#250: Alien: Earth Episode 1-3 + "Smoke" Season Finale Spoilers (with Ken Gartin and Chris Reed) cover art

#250: Alien: Earth Episode 1-3 + "Smoke" Season Finale Spoilers (with Ken Gartin and Chris Reed)

#250: Alien: Earth Episode 1-3 + "Smoke" Season Finale Spoilers (with Ken Gartin and Chris Reed)

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 Ken Gartin makes his triumphant return to the Crossing Streams feed to lead our discussion of the brand-new FX series, "Alien: Earth". Chris Reed had NEVER watched any Alien content, so he's in for a spooky surprise! Later in the show, Craig and Chris go through the explosive finale of Smoke (on AppleTV+) and talk about how the show has gone under the radar of a lot of fans and reviewers.

SHOW NOTES


  • :30 Intro, welcome Ken Gartin
  • 2:00 Chris is an Alien newbie, Ken’s seen it all
  • 6:15 Broad thoughts on Alien Earth so far
  • 12:30 Alien Earth plot overview as set-up
  • 19:30 Noah Hawley puts his stamp on iconic IP, does it work?
  • 25:00 Performance of Sydney Chandler as Wendy
  • 29:30 Quibbles: plot armor and a Xenomorph problem
  • 37:00 Morrow is a badass, and the rest of main characters
  • 41:30 Where do we see Alien Earth going the rest of the season
  • 47:45 Smoke Finale opening thoughts: this show should be better-rated than it is
  • 52:15 Jurnee Smollett’s performance as Detective Calderone
  • 55:30 Calderone breaking bad
  • 1:00:00 This was a REALLY satisfying season finale
  • 1:09:45 What We’re Watching
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