The Honourable Woman

2014

The Honourable Woman

7.9 | TV-MA | en | Drama

Nessa Stein, the daughter of a Zionist arms procurer who as a child witnessed his assassination. Now an adult, Nessa inherits her father's company and changes course from supplying arms to laying data cabling networks between Israel and the West Bank. Her efforts to reconcile the Israelis and Palestinians lands her an appointment to the House of Lords and creates an international political maelstrom.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP8 The Paring Knife

Aug. 21,2014

Hayden-Hoyle uncovers that Nessa has been manipulated both by people close to her and by governments intent on exploiting her work. A thrilling climax in the desert wastelands sees Nessa fighting to save her life and the kidnapped child's as she attempts to make her way home.

EP7 The Hollow Wall

Aug. 14,2014

Hayden-Hoyle uncovers an international government cover-up in relation to the Stein wiretap and Ephra is drawn into making a fatal mistake. In Palestine, an act of terrorism stuns the Stein family and the wider international community and has far reaching repercussions.

EP6 The Mother Line

Aug. 07,2014

When a Palestinian businessman makes Nessa an offer regarding the cabling initiative in the Middle East, Nessa discovers the full cost of her release from captivity eight years ago.

EP5 Two Hearts

Jul. 31,2014

As their captivity continues, we discover the secret that will bond Atika and Nessa forever. Meanwhile, an academic in Tel Aviv working at a university funded by the Steins uncovers corruption that could have far-reaching consequences.

EP4 The Ribbon Cutter

Jul. 24,2014

Going back eight years, a younger Hayden-Hoyle climbs the ranks of MI6 whilst Nessa and Atika endure atrocities during their time held captive in Gaza and their captors scheme as to how she can best serve their cause.

EP3 The Killing Call

Jul. 17,2014

Nessa's security advisor follows a lead as he hunts down the missing boy. Meanwhile, her brother Ephra makes a startling discovery that could blow the family, and its work, apart.

EP2 The Unfaithful Husband

Jul. 10,2014

Nessa's past, including her kidnap eight years previously in Gaza, is dug up by MI6 boss Sir Hugh Hayden-Hoyle, who is intent on getting answers despite being blocked by the CIA.

EP1 The Empty Chair

Jul. 03,2014

Powerful businesswoman Nessa Stein is thrown head-first into a game of political cat-and-mouse when a Palestinian businessman with close connections to her family's empire is killed.

7.9 | TV-MA | en | Drama , Crime , War & Politics | More Info

Released: 2014-07-03 | Released Producted By: BBC Worldwide , Eight Rooks Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01z78nq

Synopsis

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Cast

Maggie Gyllenhaal , Stephen Rea , Lubna Azabal

Director

Aziz Hamichi

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BBC Worldwide , Eight Rooks

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Trailers

Cast

Maggie Gyllenhaal

as Nessa Stein

Joker: Put on a Happy Face The Kindergarten Teacher The Deuce Frank The Honourable Woman The Sturgeon Queens White House Down Hysteria Won't Back Down

Stephen Rea

as Hugh Hayden-Hoyle

Nightride Sadie Flesh and Blood Secrets from Putumayo Lost Lives Greta Thanksgiving Black '47 Ruby Strangelove Young Witch

Lubna Azabal

as Atika Halibi

Rebel The Blue Caftan Cheyenne & Lola Mary Magdalene Adam Hellhole Tel Aviv on Fire A Bluebird in My Heart Catch the Wind

Reviews

chris-bushwacker I'll make this short. Gyllenhall's Nessa is smug, unlikeable and extrenely irritating. Her brother is shifty and suspicious, given to bouts of passive/aggressive resentful behaviour for no good reason I can see. The housekeeper doesn't seem to care that much about getting her kidnapped son back and all of them put plenty of energy into not helping the police. We get it - they have secrets, even from each other, but .... who cares!The only one behaving like a normal person is the sister-in-law, who is incredulous, very impatient, and clearly wondering what kind of stupid family she has married into. She is the only one I felt any sympathy for, the others being creepy, evasive and apparently uncaring. I detested them all and did not get beyond episode 3 - not because it was boring and slow, which it certainly was, but because I just didn't care about their silly secrets and nor did I believe they were important enough to keep, certainly not at the expense of a little boy.The nonsensiccal behaviour of the FBI woman (who ever hailed a cab in London that had an American driver?) the childish British security services, the silly gung-ho bodyguard with more detecting capabilities than Sherlock Holmes,, the extremely unprofessional nurse, the bereaved wife that happily swaps the life of her husband for fifteen fahasand pahnds ... who behaves like this? Really? It was all so utterly stupid.Verdict based on almost 3 episodes - Ghastly rubbish which should have been buried in the desert never to be unearthed. I know everyone that liked it said it picks up after 4 episodes but do the characters become more likeable and less annoying? Probably not.

phd_travel This daring and complex thriller series involving the Israeli Palestinian conflict hooks you from the start but ultimately disappoints. Maggie Gyllenhaal plays Nessa a British Jew trying to promote peace in the region by using her company to build fiber optics in the Occupied Territories. Then things get unnecessarily confusing in the way they are told with flash backs involving people who looks a bit similar. Can't tell who is who sometimes. A more chronological telling would have been better. Things come together around the 3rd and 4th episodes. Then things get quite convoluted again and even with a lot of concentration it's hard to understand as things go international with other governments involved.Maggie gives a good imitation of a British accent. Don't know why they had to have that sexual incident involving her in London - didn't further the plot at all. Stephen Rea's MI5 agent speaks in a frustratingly slow manner that seems self indulgent. Nessa's brother is wrongly cast being played by an actor who looks more like someone who belongs in 'Downton Abbey'.Overall you do feel the bitterness of the conflict from both sides but it's just too confusing. A couple of episodes could have been cut and the story simplified. The climax of violence and shooting is contrived and unrealistic and unsatisfying.Not a must watch.

Steve B Well this tarnishes just about everyone government-wise. It most likely represents what is probably very true.....how things work. Betrayal, intrigue, human endeavor, are all covered. The character of Nessa Stein is so well played by Maggie Gyllenhaal. The series is almost emotionally draining. So many difficult things confronted.The things that are taken for granted are kind of interesting. Are we owners of or parents or grandparents actions? If we accept the state of being of circumstances, does that mean we agree with them? Highly recommended. Worth watching all the way through.I am curious how the series is received by British, Arabic, Israeli, and other US folks.As you go through the series, you may want to observe what is represented as true, what is represented as given, and at the end of the series, how folks are portrayed at that point. It tells me about the folks who produced this and what they believe, because although the show appears to be open, freely representing all, in the end, they show common stereotypes, in my opinion. I am not criticizing it, I don't think, but it is not as open as it appears. I still highly recommend it.

f-mimmi A decent story spoiled by en erratic script going unnecessarily to and fro with lines hinting but not saying, a director in love with still life and pauses (to make an Antonioni it takes an Antonioni), an over-acting actress (Maggie Gyllenhaal must think she is sort of an Eleonora Duse, always posing and sniffing and grimacing). Even the good ones, like Stephen Rea, are compelled to stay frozen all the time pretending they are the most intelligent people in the world. Andrew Buchan (Ephra Stein) is cornered into an absurd love story with the nowadays usual and gratuitous sex sessions. Alltogather very very boring, the only plausible thing is that almost everybody is bad or stupid, quite similar, even though unwillingly, to real life.