Jim and A.Ron embark on a new venture, as they open The Speakeasy, their podcast covering the final season of HBO’s fantastic Boardwalk Empire. Join us as we discuss why BWE is so criminally underrated, how the show will deal with its Margaret problem, how Winter and company will deal with the 7 year flash forward,…
Special thanks to the folks at HBO’s Digital & Social Media department, who have invited us to do a podcast for their blog, Watching the Leftovers. In this special episode, previewing the final episode of The Leftovers for season one, “The Prodigal Son Returns”, Jim and A.Ron break down the preview trailer, discuss some popular internet…
This week we review the series finale episode 710 of HBO’s True Blood entitled, “Thank You”. It was perhaps the worst finale of television I have ever seen. If you care to listen to 50+ minutes of several True Blood fans venting their spleens about it, feel free to do so. Otherwise, enjoy the GIF of Eric…
Jim and A.Ron talk about the flashback episode 109 of HBO’s The Leftovers, “The Garveys At Their Best”, where we ponder how good were they, really? Lot’s of extra content this week for your perusal; The story of St. Hubertus Michelle MacLaren talks about 5 scenes from “Cairo” h/t Cynthia B. Information about the mystery of…
This week A.Ron and Cecily break down the mostly terrible but oddly endearing and rewarding episode of HBO’s True Blood, episode 709, “Love Is to Die”. Topics discussed include Pam’s love of being silvered, Ginger’s wish fulfillment, the pulping of Sookie, the general terribleness of all things Jessica/Jason/Hoyt, and we cling to the Evil Bill…
Welcome to another discussion of HBO’s The Leftovers, for episode 108, “Cairo”. Or “Kayrow”, if you prefer. We talk about Dean and Patti’s relationship, Jill’s chances of success as a GR acolyte, Kevin’s apparent dual nature and if there are other convincing explanations for it, and getting busy on a giant pile of guns. All…
Cecily and A.Ron are really bummed out about how they’re choosing to close an otherwise promising True Blood season. Tara dies to make way for a Lettie Mae redemption arc? Jessica hitches her wagon to the big dumb Hoyt horse, or maybe she doesn’t. Bill mumbles a mess about how his memories of love are…
Jim and A.Ron are flummoxed by the latest episode of The Leftovers, 107 “Solace for Tired Feet”. On the one hand, we have a lot of really interesting developments and nice character moments, on the other hand, we have questions. So many questions. Questions that seem awfully hard to answer in just three remaining episodes.…
Cecily and A.Ron once again discuss HBO’s True Blood, this time for episode 707, “May Be the Last Time”, which is unfortunately kind of forgettable. Andy cries, Violet shows off her antique sex toy collection, a vampire gets staked, and Bill and Sookie have some retro-relations, but still… yawn? Let’s hope they pick up the…
We’re back with another podcast for HBO’s The Leftovers, this time for episode 106, “Guest”. An episode that is positively upbeat and chipper compared to last week’s. Or as chipper and carefree as an episode featuring a mom hiring a hooker to shoot her in the chest as a way to deal with the crippling…