11 one-season sci-fi TV wonders you can watch right now on Netflix

Blastr ^ | March 26, 2014 | Trent Moore

[EveningStar]

While we wait to see if freshmen series like Almost Human and Tomorrow People survive for a second year, we thought it’d be a good time to take a look back at some of our favorite one-season sci-fi wonders.

We’re drawing close to the dog days of summer, and though there’s more original sci-fi fare than there used to be, it’s still essentially the doldrums for a genre fan. Luckily for all of us, that’s where streaming services like Netflix come in handy. What better way to spend the downtime than to catch up on some gems that never got a second chance?

[EveningStar]

This article has a slideshow. The slideshow contains a picture and an informative description for each show. Also, the reader comments at the bottom of the page are interesting.

For those of you who feel that viewing slideshows is an inconvenience, here are the eleven Netflix-streamed shows in the article:

• Awake
• Outcasts
• The Event
• 666 Park Avenue
• Caprica
• The Tick
• Cult
• Firefly
• Surface
• Terra Nova
• The Gates

[EveningStar]

ping

[angry elephant]

I really liked The Event and Terra Nova. Could not make it through surface I will try some of the others. Survivors was three series, wish it had continued.

[yarddog]

How many seasons did “The Invaders” run?

[Ghost of SVR4]

Firefly without doubt... Think I might watch the series again..thanks for the heads up.

[hdbc]

Ping

[Ciexyz]

I liked a show from approx. 1978 titled Lucan about a boy raised by wolves.

[EveningStar]

Two.

[cripplecreek]

Looking forward to season 2 of Defiance.

It took a couple shows to start growing on me but I like the free market town standing against the Earth Republic.

[tumblindice]

Firefly. The movie ‘Serenity’ is pretty good too.

[cripplecreek]

Firefly was awesome. The Jayne one liners were great.

“If we had horses, we’d all be eatin steak.”

[Aaron0617]

thanks, i have Nexflix. i've only see Firefly (awesome)and Surface (surprisingly good, i recommend it).

Scifi series i wished were on Netflix? Odyssey 5

[hole_n_one]

Yeah..........

I want to watch 10-15 episodes of a series that was cancelled after it's 1st season with a myriad of unresolved plot lines.

I miss the days of Barnaby Jones, Mannix, Cannon, Rockford Files, Columbo, etc.. where each episode had a beginning, a middle and an end with closure and resolution.

You could miss 2 or 3 episodes and still enjoy the show.

Now, you have to watch every episode, and if you miss just one, you end up clueless and lost........

just like Obama.

[Aaron0617]

I really liked The Event and Terra Nova.

Thanks, i'll put on my list to check out. Always looking for good...well, interesting scifi. I saw all of 4400, which wasnt bad. But Helix, a series on right now, i had to stop watching after four episodes. The characters are making stupid decisions (more than usual for a TV series)

[vladimir998]

Gee, no The Powers of Matthew Star???

No Voyagers?: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083500/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_5

No Q.E.D.? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083468/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

[GraceG]

Watch Firefly, you will like it

[GraceG]

[ Firefly was awesome. The Jayne one liners were great.

“If we had horses, we’d all be eatin steak.” ]

Jayne is played by Adam Baldwin (Thankfully no relation to Alec Baldwin) and Adam Baldwin a a Conservative!

[sauropod]

I would have put Tremors, the TV series on that list.

[BenLurkin]

I liked Terra Nova, but then I like dumb shows.

Also liked Caprica — but it wasn’t so much dumb as it was creepy.

[GeronL]

I haven’t heard of some of them, lol