Ryan and Billie look for the source of an incessant beeping while Rav appeals to the President of the United States for some rescue funds.

This comedy drama show seems to have established its groove with ‘disaster of the week’ and this time it’s the rather major problem of an oxygen leak, meaning that the crew will suffocate within nine months. To ration the air, voices are kept to a minimum, there’s no laughter or running, and everyone is at the point of exploding.

Except, they aren’t really running out of O2, it’s just the ship requiring a reset following the birth of the first ever space baby. Rebeca Front continues to excel as Karen (who, like us, wants to strangle Josh Gad’s Judd) and Hugh Laurie really begins to show the strains of sleep deprivation. Only Rav, back on Earth, is making progress with her request for a $4.23 trillion rescue mission, but at the cost of the disposal of 500 non-essential personnel.

Verdict: No other show would feature a light show illuminating a ring of turds, or ‘Kaleidoscope of butt truffles’ as it’s sold here, and I guess that’s Avenue 5’s ongoing attraction – boldly going where absolutely no-one in their right mind has gone before. 7/10

Nick Joy