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The Worst Episodes of Solar System

Every episode of Solar System ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Solar System!

Worst episode
S1E1 Volcano Worlds
8.3151 votes
Best episode
S1E2 Dark Worlds
8.6140 votes
Top season
Season 1
8.4avg
Binge time
4h 51m
5 episodes

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Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Solar System Season 1 Episode 1 - Volcano Worlds
    8.3/10(151 votes)
    S1:E1

    Professor Brian Cox explores planets and moons covered in volcanoes. He encounters alien landscapes bursting with fire and ice - eruptions so violent they reach into space.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Solar System Season 1 Episode 3 - Storm Worlds
    8.3/10(121 votes)
    S1:E3

    Professor Brian Cox explores the solar system's wildest weather, encountering powerful lightning, strange metallic frosts and monsoon rains on a moon a billion kilometres from Earth.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Solar System Season 1 Episode 4 - Ice Worlds
    8.4/10(118 votes)
    S1:E4

    Professor Brian Cox explores the solar system's ice giants, frozen moons and worlds where ice behaves in unimaginable ways.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Solar System Season 1 Episode 5 - Strange Worlds
    8.4/10(122 votes)
    S1:E5

    Professor Brian Cox explores the solar system's misfits and oddballs and investigates the forces that sculpted the bizarre features on these strange worlds.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Solar System Season 1 Episode 2 - Dark Worlds
    8.6/10(140 votes)
    S1:E2

    Professor Brian Cox explores the solar system's hidden realms, between and beyond the planets, where countless worlds lie hiding in the darkness.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Volcano Worlds" is the worst rated episode of Solar System. It scored 8.3/10 from 151 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on October 7, 2024.

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