Goat Season
49 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsA deep dive into the greatest television shows of all time, hosts Phillip Mitchell and Alex Sinesi analyze legendary series at their very best, breaking down their favorite seasons episode by episode with analysis of the storytelling, performances, and filmmaking craft that revolutionized the art of tv and achieved goat status.
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Episodes
Hannibal S2 “Yakimono”
February 19, 2024 04:48 - 1 hour - 71.4 MBPhil and Alex discuss Hannibal season 2’s seismic mid-season episode Yakimono but not before some tortured reflection on the academy of motion picture arts and sciences and their lame-ass snitch behavior. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Hannibal S2 "Futamono"
December 15, 2023 07:45 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBIn this episode on season 2 episode 6 of NBC's HANNIBAL, Phil and Alex declare Alana’s tryst with Hannibal "the ultimate bonehead move" although the actual ultimate bonehead move IS SITTING TOO CLOSE TO THE MIC, ALEX. Apologies for his shitty audio! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Hannibal S2 "Mukozuke"
November 08, 2023 02:44 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBPhil and Alex discuss a sad slice of HANNIBAL season 2 this week, bidding farewell to a real one (THEY TURNED HER INTO A POWER POINT!! er, Slide Deck?) and also chopping it up about their bad eating habits, Stuart Townsend, Killers of the Flower Moon and POGs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Hannibal S2 "Takiawase" with Abby Matulewicz
October 26, 2023 19:04 - 1 hour - 68 MBPhil and Alex are joined by Will and Hannibal shipper and Fast Saga scholar Abby Matulewicz for a discussion of season 2's amazing fourth episode, Takiawase. Fanfiction.net is invoked, shit gets dark. Find Abby's amazing Fast and Furious reviews at her Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/9iNT Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Hannibal S2 "Hassun"
October 16, 2023 22:57 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBPhil and Alex discuss HANNIBAL's stab (ugh) at a courtroom drama, with the third episode of season 2, "Hassun." Topics include AI generated murder, Governator Cynthia Nixon, the permanent shuttering of the Martin Donovan appreciation society and Judy Gemstone collecting the scalps of other beloved HBO characters. NOTE: A power-ranking of the most shocking tv deaths was redacted for your protection. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Hannibal S2 "Sakizuke"
October 09, 2023 05:18 - 1 hour - 76.7 MBPhil and Alex continue their breakdown of HANNIBAL Season 2 with "Sakizuke." Is this the most traumatic cold open of all time? What appetizer holds a dark and terrible secret, whether or not it's being prepared by our favorite cannibal chef? And finally, why do the boys spend so much time discussing the career of respected character actor Martin Donovan, who only appears briefly in this one episode? Find out the answers to some of these questions, definitely not all of them, in this week's re...
Hannibal S2 "Kaiseki"
October 02, 2023 06:34 - 1 hour - 71.6 MBBack from the dead just in time for spooky season, Phil and Alex break into a new miniseries on the most horrifically beautiful show to ever air on network television, Bryan Fuller's masterpiece HANNIBAL. They will be covering all thirteen episodes of the acclaimed second season, a veritable buffet of aesthetic deliciousness that is fresh, locally sourced, and never cruelty-free. This week they savor the show's improbable origins before scarfing the first course of this decadent meal, the sea...
Are You Current? Part 3
November 09, 2022 00:34 - 1 hour - 68.3 MBPhil and Alex talk about what tv they're watching and whaddaya want from me, huh? I'M IN VEGAS LOSING MY SHIRT AT THE BLACKJACK TABLE! Topics Include: THE BEAR, BARRY, SNABBA CASH THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES, RINGS OF POWER, THE LAST KINGDOM, WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS, ATLANTA, CHAINSAW MAN, ANDOR AND HOLY SHIT THAT WAS LIKE A YEAR'S SALARY BURNED UP IN ONE ROLL OF THE DICE WHAT THE FUCK AM I GONNA DO NOW I CAN'T EVEN BUY A PLANE TICKET OUT OF THIS HELLSCAPE DO I SELL MY BODY OR LET THEM BREAK ...
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (aka Knockin' On Heaven's Door)
October 03, 2022 20:49 - 55 minutes - 52.6 MBToday on Goat Season, Phil and Alex discuss the feature-length expansion pack to everyone's uncle's favorite anime: COWBOY BEBOP: THE MOVIE aka COWBOY BEBOP: KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR aka THE MOVIE, COWBOY BEBOP. They also discuss America's Uncle, Ice-T, and his sassy quest to authentically sell being hard to Middle America. Finally, they debate who else might be invited to America's backyard barbecue. John Mahoney sends his regrets from beyond the grave. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...
Cowboy Bebop Session #6 (Episodes 23-26)
September 05, 2022 20:42 - 1 hour - 78 MBPhil and Alex reach the end of the space trail and hang up their space spurs, mourning the cancellation of Big Shot and celebrating the end of Cowboy Bebop with discussions of the final four episodes, a quadrilogy of bangers one might say: BRAIN SCRATCH, HARD LUCK WOMAN, and THE REAL FOLK BLUES PT. 1 AND 2. They also rank every episode of the show, discuss Alfredo's future career on a David Simon-produced drama, find out which states are in a perpetually enforced childhood and which are hives...
Cowboy Bebop Session #5 (Episodes 19-22)
August 02, 2022 09:53 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBPhil and Alex return with the penultimate session of Cowboy Bebop, analyzing this batch of episodes while also arguing about completionism-- including the dangers of being a completionist in late Victorian England-- and also making time for Alex's totally valid and cogent opinion on why horses (aka B.D.I.s) should be made extinct. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Cowboy Bebop Session #4 (Episodes 15-18)
June 20, 2022 10:46 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBOn this week's episode, Phil and Alex discuss four classic episodes of Cowboy Bebop, MY FUNNY VALENTINE, BLACK DOG SERENADE, MUSHROOM SAMBA and SPEAK LIKE A CHILD, while struggling against the relativistic time dilation effects of a nearby black hole and the mundane horrors of live action dog movies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Cowboy Bebop Session #3 (Episodes 11-14)
May 23, 2022 11:15 - 1 hour - 65.2 MBAlex and Phil tackle the indelible mythology-arc two parter JUPITER JAZZ and a pair of weird but charming bookends, TOYS IN THE ATTIC and BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, and are chilled to the bone by recollections of Eldritch refrigerators and that one time Fred Durst decided to play hype man to an acoustic ballad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Cowboy Bebop Session #2 (Episodes 6-10)
April 18, 2022 04:08 - 1 hour - 74.3 MBAlex and Phil break into the second DVD of Cowboy Bebop containing such classic episodes as SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL, HEAVY METAL QUEEN, WALTZ ON VENUS, JAMMING WITH EDWARD and GANYMEDE ELEGY, while waxing rhapsodic on musical prodigy and psychic weapon manufacturer Yoko Kanno and listing their favorite Seatbelts tracks. Don't worry, they also talk more about The Lyon's Den. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Cowboy Bebop Session #1 (Episodes 1-5)
April 04, 2022 06:37 - 1 hour - 69.1 MBPhil and Alex have officially gotten everybody and the stuff together and are ready to jam on one of the greatest television series of all time that happens to be one of those pervert cartoons from a different hemisphere. For this miniseries, they're covering the legendary anime series Cowboy Bebop, grouping the episodes as they were originally released on dvd, a form of physical media (ask your parents) that could be rendered useless by a single hairline scratch or speck of dust! Hooray for ...
Are You Current? Part 2
March 08, 2022 12:14 - 1 hour - 99.9 MBOn this second installment of Are You Current?, Phil and Alex once again sit down for a relaxed conversation about tv they've been watching, which of course becomes a sprawling multifarious fiasco with tangents into a questionable flex by Ray Winstone, the garrote murder of Mr. Corman by AppleTV+, and much more. Also, we finally, after copious foot dragging, announce our next miniseries! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Lost S1 "Exodus Parts 1, 2 & 3"
February 24, 2022 18:31 - 1 hour - 83.3 MBFinally listeners we've reached the end! (Not The End, season 6 episodes 17 and 18, although we discuss them with mild SPOILERS! from 1:14:10 to 1:14:50) In this final episode of our L O S T miniseries, we reflect with a sudden burst of nostalgia on an ambitious season of television that soared as often as it broke apart in mid-air and distributed self-flagellating weirdos onto Hawaiian beaches. Since this is Goat Season, that is of course the meat in a nonsense sandwich piled high with diver...
Lost S1 "The Greater Good" & "Born To Run"
February 14, 2022 14:44 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBIn the penultimate episode on Lost's groundbreaking first season, Phil and Alex discuss Sayid, Kate, the trajectory of the show heading into a triple cheeseburger of a season finale, and are told by Logan Roy himself exactly what you can do with a happy meal toy and a quarter pounder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Lost S1 "Deus Ex Machina" & "Do No Harm"
February 07, 2022 12:29 - 59 minutes - 49 MBOn a somber, chaste, extremely respectful episode of Goat Season, Phil and Alex consider a pair of episodes from Lost's first season dealing with the metaphysical, the spiritual, human frailty and what it means to be alive. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Lost S1 "...In Translation" & "Numbers"
January 31, 2022 08:31 - 1 hour - 66.7 MBOn this episode, Phil and Alex find the second half of Lost's inaugural season finally getting itself a rhythm with long overdue flashback episodes for Jin and Hurley. They also give props to various forms of supernatural evil and wonder why they're picking up some weird vibes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Lost S1 "Homecoming" & "Outlaws"
January 24, 2022 06:38 - 1 hour - 69.6 MBPhil and Alex deconstruct the power structure of violence within a patriarchal hierarchy, corporeal renditions of psychological distress, the hermeneutics of non-linear narratives set in a metaphysical purgatory and other shit they made up for English papers on books they didn't read. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Lost S1 "Hearts and Minds" & "Special"
January 17, 2022 08:07 - 1 hour - 74.1 MBThis week, Phil and Alex tackle a very special episode of Lost, and also an episode inexplicably titled Special. Can the writers claw their way back to a Boone redemption arc? Will Shannon become a member of NXIVM? Will Michael ever receive a storyline worthy of the great Harold Perrineau? And which cast member wrote a Hot 100 jam in the summer of 2014? The answers are coming dear listeners, just close your eyes and count to Boone. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Lost S1 "All the Best Cowboys..." & "Whatever The Case May Be"
January 10, 2022 08:21 - 1 hour - 69.2 MBAfter heaping shade on the character of Jack Shepherd for weeks on end, Phil and Alex contend with what might just be THE ULTIMATE JACKISODE. Is the character fully redeemed, or will the return of Simpin' Jack kill this episode's goodwill along with any plot momentum? Did the departure of J.J. Abrams throw this season off the path to GOATness, or clear the way for Lindelof's ride to glory? Phil and Alex bring these topics to debate, along with the possible influence of the obscure Nickelodeo...
Lost S1 "Solitary & Raised By Another"
January 03, 2022 12:10 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBToday Phil and Alex tackle episodes about Sayid and Claire along with a Tekken Tag Tournament worth of tangents. Choose Your Fighter: Martial Law, Beastmaster, The Mole, An Issue of Maxim Magazine Holding a Gun, and William Hurt's heavily medicated Duke Leto Atreides. Round One, Ready, Fight! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Lost S1 "Solitary" & "Raised By Another"
January 03, 2022 12:10 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBToday Phil and Alex tackle episodes about Sayid and Claire along with a Tekken Tag Tournament worth of tangents. Choose Your Fighter: Martial Law, Beastmaster, The Mole, An Issue of Maxim Magazine Holding a Gun, and William Hurt's heavily medicated Duke Leto Atreides. Round One, Ready, Fight! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The First Annual GOATies: The Best TV of 2021
December 27, 2021 06:25 - 1 hour - 99.7 MBAfter a lifetime of dunking on the Oscars and Emmys, Phil and Alex prepare to get dunked in return as they offer their nominations for the best television of the year. On this double-wide, deluxe edition episode, they highlight their favorite performances, cinematography, and achievements in cgi turd technology along with their votes for best series of the year. Mild to moderate spoilers for all those shows you've been meaning to watch!! A special thanks to the Movies and More discord for th...
Lost S1 "The Moth & Confidence Man"
December 20, 2021 17:23 - 1 hour - 57 MBAlex and Phil continue to explore the mysterious island of L O S T season one and realize, with a certain plaintive melancholy mixed with excitement, that if they take one more step, they'll be the farthest away from home they've ever been. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Lost S1 "The Moth" & "Confidence Man"
December 20, 2021 17:23 - 1 hour - 57 MBAlex and Phil continue to explore the mysterious island of L O S T season one and realize, with a certain plaintive melancholy mixed with excitement, that if they take one more step, they'll be the farthest away from home they've ever been. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Lost S1 "White Rabbit & House of the Rising Sun"
December 13, 2021 15:30 - 1 hour - 51.6 MBAlex and Phil get emotional about the highs and lows of Lost season one, airing grievances about a Jack-focused misadventure and heaping praise on a Sun-centric tour-de-force. Discussion topics include the perils of being into fashion when you're a 90's action movie villain, roulette for beginners, and other Passenger 57-related topics. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Lost S1 "White Rabbit" & "House of the Rising Sun"
December 13, 2021 15:30 - 1 hour - 51.6 MBAlex and Phil get emotional about the highs and lows of Lost season one, airing grievances about a Jack-focused misadventure and heaping praise on a Sun-centric tour-de-force. Discussion topics include the perils of being into fashion when you're a 90's action movie villain, roulette for beginners, and other Passenger 57-related topics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Lost S1 "Tabula Rasa" & "Walkabout" with Josh Sullivan
December 06, 2021 09:01 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBOn this week's pod, filmmaker and opening theme maestro Josh Sullivan joins Phil and Alex to breakdown two major episodes of Lost, the Kate-centric Tabula Rasa, which introduced the show's flashback structure, and Walkabout, the Locke episode that blew all our minds with its genre-shifting revelations. They also compare cores, ponder orbs and pour one out for the dearly departed Audience Network (R.I.P.!) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Lost S1 "Tabula Rasa & Walkabout" with Josh Sullivan
December 06, 2021 09:01 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBOn this week's pod, filmmaker and opening theme maestro Josh Sullivan joins Phil and Alex to breakdown two major episodes of Lost, the Kate-centric Tabula Rasa, which introduced the show's flashback structure, and Walkabout, the Locke episode that blew all our minds with its genre-shifting revelations. They also compare cores, ponder orbs and pour one out for the dearly departed Audience Network (R.I.P.!) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Lost S1 "Pilot, Parts 1 and 2"
November 29, 2021 04:23 - 1 hour - 53.7 MBPhil and Alex kick off a brand-new miniseries on the groundbreaking first season of L O S T. Diving into the mysteries of the show's creation, they uncover the crucial role of man-behind-the-throne Lloyd Braun and his bank heist approach to greenlighting expensive pilots. They also dissect the legacy of exotic deaths in disaster spectacles and the baton pass from propellor guy to turbine dude, the box office draw of Orlando Bloom, and whether or not Vincent the dog is a secret Sith lord. Se...
Lost S1 "Pilot, Parts 1 & 2"
November 29, 2021 04:23 - 1 hour - 53.5 MBPhil and Alex kick off a brand-new miniseries on the groundbreaking first season of L O S T. Diving into the mysteries of the show's creation, they uncover the crucial role of man-behind-the-throne Lloyd Braun and his bank heist approach to greenlighting expensive pilots. They also dissect the legacy of exotic deaths in disaster spectacles and the baton pass from propellor guy to turbine dude, the box office draw of Orlando Bloom, and whether or not Vincent the dog is a secret Sith lord. Ho...
Are You Current?
November 15, 2021 05:55 - 45 minutes - 35.2 MBBefore starting their new miniseries on the first season of Lost, Alex and Phil catch up on what tv they've been watching and take listener recommendations. Topics include the latest breakthroughs in cgi turd technology, the over/under on Phil attacking Brian Cox on sight, and a review of the month's new Dick Wolf mixtapes. Which ones are stacked with bangers? Which ones are unlistenable garbage recycled from his myspace accounts? Is there any perceptible difference? Listen to find out! Hos...
The Sopranos S1 "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano"
November 08, 2021 15:15 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBIT'S A GOAT SEASON FINALE!!! On the final episode of the first Goat Season miniseries, Alex and Phil ask big questions and jump to bigger conclusions as they wrap up The Sopranos' revolutionary first season. Topics include the shady but brilliant David Chase, the hypnotic cobra appeal of James Gandolfini, and one final round of worship in the cult of Miami Steve. And they end their season with a twist so shocking, so monumental, and so humiliating, that Alex's ego will never be the same again...
The Sopranos S1 "Isabella"
November 01, 2021 21:08 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBPhil and Alex discuss the penultimate episode of their first Goat Season, an absolute banger with reverberations across the following decades of prestige tv. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Sopranos S1 "Nobody Knows Anything"
October 27, 2021 00:29 - 1 hour - 67.2 MBPhil and Alex gush all over the eleventh episode of The Sopranos first season, the beginning of the intensely dramatic arc that will take us all the way through the finale. A truly great episode of television that is very hard to talk about with any objectivity, and just in time after last week's regrettable misstep. Looks like goat's back on the menu, boys! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Sopranos S1 "A Hit is a Hit"
October 18, 2021 10:18 - 1 hour - 54.8 MBOn this episode of The Sopranos, an unsuspecting group of Italian Americans sit down to write a treatise on race in America, socioeconomic mobility, and the rise of hip hop, and instead they encounter SWIFT JUSTICE-- A bipedal colt revolver with a tragic past and a nose for revenge. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Sopranos S1 "Boca"
October 11, 2021 22:48 - 1 hour - 65.4 MBPhil and Alex dig into one of the great philosophical divides of our time, a debate personified by two absolute titans of self-awareness: Junior Soprano and DJ Khaled. Who's cunning linguistic skills, or lack thereof, will guide their champion to an even greater Pyrrhic victory? And who must accept the dreaded cream pie of heartbreak and isolation? All these answers and more on this week's Goat Season. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Sopranos BONUS "The Many Saints of Newark"
October 04, 2021 13:16 - 56 minutes - 40.2 MBWARNING: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS FOR THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK AND THE SOPRANOS SERIES Alex and Phil offer their initial reactions to a brand spankin' new Sopranos movie in a desperate bid for relevancy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Sopranos S1 "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti"
September 27, 2021 07:41 - 58 minutes - 46.7 MBThe youngest of the Many Saints of Newark asks "Where's my arc?" in this classic episode that has Alex and Phil feeling nostalgic, pining for fresh Italian baked goods, Alicia Witt, and the days when car scenes were actually shot in moving vehicles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Sopranos S1 "Down Neck"
September 20, 2021 06:04 - 54 minutes - 44.5 MBPhil and Alex discuss the flashback-heavy, AJ heavy episode Down Neck, exploring the sliding scale of annoying television progeny, their trepidations about the continuation of The Sopranos legacy in The Many Saints of Newark, whether Livia always has one in the chamber in case you're pondering (she does) and the forgotten Fox dinosaur drama Terra Nova. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Sopranos S1 "Pax Soprana"
September 13, 2021 04:13 - 57 minutes - 51.8 MBOn this week's episode of Goat Season, Alex and Phil discuss the silky smooth direction of Alan Taylor, the once rising star of HBO epics who became the name affixed to such misbegotten tentpoles as Thor The Dark World and Terminator Genisys, before (hopefully) making a comeback with the soon-to-be-released Many Saints of Newark. In addition to pondering the ever-evolving relationship between Tony and Dr. Melfi, they go on many, MANY tangents about such varied topics as Tilda Swinton's inhere...
The Sopranos S1 "College"
September 06, 2021 22:20 - 1 hour - 64.9 MBHere it is folks, the first undisputed classic episode of The Sopranos, "College." Alex and Phil investigate this episode's outsize impact on the tv landscape, including the absolute fire directing of Allen Coulter, the amazing performances from the SUNY Purchase mafia affiliates Edie Falco and Paul Schulze, the shocking ending that HBO didn't want to air, how that relates to the excellent HBO show Barry, the bizarre and archaic process of getting nominated for an Emmy, and other, even more t...
The Sopranos S1 "Meadowlands"
September 06, 2021 22:02 - 57 minutes - 52.2 MBToday on Goat Season, Phil and Alex discuss the conclusion of The Sopranos' first mini-arc in the episode "Meadowlands," including the first of the show's indelible dream sequences, the disgusting and possibly tragic Vin Makazian, a great needle drop that these characters would never listen to, the finer points of handling the N64 controller, Uncle Junior's quixotic bids for respect, and much more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Sopranos S1 "Denial, Anger, Acceptance"
September 06, 2021 21:54 - 40 minutes - 36.6 MBPhil and Alex go through the Kubler-Ross stages of grief with the third episode of The Sopranos' first season "Denial, Anger, Acceptance." They discuss the highs and lows of an episode with some great directing and some cringe-worthy stereotypes, wax rhapsodic on the outstanding performance of Lorraine Bracco and her career prior to this iconic role, and correct a great injustice perpetrated in the episode prior, all while investigating the evolving question of: is this truly the goat season?...
The Sopranos S1 "46 Long"
September 06, 2021 21:44 - 46 minutes - 37.7 MBAlex and Phil break down the second episode of The Sopranos, "46 Long," and discuss the challenge of making a great second episode, the changes in production with the move from pilot to series, the greatness of The Sopranos' opening credits sequence and that bizarre cold open that the show would never repeat. They also introduce a new segment that totally isn't a meta-joke: the non-sequitur cold open! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Sopranos S1 "Pilot"
September 06, 2021 21:31 - 1 hour - 45.4 MBIn the debut episode of Goat Season, Phil and Alex discuss The Sopranos and its impact on the future of serialized television, kicking off a golden age of antihero dramas and turning a small pay-cable network into a prestige tv juggernaut. Analyzing the first season starting with this classic pilot episode, they discuss the long, torturous road it took getting to our screens and our shiny dvd box sets. They delve into the history and creative process of the show's cantankerous auteur David Ch...