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- 1. Go Sep 4, 2020
- Emma's mettle as commander is tested by an accident, a divided crew and a family emergency.
- 2. Negative Return Sep 4, 2020
- After a ship malfunction, Emma works with Misha on a high-risk repair operation.
- 3. Half the Sky Sep 4, 2020
- A staff change at Mission Control unsettles the unflappable Lu.
Sep 4, 2020 · Stream It or Skip It: ‘Away’ on Netflix, Where Hilary Swank Commands a Perilous Mars Mission but Wants to Be With Her Family. By Joel Keller @ joelkeller. Published Sep. 4, 2020, 3:30 p.m. ET ...
- Gravity
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Stream It or Skip It: 'Away' on Netflix, Where Hilary Swank...
- Gravity
Sep 3, 2020 · In 'Away,' a Netflix drama about a manned mission to Mars, Hilary Swank's stoic commander is upstaged by the crew. Alan Sepinwall's review.
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Sep 4, 2020 · Hilary Swank heads a solid cast as Emma Green, the heroic commander of the international explorers, leaving behind her husband Matt (Josh Charles, under-employed here), a NASA engineer, and ...
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By Matt Fowler
Updated: Sep 5, 2020 12:15 am
Posted: Sep 4, 2020 8:30 pm
This is a non-spoiler review for all 10 episodes of Netflix's Away, which are currently available to stream worldwide.
As the second "voyage to Mars" series in the past two years (the other being Beau Willimon's shortlived drama The First on Hulu), Netflix's Away succeeds in many areas. Firstly, unlike The First, half of it actually takes place in space on the way to Mars. On top of that, Away delivers compelling drama, Hail Mary thrills, and captivating characters.
But it also lags a bit while struggling to balance the trials and tribulations of the characters left back home on Earth, and the five astronauts risking their lives to make history and advance humankind. The series, especially if binged (as intended), falls into a rut of recycled beats - a lot of which are kind of "techno garble gazpacho." The crew faces equipment blunder after equipment blunder - such as an important component on the outside of the ship detaching, the water system goes kaput, their rendezvous resupply ship may have exploded, etc -- and the geniuses down on the ground then must figure out a way to MacGyver it.
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Sure, at first glance the international crew of Away's Mars-bound Atlas feels like a winking gathering of tropes. And maybe that's the point. The cranky Russian (Mark Ivanir), the man of faith (Ato Essandoh), the dashing doctor (Ray Panthaki), and the cold scientist (Vivian Wu) all initially feel egregiously thin when compared to series lead Hilary Swank and her nicely flawed Commander Emma Green. At first, it feels like Emma might be the only one on the Atlas with a pulse, and textbook TV insecurities, but as the series and the mission pushes on, you get to know the other characters well enough to care about their pains, pleasures, and life regrets.
By the end of this first season, you'll come to very much enjoy the five as a complex crew that often struggles under the weight of their enormously risky endeavor. Whether it be physical or emotional, they all have their limits and breaking points, and because the crew experiences each other at their most vulnerable, they bond in unexpected ways that make for some pretty good TV. And As the months aboard the spacecraft stretch on, Emma's pain and longing feel real and palpable.
Hilary Swank is excellent as Emma, whose Atlas life is the heart and core of the series.
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In the first episode, Emma is already on her ship, docked at the moon, and coping with a couple of crew members who feel she's unfit to lead them. Back at home, Emma's husband Matt (Josh Charles), dealing with the stress of not only raising their teen daughter Lex (Talitha Bateman) alone but also being the chief brain at NASA in charge of his wife's mission, suffers a stroke that leaves him in a wheelchair. At this point, the series asks us to invest heavily in Emma and Matt as she considers returning home while he insists she keeps going.
It's a crucial moment because the rest of the season (and series presumedly) will live or die based on how much we care about Emma and Matt's bond. Can it withstand the vast expanse of space? Can it endure loneliness and hardship and feelings of abandonment and guilt? At the midpoint of the season, the Atlas crew reaches their own mission's halfway mark. After this, the astronauts can no longer connect to their loved ones via video call and it's when things start to get dark for Emma. Whereas the other crew members either have no family or are simply resigned to the fact that their family hates them because of their devotion to space, Emma, unable to fully compartmentalize, is emotionally torn and it makes for some good, grounded drama.
Away, starring Hilary Swank, features nicely layered and graciously grounded characters who buck up against some of the more obvious close quarters tropes. The series delivers some nice highs, soaring victories, and heartfelt revelations while also sagging a little under dry homefront drama and a seemingly unending series of mechanical problems abo...
Sep 4, 2020 · Netflix’s latest streaming series has its issues, but overall, Away is an engaging series about exploration of life, love, and family, and how when science can’t come up with the answers, faith...
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