An Adventure-Drama Series that follows the titular character (Philip Winchester) as he tries to return home to his family after spending years stranded on an island.
The show also features Tongayi Chirisa, Joaquim De Almeida, Mia Maestro, Sam Neill, Anna Walton, and Sean Bean.
It aired for thirteen episodes on NBC.
Tropes for the series:
- Alliterative Name: Santos Santana.
- Alliterative Title: Bad Blood.
- One-Word Title: Crusoe.
- Rum.
- Gunpowder.
- Sacrifice.
- Salvage Pirates: The first episode features the eponymous castaway being threatened by pirates/escaped convicts, as well as the corrupt Spanish jailers who are after them.
- The Show of the Books: Loosely based on Robinson Crusoe.
- Treasure Map: The guy who knew the whereabouts of the treasure hidden on Crusoe's island (a golden cannon) tattooed it onto the back of the guy he was stuck in prison with - while the mapmaker was sinking deeper into dementia. Remarkably, the map worked, though it was coded so only Crusoe could figure it out. The map resurfaces much later as a guide to the island - salvaged from the poor guy's back after he died.Jeremiah Blackthorn: Is this leather?
Santos Santana: Not exactly.- Friday later explains Crusoe's surprised reaction to seeing the "leather" version by joking that Crusoe "knew the map's previous owner".
