Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep42 “They Were Ten” (2020) Review

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about betrayed soldiers, betrayed lovers, betrayed immigrants, and betrayed children. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss Ils étaient dix, “They Were Ten,” the 2020 French miniseries version of “And Then There Were None”

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Chapters

0:00 Introduction

4:25 A major difference between this version and previous versions

8:19 The roll call of characters: Eddy

15:41: Eve the policewoman

17:06 The crime of Gilles the solar panel salesman

19:18 Nelly Nasib, the good time girl and betrayer

21:20 Victoria the surgeon

24:00 Meet Xavier, the jealous soldier

26:18 Meet Malick, the NGO lawyer

34:11 Eve’s story of universal eeeeeeevil

38:00 Was Agatha Christie acting as an Old Testament god?

45:41 Agatha Christie inspired the slasher flick