About this episode

The episode discusses the themes and character dynamics in 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' featuring Tom Holland's portrayal of Peter Parker.

Buy some flowers and get ready to profess your feelings—we’re here to talk about “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” in which Tom Holland’s Peter gets to be a sad sack who is saving New York while his personal life has fallen completely apart. There are surprising character reveals, unsurprising character twists (well, at least Peter was surprised), interesting guest-star choices, and a lot of themes involving the dangers of letting yourself become isolated....

People in this episode

Host: Jason Snell

Topics covered

• Spider-Man
• character development
• isolation
• New York
• personal struggles

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Spider-Man: Brand New Day

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