Moonbase 8 (Season 1)

Moonbase 8 (2020) is a deadpan comedy series you can watch online on iFILM, made by and starring Fred Armisen, John C. Reilly and Tim Heidecker. The catch: nobody actually goes to space. The whole show unfolds at NASA's Moon Base Simulator, stranded in the desert outside Winslow, Arizona.

Three would-be astronauts — Skip, Rook and their leader Cap — are trying to qualify for a first lunar mission. Their real enemies aren't meteors but boredom, loneliness, self-doubt and their own incompetence. They desperately want the moon; mostly they break equipment and get on each other's nerves. Directed by Portlandia's Jonathan Krisel, the first season runs six low-key episodes on Showtime. Tagline and all: failure is now an option. One for fans of slow, awkward comedies about hopeless dreamers. Stream every episode of Moonbase 8 online on iFILM.