Podcasts by The Canary Underground: A Podcast for FX
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113–“The Master”–I Always Travel With Theatrical Lighting from 2014-10-07T23:40:12
This week Rachael and Amberlee wrap up their discussion of “The Strain.” While some things certainly happened in this episode, it just didn’t feel like a season finale. Rac...
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112–“Last Rites”–Stop Trying to Make Fetch Happen from 2014-10-01T18:44:40
Rachael and Amberlee look forward to the season finale while discussing the use of “brah,” bad facial hair, and creepy age differences. Amberlee suggests that Fitzwilliam would m...
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111–“The Third Rail”–The Worst Children’s Book Ever from 2014-09-24T17:45
Stop the presses, Canaries, Amberlee is now on board the Gus train as we discuss this week’s episode of The Strain. Gus has the hardest life, but appears to finally be engaging with th...
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110–“Loved Ones”–Oh You Know, Reasons from 2014-09-17T19:06:25
This week Dutch decides she can fix the internet! Using Science! Because, Reasons! Rachael and Amberlee bemoan the odd narrative choice of having Dutch and Vasiliy march into what has to be ...
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109–“The Disappeared”–No One Talks Like That from 2014-09-10T17:29:33
In this episode of The Canary Underground Rachael is so done with Nazi flashbacks and Amberlee still finds Eichhorst hypnotic. We debate the efficacy of the structure of the episode, the inc...
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108–“Creatures of the Night”–#MomWatch2014 from 2014-09-03T16:28:56
This week: Surprise, racism! Thankfully, this is the only undesirable aspect of this episode. Though seriously, what was up with the racism? Rachael and Amberlee celebrate the return of Dutc...
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107–“For Services Rendered”–Embroidery with Vampires from 2014-08-27T19:51:48
This week the Luss transformation is finally almost complete, and once again Neeva is the only one thinking straight. Rachael and Amberlee are delighted by the appearance of the vampire vamp...
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106–“Occultation”–Tweet is a Silly Word from 2014-08-20T19:14:08
Perverts and Purse Snatchers and Vampires, oh my! This week Rachael and Amberlee are underwhelmed by the eclipse, just like in real life! Rachael is frustrated with Kelly’s characteriz...
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105–“Runaways”–The Silver Sword and Nail Gun Man from 2014-08-13T19:14:49
In this episode of The Canary Underground everyone is bored with Eldritch Palmer. Seriously, what is this storyline? Was it really necessary to include Palmer in this episode? Surprisingly, ...
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104–“It’s Not For Everyone”–With Her Face from 2014-08-06T18:35:46
In this episode Amberlee and Rachael wonder what exactly Eldritch thought would happen when he made a deal with The Master. Rachael is intrigued by the sassy new hacker, Amberlee is relieved...
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103–“Gone Smooth”–The Adventure of the Action Wig and the Fire Extinguisher from 2014-07-31T01:22:20
Rejoice Canaries, for lo there is narrative structure! In this week’s episode Amberlee marvels at the mere suggestion of character development while Rachael waxes poetic about mirrors....
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102–“The Box”–The Internet is a Magical Place from 2014-07-23T20:29:54
Rachael and Amberlee reflect on the various merits of “The Box,” namely the introduction of the most dedicated exterminator in Manhatten. They also praise the dialing back of Eph...
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101–“Night Zero”–Spoiler Alert, Nazis! from 2014-07-16T21:38:05
Rachael and Amberlee discuss the series premiere of The Strain, “Night Zero.” While generally underwhelming, the pilot provides many interesting points of discussion including bu...
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Meet the Hosts from 2014-07-14T00:57:56
Rachael and Amberlee introduce themselves and explain what you can expect from the show.
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