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Shame seems to be the ultimate space-bug-spray as we move into the season (series?) finale. Rochelle and Gustav play (play?) secret agent to investigate the greenhouses. And Laurel (Lana?) figures out Red's secret shame. [more inside]
posted by Etrigan on Sep 12, 2016 - 17 comments

The queen bug is hurt, and Red is suffering. However, one of his plans seems to have come to fruition as Laurel's documentary is funded, forcing her to make the choice between the fight against the space bugs and telling the world about the Melanesian choirs of the Solomon Islands. [more inside]
posted by Etrigan on Sep 12, 2016 - 4 comments

Gareth knows the truth, but doesn't want to believe it. Red and Ella have a bipartisan budget with something hidden in the Farm Bill, but that's a separate thing from the budget. Luke is being pre-vetted for Director of the CIA, but it's really Red staying a step ahead of him. [more inside]
posted by Etrigan on Sep 5, 2016 - 6 comments

Laurel "helps" a fellow documentarian make a video about why we shouldn't start a a war with Syria (subtext: THERE'S BUGS IN YOUR BRAINS) while simultaneously freaking out Luke's wife Germaine about her soon-to-be-born baby. [more inside]
posted by Etrigan on Aug 30, 2016 - 3 comments

The truth about the CIA Syria briefing is leaked, and Red wants to know who did it. The investigation leads to the revelation that Laurel (may have) slept with Michael Moore (guest starring as himself in Gareth's horrified imagination). Meanwhile, a room in the Senate basement has been converted to a war room, complete with ominous countdown clock and blueprints aplenty. [more inside]
posted by Etrigan on Aug 25, 2016 - 8 comments

Get space bugs in your head... [more inside]
posted by Etrigan on Aug 15, 2016 - 5 comments

...How Torture Became a Matter of Debate in American Politics. Tense AF, as Laurel is taken into custody by the FBI (Kurt Fuller in supercreepy mode) and prepared for enhanced interrogation -- specifically, "controlled immersion", a new, less-drowny version of waterboarding. Gareth teams up with Luke to get an Intelligence Committee hearing on the use of torture, which Red manipulates as usual. But! Gustav and Rochelle have figured out some of the bugs' language and use it to make the bug-infected committee members raise their hands at the wrong times, then walk repeatedly into walls. [more inside]
posted by Etrigan on Aug 12, 2016 - 1 comment

It's an episode of discoveries! The bugs can be ejected from a human host -- it just takes booze and music and sex with Aaron Tveit. Also, the bugs can communicate via their hosts, and "You Might Think" turns out to be a faster version of the interplanetary music of the spheres. [more inside]
posted by Etrigan on Aug 3, 2016 - 4 comments

Agent Onofrio's investigation of a deadly incident on live TV causes Laurel, Gustav and Rochelle to delve deeper into the bug mystery. Luke tries to hide his affair with Scarlett. [more inside]
posted by numaner on Jun 28, 2016 - 7 comments

A young man's mother is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey. She gets sick and dies, at which time she comes back to life, killing and eating dogs, nurses, friends, and neighbors. AKA Braindead [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Oct 2, 2014 - 11 comments

It pains me greatly to call something from 1992 a "retro" movie, but I couldn't call it "recent" with a straight face, so working within our parameters, it's "retro." [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Sep 25, 2014 - 6 comments