Observe and Report

In this episode, Jax goes full-on sci-fi and fantasy with Star Trek, Star Wars: Rebels, and What We Do in the Shadows. Jason travels back to the early 2000s with Swordfish and Cradle 2 the Grave. They both rave about the new Disney+ show, Loki. Jason delves deeper into the Marvel universe with M.O.D.O.K., and has nothing but great things to say about the HBO’s Starstruck and Mare of Easttown.

In this episode, Jason starts with the inaugural Jolie Day 2021, soon to be recognized internationally by lovers of high cheekbones and haters of Brad Pitt. Festivities include fantasizing about what could have been with Angie and Jonny Lee Miller, watching her kick ass in multiple films, and getting uncomfortable while watching a not-so-metaphorical marriage journey. Jax and Jason both watched Army of the Dead, and Jax finally watches a lot of male-centric movies: No Country for Old Men, Wrath of Man, and Edward Scissorhands.

Other viewings include: The Handmaid’s Tale, Shrill Season 2, The Hunt, The Mosquito Coast, The Pelican Brief, and The Vault.

After fixing some classic technical difficulties, Jax and Jason both get into some of Jack Nicholson’s oeuvre (of…varying quality), enjoy the documentaries F1: Drive to Survive and The Orange Years, and are both underwhelmed by Shadow and Bone and Stowaway. Jason gives two thumbs up to Castlevania and Hack, and Jax raves about Everything’s Gonna Be Okay and The Bad Batch.

They’re back! Jax and Jason rave about Invincible, Falcon & the Winter Soldier, and Southside. Jax goes to her comfort place (and time), Victorian London, with The Irregulars and The Nevers, and Jason got a little melancholy with the excellent The Florida Project. Then they discuss the big Covid blockbusters Godzilla vs Kong and the Zack Snyder’s Justice League.

Jax and Jason discuss their love of Good Girls, The Sound of Metal, and Judas and the Black Messiah. Netflix has discovered Jax’s Asianness, resulting in her viewing of Vincenzo and Minari. And Jason’s discoveries the chasm of difference between The Little Things and A Map of Tiny Perfect Things.

Season 1, Episode 21: The Soldier on the Grave. The ladies discuss this tension-filled episode and learn some more dark secrets about Booth’s past. They discuss the handsome but smelly men of Deadwood, and Jax still wants to be a fighter jet if she’s a transformer.

Jax starts out this episode by stumping Jason with “Efterforskningen,” also known as “The Investigation.” They discuss their enjoyment of Isle of Dogs, Clerks, and Lupin, and whether Psych and Shanghai Noon still hold up. Jason needs Jax to catch up on the excellent new show, Wandavision, and Jax has high hopes for Resident Alien.

Season 1, Episode 20: The Graft in the Girl. The ladies follow the story of an unusual serial killer and then things get even darker when Zen discusses what she would do if she was invincible (hopefully Scott Foley doesn’t get too concerned).

In this episode, Jax and Jason both reminisce about Memories of Murder and then commiserate about the shiny turd known as Tenet. Jason revisits his old friend, Babylon 5, counts down the final minutes of the excellent Attack on Titan, and is horrified by The Vanished. Jax only gets the most delicious parts of Julie & Julia, continues her Tarantino adventures with Kill Bill Vols 1 and 2, and is then heartened by Soul. Other highlights (and lowlights): WandaVision, Passenger 57, Outside the Wire, Mulan, The Little Things, and Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula.

Season 1, Episode 19: The Man in the Morgue. The ladies start of the new year with quite the Bones ep—murder, racism, and Gus Fring from Breaking Bad! Zen discusses white guy #67945 that she’s into, and Jax shocks (disgusts?) Zen with her love for an older movie character. They close out the episode with 2 hypotheticals, one of which includes the princess known as Rihanna.