The Right Stuff (2020): Season 1

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Disney+ | Season Premiere Date: October 9, 2020

Summary: NASA's Bob Gilruth (Patrick Fischler) and Chris Kraft (Eric Ladin) select seven men: John Glenn (Patrick J. Adams), Alan Shepard (Jake McDorman), Captain Gordo Cooper (Colin O’Donoghue), Wally Schirra (Aaron Staton), Scott Carpenter (James Lafferty), Deke Slayton (Micah Stock), and Gus Grissom (Michael Trotter), to become the first AmericanNASA's Bob Gilruth (Patrick Fischler) and Chris Kraft (Eric Ladin) select seven men: John Glenn (Patrick J. Adams), Alan Shepard (Jake McDorman), Captain Gordo Cooper (Colin O’Donoghue), Wally Schirra (Aaron Staton), Scott Carpenter (James Lafferty), Deke Slayton (Micah Stock), and Gus Grissom (Michael Trotter), to become the first American astronauts in space in this series based on the Tom Wolfe book of the same name (that also became a film with the same name).… Expand

Genre(s): Drama, Science

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E8. Flight
Air Date: November 20, 2020
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S1:E7. Ziggurat
Air Date: November 13, 2020
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S1:E6. VOSTOK
Air Date: November 6, 2020

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Collider Drew Taylor

Oct 6, 2020

Nothing feels gratuitous and there isn’t anything even remotely shocking. It’s just more mature and well rounded; these characters are messy and flawed and full of contradictions, and the show isn’t afraid to engage with those less pleasant aspects of their lives. As a dramatic series, it’s phenomenal; it’s frequently touching and just as thrilling. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Roxana Hadadi

Oct 7, 2020

A surprisingly compelling workplace drama once it dives into the strained interpersonal relationships between the American men competing to be the first in space. Read full review

Richard Roeper

Oct 7, 2020

While it would be next to impossible to duplicate the shining brilliance of Philip Kaufman’s 1983 theatrical adaptation of the same material (IMHO the best astronaut movie ever made), show creator Mark Lafferty has delivered a visually striking, well-acted period piece that plays like “Mad Men: The Flyboys Edition.” Read full review

Kristi Turnquist

Oct 8, 2020

[The actors are] all perfectly fine, and Adams and McDorman are at times, better than fine. The rest of the cast is solid, with good work from actresses who play the all-too-often long-suffering wives of the Mercury Seven. ... “The Right Stuff” feels like a band playing the hits we’ve already heard way too many times already. Read full review

IndieWire Leonardo Adrian Garcia

Oct 23, 2020

“The Right Stuff,” much like the space program whose story it aims to tell, stumbles out of the gate to a slow and uneven start, but there are moments where, against all odds, you can see Lafferty and co. putting it together. Read full review

John Anderson

Oct 9, 2020

Solely on its own merits, the series, a presentation of National Geographic (airing on Disney+), is a perfectly serviceable drama about a rococo period of American history and the complicated, high-flying, surprisingly unlikable people who flew the Mercury space missions of the 1960s. Read full review

Robert Lloyd

Oct 8, 2020

“The Right Stuff” is not bad, or even boring, just thin and unconvincing. Its budget shows, in the negative sense, and its best points are to be found here and there in small things — individual performances, selected exchanges and assorted old gewgaws and gadgets that decorate the screen. Read full review

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Lucas565

Dec 14, 2020

Uma das melhores séries que eu já assisti eu recomendo ela é ótima mesmo muito bom mesmo

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marinacrd

Oct 11, 2020

I just loved that they are focusing on their "human issues", personal relationships and political aspects of this first space program. For me, this is more interesting than the technical stuff, because that has already been widely explored in other series and movies (including the 1983I just loved that they are focusing on their "human issues", personal relationships and political aspects of this first space program. For me, this is more interesting than the technical stuff, because that has already been widely explored in other series and movies (including the 1983 film). It's good to have something new.… Expand

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PhilMarks

Oct 21, 2020

There is no point watching this. See the original movie. This remake adds nothing.

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

61
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: October 9, 2020
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  S1:E8. Flight
  Air Date: November 20, 2020
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  S1:E7. Ziggurat
  Air Date: November 13, 2020
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  S1:E6. VOSTOK
  Air Date: November 6, 2020
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  S1:E5. The Kona Kai Seance
  Air Date: October 30, 2020
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  S1:E4. Advent
  Air Date: October 23, 2020
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  S1:E3. Single Combat Warrior
  Air Date: October 16, 2020
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  S1:E2. Goodies
  Air Date: October 9, 2020
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  S1:E1. Sierra Hotel
  Air Date: October 9, 2020