Close Encounters of the Maniac Kind | Brokenwood | "They're Out There Alright" | Mystery Maniacs Mini-episode 38

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 Mystery Maniacs SPOILER-FREE Mini-episode! In Mini-episode 38 where we ask is the truth is in Brokenwood?

How To Watch Brokenwood s12 ep01 Like A Maniac

1.  Which extras in this episode were also in season 10?
2.  Who has the worst hat at the AAPT convention?
3.  What day did the first murder happen?  
4.  What's Frodo's notation? 
5.  How many Star Wars, Star Trek or X-Files references can you find?
6.  Who has the best hat at the ufo abduction ceremony?

Thanks for listening, 

Mark & Sarah

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Creators and Guests

Host

Mark Bell

Co-host of Mystery Maniacs

Host

Sarah Smith-Robbins

Co-host of Mystery Maniacs

What is Mystery Maniacs?

Mystery Maniacs Podcast is a comedy recap podcast dedicated to British Mystery Television. Formerly, Midsomer Maniacs podcast.

Mark: 00:22

Hey, Maniacs. Hey, Mystery Maniacs.

Sarah: 00:26

Welcome to a mini episode for season twelve episode one of Brokenwood Mysteries.

Mark: 00:31

Odes in space.

Sarah: 00:33

No. It's they're out there alright. They're

Mark: 00:36

out there alright. It's an alien episode.

Sarah: 00:40

Who's the they? Is it the aliens that are out there alright? Or is it these people who are they're out there.

Mark: 00:45

I think there are a lot of people out there

Sarah: 00:47

in this episode. This is a very special mini episode.

Mark: 00:54

Hold on to your hats.

Sarah: 00:55

Stay tuned for exclusive Maniac insider information Absolutely. That you will only hear here. Hot off the press. But first. If you've never listened to a mini, if you're new to the podcast, these are spoiler free mini episodes that you can listen to before you watch it the first time or the second time to watch like a maniac.

Mark: 01:19

And we do this with new episodes that have come out. So season twelve of Brokenwood started this week, and so we are covering it in a mini.

Sarah: 01:29

Yes. So listen to this, then go watch it. And, we will end with ways to watch like a maniac, things to look for that we will then circle back to when we do a full episode on this episode of Brokenwood.

Mark: 01:42

The first thing I want to talk about this episode is ends with an in memoriam to John Barnett, who is a New Zealand executive producer. Why this is important and why it relates to Brokenwood is he executive produced all of the first season, and that really means he's the boss.

Sarah: 02:02

Without John Barnett, there would be no Brokenwood. He got it off the ground.

Mark: 02:06

There be no Brokenwood at all. He, executive produced that first season in as a long storied career in television in New Zealand.

Sarah: 02:16

Yep. Okay. Is it time for Inside Scoops now?

Mark: 02:19

Oh, boy. Do we have Inside Scoops?

Sarah: 02:23

Mark's Mark's got a line here.

Mark: 02:26

So I have a Facebook friend by the name Tracy Gray. Tracy Gray.

Sarah: 02:32

Otherwise known as Trudy. I'm no narc.

Mark: 02:36

No narc.

Sarah: 02:37

Nope. But she's fantastic But she's giving us info.

Mark: 02:40

Fantastic at giving us info. So I asked her if she had any behind the scenes info that we could apply to this episode. And the first thing is awesome, and the second thing is awesome manure.

Sarah: 02:53

Awesome manure.

Mark: 02:54

Yes. The first thing she said was the dog that she kind of leads around.

Sarah: 03:02

The dog that's supposed to be Trudy's dog in the episode.

Mark: 03:05

It's supposed to be Trudy's dog in the episode. Both the victim and Trudy use this dog and they look like they're being pulled around They by the are in fact being pulled around by the dog and the dog belongs to Tim Baum. The writer.

Sarah: 03:20

The writer, producer, showrunner, all those Tracy, good the nicest guy ever.

Mark: 03:26

The nicest person ever and how do we know he's the nicest person ever? That is a rescue pup. Oh. He's a puppo that is a rescue pup and deserves as much attention as the other animal in this episode.

Sarah: 03:41

So look for, look for the dog.

Mark: 03:43

Yep. And the second piece of information is that it was bring your kids to work day.

Sarah: 03:50

Yep. Tracy Gray's kids are in the final scene of the episode. Now we can't talk credits and everything.

Mark: 03:56

Can't talk about that final scene because No. Woo hoo hoo.

Sarah: 03:59

Nope. This is spoiler free.

Mark: 04:02

Yep. It is spoiler free, but you will see Tracy Gray's amazing children. I think the highlight of the episode.

Sarah: 04:10

Destined for stardom for sure. Absolutely. Are you ready for how to watch like a maniac? Absolutely. So again, if you're new, these are things to look for, questions to ask yourself while you're watching the episode.

Sarah: 04:23

Little riddles of little hidden things that we noticed because we are maniacs. You are also a maniac. So we will put these in the show notes so you don't have to jot them down while you're listening. Don't worry about it. But you'll have those to reference when you go watch the first or second or fifteenth time.

Mark: 04:38

There is so much in this episode.

Sarah: 04:41

This time we have six Watch Like a Maniac questions. The first question is, which extras in this episode were also in season ten? Yes. There's some pretty direct callbacks to the episode that we just did, the Halloween episode Yes. At the Scream House, House of Screams.

Mark: 05:00

And the sixth episode of that season also.

Sarah: 05:03

Yes. There's some pretty direct direct ties. So look for the extras from season ten. Second question, who has the worst hat at the apt convention? The aliens are people too convention.

Sarah: 05:16

Look for the hats. Yep. It's not reverend Green.

Mark: 05:19

There's there's so many hats. But there's one

Sarah: 05:23

that really stands out.

Mark: 05:24

There's some fantastic hats.

Sarah: 05:27

So that's number two. Who has the worst hat at the apt convention? Number three, what day did the first murder happen?

Mark: 05:35

This is a logistical situation here. You're gonna

Sarah: 05:38

you're gonna have to listen pretty closely Yep. And watch pretty closely to figure that out. Yep. Number four, what's Frodo's notation? So Frodo, the Frodes.

Sarah: 05:49

It's a special Frodo flavored notation.

Mark: 05:51

And he performs at an event and has some awesome notation.

Sarah: 05:57

Yeah. Number five, how many Star Wars, Star Trek, or X Files references can you find?

Mark: 06:04

There the we were looking for them.

Sarah: 06:06

It is an aliens episode.

Mark: 06:07

It's an aliens episode.

Sarah: 06:09

So There are lots.

Mark: 06:10

Could expect some of it.

Sarah: 06:11

See how many you can catch. Yep. And then finally, who has the best hat? We had the worst hat. Now we have the best hat.

Mark: 06:19

The best.

Sarah: 06:19

The best hat at the UFO abduction ceremony. And if you haven't seen the episode, you're like, what? There's a UFO abduction ceremony? Yes.

Mark: 06:28

Is. I almost think that when we cover the full episode of this episode, we should appear with this hat on. Oh,

Sarah: 06:37

that's a good idea.

Mark: 06:38

I've got

Sarah: 06:38

time. I can I can make a hat?

Mark: 06:40

We can make that hat.

Sarah: 06:41

Yes. Extras from season ten do you see in this episode? Yep. Who has the worst hat at the apt convention?

Mark: 06:48

Oh, it's bad.

Sarah: 06:48

What day did the first murder happen? Yes. What's Frodo's notation? How many Star Wars, Star Trek, and X Files references can you find? And who has the best hat at the UFO abduction ceremony?

Sarah: 07:01

Find the answers to those questions, and you will have watched like a maniac.

Mark: 07:05

Absolutely fantastic episode. Home run to start season twelve.

Sarah: 07:10

Absolutely. And we will reveal the answers to those questions when we cover this episode in full in not too long.

Mark: 07:17

But what we won't reveal right now is what else Tracy told us.

Sarah: 07:22

She told us something else. Yep. And it's a good thing.

Mark: 07:25

Yes. Alright. I'm looking forward to the rest of the season if it's starting out like this.

Sarah: 07:31

It's gonna only get better. Yep. Alright. Bye, Maniacs.

Mark: 07:33

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: 07:51

Bye, Maniacs.