Abigail Dalton is the Prime Minister of the U.K., elected on a platform of healthcare reform and now criticized for cutting the military and mishandling a medication shortage that affects cancer patients. French President Vivienne Toussaint wants to deploy troops to secure the British border, creating diplomatic tension. Abigail's husband and fellow doctors are kidnapped on a mission in French Guiana, forcing Abigail to negotiate with Toussaint and rely on a military she reduced. The hostage crisis entwines family members Matheo, Alex, and daughter Sylvie, producing intense interpersonal drama alongside questions about female leadership, governance, and the moral costs of political decisions.
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Netflix Surranne Jones, best known as playing the titular role in the criminally overlooked drama series Doctor Foster and the human version of the TARDIS in the Doctor Who episode "The Doctor's Wife," plays Abigail Dalton, the Prime Minister of the U.K. elected on a platform of healthcare reform. But now, well into her tenure in 10 Downing Street, her opponents are railing against her for gutting the military and fumbling the latest crisis: a shortage of medications, including lifesaving cancer treatments.
Her only hope is French President Vivienne Toussaint (Julie Delpy), but she has an agenda all her own: a hope to shore up the British border with her own troops, something Abigail won't stand for. However, this diplomatic tussle is soon overshadowed by something much bigger: Abigail's husband is taken hostage along with his fellow doctors on a mission in French Guiana. Suddenly, Abigail has to rely on the military she defunded and, because the abduction happened on French soil, her opponent in this negotiation.
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