The coordinates given by Faraday (28.096169 N -95.047623 W) is in the Gulf of Mexico, south and a little east of Houston.
When the police intake officer says that he has adermatoglyphia, that means he has no fingerprints.
The font used for the series title is not Metal Lord, as asserted elsewhere.
It is actually Dokter Bryce, designed by Jonathan Hill. It is almost identical to Metal Lord and is based on the original typeface from the 1976 Nic Roeg movie of the same name.
No one seems to know who designed the original font. It was used prior to the 1976 film on various album covers, such as Visionary by Gordon Giltrap. It's possible that the original typeface was designed by Helmut Wenske (aka Chris Hyde).
The plot of the first episode has many similarities to the movie Starman (1984). For example, the spacecraft crashing in a remote area, the 'alien' (male) transforming into a more acceptable human form, the female helper/driver, the stilted language, the urgent need for a rendezvous in the remote western desert, the interaction with guns, and so on.