The Toy Department – Episode 301

In Episode 301, Madden and Kolsky are dealing with the world in their own ways and also by focusing on the toy department of life, specifically:

The return of the Kids in the Hall (2:25) and how their stuff is just as good and funny as it was the first time around…
A check-in on Better Call Saul (10:55), the guys’ reactions to the first half of the final season and expectations for the final six episodes…
The Hulu series Conversations with Friends (23:50) and how it is from the same vein as Lenny Abrahamson’s previous series Normal People, which is to say very deep and interesting…
The latest from The Challenge: All Stars 3 (35:30) after an epic elimination and an unwelcome addition to the cast…
The penultimate episode of Top Chef: Houston (51:00) and the incredibly high level of cookery that has characterized the last few weeks…
A few thoughts on the NBA (59:55) as we head towards a likely Finals matchup between the Celtics and Warriors…
Homework for next Friday (1:13:00), including: the finalé of Top Chef: Houston, more of The Challenge: All-Stars 3, the Rhys Darby stand-up special Mystic Time Bird on Amazon Prime, the HBO Max show Our Flag Means Death and Disney+’s new Obi-Wan Kenobi show…