Why are people watching this?

This week, Justin, Dave, and Ashley watched Black Crab. Here’s the synopsis: In a post-apocalyptic world, six soldiers on a covert mission must transport a mysterious package across a frozen archipelago. This sad, dark film made Dave sad and dark. Justin too was sad and dark, but also confused by the protagonist's motivations. Luckily, Ashley was there to explain why this sad, dark movie filled with endangered (and dead) children really brightened her day.

What do you do if you suspect someone is secretly an extraterrestrial?

This week, Justin, Dave, and Ashley watched The Adam Project. Here’s the synopsis: After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self for a mission to save the future. The cool-headed and refreshingly empathetic Natasha joins the crew this week to explain why she was quite happy to watch this charming film twice. Ashley seems to have gotten over her Ryan Reynolds obsession. Dave has only nice things to say about the child actor—a minor miracle and a podcast first. Justin loses his mind trying to understand the time-travelling rules of this film.

Why do people like the Peanuts so much? This has always boggled my mind.

This week, Justin, Dave, and Ashley watched Vikings: Valhalla, Episode 1. Here’s the synopsis: Plotting to avenge a massacre in England, Viking armies converge in Kattegat. However, siblings Leif and Freydis exact a different kind of retribution. Donna Trembinksi, an actual real-life professor of history who teaches a university course on vikings, joined the crew and discussed a major plot point that this show got very very very very wrong about viking culture/history. Ashley was a fan of the oiled up men in the show, while Dave was too distracted Googling viking facts to enjoy himself. Justin advocates for swapping our democratic capitalist system for a viking-style revenge-based society, but nobody is on board with his proposal.

Donna's academic website: https://www.mystfx.ca/history/donna-trembinski

Donna's book: Trembinski, D. (2020). Illness and Authority: Disability in the Life and Lives of Francis of Assisi. University of Toronto Press.

When your children are asleep in a hotel room at 9:53 PM is it acceptable to leave them in there alone and go do other things in the hotel?

Here’s the official Netflix synopsis for Restless: After going to extremes to cover up an accident, a corrupt cop's life spirals out of control when he starts receiving threats from a mysterious witness. Ashley enjoyed this French action film, and even cried when the sympathetic character was killed. Justin, on the other hand, laughed very very hard. Meanwhile, Dave continues to believe that the solution to police corruption is an espresso machine.

Marshmallow fluff - why does this exist and what does one do with it? We have a tub sitting on our kitchen table because our daughter wanted to bake fluffernutter cookies but the recipe barely used a tablespoon of it. Help!

Dave, Justin, Ashley, and Kailin discuss Inventing Anna, the #1 show on Netflix this week. Here’s the official synopsis: Audacious entrepreneur or con artist? A reporter digs into how Anna Delvey convinced New York's elite she was a German heiress. Based on a true story. We were honored to have Kailin on this episode who provided some high-level insight as to why this seemingly superficial underdog story is deeply Gatsbyesque in its artful exploration of identity performance. Meanwhile, Ashley thought it was trash, Dave was driven nuts by a need to know the truth, and Justin wasted an entire morning researching the accuracy and plausibility of Julia Garner’s bonkers accent.

The evils of sugar... we all know about it but why are we ignoring it?