is a great addition to Netflix’s wider canon of supernatural teen dramas-and one that boasts a killer post-punk soundtrack to boot. Satisfyingly spooky, with some top-tier action and a talented young cast that relishes Cornish’s trademark sharp dialogue, Lockwood & Co. Dodging the adult-run organizations that typically send kids out to tackle the “Visitors,” the trio aims to make a name for themselves-and maybe prove that the authorities don’t have undead matters under control at all. When Lucy Carlisle (Ruby Stokes) relocates to London after a mission in her hometown goes horribly wrong, she joins the eponymous ghost-hunting agency, run by teen savant Anthony Lockwood (Cameron Chapman) and his ally George (Ali Hadji-Heshmati). Don’t expect a transatlantic take on the recent Ghostbusters reboot though-this is a world where children are the only people able to combat the malign spirits plaguing the living. follows a group of teen ghost hunters in an alternate present-day Britain. Smith), and a more ambitious long-form story stretching across its three seasons, Lost in Space is a strong update for modern viewers.īased on the books by Jonathan Stroud and developed by Attack the Block director Joe Cornish, Lockwood & Co. With less saccharine family dynamics than the original, less camp (with the arguable exception of Parker Posey, stealing scenes as the nefarious Dr. Stranded, with no way to reunite with the colony mission they were once part of, the family’s fate may rest with a strange robot befriended by youngest son Will-but unlike in the original show, this robot caused the disaster that stranded them. The stakes are far higher in this reboot though, with the Robinsons trapped on a dangerous alien world after an attempt to evacuate a doomed Earth goes disastrously wrong. That means you can settle in to this glossier take on the Robinson family and their desperate attempt to survive on an alien planet without fear of a permanent cliffhanger or a never-coming conclusion. It’s a few years old at this point, but Netflix’s update of the classic 1960s sci-fi show is one of the rarest entries on the service now-a genre show that the streamer can’t cancel after one season, because it’s already completed its three-season run.
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