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    Star Boors: Humanity Is Cruising For A Bruising In Sci-Fi Comedy 'Avenue 5'

    It takes HBO's space-cruise comedy (from the creator of Veep and The Thick Of It) a while to find its footing — but that's understandable, given how wonky the ship's gravity turns out to be.
    by Glen Weldon Jan 19, 2020 3 minutes
    Captain Ryan Clark (Hugh Laurie) spends a lot of time looking aghast in HBO's <em>Avenue 5</em>.

    Avenue 5 premieres on HBO Sunday, January 19th.

    "A problem," decrees a character on HBO's sci-fi comedy series Avenue 5, "is just a solution without a solution."

    The problem facing the crew and passengers of Avenue 5 — a massive space-cruise-ship in the not too distant future on its maiden 8-week cruise around Saturn — has to do with its trajectory.

    Said trajectory ... is off. Way, way off, due to an accident that takes place in the opening minutes

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