As far as American cartoons are concerned, there’s nothing like Final Space, the cosmic epic that began on TBS but found a more fitting home on Adult Swim. While most animated series use comedy as their main focus, the situations in Final Space are often serious and carry some weight to them. The serialized drama element makes this show rather innovative among cable animation, and if you’re not a watcher, you should be.
The intrepid but often inept Gary and his motley crew of space explorers are on a quest to save the universe…too bad they’re kind of making their plan up as they go. Whatever the fate of the universe is, it involves the threat of gargantuan creatures who up to this point have been safely locked away in a dangerous corner of the cosmos known only as “Final Space.” Gary’s mission in the first season was to stop a mad despot from opening a portal to Final Space, and though he kind of succeeded in closing it, the portal stayed open JUST long enough to destroy Earth and...
