Solar Opposites
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Our Review
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Our Review
Solar Opposites (2020) is a comedy and science-fiction series from Hulu. It has built a run of 59 episodes. It premiered on May 8, 2020. Viewers rate it 7.2 out of 10. It is currently ended. It runs 6 seasons.
What Solar Opposites Is About
Solar Opposites centers around a team of four aliens escape their exploding home world only to crash land into a move-in ready home in suburban America. They are evenly split on whether Earth is awful or awesome. Korvo and Yumyulack only see the pollution, crass consumerism, and human frailty while Terry and Jesse love humans and all their TV, junk food and fun stuff. Their mission: protect the Pupa, a living super computer that will one day evolve into its true form, consume them and terraform the Earth.
What to Expect When You Watch
The format keeps each instalment self-contained enough to drop into, the full run covers 59 episodes, spread across 6 seasons and it leans into its comedy/science-fiction roots while leaving room for the quieter character beats.
Performance-wise the series leans on Thomas Middleditch, Justin Roiland and Dan Stevens to carry the emotional weight, with the rest of the ensemble filling out the world around them.
Cast and Creative Team
Thomas Middleditch, Justin Roiland, Dan Stevens, Sean Giambrone, Mary Mack and Justin Roiland lead the cast.
Key roles include Thomas Middleditch as Terry; Justin Roiland as Korvo; Dan Stevens as Korvo; Sean Giambrone as Yumyulack; Mary Mack as Jesse.
Why It Stands Out
Fans of comedy and science-fiction have a clear reason to give this one a shot. It sits comfortably alongside Hulu’s other originals, a 7.2/10 audience score puts it in steady company and it commits to its premise instead of hedging between tones.
Released in 2020 and carried by Hulu with the series still ended, it lands hardest with comedy and science-fiction viewers.
How Solar Opposites Compares
If Solar Opposites lands for you, the next stops are Nathan for You, Taskmaster and Seinfeld, which share its comedy/science-fiction lean.
Each of those sits at a different point on the same spectrum, so they make a natural follow-up once you finish the run here.
Where to Stream
Solar Opposites comes from Hulu. Check your preferred platform for current availability, since regional rights move around.
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On the whole Solar Opposites is the kind of series that rewards a patient watch, with Thomas Middleditch and Justin Roiland doing the heaviest lifting, a tone that stays true to its comedy/science-fiction roots, It has held up since 2020 and so if the premise sounds like your lane, the execution holds up.
The Bottom Line
Solar Opposites is a safe bet for anyone already inside the comedy and science-fiction lane, at 59 episodes it is an easy run to work through, the audience score holds around 7.2/10 and so there is little risk in starting it tonight.
Verdict: 7.2/10. Watch it if you want comedy/science-fiction you can settle into.
