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Ruthie and Brian discuss the finale of the Season 2 Short Treks, Children of Mars, written by Kirsten Beyer & Jenny Lumet & Alex Kurtzman, and directed by Mark Pellington. This Short Trek is categorized as an episode of The Star Trek Picard Cast because it has ties to Star Trek: Picard. We both loved it, Brian probably more than Ruthie.
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For the second episode of The Star Trek Picard Cast, Brian and Ruthie focus on the other Star Trek characters that are returning for Picard that aren’t Picard. We speculate on what they might be doing on the show. We also speculate on what other characters we think might also return to Picard, and what other characters we’d like to see return.
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Ruthie and Brian discuss the fourth and fifth of six Season 2 Short Treks, this time covering the animated shorts: Ephraim and Dot, written by Chris Silvestri & Anthony Maranville and directed by veteran composer Michael Giacchino; and The Girl Who Made the Stars, written by Brandon Schultz and directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi.
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Ruthie and Brian discuss the third of six Season 2 Short Treks, this time covering Ask Not, written by Kalinda Vazquez and directed by Sanji Senaka. A cadet has been ordered to guard Pike, who has been arrested for treasonThis one’s a tense story, but a short one, even for a Short Trek.
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We’re back! Ruthie and Brian are back with the second of six Season 2 Short Treks, this time covering The Trouble with Edward. This one’s part Tribble origin story, part farce, and all funny. Despite it being a Short Trek, we had a LOT to say!!! We both loved it but Brian let his new alter-ego character onto the podcast again, Nitpicking Brian, to speak about all the things the nitpicking side of him had issues with. He fights with Ruthie and regular Brian about why they think it was a great episode but he doesn’t.
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Brian and Mark are joined by Kyle, as we talk through The Walking Dead, Season 10 Episode 8, titled The World Before. This episode was written by Julia Ruchman and directed by John Dahl. Michonne sails away, Dante shows how he lived with the enemy, and Carol, Daryl and the gang go after the herd and end up where they shouldn’t be.
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Brian and Mark talk through The Walking Dead, Season 10 Episode 7, titled Open Your Eyes. This episode was written by Corey Reed and directed by Michael Cudlitz. What really happened to Siddiq? Who is Dante? Carol takes on a prisoner.
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Brian and Mark talk through The Walking Dead, Season 10 Episode 6, titled Bonds. This episode was written by Kevin Deiboldt and directed by Dan Liu.
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Brian and Mark talk through The Walking Dead, Season 10 Episode 5, titled What It Always Is. This episode was written by Eli Jorné and directed by Laura Belsey. In a standout performance by Jeffrey Dean Morgan, we catch up with the escaped Negan, who has a groupie. We watch him turn back to old Negan, but with a purpose. Kelly hasn’t returned. Ezekiel has an issue. Aaron makes contact.
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Brian and Mark talk through The Walking Dead, Season 10 Episode 4, titled Silence the Whisperers. This episode was written by Geraldine Inoa and directed by Michael Cudlitz. Some in Alexandria take their frustrations out on Lydia, and Negan becomes an unlikely hero. The Hilltop suffers a major setback.
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We’re finally back! Ruthie and Brian are back with The Star Trek Discovery Podcast, with the first of six mini-episodes, covering the Short Treks. We discuss the Season 3 trailer that was released at New York Comic Con, and the first Short Trek of Season 2, with a focus on Ensign Spock and his first day on board the USS Enterprise, titled Q&A. We both loved it but Brian felt like it had a few minor issues, as he unleashes a new character onto the podcast. We also talk about the issues that we are currently having with Facebook.
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Brian and Mark talk through The Walking Dead, Season 10 Episode 3, titled Ghosts. This episode was written by Jim Barnes and directed by David Boyd. Alexandria is being hit by wave upon wave of walkers, while Carol deals with Alpha and her own demons while being sleep deprived.
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Welcome to the first episode of The Star Trek Picard Cast! We bring you this introduction to us, Brian Meloche and Ruthie Rink, if you don’t know us already from The Star Trek Discovery Podcast, and details everything we know so far about Star Trek: Picard!
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Brian and Mark talk through The Walking Dead, Season 10 Episode 2, titled We Are the End of the World. This episode was written by Nicole Mirante-Matthews and directed by Greg Nicotero. This all Whisperers episode shows the meeting of Alpha and Beta, the origins of the Whisperers, and we meet the newly annointed Gamma.
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Brian and Mark talk through a detailed analysis of the season 10 premiere of The Walking Dead, Season 10 Episode 1, titled Lines We Cross. This episode was written by Angela Kang and directed by Greg Nicotero. Since AMC Premiere made the season premiere available a week early, we did a first impressions episode that was released Sunday night. Here’s a more detailed analysis of the season premiere with your feedback.
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Brian, Mark, and Kyle give their first impressions of the season 10 premiere of The Walking Dead, Season 10 Episode 1, titled Lines We Cross. This episode was written by Angela Kang and directed by Greg Nicotero. Since AMC Premiere made the season premiere available a week early, we are able to do a first impressions episode for early release this week. We will do a second episode with a more detailed analysis of the season premiere with your feedback later this week.
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Mark, Kyle, and Brian talk through Fear the Walking Dead Season 5 Episode 16, the season finale, titled End of the Line. This episode was written by Ian Goldberg & Andrew Chambliss, and directed by Michael E. Satrazemis. It’s the end of the season and the end of a long summer of difficult episodes to cover.
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Mark, Kyle, and Brian talk through Fear the Walking Dead Season 5 Episode 15, titled Channel 5. This episode was written by Michael Alaimo & Samir Mehta, and directed by David Barrett. Another found footage episode! Another found footage episode? Another found footage episode…
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Mark, and I talk through Fear the Walking Dead Season 5 Episode 14, titled Today and Tomorrow. This episode was written by Richard Naing & David Johnson and directed by Sydney Freeland.
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Mark, and I talk through Fear the Walking Dead Season 5 Episode 13, titled Leave What You Don’t. This episode was written by Ashley Cardiff & Nick Bernardone, and directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer. Logan has found the oil fields, and a whole lot happened this week… but it wasn’t all good.
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Kyle, Mark, and I talk through Fear the Walking Dead Season 5 Episode 12, titled Ner Tamid. This episode was written by co-showrunners Andrew Chambliss & Ian Goldberg, and directed by Michael E. Satrazemis. Charlie meets a Rabbi living on his own at the synagogue, while Sarah, Dwight and the rest of the convoy are spotted by Logan’s guys.
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Kyle, Mark, and I talk through Fear the Walking Dead Season 5 Episode 11, titled You’re Still Here. This episode was written by Mallory Westfall and Alex Delyle, and directed by K.C. Colwell. We meet Wes, and the tree painter… and things take a weird turn over resources and a manuscript.
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Kyle, Mark, and I talk at 210 Words Per Minute! Also known as Fear the Walking Dead Season 5 Episode 10, this episode was written by the showrunners Ian Goldberg & Andrew Chambliss, and directed by long-time Hollywood director Ron Underwood. We get a bottle episode that mostly takes place in a mall in a bit of a sendoff to the classic Dawn of the Dead. Grace and Morgan get closer, while Dwight confronts one of Logan’s guys.
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Channel 4, Fear the Walking Dead Season 5 Episode 9, was an episode that was probably in the making since What’s Your Story. In that episode, we first see Al’s desire to interview people to get their stories. It was a long time coming to shoot an episode in this documentary/infomercial style, a first for The Walking Dead franchise.
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The Star Trek Picard Cast is a new podcast on Talk Through Media. We will do in-depth discussions about Star Trek: Picard, the new CBS All Access series that is set to premiere on January 23, 2020. It will also be shown on Space and Crave TV in Canada, and Amazon Prime everywhere else. We’re…
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The Star Trek: Discovery Podcast is an in-depth discussion about Star Trek: Discovery, shown weekly on CBS All Access in the U.S., Space in Canada and Netflix everywhere else. We’re Brian Meloche and Ruthie Rink, two long-time Star Trek fans, and each episode we analyze the story, characters, and the show’s placement in the Star…
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On this episode 59 of Fear the Walking Dead Talk Through, Kyle, Mark and I discuss Fear the Walking Dead Season 5 Episode 8, titled Is Anybody Out There? First, we have an important announcement. We are leaving the GSM network, and striking out on our own! The podcast will continue, but as part of our new home at Talk Through Media, but we’ll have more information on that in a few weeks, and go to walkingdeadtalkthrough.com, which currently points to GSM, but will point to our new home soon once we have completed the move. We have more discussion about S5E7 Still Standing, and we finally get to this episode 34 minutes and 22 seconds into the podcast.
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On this episode 58 of Fear the Walking Dead Talk Through, Mark and I discuss Fear the Walking Dead Season 5 Episode 7, titled Still Standing. First, we hear Kyle’s impressions of last week’s episode, as well as more discussion about S5E6 The Little Prince, so we finally get to this episode 30 minutes and 37 seconds into the podcast.
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On this episode 57 of Fear the Walking Dead Talk Through, Mark and I discuss Fear the Walking Dead Season 5 Episode 6, titled The Little Prince. FYI, we had a lot more discussion for last week’s episode, so we finally get to this episode 38 minutes and 30 seconds into the episode.
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On this episode 56 of Fear the Walking Dead Talk Through, Kyle, Mark and I discuss Fear the Walking Dead Season 5 Episode 5, titled The End of Everything. FYI, we had more discussion for last week’s episode, so we finally get to this episode 13 minutes and 35 seconds into the episode.
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it’s finally time for our Post-Season 2 roundtable! We hope you will enjoy this Season 2 Roundtable episode, which was recorded on Saturday, June 22, 2019. We are joined by our man with the screen captures and voicemails, Fred from The Netherlands, as well as James (The Augmented Sailor) Robbins and Laurence Todd (LT from NC), who have all been contributing their feedback all through the season!
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On this episode 55 of Fear the Walking Dead Talk Through, Kyle, Mark and I discuss Fear the Walking Dead Season 5 Episode 4, titled Skidmark. We all thought it was a good episode, not a great one, but that we’re excited for some of the things it put into play for the next couple of episodes. FYI, we had more discussion for last week’s episode, so we finally get to this episode 20 minutes and 57 seconds into the episode.
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Ruthie interviews Nana Visitor, who played Major Kira Nerys on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. She also goes over her experiences attending Soonercon earlier this month. We also talk about the Picard teaser trailer and go over some recent iTunes reviews.
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On this episode 54 of Fear the Walking Dead Talk Through, Kyle, Mark and I discuss Fear the Walking Dead Season 5 Episode 3, titled Humbug’s Gulch. Mark and I loved this episode and thought it was the best episode since last season, while Kyle thought it was weaker than the previous two episodes, though he still thought It was a good episode. John and June run into some trouble with another old character joining the show, but, this time, from the main show, while the rest of the group struggle while trying to find the kids. FYI, we had more discussion for last week’s episode, so we finally get to this episode 27 minutes and 30 seconds into the episode.
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On this episode 53 of Fear the Walking Dead Talk Through, Kyle, Mark and I discuss Fear the Walking Dead Season 5 Episode 2, titled The Hurt That Will Happen. It was a good episode, but not great. We welcomed an old character back, met a new one, and gave another one weird things to say. FYI, we had some discussion for last week’s episode, so we discuss this episode 31 minutes and 15 seconds into the episode.
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Ruthie and I complete our discussion of Season 2 Episode 14 of Star Trek: Discovery, Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2. This episode, our third of three, we go through voicemails and other general feedback, our notes, and news. We recommend you start our coverage of the season finale by listening to episode 39 and then listen to episode 40 if you haven’t already done so. In episode 39, we go over feedback from the previous episode, as well as ratings and Yeses. In episode 40, we cover Nos and Hold Your Horses.
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It’s episode 40 of The Star Trek Discovery Podcast, and Ruthie and Brian continue their analysis and discuss your feedback for Star Trek: Discovery – S2E14, which is titled Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2; this time, focussing on No’s and Hold Your Horses. This episode was written by Michelle Paradise & Jenny Lumet & Alex Kurtzman, and directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi. Like last week, this episode is a shining example of an episode being greater than the sum of its parts, but we isolate the parts that aren’t as good or at least make us question.
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Star Trek: Discovery – Season 2, Episode 14: Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2 For episode 39 of The Star Trek Discovery Podcast, Ruthie and I conclude our discussion of Season 2 Episode 13 of Star Trek: Discovery, which is titled, Such Sweet Sorrow, and…
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It’s episode 38 of The Star Trek Discovery Podcast, and Ruthie and Brian analyze and discuss your feedback for Star Trek: Discovery – S2E13, which is titled Such Sweet Sorrow. This episode was written by Michelle Paradise & Jenny Lumet & Alex Kurtzman, and it is directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi. We finally get to see the bridge of the Enterprise, as an armada of Section 31 ships, close in, and Burnham and a skeleton crew prepare to send Discovery into the future. We both loved this episode, even with its flaws. It’s a shining example of an episode being greater than the sum of its parts.
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Star Trek: Discovery – Season 2, Episode 12: Through the Valley of Shadows For episode 37 of The Star Trek Discovery Podcast, Ruthie and I discuss Season 2 Episode 12 of Star Trek: Discovery, which is titled, Through the Valley of Shadows. This…
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On episode 98 of The Walking Dead Talk Through, Brian and Mark are joined by special guest Alex to discuss The Walking Dead Season 9 Episode 16 titled The Storm. We finally get to see winter on The Walking Dead, but be careful what you wish for. We were disappointed with this season finale, not only because of the failed attempt at realistic winter conditions but also because this just didn’t feel like a season finale episode to us. We expected a lot more, and we didn’t get it. Sign up to our Facebook group to stay in touch!
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Ruthie and Brian discuss Season 2 Episode 11 of Star Trek: Discovery, which is titled, Perpetual Infinity. We both loved this episode that explored the relationship between Michael Burnham and her mother, and how it ties into Section 31 and the Red Angel.
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Brian and special guest co-host Steve discuss The Walking Dead Season 9 Episode 15 titled The Calm Before. We finally see them sign the charter, and we see the after effects of what Alpha is truly capable of, as we lose many people, some we barely know and others we know very well. Sign up to our Facebook group to stay in touch!
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It’s episode 35 of The Star Trek Discovery Podcast, and Ruthie and Brian analyze and discuss your feedback for Star Trek: Discovery – S2E10, which is titled The Red Angel. This episode was written by Chris Silvestri & Anthony Maranville, and it is directed by Hanelle M. Culpepper, who has been announced as the director of the first two episodes of the new Picard series. We learn a lot this episode, like who the Red Angel is, who developed Project Daedalus, and how Leland was involved in Burnham’s parents’ death.
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Brian, Mark & special guest Steve discuss Scars, The Walking Dead S9E14. This episode was written by Corey Reed & Vivian Tse, and directed by Millicent Shelton. We finally learn how Daryl & Michonne get those scars, and why Judith is special.
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For this supersized episode 34 of The Star Trek Discovery Podcast, Ruthie and Brian discuss Star Trek: Discovery – S2E9, which is titled, Project Daedalus. This episode was written by the new co-showrunner for Season 3, Michelle Paradise, and it is directed by Jonathan Frakes, whose name you might recognize. 🙂 Pike and Cornwell rendezvous to infiltrate Section 31 Headquarters, only to encounter some unexpected results. We finally get to know Airiam, but is it too late?
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Star Trek: Discovery – Season 2, Episode 8: If Memory Serves For episode 33 of The Star Trek Discovery Podcast, Ruthie and I discuss Season 2 Episode 8 of Star Trek: Discovery, which is titled, If Memory Serves. This episode was written by Dan Dworkin & Jay Beattie, and it was directed by TJ Scott….
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On episode 94 of The Walking Dead Talk Through, Mark and I discuss The Walking Dead Season 9 Episode 12 titled Guardians. We see more of what makes the Whisperers, including Alpha, tick, see the goings on in Alexandria, the Rosita love “triangle” or family unit “rhombus” forming, and a daring rescue takes place. Sign up to our Facebook group to stay in touch!
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Star Trek: Discovery – Season 2, Episode 7: Light and Shadows For episode 32 of The Star Trek Discovery Podcast, Ruthie and I discuss Season 2 Episode 7 of Star Trek: Discovery, which is titled, Light and Shadows. This episode’s teleplay is by Ted…
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