
Dead Ends
A weekly mystery tv show rewatch podcast. FKA Life on Mars. Currently covering Riverdale.
Episodes
203 episodes
Riverdale Chapters 28 & 29: Vote Lodge for Mayor/Student Body President
Another fantastic week of Riverdale and we get a good discussion out of it! We discuss the Betty and Chic confrontations, Archie and Hiram and right wing ideology, Fred being an absolute hero, Jughead doing fantastic this week, Cheryl and Toni ...
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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1:21:18

Riverdale Chapters 26 & 27: Kissing at the Lodge Lodge
What’s a better idea to escape your problems than getting away to a cabin? Hold on I’m getting word that your problems still remain with you. O well, might as well make things as awkward as possible on the trip then. We discuss the Vughead kiss...
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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1:08:39

Riverdale Chapters 24 & 25: Cyber Trick Chic
We have two fantastic and ridiculous episodes this week! We discuss homoeroticism and wrestling, Hiram and Archie’s pissing contest, Veronica's confirmation, Kevin beating Archie at wrestling, Jugheads white savior complex, Betty and Chic’s wei...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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1:21:04

Riverdale Chapters 22 & 23: Bringing Strange Relatives Home
It’s Christmas time in Riverdale which mostly means exes exchange gifts but don’t replace the love notes they wrote before they broke up. We discuss Barchie, the lackluster Joseph Conway plot, Veronica being brought in by her parents, why the s...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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1:17:16

Riverdale Chapters 20 & 21: The Serpent Dance
An interesting episode setup unfortunately doesn’t mean a great episode and we both find the episodes a bit weak. We discuss the thin horror premises, guest start Tony Todd, bad depictions of gay romance, Alice stepping back into her snake skin...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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1:14:25

Riverdale Chapters 18 & 19: The Sugarman
Heavy episode this week and a content warning up to that this episode has a fair bit of discussion about sexual assault. We discuss Nick St Clair, the background production for writing Cheryl's plotline, the episode coming out around the Harvey...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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1:24:58

Riverdale Chapters 16 & 17: The Red Circle
Riverdale is here. The show steps on the accelerator and moves into a new melodramatic gear. We cover Archie’s crusade and the red circle, all the new outside characters, high school gang violence, get annoyed at Betty and Jughead, Hiram loving...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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1:21:28

Riverdale Chapters 14 & 15: Jughead's Serpent Detective Agency
We begin a new season as all of our protagonists are in disarray. We discuss Archie’s turmoil, Fred Andrew’s nightmares, Cheryl taking charge, Jughead’s new serpent allies, the introduction of Hiram Lodge and everyone’s issues with their parent...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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1:10:00

Riverdale Chapters 12 & 13: Fire & Ice
What a way to end the season. Riverdale really sticks the landing with both the reveal of Jason's killer and a finale episode dedicated to character arcs. We talk about how well everything is tied up, how gorgeous these episodes continue to loo...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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1:09:23

Riverdale Chapters 10 & 11: We Don’t Fit In & We’re Not Gonna Fit In
Somehow we’re already rapidly approaching the end of this season as the mystery really picks up this week. We discuss Jughead’s birthday, how different characters express control, FP attending the high school party, Cheryl starting to rebel, an...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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1:15:12

Riverdale Chapters 8 & 9: The Dumbest Boy in Riverdale
A Cheryl focused episode on the Blossom family? It looks absolutely gorgeous? And the fashion is amazing? We couldn’t ask for a better time this week. We discuss the weird Blossom family vibes and using Archie, why Betty continues to be the bes...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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1:19:44

Riverdale Chapters 6 & 7: You Need A Broad & Broach
We're back to start 2025 with tales of monsters (both inner and outer) and morality. We discuss Josie's family troubles, the show sidelining Val, Archie learning to rely on himself, Betty choosing herself and her sister over Archie, why the Coo...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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1:29:22

Riverdale Chapters 4 & 5: Is This The Best Episode of Riverdale?
We close out the year with the best episodes yet! We have also just have a great discussion; Emily was on fire this episode so we hope you like it. We discuss the dissolution of Grundy and Archie, the impressive character writing especially wit...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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1:19:14

Riverdale Chapters 2 & 3: Alice the Ambulance Chaser
We continue to be delighted by Riverdale's focus on teen drama interests (crushes, friendships, balancing responsibilities) with just a sprinkling of over the top performances. We discuss the platonic love for Betty, Fred Andrew's folksiness, w...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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1:18:23

Riverdale Chapter 1: Welcome to the Archieverse
We're excited to start our new season covering all of the live action Archieverse! This will be our second time watching through the series, but we'll try to avoid major spoilers (we may reference some minor things that happen in the future). F...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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1:13:14

Pretty Little Liars: Summer School Chapters 17 & 18: FGE (Final Girl Episode)
It's our final PLL episode! We end our journey on an auspicious note as we discuss the recent presidential election and how we're working on moving forward with our community. Then we discuss the final two episodes covering Wes' misogyny and ho...
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Season 2
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Episode 114
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1:28:20

Pretty Little Liars: Summer School Chapters 15 & 16: Redemption House
So we had assumed that Redemption House would be a ridiculous good time and boy were wrong. We discuss the horrors of hell houses, Kelly taking an evil turn, religious people speaking in tongues (including Emily witnessing this at a church camp...
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Season 2
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Episode 113
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1:40:29

Pretty Little Liars: Summer School Chapters 13 & 14: Rose Entertainment Ricotta
We're enjoying this new season more as we get lots of time on summer romance. We discuss the new pairings and hope that the boys don't turn out bad. We also discuss Faran's superhuman feats of strength, Henry being a turd, our excitement for Re...
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Season 2
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Episode 112
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1:22:04

Pretty Little Liars: Summer School Chapters 11 & 12: SpookySpaghetti
We start the new season of Pretty Little Liars (apparently that's just the series name and the seasons have specific names???) and are enjoying the lighter sequel tone so far. We ask why there's suddenly more old timey technology around, deligh...
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Season 2
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Episode 111
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1:21:06

Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin Episode 10: It's the Red Herring!
We've come to the end of the first season and can't help feeling disappointed by the reveals. We discuss the A reveal, what conclusions in fiction we've actually liked, the open plot holes, missed horror opportunities, and the tidy resolution f...
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Season 2
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Episode 110
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1:15:18

Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin Episodes 8 & 9: Tabby is Surrounded by Creeps
It's penultimate finale week so we have lots of threads bouncing around in our head without any resolution yet. So please enjoy another long episode discussing Chip acting really weird, Henry being suspicious, Imogen's athleticism at 35 weeks p...
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Season 2
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Episode 109
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1:46:26

Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin Episodes 6 & 7: The PLL Expanded Universe
We're back with two fantastic episode. Enjoy this extra long podcast where we discuss the series cancellation, the shows depiction of the horror of being a girl/woman, even more depictions of mothers acting horrible, scratching our heads at Mou...
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Season 2
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Episode 108
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1:55:22

Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin Episodes 4 & 5: We Love a Halloween Episode
Of course we'd come around on the series when it had its Halloween episode! We come in excited to discuss Imogen throwing a rager, how sweet all the love interests are (for now...), everybody pairing off, and how the show flipped our views on K...
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Season 2
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Episode 107
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1:32:01

Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin Episodes 2 & 3: De facto Spirit Queen
Outside of some big moments, it's a bit of slower week and unfortunately not really hitting our hopes so far. We discuss the rollout of the mystery, our theories on which twin survived, theorize on who the actual targets are, Noa's rote charact...
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Season 2
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Episode 106
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1:28:01

Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin Episode 1: Rancid Vibes (Complimentary)
We're back with the start of Original Sin and we have a ton to talk about! We discuss our thoughts on the big changes in tone, how this relates to other PLL series and our preferences for horror. We also run through our favorite characters, the...
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Season 2
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Episode 105
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1:36:01
