{"id":1081,"date":"2024-02-01T12:00:54","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T20:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=1081"},"modified":"2024-02-01T12:00:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T20:00:56","slug":"the-toy-department-episode-375","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=1081","title":{"rendered":"The Toy Department &#8211; Episode 375"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Episode 375, Madden and Kolsky address Derek&#8217;s road location and failure to shower &#8212; with a weird detour to the film Wonka &#8212; before splashing into:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A thrilling and dramatic episode of The Challenge: Battle for a New Champion (3:05) that leaves the show in an unfortunate place moving forward towards the final&#8230;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The fifth and final season of Fargo (35:30) and what a spectacular show it was throughout its run&#8230;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Netflix&#8217;s Emmy Award-Winning limited series Beef (42:05), which both hosts only returned to recently and ended up really enjoying&#8230;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The new series Sexy Beast (50:50) and the fundamental but still-unanswered question of <em>why??<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The excellent Best Picture nominee American Fiction (57:10) and some thoughts on the upcoming Oscar race&#8230;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Homework for next week (1:07:40), including: another episode of The Challenge: Battle for a New Champion, Apple TV+&#8217;s new World War II show Masters of the Air, Donald Glover&#8217;s Mr. &amp; 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