One of the stars of House of the Dragon stars in another 10/10 series, but this one is a post-apocalyptic adventure available on Netflix. House of the Dragon season 3 returned in June 2026, marking four years since the show began, and in that long stretch, many members of the cast have gone ahead and dabbled in other productions.

Fabian Frankel played a Philly cop in Task, Milly Alcock is Supergirl, and Ewan Mitchell found a director who loves him in Emerald Fennell. The veterans in the cast have not been sitting on their hands either. Take Sonoya Mizuno, who plays Mysaria, the “White Worm”, in all three seasons of House of the Dragon.

Mysaria’s influence has grown each season, and so too has Mizuno’s screen time. Book readers know that this is just the start for her character. Mizunio came to attention with her role as Kyoko in Alex Garland’s Ex Machina, later cameoing and starring in a few of his later projects. It’s her 2024 voice role in Terminator Zero, however, that goes too overlooked.

Terminator Zero is an animated series for Netflix set within the Terminator movie and TV franchise universe. Set in 1997 Tokyo, Malcolm Lee (Yūya Uchida (Japanese); André Holland (English)) develops an AI to compete with Skynet. The day before the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Malcolm and his family encounter a robot assassin from the future sent to kill them.

Mizuno voices Eiko in the English dub (Toa Yukinari provides the voice in the Japanese version). Eiko is a soldier sent from 2022, tasked to protect Malcolm and his three children and destroy Malcolm’s AI creation while she’s at it. Mizuno joins a long line of time-traveling saviors in the Terminator franchise, and she makes a good case for a high ranking on that list.

Terminator Zero Is The Best Entry In The Franchise Since Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Terminator Zero is one of the best entries in the Terminator franchise, which includes six movies, two TV shows, web series, books, video games, and more. It’s probably the best thing to come out of the franchise since Terminator 2: Judgment Day back in 1991, though, to be fair, that’s partially due to the quality of what’s come since rather than solely the strengths of the Netflix show.

The project is Mattson Tomlin’s first foray into television, and only his second time at the helm of a TV or movie project. His first came as director of the 2021 post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller, Mother/Android, which had the visuals down but stuttered in the storytelling department.

His other writing credits include Matt Reeves’ Batman movies and The Sea Beast, all strongly written stories, and Tomlin brings his grasp of narrative to Terminator Zero. Wisely, Tomlin forgoes a lot of the Terminator mythos and scaffolding, choosing to tell his own story set within Cameron’s world.

This allows Terminator Zero to surprise and delight in ways the franchise has been unable to for years. Eiko and Malcolm make for an excellent pairing and are great stewards of the franchise. You easily become invested in their journey together and how, at times, their goals diverge despite their efforts to aid one another.

The art in Terminator Zero is beautiful as well, with stark colors and sharp lines; the series quickly envelops you in the world. The animation may be even better, with characters moving around one another elegantly and battle scenes having their own beauty. It’s just a shame that there won’t be a second season.