1895-975X Anthropocentric Landscape and Soundscape in Cli-Fi Extrapolations TV Series Barzegar Ebrahim author Correspondence to: Ebrahim Barzegar 02 12 2025 Numer 3 (65) 2025 352 369 Copyright © 2025 2025 This paper aims to explore the detrimental consequences of anthropocentric perspectives on the environment as portrayed in the television series <em>Extrapolations</em>. Comprising eight interlinked episodes and featuring an ensemble cast, Apple TV’s 2023 production Extrapolations is set in a near-future dystopian Earth grappling with the consequences of ecological collapse. Grounded in the theoretical framework of the ecological turn, particularly Timothy Mortonʼs concept of hyperobjects, it investigates the interconnectedness of capitalism, global warming, and their destructive impacts on both human and non-human life. Through close analysis of selected episodes ‒ depicting wildfires, animal extinctions, and flooding ‒ these phenomena are examined as hyperobjects produced by capitalism that contribute to the degradation of marine ecosystems and disrupt interspecies relationality. Furthermore, drawing on Donna Haraway’s concept of becoming-with, the paper explores narrative connections between a human mother and a whale, emphasizing feminism, agency, and motherhood in the development of kinship between humans and non-humans. 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