Side Trekked – Mother's Day

Side Trekked – Mother's Day

From Treks and the City by Forever Dog

May 18, 2026 · 1h 15m · Episode 82

About this episode

Alice and Skyler wrap up the Garry Marshall Day trilogy by discussing the film Mother's Day and various related topics.

This week on the Star Trek podcast Treks and the City , Alice and Skyler are of course wrapping up the Garry Marshall Day trilogy by covering its final entry, 2016's Mother's Day . Topics include actually spotting Timothy Olpyhant, people bringing babies to bars, what's going on with the number of characters named "Trey" in the Tana French Cal Hooper novels, Margot Martindale being saddled with a bunch of racist and homophobic dialogue, what makes Skyler break out in a Jersey accent, whether Julia Roberts is styled more as an Anna Wintour or an Anton Chigurh in the film, how great Jennifer Aniston is, when The Blind Side came out, and much, much more! Listen!! Listen to the show early and ad-free on Patreon, here: patreon.com/treksandthecity And follow the show on Instagram @TreksandtheCity Links to some other fun things mentioned in the episode: Tana French's First Cal Hooper Novel: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/556487/the-searcher-by-tana-french/ Anton Chigurh: https://static0.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/4cnrp2ml4enr7mpn0n6b85kjlpe5ug_original.jpg?w=1600&h=1200&fit=crop Anna Wintour…

People in this episode

Hosts: Alice, Skyler

Topics covered

  • film review
  • Star Trek
  • comedy
  • Garry Marshall Day trilogy
  • character analysis
  • pop culture
  • celebrity discussion

Keywords

  • Mother's Day
  • Garry Marshall
  • Timothy Olpyhant
  • Margot Martindale
  • Julia Roberts
  • Jennifer Aniston
  • Tana French
  • pop culture
  • film review

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon

Books & works: Mother's Day, The Blind Side, Tana French's First Cal Hooper Novel

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