Sci Fi Fidelity

On the April edition of our podcast, we starts off with a discussion topic suggested by one of our listeners that took us down the rabbit hole of medium-mixing episodes where shows experimented with animation, parody, and the ever-popular musical episode.

The show discussion begins with a look at Jessica Jones season 2, which dropped on Netflix on March 8, 2018, and how it has changed in tone somewhat from its first season. Then we dive into the premiere episode of ABC's time travel drama, The Crossing, which just began its run on April 2, 2018.

Our interview this month is with Aaron Pierre, who plays the enigmatic character of Dev-Em on Syfy's new Superman prequel, Krypton.

Timecodes: Medium Mixing Episodes - 1:59 Jessica Jones - 20:15 The Crossing - 39:07 Krypton Interview - 56:08

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This month, we take on the varied world of shows that continued on without one or more principal characters. It was a difficult task to find just the right "success" stories (relatively speaking), but once we found our candidates, some interesting differences appeared.

Our show topics this month include two new shows. The first is Hard Sun, a UK import from BBC One that's airing on Hulu here in the states. Is it really sci-fi? The other is Stargate Origins, an exploratory web series that MGM has released on its new Stargate Command service. Is this the right approach to reviving the franchise?

Lastly, Nazanin Boniadi speaks to us about her Counterpart character, Clare, who took a surprising turn in the latest episode of this Starz series.

Timecodes: Shows Missing Principal Character - 3:00 Hard Sun - 17:07 Stargate Origins - 32:43 Counterpart Interview - 57:31

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In honor of the start of The Magicians season 3 and the recent Charmed reboot cast announcements, this month's discussion topic is our favorite spellcasters on television, and we discover that they're not exclusive to fantasy shows!

Our show topics this month include Altered Carbon, which had its 10-episode first season released to great acclaim on Netflix on February 2, 2018, and Counterpart, which also kicked off its first season on Starz to favorable critical response on January 21, 2018.

Katherine Ramdeen also spoke to us about her character Alex and the backdoor pilot for Wayward Sisters which aired as part of Supernatural's thirteenth season on January 18, 2018.

Timecodes: Spellcasters - 2:25 Altered Carbon - 19:56 Counterpart - 35:21 Supernatural Interview - 53:51

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American television hasn't cornered the market on good sci-fi, but some networks (particularly Netflix) have been very savvy about rebroadcasting and reinventing the best from overseas and up north. We talk about six imports and reboots that are worth your time.

Our show topics this month, in fact, are a couple of imports, both featuring very innovative time travel themes. The first is Dark on Netflix, which released its first season on December 1, and the other is Travelers season 2, which dropped on Netflix as well on December 23.

The cherry on top of this month's podcast is our full interview with William B. Davis of The X-Files, which just began its 11th season on January 3 on FOX. He shares his experiences playing the iconic role of Cigarette Smoking Man on the show.

Timecodes: US Imports & Reboots - 2:10 Dark season 1 on Netflix - 16:30 Travelers season 2 on Netflix - 35:35 The X-Files interview - 56:28

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We'll be sharing our full interview with William B. Davis, who plays the iconic cigarette-smoking villain on The X-Files, in our January podcast, coming soon, but since the season 11 premiere is January 3, we simply had to preview our discussion in the lead-up to the exciting return of The X-Files reboot.

We chose the juiciest five minutes from Davis' discussion of the new season and where his character may be headed in The X-Files season 11. Tune in to our next podcast for more details about this history of the character and Davis' journey as an actor.

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Christian Kane joins the podcast to talk about The Librarians season 4 and an episode coming on January 3, 2018 in particular in which he plays a pivotal role. Kaniacs will no doubt enjoy the installment which features a team-building retreat that simply can't be missed.

Kane also talks a bit about his time on Angel and Leverage as well as some upcoming projects. You can see Kane in The Librarians each Wednesday at 8pm ET on TNT.

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Since Mike and Dave chose two Marvel shows to talk about this month, they decided to make their discussion topic about TV shows featuring superpowered groups that were not based on comics, of which there were surprisingly quite a few. They also share some listener choices in the category.

Show topics in December include Marvel's Runaways, which began on November 21 and is now halfway through its first season on Hulu, and Marvel's Agents of SHIELD, which just began its fifth season on December 1 on ABC.

Dave spoke with Lindy Booth in our interview segment; she plays Cassandra Cillian on TNT's The Librarians, which begins its fourth season on December 13.

Timecodes: Non-Comics Superheroes - 2:41 Runaways - 17:16 Agents of SHIELD - 38:44 The Librarians Interview - 55:27

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Sometimes the antagonist of a show is just as enjoyable as the hero, and this month we share some of the villains we love even though we're not supposed to. Our listeners get in on the game as well and share some of their favorites.

Our show topics this month include season 1 of The Gifted on FOX, which is over halfway through its 10-episode run, and Stranger Things season 2, which released its nine episodes on Netflix on October 27.

We preview the time travel comedy Future Man, 13 episodes of which Hulu will share on November 14, by talking to Emmy Award-winning producer and showrunner, Ben Karlin, in our interview segment.

Timecodes: Likable Villains - 1:47 The Gifted - 15:48 Stranger Things - 36:55 Future Man - 57:55

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This month's discussion kicks off with our list of genre characters who we think deserve their own shows. We select from a host of diverse shows, from Orphan Black to Iron Fist, and solicit audience opinions on whom they'd pick for a spinoff.

Show topics this month include Star Trek: Discovery, which began with no small amount of controversy on CBS All Access on September 24, 2017, and The Good Place, which premiered its second season on NBC on September 20, 2017.

Our interview segment is with none other that Dirk Gently himself, Samuel Barnett of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, who previews the second season coming to BBC America on October 14, 2017.

Timecodes: Spinoff Characters - 2:21 Star Trek: Discovery - 13:50 The Good Place - 34:19 Dirk Gently Interview - 49:02

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