Episode 21 - Life After Death

This week we talked life after death!  We watched A Matter of Life and Death and read A Dirty Job.


Also discussed was the season finale of The Americans, a soap opera called The Edge of Night, X-Men: Days of Future Past, The Fall, Orange is the New Black and Fargo.

Show Notes:

At one point, I mention the interesting romantic life of Roger Livesey, who played the doctor in A Matter Of Life And Death; his family history is kind of weird and entangled and explained here.

Next week, our theme is Weddings.  Joseph picked the book and we'll be reading 1932's Cheerful Weather for the Wedding.  Randy picked the movie and we'll be watching 1978's A Wedding.


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Intro music: "Every Day A Little Death," by Stephen Sondheim
Outro music:  "Death & Glory," by The Clash

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Buffy Rewatch: Look at me. I'm all fuzzy.

A trio of great episodes: "Doppelgangland", "Enemies", and "Earshot".


"I'm so evil. And skanky. And I think I'm kinda gay."


Have I used the phrase "favorite episode" yet? Let's assume I haven't: "Doppelgangland" is my favorite episode of the series. There is a small handful of episodes are probably better, but I don't think there's an episode of BUFFY that fills me with as much joy as "Doppelgangland" does.

Buffy Rewatch: Girls Gone Wild

This week bring the Xander-centric episode "The Zeppo", and season 3's endgame begins with "Bad Girls" and "Consequences".


"Faith, you don't get it. You killed a man."
"No, you don't get it. I don't care."


Though she's never a full-time cast member, Faith has, I think, the best character arc of the series. Initially rebellious, she turns truly dangerous after being let down - yet again - by an authority figure. Her journey from where she is now (refusing to accept the consequences of her actions), through her later appearances on both BUFFY and ANGEL, to where she ends up in "Chosen" (having fully accepted and understood her role as a "hot chick with superpowers") is truly compelling. And I think it's fair to say that, given the anti-hero trend on many notable TV series in the decade since BUFFY went off the air, Faith seems like a more current character. If BUFFY debuted today, you can be sure the network would want Joss and the writers to have Buffy be more like Faith. That might be an interesting series, but I prefer Faith as a foil to Buffy, as the cautionary tale of someone with Buffy's great power without Buffy's great responsibility.

Episode 20 - My Plastic Surgeon Doesn't Want Me Doing Any Activity Where Balls Fly At My Nose

While Joe takes a well deserved week off, Becca Gross is in for our "Fashion" episode. She picked the book Emma, while Amy chose the adaptation of same in "Clueless."

Linky links:
Sarah MacLean's Numbers series and Scoundrels series
Alyssa Rosenberg's Washington Post article

Intro Music: "Fashion" by David Bowie
Exit Music: "Tenderness" by General Public

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Oh, and if you want to be ready for the next episode we're reading A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore and watching "A Matter of Life and Death" [alternate title: "Stairway to Heaven"].

Buffy Rewatch: Just a Girl

Season 3 reaches the halfway point with "Amends", "Gingerbread", and "Helpless".


"I can't just be a person. I can't be helpless like that."


So I managed to get a few weeks behind on the Buffy Rewatch.

Part of the reason was an amazing trip to New York, but we've been back for three weeks now, so that's no excuse. This group of episodes features one of my absolute favorite episodes of the series, and I wanted to try to devote more time/effort to writing about it, but at this rate it'll be August before I get around to it, so let's just jump right back in.

Over the next couple of weeks, I'll get back on track. Based on the schedule I put together in January, I'm supposed to be finishing season 3 this week. That's clearly not going to happen, but I plan on being fully caught up in the next couple of weeks. Look for a couple of double-post weeks!

Episode 18.5 - WHOOPS

Sadly, this is going to be a lost episode due to a corrupt file issue. We'll be back for our regularly scheduled podcast on the 26th, with special guest Becca Gross!

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Episode 18 - Healing the Head, Healing the Heart

This week, we welcome our special guest Russ Hanser! He chose the theme of Healing for podcast this week and we had a great discussion after watching the 2009 Australian movie My Year Without Sex and we read Ian McEwan's's Atonement from 2001.

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Show Notes:

The Jimmy Smits series we were trying to remember may have been Outlaw, but I can't figure out the connection in Amy's head between that and Kings besides both of them being a one-season series.

Behold, Benedict Cumberbatch's Atonement moustache in all its weaseliness:

Intro music: "Elegy For Dunkirk," by Dario Marianelli

Outro music:  "Down Under," by Men At Work