Published Jun 10, 2026, 11:52 AM EDT
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There are tons of underrated movies and shows out there that deserve way more attention than they’ve gotten since their debuts, and thanks to streaming, several have been given a second life to finally find the audience they truly deserve. Among these hidden gems is **Prime **Video’s 97% Rotten Tomatoes sci-fi animation, which became the streamer’s first adult-animated original series as well as its first to use rotoscoping.
Created by Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg, who also collaborated on Netflix’s hit series BoJack Horseman, Undone is that masterpiece that, despite being a major critical success, was largely underappreciated. The psychological drama premiered on September 13, 2019, and ended after two seasons on April 29, 2022. At its core, it delivers a deeply personal and intimate narrative that’s quite literally out of this world and anchored by an extraordinary cast.
Undone follows Alma Winograd-Diaz, a young woman whose life changes forever after a near-fatal car accident. The car accident occurs at the beginning of Season 1, and while recovering, Alma starts having visions of her late father, Jacob, who died when she was just a child. Jacob, who claims he wasn’t killed in an accident—he was murdered, convinces her that she can move through and alter time, and he wants her to travel back in the past and prevent his death.
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
Everything viewers see in Undone is filtered through Alma’s eyes. Because it is real to her, the show ensures it feels just as real to those watching. At the same time, as Jacob insists on Alma’s new abilities, her loved ones are deeply worried. There is a history of schizophrenia in Alma’s family, and from their perspective, her time travel looks exactly like a mental breakdown. But what makes Undone so profound is that, rather than labeling Alma’s experience as a mere medical condition, it embraces the complexity of her perspective.
Besides its unique storyline, Undone was created using a combination of live action motion capture and rotoscoping. Rotoscoping is a distinctive animation style in which animators trace over the performances of real actors and set them against beautiful, oil-painted backgrounds, serving a narrative purpose. The production companies involved with the series include The Tornante Company and animation companies Submarine and Minnow Mountain.
Topping all these is *Undone’*s brilliant cast. Rosa Salazar, whom you may remember from Alita: Battle Angel, leads as Alma, providing a perfect blend of cynical wit and deep-seated vulnerability. She also serves as co-producer, a dual role she held on Netflix’s horror series Brand New Cherry Flavor as well. Her onscreen father is portrayed by Bob Odenkirk, another major Hollywood player, with Daveed Diggs, Constance Marie, Angelique Cabral, and **Siddharth Dhananjay **rounding out the main cast.
**Critics approved of both seasons of Undone **upon their premieres, as indicated by their Rotten Tomatoes score. Season 1 holds an approval rating of 98% based on 57 reviews, with the consensus describing it as “a kaleidoscopic existential crisis” that “bends the rules of space, time, and rotoscoping to weave a beautifully surreal tapestry that is at once fantastical and utterly relatable.” Similarly, the comedy-drama’s sophomore season boasts a 96% Tomatometer rating based on 24 reviews, most of which applaud it as a perfect continuation of its first season. One review that stood out reads:
“All the things that made Season 1 so spectacular are present in Season 2: gorgeously surreal animation, stellar performances, and writing that is sharp, compassionate, and deeply personal.”
At this juncture, the similarities between Undone and Netflix’s Russian Doll need to be acknowledged. Both are centered on sharp-tongued women navigating family trauma, mental illness, and existential crises—a mirror that reflects our own struggles with family, identity, and the passage of time. Ultimately, Undone is far more than a technical experiment in animation; it is an intense exploration of what it means to be human in a world that often feels like it is pulling apart at the seams. By refusing to offer easy answers about Alma’s reality, the series invites us to sit within the same uncertainty, grief, and wonder that she does.
Undone is more than just a hidden gem on Prime Video; it is an underrated masterpiece that deserves way more love than it has received. The series transcends the typical boundaries of sci-fi, offering no easy answers, instead relying on a powerhouse cast to anchor a story that is as intellectually challenging as it is emotionally raw.
All episodes of Undone are streaming on Prime Video.
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