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It's 2022 baby and you know we're bringing the heat! Unrelatedly, we're joined by Shaggy Black of Cinema Villains to cover Michael Mann's 1995 crime epic Heat! We're talkin' the diner scene. We're talkin' the shootout. We're talkin' about ghostly heat vision. And maybe, just maybe, we'll discover how big that ass truly was.

In the news, Netflix is working on a Scott Pilgrim anime, Pixar's latest is hitting Disney+ instead of theatres, and we say goodbye to Betty White and Sidney Poitier.

Welcome everyone to the 2nd Annual BS Awards! After a long year, it's finally time to come together and celebrate the movies we covered on the show in 2021! After Xzy and Max get through their categories, it's on to crafting the show Top 10. Pray for them.

A big thank you to all of our guests this year, especially Emily Gagne, Perry Jackson, Nick Valdez, Diego Crespo, Andrew Bault, and Alex Katz for contributing their own Top 5's, and a special thank you to Scott Raychel for being our MC.

Thank you very much dear listener for another wonderful year of the show. We'll see you in 2022 where we'll be bringing the usual heat.

You are legally obligated to wish Max a happy birthday. And to enjoy this episode! Today, we're celebrating the occasion with a true blue Max Pick: 2016's Sing Street! The classic story of boy meeting girl, boy asking girl to be in a music video, and then boy scrambling to form a band. Tale as old as time right? Well maybe this 80s feel-good throwback has a little more to say about nostalgia and brotherhood to back up the incredible jams these teenagers write.

In the news, we're forced to face the depressing reality of a Harvey Weinstein trial update, the omicron variant (GET YOUR BOOSTERS, PEOPLE!), and a quick discussion of one of 2022's most anticipated movies: Everything Everywhere All At Once!

On this, the final episode of Fire Walk with Friends, Max and Xzy wrap it all up. 

We discuss the major beats from Mark Frost's books The Secret History of Twin Peaks and Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier, answer every lingering question Xzy has, present our grand unifying theories on the show, and answer some listener questions. 

Thank you very yrev much for taking the journey with us.

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It's our last regular episode of the year! To celebrate, we're joined by Nextlander's own Alex Navarro to discuss the finer points of 2002's Adaptation. How does a comedy transcend and become about life, work, meaning, and obsession? What can it say about working within the Hollywood studio system? And just what happened to mid-budget cinema?

Meanwhile in the news, France implements a new tax strategy for streamers, Christopher Nolan's back with a big ol' cast for his take on Oppenheimer, and we say goodbye to Anne Rice.

It's all led to this: Parts 17 & 18 of Twin Peaks: The Return.

Jerry is found in Montana, Lucy understands cellular telephones, Mr. C burns, Cooper enacts his plan, and Carrie Page comes home.

Next week, our final episode of Fire Walk with Friends! We'll be discussing the books The Secret History of Twin Peaks and Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier, and Max and Xzy go over their grand unifying theories of Twin Peaks.

Let's talk about work, baby! This week your friends get into some heavy discussions about the workplace. But first, NFTs are trying be a thing in Hollywood (again) and a first look at Across the Spider-Verse. Then, finally, it's all workplace drama, capitalism, and fashion with The Devil Wears Prada.

It's Sunday, and that can only mean one thing: Twin Peaks! This week, we're discussing The Return Parts 15 & 16!

Diane remembers everything, Nadine has an epiphany, Margaret has one final message for Hawk, Mr. C visits an old friend, Audrey wakes up, and Cooper sets his plan in motion.

Next week, we're ending it all with Parts 17 & 18.

Emily Gagne from We Really Like Her and Final Girl Fashion returns for a long and fascinating talk about commercialism, music, and all of it's sub-cultures. But first, news! There was none! Hurray! Instead we open with whether Jake Gyllenhaal smells good or not, the joy of a deep fried turkey, and what everyone wants for Christmas. Then we get into some real deep music talk as we break down 1982's Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains.

After an unexpected week off, we're back in business to discuss Parts 13 & 14 of Twin Peaks: The Return!

Mr. C wins an arm wrestling match, Nadine bumps into Dr. Amp, Anthony can't go through poisoning Dougie, Andy goes beyond the infinite, and Gordon has another Monica Bellucci dream.

Next week, we'll be discussing Parts 15 & 16!