The Abandons starring Lena Headey and Gillian Anderson enters Top 4 on Netflix within week of its release

The Abandons is off to a wild start on Netflix as the Lena Headey and Gillian Anderson led western muscled its way into the platform’s top four within its first week. Viewers are locked onto its gritty frontier chaos and Netflix data and global chart trackers show the series rising fast across regions, marking it as one of the streamer’s biggest breakout titles this month.

It's an impressive achievement, considering the rise of shows like Stranger Things and The Rats: A Witcher's Tale. Netflix data shows that The Abandons has over seven million views, and has been watched for over thirty seven million hours. As a brand new show with no legacy past, the show's popularity really g=highlights the audience's approval.

The show follows Constance and Fiona, played by Gillian Anderson and Lena Headey, who are two matriarchs as they grapple with mothrhood and a big secret and two crimes. Speaking to Collider, Anderson spoke about her character and said,

"I don’t think that Constance is a particularly attentive or natural parent, even though she has three kids who are grown when we find them. I think that her time and her effort is really focused on the pursuit of her end goal, which is about expansion and expanding the town and expanding her silver mines. Anything that gets in the way of that pursuit is to be removed. That’s really where her big focus is."

Headey then added a few lines about her own character as she quipped,

"Fiona is obviously from the other side of the tracks. She doesn’t have any money. There’s no privilege. There’s a deep envy looking at Constance for Fiona, and I think she wants some of that. And so, you’ve got two women deeply at odds for extreme reasons, just to begin with."

More details about The Abandons

With Lena Headey and Gillian Anderson leading the storm, The Abandons plants you in 1854 Washington Territory, where the land itself feels like it has a heartbeat. Netflix introduces the show as a clash between two households whose values and ambitions could not be more different. On one side stand the Van Nesses, an elite mining family guided by Anderson’s steely Constance. On the other is the makeshift Nolan clan, a group of abandoned children raised by Headey’s fiercely devoted Fiona Nolan, who has carved out her own place in Jasper Hollow.

As executive producer Christopher Keyser explains, the story blends murder, buried secrets, forbidden romance, and the classic American battle over land and power. Both matriarchs are widowed, stubborn, and determined to shape their worlds, which turns their confrontation into something both intimate and explosive. The first chapter of The Abandons asks persistent questions. What actually defines a family? How far will someone go to protect what they love? And what lines get crossed when survival becomes the only moral compass? All of these are answered on The Abandons.

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The Abandons is now streaming on Netflix.

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