Strange Angel

About Strange Angel

The story of the mysterious and brilliant Jack Parsons in 1940s Los Angeles as by day he helps birth the discipline of American rocketry and by night is a performer of sex magick rituals and a disciple to occultist Aleister Crowley.

Strange Angel is a mystery, science fiction, and fantasy series created by Mark Heyman made for CBS All Access. Its 2 seasons and 17 episodes were broadcast from June 2018 to July 2019. That is around 9 episodes a season.

Jack Reynor leads the cast as Jack Parsons, Rupert Friend as Ernest Donovan, Peter Mark Kendall as Richard Onstead, and Michael Gaston as Virgil Byrne. It was produced by Scott Free Productions. It is adapted from real events.

Shelv files it under drugs, 1940s, scientist, and 1930s. American members can watch it on Paramount+ Amazon Channel and Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel.

Brideshead Revisited, The Pacific, and Monster: The Ed Gein Story make useful companions to Strange Angel, all filed under period drama. It scores 6.6 out of 10 from 52 TMDB voters and it carries a TV-MA rating.