Away (Series Review)

 

 

Title: Away

Genre: Science fiction, Drama

Language: English

Episodes: 10

Season: 1

Released: September 4, 2020

Network: Netflix

Rating: 4/5

Synopsis: (From Wikipedia)

Away follows the first crewed expedition to Mars, the Mars Joint Initiative. It features an international crew: a Chinese chemist, a world-leading British botanist with no previous experience in space, a Russian cosmonaut with the most experience in space, an Indian medical officer who is second in command and American Commander Emma Green. Emma's husband trained as an astronaut along with her and might have commanded the mission if not for his medical condition.

The three-year mission launches from the Moon; however, several crew members do not trust Emma's ability to command because of her response to a crisis situation at the very beginning of the mission.

The series is described as being "about hope, humanity and how ultimately, we need one another if we are to achieve impossible things.

 

Review: 

 

Away is an American science fiction Drama inspired by the Esquire article by Chris Jones. This series was cancelled after one season due to some financial issues.  

Emma Green (Hilary Swank) – an NASA astronaut who is commander of the mission and ship Atlas.  She is a peerless choice for this role. Her bond with her husband Matt Logan (Josh Charles) and her daughter Alexis (Talitha Bateman) are admirable. Matt is an NASA engineer who supports Emma’s mission at NASA's mission control center. He was an astronaut, grounded due to having cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM). Their remarkable love is praiseworthy. 

Lu Wang (Vivian Wu) – a Chinese astronaut who is a chemist. Her subtle acting suits her role beyond perfect. 

Misha Popov (Mark Ivanir) – a Russian cosmonaut and the Atlas engineer. He is the most experienced astronaut in the world. Mark's matured acting is an absolute fit for his role.

Kwesi Weisberg-Abban (Ato Essandoh) – a Jewish British-Ghanaian botanist and rookie astronaut. His struggle to adopt the space related issues was so realistic and his innocent reactions to the new situations are so adorable. 

Ram Arya (Ray Panthaki) – is an Indian, second-in-command pilot and medical officer. His cute behaviours and steadiness in difficult times are worthy of admiration.

Sequence revelations are fit to the narrative style. Graphics and cinematography teams have done the astonishing works in the depicting area of astronomical stuffs. You will love to witness the spaceship interiors, the moon and mars visualisation.

Direction is brilliant. You will definitely be wonder struck by background music. The choice of existing mellifluous piano music used in the series is excellent. 

On the whole, Away teaches us the lessons of hope, miracle and relationship values. And most importantly “nothing is impossible in the world when one's heart persistently wants to achieve something."

I highly recommend this series to all the lovers of science fiction and to the curious minds who all admires astronomical stuffs.

Happy watching!!!