The perilous final leg of their journey pushes Sheldon’s ragtag team to the brink. As Walter’s situation grows dire, Sheldon and Brandon join forces in a do-or-die showdown with a supervillain.

My greatest regret about this first season of Jupiter’s Legacy is that it’s only eight episodes long. While some narratives cannot hold this run-time, there’s so much scale to Mark Millar and Frank Quitely’s superhero epic that it feels like we’re just scratching the surface. We’re finally up to speed with the characters and their dynamics, and already it’s over.

The big moments in Episode 7 are of course centred around the island, which does its best to separate our explorers by turning themselves against one another. Trees shoot up out of the ground and sandstorms slow their progress, but this doesn’t stop the half dozen would-be heroes from activating a portal to another planet and emerging as flying superheroes.

Frustratingly, we get to see nothing of their transformation – like how and why they are given the powers – but this is prime fodder for subsequent seasons (if it’s renewed). The mystery of the Blackstar clone is revealed, and I certainly didn’t see that coming, or the actions taken to conceal the deceit. The closing moments of Episode 8 leave matters on a tasty cliffhanger that begs resolution and the exploration of the subsequent fallout.

If I did have a criticism of the series, it’s that many of the characters are still little more than sketches, meaning that their deaths or jeopardy have little resonance. There’s plenty of opportunity to fill in Max’s back story and that of his daughter Petra, as they’ve definitely been underserved so far.

Verdict: A significant climax that promises even bigger things to come in subsequent seasons. A highly ambitious superhero drama that earns its place in an already crowded marketplace. 8/10

Nick Joy