Today's Episode

Kicking off 2024, Netflix released a new 8-episode series based on one of Harlan Coben's #1 New York Times bestsellers, Fool Me Once. The television series is a British production starring Michelle Keegan as Maya Stern, a former air force pilot and young mother, who is grappling with the shocking murder of her husband, Joe.  In the 53 minute pilot, we’re introduced to Maya’s friends, extended...

To close out 2023 we discuss NBC's latest sitcom starring Jon Cryer, Donald Faison, and Abigail Spencer. The premise is about a happily divorced couple raising two teenagers, at the same time as the ex-wife is about to get remarried to the owner of the Boston Celtics. Tune in to hear our pros, cons, and background info we scrounged up. Happy New Year!

Welcome back to the podcast where we discuss the recent installments of different series every show. Percy Jackson & the Olympians is an action-adventure fantasy television series created for Disney+ based on the novels by Rick Riordan . It premiered on the 19th of December and stars Walker Scobell, Leah Jeffries, and Aryan Simhadri. The new adaptation begins as 12 year old Percy is accused of...

Created by Dan Guterman, Carol & the End of the World  is a new limited series on Netflix starring Martha Kelly. We discuss the pilot and "The Distraction," the first two episodes that follow Carol Kohl during her final months on earth before the planet is completely destroyed by a giant asteroid/planet body. Tune in to hear our thoughts, pro's and con's, and some backgroun...

Sweet Home returned in early December after a three-year hiatus. Much like the international hit Godzilla Minus One , this show has a monster-centric plot boosted by a gargantuan budget and high aspirations to compete with its US counterparts.  For anyone disillusioned by Apple’s Invasion or the recent War of the Worlds reboot series for being dull and bland, Sweet Home doesn’t go five minutes wit...

On this episode we determine our: Favorite 5 Episodes of the Year Least Favorite 5 Episodes of the Year Favorite 5 Shows of the Year Least Favorite 5 Shows of the Year The pool we picked from had to be from the 141 we reviewed this year: Kaleidoscope Will Trent Copenhagen Cowboy Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches Alert: Missing Persons Unit Velma The Last of Us That '90s Show Accused Poker Face...

You've heard the story before... Literally, in 2008. Australian director Baz Luhrmann is back, now that the King has left the theaters, to re-edit his epic adventure Australia into a 6 part mini-series on Hulu. Taking place right before WW2, this romance starring Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman may be a bit of a head-scratcher to some wondering if the new cut is necessary, but to the fans of o...

Today we're discussing the first episode of the new Netflix series, Obliterated . The first episode is titled Real American Heroes, it runs 55 minutes and is set in Las Vegas.  The series is an action comedy, think The Hangover meets Scorpion meets Baywatch and Chuck.  The plot is simple. When a crew of elite US government agents is tasked with taking down a Russian arms dealer with a uranium...

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off is a Netflix series that serves as both a sequel and remake of the graphic novel and film. It was developed by Bryan Lee O'Malley and BenDavid Grabinski, consists of eight episodes, and reunites the entire main cast from the 2010 film adaptation, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World . Tune in to hear our nostalgic take on this shōnen style anime/action adventure comedy. Enjoy!

Welcome to Today's Episode. The show on the docket answers the question of what happens when you take 456 contestants and make them compete for a piggy bank worth 4.56 million dollars. Inspired by the TV series, "Squid Game," we discuss the hour-long pilot in this podcast, run down our pros and cons, our comparisons, and give our rating. Tune in and enjoy!

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters is the latest continuation of the Godzilla franchise. Taking place after the events of the 2014 movie, it follows two timelines and focuses on improving what critics normally perceive as "Monster Movies" biggest weakness - character development and narrative depth. The 10-episode series is  showrun by comic book writer Matt Fraction and producer Chris Black. I...

Murder mysteries like Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express and Knives Out appear to be having a pop culture moment. A Murder at the End of the World  is a new FX series capitalizing on topical issues like AI, Climate Change, and True Crime. The premise is simple. An evil eccentric billionaire invites a select group of individuals to an isolated retreat in Iceland for five days. Some...

Scavenger Reign is an animated adventure series consisting of 12, 30-minute episodes on the streaming platform Max. It is one of the most acclaimed series we've reviewed out of 134 we've looked at this year. If you like nature documentaries, Moebius-style artwork, space horror, survival stories, and/or telekinetic multi-ton koalas, check out the show before listening to us spoil the plot...

This new SHOWTIME/Paramount+ show is called The Curse. So far, it stars Nathan Fielder, Emma Stone, and Benny Safdie, as well as a recurring cast of characters played by the likes of Corbin Bernsen and Constance Shulman. Nathan Fielder is an acquired taste, but this hybrid series may pull in new fans. It's about a recently married couple, Asher and Whitney Siegel, who are in the midst of maki...

This is the first of two heist shows coming to Disney+ heist this November. It stars Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and Gemma Arterton as main characters in a high-intensity, serial killer imposing, time-jumping eight-part action flick. The show is loosely inspired by an anthology novel published in 2018, and was directed, written, and showrun by J Blakeson. Tune in to hear our thoughts on the hour-long p...

Lawman: Bass Reeves is a new American Frontier western on Paramount+ that dropped Sunday, November 5th with a two-part pilot. Spanning 1863-1875, the first two episodes follow Bass (played by British actor David Oyelowo) as a runaway slave, turned free man, turned lawman, the first African American Deputy Marshal west of the Mississippi River. Tune in as we discuss the pros and cons, the history,...

Battle Royale, Squid Game, Parasite, and Bargain all share common themes and allegorical concepts concerning class, violence, and struggle. Inspired by a 2015 14-minute short, this six-episode series streams on Paramount+ and is one of many South Korean shows coming to the platform. On this podcast, we discuss the jarring first episode, from its twists to its characters to our rating. Tune in and...

In the final days of the Nazi occupation in St. Malo, France, two young adults from very different backgrounds find themselves more and more connected as they struggle to survive in a fragile town that has barely endured the war. Starring an A-list cast that includes Hugh Laurie, Mark Ruffalo, Lars Eidinger, as well as newcomer Aria Mia Loberti, join us as we break down the plot, our pros and cons...

Hopping into the growing subset of gaming universes, Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix features the alter egos of Ubisoft's most well-known characters in a highly referenced homage to the early 90s. On the podcast, we run down the plot of this six-part Netflix miniseries as well as discuss the showrunner and creator.  Tune in to hear our thoughts. Welcome to Today's Episode!

Today we’re discussing a show based loosely on Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel published January 1st, 205 years ago, “ Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus .” The name of the show is Creature or Yaratilan if you prefer the Turkish title. It was released on Netflix in late October, 2023. It stars Taner Ölmez, Şifanur Gül, and Erkan Kolçak Köstendil and takes place in the mid to late 19th century.  The...

Happy Halloween! Last year at this time we were reviewing the pilot of The Devil's Hour . This year, we're taking Apple's lead and looking at the finale of Invasion season two. Tune in as we discuss the episode “Old Friends, New Frontiers.” From the showrunning team of Simon Kinberg and David Weil, this is one of the few Apple scifi productions based on no prior source material. The...

As we near the end of October, having reviewed shows like Goosebumps and The Fall of The House of Usher it only seems right to continue our horror reviews with Netflix’s new limited series, “Bodies.” The first episode of this British mystery-thriller, “You’re Already Dead,” runs 55 minutes, introduces multiple timelines, a handful of main characters, and a conspiracy by an ominous group with a por...

The first six episodes of the 2023 series Goosebumps are out and streaming on Hulu and Disney+.  The show was developed by Rob Letterman and Nicholas Stoller and stands as a teen-comedy-horror based on the extremely popular 90s Scholastic series written by R.L Stine. This reimagining takes the original anthology and melds it into a serialized story revolving around five teens, their parents, and o...

It's 2023 and everything old is new again. Frasier, the 90's spinoff that ran for a decade has returned in 2023 after a nearly 20-year hiatus. This revival has new characters and new settings but the same classic sitcom backdrop. After languishing in preproduction for a long time, it was filmed in front of a live studio audience and put out on Paramount+. Tune in to hear our full discuss...

Mike Flanagan is back with his latest gothic horror project The Fall of the House of Usher.  Based loosely on the short story by Edgar Allen Poe, this reimagining features an uber-wealthy family, heirs to a pharmaceutical business named Fotunato, that start dying off in November of 2023. The first episode, "A Midnight Dreary," revolves around Roderick Usher inviting Assistant US Attorney...