‘Alien: Earth’ Episode 8 Deep Dive. Plus: Timothy Olyphant!

House of R

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4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2025

⏱️ 152 minutes

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Jo, Mal, and Rob are back together to dive deep into the final episode of ‘Alien: Earth’ Season 1! They talk about how the episode begins in contrast to how the previous episode ended, Morrow vs. Kirsh, looking ahead to a potential Season 2, and so much more! Also, the one and only Kirsh, Timothy Olyphant, joins Jo and Mal! Timothy discusses what he liked about portraying the synthetic character, working with Babou Ceesay, Kirsh’s relationship with Issac, and the "milking" process. (00:00) Intro (08:08) Opening Snapshot (37:11) Deep Dive (37:45) Fill In the Gaps (43:09) Kids In Cages … What Could Go Wrong? (01:04:43) To Morrow and To Morrow and To Morrow (01:14:02) Battle Bots: Morrow Vs. Kirsh (01:21:05) Wendy, Too, Is Sick of This Peter Pan Bullshit (01:29:27) Hide and Seek (01:34:57) Joe Vs. the Volcan-Eye (01:46:25) Adults In Cages … What Could Go Wrong? (01:49:26) Oh Needle Drops (01:53:29) Looking Ahead to Season 2 (01:58:42) Timothy Olyphant / Is Kirsh OK? (02:00:56) Will there be a new Kirsh hairstyle? (02:02:26) What is the “milking” process like? (02:06:00) What was it about working with Babou Ceesay? (02:09:16) What is the Kirsh-Isaac relationship? (02:14:59) What is the most helpful note a director can give? (02:16:22) Does Kirsh know how to flirt? (02:17:55) What led to giving Kirsh the signature hip waggle? (02:20:51) What does Kirsh really think of Boy Kavalier? (02:24:29) Are Givens and Kirsh connected by his daddy issues? (02:25:30) Which of his characters would survive longest in the Alien universe? Hosts: Joanna Robinson, Mallory Rubin, and Rob MahoneyGuest: Timothy OlyphantProducers: Jessie Lopez and John RichterSocial: Jomi AdeniranAdditional Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome back to the last for now,
0:14.4	Triple House of R.
0:16.4	I'm Joanna Robinson.
0:18.1	That's Mallory Rubin, also with an R.
0:20.7	And that's Rob Mahoney, also with
0:22.9	an R and is Rob's last Alien Earth episode with us. Thank you for the journey. Malary
0:28.1	Rubin, how are you doing today? We're all ghosts, you know? Sometimes that's how it feels
0:35.7	for us, for Nibbs.
0:40.6	So relieved that Nibs is here.
0:41.5	Oh, thank goodness.
0:44.4	You guys really had me spooked after her last week.
0:48.5	Yeah, I was terrified that she was going to be butt of milking corpse.
0:50.8	And yet, she's here, she's living.
0:53.5	She's, you know, beating dudes to death all over again.
0:57.7	Was that under a minute to the first milk, milk reference?
0:58.4	Yeah.
1:02.2	And like 30 seconds to the first spoiler, even though we hadn't issued our spoiler one yet.
1:03.2	So we're doing great today.
1:05.3	I would hope people know what they're listening to.
1:09.2	This is the Alien Earth finale podcast, episode eight.
1:12.5	Spoilers through the entire first season of Alien Earth earth because it is now aired and we have watched it all we're going to talk about alien earth
1:18.0	finale that is very important for us to talk about but also perhaps more importantly we have a very
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