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Mary & Blake review Bridgerton Season 2 Episode 1, “Capital R Rake,” as Anthony brings a checklist to the marriage mart, Kate Sharma calls him out, and Penelope starts turning Lady Whistledown into something more dangerous. In this episode, we chat the wants vs. needs for Anthony, why the natural tension between Lady Whisteldown and Penelope is the right mix, and why Mary thought Kate's first name...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about the This Is Us series finale episode 6.18 -"Us". In this episode, Mary gives a version of her personal story you have all been waiting for.  We also discuss why it's ok we didn't see the eulogies, why this episode could lead to a new model for finales, and we say goodbye in a way ONLY This Is Us Too could end. Don't miss it...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about the This Is Us series finale episode 6.18 -"Us". In this episode, Mary and Blake discuss why this episode is one GIANT bookend to the series, why some people's reactions might be colored by their loss -- or still present -- of a parent, and a listener literally blows Blake's doors off...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 6.17 -"The Train". In this SUPER SIZED episode of This Is Us Too, Mary & Blake discuss all the listener feedback for the penultimate episode of This Is Us. We also chat about Kyle's inclusion, the warm cinematography, how Mary is trying to put you to sleep, and we bring back an old Hall Of Fame moment!

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 6.17 -"The Train". In this episode, Mary and Blake discuss the rhyming nature of this episode, why William was the perfect guide, and why this is another Thanos episode...

Outlander Cast Hosts Mary & Blake discuss listener feedback for the Outlander season 6 finale - episode 6.08 "I Am Not Alone". In this episode, we discuss the semantic argument about a finale vs. midseason finale, the need for the Roger and Bree story, and why we want an MCU style stinger to make the semantic argument to go away...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 6.16 -"Family Meeting". In this episode, Mary chats about her experience caring for her sister.  We also discuss how the show is using rhyme and closing rhyming loops, the perfectly balanced narrative, and why Mary will stop at nothing to get Walnut Shrimp now...

Outlander Cast Hosts Mary & Blake discuss listener feedback for the Outlander season 6 finale - episode 6.08 "I Am Not Alone". In this episode, we discuss the planning from the producers, if a television show should rely on back channels to promote choices for filmmaking, and we get two new names for characters: Lizzie The Twin Slayer and Mrs. Bug The Gossip Whore....

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 6.15 -"Miguel". In this episode, Mary chats her relationship to "And So It Goes...". We also discuss why this episode should have been entitled, "Y'all Have Been Sleepin' On My Boy Miguel", if the placement of the Miguel episode was fitting within the larger context of This Is Us, and why Mary should have been fired from her job at UR...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 6.14 -"The Night Before The Wedding". In this episode, Mary chats about how someone chose a car over her. We also discuss the network injecting itself into storytelling, why sentimentality is a good thing, and why it's important to compare apples to apples or bubbies to bubbies...

Outlander Cast Hosts Mary & Blake discuss the Outlander season 6 finale - episode 6.08 "I Am Not Alone". In this episode, we discuss contrasting storylines, we debate the purpose of a finale, and why Roger needs to go "full-dolphin"

Outlander Cast Hosts Mary & Blake discuss the listener feedback for Outlander episode 6.07 "Sticks And stones". In this episode, we chat the deafening sound of silence in the big house, why we glossed over the Jamie/Claire scene and why Blake wants to join the Mile High Club...

Outlander Cast Hosts Mary & Blake discuss Outlander episode 6.07 "Sticks And Stones". In this episode, discuss the arc of the season so far, why this is how you do haunting apparitions, and why Allan is Keyser Soze...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 6.13 -"Day Of The Wedding". In this episode, Mary chats when she cut off her hair because she was mad at Blake. We also discuss Jack's theme, the guts to be in Rebecca's POV, why Miggy is a huge X-Files fan, and why Mary is going to start a new show called "Two Wigs And A Plant".

In this episode, Blake chats about the unique venue he watched KaToby, we also discuss if Toby really is competing against Jack, why this is a near perfect episode of television, and why the emotional math continues to add up in the best way...

Outlander Cast Hosts Mary & Blake discuss the listener feedback for Outlander episode 6.06 "The World Turned Upside Down". In this episode, symbolism, copays, and Toni Graphia's writing acumen - plus we have what is possibly the greatest call in M&B Media history, and we have a Kevin McCallister moment that you don't want to miss....

Outlander Cast Hosts Mary & Blake discuss Outlander episode 6.06 "The World Turned Upside Down". In this episode, we we overly praise how Toni Graphia handles the weight of writing essentially three episodes into one, we discuss if the twists in the plot are as effective as the writers think they are, and we give birth to a new character - Lady Whistlebug.

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 6.11 -"Saturday In The Park". In this episode, Blake talks about how this episode affected him very personally, and we discuss a brilliant use of transference, why the show is smart for not taking sides, and why, apparently, there are no Gryffindors in L.A. 

Outlander Cast Hosts Mary & Blake discuss Outlander 6.05 "Give Me Liberty" Listener Feedback. In this episode, we are joined by a very special guest, we highlight the differences between colonial and modern discourse, and we chat why Blake doesn't care if you are right when he is take-bunkered...

Outlander Cast Hosts Mary & Blake discuss Outlander episode 6.05 "Give Me Liberty". In this episode, we chat why we're in bed, Lord John being the MVP of the episode, and why Blake is finally out of the Matt Roberts Take Bunker...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 6.10 -"Every Version Of You". In this episode, we do the show from our bed! We discuss why Malik might be a casualty of COVID, we debate if the show is ready for another political plotline, and why Mary is getting Grover for her face...

Outlander Cast Hosts Mary & Blake discuss Outlander 6.04 "The Hour Of The Wolf" Listener Feedback. In this episode, we chat about how much Malva may have heard Jamie speak about being a rebel, why you know good TV when you see it, and why we love that Lou has become a thing...

This Is Us Too Host Blake chats about his story for This Is Us episode 6.09 -"The Hill". In this episode, he discusses what's been happening for the past year, emotional trauma, panic attacks, his hospital visits, his relationship with Mary, why he quit Mary & Blake Media for a good ten minutes, and why you shouldn't worry because everything is going to be ok. 

Outlander Cast Hosts Mary & Blake discuss Outlander episode 6.04 "The Hour Of The Wolf". In this episode, we chat redefining moments through exposition, the character heavy focus of the season, and Mary almost commits Involuntary Manslaughter on Blake because of a take that will forgo the mandatory waiting period and head straight into the M&B Media Hall Of Fame...

This Is Us Too Hosts Mary & Blake chat about This Is Us episode 6.09 -"The Hill". In this episode, we discuss why we are going to have a bonus episode of This Is Us Too to talk about our story, why neither Kate nor Toby or right/wrong, why the emotional gray area leads to terrific subtlety, and why Blake is shocked Mary doesn't know the movie Drop Dead Fred...