Two By Two & Bad Tattoos! | Brokenwood | "The Ghost In You" | Mystery Maniacs Mini-episode 28

Sarah: 00:15

Hey, maniacs.

Mark: 00:16

Hey, mystery maniacs.

Sarah: 00:19

We mistreated you. We missed you. Welcome to a mini episode. Okay.

Mark: 00:26

For those of you new to mini episodes. These are spoiler free. Yes.

Sarah: 00:31

Spoiler free. We're not gonna tell you anything about the murder or who did it or anything like that. You're safe.

Mark: 00:36

We did these for the new midsummer episodes. So the idea is that you listen to us, then you watch the new Brokenwood episode. We're doing it for Brokenwood.

Sarah: 00:46

Season eleven episode one, The Ghost in You.

Mark: 00:49

And then when we get to season eleven on the regular full episodes

Sarah: 00:54

Mhmm.

Mark: 00:54

We do the spoiler version.

Sarah: 00:56

Right. And well and part of what we'll do in this mini is give you some clues to ways you can watch this new episode like a maniac.

Mark: 01:06

Now this episode came out on 04/21.

Sarah: 01:10

'20 '5.

Mark: 01:11

'20 '5 on Acorn TV in The US. We realize that in other parts of the world, you may or may not have this episode yet. This is why it's spoiler free.

Sarah: 01:22

That's right. And when you do get it, you can listen to this before you watch it.

Mark: 01:27

Yes.

Sarah: 01:28

Even if you've jumped the gun and you are an eager beaver and have already watched it, you can listen to this and watch it again. Yes. Because I guarantee you missed some stuff.

Mark: 01:38

And I can tell you, there are six episodes in this season, season eleven, including a Halloween episode and the final episode, which is an odes to Christmas. It's gotta be Frodo's. Gotta be lots of odes in that. Frodo's whole family. Yep.

Sarah: 01:56

This is an excellent episode. It's classic Brokenwood. It's super funny. It's got a lot of, characters that you're familiar with like Doctor. Plumber, Reverend Green, Ray and Trudy, and of course Frodo.

Mark: 02:09

And we're gonna give you some clues Mhmm. To what to look for when you're watching

Sarah: 02:15

this We're not gonna give anything away.

Mark: 02:17

Yep. We're not giving you the answers.

Sarah: 02:19

No. No. You get the answers when we do the full episode when we get to season eleven. Yes. Are we ready?

Mark: 02:26

Yes. Okay. You may confirm or deny the the answers with us in certain in whatever ways you see fit.

Sarah: 02:34

You can do it on the subreddit as long as you mark your post spoiler.

Mark: 02:37

Yes. You can do that

Sarah: 02:39

on the mystery maniac subreddit.

Mark: 02:41

Yes.

Sarah: 02:42

Alright. So we have four ways to watch like a maniac.

Mark: 02:47

I can't believe we done we haven't done a mini in like eighteen months.

Sarah: 02:50

I know. It's been that long since there was a new episode of anything for us to do this with. Alright. Are we ready?

Mark: 02:56

Yes.

Sarah: 02:56

Get your pencil out and make a note of these.

Mark: 02:58

I got my notes out.

Sarah: 03:00

Alright. I'm I'm telling them to. Okay. So they can write these down.

Mark: 03:03

Well, I'll put them in the show notes.

Sarah: 03:05

And they'll be in the show notes too. Okay. Number one, there's a band in this episode called Broken Arrow.

Mark: 03:11

Yes.

Sarah: 03:12

What real world band are they based on and how do you know? So what band is Broken Arrow based on and how do you know?

Mark: 03:20

Now I've already seen a number of listeners ask why we do not have that information.

Sarah: 03:27

We do not know.

Mark: 03:28

But clearly they are supposed to be a particular band.

Sarah: 03:32

Yes. Okay. So that's number one.

Mark: 03:34

Yes.

Sarah: 03:35

Number two. What cassette is Mike playing in the car?

Mark: 03:39

Yep. He he goes to the scene of the crime. He gets in his car. He slips a cassette in the tape deck.

Sarah: 03:45

Because he's old school. Surprised it's not an eight track.

Mark: 03:48

It has words on the cassette tape.

Sarah: 03:51

What is it? Yep. Okay. That's number two. Number three, this episode contains two callbacks to prior episodes.

Sarah: 03:59

Both of those callbacks are about locations.

Mark: 04:02

Yes.

Sarah: 04:03

One of them should be impossible. For this episode to include. Yep. Why? So you need to figure out what those two callbacks are and why one of them is impossible.

Mark: 04:16

Yes.

Sarah: 04:16

Alright, that's number three. And number four, which locale in the episode has the most Broken Arrow posters and how many Broken Arrow posters are there in total?

Mark: 04:30

Now Broken Wood people, people who work on Broken Wood, please send us one of these posters.

Sarah: 04:35

We want one so bad. We want a Broken Arrow poster. So which locale in the episode has the most Broken Arrow concert posters? And how many are there in total?

Mark: 04:47

There is a fantastic poster and there are a fantastic amount of them.

Sarah: 04:51

Yes. Now, I have a bonus question.

Mark: 04:54

Oh, bonus question.

Sarah: 04:55

That only the most maniacal of maniacs

Mark: 04:59

The most maniacal.

Sarah: 05:00

Will be able to figure out. This is a maniacal question for maniacal people.

Mark: 05:05

Boy, did I go down a rabbit hole to get the answer to this question today.

Sarah: 05:09

You gotta be super crazy like us to get this But here's the question, if you can get it. Who is the worst person to name a bar after? Yes. Say no more about

Mark: 05:20

it. Person.

Sarah: 05:21

Who is the worst person to name a bar after? The answer is in the episode.

Mark: 05:28

So this is a great episode. I think it's a solid eight out of 10 in terms of Broken Wood episode.

Sarah: 05:35

I'd say it's a nine out of 10. I laughed out loud

Mark: 05:38

a few It's definitely fun. There's strange GPS mushroom stuff.

Sarah: 05:44

It does make you feel old if you're over 40.

Mark: 05:48

Yeah. You'll feel old

Sarah: 05:50

a few times.

Mark: 05:50

The musicians among you may notice some problems with their stage setup.

Sarah: 05:58

Mark went nutsy bobo over the equipment. He's like, that's not right. Nope. Like, we're not including those in the maniac questions because only super music nerds like you will notice that. It's beyond maniac.

Sarah: 06:13

It's just it's a certain kind of maniac and it's called a mark maniac. Only you.

Mark: 06:19

So it has some funny bits. It certainly has some touching and tragic bits, but then it comes back around at the end. It's it's great. Frodo being Frodo.

Sarah: 06:29

Yep. It's a really good episode. We hope you guys will enjoy it as much as we did and watch like a maniac. Be sure if you post anywhere online about the answers to the questions, make sure you mark them spoilers

Mark: 06:43

Yes.

Sarah: 06:43

So people who haven't seen yet don't get it ruined for them. We'll return on the April 28 with a full episode. We've missed you.

Mark: 06:52

Season six episode three dead man don't shoot ducks. They don't. That's a fact. They do not shoot ducks.

Sarah: 07:01

No. They don't. So we'll see you then. Bye maniacs.

Mark: 07:04

Bye maniacs. Thanks for joining us on the mystery maniacs podcast. If you enjoyed our crazy podcast today, don't miss out on future episodes. Follow us on social media for updates, behind the scenes content, and exclusive sneak peeks. Subscribe, like, and share to spread the word.

Mark: 07:23

Bye, maniacs.