Episode 518 – Buckle Up for Titans

The Infamous Podcast

Episode 518 - Buckle Up for Titans

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Apparently, Tim is HIM!

This week on the podcast, Brian and Darryl buckle up for a finale-heavy week with the last two episodes of Maul: Shadow Lord, the Season 2 finale of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, the Season 2 finale of Daredevil: Born Again, The Boys Season 5 Episode 6, and Netflix’s 2026 limited series Lord of the Flies.

Episode Index

Intro: 0:07
Lord of the Flies: 7:02
Maul: 12:47
Monarch: 29:32
Daredevil: 46:50
The Boys: 1:02:16

Lord of the Flies, Netflix Limited Series

Limited Series
Episodes: 4
Titles: Piggy, Jack, Simon, Ralph
Netflix release date: May 4, 2026 in the U.S.
Original release date: February 8, 2026
Director: Marc Munden
Writer: Jack Thorne

Summary:
Netflix’s 2026 Lord of the Flies limited series adapts William Golding’s classic survival nightmare into a four-episode TV format, following a group of British schoolboys stranded on a deserted island after a plane crash. Ralph and Piggy try to build order, rules, and rescue plans, while Jack’s need for power and violence slowly turns the group into rival camps. The series tracks the collapse through four character-focused episodes: Piggy brings the boys together, Jack embraces the hunt, Simon becomes the tragic victim of the island’s growing hysteria, and Ralph watches the last pieces of civilization burn down around him. By the end, Piggy and Simon are dead, Ralph is hunted, and rescue arrives only after the boys have already proven that the real monster was never hiding in the jungle.

Rating Out of 10 It Would Have Been Better Not to Try at All
Brian: 1/10
Darryl: DNW

Maul: Shadow Lord (Disney Plus)

Title: Chapter 9: Strange Allies
Air date: May 4, 2026
Director: Steward Lee
Writer: Christopher Yost
Summary:
Dryden Vos enters the picture with an offer Maul absolutely cannot ignore: safe passage off Janix in exchange for Maul taking the reins of Crimson Dawn. Meanwhile, Maul reaches out to Devon through their Force connection, drawing her and the rest of the group into a desperate alliance. Lawson suggests a dangerous underground route out of the city, but the escape turns into a nightmare when the group has to cross a toxic river while the Inquisitors close in. Maul holds them off long enough for everyone to make it across, only for Darth Vader to arrive outside the city and casually remind everyone that there is always a bigger monster in the room.

Title: Chapter 10: The Dark Lord
Air date: May 4, 2026
Director: Nathaniel Villanueva
Writer: Matt Michnovetz & Brad Rau
Summary:
The season finale throws Maul, Devon, Daki, the Lawsons, and the rest of the survivors straight into Vader’s shadow. Maul and the Jedi fight Vader and the Inquisitors while the others try to reach Dryden Vos’s ship through a wall of Imperial troops. Daki gets a brief victory over Marrok, but Vader kills him after Maul chooses self-preservation over loyalty. Devon’s grief and rage push her closer to Maul, who promises to train her for revenge. Lawson sacrifices himself so Rylee, Two-Boots, and Vario can escape, and by the time Vos’s ship leaves Janix, Devon agrees to become Maul’s apprentice. Good news: they escaped. Bad news: the emotional damage is now fully weaponized.

Rating Out of 10 Shhhhh Vader Comes
Brian: 8/10
Darryl: 9.4/10

Season out of 10 Maul, Not Darth Just Maul
Brian: 6/10
Darryl: 8.8/10

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, Season 2 Finale

Season 2, Episode 10
Title: Where We Belong
Air date: May 1, 2026
Director: Lawrence Trilling
Writer: Teleplay by Joe Pokaski; Story by Andrew Colville
Summary:
The finale brings the season’s Titan X chaos to Skull Island, where Kentaro leans into Isabel’s plan to use Axis Mundi to save Hiroshi, because apparently messing with monster time-space is the new family therapy. Kong battles Titan X while Cate escapes Isabel’s base and Keiko rescues her. Tim and May try to shut down the neural implants, but the real fix comes from returning Titan X’s egg, which pacifies the creature and ends the fight. Titan X returns to Axis Mundi with the egg, Shaw and Keiko get a brief emotional vision of younger Shaw, and six weeks later Monarch officially recruits Cate, Keiko, May, and Tim. Meanwhile, Shaw tracks Kentaro and Isabel to Thailand and finds Rodan waiting near a volcano, because this show simply refuses to end on a normal workplace update.

Rating Out of 5 Starring Kentaro as Cate
Brian: 4.38/5
Darryl: 4.35/5

Season out of 10 Why Did Titan X Only Fight with 2 Tentacles Most of the Fight
Brian: 8.6/10
Darryl: 7.5/10

Daredevil: Born Again, Season 2 Finale

Season 2, Episode 8
Title: The Southern Cross
Air date: May 5, 2026
Director: Iain B. MacDonald
Writer: Dario Scardapane & Jesse Wigutow
Summary:
Karen Page’s trial becomes the pressure cooker for the entire season as Matt calls Wilson Fisk to the stand, presents Savva’s video testimony, and publicly reveals that he is Daredevil to prove what Fisk has done. Dex stops AVTF officers from killing Matt, then takes a shot at Fisk, causing chaos inside the courthouse. Outside, Daredevil’s supporters rise up after BB Urich pushes the city to fight back. Fisk is offered exile to avoid charges, but because he is Wilson Fisk and subtlety has never once entered the chat, he lashes out and kills multiple protestors before Matt convinces him to take the deal. Fisk leaves New York, the AVTF collapses, BB lands at the New York Bulletin, Jessica reunites with Luke Cage, Heather Glenn starts sliding into Muse territory, and Matt ends the season arrested and imprisoned for being Daredevil. That is one hell of a “victory,” Matt.
Rating out of 5 I AM… Daredevil
Brian: 4.51/5
Darryl: 3.89/5

Season out of 10 It’s just too clean
Brian: 7.68/10
Darryl: 6.56/10

The Boys, Season 5 Episode 6

Title: Though the Heavens Fall
Air date: May 6, 2026
Director: Catriona McKenzie
Writer: David Reed
Summary:
The Deep gets stuck doing Vought propaganda for a new oil pipeline, while Noir, tired of Deep wrecking his career plans, sabotages the whole thing and causes a catastrophic oil spill. Deep responds like the emotionally stable aquatic nightmare he is and murders Noir in retaliation. Meanwhile, Sage incapacitates Ashley and pulls information from Bashley, discovering that Soldier Boy may know where to find a lead on V1. That sends Sage into full defection mode as the final season keeps pushing everyone toward the inevitable blood-soaked endgame. Also, yes, somehow “Bashley” remains a thing we all have to say out loud.

Rating Out of 5 When Homelander Goes Full Cyclops
Brian: 4.12/5
Darryl: 3.4/5

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Episode 518 – Buckle Up for Titans