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Even decades after it originally aired, Carl Sagan's Cosmos remains a landmark achievement whose brilliance still dazzles. Apart from being instructive and entertaining, it excites the audience's curiosity and instils the viewers with a sense of wonder about the natural world.

In 13 episodes, Sagan embarks on an adventure spanning enormous distances and immense timescales as he traverses the solar system, neighbouring stars and the galaxies beyond. He explores the origins and development of astronomy as a science and highlights the salient contributions of many pioneers over the last three millennia. Even more impressively, the narrative is not restricted solely to astronomy for he often draws on learnings from the natural sciences, history, philosophy, and sociology. Both real satellite images and CGI reconstructions (that hold up well to this day) are used to illustrate the rich detail of the universe. And the attempt to update some of the presented content with "10 Years Later" segments is an aspect that deserves appreciation.

My only complaints lie with the flow and pacing - the transitions between scenes and the connectivity between episodes could have been better. Additionally, some segments like the evolution timeline are repeated many times with little added information being given. Other minor gripes of mine include the music overpowering the narration on occasion and the nuclear non-proliferation advocacy becoming a touch repetitive.

But these slight critiques do not in any way, shape, or form, impair my love for this documentary series. It will forever be one of my go-to recommendations for those who are entranced by the heavens, dream of life in the vast unknown, and love the spirit of scientific inquiry.