Strange Highways

This week Terry and Paul head back to 2002 with our large CD towers and dial up internet to start their journey with UPN's lone season of the Twilight Zone.  First up, a story about a young rebellious lady who's parents have decided to move their family to a gated community in hopes that she will finally straighten up and follow the rules.  She will soon lean that Evergreen Estates has a unique wa...

This week we bring Ghost Boi Summer™ to a close with 2001's Session 9 with special guest Sammael Numine of the At the Devil's Ball Podcast . A small crew of hazardous waste material removers have one week to clean out a decommissioned mental health hospital. As pressure mounts to get the work done, tempers flare and the dark history of the facility starts to affect them in different ways... 

Ghost Boi Summer™ continues as Terry and Paul look at Guillermo del Toro's 2001 one film, The Devil's Backbone. The shadow of the Spanish Civil war looms ever closer to a small orphanage that is struggling with its own conflicts. An undetonated bomb and the recent disappearance of a child hint at more sinister things to come... 

Ghost Boi Summer™ continues on as Terry and Paul talk about 1980's The Changeling. A tragedy brings John Russell west as he seeks to bury himself in his work. His refuge is short lived as the house he moved into has other plans for him... 

This week Terry and Paul kick off Ghost Boi Summer™ with a look at 1985's House. Novelist Roger Cobb finds himself back in his childhood home after the passing of his aunt. She always believed the house to be haunted and now Roger is starting to think so too...   

This week Terry and Paul are joined by Sammael Numine of At The Devil's Ball podcast to talk about the 6th and final episode of Black Mirror's 7th season, USS Callister: Into Infinity. The USS Callister may have escaped Space Fleet, but can it survive the 30 million player based Infinity... 

This week we take a look at Black Mirror Season 7 Episode 5, Eulogy. Phillip has learned that someone he knew from his past has recently passed away. With the aid of the Eulogy system, he has been asked to recall some memories of the deceased, which opens up old wounds and maybe will heal others... 

This week we take a look at Black Mirror Season 7 Episode 4, Plaything. An eccentric man that has never committed a crime is connected to an unsolved murder. While questioning him, he reveals that he has been the protector of a unique digital lifeform that keeps evolving...

This week Terry and Paul visit the Hotel Reverie in the third episode of season 7 of Black Mirror. When a famous actor is given the chance to be a literal part of movie history, they jump at the opportunity. Things take a turn when the film starts going off script... 

This week Terry and Paul visit the snack company Ditta and taste test the second episode of Black Mirror season 7, Bete Noir. Maria is a rising star in the company and everything is looking up when an old classmate of hers from high school re-enters her life and things stop making sense.. 

This week Terry and Paul kick off their full review of season 7 of Black Mirror by picking each others' brains about 'Common People.' No subscription required to listen to this episode. For now...

This week Terry and Paul are joined once again by Richard as we take a look back on season 3 and the 80's series overall. We talk about what made season 3 different than the previous two and then go over our Bottom 5, Middlin'/Frustrating 5, and Top 5 episodes of season 3. 

Season and Series Finale! This week Terry and Paul go to future and meet Mr. Darius Stephens, an elderly business man who has purchased many replaced body parts, including his brain, to prolong his life. While being challenged by his son during a corporate takeover, Darius starts to shows signs that maybe the technology isn't working as intended... 

This week Terry and Paul enter the home of Mr. John Selig, a seemingly regular man living a regular life. That changes when he discovers that his every moment is being broadcast live to thousands of subscribers...

This week Terry and Paul do everything in their power to not talk about Crazy as a Soup Sandwich. Terry takes a Twilight Zone quiz and Paul generates fake episode plots that are all better than this one. 

This week Terry and Paul head to a dive bar and meet Mr. Jack Haines, a man about to commit a violent act in the name of love. While waiting for the right moment to do so, a blind guitar player starts singing a song that feels oddly specific to Jack...

This week Terry and Paul end up in hospital and meet Mrs. Claire Hendricks, a jaded nurse who has a difficult time being empathetic to those who are in need. When a sudden and unexplained outbreak of people becoming blind starts to occur, Claire is forced to look inward as those around her are losing their sight... 

This week Terry and Paul go to a funeral just for the fancy finger sandwiches and meet Mrs. Barbara LeMay, a widower who is obsessed with death. She has pushed what little family she has left away because she thinks that death will come for her any time now. Death does show up, just not for her...  

This week Terry and Paul wander into the world's smallest drug store and meet Andrea, a quiet and shy woman who finds an escape in romance novels. While hoping one day for a love like those in the pages she reads, a mysterious figure enters her house... 

This week Terry and Paul end up in a science basement and meet Major Alex McAndrews, an accomplished and decorated test pilot that has spent his whole life serving his country, unquestioned. When he is tasked with traveling through a glowing hole between worlds, he starts to have doubts that he is doing the right thing by just following orders...

This week Terry, Paul, and guest Mary take a box of junk to the pawn shop and meet Mr. Simon Foster, who is unemployed and the rent is due. Simon gets an offer that will solve his current problems, but it does come with a steep cost... 

This week Terry and Paul get thrown into Room 2426 and meet Mr. Martin Decker, a scientist who has been locked up because he won't reveal where he hid his research on a potential bioweapon. As the powers that be keep trying to break Martin, he meets another detainee who believes there is a way both of them can escape...

This week Terry and Paul rack'em up as meet Mr. Jesse Cardiff, a young pool shark with a chip on his shoulder that he will never be considered the best unless he beats the best there ever was, James 'Fats' Brown. Jesse gets his chance as Fats appears and challenges him to one game, for life or death...

This week Terry and Paul meet Dr. Mallory Craig on the first day of his new job, helping institutionalized patients with their various challenges. One is unlike the others, as they admitted themselves after seeing faces in every day things: wallpaper, clothing, their children's drawings...  

This week Terry and Paul stumble into a shelter to watch some football and meet Mr. Steve Cranston, a man out of work and running out time to care for his family. He decides to rob the house of a very wealthy man when a gun shot and thrown bottle of liquor changes the course of both their lives...