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They Were Ten

TV·2021–2021·1 season, 6 episodes·M6·Crime, Mystery·50m·Created by Bruno Dega, Jeanne Le Guillou

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Ten people, five women, five men, are invited to a luxury hotel on a deserted tropical island. They soon realize they are completely isolated, cut off from the rest of the word and all means of communication, which rapidly becomes their worst nightmare.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01They Were Ten S01E03Episode 3S01E03 · 7.7Eddy destroys the screen and Xavier is convinced that Eddy must be the murderer. Eddy confesses, but denies the murders on the island. Kelly comes under suspicion when another dies under mysterious circumstances.
  2. 02They Were Ten S01E04Episode 4S01E04 · 7.3Kelly reports a masked figure who attacked her with a knife after finding Eve's body in the sea. Victoria is suspicious of Kelly and suspects her of being the murderer. Xavier is exhausted after searching for water, while Nina and Malik have found water. Victoria overpowers and ties Kelly up in the hotel kitchen, while Nina and Malik catch her drinking the water they have found.
  3. 03They Were Ten S01E05Episode 5S01E05 · 7.3Eve's hat is found, but her body remains missing. After Kelly, Nina and Malik find Victoria's body, Kelly confesses that she no longer trusts anyone. Vincent turns up covered in blood and can't remember what happened. Police officers Mathieu and Baptista track down the guests through a mailbox company and are able to identify the group before finding the island.

Castfull cast & details

Samuel Le BihanSamuel Le BihanXavier TroussaudGuillaume de TonquédecGuillaume de TonquédecGilles DelfourMarianne DenicourtMarianne DenicourtEve LombardiRomane BohringerRomane BohringerVictoria DeshotelPatrick MillePatrick MilleVincent Del PieroMatilda LutzMatilda LutzNina GoldbergManon AzemManon AzemKelly NessibNassim LyesNassim LyesMalik Alaoui

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2021Aired 7.3Season avg
  1. S01E01They Were Ten S01E01Episode 1August 17, 2021 7.2Five women and five men are lured to a supposed luxury hotel on a remote tropical island off the coast of French Guyana. However, they soon
  2. S01E02They Were Ten S01E02Episode 2August 17, 2021 7.2The group realize that they have been lured not for a reality show, but for a crime. When Myriam's body and Kelly's dead dog are found and t
  3. S01E03They Were Ten S01E03Season's bestEpisode 3August 24, 2021 7.7Eddy destroys the screen and Xavier is convinced that Eddy must be the murderer. Eddy confesses, but denies the murders on the island. Kelly
  4. S01E04They Were Ten S01E04Episode 4August 24, 2021 7.3Kelly reports a masked figure who attacked her with a knife after finding Eve's body in the sea. Victoria is suspicious of Kelly and suspect
  5. S01E05They Were Ten S01E05Episode 5August 31, 2021 7.3Eve's hat is found, but her body remains missing. After Kelly, Nina and Malik find Victoria's body, Kelly confesses that she no longer trust
  6. S01E06They Were Ten S01E06Episode 6August 31, 2021 7.3Vincent dies before Kelly's eyes and she suspects Nina and Malik. Mathieu and Baptista end up on the island and find the surveillance center

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