The best sci-fi TV of 2024

This year’s sci-fi shows cover big-budget video game adaptations such as fall out to quirky animated gems such as front. they are from Existing franchise, book adaptationor completely original stories, all of which explore the vast world that the science fiction genre has to offer – because, in fact, it is quite a range. We have Legos, zombies, robots and more. This sci-fi umbrella is big enough for everyone.

So what are the most worth watching and the best in 2024? There’s certainly no shortage of titles throughout the year. But this is Polygon’s selection best Science fiction television show of the year.

Where to watch: Apple TV+

exist silo In season two, Juliette (Rebecca Ferguson) is going where no one (at least her silo) has gone before: outside and into another silo.

But Season 2 takes escaping the known to its extreme. we arrive Meet Zoroand see the possible depth of silo isolation. We see the struggle of an uprising, a defeated mastermind, a long-lost love reunited under the most difficult of circumstances. Against all this, silo found a lot of clear propulsion driving it missing in season 1and a bit of desperation for humans not just to seek life, but to seek life OK. —Zosha Millman

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fall out It feels like one of this year’s minor miracles: a show set in the world of a video game series that effectively and cleverly builds on the game’s lore, rules, and tone. We follow Lucy (Ella Purnell) as she ventures out of her sanctuary for the first time ever. What she finds in the wasteland is, of course, corruption and madness—this is fall outafter all.

what makes fall out What’s great is how easy it is to get beyond that. Of course there is Disposable NPC Tribute,as well as Major extensions (or or even just possible Departures) game myth. But accurate to fall out It also feels like a freewheeling sci-fi world that’s fun to live in. Entire religious orders were built around “clumsy” steel armor. It shows its sincerity and sci-fi potential, but it also just promises to tell a big story through its diverse cast of characters. —ZM

Yeon Sang-ho’s works Often found at the intersection of science fiction and horror. Zombie movies (Train to Busan), supernatural horror (limbo)—even his more straightforward sci-fi projects often involved some horror elements.

Parasite: grayhis Netflix follow-up limboSeason 1taking this to the extreme. The show, a live-action spin-off of the popular comic series, tells the story of parasitic organisms that invade Earth and kill humans and take over their bodies. But when one woman (Jeon So-ni) ends up developing a more symbiotic relationship with her parasite, everything is thrown into question. Like most of Yeon’s projects, it’s a really fun time, filled with all kinds of thrills, and some of the best visual effects you’ll see this year. —Pete Walker

Where to watch: Apple TV+

A multiverse-spanning cat-and-mouse thriller—wait for it! Don’t leave! The multiverse craze isn’t dead yet! That’s one of the good things!

Adapted from Blake Crouch’s novel of the same name, dark matter Jason (Joel Edgerton) is found to have been kidnapped and thrown into an underground laboratory in a parallel universe. The masked attacker behind the crime is his stand-in “Jason 2”, who plans to spend the rest of his life with Jason 1’s wife Daniela (Jennifer Connelly), who is in his world The one who escaped. Even if Jason 2’s time travel process is discovered, it will not be easy for Jason 1 to return to his place in time and space, because the psychedelic drugs that allow his mind to navigate the multiverse are not No map was included, leaving him in trouble.

like abandon or martian, dark matter is a story of one man’s survival against impossible odds. But thanks to the different perspectives of Jason 1 and 2 , and perhaps Crouch’s choice to adapt his own novel, the show focuses on the aftermath of how relationships twist and spark under legendary predicaments. Accompanying Jason 1 on his journey across the multiverse is Jason 2’s girlfriend Amanda (Alice Braga), who challenges Jason’s love-to-conquer-all mission while questioning her own relationship with the more compassionate man she now encounters man’s relationship. Meanwhile, Jason 2 is a hotshot scientist who has given up on meaningful relationships in his own world, and he struggles to keep up with Jason 1’s family—he has the exterior, but not the heart.

A down-to-earth approach coupled with a burst of dreamy foliage dark matter It feels more like a sitcom fountain More than anything in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it’s all anchored by the nuanced performances of Edgerton, Connery, and Braga. —Matt Patches

Where to watch: Disney+

Disney’s collaboration with pan-African studio Kugali is only six half-hour episodes long, but packed with content. This is a very tight story that takes place in future Lagos, Nigeria. The rich enjoy the benefits of technology, such as flying cars and high-tech computers, while the poor work hard in different parts of the city controlled by crime bosses for only a fraction of their income. The play tells the story of two children, a rich but lonely girl and a smart but poor boy who works for her father. front No time is wasted in its enchanting world. —Petrana Radulovich

Where to watch: Disney+

This year, doctor who Jumping back onto the screen with aplomb. Of course, it’s not the most even season from week to week. But these shortcomings are covered by things like “Prosperity” and “73 yards”. There are even charming interludes such as "dots and bubbles” and “Rogue” successfully demonstrated pure charm World Health Organizationstarlet played by millie gibson orphan companion ruby ​​sunday and the exciting Fourteenth Doctor Ncuti Gatwa.

Returning showrunner Russell T. Davies shows he can still make old songs ring again, and doctor who It may open up new horizons for established science fiction novels—— color doctorthe unshakable trans-positive theme – at the same time Effortlessly maintain your enthusiasm. —Suzanne Polo

When Netflix announced game of Thrones Creators David Benioff and DB Weiss Will direct Liu Cixin’s adaptation three body problem Like Alexander Woo, the question asked by those who read this book is simple: How? This book is considered one of the maladaptiveis filled with dense scientific description and not much in the way of character interiority or motivations.

A: By making some major changes (but keeping some things from the book) the most intense moment). Netflix 3 physical problems Greatly speeding up the timeline of the books, borrowing characters from later books in the series, and trying to focus more on the people involved in this very science-driven story. In most cases it workstells a complex but compelling story about humanity in crisis (and Wearing a disgusting VR headset). The show will receive There are still two seasons to go. legend. —Photovoltaic power generation

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Sadly canceled after two gripping, bizarre seasons, this existential sci-fi western had a great script and a stellar cast (starring Josh Brolin, Lili Taylor, and Imo Led by Chemputz), only appropriate amount twin peaks Influence.

A family drama that also draws on some notes yellowstone park, outer scope The Abbotts, a Wyoming ranching family, are dealing with two major problems: (1) indulging wealthy neighbors staring at their property; and (2) a giant hole that recently appeared on their property and no one seems to be completely understand. Both men are the focus of the ensuing family drama, as the Abbotts’ strong relationship is strained by their predicament. —Photovoltaic power generation

Where to watch: Apple TV+

Suzy Sakamoto (Rashida Jones) doesn’t want any of this. She didn’t want to lose her husband and son in a plane crash; she didn’t want her mother-in-law to tell her how to grieve. And she really She doesn’t want Sunny (Joanna Sotomura), a giant helper robot, meddling in her business. But Susie struggles to try (or at least doesn’t know how to completely shut down Sonny), considering Sonny has been left behind by her roboticist husband.

It’s a good thing, too, because Suzy soon discovers there’s something special There was something about Sonny that people were willing to fight for. The deeper Suzy gets into what Sonny’s deal was and why she was left in Suzy’s care, the bigger the intrigue becomes. sunny It’s indulgent in its unraveling, methodically unraveling the mysteries of this softer, slightly eccentric alternative Japan. Ultimately, it’s how the show balances its many styles—intrigue, sadness, madness—that makes sunny Deservedly one of the best science fiction novels of the year. It feels like the future, but still feels like the present. That way, it’s easy to want. —ZM

LEGO Star Wars: Rebuilding the Galaxy

What to see: Disney+

LEGO Star Wars: Rebuilding the Galaxy Deliberately breaking all the “rules” of Star Wars to have fun. After all, isn’t creativity all about playing with LEGO?

Now, technically speaking, to break the rules, this special introduces some new rule. But while the details of how this multiverse works may lead to some very damaging effectsthe actual multiverse mix makes for some weird fun. Ewok bounty hunter? Is Emperor Palpatine a benevolent old Jedi Master? Are Leia and Greedo a romantic couple? It’s like playing with Legos as a kid and saying “yes, and” to all the crazy ideas you had for your favorite characters. —public relations