Hey ATA Listeners, it's time to Bow Before Thoraxis on this week's podcast as we discuss our favorite shows this week and three interesting News with Nico items.
In our discussion this week, Once Upon a Time saw the dual reunion of father and son as Henry met his father for the first time and Henry's father was reunited with his father, Rumplestiltskin. Castle was action packed in the first part of the Season 5 Two Part Episode that saw the kidnapping of Alexis and Dan and Nico discuss what this could mean going forward both in the story and tone of the show. Go On tried to Go Deep with meditation and Terrel Owens, but ended up getting most of its comedy from boner cream jokes... to great effect. Modern Family made Dan laugh at an unfortunate haircut, while Nico enjoyed another Luke moment. Supernatural turned out to be the most contentious show of the week as one of our fearless leaders felt the show was didn't have a whole going on, while the other really enjoyed it. A lively discussion ensued. But it was all buddy cop from then on as they both agreed on the same two scenes being the best of the week on Community as the gang attended a Inspector Spacetime Convention and all Bowed before Jeff who was impersonating the super villain Thoraxis. The Big Bang Theory discussion focused on Fun with Flags and the excellent Raj budding relationship story arc. Both Dan and Nico agreed that Kate Miccuci was an excellent choice. Finally, Dan and Nico loved the introduction of Agent Shaw and the praised the use of a Doctor Who style story structure that focused on Agent Shaw and put the Person of Interest Team in the background and Dan calls out all the Person of Interest fans who were critical of the change from the formula.
As usual, we rounded out the episode with an Airwaves Rundown section that included Family Guy, Simpsons, and excellent episode of The Walking Dead from Sunday Night. Monday night included a How I Met Your Mother, Andy joined Nico for The Following section, and both Dan and Nico agreed for once on the Bones discussions. Tuesday night saw another great New Girl episode, Nico showing more love for Justified, Dan and Nico agreeing that White Collar was a very weak effort this week and Nico reviews the premiere of the new CW show Cult that he found quite captivating, but does not plan to review the show from week to week unless other people demand it. Wednesday saw another new Arrow discussion facilitated by Andy that discussed the effectiveness of the Roy Harper introduction and the Dodger character, which left Andy as the odd man out really enjoying Roy Harper's introduction. Nico also reviewed the Americans, Elementary, and for probably the last time, Zero Hour.
