DIRECTOR'S CUT: Movie Family Therapy: The Asgardians (Patreon)

Can Thor's family overcome all the betrayal, loss, lies, and hurt to have healthy family relationships?

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are here to do a session of systemic family therapy for some of their favorite characters from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. With Odin's intense expectations and pressure he puts on his kids, Loki discovering he was adopted, Frigga's death, Thor feeling betrayed by both his father and brother (and later his sister Hella, who he didn't even know existed!), there's a lot that this family needs to work through. They talk about how the Thor franchise starts out quite Shakespearean under Kenneth Branagh's direction, and veers into a bit more humor and absurdity under Taika Waititi, but keeps its roots. And how Chris Hemsworth just might be the best actor in the entire MCU.