Tread Perilously

Taking a break from a series and returning to the land of Doctor Who, Justin gets introduced to Elisabeth Sladen and Sara Jane Smith with the lesser light pilot of K9 and Company, "A Girl's Best Friend." Sarah arrives from an assignment abroad to her Aunt Lavina's house in a small British village. Lavina's made tracks for the US, but there are plenty of odd townsfolk to have tea and chat with. Sarah also picks up Lavina's ward Brendan at the train station. It gets murkier from there as the pair discover K9 Mark III back at the house and some local pagans attempt to rough up Brendan. Erik and Justin discuss the origins of K9, Sladen's numerous returns to the series and Doctor Who superfan Ian Levine.

At long last, the end has come. Well, for Erik and Justin at least. While Attack on Titan may go on forever, they will never know how it continued beyond episode twenty-five. One of the characters emerges as the true hero of the series and Dr. Hengle continues to be awesome. Erik's prediction about the Jogger Titan proves to be correct and while he makes a guess about the Colossal Titan, he will never know the truth. Justin wishes the material across the season had been condensed into the twelve episodes, but both find they are happy to have known about Titans and more happy to see the end of them.

The Satellite Show returns with turkey leftovers such as the Gods of Egypt trailer, the iffy feelings people now have for Sixteen Candles, Justin questioning Dawn about Attack on Titan and memories of a demented coloring book. Justin stops himself from going too far while Elsha visits to egg him on. It is also agreed that Sarah will choose the form of the Destructor. This month's Yakmala film is The Man Who Saved the World, AKA: Turkish Star Wars.

 The penultimate episode of Treat Titan Perilously focuses on losers and losing. In the grimdark world where Jogger Titans roam free, Erik and Justin discuss topics as varied as The Prisoner, Watchmen, The Wire and The Walking Dead. The Scouts fail at their mission and reaching the basement has never seemed farther away. Eren reveals that he is a poor MMA fighter, Mikasa returns to defend Eren and Titan Hunter Lestat reveals he can use the screw attack.

Erik's prediction about the basement is woefully wrong as the scouts encounter the Jogger titan. While Eren dithers about taking action, Armin comes more into his own. The Jogger also owns a number of scouts. Erik and Justin appreciate several things about episode 17-19 and wonder if, perhaps, anime fans hold onto just a few things in the midst of otherwise dreadful series. Lestat, Dr. Hengle and Rainer continue to be great as the program (re)introduces horse whisperer Christa.

With the end in sight, though, Erik doubts we'll ever reach the basement.

At long last, the worm turns! After Eren gets a well deserved beating, Attack on Titan reboots with an emphasis on Titan Hunter Lestat and Dr. Hengle. Erik and Justin are appreciative as the characters they enjoyed in one scene seven episodes back come to the forefront. Mikasa, Armin and the rest of the cadets take a back seat ... only to return to two episodes later. But with the show seemingly fully animated, the character models changed and a mid-season credit sequence change is it possible Erik and Justin will finally like the show? The Craft, Worf and The Muppets also get discussed.

Donald P. Bellisario and Twilight end up as part of the discussion as the Attack on Trost finally ends. Marco dies and, wait -- who was Marco? Eren titans up to plug the hole in Wall Maria and Titan Hunter Lestat shows very little emotion. Erik is convinced the two have a meet cute, though. Erik and Justin discuss the problem of saying "people are dying" without showing it and General Prixis shouts a lot.

Erik's delight in Eren's death is crushed as the master of shouting returns with the ability to become a Titan. Armin cries some more, but somehow saves the day. Justin's love affair with Annie grows as he grafts the personality of director Werner Herzog onto her. John continues to doubt his leadership skills and Erik and Justin ponder what it would be like if Johnny Lawrence and the Kobra Kai were part of the Garrison. Justin praises one of Armin's plans and Erik finds something to hold onto with the brief introductions of Levi and Petra. While the series finally has cool moments and ideas, the lack of characters continues to frustrate Justin and Erik as the attack on Trost enters its fifth episode.

After a one week sabbatical, Erik and Justin return to the Bavarian future realm of Attack on Titan to watch episodes 4-7 of the series. It does not go smoothly. Erik cheers at the apparent death of Eren and both Erik and Justin wonder why Armin is still alive. Whole squadrons of scouts are slaughtered as the Titans advance on Wall Rose and, much to Erik's surprise, we learn Eren was homicidal from age ten. While Mikasa gets the spotlight for a few fleeting scenes, the rest of the unknown cast bog down the proceedings in crises of the soul as the Titans continue their attack.

Our hosts have been told the show will soon get good, but it is already too late?

After a monthlong hiatus, we welcome you to Episode 7 of "Yeah, Leave It Here." As the first half of our Vaguely Spooky Halloween, today's movie is 1996's The Craft. MARVEL at the ages of the actresses who are supposed to be in high school! FEAR Skeet Ulrich's rat face and wonder how he was ever famous! PANIC at the clicking noise we couldn't get rid of on the audio (and we're really sorry about that). ALSO, this episode is NOT sponsored by 7 Eleven.