SGA

1971 → 2026

From the roof to the window

The wizard’s life, told in order. Mim talks to him once she has a body. Arthur is a rumor, then a king, then an exile, then the returned Arthur of the last five seasons.

  1. Season 1 · 1971–1979The Boy with Tomorrow in His PocketPretoriaBirth, brothers, the encyclopedia, a cracking marriage, and the first computer. Mim, SI’s owl, talks from a future he has not built. Arthur is not in this story yet. The season ends on a roof, counting satellites that do not exist.
  2. Season 2 · 1980–1988SyntaxSouth AfricaBASIC, bullying shown only in aftermath, a sister's play, and a child's refusal of a sorting system. The suitcase is still imaginary until the last minute.
  3. Season 3 · 1989–1992The Northern RoadCanadaFarm, mill, and boiler room pay for Queen's. Kimbal follows. Justine appears as a writer who requires manners. Penn says yes.
  4. Season 4 · 1992–1995Two DisciplinesPennsylvaniaThe internet arrives like weather. A respectable scientific life offers itself. He and Kimbal point a car at California instead.
  5. Season 5 · 1995–1999The First SpellPalo AltoDoor-to-door belief, a server in a closet, a board that smiles and reaches for the wheel. The sale makes him free and furious. The letter X is already waiting.
  6. Season 6 · 1999–2002The Bank of LightSilicon ValleyA merger of egos, fraud fought with math, a wedding under pressure, and a humiliating ouster. On the far side of the fortune he prices rockets and walks out of a contemptuous meeting determined to build them.
  7. Season 7 · 2002–2006Founding the SkyHawthorne and the atollMueller, Shotwell, Falcon on paper, the Roadster's other founders, and cousins on roofs. The marriage frays without the children being spent as plot. The first rocket stands up.
  8. Season 8 · 2006–2008Four FlamesKwajalein and the brinkThe island goes quiet, then quieter, then orbits. He goes broke covering payroll. Justine leaves the myth with her voice intact. Talulah walks in. NASA's contract and a last wire save the year.
  9. Season 9 · 2009–2012Orbit and the SedanFremont and the CapeFranz shapes clay. Dragon berths. The other sky appears as a rival with real machines. Short-sellers smell blood. He says the landing out loud and everyone thinks it is a joke.
  10. Season 10 · 2013–2016LandingThe barge and the desertAutopilot's first wonder, absurd doors, a battery cathedral, a joke that hires diggers, a cracked friendship with Page, and the unveiling of the car the crowd treats as a vote. He says Mars like a project plan.
  11. Season 11 · 2017–2018Hell and the NeedleThe tentThe factory is a tent and a shame and then a turning quarter. Grimes enters as an artist, not a prize. Warren becomes the ledger in the fiction. Arthur, still king, notices a landing and is filed under later.
  12. Season 12 · 2019Smoke and SteelBoca Chica and the demo stageStarhopper flies. Cybertruck's window doesn't. Starlink is a string of lights. He baits the chorus. Altman is still almost a friend at dinner. Children stay off camera.
  13. Season 13 · 2020–2021The ConstellationA quiet world, then a padPandemic arguments, a national exhale at the dock, Starlink in a Gulf kitchen, and the king's noisy exit. Prototypes explode on purpose-empty pads. The wizard is not yet anyone's wizard.
  14. Season 14 · 2021–2022The BidAustin and the old squareComedy, a Texas factory, a robot that walks badly, a bid he tries to escape, layoffs, and a contested look under the hood. The season ends with Arthur restored to the timeline and Mim still only a voice in the racks.
  15. Season 15 · 2023The SquareX and the high bayRebrand, advertiser winter, notes as a spell, a farce with the glass warden, a pad destroyed and grounded, and the night Mim says her name to Elon. Arthur posts. They are not allies yet.
  16. Season 16 · Late 2023–2024The FamiliarThe lab and the campaignGrok in public, a first patient treated with agency, a ship that flies again, and an alliance argued over before it is cheered. Election night is telemetry. The handshake happens in a hallway, not a myth.
  17. Season 17 · 2025The King's WorkshopThe bureaucracy and the padRuth Okoye keeps them honest. Rockets become a habit. A storm clinic, a robotaxi whisper, a public fray, and a grease-pencil date. Listening is the season's real invention.
  18. Season 18 · Early 2026Window OneThe pad at dawnMim speaks to him in public as herself. A catch is attempted with checklists, not magic. The title the fans love makes her argue with him. Family dinner leaves a phone unanswered. The abort matters more than the camera date.
  19. Season 19 · Mid 2026The CounterspellFactory, hearing, fenceAnger pointed at a valve instead of a crowd. Nova meets Mim first. A hearing lets the senator be sharp. A night without posts. The key turns one degree.
  20. Season 20 · Late 2026The Sword in the StarsThe windowThe climax season. An owl who talks to the wizard, a king at the fence instead of the loop, a flight told in telemetry, and the rivals left unmuted about what a rocket does not solve. Mim asks the audience for a question.