The new season smartly combines last season's friendlier relationship between its leads with the full-scale warfare of the first three, to maximize the potential for the double-crosses and long-con reveals that creators Brian Koppleman and David Levien do so well.

Five reasons we’d prefer to take up residence in Belgravia, the London district the new melodrama from Epix is based on

The latest adaptation of H.G. Wells’ classic alien invasion saga, War Of The Worlds doesn’t focus so much on the extraterrestrial beings intent on destroying the human race in one fell swoop as it does on how a small group of survivors scattered around France and England get through the first 10 days after the attack. Which is what makes the 8-episode series now airing on EPIX so alarming, especially when watching from the confines of home in self-isolation during a very real global pandemic.