这是一部带有半剧集半纪录片性质的有剧本节目，故事中两条时间线并行发展——一条是现在，一条是未来。其中有一部分纪录片形式的访谈镜头，还有一部分故事片形式的有剧本内容。具体而言，该剧描述2032年人类殖民火星的历程。其中故事片部分将展示未来人类第一次征服火星的场面，纪录片部分则采访现代科学家和发明家，模式和2012年的太空纪录片《撤离地球》（Evacuate Earth）类似。有媒体将该剧比作《星际穿越》（Interstellar）与《宇宙》（Cosmos）的结合体。(cr 天涯小筑)

The first Cylon war has been raging for 10 years and a young Ensign William Adama joins the fleet. Disappointed not to be assigned to a fighter but to a freighter, his co-pilot also isn't too keen on having a rookie flying his aircraft as he has only a short time before he again becomes a civilian. Their cargo is a civilian scientist, but they no sooner leave than she has new orders for them and a new destination. Although she’s less than forthcoming about the details, Adama is keen—particularly as it involves going into Cylon controlled space. However, nothing is as it seems.

A young junior hockey player's life is shattered by an in-game act of violence. In an instant his life is abruptly turned upside down; torn from the fraternity of the team and the coinciding position of prominence, he is cast as a pariah and ostracized from the community. As he struggles with the repercussions of the event, desperate to find a means of reconciliation and a sense of identity, his personal journey ends up illuminating troubling systemic issues around violence.

A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu comes to Earth to assess whether humanity can prevent the environmental damage they have inflicted on their own planet. When barred from speaking to the United Nations, he decides humankind shall be exterminated so the planet can survive.