Frodo Gets His Cracker | Brokenwood | "An Oades to Christmas" | Mystery Maniacs Mini-episode 33
Hey, maniacs.
Mark:Hey, mystery maniacs. What an episode.
Sarah:Welcome to another spoiler free mini episode for season eleven of Brokenwood Mysteries. This time, episode six, an odes to Christmas.
Mark:Boy, is this a doozy?
Sarah:We get to see so much of the odes family, and you can still count their brain cells on one hand.
Mark:All of the odes are there. All of the odes that we know of.
Sarah:No. Only the male odes. Yes. There's only men in the odes family. The women are smart enough to run off, I think.
Sarah:Not only do we get the whole odes family, we get to meet Kristen's sister Nikki for the first time.
Mark:And it explains everything.
Sarah:We get to learn what a Christian haiku Jew is.
Mark:We do indeed get to learn that.
Sarah:And it's the first case of scrotal electrocution in Brokenwood.
Mark:As far as we know.
Sarah:As far as we know. But we've got some fun ways for you to watch it like a maniac.
Mark:The this episode is the height of comedic detective story.
Sarah:It is by far one of the funniest episodes of Brokenwood.
Mark:And yet, there is an incredibly touching important part in the middle with Trudy. Yep. That is not comedy, not played for comedy. Nope. Is done correctly.
Sarah:Yep. Absolutely. It's just all around good episode. Yes. It's Christmas y without being too Christmas y.
Sarah:Yeah. Because, well, it's the height of summer.
Mark:Well, the important thing to me about the Christmas episode is that Frodo got its cracker.
Sarah:Are you ready for how to watch this episode like a maniac?
Mark:Yes. So this is once again spoiler free. We are just, there's some things in this episode that we made us go, what is that?
Sarah:Yeah. What is that supposed to be? What does that mean? Are you ready? Yes.
Sarah:We have five ways, five things to look for, five things to figure out, and I will tell you that at least two of them, even we don't have the answer I
Mark:have no idea. Okay.
Sarah:Number one, what is in Dennis Buchanan's front seat?
Mark:First of all, Dennis Buchanan played by Shane Cortese is at the top of his game in this episode.
Sarah:I think everybody is. Yep. Okay. What's in his front seat though?
Mark:What is in his front seat?
Sarah:Number two, which Brokenwood Officer has the most boring job?
Mark:We were like Wow. That's a boring job. That's gotta be boring.
Sarah:Yep. Number three, what's the power on the Tompkins' porch? There's a lot to look at in their
Mark:house. There is a lot to look at.
Sarah:But what's the power on their porch?
Mark:Yep. But what is the power in their porch?
Sarah:Number four, what's the box on the front of Sims's house? We spend a lot of time in Sims's house.
Mark:Spend an enormous amount of
Sarah:time Some of it very uncomfortable. What's on the front of her house?
Mark:All I gotta do like, Sims, I'll buy you a new kimono. Yep. K? We'll get you a new one. Get her a new one.
Sarah:And number five, what's the animal in front of the cop shop, and what does it mean?
Mark:We didn't get the second part of this answer till today.
Sarah:Yeah. Yeah. So what's the animal in front of the cop shop, and what does it mean? Yep. Answer those five questions, and you will have truly watched it like a maniac.
Mark:Absolutely. So this ends season number 11. I they have they're firing on all cylinders. I cannot wait for a season twelve. Agreed.
Mark:I think it will be fantastic, and I can't wait until we cover these episodes, which will be, like, 20 more. Like, it'll be it'll be more than half a year from now. Plus, by that time, midsummers Midsummers. Midsummers will hit.
Sarah:Yeah. And we'll have to cover
Mark:those.
Sarah:Yep. So until then, bye, maniacs.
Mark: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, beyond the scenes content, and exclusive sneak peeks. Subscribe, like, and share to spread the word.
Mark:Bye, maniacs.
