Revisit 2015, when the most recent Bond film came out on the tails of a series of revelatory spy films - and world events - that argued for 007's irrelevance.
This episode:
- How the NSA shows up in mainstream entertainment
- So many Bond themes
- Melissa McCarthy showing the men (mostly Statham) how it’s done
- Kingsman’s scathing class critique
- Ilya Kuryakin and the demonized other
- Bridge of Spies and the reality of spy craft
- The wonders of Ilsa Faust
- The murky waters of Sicario
- A cameo appearance from HERCULES MULLIGAN!