# Final Space
**Final Space** is an American adult animated space opera comedy-drama television series created by Olan Rogers and developed by Rogers and David Sacks for TBS. It follows an astronaut named Gary, serving a prison sentence aboard a spacecraft, who bonds with a mysterious, planet-destroying alien called Mooncake, while the villainous Lord Commander seeks the creature's untapped powers; the pair's adventures center on the mystery of "Final Space," the place where the universe ends.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/final_space) The series ran for three seasons and 36 episodes from 2018 to 2021, moving from TBS to [Adult Swim](https://www.edgepedia.org/adult-swim) after its first season.[2](https://www.finalspace.org/faq.html)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Run | Pilot on YouTube April 5, 2016; three seasons, 36 episodes, 2018–2021[2](https://www.finalspace.org/faq.html) |
| Premise | Astronaut Gary and the planet-destroying alien Mooncake seek the mystery of "Final Space," where the universe ends[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/final_space) |
| Lead voices | Olan Rogers (Gary, Mooncake), David Tennant (Lord Commander), Tika Sumpter (Quinn), Fred Armisen (KVN), Tom Kenny (HUE)[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/final_space/s01) |
| Reception | Season 1: 70% on Rotten Tomatoes (10 critics), Metascore 60; IMDb 8.2/10 from about 52,000 users[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/final_space/s01) • [4](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/final-space/) • [5](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6317068/) |
| Aftermath | Removed from streaming in 2022 as part of Warner Bros. Discovery's content purge; story continued by Rogers in print[2](https://www.finalspace.org/faq.html) |
## Premise and characters
The series is set aboard the Galaxy One, where Gary Goodspeed is working off a five-year prison sentence in interstellar solitary confinement, a punishment he received after a failed attempt to impress Quinn Ergon ([Tika Sumpter](https://www.edgepedia.org/tika-sumpter)), whom he had met only once.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/final_space) • [6](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/3/7/final-space-review/) He meets Mooncake, a small alien who appears cute but is in fact a planet-destroying super weapon, and swears to protect it from the bounty hunters pursuing it.[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/final_space/s01) The Lord Commander ([David Tennant](https://www.edgepedia.org/david-tennant)) wants Mooncake's powers for himself, and Gary assembles a crew that includes the bounty hunter Avocato (Coty Galloway), his son Little Cato ([Steven Yeun](https://www.edgepedia.org/steven-yeun)), the ship's A.I. HUE (Tom Kenny), and the robot KVN (Fred Armisen).[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/final_space) • [6](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/3/7/final-space-review/) • [7](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/final-space/season-1/)
Rogers voices both Gary and Mooncake, and the wider cast includes [Ashly Burch](https://www.edgepedia.org/ashly-burch), Keith David, Claudia Black, Ron Perlman, Jane Lynch, and [Vanessa Marshall](https://www.edgepedia.org/vanessa-marshall).[7](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/final-space/season-1/) The show's tone mixes comedy with serialized drama: reviewers noted its swerves from comedic beats to dramatic gut-punches, and the Science Fiction Encyclopedia describes it as a space opera that sometimes had difficulty balancing humor and narrative.[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/final_space/s01) • [8](https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/final_space)
## Development and production
TBS placed the series in a new Monday-night animation block, premiering it on February 26, 2018 at 10:30 pm ET/PT immediately after *American Dad!*.[9](https://press.wbd.com/us/media-release/tbs-announces-new-monday-night-animation-block-season-premiere-american-dad-and?language_content_entity=en) Production companies credited on the series include Awfraq Studios, Conaco (O'Brien's company), Jam Filled Entertainment, Lightfold, ShadowMachine, and Studio T.[4](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/final-space/)
## Broadcast and seasons
From 2019 the show became an Adult Swim title, with new episodes airing there before being shown on its sister network TBS the following week; season 2 ran for thirteen episodes from June 24 to September 23, 2019.[10](https://final-space.fandom.com/wiki/Adult_Swim) In September 2021 Rogers reported that no further seasons had been commissioned.[8](https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/final_space)
## Reception
Critical response to the first season was mixed. Rotten Tomatoes recorded a 70% Tomatometer from 10 critics, with a critics consensus that the show "doesn't always hit its mark" but may amuse viewers looking for a bite-sized intergalactic comedy; the audience score was 95%.[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/final_space/s01) Metacritic assigned a Metascore of 60, labeled mixed or average, based on six critic reviews, while its user score stood at 8.0 from 285 ratings.[4](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/final-space/) [Individual](https://www.edgepedia.org/individual) reviews ranged from IndieWire's B+ ("working from a template, but it's adding colors") and Collider's 4/5 to a C+ from [The A.V. Club](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-a-v-club), which found Gary not engaging enough to carry the series, and a negative review in The Harvard Crimson criticizing weak characterization.[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/final_space/s01) • [6](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/3/7/final-space-review/) On IMDb the series holds a rating of 8.2/10 from about 52,000 users.[5](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6317068/)
## Cancellation and removal from streaming
After the third season, [Warner Bros. Discovery](https://www.edgepedia.org/warner-bros-discovery) removed *Final Space* from its streaming platforms in 2022 as part of a broader content purge, leaving many fans with no legal way to watch the show.[2](https://www.finalspace.org/faq.html) Reporting on the cancellation describes how tax rules allowed networks and studios to classify a show as a write-down, taking a loss on the property in exchange for a tax credit.[11](https://www.cancelledscifi.com/2025/11/14/why-was-final-space-cancelled-and-can-it-be-revived/) Season 3 in particular has had only limited commercial availability, having been released for streaming internationally on Netflix in September 2021 before later being removed, and also having been available for digital purchase.[8](https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/final_space) • [14](https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/leaving-soon/final-space-leaving-netflix-in-december-2023/)
## Continuation in print
Rogers spent roughly two years seeking the rights to finish the story, and Warner Bros. Discovery granted him a license for a graphic novel.[12](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/olan-rogers-2b67285a_i-can-finish-final-space-this-isnt-a-joke-activity-7056239221371494400-ioiC) He continued and concluded the story in graphic-novel form.[2](https://www.finalspace.org/faq.html) The concluding graphic novel, *Final Space: The Final Chapter*, is an almost 600-page volume with an embedded original soundtrack, four expansion parts adding more than 100 additional pages, and a full commentary track; pre-orders began shipping on May 18.[13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbuGFu7IjZo) The book recaps all three seasons and delivers the ending Rogers had intended for the series.[12](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/olan-rogers-2b67285a_i-can-finish-final-space-this-isnt-a-joke-activity-7056239221371494400-ioiC)
## References
1. [Final Space, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/final_space)
2. [F.A.Q., Final Space fan archive](https://www.finalspace.org/faq.html)
3. [Final Space: Season 1, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/final_space/s01)
4. [Final Space Reviews, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/final-space/)
5. [Final Space (TV Series 2018–2021), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6317068/)
6. ['Final Space' Going Light Speed to Nowhere, The Harvard Crimson](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/3/7/final-space-review/)
7. [Final Space season 1 Reviews, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/final-space/season-1/)
8. [Final Space, The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction](https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/final_space)
9. [TBS Announces New Monday Night Animation Block, Warner Bros. Discovery Pressroom](https://press.wbd.com/us/media-release/tbs-announces-new-monday-night-animation-block-season-premiere-american-dad-and?language_content_entity=en)
10. [Adult Swim, Final Space Wiki](https://final-space.fandom.com/wiki/Adult_Swim)
11. [Why Was Final Space Cancelled and Can It Be Saved from the Abyss?, Cancelled Sci Fi](https://www.cancelledscifi.com/2025/11/14/why-was-final-space-cancelled-and-can-it-be-revived/)
12. [Olan Rogers, LinkedIn post on graphic novel license](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/olan-rogers-2b67285a_i-can-finish-final-space-this-isnt-a-joke-activity-7056239221371494400-ioiC)
13. [FINAL SPACE GRAPHIC NOVEL IS DONE! MAY 18TH!, OlanRogers on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbuGFu7IjZo)
14. ['Final Space' Leaving Netflix in December 2023](https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/leaving-soon/final-space-leaving-netflix-in-december-2023/)
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