TV Obsessive
This week, on The TV Obsessive Podcast Episode 69, Caemeron and Ryan delve into the second half of Penelope‘s first season, looking at S1E5–S1E8. But first, in the news:
- RIP John Amos
- Sugar has been renewed for Season 2
- Chucky has been cancelled
- Plans for a crossover between Abbott Elementary and It’s Always Sunny
- Say Nothing is coming to FX in November
Caemeron is excited about the premiere of the second season of The Floor. Ryan has some thoughts about Monsters and how it has revived interest in the Menendez brothers’ case.
On Penelope S1E5–S1E8
After her interactions with Helena in Episode 4, Penelope spends several more weeks (or months) in the woods, learning how to survive on her own, build shelter, catch and cook food, and stay warm. While in the woods she runs into a trio of disenfranchised Catholic teenagers looking to find more meaning in their lives after graduating high school and devoting their childhood to their faith. Penelope falls for one of them, Peter, but after spending a night with him, burns the letter he left her with his contact information. Winter arrives, bringing a new set of challenges, including a cougar that attacks Penelope and injures her. These injuries force her to make the long journey into town where she is discovered and taken to a hospital. A social worker tries to get the truth out of Penelope, but she decides to keep her identity hidden and go back out on her own. While spending the night in the town, she decides to log on to the library’s computer where she sees overwhelming messages of people searching for her, but also that her parents have somehow died while she was in the woods.
- Thoughts on the ending of Season 1
- Is this all plausible? Should we be asking that?
- Reflections on the themes of the series and what’s to come
Next Time on The TV Obsessive Podcast…
We discuss the premiere of Disclaimer on Apple TV+
