Crusoe

2008
Crusoe

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EP1 Rum Oct 17, 2008

Stranded on his island, hoping for rescue to civilization, Robinson Crusoe starts recalling how it all started. But he has to concentrate all his attention on an arriving ship, which alas proves not help but captain Lynch's pirates. The traps he set for savages probe useful, but he still ends up captured, unlike trusty native companion Friday. He's expected to help them find a golden canon, using a map tattooed on an old prate's back.

EP2 Gunpowder Oct 17, 2008

Crusoe leaves his family to head out to the new world in hopes of finding new riches and getting out of debt. However, when an assassin gets aboard the ship, Crusoe wakes up to find himself stranded on a deserted island. There saves a native man from a band of cannibals and makes a friend for life. Together they must struggle to survive the harsh terrain.

EP3 Sacrifice Oct 24, 2008

After attempting to fix the water source to the tree house, Crusoe loses his wedding ring. Meanwhile, Friday has an unusual dream about a young woman who is lost and yearning for the sea. Crusoe and Friday attempt to discover the truth and set her spirit free.

EP4 The Mutineers Oct 31, 2008

Crusoe and Friday need to find a way to outsmart a group of mutineers, who have landed on their island in search of supplies. Crusoe contemplates forming an alliance with the ship's trapped captain in hopes that he can lead Crusoe and Friday back home.

EP5 High Water Nov 07, 2008

Crusoe and Friday find hope on the deserted island, when they stumble upon an old abandoned boat that is stuck up in a tree. As they begin to repair it, they find a compass, which they believe will aid them on their finding their way home.

EP6 Long Pig Nov 14, 2008

Crusoe is racked with guilt as he contemplates stealing the boat of cannibals that have arrived on the island because of the two surprising captives that they would be leaving behind with them.

EP7 Bad Blood Nov 21, 2008

Friday has become severly ill and insane, and it's up to Olivia and Crusoe to find the rare plant that will cure him.

EP8 Heroes and Villains Dec 06, 2008

Now that the mutineers' ship has been fixed, he must think of a new plan to get on it and off the island, once someone discloses his plan to the ship's captain.

EP9 The Name of the Game Dec 20, 2008

Crusoe helps Friday by trying to bring back some of the bad things from his past, so he can help Friday get through them. Friday's past helps him in making the treehouse safer from intruders.

EP10 Smoke and Mirrors Jan 10, 2009

Crusoe is overjoyed--and somewhat mystified--when Susannah appears on the island. Later, while searching for Friday, Crusoe and Susannah's lives are endangered after coming across someone else on the island.

EP11 The Hunting Party Jan 17, 2009

A mysterious warrior steals a lock of Crusoe's hair and he later finds out that people are looking for him. Friday has to decide to save Crusoe or himself after he is defeated by three warriors.

EP12 The Traveler Jan 24, 2009

Friday and Crusoe help rescue men from the water after another boat sinks their tiny ship. Crusoe is puzzled to find Mr. Blackthorn among the men, and Friday wonders what he is up to.

EP13 The Return Jan 31, 2009

Crusoe 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.
6.7| 0h30m| TV-PG| en| More Info
Released: 17 October 2008 Canceled
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Country: United States of America
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Official Website: http://www.nbc.com/Crusoe/
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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.

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Ryan Cooper Pity about the utter lemon that was shot here That treehouse sure was quite an accomplishment, but it seriosuly...how would he build that? Seems to me that they pushed the boundaries a little with what Robinson Crusoe could build and maintain. I read the original book, and while in the story he achieved quite a lot in terms of subsistence farming, the peak of his technological accomplishments was a pointed stick and a door for his cave. I know that movie adaptations of books are open to a certain amount of interpretation and artistic license, but this just insulting to the source material. They stopped one step short of him building a space shuttle to fly back home.
Alfred Smith I really wanted to like this show. I was hoping for a cross between "Castaway" and "Lost" but set a couple of centuries in the past. After watching the first four episodes, in hindsight I should have stopped after the pilot, I can report that it is nothing like what I had hoped.Both lead actors are miscast and wooden but Philip Winchester is just totally annoying. His English accent is simply unbelievable and he looks like he belongs in a Vogue fashion shoot with the blow dried hair, the freshly shaved beard and perfect teeth.It appears that both Crusoe and Friday have been on the island for a few years when the series starts as they have "built" a condo with a great view in the trees, running water, gunpowder, weapons and food aplenty. A couple of wenches would have made this the perfect holiday destination for most men. Their life is easy and the lack of any real struggle to live is difficult to comprehend. In fact his is what really irritates me about the whole concept.Just more useless debris in the current crop of rubbish offered by the networks.
quantum_tronics "Crusoe" is a TV show that incorporates imagination, adventure, suspense with high moral character traits prevalent in the main characters. I admire NBC's willingness to try an older formula for TV value. The main characters themselves are noble, unselfish, seek the greater good of others, and resolve the need for conflict in a reasoned and personal moral manner. As a viewer, I understand that no individual is perfect and do not feel that the writers have taken advantage of this sentiment. The back drops are impressive, may be considered over the top by the "realist" viewers, but I don't find it condescending at all. Look...a show that is about being on a warm and sunny remote island, with one's best "mate" along for the ride,living off the land, no taxes to pay, bills to pay, money to earn, living off one's wits, living a life of adventure and challenge every moment. I look beyond the minor flaws of which are too minor to mention, and prefer to look to the entertainment intent of the show. Congratulations NBC, the show writers and the actors, for bringing a "Peter Pan" type adventure back into regular TV for families.
superboy9707 This show is a wonderful adaption of the novel, while adding some great NEW stories as well, the acting is quite good, the actor who plays Robinson reminds me of the late Heath Ledger which is a good thing, that is a compliment to the actor, the writers write good conversations, I highly recommend this show, the flashbacks are a good touch, I FINALLY found a good adaption of the book. the actor who plays Friday does a great job of of being Crusoe's friend and somewhat of a servant the actors who played the pirates did a lovely job as well,overall I give it a ten out of ten, I wouldn't recommend it for und r 8-9 and thats if their not squeamish so, mainly for the little elven and ten year olds and up almost guaranteed well anyway, overall this is a GREAT show