5 Best Sci-Fi TV Series on Apple TV for Those Waiting for 'Severance' Season 3
These shows explore identity, reality, and the cost of progress.
Severance has become a true Apple TV phenomenon. This office dystopia has a memorable visual style and raises philosophical questions about identity and memory. Season 3 promises to be even more intense, but we'll have to wait until its premiere to find out.
Fortunately, fans of smart sci-fi won't be left in the lurch: the Apple TV library boasts a wealth of series to help pass the time.
1. 'Shining Girls', 2022
IMDb Score: 7.4/10
Chicago, 1990s. Kirby, a Sun-Times employee, hides her true identity, takes strange notes in her notebook, and suffers from severe post-traumatic stress disorder caused by attacks from a serial killer who has stalked the city for years.
The victims are young women who seem completely unrelated. After another body is discovered, Kirby and her colleague Dan, an alcoholic journalist, decide to investigate on their own.
Meanwhile, sometime in the 1930s, a drifter named Harper discovers a portal that allows travel to the past and future. The only problem is that each journey costs the life of a woman.
2. 'Dark Matter', 2024-...
IMDb Score: 7.6/10
Jason's teaching career has made him a dull man. His monotonous lectures bore his students to sleep. His scientist friend Ryan just won an award and invited Jason to a bar, but he doesn't want to go – hearing about other people's successes is unbearable.
On his way to the bar, Jason is kidnapped by an unknown assailant and taken to a special lab. Some time later, he awakens to find himself in an alternate reality where everything went differently.
Instead of facing professional failure, he has become a distinguished physicist who changed the world. However, in this new reality, a second Jason has taken his place, and his motives are far more insidious.
3. 'For All Mankind', 2019-...
IMDb Score: 8.1/10
According to the plot of the show, Soviet astronauts reach the moon during the height of the space race between the USSR and the United States. Disgusted by their defeat, NASA scientists decide to close the gap at any cost.
Each season of the show explores an alternate history of the following decades, from the 1970s to the 2010s.
4. 'Monarch: Legacy of Monsters', 2023-...
IMDb Score: 7.0/10
Monarch takes place between the 1950s and 2010s. The first period focuses on military officer Lee Shaw, who accompanies Japanese doctor Keiko on a dangerous mission near Pearl Harbor as a bodyguard.
Later, they are joined by an enthusiastic scientist named Bill who captures the unknown and dangerous world of a mysterious island with his camera. They stand at the origin of the Monarch until something terrible happens.
In the present day, three young people – Cate, Kentaro, and May – discover the organization's secret files, evade intelligence agencies, meet elderly Lee, and start searching for answers to prevent another Godzilla attack on civilians.
5. 'See', 2019-2022
IMDb Score: 7.6/10
In the distant future, humanity has gone blind and now lives in tribes, resembling savages. Some tribes consider sight to be heresy, while others consider it a blessing.
When the partner of the charismatic leader, Baba Voss, gives birth to twins who can see, he flees in search of someone willing to teach the twins how to use their unique ability. Meanwhile, Baba Voss and the twins are hunted.
