Return from the Stars — Season 1, Episode 6: Earth
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama • 45 min • 1 season, 6 episodes • ★ 9.0/10
Episode synopsis
Part 6 - Earth. El confesses his love feelings for Eli. He tells her about his near-death experiences at Farmagusta that involved seeing his dead friend Thomas. He considers if life on Earth is what he wants and what he and her would do in the future. Episode Video (original studio release, Russian language): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUtXchnBE68&t=5s
About Return from the Stars
Soviet miniseries based on Stanislav Lem's book "Powrót z gwiazd" (Return from the Stars). After 9-year interstellar expedition to Fomalhaut, the astronauts returned home. On Earth 127 years had passed and everything had changed. The Earth no longer has wars, and the society is a safe and comfortable place to live, due to betrization prodcedure that turns off natural aggressive instincts at birth. But the humanity has last something more. In this Uttopian society people don't need deep emotions, a strong character, the ability to overcome oneself and win at incredible odds. Before the main character there is a choice: to accept the new norms of society, or to be seen as a savage. Or maybe to leave the Earth again on another expedition?