The Episode One Podcast

Lord Waldinger is in trouble. Who can we trust to save him? why Lady Becca of course!

Yes that's right. Chris's wife, Becca, last heard talking about The Act (our most popular episode) is back to discuss one of her favorite shows, Downton Abbey. with the new movie upon us, it seemed right to dig back to 2010 and re-watch the first episode of Downton Abbey.

Plus Crossovers, and other shows that follow from the sinking of the Titanic. (Historical Boats?)

Wait episode 526? Well yes and no, while NXT has been around for years as part of the WWE Network, it's now moved to USA, while being bigger and better! The episode one podcast is here to talk about it!

With special guest Emily Pratt (@emilyofpratt) we dig deep into the history of NXT, why it's now on USA, and how it fares as a third night of wrestling?

All that plus developmental leagues for other tv shows? You got it, on the Episode One Podcast!

Episode one ain't nothing to mess with.

It's part Straight out of Compton, Part the Wire. Wu-Tang: An American Saga is the latest Hulu exclusive we got a screener for and we're excited to share our thoughts!

Recording in the same room for the first time in months, the road to 99 is getting serious!

Plus a serious take on Crossovers and 30 second pitches for once.

Reboot-a-rama We have to admit, this one snuck up on us. We had heard the rumors, but didn't know it actually got made!

Steve and Chris were both avid Beverly Hills 90210 fans, and grew up with the show. We both even watched some of the 90210 continuation on CW. So how does the reboot proper hold up?

Excuse Chris's cold and Steve's temporary mic, still a great episode, and as always 30 second pitches and crossovers!

This week we look at the new series based on another Garth Ennis comic, The Boys. On Amazon Prime, this show takes a dark look at Super Heroes. Superheroes? Dark and Cynical? That's what we do best!

Dive in with Chris and Steve and see how deep the show goes, and if it can overcome it's cynicism enough to be likable (spoiler yes)

Also can we cross over The Boys with Girls? Of course we can. Plus 30 second pitches!

It was always destined we'd get here. It feels like a long time ago, we used to say we'd watch Veronica Mars, but we hadn't thought of it lately at all.

C'mon now sugar, join us as we bring it on and talk about Steve's first exposure to the world of Veronica Mars, and Chris brings his experience catching up with Veronica Mars for the movie back in 2013.

Just remember us when you get the 58 minute mark and we dive back into most of the shows we've covered in 2019 and talk about which shows we've watched more of, and what our thoughts were.

We're settling back into a biweekly-ish schedule, and we should be bringing you The Boys soon!

Special treat for everyone this week. Chris and Steve take a look at Historical roasts on Netflix with returning guest Eddie Furth, along with his partner in Roasts, Ryan Pigg!

We did have a bit of technical difficulties and lost a few minutes of audio. But the good news is we managed to save Eddie and Ryan's unfiltered thoughts on their next it series: "Historical Boats!"

We still managed to hit our normal questions and did crossovers and 30 second pitches with Eddie and Ryan, we hope you enjoy this "Very Special Episode" and we look forward to bringing you our 88th Episode Spectacular soon!

Another week, another World War II themed show on Hulu! This time it's from Germany, but premiering in the US on Hulu.

So, Steve and Chris tried to fine a way to do this episode all in subtitles, to stay true to the show... but they just don't work in Podcasts! Regardless, a show with a great cast, including not nearly enough of Lizzy Caplan in the pilot. Das Boot was an unexpectedly fun ride, and we encourage you to come along with us on it.

DIVE! DIVE! DIVE!

Christina Applegate? Linda Cardellini? Dead Husbands? sign us up!

A fun show, as this time we have a unlikeable yet likeable antagonist who's not fully the antagonist? And while fun, it's a show about grief, processing grief, living with grief and recovering from grief. But at it's heart it's still a comedy.

We had a lot of fun talking about this show, and recorded it directly after watching.

And as always, 30 second pitches and crossovers!

Directed by and cameo-ing George Clooney, the most famous novel a lot of people have never read comes to Hulu as a mini-series.

We tried for a long time to come up with a good Catch-22 for our intro and we failed. We also couldn't think of one for the show notes. But some great discussion of how the current generation of writers/creatives that came up through the persian gulf/Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts differ from the WW II and Vietnam eras of the previous generations. We also talk about whether the show "works" on screen versus print.

We also do crossovers and 30 second pitches. Join us!