Episode 27 - James Bond - No Time To Die - Octopus Adjacent

No Time to Die - “Octopus Adjacent”
Summary:
Welcome to SPECTRE etc. This is the James Bond podcast where we discuss the ins and the outs of each film. In this episode, we spend all the time in the world on topics ranging from double-helix to farewell Felix. Join us as we spiral through the end of the Craig era in “No Time to Die”.

* The pre-title sequences range from tamagotchis to Tren Italia, as we track Madeleine’s path from Lyutsifer to luxury, leading James to make a grave mistake. Billie Eilish sings a song, but the viewer barely notices due to focusing on spotting callbacks in the graphics.
* Dr Boris (with a dash of Borat) works in a secret lab for MI6 but is really undercover for Safin, so helps with the theft of a deadly virus. So 007 has to head to Jamaica to enlist James Bond, but the CIA have been the first to ask James to suit up.
* A Spectre Soiree turns into a Paloma Party, before our feelings for Felix leave life a lot less Leiter. Bond returns to London to volunteer as M’s sobriety sponsor. A quick stopover with Q’s cats starts to piece the plot puzzle together, as does Safin’s psychology session on Swann’s sofa.
* Bond kills Blofeld before heading to Norway to meet Mathilde. The bad guys are closing in, but the lack of a child-seat in the Bond car means Bond must escape using Madeleine’s family car. James avenges Felix in the forest, but Lyutsifer steals the Swanns.
* Bond and 007 join forces to sneak into Safin’s island lair. James rescues the Swanns and kills Safin, but pays the ultimate price for his heroism.

Use your time living rather than existing, and of course, keep checking back for a link to our petition to have THIS Felix Leiter listed officially as THE Felix Leiter - he is our favourite and he should be yours too.

Worst Impersonation Trophy:
Col does a pretty good Connery voice - the best any of us can do. But using that exact same accent to quote Bond in this film is a terrible - and baffling - Craig impersonation.