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Podcast - #486 - The Last of Us, I Jack Wright, North of North

1 day ago | thecustardtv.com | Luke Knowles

Matt, Dawn, and Sarah review the new Sky Max travelogue Joe Lycett’s United States of Birmingham, which gives Sarah the opportunity to talk eloquently about the city she loves. Then, Unforgotten writer Chris Lang has a new mystery series on U&Alibi featuring a ton of familiar faces. There’s also a sweet hidden gem in the Canadian comedy North of North, which is now available on Netflix.
The Last of Us delivers its most brutal episode to date.

2 days ago | thecustardtv.com | Luke Knowles

Interestingly, both episodes of The Last of Us season 2 have opened with Abby (Kaitlyn Dever), much like I mentioned during my review of episode 1; we see the fallout of Joel’s actions and how they affect others. This time, we open with Abby’s nightmare: her younger self finding what remains of Joel’s rampage at the Firefly base in Salt Lake City after being warned by her current self not to go inside.
The Last of Season 2 finds Ellie and Joel in a very different place.

3 days ago | thecustardtv.com | Luke Knowles

The first fifteen minutes or so of The Last of Us season 2 are quite discombobulating, even for someone who enjoyed the first. The long gaps between seasons of television is making it increasingly harder to remember where you left things with these characters. It soon transpires that the confusion here is by design, as the story jumps forward five years in the future to find Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and Joel’s (Pedro Pascal) once father-daughter-like bond, broken and seemingly beyond repair.
Severance clears the floor for a big finale

1 month ago | thecustardtv.com | Luke Knowles

Even if I hadn’t rewatched the first season of Severance in preparation for this second, it is truly astonishing how memorable and effective Season 1’s finale was. The innies infiltrating the lives of their outies was properly exhilarating. Ever since, it doesn’t feel as if Lumon or employees on the severed floor have been able to recover or get things back under control.
Podcast - TV Time Machine #17: March 2000: DA Ali G Show, Jam, Randall & Hopkrirk (Deceased)

1 month ago | thecustardtv.com | Luke Knowles

Luke and Matt board the TV Time Machine to view the TV landscape of March 2000. Ross Kemp signs a ‘golden handcuffs deal’ with ITV to work for solely for that broadcaster. At least initially, the result is a single drama entitled Hero of the Hour, which stars Kemp as a security guard who unwittingly becomes a hero when he foils a robbery.
Severance steps away from the main story to visit the strange backstory of Harmony Cobel

1 month ago | thecustardtv.com | Luke Knowles

For two weeks now, Severance has shifted its focus away from the central MDR group and onto the backstories of characters we’ve only known in the prism of the severance procedure. Harmony Cobel, (Patricia Arquette), the fearsome presence that loomed over the MDR group for the entire first season, was last seen in this season’s third episode.
TV Time Machine #15: February 2000: My Hero, Nature Boy, That Peter Kay Thing

1 month ago | thecustardtv.com | Luke Knowles

Matt and Luke hop aboard their TV Time Machine to view the TV landscape of February 2000. EastEnders turns 15 with a double episode which sees the residents of Albert Square locked in the Vic when an unexploded WW2 bomb is discovered nearby. The BBC try their hand at a traditional American sitcom, with audience laughter and a team of writers producing the Ardal O’Hanlon superhero comedy My Hero.
Severance recap - Episode 7 offers a terrifying new prospective.

1 month ago | thecustardtv.com | Luke Knowles

I rewatched the first season to prepare for the second, and it was striking how much of it had been imprinted into my memory, given the nearly three years that had passed. There were only a handful of threads I’d forgotten about. Strangely, those are the ones I’ve been thinking about frequently as this second season tries to make me feel as discombobulated as the workers on the severed floor. One of the big things I’d forgotten was the birthing centre.
Severance explores deeply complicated relationships and our need for connection

2 months ago | thecustardtv.com | Luke Knowles

Following on from last week, the tempo of Severance is beginning to heighten once more as the unity between the MDR groups fractures and splinters. Dylan (Zach Cherry) notifies his colleagues of the map to the export hall that Irving left behind for them, yet nobody seems very interested in actually pursuing it. If this information had been given to them at the start of the season, we’d have known more about it within minutes, yet this time around they’re distracted, conflicted and confused.
Big Boys perfectly captures the agony of grief in its extraordinary final series.

2 months ago | thecustardtv.com | Sarah Kennedy

Big Boys is hilarious, filthy and heartbreaking. But you’re reading about series 3 so you know this already. However, did you know that writer Jack Rooke can twist the knife even further and make you cry snotty sobs and howl with laughter, all in the space of a staggering 23 minutes? It’s true. The first episode of this run is a little muted. The gang go on holiday to Faliraki (thanks to Shannon’s big bingo win) and some mad-cap hijinks ensue.