Starship Podcast Warlock

Having discovered that Jeff has never seen Spice World (directed by Bob Spiers, who also directed the first 3 series of AbFab), Drew inflicts it on him (and you, dear listener), aided and abetted by special guest star Marina. We discuss how we first heard about this pop quintet, how many times Drew and Marina have seen this in the theater, whether we ever saw them live (spoiler: yes), and of course who our favorite Spice Girl, Spice Song, and Spice Celebrity Cameo are.

Patsy's in New York, Eddie's in a hippie commune finding herself, Saffy's emptying university pubs, and Gran is addicted to home shopping. Can this really be the end? It's certainly the end of series 3, so Drew and Jeff rank the episodes and talk about why series 3 is so consistently great even in comparison to the previous 2.

Mortality looms as Patsy and Edina face endings and force new beginnings. Meanwhile, Drew reveals five things he gleaned from minutes and minutes of research on Wikipedia about AbFab characters, including the solution to the Serge/Saffy primacy problem, which was on the internet the whole time!

Edina (with Patsy in tow) attends an awards show for PR, woos Naomi Campbell, and gives another barnstorming speech, while Bubble meets her male counterpart. At home, Saffy attempts to seduce one of her teachers using an assortment of teas. Drew and Jeff review the career of Bob Spiers, who directed the first three serieseses of AbFab singlehandedly, and discover we need to watch Spice World as a special bonus episode in a few weeks. Also Drew has just looked up what bubble and squeak actually is and has lost his appetite for lunch.

Wake up! Time for "Sex"! Eddie's going through a bit of a "celibate" period, so she and Pats decide to purchase the services of a pair of naughty gentlemen of the night, one of whom is played by none other than Idris Elba in one of his earliest TV roles. We review "Hilt's" career to "find out" what he's been "up to" in between his role as iconic criminal mastermind Stringer Bell on the revered TV show The Wire and his role as iconic criminal mastermind Macavity in the reviled film adaptation of the musical Cats.

Patsy's sister comes to visit, and she looks just like a certain renegade Time Lord. Edina is jealous, Patsy is dazzled, Justin and Oliver are fascinated, illusions are shattered, and many stray cats and dogs are almost given homes. Meanwhile we discuss the timeline of a hypothetical AbFab prequel, and are once again unable to decide when Serge, Marshall, Saffy, and Justin happened. Plus what the heck did Eddy and Pats DO between 20 and 40?

Edina and Patsy take one brave step toward restoring the scorched and blasted kitchen by finding that one small piece that everything follows on from. Meanwhile we talk about the nontraditional Christmas movie Drew loves (NO, it's not Die Hard), the classic Christmas movie Jeff loves, Drew's mostly unashamed love of the Tim Burton Halloween aesthetic, and more.

It's the special Edward Albee episode of AbFab as Patsy, Edina, and Saffy get stuck in a room together, "stop being polite, and start getting real." We also hear about how Jeff's dad wasted his money on natural childbirth classes; a story explaining why Jeff knows what baby food tastes like, and why Drew never wants to go to a baby shower; and of course our episode rankings for Series 2.

In which Jeff fumbles a joke and makes it funnier, Drew fails to dignify a plea for audience interaction, and Eddie loses (at least some portion of) her money. Also we cast off the mask of faceless, impersonal objectivity this podcast is well known for in order to just basically shoot the shit about what we've been watching lately other than AbFab.

Another old friend comes to visit, and even before she arrives, she drives a wedge between Edina and Patsy! Drastic measures are needed to remove her. Meanwhile we review the career of multitalented Jane "Bubble" Horrocks.