The acclaimed film director Steven Soderbergh and the writer Kurt Andersen got together at the former’s house in Omaha, Nebraska, to workshop a project. They wanted to create a series that served as a necessary wake-up call but was still entertaining. Enter Command Z. Starring Michael Cera and Roy Wood Jr., the show imagines futuristic extensions of issues stirring today, from corporate greed and political corruption to climate change and the rise of artificial intelligence. The resulting eight episodes are admittedly haunting, but thankfully, as Soderbergh and Andersen intended, Command Z remains humorous. —Jack Sullivan