A Boy and a World on Netflix: We Unravel the Surprising Series Ending with Travis Fimmel (Vikings)

Warning, spoilers. The following paragraphs show plot elements from the series The Boy and the World. If you don’t want to know anything, don’t read the following.

Based on his popularity thanks to Vikings, Travis Fimmel was able to convince his audience to find him in the new series “The Boy and the World”. Available on Netflix since January 11, this seven-episode Australian fiction series, adapted from Trent Dalton’s bestseller and produced by Joel Edgerton, has attracted subscribers to the platform.

This poetic thriller, which has everything to become your new favorite, has quickly climbed the top views of the streaming service. The Boy and the World follows the unusual journey of a young boy named Eli Bell (Felix Cameron) in Brisbane in the 1980s.

His family is unlike any other: a lost alcoholic father, a brother who has been silent, a mother who struggles with her addiction, a stepfather who sells heroin in his spare time, and a notorious criminal nanny…

Despite this difficult social context, Ellie does not stop dreaming of a better future and her heart every time she faces any difficulty. But above all, Ellie has a vivid imagination, and she’s convinced that the red phone in her basement gives her answers to her future.

Everything changes when his father-in-law Lyle (Travis Fimmel), who tried to double-cross his suppliers, is kidnapped by a criminal gang led by Ivan Kroll (Christopher James Baker).

We quickly learn that society is troubled by the mafia and trafficking and that the police are corrupt. The trapped family is horrified by the attack, and Frank (Phoebe Tonkin) is arrested, tried and jailed for complicity and drug dealing in Lyle’s place.

Forced to keep quiet to avoid reprisals, Ellie and her brother Gus (Lee Tiger Hull) are then taken in with their father Robert (Simon Baker), who is trying his best to be a man and a father. his sons.

Years later, Eli and Gus have grown up and become young adults. Their mother Frankie has been released from prison and the two brothers hope to finally lead a normal life. That’s without counting the demons of the past that catch up with them as new mysteries emerge from beyond the grave.

How does a boy and the world end?

Ellie, played by Zach Burgess in the last two episodes, and Gus, who is still talking, move in with their mother Frank and his new companion Teddy (Ben O’Toole). But the latter becomes extremely violent towards the family when Eli confronts him about his betrayal of Lyle, as he was the one who told Ivan Kroll about Lyle’s trafficking.

Frank, Eli and Gus take refuge with Robert, with whom he forms a real family. This event and the deaths of several people connected to Lyle’s disappearance – namely police officer Tim Cotton (Toby Schmitz) and criminal Beach Dang (Haiha Le) – prompt Ellie to investigate with the help of journalist Caitlin Spies (Sophie Wilde).

They then discover that the businessman and philanthropist Tytus Brosi (Anthony LaPaglia), who employed Lyle in his prosthetics factory, is also the head of a drug ring and that he is responsible for Lily’s disappearance.

To make matters worse, Eli and Caitlin discover that Titus has built an illegal research facility where he conducts experiments on corpses, including Lyle’s and more specifically his head, which has been preserved.

Eli and Caitlin immediately alert the authorities and take advantage of an awards ceremony organized by Titus Bros. to frame him in front of the entire community and expose his misdeeds, including Lyle’s nodding as evidence.

While arresting Titus Broz, Eli is attacked by Ivan Kroll, who chases him from the philanthropist and criminal’s residence. Fortunately, Gus, with his instinct or “prophecy”, intervenes in time to save his brother and kill Ivan.

The Boy and the World ends on a happy note with Ellie, Gus, Frank and Robert living happily ever after. Eli pursues his dream of writing and puts the finishing touches on his novel Boy Swallow World (the original title of the Netflix fiction).

The series Boy and the World is available on Netflix.