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THE CASTAWAYS C5 9pm - sun 26-thur 30 - TV PACE NO SPOILERS

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Blondeshavemorefun · 19/01/2025 18:14

New 5 part drama starts next sun 26 Jan

For 5 nights consecutive

If there’s one thing Sheridan Smith is sure to do, it’s deliver a standout performance.

We do love a SS drama here on telly addicts 😂

From her gut-wrenching portrayal of grief in BBC One’s Four Lives (www.stylist.co.uk/entertainment/four-lives-episode-three-review/607622) to her hilarious cameos as Smithy’s sister Rudi in Gavin And Stacey (www.stylist.co.uk/tag/gavin-and-stacey),

we know the Bafta-winning actor is sure to rise to the occasion. No wonder that we’re seriously excited for her upcoming thriller series.

Smith and Céline Buckens (Showtrial (www.stylist.co.uk/tag/showtrial)) star as sisters in
The Castaways
, a new Paramount+ drama series based on Lucy Clarke’s bestselling novel.

Here’s everything to know so far, including the newly released trailer for the series

After a huge fight on holiday, Lori (Smith) boards a plane to Fiji, while Erin (Buckens) does not.

The flight never arrives at its destination and months later, no wreckage has been located.

But Erin refuses to believe that her sister is gone.

When Erin learns that Lori’s credit card has been used on a remote Fijian island and later recognises the plane’s pilot on CCTV, she boards a plane to Fiji to track down the truth. Sounds dark and intriguing.

As well as Smith and Buckens, the series also features Brendan Cowell (Avatar: The Way Of Water) as pilot Mike Brasse, Dominic Tighe (The Boys In The Boat) as fellow passenger Daniel Eldridge, Lasarus Ratuere (The Tourist (www.stylist.co.uk/entertainment/tv/the-tourist-bbc-one-2/765846)) as Felix Vatuba and Charlotte Vega (Burial) as Amber Gordon.

On the series, author Lucy Clarke said it “promises to be an incredible adaptation; the scriptwriting
is electric, and Sheridan and Céline are perfectly cast as Lori and Erin”.

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Blondeshavemorefun · 26/01/2025 21:34

Patience my dear @GrandTheftWalrus

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Blondeshavemorefun · 26/01/2025 21:46

I hate it when they show the texts but can’t read them

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GrandTheftWalrus · 26/01/2025 21:57

I have no patience lol.

So was he shagging the sister or what?

GrandTheftWalrus · 26/01/2025 21:58

Is that the pilot?

Blondeshavemorefun · 26/01/2025 22:02

Yes I think the pilot

so dodgy as drinking before flying and the card

it’s good enough to intrigue me for e2 Tom

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Blondeshavemorefun · 26/01/2025 22:05

E1 recap

https://reelmockery.com/the-castaways-series-1-episode-1-recap/amp/

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Blondeshavemorefun · 26/01/2025 22:24

GrandTheftWalrus · 26/01/2025 21:57

I have no patience lol.

So was he shagging the sister or what?

No I don’t think so

the lady preg in the beginning I assume is the gf who left preg test in the car

and the man pete the husband /brother in law to Erin

weird she thought the worst of her sister tho

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purpleme12 · 26/01/2025 23:54

Well this is weird...
It's not on 5od...

the80sweregreat · 27/01/2025 06:48

It was fast paced and I like SS and Celine Buckens ( who was very good in showtrial )
It has that ' filmed through plastic ' look though
but SS's dress wound me up ( for no reason whatsoever, but it looked wrong for a flight on a plane ! )
Why did she say to her sister ' oh no ' when she mentioned children and the husband who is cheating ?
Lots to think about , wherever it's filmed looks lovely.

Blondeshavemorefun · 27/01/2025 14:47

purpleme12 · 26/01/2025 23:54

Well this is weird...
It's not on 5od...

It’s showing on my 5 app so can catch up for tonight E2

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Blondeshavemorefun · 27/01/2025 14:49

@the80sweregreat I think ss thinks her sister is the one preg sleeping with her dh pete

nkt sure how or why she jumped to that conclusion

also is gf is preg she only looks 6mths or so

surprised insurance are paying out so quickly

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purpleme12 · 27/01/2025 16:27

Blondeshavemorefun · 27/01/2025 14:47

It’s showing on my 5 app so can catch up for tonight E2

Yes it is now. It wasn't yesterday. Will try watch tonight

fluffyfluffs09 · 27/01/2025 16:29

what a load of rubbish ! i was soooooo disappointed, the plane set/airport & related scenes all look soooo fake looking.

Blondeshavemorefun · 27/01/2025 16:50

Oh no @fluffyfluffs09 you didn’t like

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Blondeshavemorefun · 27/01/2025 21:29

More blood bath. Just like itv 😂

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Blondeshavemorefun · 27/01/2025 21:30

I want to know why she didn’t board the plane

what was in the iPad /phone the female detective had

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Blondeshavemorefun · 27/01/2025 21:55

Ah. She was drinking with the pilot night before

prob shagged him and didn’t want to do the walk of shame

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friendlycat · 27/01/2025 21:59

I’m terribly confused. Why did Natasha pull a gun on Erin.

daffodilandtulip · 27/01/2025 22:00

How is the pilot there? Where are the others?!

Blondeshavemorefun · 27/01/2025 22:03

I would have taken her dress off to go for a float in the water

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crumblingschools · 27/01/2025 22:06

All slightly implausible!

Blondeshavemorefun · 27/01/2025 22:10

friendlycat · 27/01/2025 21:59

I’m terribly confused. Why did Natasha pull a gun on Erin.

I’m guessing as she wasn’t his daughter Natasha

the photo was diff

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usernamedifferent · 27/01/2025 22:15

The baby is so well behaved - doesn’t seem to be hungry much and just lies in the Moses basket.

I’m enjoying it but does seem a bit far fetched

Blondeshavemorefun · 27/01/2025 22:32

He’s the perfect baby

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Blondeshavemorefun · 27/01/2025 22:38

daffodilandtulip · 27/01/2025 22:00

How is the pilot there? Where are the others?!

That is a good point

if he got off the island

how and why didn’t the others escape

pilot is obv into something dodgy with the rolled money and ‘natasha’ looking for him as obv not daughter or sure why they didn’t tie her up

sunny they put the helmet on first while being shot at 😂😂

so who took the lighter 🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀

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