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Prisoner On The Island
You can see freedom. You just can't reach it.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Prisoner On The Island actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Prisoner On The Island reads strongest on Spectacle, World Building and Serialized.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The story
What it's about
A young inmate sent to an isolated island prison is drawn into a dangerous escape plan, only to learn that every step toward freedom tightens the sentence meant to keep him forever.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 11 episodes.
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Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
202611 episodes
A young inmate sent to an isolated island prison is drawn into a dangerous escape plan, only to learn that every step toward freedom tightens the sentence meant to keep him forever. Marty arrives at the island prison and quickly learns that silence, fear, and obedience are the only rules that matter.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Misbah AliProducer
Where to watch
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