# S5. Episode 8. The Oath

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Podcast: [Regarding...Series](https://stenobird.com/podcast/regarding-series-6700583)
Published: 2026-05-25T06:00:00+00:00
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Chaz, Wolfy, Scott, Corey, and special guest Heath McCoy return once more to the crumbling, smoke-covered battlefield of  Regarding Music from The Elder —this time under the banner of  “The Oath.” And fittingly, absolutely nobody emerges emotionally intact. What begins with discussions of “minimal editing,” accidental hot mics, and Boneless-grade production recklessness quickly spirals into one of the season’s most cinematic chapters yet: a full-scale supernatural reckoning involving telekinetic executions, airborne corpses, emotionally compromised heroes, collapsing belief systems, and enough purple energy blasts to bankrupt a mid-1980s special effects department. Scott unveils the latest section of the ever-mutating  Elder  screenplay project, pushing the story fully into dark fantasy opera territory as Mr. Blackwell unleashes absolute devastation across the battlefield while Corey—bloodied, broken, and spiritually unraveling—comes face to face with the horrifying realization that maybe the Order of the Rose isn’t quite the noble institution everybody hoped it was. Turns out “The Oath” may not be about loyalty at all. It may be about what happens  after  loyalty curdles into resentment, manipulation, sacrifice, and generational trauma. Fun stuff. Meanwhile, Heath McCoy settles comfortably into the chaos as the panel collectively realizes they are no longer “doing a funny podcast about a weird KISS album.” They are now actively constructing a sprawling metaphysical war saga where Gene Simmons has somehow become a grief-stricken telekinetic warlord delivering Shakespearean monologues through clouds of black smoke. And then… because this season refuses to obey natural law… Kevin Brown materializes out of nowhere. What follows is one of the…

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