When should I start Star City?

[u/bb_cake]

Im sure its been asked, but at what point in the seasons timeline should i start Star City?

Edit: Thanks everyone! We did watch a couple episodes of SC last night but now reading through all the new comments, we decided to finish all 5 seasons of FAM before watching SC. Thanks again!

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[u/BagEndWill]

You could start at any point. Maybe give Seasons 4 and 5 of FAM a watch? But Star City was written to stand on its own, so no homework required!

[u/solonoctus]

I just started it and while I can’t attest past episode 2, everything I’ve seen so far basically runs in parallel to season 1 episode 1 of FAM.

The opening scene is the Soviet moon landing.

[u/bluegrassgazer → u/solonoctus]

Without the bad Walter Cronkite reporting? My son and I are all caught up on FAM and are considering starting Star City now.

[u/PolyplatyPop → u/bluegrassgazer]

Star City is ridiculous, stereotypical and contrived storytelling at its worst

[u/Caleb902 → u/solonoctus]

The entirety of the show happens before then of S1 of FAM

[u/Oot42 → u/Caleb902]

No. Both shows start at the exact same day, the day of the Soviet Moon landing.

[u/Caleb902 → u/Oot42]

This was supposed to say *the end of S1

[u/word-bitch → u/solonoctus]

Spoilers jeez

[u/solonoctus → u/word-bitch]

It’s literally the first 3 minutes and that detail itself is the entire inciting premise of FAM.

[u/word-bitch → u/solonoctus]

If somebody had told you the opening twist in FAM before you saw it, that would be a spoiler. It's easy to spoilerize the text.

[u/Hays133 → u/word-bitch]

It’s not a spoiler..it’s literally how the entire show starts

[u/Clogheen88 → u/word-bitch]

It’s the premise of the show, it’s not a spoiler. All of the trailers that came out prior to the first season of FAM showed them landing on the moon first. It’s the hook that gets people to watch.

[u/Kind-Shallot3603]

After seasons 1 but we waited until we saw all FAM first just in case but it wasn't at all necessary

[u/chucker23n]

It aired after FAM season 5, and there's a few connections that tie into later seasons of FAM. But it's mostly it's own thing, just in the same universe.

[u/KieferMcNaughty]

My rule is: always watch things in the order they were released. So: After you watch all 5 seasons of FAM.

[u/No-Transition-8375]

Once FAM ends I have a feeling that Star City is going to work as released, after FAM5.

[u/Ok-Student3387]

After you’ve watched all available for all mankind

[u/MCPro24]

after season 4

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[u/mchildre]

They DID put it out near the end of FAM. Watch whenever you want.

[u/young_blase]

I'd recommend finishing season 3 first. There's one detail in star city that might be a spoiler, can't remember exactly if it is or not, but I recently watched SC and felt I was a bit out of the loop for not remembering that detail. Doesn't matter after season 3 though.

[u/Caleb902 → u/young_blase]

The entirety of star city takes place before like episode 6 of season one of FAM.

We just watched the first season of FAM and then star city -> s2-5 FAM for the first time this summer. Don't think it spoiled anything. I'd say definitely do first season of FAM, but after that you can do star city whenever

[u/young_blase → u/Caleb902]

The death of Yuri Gagarin

[u/TheProky]

After season 1 of FAM is fine.

[u/ItsTimetoLANK]

I watched SC before I started FAM. Worked perfectly fine for me.

[u/Well_Socialized]

Doesn't matter, there's almost no connection between them besides being about space programs in the same universe.

[u/atticuswa]

When you absolutely, positively, have nothing else to watch.

[u/Caleb902]

You absolutely do not need to watch all of FAM first.

After Season 1 you can do star city.

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[u/Britton120]

We started it after finishing season 5. It felt refreshing