Ep. 43 - Renegade Nell
Grab your muskets and your bandit masks and come with Andrew and Presly on an adventure through the mean highways of London in the 19th century.
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Renegade Nell was a Disney Plus original show that aired this year. The show follows Nell Jackson (Louisa Harland) as she returns home a window after her husband died in the war. Being held up on the highway home, Nell discovers that she has a power that grants her super strength and in-human agility and perception. Upon arriving to her families home she becomes embroiled in a dispute between their landlord, her father, and the landlord’s son. After her father is killed by the landlords son, Nell and her sisters begin to try to prevent her father’s pub from being sold from under them. The landlord’s son kills his own father and the blames Nell so her and her two sisters, Roxy and Geroge go on the run along with their landlords stable hand slave Rassilus. In order to survice Nell resorts to robbing people on the highway using her powers give her an edge. Nell discovers that her powers are granted by a fairy named Billy Blind (Nick Mohammed). Billy agrees to never help Nell commit wanton crimes, but will always protect her if she needs it. Now embroiled in a hunt for Nell, Sofia Wilmot (Alice Kremelberg) and her dark arts teacher, the Earl of Poynton (Adrian Lester) begin to track and try and kill Nell and her family. Through many adventures, eventually Nell realizes that the only way to clear her name is to save the Queen who the earl of Poynton is trying to userp. The series concludes in a battle between Poynton and Nell, where Nell asks Billy Blind to sacrifice their connection to save the son of the landlord, who Poynton is drawing his power from. After pardoning her, the queen gives Nell and her family the rights to their pub and riding back home we see Billy Blind flying behind them eluding to future adventures.