Belated Binge: TV & Fiction w/ Morally Grey Characters

This is a bucket-list episode as I'm joined by Eric Scull from MuggleCast for part 1 of our discussion about Harry Potter and the Fandom. Who better to explore the history of Harry Potter with than one of the most prominent creators within it? MuggleCast has been active for 18 years! He's as well versed in the history of this fandom as anyone and has covered most of it on their podcast. How did th...

It's another episode rewatch of SOA season 1, episode 8: The Pull!   We’re about to bring our 2 main plot lines for season 1 to a close in what I can only describe as an absolutely chaotic ride of an episode.   We get square with the Irish, although that goes very very wrong when some very poor aim sends bullets in Clay's direction. We also close the saga on Agent Kohn stalking Tara and have some...

We've wrapped up our rewatch of season 1 of The Office! Now it's time to wrap a bow around it with our Bingies recap episode.   I'll review each episode from season 1, give out my bingies for favorite episode, character, theme, and also share what I didn't like as well as some well taken listener responses.   For bonus episodes and more cool stuff, check out Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Belate...

On this episode I'm joined by pod-friend Juliana who's been a staple in the Harry Potter and fantasy book community for years. You may be familiar with her work from Mugglenet, Into the Fold, Puffcast, Speakbeasty, and about 100 other projects, panels, etc. We spent about an hour discussing the Fantasic Beasts series with the goal of answering: Was Fantastic Beasts THAT bad? Or just not what you e...

It's another episode rewatch of SOA season 1, episode 7: Old Bones! In this one, secrets are buried with the bodies... Seriously. A lot of club history and secrets being dug up. Some very inappropriate urination takes place. Also, Jax stabs a car and throws a federal agent through a window! For bonus episodes and more cool stuff, check out Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BelatedBinge I'd love for...

I was thinking about Harry Potter spin-offs and I was thinking about the new upcoming TV show on Max. I know many people wanted new content. So that led me to thinking about how the new series could launch new spin-off shows. And what if I could decide what those were? And how they got launched? And what if they were all BACKDOOR PILOTS?!? And then I hit record...   For bonus episodes and more coo...

In this SOA topic episode, I'm sharing 2 stories I recently became aware of that will make Jax Teller feel more REAL! 1. Charlie Hunnam based his portrayal of Jax Teller on a REAL biker he met! 2. Recent news on a member of a real life 1% club who's been referred to as the "Real Life Jax Teller"   These were just fun for me to learn about and as a big fan of SAMCRO and someone fascinated by motorc...

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is the BEST movie, but the WORST adaptation. By the end of this episode, you'll agree with me. Or you won't.. Either way, it was fun to explore!   For bonus episodes as well as many other benefits such as early access, show prep notes, personal shoutouts, and more BECOME A PATRON: https://www.patreon.com/BelatedBinge *Free trial available   I'd also love for...

We get our first glimpse of Jax as a leader of SAMCRO in AK-51. Not so much by choice, but my necessity.   When Clay is taken into ATF custody by Agent Stahl for being an accessory to a crime after one of the suspects placed a call to TM, Jax is thrown into the fire to find a way to: 1. Find the people responsible to avoid the whole club getting arrested for selling the guns to people who used the...

I'm turning back the clock to January 4, 2022. That's the day I posted the first chapter episode for this podcast covering the first chapter of Sorcerer's Stone. It's also the day I posted 2 theory episodes to Patreon called "All the Hookah Smoke" and "How Did He Know."   Did Dumbledore create the hookah object we saw Grindlewald use in Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindlewald? What about that inst...

Giving back is a big Opie episode! We find out why Opie was in prison and who in the club let him down when an ex-member comes to see his son's band play at Gemma's town fundraiser. Fitting for a July 4th release, Opie is in charge of fireworks!   Jax is tasked with keeping an eye on him and making sure he doesn't cross paths with Opie. This lasts about 4 minutes and the inevitable altercation tak...

Season 1 is in the books! It ends with Hot Girl.   Michael lets a "hot girl" use the conference room to sell purses. The running joke is that she's a "hotter version of Pam." She has all the men (especially Michael) in a tizzy. Ultimately, Jim swoops in and lands the date, which Pam is not nearly as stoked about as she is leading on.   For bonus episodes as well as many other benefits such as earl...

I thought we could take a quick break from the chapter episodes and tackle a current events topic: The upcoming Harry Potter TV series.   I'll run through my reaction, my thoughts on how I think it could be a really cool tv show and spawn spinoff opportunities as well as why I ultimately think it's going to fail.   For bonus episodes as well as many other benefits such as early access, show prep n...

Patch Over might be my favorite episode of season 1! Jax and Bobby take a ride up to Nevada to meet with an affiliate club that's dealing with some heat from the Mayans to exchange favors. When their "under the radar" visit becomes very very above the radar, Clay decides it's time to make the Devil's Tribe official members of Sons of Anarchy aka PATCH OVER!   Along the way we get introduced to Che...

The Office turns competitive when Michael (on behalf of the sales team) challenges the workers in the warehouse to a game of Basketball to determine who will have to work on Saturday.   Michael and Dwight are as bad at hoops as you might expect. Stanley is much worse than Michael expects. Jim is actually pretty good. Somehow (plot) the sales team is winning when Michael takes an inadvertent elbow...

The Dementor Harry Potter is ready to go to Hogwarts! After a ministry car escorts him to the train station and an awkward conversation with Mr. Weasley, he's on the Hogwarts Express and it doesn't matter that there's a convicted murderer out to get him, right?   WRONG!   Before the train makes it to the school, it's stopped and we're introduced to DEMENTORS! Which are just the physical form of de...

TRIGGER WARNING: SEXUAL ASSAULT   Funtown is not a particularly fun episode topic. It begins with a light-hearted trip to a small town carnival, which gets heavy quickly.   The rest of the episode consists of our boys in SAMCRO tracking down the sick individual who committed the crime. Once they find him, they remove his ability to do any such acts again.   For bonus episodes as well as many other...

Dwight is the star of the Alliance episode. In the face of looming downsizing, Dwight asks Jim to form an alliance. Jim doesn't know what this means, but takes this as a sign from whatever higher power he believes in and runs with it.   One particular high note is when Dwight climbs into a box in the warehouse to spy on a rumored meeting of members of a competing alliance. Hilarity ensues througho...

The Knight Bus & The Leaky Cauldron Harry Potter is an outlaw now! He's run away from Privet Drive and the Dursleys and he's preparing to go underground. Luckily, after seeing a dark dog-like godfather shaped shadow he trips falls and calls the Knight Bus to come pick him up and take him to London.   He pretends to be Neville Longbottom, learns more about Sirius Black, and takes a wild ride to the...

The Seeds is a funny episode really! It's full of mini side missions. Tig's past relations are brought into question, leading to a side mission to avoid an unfortunate discovery of his DNA that would put SAMCRO at jeopardy. Jax convinces a crow eater to take one for the team and may have contributed to a man being stabbed in the head with an axe??? Clay runs his own side mission with Opie tagging...

Dwight Schrute is the star of the Healthcare episode. When Michael Scott is told he must pick a new, cheaper Healthcare plan for the employees of Dunder Mifflin Scranton branch, he knows it won't be received well. So, he does what Michael does when he has to do something he knows people won't like... he delegates.   On Jim's suggestion, he puts Dwight on the task and he's more than happy to be giv...

Owl Post & Aunt Marge's Big Mistake Welcome back to the Harry Potter binge! The first chapter of Prisoner of Azkaban: Owl Post follows the same formula that has been established. It's Harry's birthday, he's sad to be at the Dursleys, the Dursleys hate him, luckily he's a magic boy with magic friends from magic school. At some point something happens to make Vernon angry and hate him more and there...

Welcome to Belated Binge: Sons of Anarchy! This might be my favorite television show of all time! At least a drama. So I'm stoked to get started!   In this first pilot episode we're introduced to the Sons of Anarchy motorcycle club (SAMCRO). Our main character Jax Teller, the Vice President (VP) of the club. Clay Morrow, Opie Whinston, Bobby Elvis, Tig, Juice, Half Sack, Chibs, and not to mention...

INTRODUCING Sons of Anarchy! Another addition to our little binge world!   As I did with Harry Potter over a year ago and The Office last week, I wanted to start by sharing my introduction, history, life experience, etc. with Sons of Anarchy (SOA).   If you love this show like I do, or it's your first watch, I hope you'll take this ride with me!   For bonus episodes as well as many other benefits...

Welcome to Belated Binge: The Office - Super Fan edition!   In these first two episodes we're introduced to what till become our work family: Michael Scott, Jim Halpert, Pam Beesly, Dwight Schrute, and the rest of the beloved employees of Dunder Mifflin.   With downsizing looming in The Pilot, Michael decides it would be a good time to hire a new temp worker: Ryan. And in Diversity Day, we learn M...