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- 2022
- TV-14
- Prime Video
- 2022
- TV-14
- Prime Video
Summary Years ago, Irene (Sissy Spacek) and Franklin York (J.K. Simmons), found a buried chamber in their backyard that led to a deserted planet and kept it secret. The arrival of a young man (Chai Hansen) changes everything in this sci-fi drama from written by Holden Miller.
Created By: Holden Miller
- 2022
- TV-14
- Prime Video
- 2022
- TV-14
- Prime Video
Night Sky
Season 1 Premiere: May 20, 2022
66
7.3
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Summary Years ago, Irene (Sissy Spacek) and Franklin York (J.K. Simmons), found a buried chamber in their backyard that led to a deserted planet and kept it secret. The arrival of a young man (Chai Hansen) changes everything in this sci-fi drama from written by Holden Miller.
Created By: Holden Miller
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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67% Positive
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28% Mixed
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6% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
66
67% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
28% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
6% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Night Sky is one that works. It’s a tribute to the synchronicity between the depth of the unsolved mystery and the similar depth of the two principal actors.
They could have wrapped this story up in half the time, but we’ll keep coming back as long as Irene and Franklin are involved.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 51 User Ratings
7.3
69% Positive
35 Ratings
35 Ratings
18% Mixed
9 Ratings
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14% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 51 User Ratings
7.3
69% Positive
35 Ratings
35 Ratings
18% Mixed
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
14% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
Very cool show, definitely for fans of Lost's plot and maybe the pacing of Twin Peaks (but not the weirdness). It's pretty rare to get a show with two "old" leads, especially with this amount of depth and humanity. Maybe the writers are a little too heavy handed at hammering home their age but it's certainly effective at building an extreme amount of empathy for them. Instead of the "crouching tiger, hidden badass" that almost every other show/movie would go with we get incredibly realistic characters that have relatable joys, challenges, and flaws.
The sci-fi aspect is more than just a pretense to explore different relationships and the balance works quite well. Unlike LOST where viewers needed enough fast action and wild mystery to last a week until the next episode, this show has a more deliberate pace and worked better for me watching an episode a day. Don't expect a Raised by Wolves or The Expanse level immersion in an imaginary world and with hyper-extreme characters that you don't really connect with though. It's much closer to Outer Range where the stories about connection and family and the mystery of the unknown feed off and support each other.
In some regards, there's a level of wholesomeness to the show that leaves me happier and more optimistic and people in general than when i started watching. I felt primed at multiple junctures to worry about what a character experiencing tough emotions might do next and was rewarded with pleasant surprises and a realism of choice and action that you don't often see these days.
Can't wait for Season 2 !
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The beautifully sketched contours of Franklin and Irene’s relationship—their shared sense of history, shaped by an unbearable loss—provides an emotional and dramatic core to the series that more than compensates for the lack of context around the chamber.
There is a lifetime of history between Irene and Franklin, and the actors make sure we feel every second of it. Most of the time, though, Night Sky is busy being busy — unspooling new plot lines like so much toilet paper and doubling down on chase-thriller drama.
Night Sky still has its moments. Spacek and Simmons are a true highlight, their relationship feeling lived-in and soulful, and the show is working with some interesting thematic elements, but rather than give those elements room to breathe the show offers up a scattered season of sci-fi drama.
Like too many streaming TV shows that come across as stretched-out movies, "Night Sky" trickles out its premise over a full, frustrating season. ... Spacek and Simmons, both Oscar winners, help make even the most dragged out bits watchable.
There’s barely a half-assed effort to “explain” what’s going on, the why and how and to what purpose. Any “tech” digressions are more to tease things out than to drive this towards “answers,” a solution and the ever-elusive conclusion.
Slow **** patient and enjoy the ride. Spacek and Simmons are out of this world. This is a Sci Fi mystery yes, but it is so much more. While you are bonding with the characters you are learning lessons about life, and love. There is a sadness hanging over everything in this story, but also hope. I need to know what happens next. Where will they take us?
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"Night Sky" (S01, 8-eps, 52+ min, Amzn) is a slow-paced, slow-burn mystery ala "Lost". You'll find several plot elements pulled right from that series, including subterranean chambers that are portals to "elsewhere". Our primary protag is a couple in their 80s so that contributes to a lot of the series' slow/boring pace. However, there's a decent sci-fi angle to this that leads to an unsatisfying reveal in the finale. There's plenty of character backstory material to keep this going for several seasons but I'm not thrilled at that prospect, because it'll just be more of them stretching 3 episodes of material - a movie, really - into 8 and I don't like watching shows with my finger on the FF button all the time. And given Amzn's history, we'd have to wait another year or two for the sophomore season, if that even happens.
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Production Company:
- Amazon Studios
- Legendary Television
- Mosaic
Initial Release Date: May 20, 2022
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-14
Awards
Satellite Awards
• 2 Nominations
Critics Choice Super Awards
• 1 Nomination
