TV Geek Out 123: Lost, "Dead Is Dead"

TV Geek Out continues our coverage of season 5 of Lost with our discussion of one of its best episodes, "Dead Is Dead." It's the Ben and Locke magic hour! Or at least it seems magical when we get this many Michael Emerson/Terry O'Quinn scenes in one episode! The storyline revolves around Ben, his tense reunion with Locke on Hydra Island, and their journey to The Island so that Ben can supposedly face some Smokey judgment. Along the way, flashbacks fill in more info about Ben's past, including how he stole Alex from Rousseau and eventually banished Widmore, and how he came to be über-beaten-up before the Ajira flight. Meanwhile, back on Hydra, Ilana is overseeing the preparation of a rather large, mysterious metal box for transport.... Listen in as Dana, Heather, and Perry have a major geek-out about the brilliant acting by Emerson and O'Quinn, as well as discuss the mysteries of Smokey and all the other goings-on here.

TV Geek Out 122: Lost, "He's Our You" and "Whatever Happened, Happened"

TV Geek Out discusses two episodes of Lost's fifth season in this jam-packed discussion! In "He's Our You," Sawyer struggles with what to do with the presumed-Hostile Sayid, who doesn't seem to want to be helped. When the Dharma folks take the mysterious stranger to their resident torturer, Sayid takes a not-completely-unpleasant drug trip to truth-ville, but reality is a little too strange for even the science hippies to believe. The creepy young Ben ends up giving Sayid the sense of purpose he'd thought he'd lost, but that doesn't end well for the kid, whom he shockingly shoots in the chest. In "Whatever Happened, Happened," everyone deals with the fallout from Sayid's actions, with Juliet and Kate trying desperately to save Ben, while Jack refuses to help. Sawyer ends up accompanying Kate on a mission to Hostile territory to see if Richard Alpert can bring Ben back from the brink of death. All this, and Miles gives Hurley a very meta schooling on the rules of time travel! Listen in as Perry, Heather, and Dana debate and discuss all the goings-on here.

TV Geek Out 121: Late Night Wars

There hasn’t been a television story as Shakespearean as Leno’s return to The Tonight Show in quite some time, and of course it fascinates us TV geeks, so listen in as Perry, Dana, and Heather declare their allegiance to Team Coco, analyze how much fun this all is for David Letterman, and ponder where Conan lands his next gig. Check it all out here.

TV Geek Out 120: Lost, "Namaste"

TV Geek Out continues our coverage of season 5 of Lost with our discussion of "Namaste." Many of the original Oceanic 815 survivors reunite in '70s Dharmaville, but it isn't as joyous an occasion as the Oceanic 6 might have expected. Actually posing more of a problem than a solution, Kate, Jack, and Hurley have to be snuck in as new Dharma recruits, and Sayid is mistaken as a Hostile -- and taken prisoner -- when he stumbles in a little late. Meanwhile, 30 years later on Hydra Island, Ben gets his 50th beat-down after Sun and Lapidus join him for a stroll in the jungle. The pilot and Sun take the outriggers to the main island and find the Ghost-town Dharmaville of the present, where Sun learns that she's got a loooong journey ahead of her if she wants to find Jin! TV Geek Out geeks Heather, Perry, and Dana ponder all the goings-on here.

TV Geek Out 119: Lost, "LaFleur"

TV Geek Out favorite Lost returns to the air in less than a month, and we're finishing up our coverage of the previous season in preparation for that joyous premiere. We left things off with "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham," so let's continue on to "LaFleur." After being perilously unstuck in time for many episodes, Sawyer and his merry band of time travelers find themselves stuck indefinitely in 1970s Dharmaville, and do their best to survive, fit in, and surprisingly for some, flourish there. Listen in as TVGO geeks Perry, Dana, and Heather discuss all the goings-on here.

TV Geek Out 118: The Office, "Casual Friday" and "Cafe Disco"

All is not copacetic as Ryan, Pam, and Michael return to Dunder Mifflin after the acquisition of The Michael Scott Paper Company. There aren’t enough customers to go around now that Pam has been promoted to salesperson, and if that weren’t enough, nobody seems to understand the necessary boundaries concerning the sartorial appropriateness of Casual Friday. Then, in order to instill some positive morale, Michael creates Café Disco, and of course, hijinks ensue. Join Heather, Dana, and Perry as they discuss Andy’s mad dancing skills, Kelly’s clothing decisions, and Jam’s plans to elope. Check it all out here.

TV Geek Out 117: Mad Men Season 3 Wrap-Up

And so it is. The end of Mad Men’s third season brought the dissolution of the Draper marriage, and the formation of a new business venture that might allow Don/Dick to bring some balance back to his self-image. Join TV Geek Out Geeks Perry, Dana, and Heather as they unpack a season that featured such standout episodes as "My Old Kentucky Home," "Shut the Door. Have a Seat," and the infamous "Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency." Check out our review of the whole spectacular season here.

TV Geek Out 116: Mad Men, "Shut the Door. Have a Seat"

Well, after 12 episodes filled with death, change, and the dissolution of the Draper marriage, Mad Men’s third-season finale gave us something unexpected -- tons of fun. Don masterminds a plan to take control of his work life again, and enlists some unexpected help from one of the Brits, as well as from a former Sterling Cooper employee. Heather, Perry, and Dana geek out something fierce over this highly quotable episode that radically changes the Mad Men universe. Check out all the fun here.

TV Geek Out 115: The Office, "Heavy Competition" and "Broke"

The outstanding story arc involving the Michael Scott Paper Company came to an end with the episodes “Heavy Competition” and “Broke.” We figured there was no way the upstart business could stand up to heavy-hitter like Dunder Mifflin, but nobody expected Michael to be able to play hardball in the boardroom this effectively. Listen in as the TVGO geeks analyze how the end of Michael Scott’s dream provided The Office with some of the richest creative rewards of season five. Check it all out here.

TV Geek Out 114: Mad Men, "The Grown Ups" - Part 2

The second-to-last episode of Mad Men's amazing third season -- in which the characters absorbed the shock of the Kennedy assassination in a variety of ways -- had TV Geek Out geeks Perry, Heather, and Dana talking so much that we had to present the conversation as two separate podcasts. Check out part two of TVGO's epic discussion of "The Grown Ups" here.