The Long Road Home Alone

After Dark #001 - On the very first episode of After Dark, Jimmy and Joey reminisce on Disney’s 1994 family film Blank Check, about a kid who finds a million dollars and spends it all in six days. (Spoilers ahead!)

S04E01 - Jimmy and Joey discuss Megan, Linnie, and Jeff McCallister, and what each sibling contributes to the story of Home Alone.

S03E10 - Jimmy and Joey rank and review all five sequels to Home Alone, exploring the strengths and weaknesses of each while comparing them to the original. (Spoilers ahead, ya filthy animals!)

S03E09 - Jimmy and Joey reflect on Kevin’s wish to make his family disappear and what his journey through Home Alone has to say about the family bond more broadly.

S03E08 - Jimmy and Joey explore the illustrious cinematic career of Home Alone’s director, Chris Columbus.

S03E07 - Jimmy and Joey size up the McCallister treehouse, its pivotal role near the end of Home Alone, and the cultural impact of treehouses in cinema.

S03E06 - Jimmy and Joey take a deep dive into the career of John Williams and what drew the master composer to a small, low-budget Christmas film called Home Alone.

S03E05 - Jimmy and Joey assess the phone lines on Lincoln Boulevard and if Home Alone could even exist in the modern telecommunications era.

S03E04 - Jimmy and Joey explore the remarkable career of Home Alone's lead star: Macaulay Culkin.

S03E03 - Jimmy and Joey appraise the automobiles of Home Alone and determine what they say about the world Kevin McCallister inhabits.

S03E02 - Jimmy and Joey review the novelization of Home Alone, comparing and contrasting it to the film upon which it’s based.

S03E01 - Now broadcasting on pirate radio waves, Jimmy and Joey pore over the character of Fuller, known bed-wetter and youngest member of the Ohio McCallister clan.

S02E10 - While counting down to the New Year, Jimmy and Joey speculate on what happens to the characters of Home Alone between scenes and after the film ends.

S02E09 - Jimmy and Joey evaluate Peter McCallister as a father, the career of John Heard, and why Christmas is the only holiday that has its own genre.

S02E08 - Jimmy and Joey take a bite out of Kevin’s trip to the pharmacy, the American Dental Association, and dentist-centric films throughout cinema history.

S02E07 - Jimmy and Joey explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations, and boldly go where no one has gone before.

S02E06 - Jimmy and Joey dig into Little Nero's, Kevin's distaste for all toppings not cheese, and the economics of pizza in America.

S02E05 - Jimmy and Joey slice into the character of Harry Lyme and what his fixation on the Silver Tuna says about the Wet Bandits as a whole.

S02E04 - Jimmy and Joey consider the McCallister family’s treatment of working people and the broader implications of class relations.