Episodes & Rankings
Below is a list of The Franchise episodes 81 - 100 and star ratings.
Each franchise is rated between 1 and 5 stars - hover over the star to see Daniel & Henry's ratings!
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Special thanks to @SpaceCadetJuan for providing all the ratings!
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Also, bonus episodes aren't real episodes and don't deserve their own number. If you want to know the real episode The Franchise is covering, look at the description box.
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EPISODE 81: JURASSIC PARK III AND JURASSIC WORLD
Directors: Joe Johnston; Colin Trevorrow
Screenwriter: Peter Buchman, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor; Rick Jaffa, Amada Silver, Derek Connolly, Colin Trevorrow
Year: 2001; 2015
E: 79
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Joe Johnston cobbles together something that resembles a movie. Then, the franchise reboots to the tune of a one and a half billion dollars. Might there be merit in one or both?
daniel: 2; 3
henry: 3; 3
EPISODE 82: STAR WARS AND THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
Directors: George Lucas; Irvin Kershner
Screenwriter: George Lucas; Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasden
Year: 1977; 1980
E: 80
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Here it is! The Franchise to end all Franchises! Hear an early recording of George Lucas discussing The Star Wars with Steven Spielberg! Then, stay for Henry and Daniel discussing one for the pantheon.
daniel: 5; 5
henry: 5; 5
EPISODE 83: RETURN OF THE JEDI AND STAR WARS: EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENACE
Directors: Richard Marquand; George Lucas
Screenwriter: Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas; George Lucas
Year: 1983; 1999
E: 81
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The Ewoks brutalize the Star Wars saga. Then, 16 years later, Jar Jar eats its remains. Yippee!
daniel: 3; 1
henry: 5; 1
EPISODE 84: THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL
Directors: Steve Binder, David Acomba
Screenwriter: Pat Proft, Leonard Ripps, Bruce Vilanch, Rod Warren, Mitzie Welch
Year: 1978
E: Bonus!
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It's The Franchise Holiday Special! Merry Christmas and Happy Life Day! And R2-D2 as R2-D2!
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BONUS!
EPISODE 85: STAR WARS: EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES AND STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH
Directors: George Lucas
Screenwriter: George Lucas, Johnathan Hales; George Lucas
Year: 2002; 2005
E: 82
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Skin is better than sand and Revenge of the Sith is better than Attack of the Clones. These are the two truths we will now live by.
daniel: 1; 4
henry: 2; 4
EPISODE 86: STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS AND STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS
Directors: J. J. Abrams; Dave Filoni
Screenwriter: Lawrence Kasdan, J. J. Abrams, Michael Arndt; Henry Gilroy, Steven Melching, Scott Murphy
Year: 2015; 2008
E: 83
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First, we are forced to cover a cartoon pasted together with spaghetti and play-doh, and then JJ Abrams shows up to try to put the whole thing back together. Henry, we're home.
daniel: 4; 1
henry: 3; 1
EPISODE 87: STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI AND ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY
Directors: Rian Johnson; Gareth Edwards
Screenwriter: Rian Johnson; Chris Weitz, Tony Gilroy
Year: 2017; 2016
E: 84
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Henry and Daniel diverge on the two latest Star Wars films. Prepare for some defense and some offense. There's only one thing that's certain: the Porgs are the best.
daniel: 3; 3
henry: 2; 5
EPISODE 88: NATIONAL TREASURE AND NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS
Directors: John Turteltaub
Screenwriter: Jim Kouf, Cormac Wibberley, Marianne Wibberley
Year: 2004; 2007
E: 85
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We are joined by Real Weird Sister Martha Krebill (@realweirdmartha) to discuss a formative franchise in her life, but a brand new one to our intrepid hosts. Daniel, Henry and the future Martha Bartha get to open that Cage door, which leads to Gates (is that a clue?).
daniel: 3; 2
henry: 2; 2
GUEST: 4; 5
EPISODE 89: KNOCKED UP AND THIS IS 40
Directors: Judd Apatow
Screenwriter: Judd Apatow
Year: 2007; 2012
E: 86
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We discuss the era of Apatow, as we act totally normal and hilarious. Rogen. Hill. Segel. Baruchel. Starr. Heigl. Mann. Rudd. Fox. Yi. O'Dowd. Dunham. All the greats.
daniel: 5; 4
henry: 5; 4
EPISODE 90: TRAINSPOTTING AND T2: TRAINSPOTTING
Directors: Danny Boyle
Screenwriter: John Hodge
Year: 1996; 2017
E: 87
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Danny Boyle follows up his masterpiece about addiction in Edinburgh twenty years later with two hours of nostalgia and cool camera shots. One of us loved it and one of us hated it.
daniel: 5; 2
henry: 5; 5
EPISODE 91: 50 SHADES OF GREY
Directors: Sam Taylor-Johnson
Screenwriter: Kelly Marcel
Year: 2015
E: 88
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We're joined by Shandy to discuss the first entry in BDSM Twilight fan-faction series 50 Shades of Grey. What will happen when we tumble into Christian Grey's office looking for some erotic thrills? Come find out. After all, we don't make love. We fuck. Hard.
daniel: 1
henry: 1
GUEST: 1
EPISODE 92: FIFTY SHADES DARKER AND FIFTY SHADES FREED
Directors: James Foley
Screenwriter: Niall Leonard
Year: 2017; 2018
E: 89
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Henry and Daniel venture off to the multiplex to sit alone in the dark and watch the final Fifty Shades movie. Let's tie up some loose ends.
daniel: 1; 1
henry: 1; 1
EPISODE 93: DEATH WISH AND DEATH WISH II
Directors: Michael Winner
Screenwriter: Wendell Mayes; David Engelbach
Year: 1974; 1982
E: 90
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In anticipation of Eli Roth's remake, Dan and Henry get super bummed out by Michael Winner's originals, a couple of gross rapesploitation movies about how helpful guns are. Come for the second amendment rants, stay for the Herbie Hancock and Robert Plant scores.
daniel: 3; 2
henry: 3; 1
EPISODE 94: DEATH WISH 3 AND DEATH WISH 4: THE CRACKDOWN
Directors: Michael Winner; J. Lee Thompson
Screenwriter: Don Jakoby; Gail Morgan Hickman
Year: 1985; 1987
E: 91
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Charles Bronson returns to NY to razzle the Foot Clan with some McCallister-esque booby traps, and then he skips on back to LA to solve America's cocaine crisis. Just say no!
daniel: 2; 2
henry: 1; 2
EPISODE 95: DEATH WISH V: THE FACE OF DEATH AND DEATH WISH (2018)
Directors: Allan A. Goldstein; Eli Roth
Screenwriter: Allan A. Goldstein; Joe Carnahan
Year: 1994; 2018
E: 92
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If you ever wanted to see a 1994 Charles Bronson chasing tail in the Vancouver fashion industry, boy, have we got a movie for you. Then, we try and mostly fail to put politics aside in going to see the mixed bag that is the Eli Roth/Bruce Willis version of this classic tale.
daniel: 1; 3
henry: 1; 2
EPISODE 96: LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER AND LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER: THE CRADLE OF LIFE
Directors: Simon West; Jan de Bont
Screenwriter: Patrick Massett, John Zinman; Dean Georgaris
Year: 2001; 2003
E: 93
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In preparation for the new Alicia Vikander vehicle, Henry and Daniel do a deep dive into the Croft Manor with a couple of Jolie flicks. Is she good? Who's better - Daniel Craig or Gerard Butler? The answer may surprise you! WHERE'S YOUR HEAD AT AT AT AT AT!!
daniel: 1; 2
henry: 1; 1
EPISODE 97: TOMB RAIDER (2018)
Directors: Roar Uthaug
Screenwriter: Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Alastair Siddons
Year: 2018
E: 94
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Henry and Daniel take another trip to the multiplex to see Alicia Vikander in ROAR UTHAUG'S new Tomb Raider movie. But first, the first Franchise Update in ages!
daniel: 3
henry: 4
EPISODE 98: DR. NO AND FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
Directors: Terence Young
Screenwriter: Richard Maibaum, Johanna Harwood, Berkely Mather
Year: 1962; 1963
E: 95
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007 time, friend! Hank and Daniel dig deep into the Connery/Lazenby era with a couple globetrotting romps featuring a load of boning down hard!
daniel: 4; 4
henry: 5; 4
EPISODE 99: GOLDFINGER AND THUNDERBALL
Directors: Guy Hamilton; Terence Young
Screenwriter: Richard Maibaum, Paul Dehn; Richard Maibaum, John Hopkins
Year: 1964; 1965
E: 96
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Our Bond coverage continues with a possible masterpiece about a fat guy who's terrible at both golf and Gin Rummy, followed by a bloated epic about a bunch of randos moving really, really slowly underwater.
daniel: 4; 2
henry: 5; 3
EPISODE 100: YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE AND DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
Directors: Lewis Gilbert; Guy Hamilton
Screenwriter: Roald Dahl; Richard Maibaum, Tom Mankiewicz
Year: 1967; 1971
E: 97
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THROW YR DIAMONDS IN THE SKY IF YOU FEEL THE VIBE!!! But seriously, James Bond transforms into an Asian man and then throws Crispin Glover's Dad off a cruise ship. Multiple Blofelds. Multiple cats. A whole lotta boning.
daniel: 4; 3
henry: 4; 2
