This week we return to the purple archer with HAWKEYE (vol 5 issues 1-12) by Kelly Thompson, Leonardo Romero, Jordie Bellaire and Michael Walsh. We talk about Kate Bishop and her new adventure out west in L.A. and all the new allies and adversaries she stumbles into along the way. Some great guests show up in this book that are all too fun to ignore like Jessica Jones and the all-new Wolverine (Laura Kinney). We also briefly talk on the Disney Plus show by the same name and give our thoughts on that.

This week we talk about the 1995 anime film, Ghost in the Shell (also known as Kôkaku Kidôtai) and its 2017 remake starring Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæk, Takeshi Kitano, Juliette Binoche and Michael Pitt. We compare and contrast the varied perception each brings and what each filmmaker aimed to create. We also briefly speak on Mamoru Oshii's Angel's Egg and both the Ghost in the Shell manga by Masamune Shirow and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Concept.

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This week we talk about Opus by Satoshi Kon. Known mostly for his animated films like Perfect Blue and Paprika, Satoshi Kon still knows how to bring a challenging look at reality regardless of the medium. Join us as we break into the manga realm in this episode of WHO WATCHES THE WATCHERS?

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Uh oh. Another shit show of an episode. Sorry. I mean it this time.

Here's an episode compiled with some cutting room floor stuff because we're out office this week. Sorry. Not because we're away... Sorry because now you're stuck with this.

This week we talk about Spider-Man: No Way Home directed by Jon Watts and staring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau, Jamie Foxx, Willem Dafoe, Alfred Molina, Benedict Wong, Tony Revolori, Marisa Tomei with Andrew Garfield and Toby Maguire. There's absolutely no way this description of this episode spoiled that for you. So humor us and pretend like you haven't already watched and listened to 40 podcasts and youtube videos about how great this movie is.

OOOPS! We lost half of this episode... BUT the second half is still enough of an episode that we decided to put it up anyways! So this week we were supposed to talk about Spider-Men (2012) AND Spider-Men II, but instead here's just out Spider-Men II talk. Spider-Men II is by Brian Michael Bendis, Sara Pichelli and Justin Ponsor.

This week we talk about the wartime thriller THE HURT LOCKER, directed by Kathryn Bigelow and starring Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, David Morse, Christian Camargo, Suhail Dabbach and Evangeline Lilly, with Ralph Fiennes and Guy Pearce. We get into the deep end of the pool this movie provides and try to explore what The Hurt Locker is really trying to tell us about a broken man living beyond the edge.

This week we talk about Hawkeye (Vol 4, Issues 1-22) by Matt Fraction, David Aja, Matt Hollingsworth, Chris Eliopoulos, Steve Lieber, Jesse Hamm, Annie Wu and Javier Pulido. We do our best to articulate how great these 22 issues and annual are within the hour that makes up this episode.

This episode marks the end of Season One of WHO WATCHES THE WATCHERS?! On this special episode we look back at our first year of doing this podcast and all the great comics and movies we read and watched along the way! Also we want to thank all of you that have followed along with us on this journey. It's humbling and exciting to see so many consistent and returning listeners. We appreciate ya!

If we spoke too quickly and you want a all in one place of each of our top three comics and movies, continue below.

*Spoilers ahead!*

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