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Y: The Last Man has taken a long and fascinating detour to get to something really important from the comic...and this episode is where it all starts coming together. 

FINALLY.

My partners in @POPSKLpod and I have been working on this podcast series for weeks and months now and FINALLY the first episode is going to drop -- TOMORROW. This is the second podcast series from us (in conjunction with Fanbase Press), after DREAM JOURNAL (which dove into DC/Vertigo's The Sandman comics series), and our first about a TV show. The Expanse is the kind of prestige programming that deserves serious analysis and discussion, and we certainly give it that. (Although "serious" is a funny word...because we laugh. A LOT.)

My biggest regret is that it just doesn't make sense for me to watch this series AGAIN. Like, RIGHT NOW. It's that good.

Best of all, we're gonna get some special guests on the show. We have an episode where we talk to the actor behind one of the show's most popular characters -- Wes Chatham as Amos Burton -- and we also have an episode where we discuss the ins and outs of the BOOM! Studios comic series linking seasons 4 and 5 of the show with series writer Corrina Bechko. WE FANCY.

So my co-hosts and I, Phillip Kelly, Kelly Sue Milano, Claire Thorne, and Lisa K. Weber, have decided that we want to keep consuming media and talking about it together as POPSKL (Pissed Off Psychic Scary Kids of LA), because we are so cool. (The name came about because one of my co-hosts was captured on film looking very much like a pissed off psychic scary kid and I said so.) So, there's an excellent chance that we'll be doing something else after The Sandman.

For now, though, Season of Mists is the point in the series where I recall starting to take it very seriously. There was a jump up in quality, I thought, and it had already been very good. This episode is a good one.

If there's one thing that seems to happen quite a bit with us in POPSKL, it's anticipating what is to come through criticism. My co-host Phillip Kelly and I have been concerned about how much less character-driven the first two episodes of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters have been -- but we also figured that once the previous season's cliffhanger had been resolved, we'd go back to stories placing our cast of characters at their center.

Just listen for yourself -- and then go find the entire episode. (And if you're not watching Monarch, take this as a recommendation. It's kaiju for people who don't think they like kaiju.)

On February 24th, 1990, Dale Cooper entered the town of Twin Peaks.

On February 24th, 2026, we pick up his trail.

With the murder of Laura Palmer, David Lynch and Mark Frost began a journey into absurdity…into surreality. 

Imaginations were ignited and a pop culture phenomenon blazed into being. For fans, that fire burns to this day. Well, not that fire...we hope! And with that, POPSKL Podcast announces that Twin Peaks will be our next deep dive retrospective, with a podcast series we have called: THAT GUM YOU LIKE.

We’re opening an episode-by-episode investigation into this groundbreaking show that manages to mash up a murder mystery, a soap opera, a vaudeville show, and early 20th-century Dadaism.

Every week we'll dig even deeper with our segment called The Naked Lynch, as we focus in on a single surreal moment.

We'll also bring other recommendations to the table. If you love Twin Peaks, you may want to check other things we love.

And if you're new to Twin Peaks, you're welcome at our fire as half of our podcast team will also be experiencing it for the first time! 

We'll be discussing: 

Seasons 1 and 2 from the 90s

The movie Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

The supplemental film: The Missing Pieces

And 2017’s Twin Peaks the Return

Follow us here -- or wherever you get your podcasts -- for weekly updates and follow us on social media wherever you see this post. 

Then pull up a stool, let Norma bring you a cup of God’s perfect Joe to wash down that slice of pie…and listen.

POPSKL, the podcast group of which I am a co-host and founding member, is diving deep into the final season of Star Trek: Discovery -- our latest episode is a look at their latest episode, "LaGrange Point."