Where's Pod When I'm Scared?

We're in the homestretch now, and things are never gonna stop getting more and more crazy. Ashley and Luke watch on as Rei sacrifices her life to kill the penultimate angel, destroying most of Tokyo-3 in the process. And then... she shows up for school the following morning. Commentary runs from 4:46 to 31:31

Merry Christmas everyone! Here's an adolescent girl having the most private inner sanctums of her mind utterly violated by a being on a higher order of intelligence. Also we talk about Storage Wars? Commentary runs from 9:27 to 38:09

After like a full minute of dead air, Ashley and Luke realize that they are quickly running out of podcast juice and better get this episode underway. We see back into the past, the aftermath of the Second Impact, the relationship between Gendo and Shinji's mother, Yui, and her absorption into Eva 01. Everything is centered around the actions that Kaji has taken to undermine Seele, something that cannot be allowed to go unpunished. Commentary runs from 7:38 to 37:04.

After Ashley makes fun of me for 8 minutes straight, we get into the surreal fallout of last week's explosive episode. In its berserk state, Eva 01 has annihilated Shinji's physical form. While the NERV team works desperately to rescue his soul, he goes on yet another heady journey into himself, confronted with all of the unpleasant truths of his existence. Commentary runs from 9:59 to 33:21.

Stuff is going DOWN. After being forced to sit and watch while his Eva nearly murders his friend, Shinji decides to quit the giant fighting robot business for good. But of course, he can't actually stay away. To the contrary, he finally unlocks the true potential of Eva Unit 01, to the awe and horror of everyone. Also, Ashley and Luke discuss which Eva character would be the most likely to trap someone behind a brick wall until they die. Commentary runs from 3:21 to 26:45. It's a short one this week because we were so DANG EXCITED to get to the next episode!

Ashley sits down with Luke to finally discover the truth of the Fourth Child. It's... exactly what the show's been saying it is for two episodes. The new Angel reveals itself to be a sentient fungus-like creature that infects and takes control of Unit 03, and it's up to Shinji to defeat it. When he fails, NERV's new Dummy Plug kicks in and brutally destroys the Eva with no regard for its captive pilot. Ashley and Luke watch on as Shinji is forced to strangle one of his closest friends, while Luke strangles HIMSELF with the rope he hung himself by with his consistently wrong prediction. Commentary runs from 7:46 to 31:10.

After singing way too many stupid songs, Ashley and Luke settle in to check out the aftermath of last week's shocking episode. As the Angels grow stronger, NERV is seeking out a new pilot, as well as further developing their "dummy plug." And amidst all that, Luke aggressively and steadfastly REFUSES to accept that Toji is obviously the Fourth Child in his desperate bid to contextualize a major spoiler about the final Angel.

Luke opens this episode by calling Ashley the devil and it’s only getting wilder from here. We get the Zebra Ball Angel and we finally hit the point Luke has been waiting for. We talk about Entry Plug safety, ugly feelings of NERV personal, naked hugs, the Gainax Archetype, more thoughts or Rei, Rap Game’s Young Shinji and get into the depths of Evangelion. Commentary is from 6:11 to 29:31

Luke is still in shock over the complete non-episode last week and is ready for an episode where absolutely nothing is revealed, especially in the last 30 seconds. Ash and him talk about: Russian taunts, Body Tubes, The First Angel, Clones and Kissing On The Anniversary of Your Mom’s Death Commentary is from 7:20 to 30:40

Luke is very, very, VERY excited. Then he’s met with crushing disappointment. We talk about the series so far, about educational VHS at work, goatse, Math Puppy, corrections about the number of Angels and we take our first turn into surreal town. Commentary is from 7:15 to 30:35