EPISODE 20: HOOK

You picked it and we finally listened. This week we’re diving into Steven Spielberg’s 1991 fantasy adventure Hook, where Peter Pan (Robin Williams) has grown up into a grumpy workaholic lawyer who’s forgotten all about Neverland. That is, until Captain Hook (a deliciously theatrical Dustin Hoffman) kidnaps his kids and forces him back into his pixie-dusted past. We unpack everything from John Williams' soaring score to the film's themes of dysfunctional fatherhood, Spielbergian wonder, and why the pirate stuff is way more fun than anything the Lost Boys are up to. We lovingly roast the film’s bizarre tone swings, weird line deliveries, and attempt to make sense of the film’s wild mythology, including some truly unhinged theories about who actually wrote the Peter Pan play. Plus: choir moments, Rufio debates, Peter Pan logic spirals, and the shocking reveal that Phil Collins is in this movie. So join us as we fly, fight, and crow our way through this chaotic, sentimental, very-‘90s trip to Neverland.