Ep. 235: The North Water

This week, Gavia and Morgan finally bring you their much-delayed opinions on Andrew Haigh's ultra-bleak but mesmerizing miniseries The North Water, starring Jack O'Connell and Colin Farrell as shipmates on a doomed Arctic whaling expedition. Topics include the show's sharp depiction of masculinity and sexuality in Victorian England, its uncompromising approach to violence, stellar performances from O'Connell and Farrell, and more.

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Episode 87: The Terror

This week... a fight! Gavia and Morgan go in on AMC's limited series The Terror, an Arctic exploration horror-drama show designed to make Gav happy and Morgan annoyed. They discuss how the show compares to other explorer fiction, the insanity of the Victorians, whether or not horror can work on television, and all those old white men.

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