"If you have not yet allowed the brilliance of "The Gang Buries Nikki and Paolo Alive" into your heart, then there's nothing I will be able to say to convince you otherwise. Okay, maybe two words: 'Razzle dazzle.'" — The Hollywood Reporter, Sept. 20, 2019 This week, we have a ridiculous amount of fun discussing Expose, which has aged brilliantly, according to 100% of our listeners who called in with hot takes. We're also joined by Ivan Askwith, a TV producer and "fan whisperer" who has written a...
Nov 14, 2019•46 min•Season 3Ep. 14
A lot happens in this episode: Locke blows up the submarine when Juliet and Jack are SO close to getting off the island. John and Ben have more incredible repartee. And Anthony Cooper is much more evil than we knew. Plus, more from Andrew Divoff, who played Mikhail Bakunin! Find us on Twitter at @TheHatchPodcast and at facebook.com/thehatchpodcast. Leave us your hot take at +1 954-6-DHARMA. Our theme music is by Andy G. Cohen and our cover art is by Danny Roth.
Nov 07, 2019•37 min•Season 3Ep. 12
This is somehow the last Claire-centric episode of "Lost," so we dive deep into her troubled childhood, her still-rocky relationship with Charlie and the revelation that Christian Shephard is her father. Plus we've got more from actor Andrew Divoff (Mikhail Bakunin), who agrees that Mikhail is a psychopath and talks about his fight scene with Harrison Ford in "Air Force One." Find us on Twitter at @TheHatchPodcast and at facebook.com/thehatchpodcast. Leave us your hot take at +1 954-6-DHARMA. Ou...
Oct 31, 2019•45 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Mikhail Bakunin is formally introduced in Enter 77, which means we finally get to share our interview with Andrew Divoff, who brought Patchy to life. We also talk Sayid, Rousseau, Ms. Klugh, and the chess game that entrances John. Find us on Twitter at @TheHatchPodcast and at facebook.com/thehatchpodcast. Leave us your hot take at +1 954-6-DHARMA. Our theme music is by Andy G. Cohen and our cover art is by Danny Roth.
Oct 24, 2019•46 min•Season 3Ep. 11
This may be "the last sitcom-style episode" of LOST, but we are surprisingly unhappy with ... Hurley's parents? At least there are some great Sawyer lines. And Hurley and Charlie driving the DHARMA van is wonderful. Plus, we talk with media studies professor Derek Johnson about the fictional institutions of LOST! Find us on Twitter @TheHatchPodcast and at facebook.com/thehatchpodcast. Leave us your hot take at +1 954-6-DHARMA. Our theme music is by Andy G. Cohen and our cover art is by Danny Rot...
Oct 17, 2019•38 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Well, folks, it's that time: We discuss Jack's tattoos, his time in Thailand, and the end of his sojourn on Hydra Island, and it turns out that this episode has not gotten better with time. But then Alan Dale graces us with more tales of his work as Charles Widmore! Find us on Twitter @TheHatchPodcast and at facebook.com/thehatchpodcast. Leave us your hot take at +1 954-6-DHARMA. Our theme music is by Andy G. Cohen and our cover art is by Danny Roth.
Oct 10, 2019•42 min•Season 3Ep. 9
As Desmond begins bouncing through time, we consider the idea that giving in to the course-correcting nature of the universe is a form of cowardice, and that Penny is right when she calls Desmond a coward. We also interview Charles Widmore actor Alan Dale, who compares his character to the current president of the United States. Find us on Twitter @TheHatchPodcast and at facebook.com/TheHatchPodcast. Leave us your hot take by phone at +1 954-6-DHARMA. Our theme music is by Andy G. Cohen and our ...
Oct 03, 2019•41 min•Season 3Ep. 8
It's our first Juliet flashback! We revisit some of our favorite questions, including: What's the deal with fertility on the island? Who's there of their own volition, and who is more like a captive? And would Jack really have let ben die on the operating table? Our interview guest this week is the inestimable Néstor Carbonell, who appears in this episode as Richard Alpert. Find us on Twitter @TheHatchPodcast and at facebook.com/TheHatchPodcast. Leave us your hot take by phone at +1 954-6-DHARMA...
Sep 26, 2019•37 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Why can't Kate stop running? Does she really love Sawyer? And how do we feel about Nathan Fillion on Lost? We wrap up the opening arc of Season 3 as well as our interview with co-executive producer Jean Higgins, who tells us why LOST shipped its film with vegetables. Find us on Twitter @TheHatchPodcast and at facebook.com/TheHatchPodcast. Leave us your hot take by phone at +1 954-6-DHARMA. Our theme music is by Andy G. Cohen and our cover art is by Danny Roth.
Sep 19, 2019•37 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Farewell, Mr. Eko, we hardly knew you — although we can certainly spend a solid half hour talking about you. We dive deep into what happened when the Smoke Monster killed Eko and why. And Jean Higgins shares behind-the-scenes details about certain characters who left the show. Find us on Twitter @TheHatchPodcast and at facebook.com/TheHatchPodcast. Leave us your hot take by phone at +1 954-6-DHARMA. Our theme music is by Andy G. Cohen and our cover art is by Danny Roth.
Sep 12, 2019•52 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Sawyer, Kate and Jack are all in fine form in the memorable pacemaker episode. Ben drops one of his gems: "Don't you read?" And Sammy goes to see "LOST: The Musical," which impressively condenses six seasons of material into two hours of dialogue and parody songs, and interviews co-writer and director Steven Brandon about it. Find us on Twitter @The HatchPodcast and at facebook.com/TheHatchPodcast. Leave us your hot take by phone at +1 954-6-DHARMA. Our theme music is by Andy G. Cohen and our co...
Sep 05, 2019•45 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Oh, boy, it's the sweat lodge episode. John and Charlie go into the jungle for an encounter with the polar bear — excuse me, /a/ polar bear. And Jean Higgins gives us more insight into how she helped bring Lost to life. Find us on Twitter @TheHatchPodcast and at facebook.com/TheHatchPodcast. Leave us your hot take by phone at +1 954-6-DHARMA. Our theme music is by Andy G. Cohen and our cover art is by Danny Roth.
Aug 29, 2019•37 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Sun and Jin continue to intrigue us. Sayid, for the first time ever (?), disappoints us. And Co-Executive Producer Jean Higgins surprises us with a take on the smoke monster. Find us on Twitter @TheHatchPodcast, and at Facebook.com/TheHatchPodcast. Leave us your hot take by phone at +1 954-6-DHARMA. Our theme music is by Andy G. Cohen and our cover art is by Danny Roth.
Aug 22, 2019•35 min•Season 3Ep. 2
We're back for another season! We're delighted to meet Juliet. Ben's out of the book club. Jack shows some growth. And we start an interview with Co-Executive Producer Jean Higgins, who was "first in, last out" on set in Hawaii and remembers what feels like every detail. Find us on Twitter @TheHatchPodcast, and at Facebook.com/TheHatchPodcast. Leave us your hot take by phone at +1 954-6-DHARMA. Our theme music is by Andy G. Cohen and our cover art is by Danny Roth.
Aug 15, 2019•34 min•Season 3Ep. 1
This year, we'll have interviews with Néstor Carbonell, Jean Higgins, Alan Dale and others who worked on or wrote about LOST! Find us on Twitter @TheHatchPodcast, and at Facebook.com/TheHatchPodcast. Leave us your hot take by phone at +1 954-6-DHARMA. Our theme music is by Andy G. Cohen, and our cover art is by Danny Roth.
Aug 08, 2019•1 min
It's time for the Season 2 finale, and Sammy has the hottest of all possible takes: "Live Together, Die Alone" is the best episode of LOST. Rosie is incredulous. ("Better than 'The Constant?!'") We also name our MVPs of Season 2 and share our interview with Sonya Walger, who makes her debut in this episode as Penny Widmore. Find us on Twitter @TheHatchPodcast, and at Facebook.com/TheHatchPodcast. Leave us your hot take by phone at +1 954-6-DHARMA. Our theme music is by Andy G. Cohen and our cove...
Feb 13, 2019•57 min•Season 2Ep. 24
We flash back to Michael's brief time with the Others and learn about how they persuaded him to return to the Oceanic survivors, and that means we spend a lot of time bemoaning Michael's tragic character arc. We're delighted to see Alex, grateful for Sayid, and a bit annoyed with Charlie. Best of all, we return to our interview with Henry Ian Cusick, who played Desmond, and whose boat returns in the closing moments of this episode. Find us on Twitter @TheHatchPodcast, and at Facebook.com/TheHatc...
Feb 06, 2019•37 min•Season 2Ep. 23
"Hello, I'm Dr. Mark Wickmund, and this is the orientation film for Station 5 of the DHARMA Initiative." The discovery of a new hatch brings Locke to a crisis point in this classic LOST episode, casting him in an uncomfortable Man of Science-like role opposite Eko's Man of Faith. We dive into the psyches of both characters, and share more of our interview with François Chau, the actor who plays Dr. Mark Wickmund, aka Dr. Marvin Candle, aka Dr. Pierre Chang. Find us on Twitter @TheHatchPodcast, a...
Jan 30, 2019•37 min•Season 2Ep. 22
We have a whopping five hot takes on this blockbuster episode. Ana Lucia! Ben! Christian! Michael! Jack! Libby! Did Christian bring Ana Lucia to Australia to protect him from himself? Why can't Ana Lucia kill Ben, and more importantly, why is she so unnerved by that? Are these the most shocking deaths in the series? Plus, more from Emmy-winning editor Mark Goldman, who beautifully describes his experience editing the finale of the show. Find us on Twitter @TheHatchPodcast, and at Facebook.com/Th...
Jan 24, 2019•47 min•Season 2Ep. 21
There's real tension between Rose and Bernard in their only flashback episode, but we do get to learn the very sweet backstory to their love story. We also share the final part of our interview with Middlebury College professor Jason Mittell, who talks about Lost's crazy origin story and how the show compares to other modern television classics. Find us on Twitter @TheHatchPodcast, and at Facebook.com/TheHatchPodcast. Leave us your hot take by phone at +1 954-6-DHARMA. Our theme music is by Andy...
Jan 16, 2019•35 min•Season 2Ep. 20
In "Dave," we get a deep, occasionally dark look into Hurley's past and present psychological troubles. Inside the hatch, "Henry"/Ben continues to frustrate his captors, though he seems to have earned Locke's trust. And Jason Mittell tells us about the early days of Lostpedia and why he loves the series finale. Find us on Twitter @TheHatchPodcast, and at Facebook.com/TheHatchPodcast. Leave us your hot take by phone at +1 954-6-DHARMA. Our theme music is by Andy G. Cohen and our cover art is by D...
Jan 09, 2019•41 min•Season 2Ep. 19
It all comes crashing down for "Henry Gale" in the final moments of this week's episode, despite his efforts to earn Locke's trust. In flashback, we cringe as a much sadder version of Locke tries to win his father's approval once again. (Helen is not sympathetic.) Our guest is film and media studies professor Jason Mittell, who studied how fans responded to the blast door map and has written extensively about what makes "Lost" so great. Find us on Twitter @TheHatchPodcast, and at Facebook.com/Th...
Jan 02, 2019•43 min•Season 2Ep. 18
In The Whole Truth, Sun finds out she is pregnant and proceeds to tell Jin (and the viewers)... something other than the whole truth. In the subplots, Ana-Lucia obtains the map to Henry Gale's balloon, she and Sayid set off to find it. In the brilliant final seconds, Henry/Ben Linus tells John and Jack that, hypothetically, he could be leading them into a trap. Plus, the last few minutes of our conversation with Michael Emerson. Find us on Twitter @TheHatchPodcast, and at Facebook.com/TheHatchPo...
Dec 27, 2018•38 min•Season 2Ep. 17
"Henry Gale" is still a prisoner in the hatch, which means we've got more from our interview with Michael Emerson. He waxes eloquent on the Ben/Locke relationship and what it was like to work with Terry O'Quinn. He also shares his thoughts on the LOST finale. Find us on Twitter @TheHatchPodcast, and at Facebook.com/TheHatchPodcast. Leave us your hot take by phone at +1 954-6-DHARMA. Our theme music is by Andy G. Cohen and our cover art is by Danny Roth.
Dec 19, 2018•38 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Finally, the long-promised interview with Michael Emerson, whose brilliant portrayal of Ben Linus begins in this episode. Plus: Why does Sayid agree to torture Ben/Henry Gale? How brilliant is their back and forth? And how do the show's writers treat war in Sayid's flashback? Find us on Twitter @TheHatchPodcast, and at Facebook.com/TheHatchPodcast. Leave us your hot take by phone at +1 954-6-DHARMA. Our theme music is by Andy G. Cohen and our cover art is by Danny Roth.
Dec 12, 2018•42 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Sawyer pulls off two masterful long cons this episode, reminding us he's not actually a good person (at least not yet). We try to figure out why he steals the guns, and whether he ever really considered not stealing Cassidy's money. We also share the final part of our interview with set decorator Rick Romer, who tells us why he described his job on LOST as "shoveling money into a furnace all day long." Find us on Twitter @TheHatchPodcast, and at Facebook.com/TheHatchPodcast. Leave us your hot ta...
Dec 06, 2018•36 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Yes, this is the one where Charlie steals Claire's baby and Locke punches him. We cringe our way through the episode and consider the possibility that Charlie is in fact using heroin again, despite what he tells Jack. We also share more of our interview with set decorator Rick Romer, who tells us about how he designed Ben's house, and the firestorm caused by the design of psychic Richard Malkin's house. Find us on Twitter @TheHatchPodcast, and at Facebook.com/TheHatchPodcast. Leave us your hot t...
Nov 28, 2018•38 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Jack is back in a big way this week. We talk about Jack's relationship with Christian, his ongoing conflict with John Locke, and whether he should've just let Michael leave. We also hear more from Jonathan Gray, genuine "Lost" scholar, who is currently looking into what makes people hate the things they hate on television. Relatedly, he shares his thoughts on Lost's finale. Find us on Twitter @TheHatchPodcast, and at Facebook.com/TheHatchPodcast. Leave us your hot take by phone at +1 954-6-DHARM...
Nov 21, 2018•35 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Mr. Eko's soul is in the spotlight as he and Charlie trek through the jungle, searching for the Beechcraft. We've got lots of questions about Eko — his repentance, his regrets and his moral code. We also talk with Jonathan Gray, a genuine "Lost" scholar who has written about how the show subverts stereotypes and tells an international story. Find us on Twitter @TheHatchPodcast, and at Facebook.com/TheHatchPodcast. Leave us your hot take by phone at +1 954-6-DHARMA. Our theme music is by Andy G. ...
Nov 14, 2018•43 min•Season 2Ep. 11
In Los Angeles in September, Michael Giacchino conducted an orchestra playing music from LOST. Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse answered audience questions about the future of the franchise and the decisions of a decade ago. Josh Holloway, Emilie de Ravin, Daniel Dae Kim, Andrea Gabriel and Rebecca Mader read screenplays and castaway letters. We got all of it (or most of it, at least) on tape. "We Have To Go Back: The LOST Concert 2018" took place Sept. 15 at the Ford Theatres in Los Angeles. Mus...
Nov 05, 2018•1 hr 11 min
