Our odyssey through Raccoon City ends with this third episode on Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (1999). In our shortest installment yet—clocking in under 66 minutes—we guide Jill and Carlos through the final areas of the game and say (to Nemesis and each other), “You want S.T.A.R.S? I’ll give you S.T.A.R.S.”

If you thought this was a straightforward episode, though, think again! We also consider time-appropriate-for-1999 Christopher Nolan flicks (there was one; it was Following) and Natalia Imbruglia v. Natasha Bedingfield.

More pertinent to Resident Evil, we ask if Nikolai is Temu Wesker, ponder whether or not the final Raccoon City death count includes zombies, and zero in on Chris’s signature phrase (really).

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Time Stamps:

0:00-4:59 – Intro; electronics, chronic, and Jill hittin’ the homemade bong

5:00-14:26 – The park and Grave Digger redux

14:27-29:45 – The Dead Factory, last confrontation with Nikolai (who gets off easy), and final Nemesis boss fight

29:46-50:15 – The endings of Resident Evil 3: Endgame cutscene and all eight (!) epilogues

50:16-End – Overall thoughts, superlatives, and where we’re going next

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Shoutout to Alex Aniel, whose book Itchy, Tasty: An Unofficial History of Resident Evil, we consulted during this podcast. Another shoutout to Michael Everette Hensley, the composer of our podcast theme music.

This is our third of three episodes about Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. Next time, we’ll venture into Dreamcast land with the release of Resident Evil: Code Veronica. New episodes will be released Wednesdays—every two weeks.

Thanks for listening!