I want to do you my secret now.

I see Dan.

Silent breeding, people!

No!

I am the father of all!

What's in the box?

You've made it!

You blew it up!

Damn you, hold it!

Hell!

Hello, and welcome to another Slate Spoiler Special Podcast.

I'm Dana Steven Slates Movie Critic, and today I'm joined by Slates' associate editor, Marissa Martinelli.

Hey Marissa.

Hi Dana, thanks so much for having me.

I'm really glad you're on here to talk about this one.

In fact, I don't know about you, but I saw Don't Worry Darling by myself, and I walked out dying for a conversation partner.

And in fact, wanted so badly to figure out just what happened on a literal level in this movie that I wrote an unusual review that contained spoilers,

which obviously most reviews try to avoid, just so that I could, I don't know, process it myself, so I'm glad you're here to process it with me.

We will do our best to answer some of those questions.

So I think before we take on Don't Worry Darling, we should situate it a little bit in the film discourse of 2022,

because before it ever opened, this movie was a huge topic of conversation in the film world.

And that was largely because of extracurricular activities going on behind the set, the gossip behind the movie,

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