In Episode 161, Derek Madden and Matt Kolsky literally make small talk about weather before getting serious on:
- Derek’s viewing of Jordan Peele’s Us (3:25) and whether Kolsky is being a big ol’ wimp about seeing it…
- The TV premiere of What We Do in the Shadows (17:05) on FX, and how it compares to the film it is based on…
- The start of the seventh season of Veep on HBO (21:00) and how the show has changed over time…
- The return of HBO’s Barry (26:25) in a somewhat pilot-y fashion, resetting the world we got to know in Season 1…
- The end of Miracle Workers on TBS (29:05) and how it made an enjoyable little treat…
- The end of Season 1 of Black Monday (33:55) and whether there’s enough on the bone to bring an effective satire back for a second season…
- The end of HBO’s documentary series The Case Against Adnan Syed (38:50) and the ongoing injustices of the story we first heard through Serial…
- Homework for next week (54:40), including: the return of several show favorites on TV — Killing Eve, Brockmire and The Chi — plus the series finale of You’re The Worst, the series premiere of Fosse/Verdon and a few movies for the back burner: The Inventor and Native Son (both on HBO) and The Highwaymen on Netflix…
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