For our first episode of season two of The Denouement, Josh and Mpona are discussing a biggie: the final episode of season one of The Leftovers on HBO and Now.

Three years after an unexplained phenomenon called "the sudden departure" where 2% of the world's population vanished into thin air, the town of Mapleton, New York, and their beleaguered police chief, Kevin Garvey, struggle to hold it all together.

This discussion has been a long time coming - it's one of Josh's all time faves, and this podcast was the perfect excuse to make Mpona (and all of you!) watch it. We're tackling big themes such as life, death, religion, cults, family and grief.

Next time, we will be watching the final episode of series two of the delightfully sexy sitcom Cheaters on the BBC. 

We're back, baby!

Josh and Mpona are back on the mics, discecting the final episodes of a few recent television series we think more people should be talking about.

This time, we're giving you a little heads up in case you want to watch along with us. The first five shows we will be watching are:

• The Leftovers (S1) - Now/Sky/HBO
• Cheaters (S1&2) - BBC iPlayer
• The Crow Girl - Paramount+
• Homecoming (S1) - Prime Video
• The Listeners - BBC iPlayer.

Fire up the TV, and don't forget to subscribe so you don't miss our first discussion. 

Ahead of season 3 (which we both script edited!) coming out in the UK on the BBC, next week - Tuesday 1st October - here is our definitive recap of seasons 1 & 2 and a deep dive on the final episode, Jerusalem.

We will get into:
🏙️ Industy’s distinctive sound and look
🔁 our heroes’ destructive cycles and can they ever break them
👩‍💼Mpona’s defence of “Bad B” Harper Stern
💦 “nasty” sex
💵 an idiot’s guide to the finance story
😍 gushing for Eric Tao
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Josh enthusiastically pointing out the use of Cardiff locations
📈And THAT cliff hanger!

This is the final episode of the season of The Denouement. We'll be back before you know it, picking apart the final epsiodes of more superlative television. In the meantime, subscribe and follow us on Instagram @thedenouementpodcast

This week on The Denouement Podcast, Josh and Mpona are looking at the final episode of GIRI/HAJI on Netflix.

On the one hand it’s a story about the Yakuza v London gangsters, gun battles and shady detectives. But it’s also about duty, shame, and the melancholy of the big city.

We get into how best to tell women’s stories in a masculine narrative, climactic structuring of a good finale, the joy or recognisable locations, and - of course - interpretive dance routines in noir thrillers.

Next time on the podcast we will be discussing Cardiff-set teen comedy-drama IN MY SKIN and we will be joined by special guest, fellow script editor Will Roach.

Running a functioning democratic society is difficult at the best of times - even tougher if you’re seventeen.

This week on The Denouement, Josh and Mpona are taking a trip to the town of New Ham to discuss the final episode of series one of The Society on Netflix. 

If you’ve not seen it, imagine a cross between The Lord of the Flies, The Leftovers and Gossip Girl. We will be talking about why its a good thing all the teens in this show have terrible fashion, the conspicuous absence of identity politics in New Ham, the reason why every childbirth scene on TV is exactly the same, and - of course - military coups (the ‘p’ is not silent).

New time, we will be watching Giri/Haji - the finest ever British-Japanese Detective drama - available to stream on Netflix.

Is justice blind?
And what if the defendant is a really annoying spoilt brat?
Can the truth prevail?

This week, script editors Josh and Mpona discuss the final episode of SHOWTRIAL series 1 on the BBC.

Starring Celine Buckens as Talitha, the privileged student on trial for the murder of her classmate, and Tracy Ifeachor as Cleo, her cool duty lawyer, this show looks in detail at the processes and fallibilities in the British criminal and legal systems.

Next time on The Denouement we will be watching THE SOCIETY on Netflix.

What’s riskier, espionage or marriage?

This week, Mpona and Josh discuss MR & MRS SMITH on Prime Video.

Starring Donald Glover and Maya Erskine, this series is (kinda) based on the 2005 Brangelina movie. John and Jane Smith are two lonely strangers, placed in an arranged marriage and tasked with high-risk missions by a mysterious entity known only as “hihi”.

We will discuss how the final episode balances the whackiness of the spy world with a grounded relationsip story, the potential for a second series, and - of course - that beautiful New York brownstone.

Plus, we have thoughts on the casting of Paul Dano as "Hot Neighbor".

Next time on THE DENOUEMENT we will be watching Showtrial on BBC iPlayer.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p09twdp8/showtrial

This week, script editors Mpona and Josh discuss the final episode of TRUELOVE on Channel 4.

If someone you cared about asked you to help them end their life, could you do it?

This brilliantly written and dazzlingly cast drama follows five friends in their 70s who make an assisted suicide pact. But this intended act of kindness is murder in the eyes of the law.

How far will ex-detective Phil and ex-soldier Ken (who also happen to be ex-lovers) go in the name of true love?

Next time on The Denouement we will be watching Mr & Mrs Smith on Prime.