369 – i’m thinking of ending things

This Had Oscar Buzz

Joe and Chris

Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2025

⏱️ 138 minutes

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Summary

This week, we are talking about Charlie Kaufman in the director’s chair and how our thoughts have settled on what’s probably his most divisive film. In 2020, Kaufman returned to directing by adapting Iain Reid’s psychologically intense i’m thinking of ending things, told from the perspective of an unnamed woman visiting her new boyfriend’s rural home. With Jessie Buckley and Jesse Plemons at the forefront, the film folds in on itself for daring look at male dissociation.

This episode, we talk about our shifting thoughts on the film and the pricklier reception to Kaufman’s directorial efforts vs. his screenwriting credits. We also talk about Buckley’s swift rise after Wild Rose, Plemons’ television credits, and the film’s use of Pauline Kael.

Topics also include hot Oklahoma!, media consumption, and Toni Collette gets her Six Timers.

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0:00.0	Oh, wrong house.
0:12.8	No, the right house.
0:13.6	I didn't get that.
0:15.0	We want to talk to Marilyn Hack.
0:16.0	Millen Hacks and Crack. I'm from Canada water.
0:27.6	Dick, Dick Poop We have a real connection
0:43.0	A rare and intense attachment
0:45.9	I've never experienced anything like it
0:49.5	I'm thinking of ending things
0:52.6	Huh?
0:53.6	What?
0:54.0	Did you say something? I don't think so Weird I'm thinking of ending things. Huh? What?
0:55.0	Did you say something?
0:56.3	I don't think so.
0:57.7	Weird.
1:02.4	I'm visiting Jake's parents for the first time.
1:04.4	He hasn't been my boyfriend for very long. They really are looking forward to meeting you.
1:07.5	I think of ending things.
1:09.5	Hello?
1:10.1	Hello, and welcome to the This Had Oscar Buzz podcast, the only podcast that could ever be taught by the son of a preacher Spider-Man.
1:16.5	Every week on This Had Oscar Buzz, we'll be talking about a different movie that once upon a time had Lofty Academy Award aspirations.
1:23.3	But for some reason or another, it all went wrong.
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