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The Mothership: Why we still love Tom Cruise

Kelly Lawler
USA TODAY
Tom Cruise in 'Top Gun,' 'Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation,' 'Tropic Thunder' and 'Edge of Tomorrow.'

He may be on an impossible mission for the fifth time, but that doesn't mean we're anywhere close to getting sick of Tom Cruise.

In this week's episode of The Mothership podcast, USA TODAY's Kelly Lawler (@klawls), Brett Molina (@brettmolina23) and Carly Mallenbaum (@ThatGirlCarly) discuss the evolution of the star (or perhaps, superstar), from the Maverick he was in Top Gun to the kind-of-a-jerk he played in last year's Edge of Tomorrow.

For our Nerd Alert segment we discuss news about Marvel's upcoming Netflix show Jessica Jones, which comes after the much-loved Daredevil hit the streaming site in March.

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