‘Unstable’ Is a Futurist Comedy

Within the new Netflix comedy Unstable, Rob Lowe stars as a frivolously fictionalized alternate model of himself. Moderately than a wildly profitable, Earth-stoppingly charismatic Holly‑wooden star, Ellis Dragon is a wildly profitable, Earth-stoppingly charismatic Silicon Valley scientist. He runs a biotech lab that is working to save lots of the world by, amongst different issues, rising low cost alternative human organs and creating a carbon-capture process that may flip greenhouse gasses into cement.

The startup’s future is in danger as Dragon spirals into mental-breakdown territory following the loss of life of his spouse. In a last-ditch effort to revive him to sanity and get the corporate again on observe, his chief of employees secures the reluctant assist of Dragon’s son (performed by Lowe’s real-life son), who traded a promising profession in science for work as a kids’s flute teacher in an ill-fated effort to outrun his father’s superstar.

The psychological well being angle might sound heavy, however the present’s vibe is playful and heartwarming. With a plot that includes geoengineering, futurism, and the potential for entrepreneurial eccentrics to alter historical past for the higher, there’s a lot right here to smile about.