30 minSeason 1 • Episode 8
LatestThe crew makes contact with an alien at long last, but this historic moment is cut short when they realize they have a chance to make it home through an interplanetary ripple. Stewart and Michael decide to stay behind to learn more about the alien’s culture, only to be underwhelmed... when they return, Karen chews them out for their mistake. Meanwhile, Tina uses Zalian, A.R.T., holograms, sedatives, and magnets to give Kent and Natasha their first and only date. Both groups are ripped from their activities by a series of shocking revelations about the universe, the alien and their chances for survival.
Meet the team of the UMP cruiser, a barely-functional starship led by an aggressively cheerful Captain with a with a barely-competent crew, including a clueless navigator, a brain damaged mechanic, a bickering couple,a man with gills raised to be an organ farm for his brother and ART, the billionaire turned robot. When their ship is drawn into a different universe, they must to learn to work together while dealing with space clouds, robot rebellions, and the occasional alien attack.
Acting
Trace Beaulieu's deadpan robot despair steals every scene he's in.
Writing
Paul Feig's dialogue finds humanity in the aggressively unqualified.
Practical Effects
Charming low-budget sets that lean into the jank, not around it.
Creator
Paul Feig
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Joel Hodgson and Trace Beaulieu are MST3K legends; this was their reunion after 15 years. Paul Feig specifically cast them to capture that specific brand of cosmic defeat.
Yahoo Screen's original programming gamble—Other Space premiered alongside Sin City Saints and Community season 6, all casualties of the platform's collapse in 2016.
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