The adventures of Mando continue, as his past comes back to haunt him. What does this past mean for him? Will Mando allow a droid to pilot his ship? Does Bill Burr know he's in a Star Wars show? We discuss this and more as we take a look at the next episode of season one of The Mandalorian, "Chapter 6: The Prisoner".

Notes:

• The Village People
• Clancy Brown
• Thor: Ragnorak (2017)
• Natalia Tena
• Xi'an
• Richard Ayoade
• The IT Crowd
• RAND Coporation
• California emissions check
• The Lion King 1½ (2004)
• Westworld
• Dungeons & Dragons
• Queen's Guard
• "What is a boom microphone?"
• "What is Microphone Wind Muff for?"
• 24
• 24
• "Gator Facts" from Texas Parks and Wildlife
• Library of Alexandria
• Three-act structure
• Anthology series
• The Flash
• The Pretender
• Doctor Who
• The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV series)
• Quantum Leap
• Star Trek

In this chapter of our podcast, we continue following our favorite Mandalorian on the lam as his desparate situation has brought to the galaxy's most wretched hive of sum and villainy. Will he find a job? Who will betray whom? And what kind of currency does a droid use in a poker game? Find out the answers as we discuss "Chapter 5: The Gunslinger".

Notes:

• Sound
• Wave-particle duality
• Ming-Na Wen
• Princess Carolyn
• Strangers With Candy
• Hot Fuzz (2007)
• Empire! (today)
• Early modern period
• Voyages of Christopher Columbus (in 1492, not 1496)
• Fall of Constantinople (in 1453, not 1483)
• Sabacc
• Guillermo del Toro
• Orson Krennic
• Fennec fox
• "The (Secret) City of London, Part 2: Government"
• Bobby Cannavale
• Canto Bight
• Star Wars Chanukah Special
• Corellia
• Empire of Dreams (2004)
• Sample Night Vision Goggles
• Color vision
• Cone cell
• Plant domestication
• Syndrome
• The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
• Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
• Inverse-square law
• Macbeth (1608)
• "Brainteasers"
• How astronauts have gone to the bathroom
• Iron Man 2 (2010)
• Metric system
• French Revolution
• Mermun or whatever

With Mando and the kid on the run, where better a place to hide but on a sleepy planet with no population density. Surely no harm will befall our heroes here as we examine what happens in The Mandalorian, "Chapter 4: Sanctuary".

Notes:

• Blue Planet II (2017)
• Earth (2007)
• The Good Place
• American Vandal
• Sorghum (italicized because it's a genus of plant, not, like, because it's a TV show)
• "Jar Jar is the key to all of this"
• Darth Jar Jar (the URL here is from darthjarjar.com, so you know it's legit)
• Taco Bell Cantina (and this one is from livingmas.com)
• Catbus
• The Magnificent Seven (1960)
• The Magnificent Seven (2016)
• Seven Samurai (1954)
• The Magnificent Seven (1960) Soundtrack
• Jurassic Park
• Rocky (1976)
• Battle of Agincourt
• "I AM NOT JESSICA CHASTAIN"
• Cats (2019)
• "Why is Cats?"
• Legends of Tomorrow
• "The Book of Henry LIVE" - The Flop House
• Toast
• Avocado toast

As we continue down the path of the Mandalore, we come to The Mandalorian, "Chapter 3: The Sin". But can Mando live with the choices he's made? Can he face his other Mandalorians? Can he pull off a big shiny suit? This we discuss...and more.

Notes:

• The O.C.
• F·R·I·E·N·D·S
• ******
• Midi-chlorian
• Coruscant
• Naboo
• Cutscene
• Damn, Daniel
• Viceroy
• Government in exile
• George E. Dixon, Civil War soldier whose life was saved by a coin
• "The Time Teddy Roosevelt Was Shot in the Chest, Then Gave a Speech Anyway"

Our exploration of the Mandalorian continues with Episode 2, The Child. We ask the important questions about Jawa hate, Mandalorian training, space mummies, and so much more. Will Mando and the kid get off this planet alive?

Notes:

• Animal Crossing
• Assassin's Creed Odyssey
• Diogenes
  • His attested quotations are wild
• Socrates
• Dengar the Space Mummy
• "The Trouble with Transporters" - CPG Grey
• "Kim Kardashian Atttorney at Law???" - LegalEagle
• Catch Me If You Can (2002)
• Alec is conflating two justices: Stanley Forman Reed, who attended but did not graduate from the University of Virginia School of Law but was actually appointed by FDR; and James Clark McReynolds, who did graduate from the school but was a member of the Four Horsemen

With the MCU thoroughly considered, we begin a new adventure, going through the direct-to-streaming television show, The Mandalorian. We begin, as is usually fitting (but now always with Star Wars) with Episode 1: "Chapter 1: The Mandalorian".

Notes:

• Easter
• Passover
• Star Wars Chanukah Special
• DTS Audio
• Pedro Pascal
• Avatar: The Last Airbender
• Paul Giamatti
• Oberyn Martell
• Dorne
• The Incomparable 192: Murderous Roomba
• Flight of the Conchords
• Wellington Paranormal
• English Civil War
• War of Spanish Succession
• War of Austrian Succession
• Hundred Years' War
• Wars of the Roses
• Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

We assume this is the kind of #content people want. Let us know what you think in the comments! And we may be back with more...traditional episodes soon.

Dread it. Run from it. Our Infinity War (2018) episode arrives all the same. This is the epic conclusion to our round up of all of the extant MCU movies and their direct-to-video animated Disney movie analogs. When we’re done, half of audience will still be listening.

Note that this was recorded a while ago, prior to many of us entering into shelter in place restrictions. We hope everyone is doing well in these challenging circumstances, and that those that aren’t can find a way to make it through.

Notes:

• Cardinality of infinite sets
• “Sunlight is the best disinfectant”
• Sports
• Loki
• Cats (2019)
• Deep-fried kebab
• Deep-fried Mars bar
• Paul Bettany
• Caledonian Sleeper
• Two-Face
• “It’s a Good Life” (1961)
• Aliens (1986)
• Sole Survivor (2013)
• Designated Survivor 
• Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
• LASIK
• Achilles
• Double dip
• WandaVision
• MAXO Special: Ant-Man and the Wasp and the Incredibles, Too
• The Star Wars Chanukah Special
• Mulan (2020)
• The Crown
• The Queen (2006)
• Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
• China (material)
• BD Wong
• Michelle Kwan
• Cats (2019)
• Les Misérables (2012)

It is a tale of epic proportions. The exiled prince has returned, and he has some disagreements with how the kingdom has been absent in his time away. But what if not all of this prince’s ideas are quite on the right track... This week we look at the Oscar®-nominated film Black Panther (2018). But if a story of the squabbles between different branches of a royal family is not quite your speed, we also take a look at The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride (1998), where, um, oh, well, I suppose this is awkward, but different branches of a royal family squabble. Oh. But at least this time, they are lions instead of people who just put on big cat-inspired costumes. So, there’s that.

Note: this was recorded prior to the release of Avenger’s: Endgame (2019). We probably would have mentioned some things connecting that movie if we’d recorded it later.

Notes:

• Squirrel Girl
• Galactus
• MCU movies that have been nominated for Academy Awards
• Wonder Woman (2017)
• Us (2019)
• This Is Us
• Get Out (2017)
• Furry suit
• British Museum
• Martin Freeman
• The [UK] Office
• Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
• Arrow
• Hamlet (1601?)
• Rosencrantz and Gildenstern Are Dead (1966)
• Romeo and Juliet (1596?)
• Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
• Terminator Genisys [sic] (2015)
• Star Trek Generations (1994) 
• “The Secrets of Big Cats’ Mating” (look, I’m just providing the link; if you click on it after reading that title, that’s on you)
• Romeo and/or Juliet by Ryan North and William Shakespeare
• Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)
• Romeo + Juliet (1996)
• Benvolio
• Tybalt
• Mercutio
• Dewclaw
• Ge’ez Script
• Amharic

Finally, the episode everyone’s been waiting for. Believe it or not, despite having discussed this movie at various times in the past, we still have more things to say about Taika Waititi’s magnum opus, Thor: Ragnorak (2017). A fresh look at some previously stodgy characters, this fan favorite still has a lot going for it. Meanwhile, Alec has something else wonderful to talk about....

Editor’s note: this episode was recorded prior to the release of Avengers: Endgame (2019). If it were recorded later, that probably would have changed some of the discussion in this episode.

Notes:

• Strike (2017-)
• Doctor Who (1963-)
• Taika Waititi
• Suture
• Surtur
• Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones (2002)
• Eternal flame
• “Immigrant Song” - Led Zeppelin
• “Behold: my stuff”
• Matt Damon
• Liam Hemsworth
• Luke Hemsworth
• Larry Hemsworth
• Bactrian Camelback
• Loki’s Children
• Ragnarök
• Loki, the 13th dinner guest
• Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
• Star Wars Chanukah Special
• MAXO: Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol 2
• MAXO: Guardians of the Galaxy
• “Credits will do fine”
• “Thor’s Roommate Daryl Survived the Infinity War Snap”
• “It was with you all along”
• “The real treasure was the friends we made along the way”
• Find Out Why
• Compact Disc
• Airplane
• Lightning
• Hearthstone
• Adaptation (2002)
• Evolution
• Giant Panda
• Wind
• Sneezing
• Photic sneeze reflex
• Sorry to Bother You (2018)