We’re back with another episode of the Geektown Radio podcast! This week, I’m joined once again by Matt as we cover ‘Mitchell & Webb Are Not Helping‘, ‘Anno 117’, ‘The Human Centipede’, and ‘Dexter Resurrection‘, plus the latest renewals, cancellations, and UK premiere dates.
What We’ve Been Watching
Matt started the week in grisly fashion with the infamous cult horror ‘The Human Centipede’, a film he admits he would never have made it through without the safety net of a YouTube reaction channel. He also checked out the return of Walking Dead: Dead City and praised Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s charisma as Negan. On the less undead side, he’s been juggling Invasion and Foundation on Apple TV+, finding the balance between “casual sci-fi” and “must concentrate on every line” surprisingly satisfying. He also wrapped up the final season of The Handmaid’s Tale, applauding Elisabeth Moss’s incredible performance and finding the ending a strong lead-in to the planned sequel series.
Meanwhile, Dave tested the demo for ‘Anno 117: Pax Romana’, watched the brand new ‘Mitchell & Webb Are Not Helping’, and celebrated the finale of ‘Dexter Resurrection’, which managed to wash away memories of that infamously poor original ending.
But the big four this week are…
Mitchell & Webb Are Not Helping
Sketch shows are a rare beast on TV these days, but ‘Mitchell & Webb Are Not Helping’ sees the comedy duo back where they started. Dave checked out the first batch of episodes and found the mix reassuringly old school. Some sketches hit, some miss, but that is the joy of sketch comedy. There’s Victorian inventors arguing about toilets, super-villains plotting destruction, and a very meta strand where Mitchell and Webb pitch increasingly silly ideas to themselves. It is unlikely to spawn the next “Are We The Baddies?” catchphrase just yet, but it is good to have them back on Channel 4 proving that sketch comedy still has a place in 2025.
Anno 117: Pax Romana
Meanwhile Dave also went hands-on with the demo for ‘Anno 117: Pax Romana’, the latest in Ubisoft’s long running city-building series. Following on from the hugely successful Anno 1800, this one dials the timeline all the way back to Ancient Rome. Players take on the role of a Roman governor tasked with building up settlements either in the heart of Rome or out on the frontier in Albion, better known as the UK. Dave reports that it feels every bit as addictive as past entries, the kind of game where “I’ll just build one more farm” suddenly becomes “it’s 2am.” There has been some debate online about the new interface, but the demo shows plenty of promise ahead of the full release this November.
The Human Centipede
Matt decided to spend his week revisiting cinema infamy with ‘The Human Centipede’, a film often spoken of in hushed tones at horror conventions and student flat parties. Watching via YouTube reaction channel The Reel Rejects probably saved him from switching it off halfway. His verdict? Less cult classic, more empty curiosity. It throws out a shocking premise and then does very little with it. Amazingly, we manage to get through discussing the film without going into exactly what the doctor does or any graphic detail, and honestly that is probably for the best. As Dave points out, notoriety is not the same thing as quality. Sometimes “so bad it’s good” really is just “so bad.”
Dexter Resurrection Finale
Back on the small screen, Dave celebrated the finale of ‘Dexter Resurrection’, which managed the rare feat of giving long suffering fans a genuinely satisfying ending. After the muddled conclusion of the original series, and a couple of detours with New Blood and Original Sin, this new run finally nailed the landing. Packed with callbacks and a tighter storyline, the finale left things in a place where the show could continue, but crucially does not need to. As Dave says, if this is the end, it is a good one. If more arrives, fingers crossed they do not mess with a good thing.
TV News
- Netflix’s animated Tomb Raider: Legend of Lara Croft ending with Season 2
- Bad Sisters concluding after two acclaimed seasons
- Renewals for The Paper, Signora Volpe, SAS Rogue Heroes
- ITVX adds Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1 to its box set line up
- Sophie Turner leads Amazon’s live action Tomb Raider from Phoebe Waller-Bridge
- Kiefer Sutherland says something has been written for a potential 24 return
Highlights This Week
- The Girlfriend, Prime Video
- Taskmaster Season 20, Channel 4
- The Newsreader Season 3, BBC Two
- Cold Water, ITV thriller starring Andrew Lincoln
- Futurama Season 13, Disney+
- Heartland Season 18, Netflix
- Wild Cards Season 2, Paramount+
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