Without the “Netflix Effect,” Breaking Bad wouldn’t have become the show that it is. It was only after the first few seasons of the show became available on the streamer that mainstream audiences discovered it. AMC made the astute decision to withhold the latest episodes, which attracted fans to the service after they’d caught up with the show on Netflix. Breaking Bad is now regarded as one of the greatest shows of all time; a show that survived a scary few years at the onset to emerge as a culture-defining hit. And now, another show that began airing on television a year after Breaking Bad ended its run is being discovered by the masses on Netflix.
The sci-fi series premiered in 2014 and ran for five seasons until 2018. While it boasted the behind-the-scenes heft of producer Michael Bay, the series remained confined mostly to its niche audience during the course of its run. It aired on TNT, which also had the critically acclaimed police procedural Southland on its roster around the same time. Incidentally, Southland debuted on Netflix not too long ago, but unlike Bay’s sci-fi series, it wasn’t quite able to break out. Southland was far more acclaimed than the sci-fi show, whose first season holds a 65% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes.
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Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
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🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
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In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
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What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
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How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
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Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
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What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
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Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
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The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
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You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
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You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
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You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
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Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
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You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
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The TNT Sci-Fi Series Has Become a Fixture in the Nielsen Top 10
The series follows the crew of a U.S. Navy destroyer that survives a pandemic that claims the majority of the world’s population. It becomes the responsibility of the ship’s crew, and its commander, played by the late Eric Dane, to find a cure and save humanity. We’re talking, of course, about The Last Ship. Created by Hank Steinberg and Steven Kane, the show also featured Rhona Mitra, Adam Baldwin, and Charles Parnell. According to the latest Nielsen report, which tracks streaming data for the week of July 13 to July 19, The Last Ship drew 733 million minutes watched and finished eighth on the overall charts. It debuted at the number one spot, accumulating 1.2 billion minutes watched for the week of June 22 to June 28. The show added more than 940 million minutes watched in its second week. In total, it has garnered more than 2.5 billion minutes watched since its release on Netflix. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
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Release Date
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2014 – 2018-00-00
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TNT
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Directors
Paul Holahan, Jack Bender, Peter Weller, Michael Katleman, Bill Roe, Sergio Mimica-Gezzan, Bobby Roth, Brad Turner, Greg Beeman, Jann Turner, Jonathan Mostow, Kenneth Fink, Mario Van Peebles, Michael Nankin, Olatunde Osunsanmi, Tim Matheson, Nelson McCormick, Reza Tabrizi, Anton Cropper, Mairzee Almas
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