Hostage (2025)

I’ve been following Suranne Jones’ acting career since her early days on Coronation Street. She’s come a long way since then.

To get to play the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom takes some acting chops, especially under duress. Abigail Dalton has to make an impossible decision. The Iron Lady would have been proud.

I won’t spoil the plot for you, but suffice it to say that, as some reviewers have said, this show is improbable and too fast-paced to give you time to see it that way. It’s a wild ride, and the story’s ‘traitors’ think they’re ‘patriots’. Where have we seen that before? Oh, right: January 6th.

Coming in at under four hours, this Netflix show will entertain you, of that I have no doubt. But will you believe it? That’s another question entirely.