Onesies

Emily and Andrew head to the frozen wastelands of Maine, where they join John Lurie and Willem Dafoe on their very manly quest for fish, which taunt them from below the frozen lake. It's Emily's favorite FWJ and the show's firing on all cylinders, so everyone has a great time. At least those who aren't ice fishing.

Emily, Andrew, John, and Matt (Dillon) head to scenic Costa Rica where John and Matt maybe duked it out with gringo banditos and machismo-fueled fisherman, powered with nothing but the Fish Dance to ensure a half hour of great television. The Fish Dance is that powerful. Plus, as the narration informs us all, it's probably the best episode anyway. Tune in as Emily and Andrew once again wonder why they ever watched bad shows instead of delightful ones.

Emily and Andrew hitch a ride in a canoe to Jamaica with John and Tom Waits, learning all about how the magic of editing can fake a documentary while also learning to show some grace to the sea sick. Listen as they discuss Herculian feats of Herzogian strength and much more.

Emily and Andrew sail north from Jantique to the wild waters on Montauk, New York, where intrepid shark hunters Jim Jarmusch and John Lurie alternate between airings of grievances, feats of strength, and porported fishing.

Emily and Andrew set the Tardis to delightful--just wait until they get to discussing Neil Patrick Harris--even if there's no more (onscreen) Wilf. Listen as they discuss working time travel, musical numbers, German accents, special effects, growing units, and, well, yes, that new Doctor fellow.

Emily and Andrew pass through the galactic barrier to the very edge of the known universe for a done-in-one episode for David Tennant and Catherine Tate's Doctor Donna, albeit one involving fifteen years of television show canon and, well, billions of years of story time. Listen as they discuss special effects, robots, puzzles, chemistry, icky badness, and so much more.

Well, dear listeners, the day has arrived. Emily and Andrew enjoy talking about the subject episode again. It's only been 65 million years. And enjoy they do, because the first DOCTOR WHO special (small spoiler, no doctor who? joke yet) is a complete delight. It's a new forward facing era for the Doctor, done right (so far).

Current outlook for escaping Jantique after the specials conclude? Promising.

During this week's episode, Andrew makes a comment about how the only good performance in the episode is the poor guy whose job it is to try to tell the terrible white medical students not to be racist, especially not when they're on a Caribbean island where everyone is Black. Since "Going to Extremes" doesn't have a complete IMDb listing, the actor's name was unknown to our unprepared hosts as they recorded the episode. Andrew and Emily have a bunch to say this episode, it's delightful. At least when they're talking about not watching "Going to Extremes" for a while.

However, in preparing the show art, Andrew discovered the IMDb situation is even worse than... well, let's be honest, "Going to Extremes" isn't something anyone else remembers. Except the actor playing the farmer is John Jones. There's no John Jones on IMDb who matches him, no pictures on Google. Except a single image for a YouTube video. John Jones sings WHERE DO THE CHILDREN PLAY.

John Jones of "Going to Extremes" may not be John Jones the reggae singer of the 1970s, who doesn't have a Wikipedia, doesn't have any mentions besides some reggae forums and YouTube comments. He's got a Greatest Hits. The cover image is a woman in a bikini. Barely in a bikini. It's on Apple Music and it seems worth a listen. Even if you don't do reggae.

"Going to Extremes" has been about the active supplanting of Black people's stories for these tedious, shallow, insipid, feckless white people. But it gave this guy a spot on primetime (albeit ABC) and there was something to this casting. Presumably. It'd be on par for "Extremes" to unknowingly cast a Jamaican music star.

Or there's just some other guy named John Jones.

Either way. They both ought to be findable online. "Extremes" John Jones is either an actor, who's good and his filmography ought to exist, or he's a 1970s reggae star, who hasn't been forgotten by fans, but has been missed by the Internet. Not good. Do better, Internet.

Also, yes, John Marshall Jones was on "Joe's Life." No, we cannot escape it. We never realized watching one season wonders and blunders would open the Pandora's Box of lousy ABC coincidences.

We're sorry.

After a week of bliss away from Jantique, Emily and Andrew return for a perfect storm of GOING TO EXTREMES' worst instincts. Charlie (and friends) don't like being told not to be racist monsters, Alex has mommy domme issues with his sex prof, and Roy D gets jealous of other people not having to be Roy D. Join us?

In the world of Onesies, a pause comes to light,

Emily sends word, a break in their flight.

Schedules entwined, not syncing just right,

One host watched the show, the other missed the sight.

And there's Emily, post-booster, in a quiet repose,

Recovering gently, as the downtime she chose.

Yet, fear not for the gap, it's brief, they propose,

For next week they return, as their commitment shows.

They'll dive into "Going to Extremes," episode eleven,

Back in Television Land, their discussion heaven.