From W.HYY in Philadelphia, this is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Tanya Mosley. Today, actor Alfre Woodard.

She stars in a new Netflix sci-fi series, The Burroughs, from the creators of Stranger Things.

She plays a retired journalist living in a senior community where the residents are being preyed on by something otherworldly.

The Duffer Brothers have said,

The show exists because they couldn't understand why no one had made another cocoon.

Plus, TV critic David Bean Cooney has a review of the series.

Also, we hear from Rose Byrne, who starred in bridesmaids, neighbors,

and if I had legs, I'd kick you,

about a woman who's spiraling,

trying to care for her sick daughter

while her life is unraveling.

She really plays with the edge of consciousness, I think, in many ways,

and tapped into the monster within

and the fear of being a parent and the horror of being a parent.

That's coming up on Fresh Air Weekend.

This is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Tanya Mosley.

The Duffer Brothers, the team behind the Netflix series Stranger Things,

are back as executive producers of a new Netflix series.

This eight-part series is called The Burroughs, and it too is a show

about sinister forces, mysterious creatures, and a group of neighborhood misfits who emerge as heroes.

This new series was created by Jeffrey Addis and Will Matthews. Our TV critic David B.

and Cooley has seen the entire series and says

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