Six years. 278 episodes. Start here.

Where
to Start

Nine episodes chosen for how you're feeling right now.

If you want to

laugh first

Alien v. Predator episode
Alien v. Predator
They protested doing this episode. They did it anyway. The Predators are late-stage capitalists, just like us.
 Demolition Man episode
Demolition Man
A nice meal at Taco Bell and a deep dive into the seashells. Do you really want to know what they're for?
If you want to

start with a classic

Left Hand of Darkness episode
The Left Hand of Darkness
Le Guin's foundational feminist text—it's about gender, but also bias, identity, and acceptance.
 Kindred episode
Kindred
Octavia Butler's time-travel masterpiece about a Black woman pulled back to the antebellum South. Essential, devastating, gorgeous.
If you want your

brain broken (in a good way)

The Gone World episode
The Gone World
The plot is twisty enough that it broke Dan. A beautifully written sci-fi noir set in the past, the present, and at least two different futures.
 Event Horizon episode
Event Horizon
A personal favorite. You break all the laws of physics and you seriously think there wouldn't be a price?
If you want to understand

what this show actually does

Dune book episode
Dune — The Book
Frank Herbert's foundational text. Where it all begins.
 David Lynch Dune episode
Dune — David Lynch (1984)
A deeply weird adaptation from a deeply weird director. There is IR in this sandworm.
 Dune 2021 episode
Dune — Villeneuve (2021)
Dreamy, violent, a little racist. Frank Herbert would have loved it.