Ethan Crane: Recent Episodes
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Ethan and Talia watch the first episode of season 2: Future Days. Including: why so far in this season the storytelling doesn’t feel as tight as season 1?; the very lax regulations around therapy in a post-apocalyptic world; and most importantly, how buoyed or disappointed are we by the direction of the new season?
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Ethan and Talia rewatch episode 9, Look for the Light. Including: Talia’s suggestion for an alternative, much less devastating season ending, focussing on giraffes; a final pondering on whether Joel can be considered any kind of hero; and some ruminations on what season 2 might have in store.
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Ethan and Talia rewatch episode 8, When We Are in Need (without spoliers for the rest of the season). Including: do TV series preacher’s get an unfairly bad rep?; do we now live in an era of trigger warnings as spoilers?; and more wondering just who the good guys are in this programme…
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Ethan and Talia rewatch episode 7, Left Behind (without spoliers for the rest of the season). Including: Talia mourns the loss of the youthful intensity of teenage relationships; why are Walkmans the preferred music technology in a post-Infected world?; and are violent arcade games still preferred in a world full of zombies?
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Ethan and Talia rewatch episode 6, Kin (without spoliers for the rest of the season). Including: disagreements about the state of Joel and Ellie’s relationship; more disagreements about what is going on for Joel; and intense attitudes to contraception for teenagers in secret post-apocalyptic encampments.
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Ethan and Talia rewatch episode 5, Endure and Survive (without spoliers for the rest of the season). Including: the delicious cruelness of Kathleen, our everyday tyrant; how popular heroes aren’t the ones who get shit done; and why do we actually like episodes such as this when they are so emotionally distressing?
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Ethan and Talia rewatch episode 4, Please Hold To My Hand (without spoliers for the rest of the season). Including: the poignancy of jokes in a dystopian future; the scariness of ordinary citizens gone bad; and how this is one of the only TV series that deals with the psychological consequences of a character shooting someone.
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Ethan and Talia rewatch episode 3, Long, Long Time (without spoliers for the rest of the season). Including: how sliding a love story into a zombie horror series sets up all kinds of delightful misdirection; would there be enough water in a resource-scarce world for an additional five minutes in the shower?; and how we want to remember to delight in the taste of strawberries even though we’re not living in a zombie apocalyptic world.
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Ethan and Talia rewatch episode 2, Infected (without spoliers for the rest of the season). Including: this episode as the set designer’s dream; the modern TV audience’s acceptance of subtitles; how to do horror for an audience like us who doesn’t particularly like horror series; Bella Ramsay’s spot-on depiction of a teenager; and once more the incredible economy of the screenwriting in this series.
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Many apologies that this is not a podcast to say that series 3 of The OA has been commissioned… but instead to say that we have just released the first episode of a new podcast called Reinfected, on the fabulous HBO show The Last of Us. An episode-by-episode rewatch of season 1, in preparation for week-by-week episodes when season 2 of The Last of Us is released in 2025.
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Sorry to say that this is not to tell you about a new episode of Succession… but to say that we have just released the first episode of a new podcast called Reinfected, on the fabulous HBO show The Last of Us. An episode-by-episode rewatch of season 1, in preparation for week-by-week episodes when season 2 of The Last of Us is released in 2025.
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Ethan and Talia start rewatching season 1, trying to recall what drew them to this series in the first place. Including: why did we like this when we’re really no fans of horror, zombies or video games; the economy of the scriptwriting; and as always what exactly makes a great show?
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With the finale now consigned to history, Ethan and Talia look back and think about the series as a whole, including: emails from podcast listeners (including a previously overlooked finale plot point), what themes the show has been trying to put across; what have each of the characters brought to the story; and Ethan's argument that this is the greatest show of all time – what exactly makes a great show?
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Ethan and Talia discuss episode 10, the finale of the fourth and final season of HBOs series Succession: With Open Eyes. Including: was this as satisfying an ending as we had been hoping for?; the keen eye of the writers in pulling together and amping up all the themes that made Succession so great; did any of the characters really win the succession race; and such is our reluctance to let this show finish, our decision to make an extra podcast to discuss the themes and impact of the series as a whole.
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Ethan and Talia discuss episode 9 of the fourth and final season of HBOs series Succession: Church and State. Including: is there such a thing as a Roy sibling winning the funeral? is the siblings’ mother Caroline not only the worst mother but the worst human being in a show of amoral human beings? and how does all the shenanigans here alter our view of what will happen in the final episode?
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Ethan and Talia discuss episode 8 of the fourth and final season of HBOs series Succession: America Decides. Including: how the writers have used the comedy of the series to make the anguish of this episode all the more distressing; our blindness to Roman’s true fascist nature; and Ethan doubles-down on Talia’s theory on the implications of the series’ title, and its meaning of (non-)succession for US democracy.
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Ethan and Talia discuss episode 7 of the fourth and final season of HBOs series Succession: Tailgate Party. Including: an Emmy to the costume designer for Mattsen’s gold jacket; how Roman might enact a Festen-like ending to the series; and more wondering about how the final three episodes will manage to get all these characters together for the last few times.
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Ethan and Talia discuss episode 6 of the fourth and final season of HBOs series Succession: Living+. Including: the full spectrum evidence of Kendall and Roman’s inadequacy of filling Logan’s shoes; our trepidation at the prospect of yet another eye-melting Kendall presentation; and Talia’s presidential theory of the succession promise of the series’ title.
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Ethan and Talia discuss episode 5 of the fourth and final season of HBOs series Succession: Kill List. Including: how the super-rich have no appreciation of world-class eco-lodges; Shiv’s previously underused ability to fake drink- and drug-taking whilst pregnant; and Lucas Matsonn’s over-literal understanding of what is meant by a summit meeting.
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Ethan and Talia discuss episode 4 of the fourth and final season of HBOs series Succession: Honeymoon States. The many questions over Shiv’s pregnancy, and why this was no surprise to Talia; the magisterial viciousness of Marcia; and whether Tom’s willingness to serve everybody around him is a devious power play or just sad and lonely.
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Ethan and Talia discuss episode 3 of the fourth and final season of HBOs series Succession: Connor’s Wedding. The vicarious shock of seeing Logan’s death in real time; mourning the loss of Brian Cox the actor in this series as well as his character; and the brilliance of a show that manages to make this kind of tonal change mid-season.
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Ethan and Talia discuss episode 2 of the fourth and final season of HBOs series Succession: Rehearsal. Is Logan really showing a caring side towards his children, or still manipulating them, or actually both at the same time? Is Connor’s upcoming wedding the saddest in the history of television? Does this episode contain more one-liners than any other? And another theory on how the series might conclude.
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Ethan and Talia discuss the first episode of the fourth and final season of HBOs series Succession: The Munsters. Including thoughts on the weirdness of the three Roy siblings now getting along with each other after so much fighting in previous seasons, how Tom thought his marriage might survive siding with Logan against Shiv, and the delicious prospect of a later episode featuring Connor and Willa’s wedding underneath the Statue of Liberty.
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Ethan and Talia discuss the reasons for the unfortunate cancellation of Part 3 of The OA, along with some fan theories about what storyline the season might have followed. Plus news of Ethan and Talia's new film podcast, In Bed With the Films We Love, on twelve of their favourite films and why it is some films remain lifelong favourites.
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Ethan and Talia discuss Noah Baumbach's 2012 film Frances Ha. A series about our favourite films and why we love them: how this film affected us on first and repeated viewings, the scenes and moments that stay with us, and whether the film can be used as a girlfriend/boyfriend test i.e. if a potential partner doesn't like it, is the relationship doomed?
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Ethan and Talia discuss Kathryn Bigelow's 1991 film Point Break. A series about our favourite films and why we love them: how this film affected us on first and repeated viewings, the scenes and moments that stay with us, and whether the film can be used as a girlfriend/boyfriend test i.e. if a potential partner doesn't like it, is the relationship doomed?
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Ethan and Talia discuss Gregory Jacobs's 2015 film Magic Mike XXL. A series about our favourite films and why we love them: how this film affected us on first and repeated viewings, the scenes and moments that stay with us, and whether the film can be used as a girlfriend/boyfriend test i.e. if a potential partner doesn't like it, is the relationship doomed?
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Ethan and Talia discuss Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey. A series about our favourite films and why we love them: how this film affected us on first and repeated viewings, the scenes and moments that stay with us, and whether the film can be used as a girlfriend/boyfriend test i.e. if a potential partner doesn't like it, is the relationship doomed?
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Ethan and Talia discuss Sebastian Schipper’s 2015 film Victoria. How this film made us nostalgic for 90s travelling and all its dangers; how this is really a beautiful film about flirting; and the joys of almost suffering a panic attack in the cinema. links to things discussed in this episode• Interview with director Sebastion Schipper and […]
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Ethan and Talia discuss Michel Gondry's 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. A series about our favourite films and why we love them: how this film affected us on first and repeated viewings, the scenes and moments that stay with us, and whether the film can be used as a girlfriend/boyfriend test i.e. if a potential partner doesn't like it, is the relationship doomed?
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Ethan and Talia discuss Richard Linklater's 2014 film Boyhood. A series about our favourite films and why we love them: how this film affected us on first and repeated viewings, the scenes and moments that stay with us, and whether the film can be used as a girlfriend/boyfriend test i.e. if a potential partner doesn't like it, is the relationship doomed?
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Ethan and Talia discuss Jonathan Glazer's 2013 film Under the Skin. A series about our favourite films and why we love them: how this film affected us on first and repeated viewings, the scenes and moments that stay with us, and whether the film can be used as a girlfriend/boyfriend test i.e. if a potential partner doesn't like it, is the relationship doomed?
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Ethan and Talia discuss Bill Forsyth's 1983 film Local Hero. A series about our favourite films and why we love them: how this film affected us on first and repeated viewings, the scenes and moments that stay with us, and whether the film can be used as a girlfriend/boyfriend test i.e. if a potential partner doesn't like it, is the relationship doomed?
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Ethan and Talia discuss Peter Weir's 1989 Dead Poet's Society. A series about our favourite films and why we love them: how this film affected us on first and repeated viewings, the scenes and moments that stay with us, and whether the film can be used as a girlfriend/boyfriend test i.e. if a potential partner doesn't like it, is the relationship doomed?
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Ethan and Talia discuss Richard Linklater's Before Trilogy: Before Sunrise (1995), Before Sunset (2004) and Before Midnight (2013). A series about our favourite films and why we love them: how this film affected us on first and repeated viewings, the scenes and moments that stay with us, and whether the film can be used as a girlfriend/boyfriend test i.e. if a potential partner doesn't like it, is the relationship doomed?
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Ethan and Talia discuss Sofia Coppola's 2003 Lost in Translation. A series about our favourite films and why we love them: how this film affected us on first and repeated viewings, the scenes and moments that stay with us, and whether the film can be used as a girlfriend/boyfriend test i.e. if a potential partner doesn't like it, is the relationship doomed?
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Ethan and Talia discuss Part 2, Episode 8: Overview. Including: the power of dirty jokes to help unearth a submerged dual personality; how no character in this series has learnt a thing about leaving Hap on the floor with a loaded gun; and the spot on accuracy of British medical workers allowing pursuers into their ambulance.
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Ethan and Talia discuss Part 2, Episode 7: Nina Azarova. Including: Talia's interminable complaints about the depiction of onscreen births; Hap's weird methodology for recording information with earworms; and how longer might it take to train a psychic octopus?
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Ethan and Talia discuss Part 2, Episode 6: Mirror, Mirror. Including: the commitment problem of boyfriends who seem happy to jump to other dimension to help other women; how many people are needed for movements in healthcare versus dimension jumping; and the universal warm memory of being a small child wrapped in a blanket in the back of a car at night.
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Ethan and Talia discuss Part 2, Episode 5: The Medium and the Engineer. Including: how Ethan and Talia are such scaredey cats they can't cope with any horror film tropes whatsoever; Hap's just-in-case kidnapping syringe kit; and the joy of animated robots doing contemporary dance.
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Ethan and Talia discuss Part 2, Episode 4: Syzygy. Including: delight in the detached attitude of lighting engineers watching an almost certainly illegal octopus bondage show; tips for how to split the bill on a first Tinder date; and Talia has another medical rant, this time about TV's depiction of CPR.
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Ethan and Talia discuss Part 2, Episode 3: Magic Mirror. Including: The total failure of our predictions for the next episode from last week; the influence of female genitalia on church architecture; and the wonderful apathy of Talia's favourite heroine, BBA.
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Ethan and Talia discuss Part 2, Episode 2: Treasure Island. Including: whether there really is a replica of Big Ben in San Francisco; how Hap's narcissistic rants are playing havoc with his security procedures; and Ethan has to give up his theories about Prairie working as a high class prostitute.
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