Childhood's End

2015 • SYFY
4.3
389 reviews
TV-14
Rating
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Season 1 episodes (7)

1 The Overlords
12/14/15
An alien presence arrives on Earth with the intention to end all suffering and guide humanity into a utopia. But when the aliens refuse to reveal their appearance, some wonder if this dream is instead a nightmare.
2 The Deceivers
12/15/15
Now living in a golden age of peace, some humans begin to notice changes in their children that lead them to question the aliens' motivations.
3 The Children
12/16/15
A new age dawns as children begin to exhibit advanced abilities. But what does this mean for the future of humanity?
101 Sneak Peek
11/30/15
Based on Arthur C. Clarke's revolutionary science fiction novel first published in 1953, "Childhood's End" follows the peaceful alien invasion of Earth by the mysterious Overlords, whose arrival begins decades of apparent utopia under indirect alien rule, at the cost of human identity and culture.
102 Story Overview
11/29/15
Who are the mysterious visitors who peacefully invade the Earth in Childhood's End? Learn more from the cast about the Overlords.
103 Cast and Characters
11/29/15
Season-only
Learn about the characters in Childhood's End - both human and alien - from the cast members who bring them to life.
104 Utopia
11/30/15
Season-only
What does utopia mean to you? In Childhood's End, an alien race creates a utopia for mankind. The cast explores what we gain and lose in a perfect world.

About this show

Based on Arthur C. Clarke's revolutionary science fiction novel first published in 1953, "Childhood's End" follows the peaceful alien invasion of Earth by the mysterious Overlords, whose arrival begins decades of apparent utopia under indirect alien rule, at the cost of human identity and culture. A story as relevant now as it was half-a-century ago, "Childhood's End" illustrates a perspective of alien invasion never before seen onscreen, one in which the aliens are not here to conquer humanity but rather to grant humanity a better existence. But what is the meaning of a human life without struggle? What challenges are left when sickness, starvation, and even poverty have become distant memories? And what is the purpose of living when our children begin to evolve into beings that are beyond our comprehension? "Childhood's End" examines the biggest questions of human existence and man's place in the universe.

Ratings and reviews

4.3
389 reviews
A Google user
January 13, 2017
I read the excellent book of course. This was NOT the book. From the first moment it took serious & inexplicable plot deviations, drunkenly swirving down the road from silly to sappy. There was a semblance to the Arthur Clark novel in the early segment, but the science fiction angle to parapsychology in a syfy film was abandoned for the irresistible pandering to the exorcist, Omen crowd. This was not artistic license, this was larceny. This would be a difficult book to portray but following the story line might have been a good place to start. Some may say it kept the spirit of the book, but I say it 'WHIPPED' the spirit of the book... boo
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A.T. STEWART
December 31, 2018
I purchased this & can not access it for viewing. I have no way of knowing how to watch it, it shows as a purchase & on my account, that's great but how do you watch something you pay for when there's no link or download or anyway of knowing because there are no menus either. I want a refund if no one at google instructs me on how to activate the series I paid for or tells me how to access it for viewing. ANTHONY STEWART
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Benevolens Psittacorum
January 28, 2017
What in the heck did I just watch? Acting and film production quality are high, but seriously what the heck? You have space devils as the visitors, and they serve "the overmind" and the "natural" disaster is the kid tearing apart the planet. Please, nuke it from orbit. First, they prevent us from developing space travel and then let Carrie 2.0 useher psionic craziness destroy the world? What in the heck? I watched all three episodes, and I can see where V and ID4 got some ideas, but really the aliens truly are the bad guys and people like Miles O'Brien and the missionary's daughter had the right idea about them. There should have been a way to stop them, and it should have been done. It ends with a needless sadness too of Milo's girlfriend being frozen. The space-devils could have thawed her, and even after she broke apart they could have put her back together like the spokeman's house. And if their ships really are poisonous to humans, wouldn't their offer of letting Milo stay with them be about as generous as offering poison ivy in lieu of toilet paper. Well, at least all the alien factions which weren't prevented from developing interstellar travel will get to hear one classical music tune play on infinite loop whenever they drive by Earth's debris field caused by the space-devils and their psionic farting starchild.
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