Netflix sci-fi series stars Battlestar Galactica alum Katie Sackhoff and has an intriguing premise - so why are the reviews overwhelmingly negative?

In Netflix sci-fi series Another Life, Katee Sackhoff leads a crew on a dangerous mission. Let's break down season 1's cliffhanger ending.

In Netflix sci-series Another Life, Katee Sackhoff leads a crew on a vital first contact mission into deep space - but will there be a season 2?

It’s been ten years since we last saw Katee Sackhoff suit up as Kara “Starbuck” Thrace in the critically acclaimed series Battlestar Galactica, and now she’s taking to the stars once again in her new Netflix series Another Life. This dark intergalactic adventure sees Sackhoff leading a team of scientists on a mission to uncover the truth about a mysterious alien vessel that has appeared on Earth. Unfortunately, despite the show’s best efforts to channel Sackhoff’s earlier sci-fi success (along with several other notable staples of the genre), it struggles to establish its own identity …

From creator/showrunner Aaron Martin (Killjoys), the 10-episode sci-fi drama series Another Life (available to stream at Netflix on July 25th) follows Niko Breckinridge (Katee Sackhoff), an astronaut who ventures out into space in search of alien intelligence, but quickly realizes that she and her crew are facing unimaginable dangers that could keep them from ever returning home. And if they can manage to survive the external threat that they’re facing, they will also have to survive the building tension among the crew on the ship. During this 1-on-1 phone interview with Collider, actress Katee …

Netflix’s sci-fi thriller Another Life brings Katee Sackhoff back to space, but the clumsily made series struggles to be original and to find purpose.

Netflix has released a trailer for their upcoming sci-fi series Another Life. The series follows Commander Niko Breckinridge (Katee Sackhoff), who leads humanity’s first interstellar mission when an alien artifact lands on Earth. I don’t want to be too harsh on this trailer, but this show looks like if Annihilation was a 90s TV series on the Sci-Fi Channel (that’s right: before it was SyFy!). It just looks kind of bland and cheap and not really in the direction of what audiences want from science fiction these days. I’m sure there’s an audience …

The full trailer for Netflix’s Another Life shows Katee Sackhoff retuning to space in order to face off against a strange interstellar danger.

The trailer for Netflix's original sci-fi series Another Life sends Battlestar Galactica star Katee Sackhoff on a new trip into the cosmos.