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Season 1 – The Silent Sea

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During a perilous 24-hour mission on the moon, space explorers try to retrieve samples from an abandoned research facility steeped in classified secrets.
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The Silent Sea — Season 1

The Silent Sea — Season 1

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Critics Consensus

The Silent Sea marks one small step for man, one overlong leap for television, but it delivers enough intrigue and menace to satisfy patient viewers.

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Brad Newsome Sydney Morning Herald 03/04/2022
Beautifully drawn characters aid immersion. Go to Full Review
Dylan Roth Observer 01/14/2022
The story plods along at such a deliberate pace that the audience has far too much time to consider the evidence and draw conclusions, sometimes hours before the characters have caught up. Go to Full Review
Craig Mathieson The Age (Australia) 01/06/2022
The pacing is wonky, but the digital effects are immersive -- the implausible soon becomes intriguing. Go to Full Review
Jae-Ha Kim Jae-Ha Kim 07/27/2023
2.5/4
"The Silent Sea" is based on director Choi Hang-Yong's short film of the same name. Starring Bae Doona and Gong Yoo, the eight-part series is set on the moon, where the astronauts have been tasked with recovering research from the previous mission. Go to Full Review
Nuha Hassan Off Colour 07/21/2023
The Silent Sea is an exploration of corporation & government’s control and abuse of power to gain control of resources. Bringing into question, will powerful people continue to preserve themselves from disaster? Go to Full Review
Bethan Ackerley New Scientist 07/19/2023
A few of The Silent Sea‘s twists are over-telegraphed and under-explored... But these are minor cavils compared with the show’s assets, from its bleak, uncanny tone to its highly talented cast Go to Full Review
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Unik F @Unik88 May 20 The Silent Sea wastes a strong sci-fi premise with weak, sloppy writing and overly forced drama. The biggest issue is how unrealistically the so-called "elite experts" behave throughout the series. Characters constantly ignore basic survival protocols and scientific logic simply to create tension. Several key moments involve trained scientists and crew members behaving in ways that completely contradict basic contamination procedures, survival instincts, and common sense, even after fully understanding the dangers involved. The show repeatedly relies on plot armor and artificial cliffhangers instead of believable problem-solving, which severely undermines immersion and tension. The writing often feels careless toward the very scientific realism the show tries to present, wasting what could have been a compelling hard sci-fi drama. The sheer disregard for logic feels almost insulting to the audience. Because of that, I honestly can’t give this series more than 1 star. See more Tom W @Tw86123 Oct 14 It desperately wants to be Alien. The problem is, it isn’t. See more Stephen C @bob25009 Jul 23 8 successful episodes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more AL V @RT65347619 Jul 7 If you like Sci Fi, this is one of the best shows I’ve seen in a while. See more The Dry T @RT03991991 06/07/2025 Bae Doona was the only reason I tuned in. She's awesome! Otherwise, there is little that makes any sense. "Viral Luna Water," wtf?Unfortunately, I'm very likely to watch this Korean boondogle of a train-wreck to the very end. Oh yeah, stinted dialog. Plenty of stinted dialog. I mean, is all this a failure of translation?? See more Chris B @Cwisbee 01/25/2025 I must be missing something here. This series is incredibly boring and slow. The physics and biology of it all make no sense either. Redeeming qualities are subtle acting and good visuals. See more Read all reviews
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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Dec 24, 2021 Balhae Lunar Research Station Director Choi's briefing about the mission leaves Song Jian displeased; reaching the research station alone proves no easy feat for the crew. Details Episode 2 Aired Dec 24, 2021 Three Storages The crew's initial findings are at odds with their knowledge of the research station; split into threes, the members set out to look for the sample. Details Episode 3 Aired Dec 24, 2021 Cause of Death Jian's body cam captures a startling moment of life and death; submerged in sweat, Gong Soochan shows worrisome signs of an unusual infection. Details Episode 4 Aired Dec 24, 2021 The Truth Comes Out Han Yunjae updates the director and gets access to a restricted area; the crew members learn of the sample's powers and the true motive behind their mission. Details Episode 5 Aired Dec 24, 2021 Secret Storage Recalling her sister's encrypted message, Jian searches the database for Luna; a young intruder and a double-crosser emerge from the shadows. Details Episode 6 Aired Dec 24, 2021 Key to Salvation E2, Ryu Taesuk and the samples go missing; Jian follows the intruder down the vents for answers. Details Episode 7 Aired Dec 24, 2021 Luna Jian opens a hard drive that chronicles Song Wonkyung's life and work on the station; meanwhile, others uncover the remains of the experiment. Details Episode 8 Aired Dec 24, 2021 The Silent Sea Racing against time as the research station falls under destruction, the surviving crew members decide on the fate of the mission -- and their own. Details
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Season Info

Director
Choi Hang-yong
Executive Producer
Jung Woo-sung
Screenwriter
Park Eungyo
Network
Netflix
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Korean
Release Date
Dec 24, 2021