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  • Nov 8, 2020
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  • Nov 8, 2020
Moonbase 8

Summary Astronauts Skip (Fred Armisen), Rook (Tim Heidecker) and Cap (John C. Reilly) seek to complete their training at NASA's Moon Base Simulator in Arizona to qualify for a real lunar mission in this comedy series created by Fred Armisen, Tim Heidecker, Jonathan Krisel, and John C. Reilly.

Created By: Fred Armisen, Tim Heidecker, Jonathan Krisel, John C. Reilly

  • SHOWTIME
  • Nov 8, 2020
  • SHOWTIME
  • Nov 8, 2020
Moonbase 8
Season 1
Season Premiere: Nov 8, 2020
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews
61
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 9 User Ratings
5.6
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Summary Astronauts Skip (Fred Armisen), Rook (Tim Heidecker) and Cap (John C. Reilly) seek to complete their training at NASA's Moon Base Simulator in Arizona to qualify for a real lunar mission in this comedy series created by Fred Armisen, Tim Heidecker, Jonathan Krisel, and John C. Reilly.

Created By: Fred Armisen, Tim Heidecker, Jonathan Krisel, John C. Reilly

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Episode 1 • Nov 8, 2020 • 26 m
Dry
Stationed at NASA's Moon Base Simulator in Arizona, three astronauts attempt to qualify for their first lunar mission. When faced with a water shortage, an unorthodox solution leads to unintended consequences. Season Premiere.
Episode 2 • Nov 15, 2020 • 27 m
Rats
Rook's video correspondence with his family leads to a serious case of homesickness. Meanwhile, Cap becomes obsessed with catching a prowler and Skip comes up with some creative solutions to help the team suit up more efficiently.
Episode 3 • Nov 22, 2020 • 26 m
Quarantine
Cap and Skip each have vastly different quarantine experiences while sick. Rook is left alone with a new female member of the team and must decide what to do about the feelings he has for her.
Episode 4 • Nov 29, 2020 • 26 m
Visitors
The team learns about the program's budget cuts and what impact they will have on their mission. When Elon Musk's SpaceX sets up camp right next door, Cap, Skip and Rook are convinced they've discovered a solution to their problems.
Episode 5 • Dec 6, 2020 • 23 m
Move the Base
When Cap becomes an unwitting participant in Skip's psychological test, it leads to friction between the two of them. Rook proposes game night as a team bonding exercise, but Cap has a more extreme solution in mind.
Episode 6 • Dec 6, 2020 • 26 m
Beef
When an angry group of ranchers threatens the team for invading their land, they must decide between abandoning the mission or stand their ground. Skip hatches a risky plan that requires all their training to pull it off. Season finale.

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews
61
55% Positive
11 Reviews
45% Mixed
9 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews
61
55% Positive
11 Reviews
45% Mixed
9 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews

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80
Nov 6, 2020
One of the reasons Moonbase 8 works as well as it does is that it’s deliberately not telling stories on a grand scale. Its episodes and its scope are streamlined and focused, and the things its characters confront are purposely not grand at all. It helps, too, that the team behind it shares the same deadpan comic sensibility.
By Jen Chaney FULL REVIEW
75
Nov 9, 2020
Unlike other ambitious adventures into the night sky, “Moonbase 8” is grounded; there’s room for creative expansion in future seasons, but this is a small-scale mission that’s off to a solid start.
By Ben Travers FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Mixed or Average Based on 9 User Ratings
5.6
56% Positive
5 Ratings
11% Mixed
1 Rating
33% Negative
3 Ratings

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User Score
Mixed or Average Based on 9 User Ratings
5.6
56% Positive
5 Ratings
11% Mixed
1 Rating
33% Negative
3 Ratings

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10
LebongJames
Nov 14, 2020
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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SEASON 1
7
geewah
May 8, 2021
While this show has some big names involved it has the feel of a small scale production. It doesn't go for the big set-ups to tell a joke but relies on it's understated humour for chuckles.
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SEASON 1
70
Nov 9, 2020
While “Moonbase 8” is often more relaxed than laugh-out-loud funny, it’s a step up from Netflix’s “Space Force,” which tried way too hard and wound up being seriously underwhelming.
By Kristi Turnquist FULL REVIEW
63
Nov 9, 2020
The series might lack the audacity and boundary-pushing of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! or Mister America, but it has enough low-key moments of invention—like the trio taking time out from their training to gamely participate in product testing for a new Snickers bar, or a climatic celebratory dance in newly delivered NASA jumpsuits, soundtracked by Billy Joel—to make you want to see what direction this star-studded lunar vehicle is going to steer toward next.
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50
Nov 6, 2020
Moonbase 8 is, initially, more lackluster even if bursts of humor and humanity break through the subdued (or possibly "subtle," if you prefer) trappings. It could be more or better.
By Daniel Fienberg FULL REVIEW
50
Nov 5, 2020
A droll but dull comedy. [9 - 22 Nov 2020, p.8]
By Matt Roush FULL REVIEW
40
Nov 4, 2020
Almost all of it just lies flat, and the choice to give the theoretically meatier dramatic material to Armisen rather than Reilly feels particularly odd. All three guys come across as cartoons, but Skip especially, because pathos has never been part of Armisen’s indelible skill set.
By Alan Sepinwall FULL REVIEW
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7
Klebart
Dec 30, 2020
The series is hard to pin down. On one hand it's slow, and you are trained to want more from your shows. On the other hand you find yourself watching this and it's like a comfortable blanket. You get comfortable with it. You like it, but it's nothing groundbreaking. You watch the shows. It's ok. You can live with or without it, but you keep coming back for the next episode.
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SEASON 1
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Idiota150
Nov 11, 2020
Just plain unfunny ... Space Force was by comparison a lot better. Not much more to say about it.
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