A stale wind blows in from over the bay, warm and foreboding, and you feel, more than know, that danger rides on the horizon, threatening the small life you’ve built after the collapse.

Starting our coverage of Patrick Somerville’s Station Eleven (2021, David and Patrick are joined by  ⁨@DarthdYT⁩  to open a tall glass of emotions and drink deep from the “wait… what is this show” bottle.

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Timestamps

00:00 – It begins!
2:45 – Emily St John Mandel & Station Eleven Reactions
13:00 – A note on stylistics
17:04 – Station Eleven Episode 1 Summary
18:50 – The place of art, technology and Shakespeare
24:12 – Jeevan the reluctant guy-who-does-things & phones
32:05 – Arthur Leander’s death & the comic book
41:34 – The gradual horror of things slowly ending
55:00 – Films and how masks work (a Darth nit-pick special)
59:54 – The Chaudray’s: Frank the genius, Jeevan the loser
1:03:45 – The Collapse story is a perpetual tragedy
1:10:35 – The Last of Us vs. Station Eleven
1:18:40 – The jump forward (Kirsten and the space man)
1:22:45 – Station Eleven Episode 2 Summary
1:24:00 – Young Kirsten joins the symphony
1:33:25 – Subjectivity and that Independence Day speech
1:46:20 – Making a living doing Shakespeare
1:55:36 – Jeevan’s speculative disappearance
2:01:00 – The stranger’s vibes are way off
2:05:55 – The Hamilton aside
2:07:06 – Kirsten’s approach to reality
2:12:15 – The Hamlet scene explained: grief is always happening
2:26:10 – The first lines from Station Eleven & the stranger
2:37:15 – Incredible adaption alert
2:41:25 – Support us at patreon.com/zeroindent