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If you knew how many TV shows we’ve watched this year, you’d be concerned for our wellbeing. 

We’ve done the hard yards, crunched the numbers (and other data science things) to muscle up a list of the biggest and best TV shows of 2023.

So… what’s the most underrated show this year? The best comedic release? We’ve got it all covered in this special *SPOILER FILLED* holiday episode of The Spill. 

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TV Watchers, it's the long (looooooong) awaited wrap up to our "The Last of Us" coverage! We say to goodbye to Ellie and Joel (for now) in a jam packed episode that includes a flashback to the day Ellie was born (with her mom being played by Ashley Johnson, the game's Ellie!), a reunion with Marlene, and giraffes! Joel makes a heartbreaking confession... AND a brutal, horrifying decision with repercussions that will reverberate into Season 2. 

This week's links!

Shrinking: 
https://tv.apple.com/us/show/shrinking/umc.cmc.apzybj6eqf6pzccd97kev7bs

School Spirits: https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/school-spirits/

Hosts: Lisa Carroll Tremblay and Ken Cornwell
Producer: Cole T.

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Two episodes left to wrap up our "The Last of Us" coverage! This time, it's the penultimate episode, "When We Are in Need".  It's a harrowing one as Ellie faces a religious cult with a very dark secret, and is pushed to her limit. Meanwhile, Joel, still nearly at death's door, takes no prisoners in his effort to find Ellie and rescue her.

This week's links!

Serial: The Coldest Case in Laramie 
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/podcasts/serial-laramie-cold-case.html

Fire of Love 
https://films.nationalgeographic.com/fire-of-love

Chris Rock: Reflective Outrage 
https://www.netflix.com/title/80167499

Criminal Episode 210 "Out of the Box" 
https://thisiscriminal.com/episode-210-out-of-the-box-3-10-2023

Hosts: Lisa Carroll Tremblay and Ken Cornwell
Producer: Cole T.

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TV Watchers, we're wrapping up our "The Last of Us" coverage with three new episodes! First up is "Left Behind" - while Joel struggles to survive after last episode's attack, Ellie thinks back to a special night spent with another important friend.

This week's links!

Crime Junkie: https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/

Murdaugh Murders: https://www.netflix.com/title/81519789

"Whisky Fungus Fed by Jack Daniels Encrusts Tennessee Town" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/01/us/whiskey-fungus-jack-daniels-tennessee.html

Hosts: Lisa Carroll Tremblay and Ken Cornwell
Producer: Cole T.

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The Average host himself, Juan, returns as the nerds catch up and fill you in on what they've been up to since they've been gone.

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We're covering two more episodes of The Last of Us!  This show continues to rip out our heartstrings (is it dusty in here?).  We learn the backstory of our Kansas City characters including the terrible choice Henry makes to keep Henry alive, and the lengths Kathleen will go to avenge her beloved brother.  There's also a huge Cordyceps assault (after not hearing a peep from those saucy mushroom scoundrels for several episodes), YIKES.  Plus, we get a mini Northern Exposure reunion, Joel has panic attacks (he's just like all of us!), Ellie reads him the riot act, and a family reunion that includes Tara from True Blood! 

This weeks recommendations!

Criminal Podcast - Episode "Sunset Mesa" https://thisiscriminal.com/episode-205-sunset-mesa-1-20-2023

Poker Face: https://www.peacocktv.com/stream-tv/poker-face

The Coldest Case in Laramie: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/podcasts/serial-laramie-cold-case.html

Hosts: Lisa Carroll Tremblay and Ken Cornwell
Producer: Cole T.

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This time on THE LAST OF US... Joel and Ellie arrive in Kansas City! And they get into all kinds of trouble with the locals.  Joel says Ellie is just "cargo" but we know he's starting to soften. And Ellie learns more about Joel's dark nature when she's forced to take action using the gun she's been hiding. 

Meanwhile,  what does PTA Karen rebellion leader, Kathleen, have against the mysterious Henry? What is she hiding underground? Why don't people on TV know they can still drive on flat tires when they absolutely need to get out of bad situation? Oh, and why did the scarecrow get an award?

Hosts: Lisa Carroll Tremblay and Ken Cornwell
Producer: Cole T.

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Oops! All Scaries!
Welcome to another Opps! All Scaries episode! Your horror host Dom has some news about recent UFO sightings, some updates for the podcast, a mid-season review of The Last of Us, and seven strange and creepy stories!

So lay out in dark, let the things go bump in the night, and listen to another episode of Out from the Horrorbox!

Time Stamps:

UFO News - 01:12
Podcast Update - 12:37
The Last of Us Review - 17:08
Strange Stories - 31:25

1. You're Stuck - 31:42
2. Haunted House - 34:04
3. The Attic Door - 36:44
4. "The Monkey" - 43:00
5. My Grandfather, The Shaman - 46:23
6. She's Missing - 52:16
7. The Pacific Northwest - 55:54

Outro - 01:04:47

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This mini-episode concludes the two-parter of Angus and Will adapting Telltale's 'The Walking Dead' into a mini-series after HBO's 'The Last of Us' has proved that good video game adaptations can happen!

This time on TVIA: two new episodes of The Last of Us!  We talk about some truly hideous the fungus zombies, a REALLY disturbing fungus zombie make out session, a pulse pounding journey through a possibly fictional Boston museum, and an unexpected, heart breaking love story. 

Hosts: Lisa Carroll Tremblay and Ken Cornwell
Producer: Cole T.

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HBO's adaptation of 'The Last of Us' is being praised as the best video game adaptation to screen in history, so for this week's mini-episode, Angus and Will decide to adapt and cast a live action mini-series based on one of their favourite (and a critically acclaimed one at that) video games: Telltale's The Walking Dead.

The Last of Us wowed audiences and critics alike with Episode 3. So we decided we would review it on top of another great film: The Menu. Welcome to the first ever Double Review on Ol’ Nerdy Bastards! 

Ol' Nerdy Bastards (LinkTree)

TV Watchers, BIG NEWS!  We are covering... The Last of Us!  And we're really into it. I mean, what's not to love??  The show gets off to a rollicking, pulse pounding introduction to the story;  then a big time jump brings us to a dilapidated, post-apocalyptic Boston under marshal law where meet our stars TWO, count-em, TWO former Game of Thrones players!). Oh, and there are nasty mushroom zombies. Plus, Ken and Lisa debate whether or not they have the skills to make it in a dystopian future.

Hosts: Lisa Carroll Tremblay and Ken Cornwell
Producer: Cole T.

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Its time to revisit and re-evaluate The Last of Us Part II and Final Fantasy. 

Sur ce premier podcast ont parle de ces jeux vidéos qui nous ont marqués en bien… ou en mal ! Bonne écoute à tous !

In this episode that I did back in 2016 for my last show "Gameology Conversations" I talk to Troy Baker about voice acting, singing and creating memorable characters like Joel in The Last of Us or Booker in BioShock Infinite.

Well hello! On this episode of IVM Likes, catch Niveditha Prakasam, Surbhi and Jaanam get down and dirty. Oh yeahhh, down and dirty with love and mutual admiration of each other. We discuss the weird and wonderful world of female friendships in pop culture and the TV shows that get them right!

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Tejas, Jishnu and IVM Likes host Alika discuss the recent mammoth gaming expo E3 and some of the titles that caught their attention. Meanwhile, Jishnu cannot understand the physics of Aquaman. All this and more on this week's news/not-news Bulletin.

Listen to our latest episode on Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom here: https://ivm.today/2tnsF75

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