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The Denouement Podcast

Joshua Treacy

Tv & Film

Frequency: 1 episode/54d. Total Eps: 11

The podcast where every fortnight Joshua Treacy and Mpona Lebajoa dig in deep on the final episode of a recent television series we think more people should be talking about. **contains spoilers**

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05/10/2024
#86
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04/10/2024
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Industry S2 - “Jerusalem”

Season 1 · Episode 8

Thursday, September 26, 2024 • Duration 01:32:11

Ahead of season 3 (which we both script edited!) coming out in the UK on the BBC, next week - Tuesday 1st October - here is our definitive recap of seasons 1 & 2 and a deep dive on the final episode, Jerusalem.

We will get into:
🏙️ Industy’s distinctive sound and look
🔁 our heroes’ destructive cycles and can they ever break them
👩‍💼Mpona’s defence of “Bad B” Harper Stern
💦 “nasty” sex
💵 an idiot’s guide to the finance story
😍 gushing for Eric Tao
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Josh enthusiastically pointing out the use of Cardiff locations
📈And THAT cliff hanger!

This is the final episode of the season of The Denouement. We'll be back before you know it, picking apart the final epsiodes of more superlative television. In the meantime, subscribe and follow us on Instagram @thedenouementpodcast

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In My Skin - with Will Roach

Season 1 · Episode 7

Friday, August 16, 2024 • Duration 01:01:44

This week Josh and Mpona are joined by special guest, Development Editor extraordinaire Will Roach. We're discussing the final episode of series two of IN MY SKIN on the BBC.

Following Bethan, a 17-year old living in South Wales with a bi-polar mother and an abusive father, she does everything she can to seem normal to her friends and teachers - but can she keep the facade up forever?

It’s serous subject matter, but writer Kayleigh Llewellyn presents her semi-autobiographical story with such tenderness and light that it amounts to one of the most touching and life-affirmed shows out there.

We'll be discussing depictions of mental health on TV, convincing teen dialogue and how to perfectly close off a character's story arc.

Next time, we will be watching the climactic final episode of series 2 of INDUSTRY on HBO/BBC.

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Giri/Haji

Season 1 · Episode 6

Friday, August 2, 2024 • Duration 01:11:11

This week on The Denouement Podcast, Josh and Mpona are looking at the final episode of GIRI/HAJI on Netflix.

On the one hand it’s a story about the Yakuza v London gangsters, gun battles and shady detectives. But it’s also about duty, shame, and the melancholy of the big city.

We get into how best to tell women’s stories in a masculine narrative, climactic structuring of a good finale, the joy or recognisable locations, and - of course - interpretive dance routines in noir thrillers.

Next time on the podcast we will be discussing Cardiff-set teen comedy-drama IN MY SKIN and we will be joined by special guest, fellow script editor Will Roach.

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The Society

Season 1 · Episode 5

Friday, July 19, 2024 • Duration 01:05:05

Running a functioning democratic society is difficult at the best of times - even tougher if you’re seventeen.

This week on The Denouement, Josh and Mpona are taking a trip to the town of New Ham to discuss the final episode of series one of The Society on Netflix.

If you’ve not seen it, imagine a cross between The Lord of the Flies, The Leftovers and Gossip Girl. We will be talking about why its a good thing all the teens in this show have terrible fashion, the conspicuous absence of identity politics in New Ham, the reason why every childbirth scene on TV is exactly the same, and - of course - military coups (the ‘p’ is not silent).

New time, we will be watching Giri/Haji - the finest ever British-Japanese Detective drama - available to stream on Netflix.

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Showtrial

Season 1 · Episode 4

Friday, June 14, 2024 • Duration 59:33

Is justice blind?
And what if the defendant is a really annoying spoilt brat?
Can the truth prevail?

This week, script editors Josh and Mpona discuss the final episode of SHOWTRIAL series 1 on the BBC.

Starring Celine Buckens as Talitha, the privileged student on trial for the murder of her classmate, and Tracy Ifeachor as Cleo, her cool duty lawyer, this show looks in detail at the processes and fallibilities in the British criminal and legal systems.

Next time on The Denouement we will be watching THE SOCIETY on Netflix.

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Mr & Mrs Smith

Season 1 · Episode 3

Friday, May 31, 2024 • Duration 01:11:58

What’s riskier, espionage or marriage?

This week, Mpona and Josh discuss MR & MRS SMITH on Prime Video.

Starring Donald Glover and Maya Erskine, this series is (kinda) based on the 2005 Brangelina movie. John and Jane Smith are two lonely strangers, placed in an arranged marriage and tasked with high-risk missions by a mysterious entity known only as “hihi”.

We will discuss how the final episode balances the whackiness of the spy world with a grounded relationsip story, the potential for a second series, and - of course - that beautiful New York brownstone.

Plus, we have thoughts on the casting of Paul Dano as "Hot Neighbor".

Next time on THE DENOUEMENT we will be watching Showtrial on BBC iPlayer.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p09twdp8/showtrial

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Truelove

Season 1 · Episode 2

Wednesday, May 15, 2024 • Duration 57:27

This week, script editors Mpona and Josh discuss the final episode of TRUELOVE on Channel 4.

If someone you cared about asked you to help them end their life, could you do it?

This brilliantly written and dazzlingly cast drama follows five friends in their 70s who make an assisted suicide pact. But this intended act of kindness is murder in the eyes of the law.

How far will ex-detective Phil and ex-soldier Ken (who also happen to be ex-lovers) go in the name of true love?

Next time on The Denouement we will be watching Mr & Mrs Smith on Prime.

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Black Cake

Season 1 · Episode 1

Friday, April 26, 2024 • Duration 54:53

This week, script editors Josh and Mpona review the last episode of series one of Black Cake on Disney+.

**CONTAINS SPOILERS**

Black Cake delves into the hidden history of Eleanor Bennett (a.k.a. Covey Brown) as told by a series of post-humous voice recording playing out to her adult children. This show is a celebration of family, culture, inheritance, and the spectrum of Caribbean experience throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Featuring stunning locations, high family drama, and a dizzying array of flashbacks.

Next time on The Denouement, we will be watching Truelove on Channel 4.

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The Leftovers S1 - The Prodigal Son Returns

Season 2 · Episode 1

Friday, June 6, 2025 • Duration 01:10:50

For our first episode of season two of The Denouement, Josh and Mpona are discussing a biggie: the final episode of season one of The Leftovers on HBO and Now.

Three years after an unexplained phenomenon called "the sudden departure" where 2% of the world's population vanished into thin air, the town of Mapleton, New York, and their beleaguered police chief, Kevin Garvey, struggle to hold it all together.

This discussion has been a long time coming - it's one of Josh's all time faves, and this podcast was the perfect excuse to make Mpona (and all of you!) watch it. We're tackling big themes such as life, death, religion, cults, family and grief.

Next time, we will be watching the final episode of series two of the delightfully sexy sitcom Cheaters on the BBC.

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Coming up on Season 2 of The Denouement...

Season 2

Saturday, March 15, 2025 • Duration 08:00

We're back, baby!

Josh and Mpona are back on the mics, discecting the final episodes of a few recent television series we think more people should be talking about.

This time, we're giving you a little heads up in case you want to watch along with us. The first five shows we will be watching are:

The Leftovers (S1) - Now/Sky/HBO
Cheaters (S1&2) - BBC iPlayer
The Crow Girl - Paramount+
Homecoming (S1) - Prime Video
The Listeners - BBC iPlayer.

Fire up the TV, and don't forget to subscribe so you don't miss our first discussion.

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