Horace's widow
Oona Chaplin as Zilpha Geary, James Delaney's half-sister
Mark Gatiss as the Prince Regent (later George IV)
Stephen Graham as Atticus, underworld informant to Delaney
Jefferson Hall as Thorne Geary, Zilpha's husband
David Hayman as Brace, Horace Delaney's loyal servant
Ed Hogg as Michael Godfrey, minute taker, East India Company
Michael Kelly as Dr Edgar Dumbarton, American physician working at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London
Jonathan Pryce as Sir Stuart Strange, Chairman of the East India Company
Jason Watkins as Solomon Coop, Private Secretary to the Sovereign
Nicholas Woodeson as Robert Thoyt, Delaney's lawyer

Recurring

Edward Fox as Horace Delaney, owner of a shipping company based in London
Franka Potente as Helga von Hinten, brothel madam
Ruby-May Martinwood as Winter, assistant to Helga
Scroobius Pip as French Bill, assistant to Atticus
Christopher Fairbank as Ibbotson, associate of Delaney
Richard Dixon as Edmund Pettifer, Africa desk, East India Company
Roger Ashton-Griffiths as Abraham Appleby, East India Company
Tom Hollander as Dr George Cholmondeley, chemist and scientist
Marina Hands as Countess Musgrove
Danny Ligairi as Martinez, Polynesian associate of Delaney