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I'm Obsessed With Netflix's New Thriller Show — and It's Perfect to Binge-Watch
How can you choose between the fate of your family and the fate of your entire country? That’s the question Suranne Jones’ character, Prime Minister Abigail Dalton, must answer in Hostage, a new political thriller series on Netflix. This...

Where was Hostage season 1 filmed? Complete guide to all filming locations and other production details
Netflix's latest show, Hostage season 1, brings a tense political thriller to the streaming platform. The series showcases British Prime Minister Abigail Dalton facing the toughest challenge in her life as her husband gets kidnapped. As the French...
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Hostage ending explained: Who kidnapped Alex — and who planned the coup? By Randall Colburn
Hostage is a new political thriller starring Suranne Jones and Julie Delpy. The series follows the U.K. Prime Minister as she's swept up in a kidnapping plot with political implications. You can now stream the five-part series in its entirety on...

Hostage Ending Explained: How Netflix's Political Thriller Wraps Up Abigail Dalton's C...
Spoiler Alert: This article contains full spoilers for Netflix’s Hostage. Netflix’s political thriller Hostage ends with rescue, reckonings and a national reset. The series closes after a cross-border kidnapping and a sequence of attacks designed...

7 new movies and TV shows to watch on Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max and more this weekend (August 22)
We're in a slightly weird place in the streaming world this week (August 18-24). As summer and winter start to wind down in the northern and southern hemispheres, the world's best streaming services appear to be withholding their biggest releases...

Netflix’s ‘Hostage’ Ending Explained—Breaking Down Every Twist, Betrayal And Death
"Hostage" on Netflix. Des Willie/Netflix Warning: Spoilers ahead for Hostage on Netflix. From the very first seconds, Netflix’s new political thriller Hostage will keep you on your toes. Who lives, who dies and who are the masterminds behind the...

Netflix's Hostage ending explained: Breaking down the shocking final scenes and motive behind the kidnapping
*** Contains spoilers on Netflix's Hostage *** Suranne Jones' brand new thriller, Hostage, only dropped on Netflix yesterday (21st August), but many fans (us included) have already binged all five episodes. The drama-packed series follows the...

How realistic is ‘Hostage’: A security expert gives their verdict on Netflix’s high-octane new political thriller
Following in the footsteps of fellow national treasures, Hugh Grant, Michael Sheen, Emma Thompson, Gillian Anderson and many others, Suranne Jones takes on the role of British prime minister in Netflix’s racy new political thriller, Hostage. The...

Breaking Down the Ending of Netflix’s Tense Political Thriller Hostage
Warning: This post contains spoilers for Hostage. Netflix’s political thriller series Hostage follows the newly elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Abigail Dalton (Suranne Jones), as she faces an unimaginable threat: Her husband, Alex...

Hostage Netflix ending explained from kidnappers’ motives to final scene
08:30, 22 Aug 2025Updated 08:44, 22 Aug 2025 WARNING: This article contains major spoilers from Hostage on Netflix Political action-thriller Hostage may only have dropped on Netflix yesterday (August 21), but some eager viewers have already binged...

Hostage season 1 ending explained: What happens to the kidnapper John Shagan?
Hostage season 1 is a political thriller series that premiered on Netflix on August 21, 2025. The five-part limited series is created and written by Matt Charman and directed by Isabelle Sieb and Amy Neil. Annelie Simmons and James Levison serve...

How did Hostage on Netflix end?
Hostage: Matt Charman and Suranne Jones on new Netflix drama WARNING: This article contains major spoilers from Hostage on Netflix The political action-thriller, Hostage, may have only landed on Netflix yesterday (August 21), but some keen viewers...
It’s implausible and ludicrous but this Netflix thriller is held together by a terrific performance
Hostage ★★★ Forget Chekhov’s gun, the lurking narrative principle in this British thriller is Chekhov’s husband. As politician Abigail Dalton (Suranne Jones) ponders a tilt at the prime minister’s gig, she worries about a clash between country and...

‘Hostage’ Ending Explained & Finale Recap: Is Shagan Dead?
Hostage’s ending was about a final confrontation between John Shagan and Abigail Dalton. As the PM of the United Kingdom, Abigail had a meeting with French President Vivienne Toussaint, with the aim of getting her help to breathe some life into...

‘Hostage’ Netflix Review: Suranne Jones & Julie Delpy Led Miniseries Is Just Fine
Netflix shows set in the thriller genre struggling to keep a consistent pressure on the proverbial gas pedal have become a feature, not a bug. I sometimes feel bad for blaming Harlan Coben and the mind-numbing adaptations of his stupid novels for...

‘Hostage’ Ending Explained: Who Dies, And Who Kills, Are Both Big Shockers
Warning: Spoilers ahead for “Hostage.” The “Hostage” crisis has ended, and so has UK Prime Minister Abigail Dalton’s (Suranne Jones) no-good, terrible, very very bad week. The Netflix limited series, which stars the “Gentleman Jack” actor...

Hostage episode 1 recap: kidnapping, blackmail and the heads of state meet (Spoilers)
Hostage, a brand-new political thriller on Netflix, sees Abigail Dalton (Suranne Jones) swept into a plot of kidnapping and blackmail that threatens her role as Prime Minister as she meets with the French President, Toussaint. Hostage recaps...

Hostage episode 3 recap: a murder plot and the walls close in on Abigail (Spoilers)
Hostage, a brand-new political thriller on Netflix, sees Abigail Dalton (Suranne Jones) swept into a plot of kidnapping and blackmail that threatens her role as Prime Minister as she meets with the French President, Toussaint. Hostage recaps...

‘I wrote my latest album while pretending to be the Prime Minister’s kidnapped husband’
Ashley Thomas endures a turbulent journey in Netflix’s thriller series Hostage (Picture: Ollie Upton/Netflix) ‘So you were getting kidnapped and writing music at the same time?’ I ask. ‘Yeah, but it was good. This is what I worked for,’...

‘Hostage’ Review
Empires crumble more easily than many of us would like to admit, and in Netflix‘s new limited series “Hostage” — written and created by “Bridge of Spies” scribe Matt Charman — two world leaders face an international crisis that threatens their...