Some relatives embarrass you at weddings, some get into political arguments at the holiday dinner table, and some threaten to fight you to the death if you don’t help them break some cousins out of jail.

After getting a bloody nose in their initial attack, the Liangshan forces take another crack at razing the Zhu Family Manor.

Our heroes storm to the gates of the Zhu Family Manor, intent on teaching the people inside a lesson.

An act of petty theft quickly escalates into a grave insult against the Liangshan heroes, somehow.

Yang Xiong has a little heart-to-heart with his adulterous wife.

Things heat up in Yang Xiong’s house, and on the dead-end street behind it.

In between carving up pig carcasses, Shi Xiu sniffs out some shenanigans in his new household.

I recently did two interviews on other podcasts -- the Mandarin Slang Guide podcast and Journey to the West: The Podcast. 

A street brawl turns two strangers into bosom buddies.

Don’t drink on this trip? I’ll drink as much as I please, damn the consequences. Oh, here come those consequences.