Two timelines proved to be pointless. I would've much rather watched a show about Darby and Bill backpacking across America solving cases than it being a backdrop for a lackluster murder mystery. Corrin's so wooden in the present timeline (a complete 180 from the past) that you begin to wonder if there's something larger at play. Something, anything, to save this nearly nonexistent plot. Alas, it appears to be nothing more than a note from the director. Nothing new or insightful is offered in the messaging. It tugs at something interesting with the "algorithms are reflections of societal ills" bit, but there's just so much to juggle that it becomes an afterthought. Ultimately, we're left with AI? Scary! Billionaires? Bad! Climate change? It's happening, I guess. Well, damn did you like anything about it? I did actually. Bill and Darby's love story was not only beautifully written but my god the performances we got out of it? Brit does well as a mother with her back against the wall. Hats off to Alice Braga and Joan Chen as well. AI, tech billionaires, and a drinking game involving the word "hack". A Murder at the End of the World shoots for the stars (in an attempt to colonize Mars because of an impending climate disaster) but instead lands in the desolate fields of mediocrity.