What Were We Saying?

116: Snake Eyes Pt. 1 - The Early Warning Signs Were All There

24 min · 8 de may de 2026
Portada del episodio 116: Snake Eyes Pt. 1 - The Early Warning Signs Were All There

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Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2573715/fan_mail/new] The tapes have been pulled. The evidence has been reviewed. And against all better judgment, WWWS presents its first-ever Clip Show Spectacular - a carefully assembled collection of moments, side quests, breakdowns, grievances, and conversational detours gathered from Episodes 1 through 7. Snake Eyes Pt. 1 revisits the early days of the show: back when the structure was still theoretical, the confidence was completely unearned, and nobody fully understood what this thing was becoming. From the first mailbags to old grudges, strange facts, collapsing logic, and the beginnings of several recurring problems, it’s all here — now conveniently reorganized into one sprawling retrospective. Some moments hold up surprisingly well. Others should probably have remained buried in the archive. Either way, the momentum was already forming. A clip show. A recap. A historical document of escalating instability. Keep your expectations low. The past certainly did. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2573715/support]

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