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May 23, 2025 • 6 mins

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Mystery Maniacs SPOILER-FREE Mini-episode! In Mini-episode 32, we cover The Brokenwood Mysteries S11.E5 and challenge you to watch like a maniac in 5 ways while going down a zipline!


How To Watch Brokenwood s11 ep05 Like A Maniac


  1. We see Trudi at the pub but where do we see Ray?
  2. What's the call back to an earlier episode that is near Frodo’s Coffee Cart?
  3.   What can’t you feed the kingdom of Rogues?
  4. Who is  a Ghostbusters fan?
  5. Spot the fraggle! 


Mark & Sarah


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Sarah (00:15):
Hey, maniacs.

Mark (00:16):
Hey, mystery maniacs.

Sarah (00:18):
Welcome to a mini episode.

Mark (00:20):
Spoiler free wiki wiki wiki wiki.

Sarah (00:24):
This mini is for season eleven episode five of
Brokenwood Mysteries.

Mark (00:28):
The end of the line. Yes. Literally and figuratively.
To zipline.
Yes.

Sarah (00:35):
Yes. Poor Mark. Flashbacks to being a teacher
away at camp with kids.

Mark (00:39):
Oh my gosh. This camp is so much better than the camps I

Sarah (00:43):
went to.

Mark (00:46):
We've also Left me scarred.

Sarah (00:48):
We've also got sad Frodo. Oh. Sad for a whole new reason.

Mark (00:52):
Frodo's so sad.

Sarah (00:54):
He's happy at the end. Yes. Let's see.

Mark (00:56):
But it's a it is a callback

Sarah (00:58):
Yes.

Mark (00:59):
To episode two of this series, the quiz night episode.

Sarah (01:04):
Yes. We've got some characters who come back, which
I think is really fun.

Mark (01:09):
Yeah. It's it's definitely you remember people. Like, was
like, isn't that? And it was.

Sarah (01:15):
I wonder if when they have guest actors like this on
two episodes, if they film themout of order to keep them on set
and just do like if they filmedepisode two and then they filmed
episode five because a lot ofthose actors were the same or if
they just come back.

Mark (01:30):
I would assume so. And we also get a flashback to episode
two.

Sarah (01:34):
You're right.

Mark (01:36):
And Gina doesn't let things go.

Sarah (01:40):
She does not let things go. There's also a fun issue
about jurisdiction that's nevercome up before. They refer to
Riverstone quite a bit as beinga town that's like, what, a
twenty minute drive away or It'sthe nearest town. And now that
they're they're out kind of inthe woods at a camp for this
episode, there's a question of,well, who is jurisdiction out

(02:02):
Riverstone Police or BrokenwoodPolice?

Mark (02:04):
And and Brokenwood, like Midsommar is one of those towns
where people both say, it's asmall town so everybody knows
everything. And then there areother parts in the episode where
you're like, everyone in townwould know that.

Sarah (02:18):
Yeah. Well, in Midsommar, you understand that they have
kind of county jurisdiction, butuntil this episode, I didn't
realize that Riverstone even hadtheir own police force.

Mark (02:30):
Yeah. It was very weird.

Sarah (02:32):
And apparently, they do.

Mark (02:33):
Yes.

Sarah (02:34):
Alright. We've got some questions for you so

Mark (02:36):
you can watch like a maniac.

Sarah (02:37):
Watch

Mark (02:37):
like a maniac because boy, there is we there was much
pausing and looking at There are

Sarah (02:43):
so many fun things to

Mark (02:44):
look at. Many fun

Sarah (02:46):
things. Fun things to note. Sometimes I feel like our
watch like a maniac questionsare just about the set dressing,
but it's a bit more complicatedin this one. There's more to it
than that. Absolutely.
So we have five questions. Areyou ready for the questions?
Yes. Okay. Question number one.
We see Trudy at the pub Yes. Inthis episode. Where do we see

(03:06):
Ray?

Mark (03:06):
Yes.

Sarah (03:07):
Look for Ray in the episode. That's question number
one. Yes. Number two, what's thecallback to an earlier episode
that is near Frodo's coffeeshop, his coffee cart?

Mark (03:20):
Absolutely. Frodo's coffee cart is becoming An important
location. An important location

Sarah (03:26):
Yes.

Mark (03:26):
For us.

Sarah (03:27):
So what's the callback to an earlier episode that's near
Frodo's coffee cart?

Mark (03:31):
Yes. Number three, what can't you feed at the Kingdom Of
Rogues?
I am going to find this shop, man.

Sarah (03:41):
There's something specific that you can't feed.

Mark (03:43):
You
can't feed it at the kingdom of roads. Four. Sorry.

Sarah (03:48):
Who's a Ghostbusters fan? Somebody in the episode is a
Ghostbusters fan.

Mark (03:52):
Someone clearly is a Ghostbusters fan in the episode
and makes clear reference to it.

Sarah (03:58):
Yep. If can see if you can catch it. Yep. And number
five, this is probably thehardest one. Yes.
Spot the Fraggle in the There isa fragle.

Mark (04:10):
There's a fragle in the episode.

Sarah (04:12):
From Fraggle Rock. And old page made

Mark (04:15):
that fragle.

Sarah (04:16):
Bonus. Bonus. You're even more maniacal. Yes. So those are
the five questions.

Mark (04:23):
There's so much going on in this episode. And you have to
watch episode two and episodefour kind of together. Sorry,
episode five. Two and five. Youkind of have to watch them
together.

Sarah (04:36):
Oh, don't know. Like, like you think people should
skip three and four and then

Mark (04:40):
No, no, no, no, But but if you

Sarah (04:43):
If you've watched two recently, five will have more
meaning to you. Yes. That'sright. They do a good job of
reminding you of what you needto know from episode two since
these are returning characters.But if you've seen it recently,
it will help.

Mark (04:58):
Yes. Absolutely.

Sarah (04:59):
If you've not seen two, don't watch five. No. A lot of
it will not make sense

Mark (05:03):
to You got to watch two and five in the right order.

Sarah (05:06):
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Mark (05:06):
And then we will be returning next week with episode
six, the Frodo the Ode'sChristmas.

Sarah (05:13):
Yes. That's is that the final episode of season eleven?

Mark (05:16):
That is the final episode of season eleven.

Sarah (05:18):
I hope we get to see Frodo's family.

Mark (05:21):
I hope so.

Sarah (05:21):
Can you imagine what they're like?

Mark (05:23):
Frodo's mother. I would like to see Frodo's mom and dad.
They would be fantastic.

Sarah (05:28):
Who made Frodo?

Mark (05:29):
As always we are also continuing on our regular shows
as we go through Broken Woodsseason seven. So if you're
interested in that, please joinus on our regular shows as well.

Sarah (05:44):
And if you find the answers to some of these, let us
know. Yes. It's fun to know thatpeople are are trying to answer
the questions that they'rewatching like a maniac.

Mark (05:52):
We are eager to see to hear your maniac answers.

Sarah (05:56):
Yes. Alright. Till next time. Bye, maniacs.

Mark (05:58):
Bye, maniacs.
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