Crusoe

This show is well worth the effort to watch. It's "Horatio Hornblower" meets "Castaway" meets "Pirates of the Caribbean." It has plots and a sub plot that will keep your attention and make it difficult to wait a week for the next episode! It's clean and Crusoe has exemplary integrity through very difficult odds. Each week you will learn a new piece of information about how Crusoe got to the island, and how he and Friday became inseparable. Unless you are a hyper-critical couch potato that has nothing better to do than rip apart well-rounded TV shows, you'll love this show! It definitely beats those shows full of social drama, immorality, and graphic psychos. If I wanted to see that I could walk outside and look around.

The right story, the good performances. the flash backs . and the humor. few virtues of a serie who could be defined as decent in the sense of old fashion work. because it is not one of serie proposing eccentric new perspectives about a classic book. it is not one of series looking for impress. it represents a good example of well crafted serie. using original lines, proposing smart questions about contemporary problems. being useful. a serie for entire family, embroidery of beautiful performances, adventure in old fashion style and wise pledge for fundamental values.

Thought this was a solid show. There is some violence and blood, but not excessive and is certainly family friendly. The friendship between Crusoe and Friday is the glue of the show, and it's done very well. I get a mix of Swiss Family Robinson with some of the fun, lighthearted elements of Pirates of the Caribbean.

I thought the acting was very good by our 2 leads Crusoe and Friday. People dunking on Crusoe's accent - meh I don't care. I thought it was fine. If anything, I thought Friday's accent sounded a bit off. The scenery of the island and the treehouse were outstanding. The sheer number of gadgets that Crusoe had rigged up was a bit much and took out some of the realism.

The show starts with Crusoe already well-established on the island. It then gradually sprinkled in his back story, and that was done really well. But it did result in the show bogging down here and there in the first half of the series...particularly since our 2 guys are living life on easy mode with virtually no issues except for island visitors. In fact, now that I think about it, every "issue" they had came from other people who came to the island. I would have liked to see them struggle with just "island life" a little bit.

The show really picks up in the 2nd half of the series, and the final 2 episodes leaves you with a very satisfying "crisis resolution".

Would strongly recommend watching.

This is one of the best tv series i ever seen . It gives me positive energy . I dunno why producer stopped it . Unfortunately people of these years love blood and sicky stories . Must be worry about new world.

I admire any network that puts this much work into a series. I mean it is beautiful to watch and manages to keep your attention for the hour. Both Crusoe and Friday are easy on the eyes and their arboreal condo is envy-worthy to say the least. The writing is not too bad either which is a relief in this day and age of shows having regular people gagging on spiders and calling that entertainment.

On two slight criticisms: why the whole MacGyver thing? Sure, we get to know that Crusoe and Friday are surviving because they are saavy, adaptable and quick. But, I draw the line on the coconut shell orange press thingy. Sure, it was fun to see but it undermined the reality of the situation. And, since he is soooo clever, why the heck does Cruose walk and climb around the tropical island wearing heavy leather boots that come up past his knees? If you can make an orange press... you could make foot protection that would not be unbearable under the local conditions, right? Well, I will continue to watch for the acting, the writing, the scenery. Maybe an episode where Crusoe is losing it would be welcome... just to add realism into the series.