You Have to Watch These Sci-Fi Shows While Apple TV+ Is Free This Weekend

Apple TV+ is dropping a little gift in your lap this weekend: it’s free to stream January 4-5. The campaign’s social media announcement came with a number of popular series teases, but it’s no accident that from the first clip break up. Emmy-winning show Finally came back on January 17thAnd a weekend is absolutely enough time to binge A nine-episode first season.

This weekend, see for yourself.

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but break up Season one isn’t the only sci-fi show you should try and check out during your free period; As io9 mentioned earlier, Apple TV+ is An excellent destination for Jenner rentals. The list of original series continues to grow, but these five must see Heading, we start with one that has already been hyped up:

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Adam Scott, Patricia Arquette, John Turturro and Christopher Walken make an outstanding ensemble in this dystopian office drama set in and around a mysterious company where employees volunteer to have their brains surgically split between their work and home lives. The disconnect between “Innie” and “Outies” begins when “Innie” begins to ask questions – and rebel. Smart, poignant, and equal parts wonderful and wickedly funny, break up A top to bottom standout. First season streamed in 2022; Season 2 returns on January 17.

Foundation

Isaac Asimov Foundation Stories inspire this far-future tale that explores the wonders—and horrors—of science, including the idea that a robot is secretly manipulating humanity’s future. Jared Harris played multiple versions of genius Harry Seldon, and Lee Pace played multiple versions of the eternally cloned Emperor of the Galaxy. Thrilling, visually dynamic, and stirring plot moments that range from explosive to intimate, Foundation A sci-fi epic to sink into, especially if you know when season two is actually on. You can watch the first two seasons on Apple TV+; There is a third way.

For all mankind

Ronald D. the space race between the United States and Russia. All of history takes a twist in this gripping drama co-created by Moore (Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Outlander) Which moves forward in time by a decade with each new season, starting with the Soviet moon landing in 1969. There are four seasons available to watch now, with a fifth and spin-offs on the way.

silo

Maybe more than that break upwatching silo You’ll want to sign up for an Apple TV+ subscription right away during the free trial Because the first season of Hugh Howey’s adapted series, starring Rebecca Ferguson, is about a dystopian future where people live in underground silos in 2023—it ended in 2023, with season 2 currently working its way through its 10 episodes. If grasped siloThe season two finale isn’t until January 17.

King: Legacy of Monsters

Kurt and Wyatt Russell and some guy named Godzilla share the screen in this series, expanding Legendary’s cinematic monsterverse. It is set in the context of 2014 Godzilla The movie, with flashbacks to the late 1950s, is how Russell manages to play the same character at different ages. A second season is coming, with (season one teased) King Kong joining the fun.

Honorable mention: Multiverse drama starring Joel Edgerton Dark matter (season two coming); M. Night Shyamalan’s bonkers psychological thriller servant (concludes in 2023 after four seasons); And sugarColin Farrell-starring neo-noir with a gritty sci-fi twist (season two coming).

Apple TV+ also has plenty of buzz, non-genre original shows, incl Ted Lasso, presumed innocent, shrinkAnd The after party—and including movies Napoleon And Killers of Flower Moon. If you decide to stick around after your free trial, a monthly subscription to Apple TV+ is $9.99 and includes a free week. Learn more here.

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