Episode 519 - Fatality by Committee | TV and Movie Reviews

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Episode 519 - Fatality by Committee | TV and Movie Reviews

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Finish Him… Frenchie is Cooked!

This week on the podcast, Brian and Darryl test their might with Mortal Kombat II, check in on the latest round of Homelander-induced misery in The Boys Season 5 Episode 7, suffer through The Punisher: One Last Kill, run the floor with the first four episodes of Running Point Season 2, and close things out with a good old-fashioned Odyssey bitch fest. You know, culture.

Episode Index

Intro: 0:07
The Odyssey Bitch Fest: 4:47
Running Point Season 2 Episodes 1-4: 10:48
The Punisher: One Last Kill: 20:45
The Boys Season 5 Episode 7: 33:00
Mortal Kombat II: 43:05

The Odyssey Bitch Fest

Brian and Darryl close out the week with an Odyssey rant, because apparently ancient Greek epics, modern adaptations, translation discourse, and Hollywood hype cycles were not already exhausting enough. Somewhere, Homer is either proud, confused, or asking why everyone on the internet suddenly thinks they are a classics scholar with a Letterboxd account.

Running Point: Season 2, Episodes 1-4

Series: Running Point
Season: 2
Episodes covered: Episodes 1-4
Release date: April 23, 2026

Season 2, Episode 1

Title: New Coach Who Dis
Air date: April 23, 2026
Director: David Stassen
Writers: Mindy Kaling, Ike Barinholtz, and David Stassen
Summary:
Cam is back, which means Isla immediately has to deal with family politics, front office nonsense, and the ongoing question of who actually gets to control the Waves. With the team needing a new coach, Cam pushes his preferred pick while Isla tries to make the smarter basketball decision instead of the loudest nepo-baby decision.

Season 2, Episode 2

Title: The Poacher
Air date: April 23, 2026
Director: Erica Oyama
Writer: Joe Mande
Summary:
Trade rumors around Dyson heat up, forcing Isla to fight for one of the team’s most important players while Sandy uncovers a financial issue tied to Cam. Ali, tired of being treated like office furniture with a calendar invite, makes a major career move that threatens to shake up both the Waves and Isla’s support system.

Season 2, Episode 3

Title: Triangle of Badness
Air date: April 23, 2026
Director: David Stassen
Writer: David Phillips
Summary:
Ali’s move to Canada creates a widening rift between her and Isla, because nothing says “healthy friendship” like professional resentment and international workplace drama. Meanwhile, the tension between Dyson and Travis keeps escalating, and Sandy tries to survive Charlie’s new reality TV lifestyle without completely losing his mind.

Season 2, Episode 4

Title: MVP: Marcus Very Pissed
Air date: April 23, 2026
Director: Michael Weaver
Writers: Ike Barinholtz and David Stassen
Summary:
The tension between Norm and Marcus starts turning into a full-blown problem, forcing Isla into damage-control mode. Sandy finally hits his breaking point with Charlie’s reality show circus, while Ali begins questioning whether her big move was actually empowering or just a different flavor of chaos with better scenery.

Rating out of 10 Those Canadians are the Nicest Cut Throats Ever
Brian: 7.6/10
Darryl: 7.5/10

The Punisher: One Last Kill

Title: The Punisher: One Last Kill
Release date: May 12, 2026
Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green
Writers: Jon Bernthal and Reinaldo Marcus Green
Summary:
Frank Castle is living off the grid, haunted by the ghosts of his past, and trying to exist without being the Punisher. Naturally, peace lasts about twelve seconds before Ma Gnucci and the Gnucci Crime Family drag him back into the kind of blood-soaked revenge spiral Marvel insists is “grounded” because nobody shoots laser beams.

The special attempts to bridge Frank’s story between Daredevil: Born Again and his next MCU appearance, but for Brian and Darryl, this one lands less like a brutal character study and more like Marvel trying to convince everyone that misery equals depth. Frank deserves better. So do we.

Rating out of 10 Disney Just Doesn’t Get It
Brian: 1/10
Darryl: 4/10

The Boys: Season 5, Episode 7

Title: The Frenchman, the Female, and the Man Called Mother’s Milk
Air date: May 13, 2026
Director: Sylvain White
Writer: Anslem Richardson
Summary:
Homelander, now juiced up with V1, fully tips into god-king nightmare mode by killing the President, dissolving the Seven, and preparing to reveal himself as America’s favorite fascist deity. Soldier Boy tries to walk away, which goes about as well as you would expect when your son is Homelander and your family dynamic is basically a war crime with abs.

Meanwhile, the Boys try to recreate Soldier Boy’s depowering ability through Kimiko, Marie Moreau and Jordan Li uncover suspicious activity around Oh Father at Vought Studios, and the episode ends with Frenchie making one last move to protect Kimiko before Homelander fatally wounds him. So, you know, just another relaxing week in the Vought Cinematic Trauma Dump.

Rating out of 5 A God Complex is a Terrible Thing to Waste
Brian: 1.5/5
Darryl: 1.5/5

Mortal Kombat II

Title: Mortal Kombat II
Release date: May 8, 2026
Director: Simon McQuoid
Writer: Jeremy Slater
Rating: 7.99/10
Summary:
Johnny Cage enters the arena as Earthrealm’s fighters are pulled into the full-blown tournament chaos fans have been waiting for since the 2021 reboot. With Shao Kahn threatening the survival of Earthrealm and Kitana entering the mix, Mortal Kombat II leans into the franchise’s blood-soaked mythology, fan-service mayhem, and video game ridiculousness in all the ways a movie like this absolutely should. It is loud, dumb, violent, and somehow still better calibrated than half the superhero stuff clogging the pipeline.

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Episode 519 – Fatality by Committee | TV and Movie Reviews