The introduction of New London, a futuristic society that prohibits privacy, monogamy, and traditional family units, is immediately compelling, as is its strict caste system and reliance on antidepressants that are dispensed like Pez candy.

And while fans of Black Mirror, Westworld, and The Handmaid's Talewill note some familiar elements, Brave New World generally succeeds in charting new, if somewhat shallow, territory within the genre. It definitely is a positive launch for Peacock and if they produce a full slate of this level of programming it might just be successful.This TV adaptation attempts to put a fresh spin on the dystopian, sci-fi drama genre. The ride is mostly fun and its not like theres much else trying to compete with it. So enjoy it for the one season and long for but hope it never gets another. It sets itself up in such a way where it leaves you wanting more of what the ending is promising yet you know if it goes that direction and tries to do a second season that it will fail miserably and taking the good of the first season with it and tainting the whole thing. The thing that ultimately makes it good is how it ends. Mostly filled with solid performances that make the otherwise vapid spectacles more entertaining than they have right to be.

Those glimmers of the philosophical make the show incredibly good. It looks at the dark and philosophical ideas of Huxley and only just glances at it before losing its attention span and rejoining the party. Once you can get beyond that element you can begin to examine the actual plot. First and foremost the hardest part to deal with is the over use of sex. Yet it is not about where it is, its about where it is going. It simply does not know if it wants to be good or not.

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