CC & Beep are joined by Erin, our friend who happens to be a literature professor. We had a lot of thoughts on the thematic elements of Frankenstein, how every character is reminiscent of the creature in some way, and also love wolves.

Time Stamps

5:10 Guest panelist Erin enters the gauntlet: the great red forest query & time as a character

31:05 “Herr Frankenstein”? But first, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is not the pop culture version

46:41 Parallels between 12 Monkeys & Frankenstein: the mad scientist, creatures outside of the natural order, isolation, nature vs. nurture, and feeding the two wolves

66:44 1:06 The Red Forest

Visions as memories of tomorrow

Time is going to take what is owed

The most awkward road trip ever

Casserole: moral ships passing in the night

Well hello, striking woman

The many, many meanings of the red forest/the house of cedar & pine

101:12 1:07 The Keys

The series is established as one giant feels attack

Foreshadowing Blood Washed Away

The power of romantic tropes

A Frankenstein of Tandoori Chicken

Cole’s senses coming alive

Death & the importance of now

Mythology building: Druse & the custodians of time

Wexler as a foil for Cole

The Keys & “a better version” of Cole

Aaron Marker: come on, he’s not that bad?