Conversations with Dead People
TV & Film
Hollywood bigshot and industry insider Michael Holland welcomes us to HIS turf as we continue our transition from the cemeteries of Sunnydale to the morgues of LA. The conversation this time covers two episodes often dismissed as early-series filler, but which we argue actually have important things to say about the characters and the developing themes of the show. In 106, “Sense & Sensitivity,” we get some needed background on Det. Kate Lockley, including a genuinely marvelous emotional performance by Elisabeth Röhm, and insight into the interpersonal dynamics between our heroes. (Bonus: Angel as Magnum P.I.!) And in 107, “Bachelor Party,” Allen Francis Doyle gets a powerfully humanizing (or rather half-humanizing) storyline that makes the most of what will turn out to be the very limited time we get with the character, fleshing him out more in one episode than many shows give their cast in a full season.
NEXT: philosopher Frenchman Matthieu Cravatte joins me to probably get really sad as we discuss episodes 108, “I Will Remember You” and 109, “Hero.” Bring your own tissues.
BREAKDOWN
00:00:55 - Intro / Guest
00:14:57 - Main Topic
01:38:43 - Outro / Next
LINKS
Michael’s Blog - Holland Imaginarium
MUSIC
“Conversations (feat. Wesley Mead)” by Azura (2017)
“Too Sensitive” by Op Ed, Satellite (2018)
Episode 82 - Disharmony / Dead End / Belonging (feat. Melanie Scala)
Episode 81 - Reprise / Epiphany (feat. Eric Sipple)
Episode 80 - Blood Money / Happy Anniversary / The Thin Dead Line (feat. Johny Ho)
Episode 79 - Reunion / Redefinition (feat. Sarah Kosheff)
Episode 78 - Darla / The Shroud of Rahmon / The Trial (feat. Wesley Mead)
Episode 77 - Untouched / Dear Boy / Guise Will Be Guise (feat. Michael Holland)
Episode 76 - Judgment / Are You Now or Have You Ever Been / First Impressions (feat. Melanie Scala)
Episode 75 - War Zone / Blind Date / To Shanshu in L.A. (feat. Elizabeth Rambo)
Episode 74 - Five by Five / Sanctuary (feat. Eric Sipple)
Episode 73 - The Ring / Eternity (feat. Michael Holland)
Episode 72 - She / I’ve Got You Under My Skin / The Prodigal (feat. Stacey Abbott)
Episode 71 - Parting Gifts / Somnambulist / Expecting (feat. Johny Ho)
Episode 70 - I Will Remember You / Hero (feat. Matthieu Cravatte)
Episode 68 - In the Dark / I Fall to Pieces / Rm w/a Vu (feat. Dale Guffey)
Episode 67 - A Very Special Episode of Conversations with Dead People (feat. Nikki Stafford and Dale Guffey)
Episode 66 - City Of / Lonely Hearts (feat. Stacey Abbott)
Episode 65 - Fray (feat. Dale Guffey and Vickie Willis Navarra)
Episode 64 - Chosen (feat. Nikki Stafford, Elizabeth Rambo, and Arlo Wiley)
Episode 63 - Touched / End of Days (feat. Dale Guffey)
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