Streaming on: Paramount+###Episodes viewed: 3 of 10###Though one of the unlikelier choices in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the requel treatment, a 21st-century update of Nicolas Roeg’s cult classic The Man Who Fell To Earth (itself an update of Walter Tevis’ 1963 novel) actually makes a lot of sense. The story of an alien crash-landing on Earth, on a mission to save their dying planet, is an allegory in/with regard to’concerning’regarding immigration and the human undergo that’s merely’barely grown more timely over the years. And it’s this contemporary resonance that reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue runners Alex Kurtzman (Star Trek: Discointensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully) and Jenny Lumet (Picard) unpack in this stylish, intriguing, occasionally unfocused ten-parter.###Chiwetel Ejioin/with regard to’concerning’regarding is on fine in/with regard to’concerning’regarding m here as Faraday, the titular extra-terrestrial who arrives on Earth naked, alone, and hoping to save his species. A soulful Naomie Harris in/with regard to’concerning’regarding ms the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue ’s emotional core opposite him as brilliant scientist Justin Falls, whose work on cold fusion could yet save Faraday’s (and her own) species. The fascinating dynamic between the pair — one childlike and wide-eyed to Earthly wonders and the other jaded by her daily struggles to feed her daughter (Annelle Olaleye) and care in/with regard to’concerning’regarding her ailing father (a twinkly-eyed Clarke Peters) — anchors the series through its turbulent opening.###The commitment to sensorily evoking Faraday’s discombobulation through extreme close-ups and immersive sound detoken holds toacquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure her the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue ’s otherwise disparate elements.###The reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue ’s combination of Resident Alien-style fish-out-of-water antics with more involving exertion s to create a contemporary analogue in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the American immigrant undergo leads to some unin/with regard to’concerning’regarding tunately jarring tonal shifts. To Kurtzman and Lumet’s credit, despite’in spite of’albeit , their commitment to sensorily evoking Faraday’s discombobulation through extreme close-ups and immersive sound detoken just with regards to’concerning’with respect to hold toacquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure her the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue ’s two otherwise disparate elements.###The introduction of Thomas Newton (in/with regard to’concerning’regarding merly David Bowie, here smartly recast asBill Nighy) as Faraday’s mentor helps things cohere, tangibly linking this series to its cinematic predecessor. Elsewhere, the presence of Jimmi Simpson’s fussy CIA agent Spencer Clay, and Sonya Cassidy and Rob Delaney’s warring Big-Tech siblings Edie and Hatch, help establish more than abundant’ample’plentiful mystery to make this one worth sticking with.