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Podcast: Doom Generation
Episode: Misery (1990): "You don't know about snow, bro?!"
Description: Writer Paul Sheldon (James Caan) wants to break free from the series of novels he's built his career on so he goes to his usual hideaway to finish something new. He calls his agent, Marcia Sindel (Lauren Bacall) to tell her he's coming back with a manuscript, but drives straight into a blizzard. After a terrible crash, Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates), former nurse and current wacko, takes Paul back to her secluded farmhouse for him to heal, but neglects to tell anyone that he's there. Sheriff Buster (Richard Farnsworth) must solve the mystery of the missing writer quick because on...