Shows You Should Be Watching
Honest reviews. Zero hype.
Summary After travelling into the distant past via a transwarp drive, the Maximals battle the Predacons in outer space, but both ships crash land on a mysterious planet. They scan for beast forms to protect their robot forms from the…
Summary Clancy joins his mother on an emotional journey through the wondrous cycle of birth, life and death. Our Take This one earns its reputation: tight writing, real stakes, and a payoff that lands. Peak The Midnight Gospel.
Summary A boring trip takes a remarkable turn when Clancy accidentally falls into another world, and comes face to face with Death. Our Take The show’s emotional peak, and honestly the first episode where the rambling podcast chatter and the…
Summary When his simulator malfunctions, Clancy is forced to face a few real world problems. Later, he meets a meditation master. Our Take The conversation with the meditation teacher is the heart of this one, and it gets surprisingly raw…
Summary At a prison for simulated beings suffering from existential dread, Clancy ponders reality as he watches an inmate perish over and over. Our Take This is the loosest episode yet, more podcast than story, but that’s kind of the…
Summary A mishap sends Clancy to a medieval planet, where he rides along with a knight on a mission to avenge her lover’s murder. Our Take The death-and-grief conversation here is genuinely moving, and Trudy Goodman’s warmth carries real weight…
Summary Clancy zaps to an underwater planet, where he crosses paths with Darryl, a student of ceremonial magic and the path to enlightenment. Our Take A classic for the ages. If you sample one episode of The Midnight Gospel, make…
Summary On a planet populated by baby clowns, Clancy hears a deer dog’s thoughts on death as they head to a slaughterhouse. Our Take This one leans harder into the podcast side, with the death talk getting so abstract at…
Summary The simulator lands Clancy on a zombie ravaged earth, where he meets the president, who’s a fan of drugs and meditation. Our Take An all time great. If you sample one episode of The Midnight Gospel, make it this…
Our Take The finale wraps up eight seasons with the kind of oversized cosmic brawl the show has been building toward, and somehow it still makes room for a genuinely sweet sendoff. The action gets a little long in the…