Welcome to Earth: Season 1

2021 · 6 episodes · ★ 8.5

What Season 1 of Welcome to Earth

Will Smith travels to some of the most remote places on the planet alongside explorers from National Geographic. The expeditions take him to isolated Pacific islands and the Namib Desert, areas with very little human presence. Smith observes each environment as if seeing it for the first time, while the explorers accompany him on the ground. The episodes showcase an active volcano, a dive to a depth of a thousand meters, the Serengeti migration, and the rapids of Iceland. His fear of nature is also put to the test in those rapids. Disney+ streams the show, which focuses on these landscapes and the actor's reactions to them.

6episodes

Dec 8, 2021Released

3.9 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 The Silent Roar
Dec 8, 2021 · 44 min
On a remote island in the Pacific, Will Smith descends into the heart of an active volcano to investigate sounds beyond human hearing. Will discovers that everything on our planet creates its own unique sound—even if we can’t always hear it.
Starring: Erik Weihenmayer
1x02 Descent into Darkness
Dec 8, 2021 · 39 min
In a deep-water submersible, Will Smith descends 3,300 feet to the bottom of the ocean, where even fewer people have gone than outer space. Along the way down, Will and explorer Diva Amon investigate how color is used in the natural world.
1x03 Mind of the Swarm
Dec 8, 2021 · 40 min
Thirty years ago, Will Smith was mesmerized by a photo of the incredible wildebeest migration across the Serengeti in a National Geographic magazine. Now he visits those same wildebeests and discovers an amazing survival strategy.
1x04 Power of Scent
Dec 8, 2021 · 37 min
On the trail of tiger sharks in the Pacific, Will explores the power of smell. For humans, the sense of smell triggers deep memories and emotions, but it has an even more vital function in the animal world.
1x05 Speed of Life
Dec 8, 2021 · 36 min
Will explores the Namibia Desert, where both the landscape and time seem to have stood still for over 50 million years. Will discovers that humans can only see a small sliver of what’s moving around us because everything on the planet is happening either too fast or too slow for us to perceive.
1x06 Beyond Fear Season Finale
Dec 8, 2021 · 36 min
For Will’s final journey, an ultimate challenge. He and polar explorer Dwayne Fields are dropped by helicopter in the middle of an Icelandic glacier.
Starring: Dwayne Fields