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Labyrinth (1986)

March 17, 2026·59 min·10 clips

Labyrinth arrives in a burst of name checking and mild confusion. Ben frames it as the 1986 Jim Henson fantasy with David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Toby Froud, Shelley Thompson, and Christopher Malcolm, then the panel starts sorting it through their usual categories. John brings baggage, in the good way. His Bowie fandom and memory of a video opening give the episode a personal hook before everyone settles into picking through the film scene by scene. The maze does not exactly play fair. A riddle about opposites has the panel laughing at the possibility that a children's film may be outsmarting them. That confusion becomes half the pleasure. They talk about Labyrinth as family viewing, but also as a strange puzzle box where affection and disbelief keep sitting in the same chair. John's repeat viewings matter. He has seen it dozens of times, and he makes the case for it as an easy film to put on with children because the danger feels odd and spooky without feeling genuinely scarring. Then Predator gets pulled back into the room, because of course it does. The old bit about showing a child Predator gives the conversation another jab of teasing continuity. The Oogliette scene gets a proper stop. They chew over the word, the cell meaning, and the creepy little joke of hands turning into faces as Sarah drops through them. The craft talk stays practical, especially once concern for Jennifer Connelly being lowered through a chute of hands turns into the show's favorite kind of production nitpicking. Hoggle, Ludo, goblins, a ring, and the crib moment all get folded into the quiz, where memory counts about as much as interpretation. The tone never gets precious. Bowie love, family nostalgia, puppet weirdness, and basic plot confusion all get their turn, because the panel sounds happiest when the film refuses to behave. Then the episode swerves toward Silence of the Lambs, with Elle's apparent unfamiliarity promising a much darker next chat.

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