Whole lotta Netflix this episode, as Nick and Alastair catch up on Warren Ellis-written vampire video game adaptation Castlevania and viral smash hit big cat/murder documentary Tiger King.

But first, Alastair’s taken Nick up on one of his recommendations by going back and reading the Doom Patrol run by Grant Morrison, while Nick’s returning to an old review topic with Red Dwarf: The Promised Land.

With that done, it’s time for our heroes to march off into the night and confront whatever waits within: season 3 of Castlevania (13:07). How has the show developed since they last covered it back in season 1? And beware, there are broad plot spoilers for the ending of season 2.

Lastly, in a belated and hopeless bid to get on trend, Nick and Alastair watch Tiger King (26:48) and ask: whodunnit? And when will he finally get round to dunning it?

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Back to the normal fortnightly schedule, albeit with a new dual review format, Nick and Alastair continue their hiatus catch-up with the final season of The Good Place, then catch back up to reality with new movie The Platform.

But first, Nick’s caught up on former podcast subject Curse Words, the funtasy comic by Charles Soule and Ryan Brown, while Alastair’s embarked on a rigorous lockdown entertainment programme of Mission Impossible movies and Ken Burns documentaries.

And then it’s time for one final trip to The Good Place (14:51), as the clever-stupid afterlife sitcom concludes. Since the finale went out a couple of months ago, our heroes let the spoilers hang loose on this one. You have been warned.

And finally, a grimmer abstract vision with Netflix’s grisly horror-scifi-thriller movie The Platform (35:58), a film which may or may not contain political metaphor. And a review which also contains a few spoilers, by the way. (Including hard ending details from about 46:18.)

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Nick and Alastair return with their first episode of the year to be recorded within a week of release! And as you’d expect with the times, it’s all TV – specifically Doctor Who series 12 and Better Call Saul season 5.

But first, some talk of other media they’ve enjoyed in these closed off times. Alastair’s subscribed to Disney Plus (along with the rest of the UK, including Nick), while Nick went back and read all 75 issues of The Sandman.

And then on to today’s main business, as Nick and Alastair go back to review Doctor Who series 12 (15:21) and find out if it’s any improvement on the last one, including spoilers for those big finale twists from 29:43.

Lastly, almost bringing them all the way up to date, they’ve also seen the first 6 episodes of Better Call Saul season 5 (39:03) and are getting very emotional about the fate of Jimmy and Kim’s relationship.

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