5.0Season 1 • Episode 13
LatestCrusoe and Friday struggle to fend off the men from the sunken boat, once they realize that Mr. Blackthorn and his men are there to harm them and steal their belongings from the treehouse. Crusoe finds out what Mr. Blackthorn is up to from an unwilling Samuel Tuffley.
Crusoe is a television adventure drama based loosely on the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. The series' 13 episodes aired on NBC during the first half of the 2008–2009 television season. It follows the adventures of Robinson Crusoe: a man who has been shipwrecked on an island for six years and is desperate to return home to his wife and children. His lone companion is Friday, a native whom Crusoe rescued and taught English.
Production
Shot in South Africa, looks like a pirate movie budget.
Acting
Winchester and Chirisa's reluctant friendship carries the whole thing.
Costume
Crusoe's DIY island fashion is honestly iconic.
Creators
Stephen Gallagher, Daniel Defoe
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
NBC spent $40 million on this—one of their most expensive pilots ever—then buried it in Friday death slots.
The show softens Defoe's original text considerably; Friday here is an equal partner, not a 'savage' convert, which says more about 2008 than 1700s.
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