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By Melissa Camacho
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Retro futuristic series falls short, has cursing, drinking.
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Hello Tomorrow!
What's the Story?
HELLO TOMORROW! is a futuristic dramatic comedy about a group of traveling salespeople selling lunar timeshares. Regional manager Jack Billings (Billy Crudup) and his sales team, Shirley (Haneefah Wood), Herb (Dewshane Williams), and Eddie (Frank Azaria) are staying at the Vista Motor Lodge while they peddle Brightside Lunar Residences, a luxurious residential community located under a glass dome on the moon. What Jack also sells is a dream of happiness, which some vulnerable folks like Myrtle Rayburn (Alison Pill) and Joey Shorter (Nicholas Podany) buy into. But when Jack realizes that Joey is his estranged son, he decides to bring him into the business despite the fact that Joey has no idea who he really is. As Jack mentors him, and he and his team continue to go door-to-door and hold sales meetings, it slowly becomes clear that what they're selling isn't what it appears to be.
Is It Any Good?
The uneven dramatic comedy creates a fun retro futuristic world in which some of its compelling plot lines fail to fully develop. Much of the first half of Hello Tomorrow! is repetitive, as it focuses on Jack's attempts at forging a relationship with Joey, despite there being plenty of characters and narratives that, if explored in any depth, could make these initial episodes more entertaining. As a result, most of the characters feel like caricature, making it hard to invest in the series long enough to learn more about Jack's schemes and what he plans to do about them. Meanwhile, despite some effort to create some comedic moments, the isn't very funny. Overall, Hello Tomorrow! feels like a missed opportunity because of its inability to go beyond the superficial.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the ethical implications of selling products and services that aren't as they appear to be. Sales pitches and advertisements are designed to get potential buyers to associate a product or service with what they want, even if it can't actually give it to them. Is this the same as lying?
How does life in the future as depicted in Hello Tomorrow! compare with our lives today? Does the technology available make people's lives better? What doesn't it seem able to fix?
TV Details
- Premiere date : February 17, 2023
- Cast : Bill Crudup , Haneefah Wood , Hank Azaria , Dewshane Williams , Nicholas Podany
- Network : Apple TV
- Genre : Drama
- Topics : Robots
- TV rating :
- Last updated : September 29, 2025
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