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The Right Stuff: Season 1 Teaser - One Mission

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Cast & Crew

Patrick J. Adams

John Glenn

Actor

Aaron Staton

Wally Schirra

Actor

Colin O'Donoghue

Gordon Cooper

Actor

Danny Strong

John "Shorty" Powers

Actor

Eloise Mumford

Trudy Cooper

Actor

Eric Ladin

Chris Kraft

Actor

Jake McDorman

Alan Shepard

Actor

James Lafferty

Scott Carpenter

Actor

Josh Cooke

Loudon Wainwright Jr.

Actor

Micah Stock

Deke Slayton

Actor

Michael Trotter

Gus Grissom

Actor

Nora Zehetner

Annie Glenn

Actor

Patrick Fischler

Bob Gilruth

Actor

Shannon Lucio

Louise Shepard

Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio

Executive Producer

Jennifer Davisson Killoran

Executive Producer

Mark Lafferty

Executive Producer

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Critic Reviews for The Right Stuff: Season 1

Audience Reviews for The Right Stuff: Season 1

• Jan 26, 2022

  If Disney expects to reach a mature audience, they need more series like this. The new Right Stuff was interesting and different from the 1983 movie, a bit more "soapy" but still informative historical fiction. I recommend it to viewers who are not looking for a do-again of Kaufman's movie, more Disney animation, or another kids' show.
  
• Mar 08, 2021

  Pretty good series. The attention to details on clothing, cars, and more helps the story a lot. But, the acting and writing were pretty strong. It captured the attitudes at the time. I'm hopeful they'll do a 2nd season!
  

  Jimbo G
• Mar 06, 2021

  Well. One of humankinds greatest achievements and all the woke muppets could focus on is drinking and "bad-men", poor women. Pahetic. Watch the movie "the right stuff". Eons better.
  
• Feb 05, 2021

  No plot or heart, and way too many "adult" scenes for a show on Disney+.
  
• Dec 06, 2020

  Historia de los astronautas de la misión "Mercury", la primera en llevar un yanqui al espacio. Interesante, peor se vuelve mas un novelón y la parte dramática se pasa de la raya tornándola aburrida.
  
• Dec 01, 2020

  First off, I have studied the early space program for years and I have literally seen just about every show and documentary on the subject. I have also read many books including 'Flight' which is the autobiography of Chris Kraft. So I have been wanting a long form, drama series on this for a long time. I loved this version. The positives: * Actors portraying Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, and Chris Kraft are about as close as you can get to the real thing. They did a great job trying to cast actors that both looked and acted like the real person. * Although things are always somewhat dramatized, I was impressed how historically accurate the show was. The tension between Shepard and Glenn was a great focal point and very accurate. * I wanted more about Trudy Cooper. I found that storyline very interesting and compelling. * Visuals and sets were accurate and impressive and you truly felt like you were back in the 60's. The negatives: * Other astronauts weren't very accurate. Deke and Gus's characters were pretty badly portrayed. Also Bob Gilruth's character was portrayed woefully wrong. The actor played him like a somewhat weaselly, weak character when in reality, the real Bob Gilruth was very much an old school, gruff type of guy. * Too much focus on Gordo Cooper. The movie did this too, maybe because of the book. But in reality Gordo just doesn't really add to the program hardly at all. He was the last of the Mercury astronauts to fly and ended up being his last because he decided to buzz a hangar in his plane. The show focuses too much on his infidelity issues in my opinion. All in all, I loved it and hope they renew for another season. I really hope we can go beyond Mercury and see the story of Gemini and Apollo in a long form show.
  
• Nov 29, 2020

  I think that Season 1 of The Right Stuff offers a much more detailed and intimate look at the astronauts, their wives, and NASA support group. Great writing and great special effects highlight what should be an exciting story for seasons to come as they progress through the balance of Mercury flights and then Gemini and Apollo. There are lots of stories that most of the General public are not aware of at this point. Terrific 1st Season! The guy playing Shepard is a real character.....good actor!
  
• Nov 22, 2020

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• Nov 21, 2020

  Imperfect, but watchable. The material is worth exploring, and the story of the Mercury 7 never gets dull. But the writing was humorless and lacked a sharp focus. As other critics have suggested, it seems as though the writers didn't appreciate author Tom Wolfe's humorous and insightful take on the early days of the space program. Wolfe brought genuine wisdom and real affection to the story; the show seems merely serviceable. That said, the rocky relationship between Gordo and Trudy Cooper nicely foreshadows the rising tide of feminism, and the season finale includes a bittersweet, yet hopeful moment when Trudy takes to the skies with her daughter in a small tailwheel airplane.
  
• Nov 21, 2020

  LOVE! Good, quality, wholesome content we need more of to highlight the great and trying moments in our history.