Episode 32. Pilot's Club honors the 20th anniversary of Lost with a look at its two-part pilot! We discuss the expensive and hasty gamble that ABC took on this pilot, how this compares with the pilots of other shows with huge casts like Game of Thrones or Shogun, our top hunks, and we wonder why nobody ever called Boone "the pen guy."

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• (00:00) - - Intro
• (00:03) - Welcome
• (00:51) - Happy 20th anniversary to Lost
• (08:00) - An incredible opening few scenes
• (13:02) - John Locke, the jester
• (15:03) - Effeciancy in a show with 14+ main characters
• (22:41) - Lost was the first shows we were addicted to
• (26:56) - Did Lost have a plan, or no?
• (30:09) - Both episodes in the pilot have great hooks
• (38:28) - Top 3 Lost hunks??
• (40:23) - What we are covering next episode
• (42:13) - Outro

Episode 31. This month's pilot is Homecoming, the Prime show directed by Sam Esmail from Mr. Robot, based on the audio fiction podcast of the same name. We discussed the changes in aspect ratios, feeling the Florida humidity, and the era when every audio drama had to include a character turning on a recorder so you knew why the podcast was a podcast and not another medium.

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:03) - Welcome
• (01:37) - So many reasons for us specifically to love this show
• (09:15) - Stylistic choices help this show stand out
• (16:41) - A little nod to audio fiction podcasts
• (17:46) - A surprisingly star-studded cast
• (21:47) - The hook is a great mystery
• (24:37) - Season 2 lacks that X factor
• (26:14) - What are we discussing next episode?
• (30:33) - Outro

Episode 30. We watched the pilot episode of the 2007 Disney Channel cartoon Phineas & Ferb, "Rollercoaster," and the season two episode "Rollercoaster: The Musical" where they just did the pilot again but with more jokes and songs this time. We discuss the show's deliberate repetition and the creativity that comes from that limitation, how it combines stories that other cartoons would keep as separate segments, and Humongous Entertainment PC games.

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:03) - Welcome
• (00:50) - Cartoon comfort food
• (06:25) - Creativity with boundaries and deadlines
• (10:02) - Did you catch the time travel easter egg?
• (10:51) - The musical version never messed with the flow
• (13:17) - The absent parent trope
• (16:24) - Positivity in cartoons
• (17:20) - Candice's need to prove herself
• (19:07) - Hey have you seen Perry?
• (23:11) - Oh hey! There's Perry
• (25:55) - What are we discussing next episode?
• (30:14) - Outro