After a 13-month solo space expedition, astronaut Molly Woods (Halle Berry) is getting back to her normal routine on Earth alongside her husband, John (Goran Visnjic), a robotics engineer, and their young son, Ethan (Pierce Gagnon). Did we mention that Ethan is a prototype android called a Humanich? Having a young robot son isn’t the only twist that Mickey Fisher (The Strain) had up his sleeve when he created the series Extant. Molly’s inexplicably pregnant — after more than a year alone in space. Now, she’s determined to find out exactly what happened. Read on for everything you need to know about the 2014 series streaming on Netflix now.

Where can I watch Extant?

Seasons 1 and 2 are available to stream now on Netflix. 

What happens in Extant?

In Season 1 of Extant, Molly (Berry) comes back to Earth after 13 months in space alone on a mission. She’s reunited with her family, but finds it hard to get back in the swing of things after being away for over a year. 

For years prior, Molly and her husband, John (Visnjic), a robotics engineer, have struggled with infertility issues. In light of that, John develops a prototype of a humanoid robot, Ethan (Gagnon), whom they’re raising as their son. But during her routine physical after coming back to Earth, Molly learns that she’s gotten pregnant, though she has no idea how. Two clues come into play: She recalls a mysterious sighting of her dead ex-lover while she was on the spaceship, and she receives a message from Harmon Kryger (Brad Beyer), an International Space Exploration Agency (ISEA) astronaut who faked his suicide and claims to know what happened to Molly.

On the humanoid robot front, John has received funding from the Yasumoto Corporation to continue his research, of which Ethan is patient zero. As John continues to develop the Humanich, Ethan deals with learning about both his human and robotic nature. While Molly investigates to try to find out if ISEA is somehow involved in her pregnancy, she unearths bigger secrets that begin to threaten her family and her life. 

Who’s in the cast of Extant?

• Halle Berry (Monster’s Ball) as Molly Woods, an ISEA astronaut and scientist
• Goran Visnjic (ER), as Dr. John Woods, Molly’s husband and a robotics engineer
• Pierce Gagnon (The Boss Baby: Back in Business), as Ethan Woods, John and Molly’s son and a humanoid robot developed by John as a prototype for the Humanichs Project
• Grace Gummer (Mr. Robot), as Julie “Jules” Gelineau, John’s assistant at the Humanichs Project
• Camryn Manheim (Law & Order), as Dr. Sam Barton, Molly’s friend and a physician at ISEA
• Hiroyuki Sanada (Shōgun), as Hideki Yasumoto, the owner of Yasumoto Corporation which is funding John’s android research
• Michael O’Neill (The West Wing), as Alan Sparks, head of ISEA
• Sergio Harford (This Is Us), as Marcus Dawkins, Molly’s spectral ex-lover she sees while in space
• Brad Beyer (Jericho), as Harmon Kryger, an ISEA astronaut who faked his suicide

What does the word extant mean?

According to Merriam-Webster, the word extant means “currently or actually existing; still existing: not destroyed or lost.”

How many seasons of Extant are there?

There are two seasons of Extant. The series ended after its second season aired in 2015. 

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