“You know that pleasant older couple across the street, who mostly keep to themselves? What if they had a portal to another planet in their backyard?
“That’s the out-there premise of “Night Sky,” an Amazon series that combines science fiction and mystery with that rarest of commodities — a touching love story involving an old married couple — in an intriguing if plodding format.
“Said couple benefits enormously from being played by Sissy Spacek and especially J.K. Simmons, whose characters, Irene and Franklyn York, experienced a devastating personal loss in the past that still scars them.
“They take some solace from disappearing into the shed out back and gazing out at an alien landscape, whose existence remains a closely guarded secret.”
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