There’s something about this series that draws you in, even if the guest is an artist you think you know everything about. It helps that Dan Rather is sitting in the interviewer’s chair. Not only is he full of insightful questions, but he shows a genuine interest for the people he’s chatting up—from Willie Nelson to Sammy Hagar to Oliver Stone. It also helps that the featured celebrities have all led interesting lives outside the limelight: Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates fame divulges his passion for restoring old homes; Linda Ronstadt opens up about having Parkinson’s disease.

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AMC’s ‘Nautilus’ Explores the Origins of Captain Nemo

Captain Namo is one of the most famous characters in all of sci-fi. Yet, while Jules Verne’s ill-fated explorer has starred in many adaptations, none has dived so deeply into Nemo’s origin story as AMC’s “Nautilus.”

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