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Jakob Burrows

Westworld S01E02: Chestnut

It’s EPISODE TWO OF WESTWORLD and the questions keep piling up: What’s the maze? What’s Ford playing at? Will Maeve the get those numbers up? Why is William even friends with that guy?! Find out our thoughts and theories in this discussion of episode two of Westworld. There’s no spoiler-free section since we are going…

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Mr. Robot S02E06-12

Mr. Robot is back at it again with his famous dance, look at those arms move! Was the last half of Season 2 able to break through our calloused hearts and win us over? Were there enough twists or should they have thrown a couple more in there? Are we gonna watch Season 3 or…

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Vice Principals S01E01-04

School is starting up again and we’re ready to learn… ready to learn from the comedy stylings of Vice Principals, that is! Listen along as this show corrupts our innocent minds into profanity-laced racial-slur-spewing comedy machines! It’s gonna be a wild ride, and the school year is just starting, baby. The discussion is spoiler free until…

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Mr. Robot S02E01-05

Jim and Jakob, more like Daft Punk Guy 1 and Daft Punk Guy 2, because this week WE ARE THE ROBOTS, discussing the first five episodes of season 2 of MR. ROBOT. Is it living up to the hype? Or the anti-hype, as the case may be, depending on your opinion of the thing in season…

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Outcast S01E06-10

We’re back to discuss the last five episodes of the first season of Outcast! Have our opinions changed since the first five? Is the show delivering the required shivers and shakes and spooooky music? What’s different from the comic, and how do things look for a comic reader (Jim) compared to a non-comic-reader (Jakob)? Better listen to…

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Steven Universe Season 1

Another love letter takes shape as we delve into the wonderful world of Steven Universe, full of magical dances and gemstone bellybuttons! DON’T TUNE OUT YET, I CONVINCED JIM AND I’LL CONVINCE YOU TOO. This time we’re just talking about season 1, and there’s no hard spoilers; you should be okay to listen to all of this…

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Mr. Robot Season 1

Season one of Mr. Robot is snatching Emmy nominations left and right, but is it snatching our hearts? Are we sick of re-packaged nihilistic rants or are we rushing to our laptops to order fsociety T-shirts for only 19.99 including shipping? Will Jakob ever do an entire show with just one accent? ONLY ONE WAY TO…

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Crusading Against One Word Title TV

In our first Outcast episode I mentioned my crusade against one word titles, and it wouldn’t be much of a crusade if I kept quiet about it. No one has ever made a successful crusade without blogging, as I always say! It started with this video where I give the whole concept a good walloping…

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Outcast S01E01-05

Who watches the watchmen? No idea, but who LISTENS to the watchmen? THAT WOULD BE YOU. Welcome to the second episode of Shows What You Know, where new internet power couple Jim Scampoli / Jakob Burrows tackle the first five episodes of the supernatural horror show Outcast. Haven’t watched Outcast? Don’t tune out yet, because…

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