A few days later, Alison's body was found on Faraway Cay, a small, remote island nearby. Over 20 years ago, Alison's family vacationed at the idyllic resort Indigo Bay, but on their last morning, her parents (Betsy Brandt and Michael Park) and seven-year-old sister Claire (Kenlee Anaya Townsend) realized she didn't come home the night prior. ![]() Saint X unfolds via multiple timelines as it explores what happened to Alison and the ripple effect on her family and the citizens of the titular Caribbean island. America) gateway to these thorny topics, and while it doesn't always succeed, the show's willingness to take big swings makes it stand out in a sea of middling mysteries. The girl-gone-missing tale is simply writer/executive producer Leila Gerstein's ( The Handmaid's Tale, Mrs. The question of what happened to Alison Thomas (West Duchovny), a 19-year-old American who mysteriously died while vacationing with her family at a Caribbean resort, is the least interesting thing about Saint X, which engages with white privilege, classism, and other social ills across its eight episodes. Saint X, Hulu's adaptation of Alexis Schaitkin's novel, is loosely inspired by the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, but viewers shouldn't expect a ripped-from-the-headlines take on her story.
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