TV-14Season 1
No war. No disease. No poverty. But at what cost?
Synopsis
Childhood's End (2015), Season 1 is a three-part sci-fi drama you can watch online on iFILM, adapted from Arthur C. Clarke's novel about the day starships appear over Earth's largest cities.
The miniseries moves through three eras. First, Missouri farmer Ricky Stormgren becomes the go-between for humanity and an unseen visitor named Karellen, who refuses to show his face for decades. Then the promised golden age arrives — no war, no hunger — though the price of paradise surfaces slowly. And when children everywhere begin to change, showing abilities no parent can explain, people finally ask whose plan the Overlords were carrying out all along.
Charles Dance voices Karellen and anchors the whole thing. Built across three nights of television, it heads toward an ending you wouldn't call happy — sci-fi that argues with the very notion of being saved. Stream Childhood's End Season 1 online on iFILM.
3 episodes
S1·E1The Overlords
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.
S1·E2The Deceivers
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.
S1·E3The Children
A new age dawns as children begin to exhibit advanced abilities. But what does this mean for the future of humanity?
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