Should you watch Extant?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.

Extant
Series · 2014
An astronaut returns home from a year long solo mission in space. She tries to reconnect with her husband and son in their everyday life. Her experiences in space and home lead to events that ultimately will change the course of human history.
The sides of Extant
- An astronaut pregnant after a solo mission
- An android boy raised as her son
- A corporation hiding what happened in space
Extant is good for you if…
- you like piecing together what really happened on a space station.
- you like science fiction that starts with a return from orbit.
- you like a mother protecting an android son the world fears.
Extant is bad for you if…
- you need the science to hold up.
- you want space battles. Most of it plays out on Earth, at home and in a corporate lab.
About: motherhood · artificial intelligence · cover-up
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