The Oz Network - TV & Film Recaps

As promised a year ago we're back to cover more Home Improvement Christmas as we start with the season 5 classic 'Twas the Flight Before Christmas'. Why is JTT not a bigger part of this episode? How bad do airplane sets look? Is the airport clerk the greatest guest star in the history of Home Improvement? What's a Pfeffernusse and do we want to try it? And can we work out the Fahrenheit to Celsius...

We're kicking off a month of recaps from Christmas past as today we go back to our recaps from The Santa Clause trilogy. Why is The Santa Clause still one of the best Christmas movies of all time? Why do we remember 1-800 spank me so differently? How do you pronounce "roof"? Why are we wishing harm on so many children in this trilogy? And is Santa and Mrs Clause really a better love story than Tit...

Get a 24 episode in your brain once more as we move into another recap of season 4, this time looking at episode 5 11am-12pm ! Why do we both love this episode so much? Why is Jack being let free amazing but funny? Why is Roger Cross just telling us all the obvious things this week? How amazing is Kim Raver this week once again? Why are the terrorists really stupid this week? Do we care about Chlo...

This episode was fine. Rossi, Kristan, and Jarrod are here to recap this fine episode of The Amazing Race. We talk about the how the detour was fine, hype up the great culture, climate and food of Spain, and hypothesize how these challenges can be made more dangerous. We also mention about how the roadblock was fine, talk our leading picks for the win, and celebrate how the “shut up” was the best...

In what was one of our OG series recaps we started back when we first started in 2017, Lost has been a show that we have certainly taken our time in finishing. But finally, after five years of on and off episodes, we are done. That is right. It’s over. After 120 episodes across six seasons, Ben & Noah are back for one last time to go over all of the good, the bad, the ugly and everything else...

It's another ticking good time coming down your speakers today as we move into our latest 24 recap by going over episode 4 of season 4, 10am-11am . Is this episode just bad, or is it entertainingly bad? Why are we still not on board with Jack robbing a gas station? Is Jack’s one weakness bug spray? Which character is introduced this week that we are just not excited for? Are we happy to see the Ch...

It’s time for the mega leg part 2. Rossi and Jarrod are back to cover episode 9 of The Amazing Race 34. We speak on our frustrations of how the leg treated Emily, debate if it was smart to help a team this late in the game, and question if the partygoers are as good as some of the other characters this season. We also question how difficult it is to identify el cubo, talk how exciting it was that...

It certainly has been a long time coming in getting through another season of Lost but we have managed to do so and get through the entire sixth and final season in classic Oz Network fashion! And with that in mind, we’re back to give our final thoughts on the season by going over all the main bits, the bits we didn’t cover, the Boone bits we loved and the Ilana bits we hated. We also of course ta...

Tick tick tick as you get into another episode of 24 as we move into our next recap in season 4 and look closely at episode 3 of that season, 9am-10am . Is this episode a big drop on what we’ve seen before? Why do we have a big problem with Jack this week? Why does it feel like Jack’s storyline was just pulled out of a hat for shock value? Why are Ben & Colin so divided on this episode? How gr...

Rossi and Jarrod are here to cover the least exciting episode of The Amazing Race 34. We talk about how lack luster the episode felt, question the random road hazards and conditions, and complain about the self-navigation may be dragging the content down. We also share how funny it is to get stuck in a parking garage, question the odd editing with the personal backstories and lack thereof, and cel...

The end is finally here! That is right, after 6 long seasons over a long period of 5 years for us, we’re finally here to bring our Lost recap series to a close by recapping the series finale of the show with our look at episode 17 of season 6, The End . Does this episode get unfair criticism for being a bad ending when in reality it isn’t? How many times are we crying through this episode? Is the...

After a great start to season 4 of 24 last week, we’re back for our latest recap of the season as we look closely at episode 2 of season 4, 8am-9am ! Is this episode as good as the first one? Why does Jack get away with so much stuff? Is the Araz family storyline getting better and better? Is Debbie just a downer? What is the point of Sarah? Why is Chloe a bit weird so far this season? Are we sad...

In the land of castles and questionable cultural challenges Kristan, Rossi, and Jarrod are here to break down the seventh episode of The Amazing Race 34. In this episode we question how difficult it was to navigate the area, talk all about getting your car stuck and using a tractor to get free, and laugh about the comically large maps. We also debate whether teams were making walnut juice or oil,...

It’s the penultimate episode of Lost coming your way today as we go over episode 16 of season 6, What They Died For ! Is this a great episode to get us excited for the finale or does it not live up to expectations? How amazing is the acting in this episode and does it top every other episode before it? How epic are the flash sideways compared to usual? Are we on board with weird creepy Desmond? Do...

We are back with a super unique episode of The Amazing Race as Rossi and Jarrod break down the sixth episode. We discuss the unpredictable start to this leg as we unpredictably lose a team, celebrate the fact that the leg was all on foot, and sympathize with Derek for not being able to roll his r’s. We also praise the editing for not relying on its typical clichés, question if we jinx our predicti...

Another season of 24 is upon and we’re excited to get into the epic fourth season of the show which definitely signals a new era with plenty of new things to talk about! And to kick things off we’re looking at the first episode of the season, 7am-8am! How do we feel about this ‘reboot’ version of the show? How pumped is Ben to talk about Kim Raver again? Why is Colin excited to talk about Shawn Do...

It’s definitely been a while since we’ve brought you a SPOILER FREE review but we’re about to change that today as we bring you a look at the latest DCEU movie which sees The Rock battle Pierce Brosnan (sorta) in the highly anticipated movie Black Adam ! Are we a bit divided on this movie? Was it worth the wait? Do we like this being a bit more stand alone or do we like the extra connections to it...

It’s that time of year again for the Australian Survivor Hall of Fame and once again it’s time to bring together some of the members of the expert panel to discuss their thoughts on the 2022 edition of the Hall of Fame, give their predictions as to who might just make it and find out what criteria they followed in submitting their votes. It’s an episode that any Australian Survivor fan won’t want...

It’s the final week of our MEN IN BLACK recap month and it’s time to close it out with the weakest in the series from 2019, Men in Black: International , to see if we can perhaps find any good in this film that really didn’t sit too well with us back when it first came out . What is the point of this movie? Is this movie just there? Why are half the actors in this movie just phoning it in? Is this...

It’s an episode that many people hate but we’re here to find out if it deserves that reputation as we recap the 15th episode of season 6 of Lost , Across The Sea ! Does this episode deserve the hate it gets or is it extremely underrated? How great is the acting in this episode? Who is Doug? What do we think about Allison Janney being in this episode? Why does the island weirdly look different? Is...

It’s been one hell of a ride bringing you 5 seasons, 62 episodes and a movie of Breaking Bad and through each episode recap as well as season recap there always has to be a final moment to wrap it all up. When will that moment come? How about today! We are here to bring you a series recap of Breaking Bad and make sure you go out loving this show even more than you probably already do! Join Ben &am...

It’s hard to believe we’ve gone through another amazing 24 episodes of 24 and reach that point where it’s once again time to conclude a season by going over everything and anything in one tight little conclusion episode to wrap-up season 3 of 24 ! As always we will go over all the main plot points, all the minor ones, talk up as always how amazing Jack is, talk up how much better Kim was this seas...

After some time off we are back to bring positive vibes on this positive podcast. Rossi and Jarrod dive into both the fourth and fifth episodes of the Amazing Race. In this episode, we share conflicting opinions on the horseback riding sequence, talk all about Sharik’s meltdown and potential quit, question the inclusion of negative words in your team mantra. We also question why teams were collect...

 It’s week 3 of our MEN IN BLACK month which means of course it’s time to recap the third film in the franchise by looking closely at the 2012 entry that is Men in Black 3 ! Why is this movie seemingly always forgotten? Why does this movie never get the love it deserves? How perfect is the casting of Josh Brolin as young K? Do we like Emma Thompson speaking weird alien? Is it great to have Will Sm...

With only four episodes to go of Lost you know it’s getting juicy and we’re getting juicy with our latest recap as we go over the 14th episode of season 6, The Candidate ! Can we watch this episode without crying? Is this episode far more than simply some epic deaths? How great is Terry O’Quinn in this episode? Why are we enjoying the flash sideways so much? How does it become day and night so ran...