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The TV era of Best Villain is here and Kenny and Ben are about to realize that it is much more challenging to judge a TV villain than a TV kiss. Jeffrey Dean Morgan won for his role as iconic Walking Dead villain Negan. But is he better than the villains of American Horror Story Roanoke, Stranger Things, Suicide Squad and Get Out? Kenny and Ben get into it while also talking about how much sustained misery they can handle, a timely when it was recorded tangent on Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, the incredible structure of Roanoke, cool creature design, disjointed editing, and the moment Kenny realized his summer boss in 2018 was deeply conservative. All this PLUS a special message from Negan himself PLUS a rebuttal to Negan from a friend of the show! It's a wild one y'all

Kenny and Ben return from another hiatus (that will not be addressed on air for a few weeks) with the February-recorded Best Villain 2016! The last year before TV Villains is here and Adam Driver makes a big impression for his first nomination (and only win) as Kylo Ren. But how does he stack up to the villains of The Revenant, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Max Max: Fury Road, Deadpool, and Avengers: Age of Ultron? I'll be honest, I do not remember what we talked about this episode because it was so long ago but I remember the discussion being very fun. So take a listen why don't you?

In this supersized episode, Kenny and Ben are joined by their friend Andy for a look at Best Villain 2015 with both iconic and unexpected nominees. Meryl Streep won this one for her role as The Witch in Into the Woods, but was she really better than the villains of 22 Jump Street, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Gone Girl and Whiplash? The boys discuss it at length while also talking about adaptation changes and eclectic structures, Ice Cube's death glare, the Quicksilver superspeed montage, the cool girl speech, if Whiplash understands that J.K. Simmons is the villain or not and much much more. It's a real corker of an episode so buckle in for a wild ride!

Kenny and Ben take on one of the most eclectic groups of Best Villain nominees of the decade led by Mila Kunis, who won for her performance in Oz The Great and Powerful. Sure, Oz the Great and Powerful is a great movie and everyone can agree with this but is Kunis really better than the villains of Captain Phillips, Star Trek Into Darkness, Twelve Years A Slave and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. The boys get into it while also discussing how James Franco is also good in Oz, how little of Captain Phillips is actually set on the boat, the bungled attempt to hide Khan, the ethics of nominating a movie as serious as 12 Years A Slave for Best Villain, recurring features across the movies, and much more! It's a very normal episode with very normal takes that won't be controversial in the slightest!

Kenny and Ben are rejoined by their friend Evie to talk about Best Villain 2013. Tom Hiddleston won for his iconic turn as Loki in The Avengers but was he a better choice than the villains of Skyfall, The Dark Knight Rises or Django Unchained? The gang gets into it while also discussing various YA franchises, superhero battles moving away from populated areas, the overuse of the trope where the villain is captured intentionally, Bond title sequences, what the Dent Act does, if Bane is supposed to be barely audible, Django Unchained lead performance rankings, and more! It's a smaller amount of movies but a bigger amount of fun!

For one year only, villains are out and dirtbags are in! Not sure what the difference is? Don't worry, Kenny and Ben are here to walk you through it. Jennifer Aniston took the dirtbag crown for her performance in Horrible Bosses but is she more of a dirtbag than Colin Farrell in the same movie or the dirtbags of Project X, The Help and Bridesmaids? Kenny and Ben get into it while also talking about how glad they are the 3rd Horrible Boss wasn't nominated, Miles Teller dancing, movies about racism where most of the White characters are "the good ones," self-actualization in the 3rd acts of comedies and more. Plus a very special intro!