EPISODE · Dec 17, 2025 · 36 MIN

"Wake Up Dead Man"

from The Strange Harbors Podcast · host Jeff Zhang, Amir Touray, Derek Wong

This week, we review the third film in the whodunnit series of Benoit Blanc mysteries: Wake Up Dead Man. After Knives Out and Glass Onion, director Rian Johnson returns to the reins of his favorite genre. We discuss the franchise's increasingly charismatic roster of secondary protagonists, the year of Josh O'Connor, and whether or not Johnson's penchant for heavy-handed topicality once again derails a Benoit Blanc tale.