Solar Opposites is back to fill your late-night animation cravings, poised and ready with pop culture one-liners and relatable problems to stuff in your face for shits n’ giggles. The Solars are trying their best to adjust to a new life on planet Clervix 3…but we all know Earth is where this messy, imperfect, wacky family belongs.
Korvo (Dan Stevens) and Terry (Thomas Middleditch) are enjoying their honeymoon phase (not that they really know what that entails). Jesse (Mary Mack) is trying to navigate her exes and high school drama, while Yumyulack (Sean Giambrone) has some grand designs on the back yard. And the Pupa’s (Sagan McMahan) gonna Pupe (and maybe find some new connections of its own).
This show has always been about growing pains and the Solars still have a lot of lessons to learn. From intense crushes to school bullying, not to mention all the intergalactic threats that get thrown their way, who said family life had to be boring? We’re now five seasons in, which means most of the usual family animation topics have long-since been covered. That knowledge allows for the series to explore different fun tropes, like a “what if” episode that will make you nostalgic for the days of 22-episode long seasons of your childhood.
But it still inches closer to new main storyline developments, adding goopy new layers to the Planet Shlorp lore. Each episode switches up the emotional themes and hurdles our crew must jump over, keeping things fresh with new opportunities to poke fun. And those rapid-fire quips are nigh impossible to keep up with, only making this show better every time you re-watch. It’s still loud, it’s still brash, and it’s still mind-bogglingly stuffed full of zings & cracks—if that’s your thing, you’ll be strapped in and ready for takeoff.
Stream S5 of Solar Opposites on Hulu.
