MOTHER’S RUIN

WHAT MAKES A GOOD PARENT? Is it showing your children love, care and attention? Patiently and kindly explaining the world to them and preparing them for the future? Dedication to their well-being?

Or is it the ability to atomise potential threats with a single glance from your weaponised eyes?

Parenthood is at the heart of Raised By Wolves, the new HBO Max show from executive producers Aaron Guzikowski and Ridley Scott – yes, that Ridley Scott. Set several hundred years in the future, in the aftermath of a devastating holy war that has ravaged Earth, it follows two androids, Mother (Amanda Collin) and Father (Abubakar Salim), as they try to raise a family of human children on the perilous planet Kepler-22b.

HOLY CALAMITY

Although the majority of the series’ action takes place away from Earth, the rich backstory is revealed with flashbacks throughout the season.

“Basically, the idea is that this religion, Mithraism, becomes very influential about 100 years from now,” explains showrunner and creator Guzikowski, calling from his home in LA where his son Valis – named after the Philip K Dick