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Hopefully you'll kindly invite us in to chat about the first season of What We Do In The Shadows. If you listen right until the end, you'll hear a special guest who didn't get invited in - but came anyway!Next time, Luke tortures Niki by making her watch four episodes of Doctor Who:- Rose (S01E01)- The Fires of Pompeii (S04E03)- The Eleventh Hour (S05E01)- Thin Ice (S10E03)Doctor Who is available to stream on Netflix and BBC iPlayer in the UK, and on BBC America or HBO Max in the US.If you want to submit a TV show or movie for us to watch, drop us an email giving your choice. If it's TV,  let us know which episodes you think are the best to get us hooked!Send emails to escapismpod@icloud.com Get in touch on social media: - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/escapismpod/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/EscapismPod- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/escapismpod/Music from https://filmmusic.io"Nowhere Land" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

In Episode 16, we chat about The Thick of It. Contains strong Scottish language.Next week, we'll be discussing the mockumentary comedy horror What We Do In The Shadows. If you haven't seen it, it's available on BBC iPlayer in the UK, and Hulu in the US!If you want to submit a TV show or movie to the Recommendation Randomiser, drop me an email giving your choice. If it's TV,  let us know which episodes you think are the best to get us hooked!Send emails to escapismpod@icloud.com Get in touch on social media: - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/escapismpod/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/EscapismPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/escapismpod/Music from https://filmmusic.io"Nowhere Land" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

This week, Niki treated us to the weirdness which is Gantz: O - the next selection in our Random Recommendation series. Watch Gantz: O first before listening! (Otherwise very little will make sense...)Next episode we'll be looking at the BBC comedy The Thick Of It - specifically the last two ever made - Series 4, episodes 6 and 7. The Thick Of It is available on Netflix and BBC iPlayer in the UKIf you want to submit a TV show or movie to the Recommendation Randomiser, drop me an email giving your choice. If it's TV,  let us know which episodes you think are the best to get us hooked! Send emails to escapismpod@icloud.com, or get in touch on social media: - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/escapismpod/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/EscapismPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/escapismpod/Music from https://filmmusic.io"Nowhere Land" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Luke, Sam and Niki offer their final thoughts on the first season of Star Trek: Picard! - Star Trek Picard [VFX fixed] - CANON Starfleet arrives! by NeonVisualhttps://youtu.be/ED-YjeKywZc - Join us next time for our first Random Recommendation, where we'll talk about... GANTZ-O! (Find it here on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80149259?tctx=0%2C0%2C0ff788d0-1a02-42e1-b70f-a23602c83801-28597127%2C%2C&trackId=13752289) - If you want to submit a TV show or Movie to the Recommendation Randomiser, drop me an email giving your choice, and if it's TV, which episodes you think are the best to get us hooked! Send emails to escapismpod@icloud.com, or get in touch on social media: - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/escapismpod/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/EscapismPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/escapismpod/- Music from https://filmmusic.io"Nowhere Land" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Luke, Niki and Sam discuss the two part season finale Star Trek Picard, Et In Arcadia Ego.Here's what we're giggling about at the end - Niki of Borg.https://twitter.com/EscapismPod/status/1245405395901992960?s=20There will be spoilers, please come back once you've watched it!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/escapismpod/Twitter: https://twitter.com/EscapismPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/escapismpod/Music from https://filmmusic.io"Nowhere Land" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Luke, Niki and Sam discuss Episode 8 of Star Trek: Picard - Broken Pieces.There will be spoilers, please come back once you've watched it!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/escapismpod/Twitter: https://twitter.com/EscapismPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/escapismpod/Music from https://filmmusic.io"Nowhere Land" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

This week, the team discuss Episode 7 of Star Trek: Picard - Nepenthe. There will be spoilers, please come back once you've watched it!If you don't want to hear the synopsis for Episode 8, skip to 40:05!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/escapismpod/Twitter: https://twitter.com/EscapismPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/escapismpod/Music from https://filmmusic.io"Nowhere Land" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

This week, Luke, Niki and Sam are subjected to more bollocks on the square when they watch this weeks episode of Star Trek: Picard, The Impossible Box. There will be spoilers, please come back once you've watched it!Niki’s Starfleet uniformhttps://twitter.com/escapismpod/status/1236416104920121344?s=21Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/escapismpod/Twitter: https://twitter.com/EscapismPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/escapismpod/Music from https://filmmusic.io"Nowhere Land" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

This week Luke, Niki and Sam discuss Episode 5 of Star Trek: Picard, Stardust City Rag. Zut Alors!There will be spoilers, please come back once you've watched it!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/escapismpod/Twitter: https://twitter.com/EscapismPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/escapismpod/Music from https://filmmusic.io"Nowhere Land" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Luke, Niki and Sam discuss Episode 4 of Star Trek: Picard, Absolute Candor. There will be spoilers, please come back once you've watched it!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/escapismpod/Twitter: https://twitter.com/EscapismPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/escapismpod/Music from https://filmmusic.io"Nowhere Land" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Sound EffectsTARDIS Sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvQt9UIPMdUTransporter Sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9AQ0UdWIPgBlack Alert Sound (Spoiler Warning!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NslroTPjMI 

Niki and Luke discuss Episode 3 of Star Trek: Picard, "The End is the Beginning". There will be spoilers, please come back once you've watched it!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/escapismpod/Twitter: https://twitter.com/EscapismPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/escapismpod/Music from https://filmmusic.io"Nowhere Land" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

This episode we discuss Episode 2 of Star Trek: Picard, "Maps and Legends".There will be spoilers, please come back once you've watched it!(As it turns out, editing plew plew sounds to cover up the word "c*nt" was a bit more difficult than I thought...)Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/escapismpod/Twitter: https://twitter.com/EscapismPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/escapismpod/Music from https://filmmusic.io"Nowhere Land" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

At last, we discuss the season premiere of Star Trek: Picard! There WILL be spoilers.Niki's Poocard doodle:https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EPVLgUYX0AISLfB?format=jpg&name=largeInstagram: @EscapismPodTwitter: @EscapismPodMusic from https://filmmusic.io"Nowhere Land" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

The final part of our mini-series, Preparing for Picard, we discuss Borg individuality in The Next Generation’s I, Borg and Voyager’s The Gift.Instagram: @EscapismPodTwitter: @EscapismPodMusic from https://filmmusic.io"Nowhere Land" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Luke, Sam and Niki discuss the infamous Next Generation two parter The Best of Both Worlds.Instagram: @EscapismPodTwitter: @EscapismPodMusic from https://filmmusic.io"Nowhere Land" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) 

This week we prepare for Star Trek: Picard by watching two Next Generation episodes, Symbiosis from Season 1 and The Measure of a Man from Season 2.Jean-Luc Picard with hair! https://i.pinimg.com/474x/74/b4/fb/74b4fbc9522907603f4998cd27278958--patrick-stewart-patrick-obrian.jpgInstagram: @EscapismPodTwitter: @EscapismPodMusic from https://filmmusic.io"Nowhere Land" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

With the Star Trek: Picard premiere just around the corner, we discuss/explain/make fun of J.J. Abrams' 2009 remake Star Trek, and - when we remember - talk about how it may inform the new series.Instagram: @EscapismPodTwitter: @EscapismPodMusic from https://filmmusic.io"Nowhere Land" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)