The story of a brilliant pioneer of American rocketry in the 1930s and 40s, who is also secretly a disciple of occultist Aleister Crowley, performing sex magick rituals at night. Based on the book Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons by George Pendle, inspired by Parsons' real life story.
Show Details:
Start date: Jun 2018
End date: Jul 2019
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): CBS All Access (US)
Run time: 60 min
Episodes: 17 eps
Genre(s): Drama, Historical
End date: Jul 2019
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): CBS All Access (US)
Run time: 60 min
Episodes: 17 eps
Genre(s): Drama, Historical
Credits:
- Jack Reynor as Jack Parsons
- Bella Heathcote as Susan Parsons
- Rupert Friend as Ernest Donovan
- Elena Satine as Maggie Donovan
- Peter Mark Kendall as Richard Onsted
- Michael Gaston as Virgil Byrne
- Greg Wise as Alfred Miller
- Zack Pearlman as Samson Hunt
- Keye Chen as Gui Chiang
- Rade Serbedzija as Prof. Filip Mesulam
Episode list & details from:
TVmaze
| Episode # | Original Air Date |
Titles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | |||
| 1. | 1-1 | 14 Jun 18 | Augurs of Spring |
| 2. | 1-2 | 21 Jun 18 | Ritual of Abduction |
| 3. | 1-3 | 28 Jun 18 | Ritual of the Rival Tribes |
| 4. | 1-4 | 05 Jul 18 | The Sage |
| 5. | 1-5 | 12 Jul 18 | Dance of the Earth |
| 6. | 1-6 | 19 Jul 18 | The Mystic Circle of Young Girls |
| 7. | 1-7 | 26 Jul 18 | Glorification of the Chosen One |
| 8. | 1-8 | 02 Aug 18 | Evocation of the Elders |
| 9. | 1-9 | 09 Aug 18 | Sacrament of the Ancestors |
| 10. | 1-10 | 16 Aug 18 | The Sacrificial Dance |
| Season 2 | |||
| 11. | 2-1 | 13 Jun 19 | The Fool |
| 12. | 2-2 | 20 Jun 19 | The Magus |
| 13. | 2-3 | 27 Jun 19 | The Lovers |
| 14. | 2-4 | 04 Jul 19 | The Wheel of Fortune |
| 15. | 2-5 | 11 Jul 19 | The Hanged Man |
| 16. | 2-6 | 18 Jul 19 | The Tower |
| 17. | 2-7 | 25 Jul 19 | Aeon |
The book by George Pendle is available:
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Strange Angel (book)  |