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We have had a -busy- month! As just a couple of parents podcasting for the fun of it, Real Life has a way of winning out over extracurriculars sometimes, but we should be back on track for a while now. We plan to finish out Stranger Things, then podcast all about  our trip to Gilmore Girls Fan Fest AND the GG Revival episodes coming out in November. After that, it will almost be time to start up with Colony, season 2!

Poor Barb! I don't think there's any hope that Barb wound up anything other than a faceless monster's Barb-burger. Did it pay to be Nancy's conscience? Or does she wish she had cut loose a little more? We'll probably never know the answer - unless the monster was just really lonely and wanted a friend for checkers at the bottom of the pool.

We had a hunch they didn't show us that quarry in episode 2 just for good production value. I wonder if we're done with it though. Seems like a great showdown location with the monster... Or maybe Joyce's house. Either way, I know I need to see Elle telekinetically beat the hell out of the monster while Hop unloads 6 rounds into its chest before this thing is over. You know. For Barb.

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With only 8 episode this season, no episode can spend much time on any one character. This episode goes a long way to defining who the main characters are without a lot of exposition. They DO the things that tell us who they are, making it very watchable. And just when you think you've seen everything this episode has to offer... Barb.

This second episode ably builds upon the first. Last week we met pretty much everyone we need to know to get us through the story. (If anybody else shows up, I'm going to call cheating on the Duffer Brothers.) This week, we get to see:

Mike's E.T.-inspired introduction of the world outside Hawkins Labs to a wide-eyed Elle

Lucas' low tolerance for supernatural shenanigans

Dustin's quick-witted ability to cause a distraction (bang-BANG!)

Steve Harrington's best moves (not counting those using a stuffed bear)

Jonathon's unsupervised nocturnal activities -and-

The true meaning of friendship, as demonstrated by our resident slave to raging hormones, Nancy.

With only 8 episode this season, no episode can spend much time on any one character. This episode goes a long way to defining who the main characters are without a lot of exposition. They DO the things that tell us who they are, making it very watchable. And just when you think you've seen everything this episode has to offer... Barb.

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And we're back!

I don't think I'd recommend moving if you want to try and keep a weekly podcast going. It really plays havoc with your scheduling and studio availability. (By that I mean the studio is completely inaccessible).

But we're back now with the first season of Stranger Things from Netflix. This one is too good to just sit back and let pass by with giving it the Daley review treatment. Being children of the 80's, there's a lot for Caroline and I to chew on that tastes both satisfying and familiar. I know we're a little late to the party on this one, but give us a chance even of you've watched Stranger Things. We may surprise you with some insights you hadn't heard elsewhere. Of maybe you just like us better. Either reason works for us.

And we're back!

I don't think I'd recommend moving if you want to try and keep a weekly podcast going. It really plays havoc with your scheduling and studio availability. (By that I mean the studio is completely inaccessible).

But we're back now with the first season of Stranger Things from Netflix. This one is too good to just sit back and let pass by with giving it the Daley review treatment. Being children of the 80's, there's a lot for Caroline and I to chew on that tastes both satisfying and familiar. I know we're a little late to the party on this one, but give us a chance even of you've watched Stranger Things. We may surprise you with some insights you hadn't heard elsewhere. Of maybe you just like us better. Either reason works for us.

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Was it just a week ago the first season of USA's Colony drew to a close? What better way to mark the occasion than with a slightly later than normal, but there's no harm because there's no new episode tonight, podcast? I have just the thing. This here podcast can do that for you.

The season started and everyone was together. The season ended with everyone headed in vastly different directions with no way to stay in touch. The idea behind any story's second act is to put everybody in a heap of trouble. With the finale's last few scenes, I think it's fair to say a heap of trouble is in everyone's future. Except maybe Jennifer. She may get through episode 201 without being shot at or run in by red hats, but those odds are only even money.

The team here at Daley Review is anxious to see where we go next with the LA Bloc and can't wait for 2017 to see what happens next. In the meantime, we'll start our season 2 coverage of Fear the Walking Dead in a few weeks!

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Was it just a week ago the first season of USA's Colony drew to a close? What better way to mark the occasion than with a slightly later than normal, but there's no harm because there's no new episode tonight, podcast? I have just the thing. This here podcast can do that for you.

The season started and everyone was together. The season ended with everyone headed in vastly different directions with no way to stay in touch. The idea behind any story's second act is to put everybody in a heap of trouble. With the finale's last few scenes, I think it's fair to say a heap of trouble is in everyone's future. Except maybe Jennifer. She may get through episode 201 without being shot at or run in by red hats, but those odds are only even money.

The team here at Daley Review is anxious to see where we go next with the LA Bloc and can't wait for 2017 to see what happens next. In the meantime, we'll start our season 2 coverage of Fear the Walking Dead in a few weeks!

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The next to last episode of the season delivered the big fight between Will and Katie that's been building all season. Before we get to see how that goes down, we get to see how some of our fellow colonists celebrate the first anniversary of the arrival. Let's just say that some of those colonists aim to misbehave. An opportunity arises and Will has a new, third option he wants to explore with his family: not collaborate, not resist, but Colony Exodus. It's this new option that brings Will to the family shootout we've been waiting to see.

The Will/Kate blow-up was not really everything I needed it to be and since the writers knew it wouldn't be, they gave us something juicy: Hyperion. Watch the episode, listen to the podcast and strap in for the final episode this week!

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The next to last episode of the season delivered the big fight between Will and Katie that's been building all season. Before we get to see how that goes down, we get to see how some of our fellow colonists celebrate the first anniversary of the arrival. Let's just say that some of those colonists aim to misbehave. An opportunity arises and Will has a new, third option he wants to explore with his family: not collaborate, not resist, but Colony Exodus. It's this new option that brings Will to the family shootout we've been waiting to see.

The Will/Kate blow-up was not really everything I needed it to be and since the writers knew it wouldn't be, they gave us something juicy: Hyperion. Watch the episode, listen to the podcast and strap in for the final episode this week!

Direct iTunes link.

If Colony had a Talking Dead-style "In Memorium" section of the show, this episode would have had a long one. A major character, a minor one, the minor one's sons, and then red-hat collateral damage. Let's not forget moon-base plague-man!

The terrorist cell Will has been after all season, also known as the Country Quayle Jamboree featuring Katie, is swept into the pages of history with a little help from their leader turning rat (and a little more help from Will's good aim). Things play out in a way that will let Katie skate back into her normal, non-insurrectionist life and all she has to do is take the opportunity Will has created. Can she? Will she? Her unexplained draw to Broussard is likely a time-bomb within her and when he calls, she will come a' runnin'. Maybe in the meantime, she and Will can re-forge their own bond, focus on getting Charlie back, and at least make it hard decision for her when Broussard comes knocking.

Overall, great episode, full of surprises; top 3 of the season.

In other news, we are taking part of this week's Blab From the Bloc! Sign up and be there as we get to help interview Peter Jacobson (Proxy Alan Snyder himself)!

Footnote: If you notice a reference to "hot-talk" or "talking hot", you should take this to mean that the person is speaking in an undeservedly braggadocios manner.

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