"The world needs bad men. We keep other bad men from the door." - Rustin 'Rust' Cohle TIME CODES Off Topic/Hot Topic - 00:02:16 'True Detective: Season 1' Spoiler Free Review - 00:22:37 Story Time with Damask - 00:34:41 Deep Dive Spoiler Discussion - 00:41:25 Final Thoughts - 01:22:16 SHOW NOTES "FX, at long last, orders ‘Y: The Last Man’ adaptation to series" via Randall Colburn @ AV CLUB: https://news.avclub.com/fx-at-long-last-orders-y-the-last-man-adaptation-to-1832335247 "Bud Light x Game o...
Feb 08, 2019•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 91
"This broke me...I'm done." - Chidi Anagonye TIME CODES Off Topic/Hot Topic - 00:02:28 'The Good Place: Season 3' Spoiler Free Review - 00:19:01 Story Time with Damask - 00:33:21 Deep Dive Spoiler Discussion - 00:38:09 Final Thoughts - 01:18:59 SHOW NOTES "The Hardest Effect I Ever Pulled Off: 36 filmmakers, cinematographers, and effects artists on making the impossible happen." via VULTURE: https://www.vulture.com/2018/12/special-effects-behind-the-scenes.html “Kal Penn Single-Camera Comedy Sco...
Feb 02, 2019•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 90
"Zhu Li, do the thing!" - Varrick TIME CODES Off Topic/Hot Topic - 00:04:22 'The Legend of Korra: Season 2' Spoiler Free Review - 00:30:51 Story Time with Damask - 00:42:11 Deep Dive Spoiler Discussion - 00:46:24 Final Thoughts - 01:35:10 SHOW NOTES "Doctor Who: Resolution - Official Trailer" via YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWlgh81zFGw "Aquaman - Official Trailer 1" via YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDkg3h8PCVU "Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 Official Trailer...
Jan 25, 2019•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 89
"Merry happy!" - Dean Pelton As a special gift to their faithful listeners, Brod and Damask bring you this Holiday themed Hunting Seasons podcast, wherein they do quick-fire reviews of 6 classic festive TV episodes, and send off 2018 with a wrap up of the year in TV. Make sure to check out Damask's new video essay 'Love Is A Lie - A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding' right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmeYsEcOvVw See more videos on the Hunting Seasons YouTube Channel TIME CODES Buffy ...
Dec 23, 2018•2 hr 5 min
"I guess it's time we dance with someone else." - Joel Maisel TIME CODES Off Topic/Hot Topic - 00:02:39 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Season 2' Spoiler Free Review - 00:14:07 Story Time with Damask - 00:27:14 Deep Dive Spoiler Discussion - 00:29:37 Final Thoughts - 01:17:12 SHOW NOTES "American Gods Season 2: Bryan Fuller Confirms He Was Fired" via Kirsten Howard at DEN OF GEEK: https://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/american-gods/278230/american-gods-season-2-bryan-fuller-confirms-he-was-fired "‘Chillin...
Dec 20, 2018•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 88
"I know exactly who I am. I’m The Doctor. Sorting out fair play across the universe." - The Doctor TIME CODES Off Topic/Hot Topic - 00:02:39 'Doctor Who: Series 11' Spoiler Free Review - 00:34:17 Deep Dive Spoiler Discussion - 00:53:48 SHOW NOTES "Lena Dunham Apologizes, Admits She Lied To Discredit Alleged Rape Victim" via Jenny Singer at FORWARD.com: https://forward.com/schmooze/415469/lena-dunham-apologizes-admits-she-lied-to-discredit-alleged-rape-victim/ "Kevin Hart responds to Oscars backl...
Dec 14, 2018•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 87
“I ain’t gonna give up. When you know you’re innocent, you keep on going” - Steven Avery TIME CODES Off Topic/Hot Topic - 00:02:30 'Making a Murderer: Season 2' Spoiler Free Review - 00:41:44 Deep Dive Spoiler Discussion - 00:58:45 SHOW NOTES "Hi, every episode of Buffy (and Angel, and Firefly) is streaming for free on Facebook" via William Hughes at the AV CLUB: https://news.avclub.com/hi-every-episode-of-buffy-and-angel-and-firefly-is-1830781969 “Neon Genesis Evangelion | Official Trailer” via...
Dec 09, 2018•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 86
"I'm the Avatar! You gotta deal with it!" - Korra TIME CODES Off Topic/Hot Topic - 00:02:10 'The Legend of Korra: Season 1' Spoiler Free Review - 00:22:20 Story Time with Damask - 00:44:10 Deep Dive Spoiler Discussion - 00:48:52 Final Thoughts - 01:34:32 SHOW NOTES "Fuller House: Season 4 | Official Trailer" via YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66N2TTDD8X8 "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: Part 2 | Teaser" via YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM64ZaS40Xs "‘Daredevil’ Canceled at N...
Dec 03, 2018•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 85
"I don't mind being alone. I just do not want to be insignificant." - Susie Meyerson TIME CODES Off Topic/Hot Topic - 00:02:19 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Season 1' Spoiler Free Review - 00:15:49 Story Time with Damask - 00:29:22 Deep Dive Spoiler Discussion - 00:32:28 Final Thoughts - 01:07:56 SHOW NOTES "Big Mouth season 3 is coming": https://news.avclub.com/big-mouth-season-3-is-coming-1830505908 "Doctor Who is skipping Christmas, but it'll have a special on New Year's instead": https://news....
Nov 23, 2018•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 84
“Please don't use a bad word when you can use a good word.” -Jeff Piccirillo TIME CODES Off Topic/Hot Topic - 00:01:32 'Kidding: Season 1' Spoiler Free Review - 00:29:40 Deep Dive Spoiler Discussion - 00:41:02 Final Thoughts - 01:31:07 SHOW NOTES "Game Of Thrones will return in April 2019" via YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MGnIUn30FU "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina inviting Satan and Santa to its surprise Christmas episode" via THE AV CLUB: https://news.avclub.com/chilling-adventures...
Nov 18, 2018•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 83
For no other reason than just because we love you, here is a bonus podcast for you to enjoy! In this very special episode, Brod is joined by Joel and Kyran of the Dialogue Options video game podcast to talk about LIFE IS STRANGE, which those looking for an excuse to do a podcast crossover might call a narrative driven adventure game with the episodic story structure of a TV show. The boys also carve out some time to talk about the Netflix's Castlevania series, the big movie releases arriving bef...
Nov 14, 2018•2 hr 33 min
“No, Dark Lord. I know you don’t like onions.” - Hilda Spellman TIME CODES Off Topic/Hot Topic - 00:02:33'Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: Season 1' Spoiler Free Review - 00:40:23Deep Dive Spoiler Discussion - 00:32:50Final Thoughts - 01:20:52 SHOW NOTES "Fox orders animated series with Amy Poehler, Rashida Jones, and Wiz Khalifa" via AV CLUB: https://news.avclub.com/fox-orders-animated-series-with-amy-poehler-rashida-jo-1830056151 "‘Game of Thrones’ Prequel Casts Naomi Watts in Lead Role" via VA...
Nov 11, 2018•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 82
"It's poop, but it goes a lot deeper than that" - Chloe Lyman TIME CODES Off Topic/Hot Topic - 00:02:20 'American Vandal Season 2' Spoiler Free Review - 00:17:49 Storytime with Damask - 00:27:07 Deep Dive Spoiler Discussion - 00:32:50 Final Thoughts - 01:07:45 SHOW NOTES "Luke Cage follows Iron Fist’s footsteps, cancelled by Netflix" via Daniel Holloway at VARIETY: https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/luke-cage-canceled-1202987278/ "16 Shots" - Podcast: https://16shots.wbez.org/ "Sarah Silverman say...
Oct 26, 2018•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 81
"Another day, another dick." - Dylan Maxwell TIME CODES Off Topic/Hot Topic - 00:04:04 'American Vandal Season 1' Spoiler Free Review - 00:28:33 Storytime with Damask - 00:38:29 Deep Dive Spoiler Discussion - 00:41:28 Final Thoughts - 01:11:37 SHOW NOTES "Mind Palace: Stranger Than Fiction": https://mindpalacecomic.com/ "Orange Is The New Black - Final Season Announcment": https://twitter.com/OITNB/status/1052665637409980416 "Netflix Knocks Out ‘Marvel’s Iron Fist’, No Season 3 For Martial Arts ...
Oct 21, 2018•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 80
"This is some multi-reality brain magic." - Annie Landsberg TIME CODES Off Topic/Hot Topic - 00:01:45 'BoJack Horseman Seasons 5' Spoiler Free Review - 00:31:32 Deep Dive Spoiler Discussion - 00:43:28 Final Thoughts - 01:22:30 SHOW NOTES "“Neil Gaiman and ’American Gods’ cast debunk season 2 drama”: https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/american-gods-season-2-nycc/ "American Gods Season 2 Teaser Trailer": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjMKmB3TcJA "Netflix to develop The Chronicles Of Narnia across m...
Oct 12, 2018•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 79
"No show should have that much talking. TV is a visual medium." - BoJack Horseman TIME CODES Off Topic/Hot Topic - 00:01:36 'BoJack Horseman Seasons 5' Spoiler Free Review - 00:39:08 Storytime with Damask - 00:52:35 Deep Dive Spoiler Discussion - 00:55:15 Final Thoughts - 01:40:37 SHOW NOTES "'American Gods' Sidelines New Showrunner Amid Delays and Frustrations" - Lesley Goldberg and Maureen Ryan at THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/american-gods-sidelines-new-s...
Oct 05, 2018•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 78
Coming from the country, Brod, Damask, and special guest Hannah know just what it's like to go back to your hillbilly home town. From the thinly veiled homophobia and the constant stench of slaughtered pigs, to a the on-the-loose serial killer and creepy gothic mansion that your expertly passive-aggressive witch of a mother lives in, SHARP OBJECTS paints a picture that is all too familiar. Oh, and make sure you stick through the outro for a little bonus content! TIME CODES Off Topic/Hot Topic - ...
Sep 19, 2018•2 hr 5 min•Ep. 77
In the latest season of BOJACK HORSEMAN, Princess Carolyn is trying to balance her relationship and career, Diane is finding her feet working for a feminist blog, Mr Peanutbutter is vying for Governor of California, Todd is Todd and BoJack is…wait, where is BoJack? Fear not, as Damask and Brod are on the case! Will this be the triumphant return to form, or should Mr Horseman have stayed in hiding? TIME CODES Off Topic/Hot Topic - 00:01:54 'BoJack Horseman Seasons 4' Spoiler Free Review - 00:26:2...
Sep 12, 2018•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 76
Upon Brod's return from an overseas holiday, he and Damask jump back into the hilarious, always funny, animated comedy BOJACK HORSEMAN for it's third season. This jovial show of cutely drawn animal people is non-stop laughs where nothing serious, sad or bad ever happens (much like the paradisiacal Labrador Peninsula)! Our souls are definitely not aching while we cry, rocking back and forth in the foetal position. Yaaaaaaay! TIME CODES Off Topic/Hot Topic - 00:04:58 'BoJack Horseman Seasons 3' Sp...
Sep 05, 2018•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 75
Lock up your daughters, the girls from Litchfield Penitentiary are back...only something is different this time around. After steamrolling through the first 5 seasons last year, are Brod and Damask happy to be back behind bars, or has watching this show started to feel like a life sentence? TIME CODES Off Topic/Hot Topic - 00:01:029 'Orange Is The New Black: Seasons 6' Spoiler Free Review - 00:20:49 Storytime with Damask - 00:32:47 Deep Dive Spoiler Discussion - 00:37:45 Final Thoughts - 01:30:1...
Aug 10, 2018•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 74
This week Brod and Damask give you a double dose of Hunting Seasons goodness, reviewing not just one, but two seasons of Netflix's animated dark-comedy BoJack Horse, A.K.A. the most elaborate 'why the long face?' joke ever. Is this tale of an ex-sitcom star anthropomorphic horse as charming as it sounds, or has it left our hosts as miserable as the show's namesake? Listen and learn! TIME CODES Off Topic/Hot Topic - 00:03:02 'BoJack Horseman Seasons 1 & 2' Spoiler Free Review - 00:41:12 Story...
Aug 01, 2018•2 hr 13 min•Ep. 73
With our current political landscape as ugly and volatile as it is, Hunting Seasons welcomes this chance to return to the peaceful nation of Gilead, where nothing bad ever happens and everyone is always happy. Is THE HANDMAID'S TALE Season Two just as joyful as the first, who has this new season found a higher level of splendour hereto unseen by mortals? Joining Damask and Brod on this vacation to paradise is friend of the show Loren De Jong. TIME CODES Off Topic/Hot Topic - 00:01:49 'The Handma...
Jul 16, 2018•2 hr 13 min•Ep. 72
When the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling leapt onto the scene in 2017 Damask and Brod were down for the count! If that metaphor sounds like a negative, our apologies. What we meant to say is they were flawed, sucker-punched and knocked-out by the quality of this show! Still confusing? Ok. The point is, the first season of GLOW was good and now it's back for Round 2! By which we mean Season 2. Oh, you got that one? Cool. TIME CODES Off Topic/Hot Topic - 00:03:01 'GLOW: Season 2' Spoiler Free Review ...
Jul 09, 2018•2 hr 25 min•Ep. 71
Is this now? Is this then? Are you me? Are you you? Where is there? Is there when? WHAT IS HAPPENING??? In season 2 of HBO's WESTWORLD we try to decipher what on Earth is going on. Will season 2 be as mind-blowing as season 1? Or will it make us want to blow our brains out? Listen on and have all your questions answered...or not. TIME CODES 'Westworld: Season 2' Spoiler Free Review - 00:03:05 Story Time With Damask - 00:18:48 Deep Dive Spoiler Discussion - 00:33:36 Final Thoughts - 01:45:55 CONT...
Jul 03, 2018•2 hr 1 min•Ep. 70
Brod and Damask have been on the hunt for a show that explores the mind of a psychopathic serial killer in new and interesting ways, and boy did they hit the mark. Funny, clever, sexy, and intense, KILLING EVE Season 1 introduces us to Eve Polastri as she steadily builds an unhealthy fascination with a female assassin who may just reciprocate. Is this sexy spy drama a clean kill or a messy struggle? TIME CODES Off Topic/Hot Topic - 00:01:03 'Killing Eve: Season 1' Spoiler Free Review - 00:19:38 ...
Jun 18, 2018•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 69
Ever wished someone would combine the world of HBO’s GIRLS and NANCY DREW? Really? You did? Huh. Well, weirdo, today is your lucky day! In the first season of SEARCH PARTY, Dory and her friends investigate the mysterious disappearance of a ‘suggested friend’ on Facebook. Being a millennial is so much fun that even abusive exes, adultery, cults, mental illness, and murder are all just a whacky adventure! TIME CODES Off Topic/Hot Topic - 00:01:22 'Search Party: Season 1' Spoiler Free Review - 00:4...
Jun 07, 2018•2 hr 10 min•Ep. 68
Ever felt stuck? Sick of your job? Ready to put it all behind you and follow your dreams? Meet Barry, a wannabe actor who just just wants to escape his dead-end job! And by dead-end, I mean literally killing people for money. This week Brod and Damask step into Bill Hader's BARRY. Is this a Broadway smash or high school production you are forced to sit through out of some stupid loyalty to your best friend? TIME CODES Off Topic/Hot Topic - 00:01:23 'Barry: Season 1' Spoiler Free Review - 00:35:5...
Jun 03, 2018•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 67
Damask is back and so are the boys and girls of ATLANTA. We rejoin the gang at the dawn of 'Robbin’ Season' with everyone right where we left them; Earn sleeping in a storage shed and 'Paperboi' Alfred smoking up on his couch. Season one was a unique, often strange but consistently hilarious feat of television, is there any way 'Robbin' Season' can match what came before? Yes, and then some. TIME CODES Off Topic/Hot Topic - 00:01:54 'Atlanta: Season 2' Spoiler Free Review - 00:24:30 Deep Dive Sp...
May 25, 2018•2 hr 22 min•Ep. 66
Sound the alarm, Damask has gone missing! Thankfully Kyran Morrison of the Dialogue Options video game podcast joins Brod to discuss this weeks main topic: the Australian TV adaptation of PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK. Does the series justify it's existence in light of the much loved 1975 Peter Weir classic, or should this series disappear into the bush, never to be seen again? Listen and know! TIME CODES Off Topic/Hot Topic - 00:11:37 'Picnic at Hanging Rock' Spoiler Free Review - 00:52:12 Deep Dive S...
May 17, 2018•2 hr•Ep. 65
What do you remember most about high school? Teenagers with the physique of Men's Health cover models? A persistent, sickly sweet scent on the air? The ongoing murder investigation of a possibly incestuous twin? If so, you may find this show very nostalgic! This week Joachim Coghlan joins Damask and Brod to grade RIVERDALE season one. TIME CODES Off Topic/Hot Topic - 00:02:00'Riverdale: Season 1' Spoiler Free Review - 00:31:17Story Time With Damask - 00:47:56Deep Dive Spoiler Discussion - 00:53:...
May 11, 2018•2 hr 13 min•Ep. 64
