EPISODE
Origin - Season 1
In an attempt to forget their dark past and start a new life, a group of strangers agreed to travel to space searching for a new planet. While they are on their way, their spaceship gets a strong hit that may destroy it. They find themselves in a mysterious place where they can't get out and they struggle to survive.
10 December 1941, Dublin, Ireland
19 July 1979, Copenhagen, Denmark
4 November 1984, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France
3 November 1977, Tortosa, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
27 April 1985, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
24 December 1942, Denmark
18 September 1967, Cuckfield, Sussex, England, UK
1973, London, England, UK
8 May 1989, Paris, France
November 12, 2018
There are parts of Origin that work, and there are parts that don't. But, the parts that do, do so well and shoot so hard for the moon that they ultimately out shadow the lesser parts enough to create a reliably entertaining B-move romp in deep space.
November 14, 2018
Origin hits all the right notes, but until it can get a chance to turn them into a new song, all that can be said of it is that it is a compelling mimic.
November 13, 2018
For fans of Anderson's meat-and-potatoes sci-fi and action, Origin has enough to offer that it's worth exploring.
November 14, 2018
What happens when you convene a ragtag collection of (hot, young) damaged people sent to inhabit a new interplanetary colony? The answer: not much, apparently.
November 14, 2018
Instead, Origin just kind of goes, which makes streaming show's somewhat jumbled imitations an advantage rather than a drawback.
November 14, 2018
It's a sleek and well-crafted drama that leans on familiar tropes. ... But once it sorts out its various threads, Origin could become a much more fascinating show.
November 14, 2018
The show feels like a social experiment in trust and power dynamics, which may be further complicated by the revelation that one of them isn't necessarily a passenger at all.
November 14, 2018
Unfortunately, despite Origin's good intentions and mysterious manner, it's simply too derivative and absent of any originality to really recommend an immediate watch.
