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Episode Power Rankings

The peaks and the valleys. Find the essential episodes — and the ones to skip.

#1
S1E4 8.8
Life Beyond the Sun: Saturn

Professor Brian Cox reveals the history of Saturn. Saturn began life as a strange planet of rock and ice and in time transformed into a gas giant, ring-less and similar looking to its rival, Jupiter.

#2
S1E3 8.7
The Godfather: Jupiter

Brian Cox continues his exploration of the solar system with a visit to a planet that dwarfs all the others: Jupiter. Its size gives it a great power that it has used to manipulate the other planets.

#3
S1E5 8.7
Into the Darkness: Ice Worlds

In the final episode, Professor Brian Cox journeys to the remotest part of the solar system, a place that the most mysterious planets call home.

#4 The Two Sisters - Earth & Mars S1E2 8.6
#5 A Moment in the Sun - The Terrestrial Planets S1E1 8.5

Lowlights

#5 S1E1 A Moment in the Sun - The Terrestrial Planets 8.5

The four inner planets were born the same, yet have lived radically different lives. Why?

#4 The Two Sisters - Earth & Mars S1E2 8.6
#3 Into the Darkness: Ice Worlds S1E5 8.7
#2 The Godfather: Jupiter S1E3 8.7
#1 Life Beyond the Sun: Saturn S1E4 8.8

The Quality Arc

Each point is an episode, plotted in order. Colored bands mark season boundaries. Look for the rise, the plateau, or the decline.

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Episode Engagement

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