Episode 15

Alien Earth Finale

Tommy James and Big Money Eddie put on their hazmat suits and wade through the radioactive mess that was the Alien Earth finale. Spoiler alert: it sucked. From limp storytelling and cardboard “character arcs” to the ever-present fingerprints of corporate greed, our boys dissect how Hollywood once again proved it can milk a franchise until it’s bone-dry. Along the way, they chew over the role of horror in the Alien universe, gush (and gag) about the beauty of the xenomorph design.  In the end, the lesson is clear: if you’re a Hollywood writer, maybe stop writing like your audience has the memory span of a goldfish.

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Tommy Terlecki

Born in Brooklyn, NY, Tommy James has made it his life’s mission to watch every movie, good, bad, and aggressively confusing—and judge it accordingly. As Your Favorite Movie Therapist, he dishes out scathing but oddly comforting “prescriptions” to characters who desperately need therapy, all while leaving audiences laughing, cringing, and occasionally questioning their own life choices. When he’s not doling out advice, he’s compiling The List: a catalog of movies, and people so frustratingly awful that, inevitably, your name ends up on it. Armed with encyclopedic film knowledge, sharp wit, and The Smooth Effect, Tommy is the lovable, insufferable cinematic force you didn’t know you needed.