Welcome back! This is Season 3 of Imagination & Junk, and we’re kicking it off with a Very Special Episode™️! It’s the first of two episodes we’re calling “I Might Be Wrong, But… ” We do this to give ourselves a flimsy gossamer layer of deniability, because some of what we have to say in this episode is definitely very wrong. We are arguing (by which I, Bill, mean that my partner, Mat, is arguing) that Steven Seagal’s 1991 shoot-em-up “Out For Justice” is… well… good? I guess? And yes, it’s this “Out For Justice” that we’re talking about:

Think of this episode and the one that follows as the soft opening of Season 3. Think of it as the throat-clearing we do before we get down to the real work of the show on June 12. Think of it as your podcast pals Mat and Bill inviting you in to the kind of conversation a couple of guys have late at night after a few pints — a conversation in which there are no right or wrong opinions but they are nonetheless expressed with A GREAT DEAL OF FIRMNESS AND CERTITUDE. And just so you don’t think it’s only Mat who’s gone right off his head, wait until you get a load of the cultural artifact I strive to make a case for in two weeks. (Hint: It’s from the ‘70s. Enough said.)

So with that, we give you an Imagination & Junk bonus episode: I Might Be Wrong, But… Ch. 1, “Out For Justice.”

Hey, one more thing: No. Wait. Three things.

Thing 1: We’d appreciate it if you’d subscribe. This gooses the algorithm, which encourages the robot overlords for whom we all now work to expose the show more widely. It’s also a big boost to us when you share the show across your socials.

Thing 2: This show continues to cost us real American/British cash money, so your material support of it will help us keep making it.

Thing 3: Was this episode a good idea? Or was it, alternately, and hear us out here, the best idea? We’d love to hear from you. And we’ll see you back here on May 29 for one more Very Special Episode™️ before Season 3 launches in earnest with episode 16 on June 12.

As always, thanks for listening. /BB