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This podcast is a review of Season 1 of Mr. Robot, but may contain spoilers from Season 2. We tried not to, really. Wherein EndGame hosts Javascript Jambone and Misha Malware review and recap the personalities, players conflicts and story lines from Season 1 of Mr Robt. We'll be releasing a review of Season 2 in about a week, well before the Mr. Robot season premiere on October 11th.

Wherein EndGame hosts Jambone and Tsar Misha struggle NOT to do a recap of every single episode of the entire show, then continue on their exploration of many character arcs and themes that resonate throughout the entire series, noting how events in the first season both echo and foreshadow events to come in subsequent seasons. This week they look at Season 1, Episode 10 - Only You.

Wherein your hosts, Special Agents Misha and Jambone, are joined by their own Tammy Preston - the one and only Lady Jen of House sharp, aka @JennyOnTheJob for a look back at the entire 18 hours of Twin Peaks The Return complete with theories, nightmares, listener email, more theories, other people's theories, analysis, discussion, confusion and just a whole lot of basking in the glow of what will go down in history as one of the singularly greatest achievements on television...

Wherein we are introduced to the various denizens, hangers on and visitors to The Deuce - 1971 New York's 42nd street flesh-market, featuring an assortment of sex-workers including Candy, Darlene and "Thunder Thighs", their managers like C.C., Larry Brown and Reggie Love, and others including Vinnie, his twin brother Frankie, Abby, the NYU student on the prowl, and a couple of random johns, and we learn that it's just another job like selling cars...

This podcast contains unrestrained spoilers and references to future episodes and events - listen ONLY if you are completely caught up on the series! Wherein EndGame hosts Jambone and Tsar Misha struggle NOT to do a recap of every single episode of the entire show, then continue on their exploration of many character arcs and themes that resonate throughout the entire series, noting how events in the first season both echo and foreshadow events to come in subsequent seasons. This week they look at Season 1, Episode 9 - Safe House.

Wherein Jambone Snow and you Host Beyond The Wall Misha read and respond to the best of the comments received about S7E7 - The Dragon and the Wolf, and about Season 7 in general, ranging from the Sansa/Arya plot against Littlefinger, Jamie's thoughts about his sister, the origin of the Night(s) King, the uselessness of Theon, fan fiction, bicep curls, and whatever else are listeners are writing in about...

Wherein The Maestro wraps up the epic, beautiful, weird, terrifying, fucked up, and hilarious world of Twin Peaks in the only possible way it could be wrapped up - with a golden bow of beautiful, terrifying, fucked up, hilarious weirdness that's a cross between Wizard of Oz and Dallas. Or something...

Wherein Hosts Misha and Jambone vow to make this a stand-alone podcast and have NOT watched Part 18 as of this recording, Gordon reveals a long-held secret to Tammy and Albert after asserting his ongoing virility, Mullins reads Coop's note to Gordon, Chad's dickishness is on display once again, Jerry is spotted in Wyoming, DoppelCooper reaches Twin Peaks but is taken to the Theater and then re-deposited via the Tube in front of the Sheriff's Station where he's greeted by Andy, Lucy and Sheriff Truman - though he declines the offer of coffee - despite acting very shady, Lucy shoots DoppelCooper in a move NOBODY saw coming, the Woodsmen free Bob who battles with Freddie, Cooper arrives, Gordon arrives, Cooper puts the ring on DoppelCooper who is transported to the Red Room, Naido is revealed to be the real Diane, Cooper gets his old room key back and proceeds to the basement of the Great Northern, apparently steps back in time to the night of Laura Palmer's disappearance, and engages with Laura to try to alter

Wherein Richard and Mr. C spend some quality father-and-son bonding time, Starsky, er, Chantal and Hutch share some tense moments and off-brand cheetos in the van before meeting their demise, the Mitchum Brothers tend to Dougie in his post-electrocution coma, Bushnell hears a noise like the one Ben Horne hears in his office and wanders out to investigate, FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper emerges from Dougie's coma, confers with MIKE, and then leaves the hospital with Janey-E, Sonny Jim and the Mitchums in tow and then takes the Brother's plane to Twin Peaks via Spokane, Diane broods in the hotel bar until she breaks down after receiving a text from Mr. C, then goes to Gordon Cole's room to reveal to Gordon, Tammy and Albert what happened the night Dale/Mr. C visited her all those years ago and then tries to shoot the Blue Rose team, only to have them shoot her and reveal that she's a tulpa like Dougie, and we learn that Audrey's Dance has a lot more going on than just fucking Billy...

Wherein the Wight Brothers bring their bounty south to King's Landing for a party with Cersei in the Dragonpit, The Hound hounds his zombie brother, Euron tells another shitty dwarf joke the flees, allegedly for the Iron Islands, at the sight of the wight, Cersei believes but is still playing the angles when she demands that the King of the North not participate in any post-Night's King battling to which Ned Stark's son (not) plays the honesty card and potentially fucks them all, Tyrion has a private parlay with Cersei in which she fails to kill him but then does what Jon *should* have done and lied for expediency's sake, Jamie plans to follow through on Cersei's ostensible wishes until she tells him she was bullshitting all along and then threatens, but fails again, to order the Mountain to lop off another one of her brother's heads at which point it seems Jamie has had enough and rides off to join the battle in the North, Sansa summons Arya to a trial in which she is not the accused but the executioner of a

Wherein Jambone Snow and Host Beyond The Wall Misha are LIVE joined by Lady Jen of House Sharp, Gravitargaryan Profundus of House Snowflake, and regular e-mail contributor Comrade Conspiracy for a wrap up of Season 7 and the Season Finale. This podcast was recorded LIVE immediately following the Season 7 finale. We will still be doing our regular S7E7 episode podcast on Monday and our Episode 7 Viewer Email Special later this week.

This podcast contains unrestrained spoilers and references to future episodes and events - listen ONLY if you are completely caught up on the series!  Wherein EndGame hosts Jambone and Tsar Misha struggle NOT to do a recap of every single episode of the entire show, then continue on their exploration of many character arcs and themes that resonate throughout the entire series, noting how events in the first season both echo and foreshadow events to come in subsequent seasons. This week they look at Season 1, Episode 8 - Mutual Assured Destruction.

Wherein Jambone Snow and you Host Beyond The Wall Misha read and respond to the best of the comments received about S7E6 - Beyond the Wall, ranging from the incredible timing displayed by both Dany and Benjen, downed dragons, the surrender of House Snowflake to the Endgamers, whether Valyria will be revisited, and many questions about the current season and how it all might end...

Wherein Nadine takes a long walk with a shovel and gives Ed his freedom, Norma feigns disinterest but in the end goes to her true love, DoppelCooper goes in search of and finds, in a manner of speaking, Jeffries, nobody's found Judy yet though allegedly "Cooper" knows her already, Richard Horne finds DoppelCooper, Steven does the world a favor after a cameo by Mark Frost, James and Freddie kick some ass at the Roadhouse, Wilson gets the wrong Dougie and Janey-E, Chantal takes care of business in Las Vegas, the Log Lady passes away, Dougie watches Sunset Boulevard, hears the name "Gordon Cole" and promptly attempts to electrocute himself, and we learn that Audrey will do and say just about anything to NOT have to leave wherever she is with Charlie...

Wherein the Stark Sisters get salty as Littlefinger's plotting begins to drive a wedge between them, Arya glam-shames Sansa, Sansa face-shames Arya, Dany snaps at Tyrion when he suggests succession planning, the Fellowship of the Wight marches north from the Wall and many grievances are aired before they manage to capture a wight but not before it signals to the rest of them who come swarming, Jon sends Gendry to run back to the Wall, the Fellowship gets trapped on a rock in a frozen lake where they are about to meet their demise until Dany swoops in with dragons to rescue them (of course), but loses Viserion in the process, Dany flies off before Drogon gets hit too, leaving Jon stranded yet again only to be rescued by Benjen (of course) who sends Jon back to the Wall on his horse where he bends the horizontal knee to Dany at last, and we learn that the Night King's powers extend to creatures other than humans...

Wherein Jon pets Dany's dragon, Cersi pats her (allegedly?) pregnant belly, Sam gets fed up and bails the Citadel, Bronn and Jamie surface and debate the merits of fighting dragons, Cersi and Jamie debate the merits of fighting dragons, Tyrion and Jamie debate the merits of fighting dragons, Dany enjoys a couple of well-done Tarly Burgers, LIttlefinger stalks Arya stalking Littlefinger, Davos digs up Gendry, Bran sees the Walkers approaching and in one of the most hair-brained schemes in the history of Westeros, we learn that Jon, Jorah, Gendry, Thoros, Beric, The Hound and Tormund will all march north of the Wall to, get this, capture a wight or Walker and bring it to King's Landing to show to Cersi to convince her that the threat is real and that she should join force against them...

Wherein Jambone Snow and you Host Beyond The Wall Misha read and respond to the best of the comments received about S7E4 - The Spoils of War, ranging from Euron's tactics to the source of the Walkers and including our exclusive Man on the Street interviews from NYC...

Wherein Sonny Jim gets a new jungle gym while Dougie and Mullins get matching BMW convertibles courtesy of the Mitchum brothers and crew, DoppelCooper proves to be the best arm-wrestler this side of the Lodge, that fucker Ray meets his demise and is sent to the Red Room but not before telling DoppelCooper that it was Jeffries all along, Richard appears to have Daddy Issues, Sinclair tries to whack Dougie with poison but has a change of heart, Nadine has a full-frontal FanGirl moment, Bobby and Big Ed get squeezed out of the booth by Norma's business partner, Ed broods, James croons, and we learn the secrets to Norma's extra-special cherry pies...

Wherein Cersi dances with the Iron Bank toady, Bronn takes the money and tries to run, Jamie's in a shitty mood, Dany and Missandei have some Girl Talk, Davos corrects Jon's grammar, Arya returns to Winterfell and meets New Creepy Bran, who is fresh from totally blowing Meera off, Littlefinger attempts to ingratiate himself to Bran who blows him out of the water with his Greensight, Ary and Brienne spar, Sansa looks put-off, Jon takes Dany on a date to the Dragonglass cave because it worked with Ygritte and shows her the carvings by the Children, Dany offers to help Jon if and only if he bends the knee, Tyrion gets called out for his shitty military plans, Dany takes the Dothraki and a dragon to attack the Lannister forces returning from the sack of Highgarden, and we learn that Cersi and Qyburn are gonna need a much, much, much bigger crossbow...

Wherein Jambone Snow and you Host Beyond The Wall Misha read and respond to the best of the comments received about S7E3 - The Queen's Justice, ranging from Euron's distance-defying Big Boat to whether Dany is softening or going mad, to just who's gonna wind up whacking Cersi, and more...