"AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS" Season One (2021) Episodes Ranking
Below is my ranking of the Season One episodes of the adventure series, "AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS". Based on Jules Verne's 1973 novel and created by Ashley Pharoah and Caleb Ranson, the series stars David Tennant, Ibrahim Koma and Leonie Benesch:
"AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS" SEASON ONE (2021) EPISODES RANKING
1. (1.03) "Episode 1.3" - Stuck on Yemen's west coast, gentleman traveler Phineas Fogg decides on a dangerous desert crossing with his valet Jean Passepartout, leaving news reporter and traveling companion Abigail Fortescue aka Fix in a place where even a fellow Englishwoman proves hostile. Lindsay Duncan and Faical Elkihel guest starred.
2. 1.05) "Episode 1.5" - Passepartout's knowledge of the Hong Kong colony proves useful when Fogg's finances are blocked by his London bank and Scotland Yard. Abigail's latest article threatens to humiliate Phileas at a party held in his honor at the Govenor's estate. Victoria Smurfit, Patrick Kennedy and Thomas Chaanhing guest starred.
3. (1.04) "Episode 1.4" - The traveling trio are stranded at a village in British India, where a wedding is about to take place and the groom, a deserter from the British Army has been arrested. Shivaani Ghai, Kiroshan Naidoo and Charlie Hamblett guest starred.
4. (1.07) "Episode 1.7" - While Fogg and his companions travel through the Rockies in a chartered stagecoah, he unwillingly lets famous lawman Bass Reeves and the latter's prisoner share the stagecoach, unaware the captive's cronies are in hot pursuit. John Light and Gary Beadle guest starred.
5. (1.08) "Episode 1.8" - In the season finale, Fogg's reunion with an old love, deadly dockside danger and red tape in New York City might spell failure for Fogg's "around the world" bet. Dolly Wells guest starred.
6. (1.01) "Episode 1.1" - In the series opener, Fogg is goaded by corrupt fellow Reform Club member Nyle Bellamy into a bet that he can circle the globe in just 80 days, despite never having been abroad before. He is accompanied by Passepartout and Abigail, who wants to record his journey. Their first major stop is Paris, where Fogg inadvertently foils an assassination attempt on the President of France, Adolphe Thiers, by rebels led by Passepartout's brother. Loic Djani, Richard Wilson and Masali Baduza guest starred.
7. (1.02) "Episode 1.2" - Fogg's self-respect is threatened by ridicule from Italian industrialist and widower Niccolo Moretti during a train journey to Brindisi, Italy; worrying Abigail and Passepartout before a disaster strikes. Giovanni Scifoni guest starred.
8. (1.06) "Episode 1.6" - Thanks to Bellamy's henchman Thomas Kneedling; Fogg, Abigail and Passepartout find themselves stranded on a desert island in the East China Sea. With the clock ticking, the trio must learn to forgive and work together to escape the island and resume their journey.
