NOVA Season 10

Right now you can watch NOVA Season 10 on and — and it earns the access it was given. A compact run that never overstays its welcome. A 7/10 rating says what the writing already makes obvious: this one works. The storytelling serves the subject rather than the other way around. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

NOVA Season 10 arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. What makes NOVA Season 10 work is a willingness to sit with complexity instead of resolving it neatly. Season 10 of NOVA includes 21 episodes. It aired from January 1983 to January 1984. Episodes include "Hawaii: Crucible of Life", "The Pleasure of Finding Things Out", "Lassa Fever". It was aired in 1983. Documentary work at this level requires access that is hard to get and storytelling that does justice to it — NOVA Season 10 has both. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

For viewers who want their entertainment to leave them with something, NOVA Season 10 delivers on both counts. It rewards viewers regardless of what else is in their watch history. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch if your schedule allows. Getting this level of access rarely happens twice. The kind of documentary that makes you feel informed rather than manipulated.