Episode 1 of Apple TV Plus’ most spectacular sci-fi show is coming to YouTube for free

Apple is sharing its sci-fi on your socials

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Do you like sci-fi shows with big budgets and big plot twists? If you do and you don’t currently haveApple TV Plus, you’re missing out. And it looks likeAppleknows that, because it’s started sharing some of the pilot episodes from thebest Apple TV showson social media – for free.

Last month, you couldwatch Apple TV Plus' sci-fi seriesSiloon the most dystopian place: Twitter. And this month, Apple has revealed that it plans to release the first episode from season two of its sci-fi epicFoundationonline for free. This time around though, it’s streaming it onYouTube. The episode will also have a live Q&A with producer David S Goyer and will go live later today (July 10) on the link below.

I think this is good news for several reasons. The first and most obvious one is thatApple TV Plus is now a sci-fi TV show utopia. It has got some seriously good sci-fi series right now, so anything that makes people aware of them has got to be a good thing. And moving to YouTube rather than Twitter is a good thing too, because YouTube delivers video quality and reliability that Twitter simply doesn’t.

The best SF shows on Apple TV Plus shouldn’t be siloed

Despite Apple’s size, its TV business is still a relatively small player in the streaming business. As of April, it was the seventh most popular streamer in the US, with less market share thanParamount Plus. And I think a big part of that is because people aren’t aware of some of the really good shows on the service. These social media launches are clearly designed to change that.

I really lovedSilo, which is based on the best-selling Wool trilogy, had me jumping up and down at the big twist at the end of the season one finale. I haven’t triedFoundationyet, which is based on books by Isaac Asimov, but it’s clearly going to delight fans of big budget sci-fi epics.

And there’s plenty more where that came from. I absolutely devoured every season ofFor All Mankind, an alternative-history sci-fi soap opera that began with US test pilots and ended up with big fights on the moon and Mars. I’ve also heard good things about alien invasion thrillerInvasion, dystopian dramaSee and Snoopy in Space, which – you’ve guessed it – is about Snoopy in space.

I’d include another two shows in here although neither has spaceships or space aliens.Severance, which is quite simply one of the greatest TV shows ever made, andShining Girls, which is a fun adaptation of the best-selling book. Both shows are based on an sci-fi plot device – a brain implant in the former and time travel in the latter – but don’t need to go to space to deliver some truly gripping drama.Severancein particular is just astonishing, and I’m counting the days until thesecond seasondrops.

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Writer, broadcaster, musician and kitchen gadget obsessive Carrie Marshall has been writing about tech since 1998, contributing sage advice and odd opinions to all kinds of magazines and websites as well as writing more than a dozen books. Her memoir,Carrie Kills A Man, is on sale now and her next book, about pop music, is out in 2025. She is the singer in Glaswegian rock bandUnquiet Mind.

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