is a historical drama series that aired on CBS All Access for two seasons between 2018 and 2019. Based on George Pendle’s biography, Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons , the show explores the "bizarre-but-true" intersection of early American rocketry and the occult in 1930s Los Angeles. Core Premise & Plot
The series follows (played by Jack Reynor), a brilliant but socially marginalized janitor at a chemical factory with a fixation on building rockets—a field then dismissed as science fiction. His life takes two drastic turns: Strange Angel (2018–)
Critics described the show as a "beautiful slow burn" with high production value. It currently holds a 71% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes and a 58 on Metacritic . is a historical drama series that aired on
as Susan Parsons, Jack's wife who eventually joins him in his esoteric pursuits. Angus Macfadyen as Aleister Crowley. Reception and Cancellation His life takes two drastic turns: Critics described
as Ernest Donovan, the neighbor who introduces Jack to the occult.