{"id":3054,"date":"2026-05-06T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/?p=3054"},"modified":"2026-05-03T22:15:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T02:15:53","slug":"special-report-9-part-2-monarch-legacy-of-monsters-season-2-episodes-5-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/special-report-9-part-2-monarch-legacy-of-monsters-season-2-episodes-5-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Report #9, Part 2 \u2013 Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Season 2 Episodes 5-9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Monarch-Season-2-Episodes-5-9-thumbnail-1024x1024.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Monarch-Season-2-Episodes-5-9-thumbnail-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Monarch-Season-2-Episodes-5-9-thumbnail-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Monarch-Season-2-Episodes-5-9-thumbnail-scaled.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Monarch-Season-2-Episodes-5-9-thumbnail-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Monarch-Season-2-Episodes-5-9-thumbnail-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Monarch-Season-2-Episodes-5-9-thumbnail-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hello, Kaiju Lovers! In part 2 of the originally Patreon-exclusive weekly coverage of season 2 of AppleTV+\u2019s <em>Monarch: Legacy of Monsters<\/em>, the show\u2019s valleys start manifesting\u2014but this stretch episodes also includes Godzilla. For one episode, Nate had to look up a Japanese children\u2019s song he\u2019d never heard, for one thing. There is a character death, an obvious revelation, and a gimmicky \u201cmeeting\u201d between Wyatt and Kurt Russell as Lee Shaw. Thankfully, it did get onto an upward trajectory. What\u2019d you think of these episodes? Part 3 will drop Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out Nathan\u2019s spinoff podcasts,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/redcircle.com\/shows\/henshin-men\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Henshin Men<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/powertrippod.podbean.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Power Trip<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/henshinpowerv3.podbean.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Henshin Power V3<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019d like to give a shout-out to our free MIFV MAX patrons on Patreon: Cordell Stevens, John Pannozzi, Jacob Heron, Cool Cat Videos, Bransbow, Sean Sullivan, Frankie Wolf, Russel Hale, FRIEN Jadge, Bob Hard, ArtsieSteph, Robert O\u2019Brien, DD Chief, Kaye, Nobody, The Indiscrite One, Clayton Warden, Enigma, Dave Blanken, Patrick Greenlaw, Mikki, Josh Baughan, Shane Cochran, and Francis Chopin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You, too, can join MIFV MAX on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/monsterislandfilmvault\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patreon<\/a>&nbsp;to get this and other perks starting at only $3 a month! (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/monsterislandfilmvault\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/monsterislandfilmvault<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Buy official MIFV merch on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teepublic.com\/user\/the-monster-island-gift-shop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TeePublic<\/a>! (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teepublic.com\/user\/the-monster-island-gift-shop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.teepublic.com\/user\/the-monster-island-gift-shop<\/a>). NEW MERCH NOW AVAILABLE!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This episode is approved by the Monster Island Board of Directors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Podcast Social Media:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>MIFV Linktree:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/monsterislandfilmvault\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/linktr.ee\/monsterislandfilmvault<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nate\u2019s Linktree:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/nathan_marchand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/linktr.ee\/nathan_marchand<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MIFV is a member of PodNation (<a href=\"https:\/\/podnation.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/podnation.tv\/<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MIFV is one of Feedspot\u2019s top 10 tokusatsu podcasts! 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(<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.feedspot.com\/monster_podcasts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/podcasts.feedspot.com\/monster_podcasts\/<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\\Users\\user%201\\Documents\\Nate's%20Stuffs\\Monster%20Island%20Film%20Vault%20(podcast)\\MIFV%20Blogs\\www.MonsterIslandFilmVault.com\">www.MonsterIslandFilmVault.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">#JimmyFromNASALives, #MonsterIslandFilmVault, #Podcast, #kaiju, #MIFV, #Monarch, #MonarchLegacyofMonsters, #AppleTV, #MonsterVerse, #Godzilla<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a9 2026 Moonlighting Ninjas Media<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_773\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3054-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/khijsv82pe46b8qm\/Monarch_Season_2_Part_2_Eps_5-9_FINALa6q9h.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/khijsv82pe46b8qm\/Monarch_Season_2_Part_2_Eps_5-9_FINALa6q9h.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/khijsv82pe46b8qm\/Monarch_Season_2_Part_2_Eps_5-9_FINALa6q9h.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/khijsv82pe46b8qm\/Monarch_Season_2_Part_2_Eps_5-9_FINALa6q9h.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw(&#039;https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/?powerpress_pinw=3054-podcast&#039;);\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/khijsv82pe46b8qm\/Monarch_Season_2_Part_2_Eps_5-9_FINALa6q9h.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" download=\"Monarch_Season_2_Part_2_Eps_5-9_FINALa6q9h.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, Kaiju Lovers! In part 2 of the originally Patreon-exclusive weekly coverage of season 2 of AppleTV+\u2019s Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, the show\u2019s valleys start&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/special-report-9-part-2-monarch-legacy-of-monsters-season-2-episodes-5-9\/\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Special Report #9, Part 2 \u2013 Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Season 2 Episodes 5-9<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"iawp_total_views":17,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[567,5,4],"tags":[1466,64,338,13,19,16,14,80,1471,1470,1469,363,15,18,1899,79,1472],"series":[],"class_list":["post-3054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bonus","category-film-discussion","category-podcast","tag-appletv","tag-daikaiju","tag-giant-monsters","tag-godzilla","tag-jimmy-from-nasa","tag-kaiju","tag-king-kong","tag-kong","tag-kurt-russell","tag-monarch","tag-monarch-legacy-of-monsters","tag-monsterverse","tag-nathan-marchand","tag-the-monster-island-film-vault","tag-titan-x","tag-toho","tag-wyatt-russell","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3054"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3057,"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3054\/revisions\/3057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3054"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=3054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}