▁if ▁slow , ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁going , ▁entry ▁in ▁F X ' s ▁stable ▁of ▁series , ▁with ▁a ▁comp elling ▁turn ▁by ▁Tom ▁Hard y . ▁Kevin ▁Ye oman ▁of ▁Screen rant ▁wrote ▁in ▁his ▁review ▁that ▁it ▁all ▁added ▁up ▁to ▁a ▁dark , ▁slow - mov ing ▁but ▁non eth eless ▁intr igu ing ▁drama ▁with ▁secre ts ▁to ▁disp ense ▁in ▁due ▁time . ▁He ▁also ▁said ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁likely ▁that ▁those ▁drawn ▁to ▁Hard y ’ s ▁on screen ▁intensity ▁and ▁seem ingly ▁un limited ▁capacity ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁physical ▁emb od iment ▁of ▁glo omy ▁men ace ▁would ▁be ▁the ▁ones ▁most ▁likely ▁to ▁stick ▁around ▁until ▁the ▁very ▁end , ▁and ▁in ▁doing ▁so ▁would ▁re ap ▁the ▁potential ▁re wards . ▁ ▁Some ▁histor ians ▁have ▁expressed ▁concern ▁that ▁the ▁East ▁India ▁Company ▁may ▁be ▁port rayed ▁in ac cur ately . ▁Before ▁the ▁broadcast ▁of ▁Tab oo , ▁Steven ▁Knight ▁said , ▁" This ▁man , ▁James ▁Del an ey , ▁is ▁a ▁deeply ▁fla wed ▁and ▁deeply ▁trouble d ▁human ▁being . ▁His ▁greatest ▁struggle ▁will ▁be ▁against ▁the ▁East ▁India ▁Company ▁which , ▁throughout ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁was ▁the ▁equivalent ▁of ▁the ▁C IA , ▁the ▁NS A , ▁and ▁the ▁biggest , ▁b add est ▁mult in ational ▁corpor ation ▁on ▁earth , ▁all ▁rolled ▁into ▁one ▁self - r igh te ous , ▁religious ly - mot iv ated ▁mon ol ith ." ▁T