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Two normies diving into the meaning of media and culture.
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Our thoughts on the relatively quiet Season 1 finale and the show overall.
The climax of the story and an expertly-executed flashback!
The "inciting incident" and "rising action" phase of this Hero's Journey (Hero's Tourney?) with a tantalizing cliffhanger enhanced by the return of the GoT theme music with the beautiful Dunk and Egg theme layered in.
We dive into the new HBO Game of Thrones-universe show "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms", covering the first two episodes.
Here's our immediate take on my first watch of Aaron's top movie for 2025. Taught pacing, great tension, instantly iconic villain, and a very prescient political and cultural backdrop.
Our combined best and worst movies and shows of 2025, along with surprises, let-downs, honorable mentions, and a long "still need to watch" list.
The finale episode of Pluribus season 1.
We cover a lot of ground over episodes 6, 7, and 8 heading into the finale this week!
Another nearly-solo performance from Rhea Seehorn in the first episode of the back-half of Season 1. As she learns more about the Joined, is it at the expense of her own personal growth in this situation?
Carol begins testing the Joined, seeking answers from Zosia but with unintended consequences. In our opinion, the best episode yet since the premiere!
"Join" us as we dig into the new Apple TV+ show from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul creator Vince Gilligan.
The 2010 sequel/reboot - also ahead of its time?
Sean's first viewing of TRON (1982) and Aaron's rewatch of the original and TRON: Legacy (2010) ahead of the release of TRON: Ares. We discuss how far ahead TRON was for it's time, but it's increasing relevance to today and the return of its now-vintage style.
Our thoughts on the final two episodes of Alien: Earth and the show overall.
We cover the first six episodes of Alien: Earth (Hulu/FX), including the two-part premiere, flashback episode 5, and finale set-up episode 6 when it all starts coming together.Alien Earth brings classic franchise elements like practical creature effects, body horror, cosmic dread, hubris, and "space marines" action, but the series also weaves in more timely themes like artificial intelligence/post-humanism and corporatism.Stay tuned for Part 2 covering the finale episodes.
We start a review of Apple TV's "The Studio", but get on a classic rabbit train about AI. Part 2 coming later!
The fourth and final season. Is this one of the best shows ever made?
We digest Aaron's recent binge of HBO's "Succession" heading into his viewing of the rest of the final season.
The Apple TV+ adaptation "Murderbot" is a springboard for our continued P(doom) discussion woven throughout our conversations any time AI comes up (which seems to happen a lot lately...). Mild spoilers for the first five episodes of Season 1.
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