By day, Parsons co-founds what would eventually become the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) , conducting dangerous experiments with a group known as the "suicide squad".
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 Strange Angel (2018–)
as Ernest Donovan, the neighbor who introduces Jack to the occult. By day, Parsons co-founds what would eventually become
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: Core Premise & Plot as Ernest Donovan, the
The series was officially canceled on November 26, 2019. Despite leaving many narrative threads unresolved, the show remains a unique study of a man who bridged the gap between hard science and mysticism.