Ep. 167- We would like to see more crime in the UK. (In the Woods)

Hannah and Laura are wrapping up their discussion of Tana French's In the Woods by digging into the book's characters and themes. They talk about the impact of true crime, the way audiences react to portrayals of murderers, and how accurately mental illnesses were depicted in this book. Hannah and Laura also chat about Taskmaster, High Country, and musicals where the actors give it their all.

*This episode contains SPOILERS for In the Woods by Tana French. Spoiler section begins at: 35 min 40 secs. *

**CW for the episode: discussions of sex, murder, violence, mental illnesses, neglect, sexual assault, racism, ableism, death, neglect, parental relationships, police officers, detectives, sexism, true crime **

Media Mentions:

In the Woods by Tana French 

Taskmaster---YouTube 

Would I Lie to You? ---YouTube 

Last One Laughing UK---Prime Video

The IT Crowd---Netflix

Broadchurch---Netflix

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien 

The Penguin Project 

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton 

High Country---Hulu 

Australia---Apple TV

Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 0:31 Talking Taskmaster...again!
• 17:25 Laura is rereading LOTR and discovered what the true theme of the series was.
• 19:37 GO TO A PENGUIN PROJECT PRODUCTION
• 23:40 Hannah read a mystery book with a title that is extremely similar to another mystery book.
• 28:06 Hannah has been digging High Country.
• 32:55 U.S. History is a mess.
• 35:40 Hannah and Laura discuss the characters and themes of In the Woods!