Beacon 23

5.9
2023

Aster Calyx and Halan Kai Nielsen are inextricably drawn to Beacon 23. Navigating one threat after another, they unravel the beacon’s mysteries, just in time to face their most powerful enemy.

Production

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Trailers & Videos

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Official Trailer

Seasons

8 Episodes • Premiered 2023

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1. Corbenic

5.6

Beacon 23's secrets are exposed by an unexpected visitor.

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2. Wreckers

4.9

As Wreckers force their way onboard, Aster will have to put her trust in an enemy to survive.

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3. Why Can't We Go On as Three?

4.8

In shock after her first kill, Aster buries her feelings as she and Halan prepare for QTA Manager Coley to arrive on the beacon. Coley immediately distrusts Halan and sees him as a threat, forcing Aster to make a tough decision.

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4. God in the Machine

5.5

In the early days of Beacon 23's history, Sophie receives a surprise visit, forcing her AI to act.

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5. Rocky

5.6

While uncovering Halan's past, Aster finds a link to the rocks that will alter both their lives.

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6. Beacon Twenty Three

5.8

Going back in time to show how the rocks first appeared on Beacon 23.

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7. End Transmission

5.1

Aster and Halan become obsessed with learning more about The Artifact, when an organization known as The Column arrives at the beacon and reveals even more connections. The weight of this knowledge turns out to be too much for one of our heroes.

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8. Adamantine

5.2

The QTA Mothership descends on Beacon 23, and Aster must make a life-or-death decision.

Cast

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Stephan James

Halan Kai Nielsen

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Reviews

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4/10

Beacon 22 is an original idea, I'll give it that.

A light house in outer space, where nothing is what it seems. Mixing mystery/thriller and sci fi action adventure.

Perhaps its biggest shortcoming, is it seems incoherent. Things happen but they don't tie together terribly well. This leaves the story feeling cluttered, for no reason that appears to make much rational sense.

Also, some of the back story elements, seem incongruous. Why for example, would futuristic, high tech space beacon need a metal rod inserted into gears to get the light working correctly? Weird and oxymoron-ic, to say the least.

Season 2 is more incoherent than season one and is, quite frankly, largely, boring.

Sets are decent, acting is reasonable and CGI is mostly, well done.

In summary, could have amounted to something were it not for a incoherent and at times, thoroughly tedious story.

You've reached the end.