The Challenge Reunion – Page 2

In Episode 222, Madden and Kolsky start with a discussion of babies and zoos before getting into:

The second week of The Challenge: Total Madness Reunion (5:00) and the general let-down of this season’s end…
The return of HBO’s Room 104 (21:10) and just how delightful the first episode of this season was, even if it doesn’t make the show feel essential…
The new Amazon Prime film Radioactive (28:20) and some of the curious choices made by the filmmakers…
The return of sports (32:45) with MLB already underway (for now, at least), the NBA set to start and the NFL opening training camps…
Homework for next week (52:45), including: the new season of Umbrella Academy on Netflix, the fifth season of the Netflix docu-series Last Chance U, the new Go-Go’s documentary on Showtime, the end of HBO’s docu-series I’ll Be Gone in the Dark and revisiting HBO’s Perry Mason…
The new Taylor Swift record Folklore (57:15) and how it doesn’t quite resonate with either of our hosts…

In Episode 194, Derek Madden and Matt Kolsky went with a second straight Toy Department After Dark (and a day late), with focus on:

The season (and potentially series) finale of Watchmen on HBO (3:25), and how its slow build to the end rewarded viewers with another great Damon Lindelof show…
The new Netflix film Marriage Story (12:35) and the guys’ differing views on its success as a story of divorce…
The Challenge: War of the Worlds 2 Reunion special (27:35) and the assorted dramatics that took place there…
19 for 19 (40:55)… Also known as year-end BEST OF lists from each of your hosts…
Homework for after the holidays (1:21:05), including: the Netflix cartoon Tuca and Bertie, four movies — the Amazon film The Report, Parasite, the new Star Wars film and the new Adam Sandler vehicle Uncut Gems– and trying the show Unbelievable on Netflix…

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