HBO's Ominous 'Years and Years' Has Family at Its Heart
Like many of you, I’ve been watching the HBO quasi-dystopian drama Years and Years with a combination of great affection and uncomfortable nerve-jangling anxiety. (I'll be honest binge-watching this show was out of the question, as I needed time to process each episode before moving on to the next.) Referred to as “Black Mirror with a heart”, the finale of this six-part series just aired on HBO this week, but it’s not too late to discover what all the fuss is about.
Years and Years is a joint production by the BBC and HBO and was created by Russell T. Davies, prolific writer and show runner. His credits include Queer as Folk, Doctor Who, Torchwood and A Very English Scandal.
The show takes viewers on an epic and often harrowing ride from 2019 to 2034, experienced through the lives of the tight-knit Lyons family. While facing the chaos of a rapidly changing (and frighteningly familiar) world made unstable by the economy, the environment and politics, this Manchester-based clan still cling to the priorities humans have held fast to for centuries – love, family and trying to make the world a better place.
