I’m not too sure where to begin with Extrapolations, Apple TV+’s star-studded anthology series about the possible impact of the climate crisis on humanity’s future. On the one hand, it is well intentioned and at its best drives home the horror of our impending doom through finely constructed tales and brilliant performances. On the other, there is a death-by-walrus that is not played for laughs, Meryl Streep voicing a humpback whale and the opening episode is an impenetrable heap of chaos.
Let’s call it a mixed bag. Creator Scott Z Burns wrote the 2011 Steven Soderbergh hit Contagion, which enjoyed a resurgence during the pandemic as people rewatched it to admire its prescience and, as the months wore on, score it for realism. In Extrapolations there is less to get hold of, even though there is plenty going on.
