Season 1 • Episode 3
LatestIn an unstable South American country, capable Nostromo, a person of trust and a legend among his shipmates, is ordered to secure a shipment of gold and stop any revolutionaries who might try to take it. But even the bravest can be foolish.
Acting
Brian Dennehy carries the whole thing on his weary shoulders.
Production
They actually built this world for three episodes. Three.
Writing
Joseph Conrad adaptation that respects your intelligence, mostly.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of the most expensive British television productions of the 1990s, costing £10 million for three episodes.
Conrad's novel was famously considered unfilmable; this adaptation proves why, but the cast almost saves it.
