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The Universe
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Universe actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Universe reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The story
What it's about
From the planets to the stars and out to the edge of the unknown, history and science collide in a wondrous yet deadly adventure through space and time.
The run
Seasons
9 seasons · 88 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20054 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1: Our Solar System
200714 episodes
8.4IMDbAn exhilarating voyage through the cosmos, from the farthest planets and stars in our solar system, back to the familiar face of our moon. Witness the sun's birth at the dawn of our solar system, and its death, billions of years in the future; explore the possibility of a human settlement on Mars; and learn about the devastating threats posed by the meteorites, comets, and asteroids that routinely collide with Earth.
Best episode · S01E02 Mars: The Red Planet
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
200718 episodes
6.6IMDb
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
200812 episodes
10.0IMDb
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
200912 episodes
Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
20108 episodes
Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
20117 episodes
7.0IMDb
Season 7 · Complete
Season 7
20127 episodes
7.9IMDb
Season 8 · Complete
Season 8
20144 episodes
7.0IMDb
Season 9 · Complete
Season 9
20156 episodes
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E02
Mars: The Red Planet
Visit the planet most like Earth. There is a discussion of what life on Mars would be like and about the life forms that could've evolved there.
S01E01
Secrets of the Sun
Behold the sun and all of it's glory. Learn all things about the sun ranging from its beginning to its death. Also learn about how stars work in general and MUCH MUCH more.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Writing
- Laura VerklanWriter
Direction
- Laura VerklanDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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