Our guide to the best of what’s on the streamers and free-to-air in Australia this month.
Do 4, 8, 15, 15, 23, and 42 ring a bell? They’re the numbers that occurred with menacing regularity throughout, the labyrinthine science-fiction mystery that some of us – OK, me! – spent far too long puzzling over. The convoluted series was a huge hit in the pre-streaming era, airing between 2004 and 2010, and now it’s getting its Netflix moment. All 121 episodes of the show go up on August 15. Welcome back, smoke monster.
The show should have plenty to say about race and class, but it’s going to be couched in adolescent plotting, petty hijinks and plenty of partying montages. IfThe first season of this fantasy prequel, set thousands of years prior to the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s revered book and the blockbuster Peter Jackson adaptations, was a success for Amazon Prime, which reported record viewing numbers, but it never had a breakthrough moment.
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