Hornblower: The Even Chance

A period naval drama following a young midshipman's initiation into service, balancing coming-of-age vulnerability with the rigid hierarchies and interpersonal tensions of 18th-century warship life.

Portsmouth, 1794. Under thundery skies and in lashing rain, 17-year-old midshipman Horatio Hornblower takes the first tentative steps of his naval career, but a feud with a shipmate causes complications.