Netfreaks - Your Guide To Streaming Television

Adam and Javier welcome old friend of the show, Vincent Minnucci as they spend some time popping in and out of time with our second Canadian series in a row... Travelers! If you would like to donate to support our show, please visit our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/netfreaks where you can get access to exclusive content, live events and even have a chance to choose our content or join us for a show! Travelers  is a science fiction television series created by Brad Wright, starring Emmy Award-winning actor Eric McCormack.  The series is a co-production between Netflix and Showcase. The first season comprises 12 episodes and premiered on Showcase on October 17, 2016; the entire series premiered globally (outside of Canada) on Netflix, on December 23, 2016. How time travel is handled on TV Our recommendations Marci Warton and David Mailer Phillip Pearson and Ray Trevor Holden and Grace Day Carly Shannon and Jeff Conniker Grant Maclaren, Kat Maclaren and Walt Forbes How

Heather, David, Adam and Javier celebrate the 100th episode of NetFreaks by finally visiting Dave's home country of Canada as we review Jason Momoa's in the historical drama, Frontier! If you would like to donate to support our show, please visit our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/netfreaks where you can get access to exclusive content, live events and even have a chance to choose our content or join us for a show! Frontier is a Canadian-American historical drama series that chronicles the North American fur trade that took place in the 1700s.  It was  co-created by Brad Peyton, Rob Blackie , and Peter Blackie.  The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television has nominated it for seven awards, yet it currently has a 30% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.   Heather's Hot One Hundred Our foreknowledge of the show How much do the hosts know about fur? Our recommendations The French Guy and the Priest Captain Chesterfield Adam's Allowed to Like Things No He's Not The Tricky Ameri

Heather, Adam and Javier are joined by Kate Chaplin and warn you not to listen to this podcast and especially don't enjoy their review of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events! If you would like to donate to support our show, please visit our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/netfreaks where you can get access to exclusive content, live events and even have a chance to choose our content or join us for a show! A Series of Unfortunate Events is an adaptation of 13 novels in a series by Daniel Handler, who goes by the pen name Lemony Snicket.  The series tells the story of the three orphaned Baudelaire children, the many homes and guardians they meet along the way, and of course, trying to keep one step ahead of the greedy Count Olaf. For its Netflix debut,  the eight episodes divide the first four books into two episodes each. Season two and three have already been confirmed, and will use a similar two episode format for each book. Who read the books or saw the Jim Carr

Heather, Adam and Javier decide to watch 13 episodes at a time as they talk about sitcoms, laugh tracks, Cuban culture and which character they hated the most.  NetFreaks reviews One Day at a Time! If you would like to donate to support our show, please visit our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/netfreaks where you can get access to exclusive content, live events and even have a chance to choose our content or join us for a show! One day at a Time is a reboot of the sitcom of the same name that aired from 1975 until 1984.  It starred Bonnie Franklin, Mackenzie Phillips and Valerie Bertinelli, and told the story of divorced mother Ann Romano, who moves her family to Indianapolis along with her two daughters.   The reboot sees a shift in a variety of elements compared to the original, such as the casting of a Cuban family, a son taking the place of one of the daughter's, and mother Penelope being a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, to name a few.  The reboot stars Rita More

Heather, Adam and Javier return with a vengeance, banking on their cunning and bringing about a renaissance to start 2017!  They dive deep into 15th century Italian politics as they cover Medici: Masters of Florence!   If you would like to donate to support our show, please visit our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/netfreaks where you can get access to exclusive content, live events and even have a chance to choose our content or join us for a show! Medici: Masters of Florence premiered on Italian television on October 18th, 2016 and on Netflix on December 9th and stars Richard Madden and Dustin Hoffman as the legendary figures of the Renaissance.  A political, family drama set in Florence in the early 16th century. Cosimo de' Medici finds himself at the helm of his supremely wealthy, banking dynasty family, when his father, Giovanni dies suddenly. Our knowledge of the Medici family. Do we recommend the show? How the story was told. Was it rushed? What if? Casting Italians as Itali

David gives everyone else the week off and is joined by the team that will be making up our new Organized Prime podcast, Lisa Leo and John Savage.  Together, we combine in a cluster to review the Wachowski produced sci-fi craziness that is Sense8! If you would like to donate to support our show, please visit our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/netfreaks where you can get access to exclusive content, live events and even have a chance to choose our content or join us for a show! Sense8 was a 12 part series that premiered all the way back in June, 2015.  It was the brainchild of the Wachowskis and J. Michael Straczynski of Matrix and Babylon 5 fame, respectively.  Starring an international cast as eight strangers from different regions of the world who unexpectedly become mentally and emotionally linked to each other. They learn that they are "sensates," a particular type of human that has the ability to psychically share their knowledge and skills with one another.  The Sense8

Heather, David, Adam and Javier review the series that mysteriously appeared on everyone's playlist, we'd been waiting all of 2016 for this one, and sparks fly between the hosts as we debate The OA. If you would like to donate to support our show, please visit our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/netfreaks where you can get access to exclusive content, live events and even have a chance to choose our content or join us for a show! Having gone missing seven years ago, the previously blind Johnson returns home, now in her 20's and her sight restored. While many believe she is miracle, others worry that she could be dangerous.  The OA was created by Brit Marling and Zat Batmanglij, and also stars Marling, Jason Isaacs, Emory Cohen, Scott Wilson, Alice Krige and Paz Vega.  The OA currently has a 73% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Previous works by Marling and Batmanglij Do we recommend the show? Heather hates the ending and David gets elitist The Unreliable Narrator Layers up

Heather, David and Adam are joined by Chris Case and find that everywhere they look, everywhere they go it's nothing but Fullers, Tanners and Gibblers as they review the second season of Netflix's revival from the 80's. If you would like to donate to support our show, please visit our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/netfreaks where you can get access to exclusive content, live events and even have a chance to choose our content or join us for a show! Fuller House Season Two picks up where we left off last year, with D.J. torn between her two suitors, Matt and Steve, Stephanie finding her place in the world and Kimmy getting into all kinds of trouble.  Cameos from the original show abound as we also follow the Gibbler and Fuller kids through their growing pains. How does this season compare to the first? Alan Thicke is missed already Who's more annoying, Fernando or Max? Is Steve a psycho? Chris and Adam are jealous of Jimmy Gibbler Heather wants to climb Matt Mo

Heather, David, Adam and Javier enter the Process to decide which one of our hosts will win the argument on this contentious episode as we cover this thought provoking dystopian Brazilian Sci-Fi drama. If you would like to donate to support our show, please visit our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/netfreaks where you can get access to exclusive content, live events and even have a chance to choose our content or join us for a show! 3% is the first Brazillian original production for Netflix.  The series is about a dystopian society which has divided its population into two groups; the Inland and the Offshore.  At the age of 20, Inland adults have the opportunity to make better lives for themselves and leave to live in the Offshore, but only if they pass The Process.  Only 3% of candidates pass, which is where the title comes from.  3% was created by Pedro Aguilera, and stars Bianca Comparato and João (Xiao) Miguel. Has anyone heard of this series? Our thoug

Heather and Adam are joined by Lisa Leo and head back to Stars Hollow to spend the seasons with Rory and Lorelei as they review the revival of a much beloved series. If you would like to donate to support our show, please visit our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/netfreaks where you can get access to exclusive content, live events and even have a chance to choose our content or join us for a show! Set nearly a decade after the finale of the original series, this revival follows Lorelai, Rory and Emily Gilmore through four seasons of change. A year without Amy Sherman-Palladino Impressions of the Revival The 'Seasonal' Format Winter Spring Summer Fall Final Thoughts And as always we hand out our Who Dat and Series MVP awards! You can reach us on twitter @netfreaksshow you can e-mail us at show@netfreaks.tv 5-Star Reviews are welcome at our iTunes or Stitcher pages. Music: Extreme Parkour by Alex Grey

Heather, David and Adam finally get to review the show that inspired us to start the NetFreaks podcast.  It used to be called Scrotal Recall, but now we get a chance to talk about the season we weren't sure would ever come, Lovesick Season Two! If you would like to donate to support our show, please visit our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/netfreaks where you can get access to exclusive content, live events and even have a chance to choose our content or join us for a show! In his search for love, Dylan finds chlamydia.  Joined by friends Evie and Luke, he relives past encounters as he notifies all his former partners. The romantic comedy stars Johnny Flynn, Antonia Thomas and Daniel Ings. The name change Familiarity with Season One Our impressions of the show The format of the show Our favourite moments from Season Two Looking ahead to Season Three And as always we hand out our Who Dat and Series MVP awards! You can reach us on twitter @netfreaksshow you

David, Adam, Heather, Javier and Kate get down and dirty talking about the British adaptation of Michaela Coel's stageplay, Chewing Gum Dreams.  If you would like to donate to support our show, please visit our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/netfreaks where you can get access to exclusive content, live events and even have a chance to choose our content or join us for a show! Chewing Gum is the story of Tracey, raised in a conservative Christian family, her life, loves and the mishaps that await her as she tries to broaden her horizon.  This look at London estate life premiered in 2015 on Channel 4 and on Netflix this last month. A headphones type of series Estate life House full of dildos The Unicorn Dungeons and Dragons, gateway to paraphilic infantilism The Full Favre Now dancing at the Ball Pit Revenge Porn guy, Auto Erotic Asphixiation guy, Homeless guy or Big Boss guy? Overall impressions of the show And as always we hand out our Who Dat and Series MVP awards!

David, Adam and Javier deliver their command performance review and discussion of the new 10-part series covering the early years of Queen Elizabeth II, The Crown! If you would like to donate to support our show, please visit our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/netfreaks where you can get access to exclusive content, live events and even have a chance to choose our content or join us for a show! The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world -- Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street - and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century.  Starring Claire Foy as Elizabeth Windsor, Matt Smith as Philip Mountbatten and John Lithgow as Winston Churchill Overall impressions of the series. King George and the Queen Mother   The Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson   Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden   Princess Margaret and Peter Townsend   Elizabeth and Philip   And as

David, Javier and Kali team up to discuss the last 3 episodes of Season Three of Black Mirror, it's first as a Netflix Original! If you would like to donate to support our show, please visit our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/netfreaks where you can get access to exclusive content, live events and even have a chance to choose our content or join us for a show! Black Mirror is an anthology series that taps into our collective unease with the modern world, with each stand-alone episode a sharp, suspenseful tale exploring themes of contemporary techno-paranoia. Without questioning it, technology has transformed all aspects of our lives; in every home; on every desk; in every palm - a plasma screen; a monitor; a Smartphone – a Black Mirror reflecting our 21st Century existence back at us. The series is created and written by Charlie Brooker, and executive produced by Brooker and Annabel Jones. We discuss the last three episodes in Part Two San Junipero - In a seaside town in 1987, a s

  David and Adam are joined once more by Kali Lentz to discuss Season Three of Black Mirror, it's first as a Netflix Original! If you would like to donate to support our show, please visit our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/netfreaks where you can get access to exclusive content, live events and even have a chance to choose our content or join us for a show! Black Mirror is an anthology series that taps into our collective unease with the modern world, with each stand-alone episode a sharp, suspenseful tale exploring themes of contemporary techno-paranoia. Without questioning it, technology has transformed all aspects of our lives; in every home; on every desk; in every palm - a plasma screen; a monitor; a Smartphone – a Black Mirror reflecting our 21st Century existence back at us. The series is created and written by Charlie Brooker, and executive produced by Brooker and Annabel Jones. We discuss the first three episodes in Part One Nosedive - A woman desperate to

David, Adam and Javier get ready for the premiere of Black Mirror Season 3 by watching and discussing the Christmas Special from 2014 starring Jon Hamm, Rafe Spall and Oona Chaplin that continued the series' theme of technology and how it warps our world and ourselves. We have made this episode, the first of what will be our exclusive Patreon-Only content covering Netflix content outside of their Originals, available to all of our listeners so that you can have an idea of what type of content that will be available to our donors for as little as $1 a month.  If you would like to donate to support our show, please visit our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/netfreaks where you can get access to exclusive content, live events and even have a chance to choose our content or join us for a show! Black Mirror: White Christmas consists of three interconnected tales of technology run amok during the Christmas season as told by two men at a remote outpost in a frozen wilderness. We

If you would like to donate to support our show, please visit our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/netfreaks where you can get access to exclusive content, live events and even have a chance to choose our content or join us for a show!   David, Adam, Javier and Kate discuss the new comedy series based on YouTube sensation Miranda Sings, an "incredibly confident, totally untalented star on the rise who continues to fail upward by the power of her belief that she was born famous, it's just no one knows it yet."   How much of Miranda or Colleen's YouTube Channel have we watched. What worked for us? What didn't? If we had produced this show, what choices would we have made? Translating YouTube content to long form television ...and as always, we award our Who Dat and Series MVP awards!   You can reach us on twitter @netfreaksshow you can e-mail us at show@netfreaks.tv 5-Star Reviews are welcome at our iTunes or Stitcher pages. Music: Extreme Parkour b

David, Heather, Adam and Javier wrap up our coverage of Narcos Season Two by covering episodes 6-10 and the downfall of Pablo Escobar!   Los Pepes Pablo's Parents Tata and the Escobar Family Valeria Judy Moncada and Don Berna Pena Murphy Cali Cartel Pablo's crew Limon and Maritza The end of Pablo Final thoughts on Season Two Looking ahead to Season Three ... and of course we award our Who Dat and Series MVP awards!   You can reach us on twitter @netfreaksshow you can e-mail us at show@netfreaks.tv 5-Star Reviews are welcome at our iTunes or Stitcher pages. Music: Extreme Parkour by Alex Grey

David, Adam, Kate and Dan complete our coverage of Marvel's Luke Cage in our discussion of Episodes 8 through 13!   Diamondback Misty in the Interrogation Room Luke and Claire's Road Trip Reva Dr. Bernstein's offer Night Nurse Luke's dad The Harlem Paradise situation Shades and Mariah Street Fight Luke's Speech Where we leave off ...and as always, we award our Who Dat and Series MVP awards!   You can reach us on twitter @netfreaksshow you can e-mail us at show@netfreaks.tv 5-Star Reviews are welcome at our iTunes or Stitcher pages. Music: Extreme Parkour by Alex Grey

David and Adam are joined by Kate Chaplin and Dan Culligan to discuss one of the most anticipated series on Netflix's sked for 2016, Marvel's Luke Cage!   Talking about comics and our knowledge of Luke Cage from the books The Marvel Netflix street-level universe to date Our impressions of the first half of the season The 1970's history of the character Harlem Language The Music Luke's portrayal Seagate Misty and Scarfe Shades Cottonmouth Mariah Final thoughts ...and we talk about our early thoughts on the Series MVP award!   You can reach us on twitter @netfreaksshow you can e-mail us at show@netfreaks.tv 5-Star Reviews are welcome at our iTunes or Stitcher pages. Music: Extreme Parkour by Alex Grey