Down The Hatch

LOST: Down the Hatch | Season 3 Premiere: “A Tale of Two Cities” Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) are taking Down the Hatch downtown. Josh and Mike tell “A Tale of Two Cities,” as they finally get into the third season of LOST. They gush about the debut of Juliet Burke, dump on Jack and his very bad flashback behavior, and otherwise wax poetic on the first foray into Hyd...

LOST: Down the Hatch | Season 2 Book Club: Bad Twin + The ARG Recap Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) welcomes Jonathan Krause and The Ben Behind the Curtain for a special episode of LOST: Down the Hatch. In the season two book club, Jon and Ben guide Josh and the listeners through a literary tour of season two — if Gary Troup’s “Bad Twin” counts as literature, at least! The podcast focuses on spoiling t...

LOST: Down the Hatch | Season 2 Feedback Show Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) are done with season two of LOST. Okay, not quite. In fact, Josh and Mike are taking one last chance to look back at the sophomore season of “Lost,” guided by feedback from the Hatchlings, the results of the MVP/LVP points and the 4.2 Stars episode rankings, and more as they look ahead toward...

LOST: Down the Hatch | Season 2 Finale: “Live Together, Die Alone” Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) are here to blow the dam, chickens be damned. In their recap of the season two finale of LOST, called “Live Together, Die Alone,” Josh and Mike watch as the sky turns purple and nobody says a single thing about it. Seriously, no one? It’s one of a few petty grievances betw...

LOST: Down the Hatch | Season 2, Episode 22: “Three Minutes” Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) take a lot longer than three minutes to discuss “Three Minutes.” In “Three Minutes,” Michael Dawson and the group deal with the aftermath of Ana Lucia and Libby’s deaths, all while Michael reflects on the circumstances that led to the brutal choice. Is “Three Minutes” the best p...

LOST: Down the Hatch | Season 2, Episode 21: “?” Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) have a few questions, and they want them answered immediately. In their discussion of “?,” Josh and Mike talk about the episode with the shortest episode title of any other LOST outing. Ana-Lucia is dead, but Mister Eko has other problems on the mind. Josh and Mike ask questions about the i...

LOST: Down the Hatch | Season 2, Episode 20: “Two for the Road” Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) are pouring one out for two tailies, caught in the crossfire of a very bad decision. In their discussion of “Two for the Road,” Josh and Mike look back on one of the most shocking twist endings of the series to date: Michael shooting Ana-Lucia, Libby and himself in an effort...

LOST: Down the Hatch | Season 2, Episode 19: “S.O.S.” Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) set out on a mission to grab stones for an “S.O.S.” signal in the latest episode of LOST: Down the Hatch. In their discussion of “S.O.S.,” Josh and Mike take on the first and only flashback centering on Rose and Bernard, played by L. Scott Caldwell and Sam Anderson. Their conversation...

LOST: Down the Hatch | Season 2, Episode 18: “Dave” Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) take some lasagna for the road as they voyage forward with “Dave.” In their discussion of “Dave,” Josh and Mike take on one of the more polarizing episodes in LOST lore. There’s the Dave of it all, of course, as Sex and the City veteran Evan Handler appears on the island as Hurley’s mayb...

LOST: Down the Hatch | Survivor: The End (of Extinction) Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) mark the 10 year anniversary of the LOST series finale the only way they know how: full tilt ridiculousness. In a very special (and highly skippable) episode of Down the Hatch, Josh and Mike pit “The End” against 19 other episode endings from LOST lore, thanks to Google’s random num...

LOST: Down the Hatch | Season 2, Episode 17: “Lockdown” Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) spend more than two hours staring at the Blast Door Map, as they get down and dirty with “Lockdown.” In their discussion of “Lockdown,” Josh and Mike break down the second John Locke flashback of LOST season two, as the Man of Faith finds himself locked in the hatch with “Henry Gale,...

LOST: Down the Hatch | Season 2, Episode 16: “The Whole Truth” Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) are fresh out of milk as they dive into “The Whole Truth.” In their discussion of LOST season 2 episode 16, Josh and Mike go off in search of Henry Gale’s balloon alongside Ana-Lucia, Sayid and Charlie. Meanwhile, it’s trouble in paradise for Jin and Sun, as flashbacks illumin...

LOST: Down the Hatch | Season 2, Episode 15: “Maternity Leave” Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) take on “Maternity Leave,” but only in the LOST sense. In their discussion of “Maternity Leave,” Josh and Mike break down the second-ever episode of LOST to take place entirely on the island — even if it’s not quite as successful as “The Other 48 Days,” in their humble opinion...

LOST: Down the Hatch | Season 2, Episode 14: “One of Them” Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) are full of hot air as they break down “One of Them,” and the debut of one of the most legendary characters in LOST lore. In their discussion of “One of Them,” Josh and Mike join Sayid Jarrah on a trek through the jungle to meet a strange man caught in a net: Henry Gale, a hot air...

LOST: Down the Hatch | Season 2, Episode 13: “The Long Con” Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) are here to put one in your ear — another LOST podcast, that is! In their discussion of “The Long Con,” Josh and Mike run down the only Sawyer flashback in season two, get acquainted with a certain chicken (salad) man, bring Kim Dickens’ Cassidy into the picture, and much more. I...

LOST: Down the Hatch | Season 2, Episode 12: “Fire + Water” Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) pour some water on the fire known as “Fire + Water,” the twelfth episode of LOST season two — and the worst episode of LOST, ever. In “The Hunting Party,” Jack (Matthew Fox), Sawyer (Josh Holloway) and Locke (Terry O’Quinn) trek through the jungle on a mission to find Michael (Ha...

LOST: Down the Hatch | Season 2, Episode 11: “The Hunting Party” Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) put their feet up on all kinds of things they aren’t supposed to put their feet on, in an effort to suss out the Others. In “The Hunting Party,” Jack (Matthew Fox), Sawyer (Josh Holloway) and Locke (Terry O’Quinn) trek through the jungle on a mission to find Michael (Harold...

LOST: Down the Hatch | Season 2, Episode 10: “The 23rd Psalm” Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) walk through the valley of the shadow of death to talk about the one and only Mr. Eko. In “The 23rd Psalm,” actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje steps into the spotlight as Eko, presently a priest, previously something very different. In their breakdown of the episode, Josh and Mike...

Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) get on their high horses to judge “What Kate Did.” In “What Kate Did,” the audience finally learns what Kate did! SHE VOTED OUT HER MOM! Sorry, read that wrong, SHE EXPLODED HER DAD! Also, she sees a horse on the island, and Josh and Mike can’t get enough of the horse. All that and much more in a typically ridiculous installment of the DO...

Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) resume their roles of Billy Wallace and Rodney Cesteau, two background Oceanic 815 survivors (not to mention murderous narcissists) in the second episode of LOST Down the Hatch Presents: Tales From The Island, “The Other Other 48 Days.” Over the course of Down the Hatch, Josh and Mike will periodically transform the podcast into a full-on...

Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) are coming out of their respective hatches for a look back on Michelle Rodriguez’s Ana-Lucia Cortez. In their recap of season two’s eighth episode, “Collision,” Josh and Mike recount the tragic tale of Ana-Lucia — tragic, at least, depending on your outlook. Hard to feel too bad for the former police officer when she’s holding Sayid Jarra...

Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) trek across time and space as they go back to the beginning with “The Other 48 Days.” In their recap of season two’s seventh episode, Josh and Mike dive into the lives of Ana-Lucia (Michelle Rodriguez), Mr. Eko (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), Libby (Cynthia Watros) and the rest, as they and the other “Tailies” struggle to survive on the oppos...

Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) are thirsty dog, and the only cure is an ill-fated trek through the rainy jungle. In their recap of “Abandoned,” Josh and Mike take one last opportunity to say goodbye to a series regular: Shannon Rutherford (Maggie Grace), killed off in her first and only flashback episode. Does the episode succeed in its mission to show new sides of Sha...

Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) are strapping boomerangs to their walking sticks, which can only mean one thing: field hockey time. One supposes it could also mean Josh and Mike are finally trekking into the jungle to talk about “…And Found,” the fifth season two episode and the first of the lot to focus on Jin and Sun (Daniel Dae Kim and Yunjin Kim). Josh and Mike give...

Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) are in charge of the pantry. God save us all. In their recap of “Everybody Hates Hugo,” Josh and Mike have a clucking good time talking about the second ever flashback episode for one Hugo “Hurley” Reyes (Jorge Garcia). Their discussion covers the immediate aftermath of Hurley’s lotto win, his on-island dilemma with the Swan Station’s foo...