‘Lanterns’ Episode 3 Deep Dive

**Mallory Rubin** (0:05)
Greetings, and welcome to House of R.
A ringer verse podcast on the Ringer Podcast Network. I'm Mallory Rubin, joining me today to remind me that we come into existence alone and we die the same.

**Joanna Robinson** (0:18)
That's not true, we're together.

**Mallory Rubin** (0:21)
It's beautiful. It's Joanna Robinson, the guardian of my universe.

**Joanna Robinson** (0:25)
How are you? Wow, if only I had that Laura Linney riz, I could dream.

**Mallory Rubin** (0:31)
Boy, very hip and on fashion, bleached blonde kind of buzz cut look. It's buzz cut season right now. Not in Laura Linney form, but when we get the brief, I have transformed in the driveway into a guardian. I was like, damn.

**Joanna Robinson** (0:48)
What other buzz cuts are you buying right now?

**Mallory Rubin** (0:49)
They're everywhere.

**Joanna Robinson** (0:50)
Your F1 drivers?

**Mallory Rubin** (0:52)
No, they all have kind of flowing locks and curls because they're spending a lot of their time on yachts. But a lot of the Instagram haircut reels that I receive tell me that it's buzz cut season.

**Joanna Robinson** (1:03)
Well, you don't send me any of your hair cut. I'll start.

**Mallory Rubin** (1:06)
Listen, we're here to talk about Lanterns.

**Joanna Robinson** (1:11)
Yes.

**Mallory Rubin** (1:12)
Episode 3, we are going to dive deep into Episode 3 OutKast, and we will hit some programming reminders and everything else right after this.

**Joanna Robinson** (1:34)
All right.

**Mallory Rubin** (1:34)
Programming reminders. What are they? We will be doing Lanterns on Mondays.

**Joanna Robinson** (1:38)
Yeah.

**Mallory Rubin** (1:38)
Throughout the season, that's the goal. There's going to be a week later in the season where I'm out of town. We're figuring out it might be like one week that things are a little different, but that's the goal. Monday throughout the season. Also, it's Buffy time.
Buffy season five, part one, later this week. Then part two, later next week. Can't wait.

**Joanna Robinson** (1:58)
You're almost done.

**Mallory Rubin** (2:00)
I am less almost done than I should be sitting here on Mondays, but I am almost done.

**Joanna Robinson** (2:06)
You're almost done though.

**Mallory Rubin** (2:06)
I am almost done. I have eight episodes still to watch the first time, and then the first however many we haven't said, probably 10 a second time. But what a wonderful way to spend a few days, honestly.

**Joanna Robinson** (2:16)
I'm thrilled.

**Mallory Rubin** (2:17)
Can't wait. It's been just an incredible time with Our Guy Spike. A rich text, as always.

**Joanna Robinson** (2:23)
I think season five is fantastic.

**Mallory Rubin** (2:26)
Spoiler warning?

**Joanna Robinson** (2:27)
Yeah, okay. So for all of the DCU, or DCEU, if you prefer, the DCAU, that's the animated universe, comics. Yes.
Though, again, we will put things that we find particularly touchy in a little spoiler section at the end. We don't have a ton today, because this is largely show-invented background lore for a character. But we do have some theory emails that we will put in that little section at the end, and we will get to all of that later, and you will have a warning. You will know that it is coming.

**Mallory Rubin** (3:04)
That's right.

**Joanna Robinson** (3:05)
But that's my spoiler warning. Also follow us on social, like and subscribe, etc., etc.

**Mallory Rubin** (3:11)
At House of R Pod.

**Joanna Robinson** (3:12)
hobbesanddragons.gmail.com. We got a ton of emails today.

**Mallory Rubin** (3:15)
The invoice is always open. Just fantastic stuff. Have we got started to get buff emails, season five?

**Joanna Robinson** (3:20)
Yeah, but the buff emails are just-

**Mallory Rubin** (3:21)
And by started, I mean over the last five months.

**Joanna Robinson** (3:23)
The buff emails are eternal. They just trickle in. But if you guys have more pointed season five emails that you would like to send, we're recording on Thursday, so you've got some time.

**Mallory Rubin** (3:32)
That's right. You do have a few days. You have a few days, just like I have a few days.

**Joanna Robinson** (3:35)
To watch eight and then 10 more episodes. Yeah. You got it. I'm excited.
It's fun.

**Mallory Rubin** (3:43)
Any other programming reminders, spoiler warnings, follow along messages, anything of that nature?

**Joanna Robinson** (3:48)
I don't think so. Great.

**Mallory Rubin** (3:49)
It's time for the opening snapshot.
Okay. Episode 3, OutKast, 54 minutes long, directed by Stephen Williams, lost watchman, written by Vanessa Baden Kelly. Do we want to hit our opening snapshot? Emails first? Do we want to give our table setting take on the episode first? What order makes the most sense here?

**Joanna Robinson** (4:15)
I want to hear what you think before I want to hear what our lovely listeners have to say.