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Constellation Is a Mother of a Space Story
Move over, sad space dad. Noomi Rapace’s space mom is here to challenge assumptions about the galactic void as a place for self-discovery.
Jo sticks with her story, even when belligerently debriefed by Roscomos official Irena Lysenko (Barbara Sukowa), treated skeptically by her husband Magnus (James D’Arcy), and challenged by Constellation itself as it messes around with the narrative timeline. Who Jo and Alice are supposed to be to each other is Constellation ’s primary concern, and although the series follows in the footsteps of the legendary Aliens and the underseen Proxima in its depiction of the mother-daughter bond, it deviates from both by sinking into the contradictory undercurrents of adoration, suspicion, mimicry, and jealousy that can fuel that relationship. Alice might be one of the most annoyingly sassy and pouty TV children in recent memory, but the Colemans do impressive work nailing her deep loneliness and mercurial temper, as does Rapace as a mother sure of both what she saw on the ISS and her love for her daughter, but unsure whether the two can coexist.
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