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

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 Gartin2:00 Chris is an Alien newbie, Ken’s seen it all6:15 Broad thoughts on Alien Earth so far12:30 Alien Earth plot overview as set-up19:30 Noah Hawley puts his stamp on iconic IP, does it work? 25:00 Performance of Sydney Chandler as Wendy29:30 Quibbles: plot armor and a Xenomorph problem37:00 Morrow is a badass, and the rest of main characters41:30 Where do we see Alien Earth going the rest of the season47:45 Smoke Finale opening thoughts: this show should be better-rated than it is52:15 Jurnee Smollett’s performance as Detective Calderone55:30 Calderone breaking bad1:00:00 This was a REALLY satisfying season finale1:09:45 What We’re Watching