The Denouement Podcast

We're talking about the hilarious and thought provoking BBC iPlayer comedy CHEATERS . The story of two South London couples, living on the same street, whose lives are tunred upside down by infidelity.  What starts off as a sharp zinger of a sitcom evolves into a thoughtful and well-observed show about relationships and sexuality. Plus, it's very, very funny. The episodes are super short...

For our first episode of season two of The Denouement, Josh and Mpona are discussing a biggie: the final episode of season one of The Leftovers on HBO and Now.   Three years after an unexplained phenomenon called "the sudden departure" where 2% of the world's population vanished into thin air, the town of Mapleton, New York, and their beleaguered police chief, Kevin Garvey, struggle...

We're back, baby! Josh and Mpona are back on the mics, discecting the final episodes of a few recent television series we think more people should be talking about. This time, we're giving you a little heads up in case you want to watch along with us. The first five shows we will be watching are: The Leftovers (S1) - Now/Sky/HBO Cheaters (S1&2) - BBC iPlayer The Crow Girl - Paramount...

Ahead of season 3 (which we both script edited!) coming out in the UK on the BBC , next week - Tuesday 1st October - here is our definitive recap of seasons 1 & 2 and a deep dive on the final episode, Jerusalem . We will get into: 🏙️ Industy’s distinctive sound and look 🔁 our heroes’ destructive cycles and can they ever break them 👩‍💼Mpona’s defence of “Bad B” Harper Stern 💦 “nasty” sex 💵...

This week Josh and Mpona are joined by special guest, Development Editor extraordinaire Will Roach. We're discussing the final episode of series two of IN MY SKIN on the BBC. Following Bethan, a 17-year old living in South Wales with a bi-polar mother and an abusive father, she does everything she can to seem normal to her friends and teachers - but can she keep the facade up forever? It’s se...

This week on The Denouement Podcast, Josh and Mpona are looking at the final episode of GIRI/HAJI on Netflix. On the one hand it’s a story about the Yakuza v London gangsters, gun battles and shady detectives. But it’s also about duty, shame, and the melancholy of the big city. We get into how best to tell women’s stories in a masculine narrative, climactic structuring of a good finale, the joy or...

Running a functioning democratic society is difficult at the best of times - even tougher if you’re seventeen. This week on The Denouement , Josh and Mpona are taking a trip to the town of New Ham to discuss the final episode of series one of The Society on Netflix.  If you’ve not seen it, imagine a cross between The Lord of the Flies , The Leftovers and Gossip Girl . We will be talking about why...

Is justice blind? And what if the defendant is a really annoying spoilt brat? Can the truth prevail? This week, script editors Josh and Mpona discuss the final episode of SHOWTRIAL series 1 on the BBC. Starring Celine Buckens as Talitha, the privileged student on trial for the murder of her classmate, and Tracy Ifeachor as Cleo, her cool duty lawyer, this show looks in detail at the processes and...

What’s riskier, espionage or marriage? This week, Mpona and Josh discuss MR & MRS SMITH on Prime Video. Starring Donald Glover and Maya Erskine, this series is (kinda) based on the 2005 Brangelina movie. John and Jane Smith are two lonely strangers, placed in an arranged marriage and tasked with high-risk missions by a mysterious entity known only as “hihi”. We will discuss how the final episo...

This week, script editors Mpona and Josh discuss the final episode of TRUELOVE on Channel 4. If someone you cared about asked you to help them end their life, could you do it? This brilliantly written and dazzlingly cast drama follows five friends in their 70s who make an assisted suicide pact. But this intended act of kindness is murder in the eyes of the law. How far will ex-detective Phil and e...

This week, script editors Josh and Mpona review the last episode of series one of Black Cake on Disney+. **CONTAINS SPOILERS** Black Cake delves into the hidden history of Eleanor Bennett (a.k.a. Covey Brown) as told by a series of post-humous voice recording playing out to her adult children. This show is a celebration of family, culture, inheritance, and the spectrum of Caribbean experience thro...