The idea of an astronaut bringing back some kind of ominous presence from space dates back to 1950s sci-fi movies, and while the Apple TV+ drama Constellation takes that premise more seriously, it doesn’t add anything particularly novel. Viewers will probably figure out what’s really happening with astronaut Jo Ericsson (original The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo star Noomi Rapace) pretty early on in Constellation’s eight-episode season, and the plot just slowly heads to its expected destination by the finale. There’s not enough interesting material beyond that well-worn sci-fi narrative to make Constellation worth the effort of sticking with the entire season.It would be far too easy to condense Constellation’s first-season arc down to a single two-hour movie. Creator Peter Harness, who wrote all eight episodes, rarely takes advantage of the expanded canvas of TV to engage in deeper character development or explore interesting plot detours. The characters are woefully behind the audience in figuring out the basics of what’s happening to them, and their revelations are always underwhelming.The source of the trouble seems to be an experiment supervised by NASA scientist and former astronaut Henry Caldera (played by Jonathan Banks, recognizable as Breaking Bad’s late Mike Ehrmantraut) and conducted by American astronaut Paul Lancaster (William Catlett). Paul is working with a device that supposedly can only function in zero gravity, which will identify a previously undiscovered state of matter. Just a few seconds after his experiment begins, though, the I.S.S. is hit by an unknown object, damaging the life-support systems and one of the shuttles that the crew would use to escape.
The idea of an astronaut bringing back some kind of ominous presence from space dates back to 1950s sci-fi movies, and while the Apple TV+ drama Constellation takes that premise more seriously, it doesn’t add anything particularly novel. Viewers will probably figure out what’s really happening with astronaut Jo Ericsson (original The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo star Noomi Rapace) pretty early on in Constellation‘s eight-episode season, and the plot just slowly heads to its expected destination by the finale. There’s not enough interesting material beyond that well-worn sci-fi narrative to make Constellation worth the effort of sticking with the entire season.
It would be far too easy to condense Constellation‘s first-season arc down to a single two-hour movie. Creator Peter Harness, who wrote all eight episodes, rarely takes advantage of the expanded canvas of TV to engage in deeper character development or explore interesting plot detours. The characters are woefully behind the audience in figuring out the basics of what’s happening to them, and their revelations are always underwhelming.
The source of the trouble seems to be an experiment supervised by NASA scientist and former astronaut Henry Caldera (played by Jonathan Banks, recognizable as Breaking Bad‘s late Mike Ehrmantraut) and conducted by American astronaut Paul Lancaster (William Catlett). Paul is working with a device that supposedly can only function in zero gravity, which will identify a previously undiscovered state of matter. Just a few seconds after his experiment begins, though, the I.S.S. is hit by an unknown object, damaging the life-support systems and one of the shuttles that the crew would use to escape.
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