'Around the World in 80 Days' Recap: Season 1 Finale
It’s finally here! Our eventful journey around the globe is drawing to a close in the season finale of Around the World in 80 Days, and it’s a nail-biter for sure. You may recall last week our intrepid adventurers were speeding across the American West in the company of a fugitive Confederate soldier and his captor, Bass Reeves. Now’s it’s Day 70 and the finish line is within sight. We join the action right where we left off last week– Fogg in NYC faced with the actual clock depicted in that postcard that’s been mocking him since he left London.
Our trio is swarmed like the Victorian celebrities they are, and Abigail confidently steps forward as the group’s spokesperson. Phileas is informed that practically the whole city knows he’s coming through this train station today. He scans the crowd as the heroes are encouraged to make haste to board the Henrietta, a grand ship that will transport them back home.
Despite being close enough to taste their victory, Phileas is clearly distracted. With little more than an hour until departure, Fogg tells Abigail and Passepartout that he is going ashore. He earnestly requests they leave without him if he doesn’t return in time.
