A marriage told in order, one month at a time.
The Mermaid and The Lion is a scripted audio drama for adults that follows Angel and Gazza's marriage in sequence, marking scenes by how many months they have been married. Money trouble, a parents' basement and the chance of a baby at the wrong moment drive the story, and looser conversational episodes let the pair tease each other.
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The Mermaid and The Lion is a scripted audio drama about Angel and Gazza's marriage, made for adults and told in sequence. The cold opens are blunt about it. They warn of triggers and cussing, say kids should not listen, recommend headphones, and ask that the story be followed from the beginning. Titles carry season and episode numbers, as in 'Not The Right Time - S2 Ep17' and 'Fix It Jesus- S3Ep18', which keeps the running order easy to track. Inside the story, scenes open on a marriage clock: 'Two months married', 'Six months married', 'Halfway through year one'. The pressures are the unglamorous kind. Builders go under and leave the couple holding unpaid invoices. Gazza is still working on designs for private clients at four in the morning when he is told to come to bed. In one stretch of narration he calls a plan to win the trims and cabinets work for one of the largest builders in Atlanta one of his proudest moments. There is a parents' basement the couple wants out of, and one narrator says they never really felt 100 percent in it again after a very traumatic experience there. Then there is a possible baby, arriving with no money, Angel unable to drive and serious health risks on the table, and a plea that it is simply not the right time. Narration sits alongside the dialogue, and it is not always generous: one passage has a partner admitting he was fed up with the complaining and felt something had to change. The drama is not the only mode. Conversational episodes let Angel and Gazza trade jabs, arguing over who goes through whose phone and replaying the time Angel tumbled down the stairs holding a baby while Gazza checked on the baby first. In 'Trying NOT to Talk About the Slap- Rock the Mic 3', the pair revisit a falling-out involving parents, and one of them says they still regret how they acted. Sign-offs stay playful, down to a 'Rawr' before 'We out'. Another writer gets a turn too. 'The Date (Part 1)- Written by Daisy Cal S3Ep12' follows a different couple, Rob and Erica, whose date lands at a restaurant where diners cook their own food. Ad reads come from Angel, who introduces herself as 'your favorite mermaid', and they share the show's frankness about sex. Closing credits name the theme song, 'Everlasting' by Envision, The Blind Sensation, along with other featured tracks, and urge listeners to stream those artists.
Made for: Suits a listener who wants serialized adult relationship drama built on everyday pressures like money, family and bad timing, and who is willing to start at the beginning and follow it in order.
What sets it apart: It keeps a visible marriage clock on its scripted scenes and sets them beside loose conversational episodes with Angel and Gazza, so the drama and the couple's joking share one feed.
The Mermaid and the Lion is a scripted audio drama about two imperfect people who are working on perfecting their love for one another. All relationships are not created equal and no one has the right to determine if your situation is toxic but you. Staying married forever is almost an anomaly; and those who make it have a very dirty story to tell. Angel and Gazza believe they are on the right path to making it last; but the key to their success is understanding where they've been, what brought them together, and what keeps them in love. You may or may not agree with their decisions, interactions, or values but you are guaranteed to be entertained. Follow them through all of the drama, sex,…
Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
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Werewolf romance under skeleton steel.
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Gay vampire romance, with the author's notes attached.
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A romantic audio drama scene where Angel and Gazza share an intimate moment before heading upstairs.
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