In Australia, we seldom see a genre-inflected TV series achieve solid funding and broadcaster support. Maybe it's because The Commons doesn't immediately present itself as a Sci-Fi / Speculative Fiction show that it got its $25 million budget; or maybe it was because the producers and Stan knew that the series had something really important to say.

Dion, Quinny and Fel take a look at this interesting new show that sits on the border of relationship drama and cli-fi (climate fiction), as The Commons explores a future that was still meant to be a few years away, but now is shockingly current...