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Chapter Brothers
by Nick and Kevin Ackermann
Two brothers doing deep dives into their favorite books and movies. Season 1 - Stephen King's "The Gunslinger" Season 2 - Stephen King's "The Drawing of the Three"
Episodes
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CB059 - S3E4 - TWL - Recaps and Realizations
Our 3 companions gather around the fire to tell stories of their pasts. Roland wrestles with time paradoxes. Susannah makes a connection to the "drawers". Eddie sees an image in the fire.
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CB058 - S3E3 - TWL - Shardik and More Lore
Susannah proves she's one heck of a Gunslinger. Nick and Kevin discuss constellations. Roland describes more of his past.
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CB057 - S3E2 - TWL - Bear and Bone - Tree Climbing Evasion
Kevin and Nick continue on through The Waste Lands: Bear and Bone. Eddie encounters the massive cyborg bear, Shardik, and he climbs quickly... He also shows his carving skills.
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CB056 - S3E1 - TWL - Susannah's Gunslinger Lesson
Kevin and Nick try a new theme song. We go through the argument and the beginning of Book One: Jake. Fear in a Handful of Dust. Section I. Bear and Bone.
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CB 055 - S2E30 - TDOTT - Final Shuffle - Oh!! Susannah
Kevin and Nick reach the end of "The Drawing of the Three". We meet a "new" character who has been with us all along. Roland starts to feel better and realizes he isn't the last gunslinger anymore. Kevin and Nick also discuss the Afterword and make some predictions for the next book "The Waste...
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CB054 - S2E29 - TDOTT - The Pusher - Quickly getting bullets and rexes
Roland uses the Mortcypedia to get exactly what he needs. We learn a lot of details about incidental characters. Some pants are peed, some prescriptions are filled. But how is Eddie doing on the beach.
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CB053 - S2E28 - TDOTT - The Pusher - Mortcypedia
Kevin and Nick (and Roland) continue on into the mind of Jack Mort and travel through the streets of Manhattan. We discuss cab safety and they reach a spot that will hopefully be helpful for Roland.
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CB052 - S2E27 - TDOTT - The Pusher - Honeypot - Snake in the grass
Nick and Kevin talk about the Tommyknockers for a little while. Then get back into the text. Detta is lying in wait like an ambush predator until the time is right to spring on Eddie. Then we find out what a 'honeypot' is and we discover how strong she is both physically and emotionally. We also...
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CB051 - S2E26 - TDOTT - The Pusher - Bitter Medicine - Meet Jack
Roland goes through the third door. We meet Jack Mort and boy is he terrible. But we also get to see our favorite boy again, Jake! What's going on here? Kevin and Nick go off on tangents as usual. Time works differently here. Timeline confusion is discussed.
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CB050 - S2E25 - TDOTT - Reshuffle - The Third Door
Nick rambles a bit about things that happened in 1987 in the SK trivia because he didn't want to spoil the end of The Drawing of the Three, which with we are nearly finished! It's Episode 50 of Chapter Brothers!!! They finally make it to the third door. Eddie does a lot of running. Is it the Lady...
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CB049 - S2E24 - TDOTT - Reshuffle - Starlight Star Bright
Eddie and Odetta quickly make there way down the beach, leaving the ailing Roland behind. They share a romantic night under the stars together and finally spot the third door. The end of the book is slowly approaching. Disclaimer: Nick was recording in a dim basement and misplaced his glasses,...
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CB048 - S2E23 - TDOTT - The Lady of Shadows - Detta On The Other Side - Begrudgingly Trudging Through Sand
Eddie and Roland continue pushing the wheelchair through sand traps and spinning their wheels. Detta is wary of these two honky mahfahs. Kevin and Nick (two honky mahfahs themselves) attempt to go quickly but end up going long as they discuss consent and racial stereotypes in film and literature....
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CB047 - S2E22 - TDOTT - The Lady of Shadows - Detta on the Other Side - How Eddie Met Detta
Eddie gets a rude awakening from Detta. Luckily Roland knows this gunslinger in the making is always slightly dangerous. While he sleeps with one eye open, he waits for Eddie to learn a painful lesson before the mongoose subdues the snake.
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CB046 - S2E21 - TDOTT - The Lady of Shadows - Odetta on the Other Side - Philosophy and Debate
As Roland goes off to find water, Eddie and Odetta get to know each other better. Odetta questions if any of this is real and Eddie, the great debater, makes a strong philosophical argument. Nick has flashbacks to Philosophy 101 and his brain breaks. Thankfully, Kevin is able to hold the show...
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CB045 - S2E20 - TDOTT - The Lady of Shadows - Odetta on the Other Side - How Eddie Met Odetta
Kevin and Nick discuss their greatest fears in the SK trivia. Odetta comes through the door. Roland calls Eddies bluff and needs a minute a minute to process what's next. Eddie seems to be smitten by Odetta.
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CB044 - S2E19 - TDOTT - The Lady Of Shadows - Ringing The Changes - Many Things Happened At Once
We meet two new characters who tell us Odetta/Detta's story. Nick and Kevin discuss the circulatory system, racist stereotypes, some more talk of dissociative identity disorder, and the question of consent.
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CB043 - S2E18 - TDOTT - The Lady of Shadows - Odetta and Detta - Decisions at the second door
We learn more about Odetta's past and her dentist dad Dan. Eddie and Roland have long palaver at the precipice of the second door. We see the door open and see New York City at a different date... and Detta. Kevin and Nick discuss steadicams and Mexican standoffs.
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CB042 - S2E17 - TDOTT - The Lady of Shadows - Odetta and Detta - A Veritable Janus
We meet a new character (characters?) Kevin and Nick pontificate aimlessly as usual.
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CB041 - S2E16 - TDOTT - Shuffle - Roland: The Reluctant Therapist
Eddie needs to do some venting. Roland listens reluctantly. Nick tries to figure out what's going to happen next, while Kevin knows who's behind door #2. She comes on wheels.
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CB040 - S2E15 - TDOTT - Shuffle - Right Hand Man
Eddie needs some tasks while he's in withdrawal. Roland is feverish and in need of help from his new found Gunslinger. Kevin and Nick have fun shuffling back and forth.
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CB039 - S2E14 - TDOTT - The Prisoner - Showdown and Shootout - Eddie's Got a Gun
Kevin and Nick get right into the action and skip the Stephen King trivia. Such an exciting section of the book. We discuss our lack of gun knowledge and the horrible realities of makeshift decapitation.
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CB038 - S2E13 -TDOTT - The Prisoner - Showdown and Shootout - A Lobstrosity Dinner
Eddie goes into the bathroom with Jack Andolini. Jack is in for quite the surprise. Kevin and Nick decide to go one extra section and read the last part live. Nick needed to know what happened next.
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CB037 - S2E12 - TDOTT - The Prisoner - Showdown and Shootout - One More Rocket Gonna Be Your Last
Eddie gets brought to Balazar and Henry meets his inevitable fate. Eddie gets a thorough examination. Kevin and Nick talk about music, baseball, and Nick makes some predictions about what he thinks going to happen next.
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CB036 - S2E11 - TDOTT - The Prisoner - The Tower - Johnny Cash is everything
Kevin and Nick pontificate more. Balazar and his crew are introduced. The house of cards gets built. Eddie and Roland find themselves in a predicament.
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CB035 - S2E10 - TDOTT - The Prisoner: The Tower - Sweet and Sour
Roland realizes he loves that sweet sweet soda and Eddie runs into two dangerous henchmen. Nick and Kevin try some new voices as we're introduced to Jack Andolini and Col Vincent.
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CB034 - S2E9 - TDOTT - The Prisoner: The Tower - Questioning and Following
Eddie finds himself in quite the predicament but he's got Roland in his corner. Kevin and Nick discuss sweepstakes legality and their favorite hot dogs.
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CB033 - S2E8 - TDOTT - The Prisoner: Contact and Landing - The Knife and the Flight Crew
Things aren't looking good for Eddie but Roland is there to help, thankfully. Nick and Kevin think of a good spin off, Dorning and Douglas, CIA. Deere and McDonald deal with a surprisingly strong bathroom door . A brief cameo by the angry passenger was a fun chance for terrible voice work from Nick.
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CB032 - S2E7 - TDOTT - The Prisoner: Contact and Landing - We can't hold on the threshold
Kevin and Nick decide to go one section further than planned. Jane is noticed by the Gunslinger. Eddie meets Roland in the flesh.
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CB031 - S2E6 - TDOTT - The Prisoner: Contact and Landing - Rashomon
Kevin and Nick continue into the next section. Roland works to understand the rules of the door. We meet a new character, Jane, a gunslinger in her own way. The steel wire tightens. We get our first guest for a moment, Cinthya.
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CB030 - S2E5 - TDOTT - The Prisoner: Eddie Dean - Manipulation
Kevin and Nick learn a bit about Eddie Dean's background and his task at hand. Roland learns more about the rules of traveling between worlds..
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CB029 - S2E4 - TDOTT - The Prisoner: Eddie Dean - Being Eddie Dean
Roland steps through the door. We meet a new character, Eddie Dean.
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CB028 - S2E3 - TDOTT - The Prisoner: The Door - The Scientific Method
Roland continues walking up the beach until he encounters a door and examines it carefully. Nick takes far too long to understand what is going on at the end, while the always patient Kevin waits for the aha moment.
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CB027 - S2E2 - TDOTT - Prologue: The Sailor - Triage
Kevin and Nick reach the end of the Prologue while going on the usual amount of tangents. Roland quickly takes stock of where he is and what he needs to deal with now.
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CB026 - S2E1 - TDOTT - Rock Lobster! Serious Problems Ahead
Kevin and Nick begin "The Drawing of the Three" by discussing the Argument and Prologue: The Sailor. Roland comes to grips with some of his past choices but then losing his grip on an important part of his identity..
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CB025 - S1E25 - The Gunslinger - Afterword
Kevin and Nick finish out season 1 by reading the afterword of The Gunslinger. Stephen King discusses the origins of the story and gets us excited for The Drawing of the Three. The brothers wax poetic about an important Robert Browning poem "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came".
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CB024 - S1E24 - The Gunslinger and The Man in Black - The End of the Beginning
Kevin and Nick reach the end of the Gunslinger. Roland and The Man in Black finish their long plaver. The MIB's true identity is revealed. A lot of time passes.
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CB023 - S1E23 - The Gunslinger and The Man in Black - Macrocosm and Microcosm
The Man in Black pontificates to Roland about how Size is the greatest mystery the universe offers, and does his best to show the Gunslinger how smart he is while the Gunslinger remains unimpressed.
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CB022 - S1E22 - The Gunslinger and The Man In Black - Purple Blade of Grass
Roland and the Man in Black travel through geologic time and space, exploring things on the macro and micro scale. Kevin and Nick have their minds blown.
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CB021 - S1E21 - The Gunslinger And The Man In Black - The Long Palaver Begins
Roland and the man in black begin their long discussion. Nick is still clearly upset about what happened at the end of the last episode. Luckily Kevin is here to keep us on track.
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CB020 - S1E20 - The Slow Mutants - Go then...
Kevin and Nick reach the exciting and heart-wrenching culmination of the Slow Mutants. I have no words. The Man in Black is seen again.
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CB019 - S1E19 - The Slow Mutants - Hold on to my belt
A terrific action scene unfolds as the slow mutants come out in full force. Kevin and Nick go on scientific tangents.. Roland and Jake bond some more.
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CB018 - S1E18 - The Slow Mutants - A Shot in the Dark
Roland and Jake finally get a glimpse of the eponymous Slow Mutants. Kevin and Nick discuss the uncanny valley and make analogies to the id, ego, and superego.
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CB017 - S1E17 - The Slow Mutants - My Weapon is David
Kevin and Nick continue with the flashback in the Slow Mutants. An exciting action scene, with a good amount of tangents (as usual). Our longest episode to date. We thought of splitting it in two but kept it as one. Roland meets Cort for battle and uses clever tactics. Achievement unlocked!
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CB016 - S1E16 - The Slow Mutants - Horrible Smile
Kevin and Nick move on with the flashback. Roland challenges Cort and we see David again.
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CB015 - S1E15 - The Slow Mutants - Fall From Innocence
Kevin and Nick continue pushcarting through the Slow Mutants. Jake asks Roland about his coming of age. Roland begins the story with how Marten revealed his affair with Roland's mother.
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CB014 - S1E14 - The Slow Mutants - Farther Down the Rabbit Hole
Kevin and Nick continue through the Slow Mutants. Roland and Jake struggle through the dark and encounter a railroad track and a talking push car.
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CB013 - S1E13 - The Slow Mutants - Gilead's Got Big Balls
Kevin and Nick begin The Slow Mutants. Quick spoiler warning: Nick asks questions about Carrie in the SK trivia. Skip to about 10 mins if your don't know that book/movie. Roland and Jake begin their walk in the dark. Roland recalls some of his past.
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CB012 - S1E12 - The Oracle and the Mountains - The Man In Black... At Last
Kevin and Nick have long palaver, as always. Roland and Jake finally encounter the man in black.
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CB011 - S1E11 - The Oracle and the Mountains - Spark a Dark, Where's My Sire?
After a quick Stephen King trivia and discussion. Kevin and Nick continue on with The Oracle and the Mountains. Roland and Jake continue their long climb in pursuit of the Man in Black. Roland gets more introspective and The Dark Tower is mentioned.
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CB010 - S1E10 - The Oracle and the Mountains - Sex, Drugs, and Prophecy
Roland has a nice trip, smells some smells, and has some fun but also gets some prophecies
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What is Chapter Brothers about?
Two brothers doing deep dives into their favorite books and movies. Season 1 - Stephen King's "The Gunslinger" Season 2 - Stephen King's "The Drawing of the Three"
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Chapter Brothers is created and hosted by Nick and Kevin Ackermann.
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