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11.22.63 - The Eyes of Texas 3.25.63

Jake and Bill become "partners" and take a road trip to Dallas. Jake begins working as a a high school English teacher, while he and Billy begin their surveillance of Lee Harvey Oswald.

We're back after an expected hiatus due to travel and health issues (non the least of which were James' cuticles).

Jake tells the worst car trip passenger ever about the plot to kill Kennedy and that’s he’s here from the future...

The book is pretty messed up, how he reads anything out of it is a mystery.

A tighty whitey fight ensues much to Laura's chagrin.

DO THEY NOT HAVE MINIBARS IN THE 1960s!?

The history of the hotel minibar.

The Lincoln/Kennedy Coincidences and Connections

Horrible scars on the kids back, possibly abused.

$100 for a ride and not getting shot, woot! (How many pieces of pie could you buy with that?)

Daly Plaza seems like deserted ghost town.

Is this the least busiest street in America? Why is no one around?

Apparently people only come out to watch a President get shot.

The great "reset" debate continues

Bill and Jake, PARTNERS!

Welcome to Jodie, Texas.

Catcher in the Rye

Mark David Chapman used this book as his "official statement to police" after assassinating John Lennon

Bill is super creepy hanging round the school.

Jack Ruby... Laura is using this series to learn about history.

The Lincoln/Kennedy Coincidences and Connections

Bill is spilling the beans already after a day. Worst. Partner. Ever.

First Day of School

Mr. Coleslaw?

Probably not a good idea to offer a black woman a cup of coffee in pre-civil rights times Texas.

Are there rules for going in the closet?

The years pass.... In the weird time warp hallway.

Hellooooo distraction! The past had something up its sleeve! Jodie High School just happens to have a teacher position open? Not trying to hard past, are you?

Fort Worth, Texas

Passage of time portrayed well with the car showing an increase in wealth

Poe's Story: Cask of Amontillado

Oswald finally gets back from Russia.

He is very proud about defecting for someone who comes back to Texas.

Have they used that string designation for places before?

Super racist landlord, this a terrible neighborhood. Super homophobic neighbors.

They don’t have minibars, but they have pretty good spy equipment?

Is Bill the bad "leaper"?

Bill and Jake bug the apartment

Bill is still being creepy

Spiders in the attic (or was it the crawlspace?)

George de Mohrenschildt???

Convenient in for General Walker... Again, seems like this is way too easy so far.

The HomoPhobes "ruin" the taps. Really? Just rewind in on the spools!

The past is not trying too hard!

Mr. Amberson helps Ms. Mimi. Go Jake!

The school dance.

Laura and Miranda are apparently predisposed to distrust her due to their shared gender

Miss Representation movie

General Walker Rally

The connection between Oswald and Walker has us all befuddled

Oswald really doesn’t like General Walker

If Walker is against Kennedy, why would Oswald want to kill Walker and Kennedy?

Final Thought: Did Oswald really have a speech impediment / accent?

Jake's first attempt to change time seems to have been unsuccessful, so he decides there is one thing he can change. He travels to Kentucky to prevent Harry's father, Hank, from brutally killing his family in hopes he can change at least one small part of the future. He finds out that even small pieces of the past push back against change.

Harry the Fairy gets chased down by the town bullies.

Apparently this isn't the first time.

But why do the townsfolk look at him with shame? Is it fear of Frank?

Is the past still fighting as hard not to be changed?

i.e. food poisoning is weak!

Thankfully he finds a home with Martha Kent,,,er Lana Lang...er Edna Price.

Possible Theory:

The past fights back according to how much change has been made?

Thankfully (or not), the fire didn't destroy everything.

Sammy's Townhouse on Dixie Highway is the place to go after work (or to find Frank)

Our VERY first Grammar Tangent before we discuss the James Agee reference.

If Jake can't kill a cow, will he be able to kill Frank?

Apparently the past doesn't really care about cows.

Jake's HOJO Prize plan is not very smart.

However, the story about where he served in the Korean War was BRILLIANT!

The gun store scene was hilarious.

Jake get's to Frank's House and quotes Harry's Story in preparation.

Bartender Billy is back and we get his history with Frank.

The fight between Jake and Frank is quite intense, and without much interference from the past.

Jake wins, but is caught by Bartender Billy with the newspaper clipping of the JFK assassination.

The premier episode hooked us right in. We are all glad we decided to give this show a watch.

We start off discussing the J.J. Abrams connection (Bryan Burke) and other familiar faces like Kevin J. O'Connor, Chris Cooper, Leon Rippy, and James Franco.

Onto our first tangent lamenting the loss of several TV shows cancelled the week of this recording. (Castle being the one Miranda is most upset about)

We discuss the merits of Harry's A+ grade on his story, Al and Ziggy's Diner, and the Yellow Card Man's creepy vibe (ala Fringe's observers).

Al goes from zero to dead in 2 minutes.

Time traveler's rules for success #1 EMPTY YOUR POCKETS and change clothes first!

Rule #2: Test the waters, reset, return making adjustments to the plan.

It's an interesting way to "learn" about history:

-racial and gender discrimination

-politics of the 60's

-conspiracy theories

The past fights back via the phone booth, the car crash, the restaurant, flirty women, people having sex in restaurants, and burning houses (and kids).

Time to go to Kentucky and perhaps right a smaller wrong the past may not care as much about. Enter Josh Duhamel as Frank Dunning. He seems like Just a sweet ol' guy trying to take his kids out for some ice cream... until that creepy grin shows us he's not such a nice guy!

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James, Laura, Miranda, and Jeff discuss the season finale of Into the Badlands; Hand of Five Poisons

Miranda, Jeff, Laura, and James discuss the next to last episode of the inaugural season of Into the Badlands: Snake Creeps Down. Quinn is still a creepy snake but his followers see that he's not at full strength. Sunny figures out he can use the compass along with the book to find Azra, and the "elders", led by Lance Heriksen's character, Penrith, seem to know a lot about what MK doesn't. Tilda gets captured, but is it part of her plan? Lydia and Jade are dueling it out while appearing to be working together, and just like that, were down to one episode left in the first season. What will happen? How will it end? What will season 2 bring?

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In a world without guns, fighting is an art!

Season One-Episode Two of Into the Badlands: Fist Like a Bullet (AKA Girl Power)

Several GREAT fight scenes in this episode, starting off with the nightclub fight. Once again, this show gives us great fight choreography and beautiful cinematography.

Don't mess with a girl wearing stiletto heels.

Opening Sequence is Spectacular

Music by Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park.

Questions to ponder (aka give us your feedback)

Why are there no guns?

Are the girls biological sisters, or just a sisterhood of clippers?

Where are the bows and arrows? Is there a code that is codier than the samurai code? #morecodierthansamurai

Is the symbol a women only secret?

How does The Widow know about MK’s ability?

What’s in the book?

Suggestions for shows to podcast about.

Minerva is no "Mother" of the Year but Matilda has us all impressed. Matilda Meets MK

Someone has a crush on Veil.

Ryder’s foot made our toes curl… #feetaregross #ihatefeet

Sonny draws a line in the sand with Quinn

We debate the hows/whys/what ifs of him killing or not killing Quinn.

Who’s Waldo? waldo

(Stephen Lang from Avatar and Terra Nova)

Sonny and Quinn leaving the fort is very reminiscent of The Emerald City (Oz)

Tilda tries (and fails) to save MK.

Does MK have super skin?

Quinn’s backstory: Apparently a baron can be from any walk of life.

The Widow’s Trap was great, but the fight scene was better!

And apparently Corey Feldman should have been named Cody Feldman

#obligatorytangent

Back on track: MK was pretty quick to accept “the deal"

James, Laura, Miranda, and Jeff give their thoughts and impressions regarding Season 1 - Episode one of Into the Badlands: The Fort. It's got everything you could ask for. It's cinematographically awesome, we get some #chocolateabs, and some killer fight scenes. We'd love to hear from you! IsAnybodyWatching.com