The Dan Brown Code

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This week, Forrest and Lina read chapters 1-20 of Angels and Demons we meet our hero, the erudite, hyper-relatable, approachably sexy Robert Langdon, who happens to be the dumbest Harvard professor on earth. Join us as we’re whisked away to a world of intrigue, symbol-based crime, and casual sexism…

This week, Forrest and Lina read chapters 21-40 of Angels and Demons. We're whisked away on a whirlwind trip to the Vatican, where more symbol-based crime and plenty of suspicious clergymen await. Robert Langdon continues to be clueless, Vittoria is single and ready to mingle (despite having recent…

This week, Forrest and Lina read chapters 41-60 of Angels and Demons. This time, we're treated to some heart-stopping actions scenes in... a glorified library. As our heroes flirt in thinning oxygen and explain very basic scientific concepts to one another, the clock is ticking for the assassin to …

This week, Forrest and Lina read chapters 61-80 of Angels and Demons. The book has gotten very fast-paced, very fun, and very, very gross. Vittoria and Robert manage to flirt in front of corpses, a lot of smart things are flatteringly misattributed to Winston Churchill, and Lina is forced to put do…

CW for this episode: Sexual Violence This week, Forrest and Lina read chapters 81-100 of Angels and Demons. We’re still in a race against the clock, as our heroes zip through rome to save the third cardinal from certain doom. Sylvie and the Hassassin are back in a big way, a good man is lost too so…

CW for this episode: Sexual Violence, Ableism This week, Forrest and Lina read chapters 101-120 of Angels and Demons. Robert Langdon is on his own now, and is the definition of failing upward as he bungles every one of his attempted rescues. The Hassassin is gross beyond all reason, Dan Brown appar…

At long last, Angels and Demons comes to a painful close. Robert Langdon can finally tell us if it hurt when he fell from heaven, the Hassassin has his claim to the title of "Drama Queen" challenged by none other than the Camerlengo, and Mortati is truly too old for this shit. Also, Forrest and Lin…

This episode, Lina and Forrest unpack the Major Motion Picture, Angels and Demons (starring the inimitable Thomas Hanks). Some movies are so bad they're good; this is not the case with Angels and Demons. This movie is full of Nordic people for no reason, and director Ron Howard has successfully scr…

After much anticipation, Forrest and Lina dive into the bestselling book of all time (maybe), The Da Vinci Code. Robert Langdon is whisked away on yet another symbol-based crime adventure with a plot eerily similar to his last symbol-based crime adventure. Art is destroyed, more police officers are…