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Mary & Blake review Bridgerton Season 3 Episode 5, “Tick Tock,” as Polin gets engaged, Eloise gives Penelope a deadline, Cressida makes her move, and the mirror scene changes everything. In this episode, we chat why this show has succeeded in humanizing it's characters amidst the plot mechanics, important visual cues for subtext, and why engagement parties are just so damn awkward...especially our...

Mary & Blake recap and give reaction to Bridgerton episode 3.04 - Old Friends. In this episode, why Lord Debling is the best and the worst, the final test before a character breaks their stasis, and why we are making a shirt that says, "Hyacinth Knows All"...

Mary & Blake recap and give reaction to Bridgerton episode 3.03 - Forces Of Nature. In this episode, we chat the prominent use of subtext in many different scenes, the antagonist/protagonist relationship shared between Cressida and Penelope, and why Mary will only refer to Benedict as "Bennington" from now on.

Mary & Blake review Bridgerton Season 3 Episode 2, “How Bright The Moon,” as Penelope begins Colin’s lessons, Eloise and Cressida test their new friendship, Francesca catches the queen’s eye, and Polin finally gets its first kiss. In this episode, we chat the parallel stories between the Mondriches and the Bridgertons, the push and pull dialogue between Eloise and Cressida, and why Blake actually...

Mary & Blake discuss everything YOU have wanted to say to us, and answer all your questions in this listener feedback episode. In this episode, we discuss if Draco has been brave, or just fearful, our favorite books/chapters from Harry Potter, and if a dragon could actually eat a dementor! Plus much more.

Mary & Blake review Bridgerton Season 3 Episode 1, “Out Of The Shadows,” as Penelope steps into society with a new look, Colin returns as a fake rake, Eloise joins the winning side, and Lord Debling enters the chat. In this episode, we chat the emotional math behind Eloise's choices, if Penelope is a likable character, the dynamic behind parallel facades between Colin And Pen, why Mary & Blake Com...

Mary & Blake recap and give reaction to chapter 26 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix - Seen And Unforseen. In this episode, we discuss one of Blake's favorite scene transitions in this entire book, the nature of rebellion and how hit it can manifest in many different forms, and why Mary has a Chernobyl sized take about a certain baby...

Mary & Blake recap and give reaction to chapter 25 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix - The Beetle At Bay. In this episode, we discuss why Cho and Harry should have never been together, why you need characters like Pansy Parkinson to push Harry, and why Bluey is way funnier than Blake expected...

Mary & Blake discuss and breakdown the Bridgerton season 3 trailer. In this episode, we chat the noticeable difference in how this season is shot, all the glow ups, and why we are ready for some gardens to be in bloom.

Mary & Blake recap and give reaction to chapter 24 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix - Occlumency. In this special episode, we're in the car on the way home from watching the total eclipse that just happened! We discuss whether or not Dumbledore and Snape have Harry's best interests at heart, if Sirius was doing the right thing as a guardian, and why New England is a vortex...

Mary & Blake recap and give reaction to chapter 23 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix - Christmas At The Closed Ward. We chat the nature of friendship and the roles the trio share with each other, how much Alice is truly aware of Neville, and why Blake breaks because of one VERY special character...

 Mary & Blake discuss everything YOU had to say about the Outlander season 7B "release window". In this episode, we chat the WIDE range of responses which go from "I'm just happy to get anything" to "cancel season 8". We also chat about the WGA strikes, the possibility of an Outlander movie and what that could look like, and why "Jeff Hirsch" is now a swear at Mary & Blake Media

Mary & Blake recap and give reaction to STARZ's announcement of Outlander Season 7B release window. We discuss the recent news that Outlander has a release window of November '24, the different versions for the delay --and the difference between the cynical version, the creative/hopeful version, and the more sinister business version, and why the specter that is Jeffrey "Premium Woman" Hirsch has...

Mary & Blake recap and give reaction to chapter 22 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix - St. Mungo's Hospital For Magical Maladies And Injuries. We chat the natural push and pull of character arcs for both Sirius and Harry, the real difference between foreshadowing and teasing, and why Harry's ahd absolutely ENOUGH...

Mary & Blake recap and give reaction to chapter 21 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix - They Eye Of The Snake. We chat what separates the "Oneness" of Harry from Neville, the author setting up. major 3 beats to help amplify the remainder of the story, and why Blake is TOTALLY Pansy Parkinson...

Mary & Blake recap and give reaction to chapter 20 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix - Hagrid's Tale. We chat the nature of storytelling within a story, how and why the death eaters are capable of making a more compelling case to the giants, and why Fang is feeling a little like Kevin McCallister right now...

Mary & Blake recap and give reaction to chapter 19 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix - The Lion And The Serpent. We chat why Dumbledore and Umbridge cannot exist in the same narrative, why the Slytherins are both good AND bad in this chapter, and Blake does his first different perspective in a LONG time....

Mary & Blake discuss chapter 18 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix - Dumbledore's Army. We chat why Hermione's judgement might not be the best in this chapter, Harry and Voldemort's connection feeling like Rey and Kylo Ren, and why Dobby suffers from poor circulation.

Mary & Blake discuss chapter 17 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix - Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four. We chat if Umbridge is actually correct in enforcing the decree, why characterization needs to include traits ONLY that character should have, and why Justin Finch Fletchley continues to be the worst character in all of Potter...

Mary & Blake discuss chapter 16 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix - In The Hog's Head. We chat why this chapter is more focused on the outside world looking in on Harry as opposed the other way around, Harry starting to experience his "Luke Skywalker Moment", and why Blake's school wouldn't allow the "poors" like Mary in it's pub on campus...

Keep Calm And Crown On Hosts Mary & Blake chat the season 6 premiere of The Crown - episode 6.01, "Persona Non Grata". We discuss Diana's impact on our cultural zeitgeist and why it was important to start the episode the way they did, the difference between on-the-nose dialogue and dialogue filled with subtext, and why Mary knows an inappropriate amount of the lyrics to Chumbawumba's "Tubthumping"...

Mary & Blake discuss chapter 15 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix - The Hogwarts High Inquisitor. We chat the dangers of state run media, examples of good character dialogue vs. bad character dialogue, and why Mary had a giant Harp in her college dorm room....

Mary & Blake discuss chapter 14 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix - Percy And Padfoot. We chat the magic of dialogue placement and pacing, why the movie forgot to give Cho a character, and why Hermione is kinda living the life of that show "The Summer I Turned Pretty".

Mary & Blake recap and give reaction to Men In Kilts episode 2.04 - Last Call.  We discuss the complications of filming during COVID, if Sam really was naked in the camper, and why Mary can't stop laughing at Graham going down Nature's Slip 'n Slide --- PLUS ANOTHER FREE GIVEAWAY!

Mary & Blake recap and give reaction to Men In Kilts episode 2.03 - A Taste Of New Zealand.  We discuss Sam's sense of humor, why Mary would have DIED to go on this trip, and why Blake thinks anyone who drinks 102 degree teat milk is a savage --- PLUS AN OTHER FREE GIVEAWAY!