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Marissa Y.

Not that last trigger warning 😶

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2026-10-06 23:00 WOOOOOOOOOO
2026-10-06 16:03 WOOOOOOOOOO Edit: holy shit that intro hit me like a truck my original comment seems inappropriate now 😭

WOOOOOOOOOO Edit: holy shit that intro hit me like a truck my original comment seems inappropriate now 😭

CHenry

Chicken butt

CHenry

Always my favorite time of the week

☆Spaceclutz☆

The final trigger warning…. it’s so over….

Wizardpower700

I hope nobody gets fridged this episode

Jacob Tondreau

EVERYONE STAY CALM FR***** CANT HURT YOU

Honda San

hey uhh, a bit worried over that last part of the description? will this ruin my tuesday?

errly.sleeper

this is going to be a happy one huh?

Toasty

For the love of god, someone please animate this recap.

lazo

4 min in im abt to throw up from grief

k0nami_kid

Not even 5 minutes in and I'm CRYING Anthony you have woven a beautiful story

PlayTest

Fucking bawling

D20to1

I can't wait for the follow up to Will's smugness being undercut by utter surprise.

mk9beatz

OMG IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

Virgil McClurken

And I just finished by backer kit survey too

notcasserole

I havent felt this much dread in a while. Also, side note, who was resposible for that art because its my favourite illustration so far, just incredible. Herb has such a harrowing look in his face and him covering olivers head as he hold the helmet? Amazing! My favourite detail is how baggy and loose the santa costume is on his skinny body, especially compared to how he normally looks. The fragility and weakness in his appearance really reflects how he probably feels about his gransons situation, and how fruitless his attempts to protect him have been. Just fantastic stuff.

Conner Watson

That intro is beautiful and horrifying

Nobi Wolff

Jiminy Christmas, that intro

mk9beatz

Timmy and Trudy 😭🥺

rachel

I also have the Mariko Aoki phenomenon!

Alfonso Butz

I believe Alex Moore does all of the art for the episodes and such, they're on insta @ Alexmooreillustration

Matthew Ramirez

Jesus that into.....never have I wanted to root for a villain so desperately before and see where the story takes us next.

notcasserole

Yeah your right. Thanks, enjoy the episode ❤️

Mel Mel

Holy shit Anthony

Hunter

A brutal opening amazing work

CHenry

Girl dad here. I use this one often. My daughter hates it

Smidazzle

Crazy lore drop intro and with that crazy episode art, love it already

DreadedSheila

ANTHONY! I haven't listened past the epilogue but you made me cry, like, alot. Fucking hell my guy 😅😭

oh okay

Omg lwk the mist reference

Ashley Langton

Jesus Christ, Anthony. It’s a Tuesday afternoon and I’m literally just a girl trying to empty her dishwasher. (I have fully stopped doing the dishes and am now staring at the floor like 👁️👄👁️)

Ashley Langton

((this is me only just through the intro. pls send thoughts, prayers, and Xanax))

Brenna Ponozzo

the opening song coming on while im crying is taking me out now im giggle crying

Marcus Selliken

Ralph/Will going "We can't let the Luminous keep sidetracking us. We have to play the main objective" while every other grand dad/player is going "We have to fall for it, because otherwise the season will be over WAAAAY too quick" is hilarious to me, and Will is a champion for playing as his character would, not as the meta demands.

Jonathan Perez

Anthony, that intro hit so hard but omg why you doing this to me

Marcus

The most devastating intro then not 20 minutes later literally Peter Griffin. Never change daddies.

Sara J Labor

Was NOT prepared for that intro. Especially after my S3 re-listen. 😭😭😭

Matthew Morrissey

He can emotionally hurt me, and that’s worse in some ways.

Tturrtles

I wonder why it's called the spark? When you think of a spark, it's usually used to light fires. Using this same analogy, the fire bring lit would likely be the universe: wild, chaotic, and uncontrollably raging. There's this great war in the heavens over who gets to control the spark, yet it's likely that an attempt to control such a flame would likely result in extinguishing it. (A thought that could use more pondering and probably less verbiage)

Thaddeus Pinakiewicz

Hell yes this is the kind of ending s3 needed to be a great bit of drama on the loss. Rogue one style ending. Amazing intro

Kel

been listening to season 3 again and am close to the finale and got SO confused with that intro, thought i put on the wrong episode

ShannyKrik

When is hangaring out 2 coming

liam morin

i buy dale not wanting to go to the spark because he’s doesn’t think they deserve that power. that was essentially their argument to Al, so it tracks that he doesn’t wanna go to the spark

Iaspiretobesoup

My fianceé is a gamer named Gunnar and he contacted the company when he was a teenager - they sent him a shirt, hat, hoodie, and prescription made Gunnar glasses for Gunnar the Human Boy.

Toasty

But Trudy’s still alive. She’s Chekov’s Robot now

Golden_Grimm

Monkey paw curled for the season 3 crew

Rae Ellis

If Aha turns out to be part of the Luminous already, I will be devastated. Shouldn't they have a system to check? Didn't Herb spend some time working in Anatartica as a dog handler?

zo perry

beth’s “okay, microwive” hits like a truck, hardest i’ve laughed in a while. thanks for another great ep gang 🫶🏻

the chompie man

That opening felt like the opening to alien 3. Im so emotional rn

Heartland Animation

i liked this episode. The sculpture is sad sure. But he’s also basically some sort of god like entity. I loved the discussion about going straight there. man idk, i just don’t know how you beat this creature. contact the powers that be? are the powers that be: watching? francis almost sort of kinda became a zuzel entity after all. kelsey would be so so so disappointed :((( shit man that makes me so sad to realize that. fuck now the opening makes sense. fuck man, fuck anthony damn

Heartland Animation

bro if kelsey came to francis from the afterlife. and basically said like “you deserve to die” to him holy shit

Heartland Animation

also the outro almost seems to be singing directly to francis :(

Daniel Roberts

Haven't even got to the episode yet. Fuck that intros heavy. How good was s3

Rae C.

Definitely the first intro that’s made me cry, but I’m only up to the epigramph and I’m dying that Will had everything exactly right except the name of the podcast 🤣🤣

Lucian Makara

This opening literally made me cry ... Kudos to you Anthony

A. M. (not the hateful computer)

Former B&N employee here! I had worked there for 3 years and we would joke about how many people would enter the and make a beeline for customer service to ask where the bathroom is. In my time there I ended up cleaning two different Mariko Aoki-style tragedies... Anyway, love the show! 👉😎👉 P.S. Some years back I was t-boned while listening to the show (everyone lived). I thought Freddie might enjoy another tally mark in that category.

KingRacer97

Bro that intro holy shit

Moth Woman

Ngtl I completely missed the part that Ahha was trans idk how as im a trans woman myself I just thought that Ralph was hella forgetful and mixed up names really easily

Keira Jade

Anthony wtf I’m crying 4 minutes into this episode you can’t do this

ARegularPie

"THATS WHY THEY CALL HIM THE BEST IN THE BIZ BABY" - Freddie Wong referring to Anthony Burch on numerous occasions, and it still appears to be true ✋😔🤚

Drednot

I'm just sitting here wondering why did any ship need to be blown up? Just leave the fridge in a clearing.

The Overthinker

How is '...okay, micro'wavae' the funniest thing ever?

Drednot

Ajah is luminous. 1000% she is luminous, I've never seen something telegraphed so hard.

Adam

This ep truly had it all. All the emotional highs and low of high school football, and peak comedy as well. Thank you all so much.

Rogzilla

Who put all these tears in my eyes?

Baijo

Holy fucking peak

Oof

I loved the serious intro. I'd be fine with them doing more serious ones in the future or maybe doing a brief short story of past characters.

Warren Caldwell

I think the best route is they go wake up Trudy but I don’t know how that would even be possible

Evin

Holy shit the intro

MemeticHygienist

Obscenely tremendous narrative & emotional weight imbued into that intro.

Claire Wilson

It would have been better to not have been drinking tea when the gargling started. Nearly drowned at my desk.

Marie

week 6 with a newborn baby: will I listen to music this morning or my fun d&d podcast? I'll treat myself to my fun podcast 😊 04:55: pouring with tears.

Marie

(came here to suggest a hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy intro parody but then got bodyslammed)

The Void

Is the late pledge the only way the source book will ever be available? I was assuming the backing drive would be used to fund the production of books that would be available for purchase at a later date.

Kris Smith

Tomodachi life series has been great but WHEN KDM COMING BACK!?

Delightfully Joyful

Ahhh the start was sooo sad, that’s the third time I’ve listened to it and just realised the ship is the name of his collective 😩😭💜. Spoiler…….. so good and sad I really wanted Timmy & Trudy to have died of old age like Timmy loved his life had a family, and they had a family and so on and through the generations of saying goodbye Trudy realised she no longer fit here and then her and Francis left, over time Trudy had new parts installed to keep going but eventually felt she was losing herself and decided to let these part be the last and over time everything slowly started to shut down until she said goodbye to her final friend and Francis now alone a small remnant in Timmy’s progeny of humanity but so distance from what it was and a stranger to him he feels alone wandering for eons eventually finding others: alone, lost, grieving worlds and decides he doesn’t want to be alone anymore. Would have loved something like this where it feels more selfish what Francis is doing, instead of a scared kid who just wants to fix everything

I

Anthony sounds so emotional for the intro. I haven’t heard S3 because I think it will be too much bodyhorror and cruelty for me. But hearing that intro makes me want to read a summary or something at least.

skel

hey dudes!! only 5 minutes and i gotta say: what the fuck

skel

im so fucking devastated and I havent even started the episode??? why ??

Gabriel Henderson

The intro about "the soda jerk" had me choked up!! 😢😭

asillygoose

Wasn’t Beth just saying the plot to 8 Below or the Call of the Wild?

mela rogers

right?? that would be so sad but also make so much sense, i feel like it would add a whole new layer to the granddads' emotional struggle :'(

BeckaHanson

S3 is SO GOOD. I am also sensitive to body horror but it is very tastefully done so I would totally listen to it. Anthony is an awesome dm but he is also a really fun player to listen.

Laci B

you can GO DOWN ON PLANETS??!? (1:02:40, arnold et al.)

Laci B

give me a minute to tie back my hair. wait for me, venus

GubbusMaxus

I listened to half of the episode during work last night but I had to stop, decided to restart again because the intro is genuinely one of the best you guys have ever done

Iaspiretobesoup

Every Star Wars reference from Will add 2 years to my life.

Dalton Teague

Is it bad I want the luminous to win I want the bowlers back haha I know it probably won’t happen but I do love this seasons thank daddies

ScoopyOopyPoopy

For anyone interested, I believe this is the background actor photo that Matt is referencing about Dale in Top Gun

Angela Shrader

Scrap and Wreckage can actually never die. 😭

Jonathan Perez

I think this is my favorite episode so far and that intro omg, Anthony why you doing this to me, also wondering is Herb still missing a leg? Or did he get a robot leg?

banana Peel

unrelated to this episode entirely, but have they ever mentioned herb losing a foot when scrap and wreckage caught him?

brooke greatsinger

This was such a simultaneous “ holy shit this is amazing🥺🥺” and “ What the fuck Anthony 😭😭”

Logan @ Tier 1 Tabletop

Just because I haven’t commented in a while: I love this podcast. What a twist, what an opening to this episode, and what a range of emotions this one had.

McCall

I hated this intro. Only because it was SO SAD. 😭😭😭

MfShark

Im glad I instantly knew what Anthony was referring to when he said Bomboclat Explosion

Sea Hag

I've been waiting for Aja since episode 1 😃

Sea Hag

Don't do that to me. They can't do that to me.

Drednot

If its not Ajah, its Dale, and he's literally just lying to the party. Since matt was the only one to take the devil's deal in season 3.

I

I still think I have to pass. I do make some pretty vivid images in my head and it takes me a long time to get rid of them again. But I may have to reconsider it

Demona

I'm only four minutes in, and I have to take a break 💔 Wow. Oh, my poor heart. You guys have created (extremely emotionally painful) magic.

Meemen

and 40 minutes after that followed by the most emotional moment of the season

Chris Wade

Why didn't they just have John follow them

McCall

This is such a good season

Kiara Sofia

That intro was devastating, kudos.

Kristy Myny

This is why Anthony is my favorite. Loved, loved, loved the intro

Mad Seb

ME3 levels for that intro 🤘🏾👏🏾💪🏾❤️‍🔥

Chris Wade

Is Asia apart of the Scuplturer? Theres no way she'd know about them having nightcrawler

Caleb Werber

Currently also relistening to S3 (especially today during hurricane cleanup!) and just got the pleasure of listening to the source of this epigramp(h?)! S3E10 - The Blue Badge of Courage (19:47)

Zafíro

I'm sorry , but why is francis no longer a human? I don't know how I missed this in season three

Raccoon_Coded

"She could've been anyone but she chose me." This season's themesong is not playing in my head

Andy Brunstein

Why do they keep crapping on Microwave? I love him he’s one of my favorite characters this season!

Mika Aapakallio

heartbreaking intro obviously but WHAT did Ralph do that's caused him this much guilt... It feels like it's something he hid from Cookie that's worse than lying about his pipe

Kaffeine

I legit squawked the mic drop last episode! It was so freaking awesome! I am probably in the minority here, but I wish there was more negative space left around the Francis revelation. But I am a dork and just like winks and easter eggs as a connection between two stories, and a slow unfolding of connective tissue if necessary to the new story. But that is literally just me and my dumb brain. Thank you for another great episode and keep making great stories!

Autumn Kamibayashiyama

I only listened to that intro so far but DAAAMMNNNNN THAT INTROOOOOOOOO

Nostradavid

I'm not the only one who suddenly had an ad for gunner optics after this episode appear (And not the only one tempted to buy them, lol)?

Ashley Nicollette

Huh! Did this happen while you were listening *on Patreon*?

Nostradavid

I only listen through patron, though it's possible I googled it for reference while listening on my phone and forgot, then got the ad after (though I don't remember doing that, that would make the most sense).

Hana and Theo Tar Technoblade Brouse

Can confirm as a bookstore worker, bathrooms get blown up SO MUCH MORE than any other place I've worked. Usually its about a minute after they enter that they ask if theres a bathroom Its a real thing

Megan Shively

it’s so hard when my Grandpas fight