With Hugh Laurie, Josh Gad, Zach Woods, Rebecca Front. This comic 'Poseidon Adventure' takes a couple of episodes to lift off. 'Avenue 5': TV Review. Avenue 5, episode 1 review: more ideas than laughs in Armando Iannucci’s space comedy

A recap of ‘I Was Flying,’ episode 1 of season 1 of Avenue 5 on HBO. Avenue 5, Armando Iannucci’s latest TV brainchild, promises a lot: a starry cast, much of the same creative DNA from his hits Veep and The Thick of It (including co-producers Will Smith, Tony Roche and Simon Blackwell), as well as a plum starring role for Hugh Laurie. Armando Iannucci’s science-fiction comedy is a floating allegory for our shaken faith in 21st-century geniuses. Découvrez les 9 épisodes de la saison 1 de la série Avenue 5. 6:45 AM PST 1/3/2020 by Daniel Fienberg FACEBOOK; TWITTER ; EMAIL ME; Alex Bailey/HBO. Directed by Armando Iannucci. Space captain Ryan Clark of the Avenue 5 tries to get along with others in the space tourism industry. As Russell Watson sings in the worst Star Trek theme song ever, “it’s been a long road, getting from there to here.” At the beginning of the season, the good ship Avenue 5 was enjoying a calm, peaceful voyage through the stars—now, it’s wildly off course, supplies are in flux, and 11 people are dead, including the seven who, last week, “stupid[ed] themselves to death.” Avenue 5 premiere recap: 'The catastrophe of human existence' By Jodi Walker January 19, 2020 at 10:32 PM EST