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S01E06 – Death and the Maiden

This episode is more action-heavy than the previous ones and the potential consequences for Terminus are frightening. But maybe only half as frightening as the consequences that a certain artificial life form might experience after bowing to her moon goddess right in front of her clone god. Join us for the full discussion on the podcast.

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S1E05 – Upon Awakening – Feedback

For some reason we’re incapable of talking less. We tried to talk faster. Nothing worked. So, going forward, we’re going to be splitting off the feedback from the main discussion and analysis. It remains to be seen if that can get our episodes under 2 hours. Respect and enjoy the podcast.

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Ted Lasso, Reservation Dogs, Squid Game, Midnight Mass, Children of Time – Off the Clock

This week we cap off season 2 of Ted Lasso, and the first season of several shows including Reservation Dogs, Squid Game, and Midnight Mass. Then A.Ron talks about his fascination with intelligent sci-fi spiders in the book Children of Time.

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S1E05 – Upon Awakening

The Empire might be absent from this episode but that didn’t keep us from appreciating what Foundation is doing in S01E05 “Upon Awakening”. Join us for the podcast to hear us discuss interests ranging from galactic calendar systems to the process of being deprogrammed after life-long indoctrination in a cult.

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S01E04 – Barbarians at the Gate

Another week, another strong episode of Foundation with S01E04. The mystery of Salvor Hardin continues to unfold as Terminus is threatened, but the real meaty stuff is once again happening on Trantor, including the slab of beef that is Lee Pace. And boy, do we sink our teeth in for a big ol’ bite with another near-2-hour episode.

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S01E03 – The Mathematician’s Ghost

We really enjoyed the ambitious approach to storytelling that Foundation is employing in its third episode, “The Mathematician’s Ghost”. The themes resonant throughout both times and places and every plot point and character seems to be a lens that can be looked through both ends of to reveal two different images. Join us for a…

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S01E01 & E02 – The Emperor’s Peace & Preparing to Live

Apple released the first two episodes of their sci-fi epic “Foundation” this week and “epic” is exactly what they were. There are so many visual and narrative intricacies to dig into in these two hours of TV. That’s probably why it took us as much time as Apple spent making the episodes, to properly cover them. Join us next week for a regular-sized episode.

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Series Preview

We’re about a week out from the premiere of the Apple TV+ epic sci-fi series, Foundation, which means it’s time to talk about the trailers we’ve seen, our history with the source material, expectations for the series adaptation, and the format of our weekly coverage, among other things. Join us for the preview today and come back for our coverage of the first three episodes this Monday.

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Ted Lasso, What If?, Reservation Dogs, Shang-Chi, What We Do in the Shadows, The Sopranos S5 – Off the Clock

“Off the Clock” is our weekly premium show where we talk about all the TV we’ve been watching in our free time. One episode per month is also dedicated to discussion of topics voted on by our Patreon supporters.

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Ted Lasso, Jungle Cruise, Schmigadoon!, What If…?, Reservation Dogs, Beastars, Patron topics – Off the Clock

This time on OTC we catch up to the half-way point of Ted Lasso season 2, Talk about Disney’s epic adventure movie “Jungle Cruise”, as well as our first impressions of Reservation Dogs and Patron topics. A.Ron also talks about Marvel’s new “What If…?” animated series, the Netflix furry action happening in Beastars, the Friends reunion he didn’t have a chance to talk about sooner, and a wrapup on Schmigadoon!.

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