Nick and Alastair tackle some big TV shows this Halloween, with Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law and Werewolf By Night. At least the last one is appropriate for the season.

First though, Nick’s dragging another franchise into it with Harley Quinn season 3, while Alastair brings us his annual thoughts from London Film Festival, including the one film Nick also saw there: Emily the Criminal.

But never mind that, they’ve got a lot of TV to get through, starting with The Rings of Power (13:36), a polarising prequel to Tolkien’s genre-defining fantasy novels.

And then move on to She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (27:33), which might’ve inspired almost as many arguments, before finishing on Marvel’s other seasonal release: spooky one-off Werewolf By Night (39:41).

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This fortnight, Nick and Alastair are trapped inside a basement in Inside Man, not to mention the metaphorical cage of their own grief in After Yang.

But first, Alastair’s gone for a trip to Pyongyang in the graphic novel by Guy Delisle, while Nick’s keeping on the theme of crime with Only Murders In The Building season 2.

And then it’s time to hole up and watch new BBC crime series Inside Man (14:36), a chance for Nick and Alastair to reconnect with oft-discussed writer Steven Moffat and find out his approach to murder. Surprisingly, they avoid spoiling the ending, but do talk about the plot of the first episode in moderate detail.

Finally, they’ve also watched After Yang (31:54), a sad (but good) sci-fi film about the passing of a robotic family member.

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