Is He Goth or Emo? | Brokenwood | "Death Has Four Strings" | Mystery Maniacs Mini-episode 42

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 Mystery Maniacs SPOILER-FREE Mini-episode! In Mini-episode 42 where we are all wondering is he goth or emo?

How To Watch Brokenwood Mysteries s12 ep05 Like A Maniac

1. What's up with Laslo's chocolate fountain?
2. Where does Annabella play?
3. What holds Gina's music?
4. Why doesn't Gina listen to our podcast?
5. What has hot women and a little library?
6. What does the moving company like to do?
7. Is this the best fight scene ever or what?

Thanks for listening, 

Mark & Sarah

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Mark Bell

Co-host of Mystery Maniacs

Host

Sarah Smith-Robbins

Co-host of Mystery Maniacs

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

Sarah: 00:15

Hey, maniacs.

Mark: 00:16

Hey, mystery maniacs. It's another mini episode.

Sarah: 00:21

Yes. Season twelve episode five of Brokenwood Mysteries, Death Has Four Strings.

Mark: 00:27

One, two, three, four. We were right. It was about macrame.

Sarah: 00:31

No. It's about ukuleles.

Mark: 00:32

It's about ukuleles. I learned fun fact today.

Sarah: 00:36

What's that?

Mark: 00:37

That ukulele is Hawaiian for jumping flea.

Sarah: 00:41

The way ukuleles are passed around and the number of ukuleles in this episode is kind of like fleas. Well It may be the most ukuleles I've ever seen in a single show.

Mark: 00:52

What it is is your fingers moving across the ukulele strings is like a jumping flea.

Sarah: 00:58

I see. I like my angle better.

Mark: 01:00

I completely understand that.

Sarah: 01:03

It is a

Mark: 01:03

It is a lot of ukuleles.

Sarah: 01:05

It is a fantastic episode.

Mark: 01:07

It is

Sarah: 01:08

super fun.

Mark: 01:09

I love this episode.

Sarah: 01:11

And we have many ways to watch it like a maniac. This is spoiler free. We're not gonna

Mark: 01:16

ruin it.

Sarah: 01:16

Nope. The intention is that you listen to this and then you go and watch the episode or rewatch the episode and watch it like a maniac.

Mark: 01:24

Yes.

Sarah: 01:25

Like a ukulele maniac.

Mark: 01:26

Like a ukulele maniac.

Sarah: 01:29

Are you ready to get to How to Watch Like a Maniac? Yes. We have seven things. Seven? Yes.

Sarah: 01:35

It's that good of an episode.

Mark: 01:37

It is that good of an episode.

Sarah: 01:39

We'll put these in the show notes so you don't have to write them down. Here we go. Yep. Number one, what's up with Laszlo's chocolate fountain?

Mark: 01:46

Oh, Laszlo has Woah. Woo doggy.

Sarah: 01:53

Is he goth or emo?

Mark: 01:55

I think he's emo. And there are some some Laszlo songs, his music video appears in the in the movie. I'm not I'm

Sarah: 02:04

not In the episode?

Mark: 02:05

In the episode. I'm not breaking it down for you. And Tim Baum wrote that music

Sarah: 02:10

Mhmm.

Mark: 02:10

Is chef's kiss.

Sarah: 02:11

Tim Baum writes two songs

Mark: 02:13

for this Yes. He does.

Sarah: 02:14

So what's up with Laszlo's chocolate fountain?

Mark: 02:17

And that's not a euphemism. No.

Sarah: 02:20

Number two, where does Annabella play?

Mark: 02:24

Yeah. I noticed this and was

Sarah: 02:27

like, rewind that. What was that? Rewind. Wait a minute. Rewind that one more time.

Sarah: 02:34

Number three, what holds Gina's music?

Mark: 02:37

It's it's definitely not the thing you think it is.

Sarah: 02:41

Because Gina is one of the ukulele players. She

Mark: 02:43

is with an original song.

Sarah: 02:46

Yes. So that's number three, what holds Gina's music? Number four, why doesn't Gina listen to our podcast?

Mark: 02:54

I wondered out loud immediately.

Sarah: 02:58

That's number four. Number five, what has hot women and a little library?

Mark: 03:07

Woo doggy.

Sarah: 03:08

It's quite the combo.

Mark: 03:09

Yes, it is. Hot women and a little library.

Sarah: 03:13

That's number five. Number six, what does the moving company like to do? Oh, this

Mark: 03:21

this is a Maniac drop. Yes. Like, it's an Easter egg drop. It's meant for people like us.

Sarah: 03:29

Yes.

Mark: 03:30

It is clearly there.

Sarah: 03:32

It's like bonus point level. Like But it's obvious.

Mark: 03:37

Like, should say at the bottom, high mania. Yes.

Sarah: 03:42

Just on the screen, it should just overlay down at the bottom. High Maniacs. Yep. Did you did you see that, Maniacs? That was for you.

Sarah: 03:51

Yep. So that was number six. What does the moving company like to do? And number seven, is this the best fight scene ever or what?

Mark: 03:59

It is whoo.

Sarah: 04:01

We watched it three times.

Mark: 04:03

We watched it three times. We showed it to the children.

Sarah: 04:06

I got a kid out of bed and said, you have to come see this.

Mark: 04:09

I I'm gonna say this. This is Chalmers' best episode ever. Oh.

Sarah: 04:16

I have to think about that. I I the Maniacs, we'll see if you agree.

Mark: 04:21

The fight scene, because Chalmers is in it. We can tell you that.

Sarah: 04:24

Mhmm.

Mark: 04:25

Okay? The friends scene

Sarah: 04:27

Mhmm.

Mark: 04:28

I just think he is on point in this episode.

Sarah: 04:31

So what's up with Laszlo's chocolate fountain? Where does Annabella play? Yes. What holds Gina's music? Why doesn't Gina listen to our podcast?

Mark: 04:41

Hello, Gina.

Sarah: 04:42

What has Hot Women and A Little Library? What does The Moving Company like to do? And is this the best fight scene ever or what?

Mark: 04:51

It definitely is the best fight scene of the show.

Sarah: 04:55

Of this of Brokenwood?

Mark: 04:56

Yes. Of Brokenwood.

Sarah: 04:57

I I might agree with that.

Mark: 04:58

I I it's it's action, everybody. Yeah. And it's oh, it's just fantastic.

Sarah: 05:04

I cannot wait to cover this episode in full. There is so much.

Mark: 05:07

There is so much. Laszlo's residence alone will take us half an hour.

Sarah: 05:16

His music video? Just his song lyrics.

Mark: 05:20

We had

Sarah: 05:20

to Oh my god.

Mark: 05:21

We had to stop and say, is that a penis?

Sarah: 05:26

To be fair, you wondered that. I didn't wonder that. You wondered that.

Mark: 05:30

I double checked. It was not a penis, but boy, it was in the right place.

Sarah: 05:37

It's a really fun episode.

Mark: 05:38

It is an absolute blast of an episode, and we can't wait

Sarah: 05:43

To talk about it.

Mark: 05:43

To talk about

Sarah: 05:44

With you, Maniacs. Yes. Next week, we have season twelve, episode six, Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend, which Tracy Gray has told us is Trudy's best episode of the season. Yep. I think it's about baseball.

Sarah: 05:57

I'm guessing it's a baseball it's like a League of Their

Mark: 06:00

Own League there's no crying in Brokenwood.

Sarah: 06:02

That's what I'm guessing. What do you think it's about?

Mark: 06:05

I think I think it's about Trudes and her mom because they've been laying

Sarah: 06:10

Wait a minute. Maybe the stolen goods from last episode.

Mark: 06:14

Diamonds. Diamonds. Diamonds. Diamonds. Oh, maybe.

Sarah: 06:18

Maybe. We'll see. Maybe. We'll have to wait till next week when that episode comes out. Yes.

Sarah: 06:23

Until then, bye, Maniacs.

Mark: 06:24

Bye, Maniacs. Move it. 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

Mark: 06:37

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Mark: 06:41

and share to spread the word. Bye, Maniacs.