HBO Sports – The Toy Department

In Episode 208, Derek Madden and Matt Kolsky discuss the younger Kolsky’s new walking ability before moving on to:

This week’s episode of Top Chef (3:35), how Derek’s fantasy team is falling apart and the Mount Rushmore of potential winners…
This week’s episode of The Challenge: Total Madness (23:05) and how it left the guys wanting more of the show’s mainstays…
The HBO Sports documentary The Scheme (38:05) and how the main takeaway was an embarrassing job by federal authorities…
The Netflix sports documentary Screwball (48:15) and how it told an insane story in an interesting and enjoyable way…
The film The End of the Tour (56:15) and how it’s a heck of a good watch if you like watching a couple of dudes talk for two hours…
The old Showtime/Spike Lee pilot Sucker Free City (1:00:10) and how it makes you long for a series that never happened…
The end of the third season of Netflix’s Ozark (1:03:40) and how wonderful and entertaining a show it continues to be…
Homework for next week (1:12:35), including: new episodes of Top Chef & The Challenge, the return of Killing Eve, the fourth season of HBO’s Insecure, the new HBO series Run, FX/Hulu’s new Cate Blanchett show Mrs. America, and the Netflix comedy Brews Brothers…

In Episode 204, Derek Madden and Matt Kolsky are settling into life in a COVID-19 world and delve into:

Some thoughts on what life has been like over the last week (2:05) and what it may be like moving forward…
The season finale of HBO’s The Outsider (9:35) and what a great 10-episode run it had…
The series premiere of FX’s Hulu-specific series Devs (17:45), the mystery therein and a dramatic turn from Nick Offerman…
FX’s new series Dave (24:55) and how star Lil’ Dicky sucks you in and makes you laugh…
FX’s Better Things (28:10) and how it continues to soar as a shining example of great sitcom-style television…
Netflix’s I Am Not Okay With This (37:15) and the charmingly distinct style of its creator…
The Netflix-made Lil’ Peep documentary Everybody’s Everything (42:55) and how it’s probably more for the late rapper’s fans than the general public…
Marc Maron’s new Netflix stand-up special End Times Fun (49:45) and his apparent mastery of his craft…
The HBO Sports documentary Women of Troy (53:20) and how much each guy learned about some stars in women’s basketball past…
Homework for next week (1:01:05), including: the return of Top Chef, the return of Brockmire on IFC, the return of Black Monday on Showtime and David Simon’s Philip Roth adaptation The Plot Against America on Amazon…

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