{"id":655,"date":"2020-10-06T11:37:41","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T18:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=655"},"modified":"2020-10-06T11:37:51","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T18:37:51","slug":"the-toy-department-episode-230","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=655","title":{"rendered":"The Toy Department &#8211; Episode 230"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Episode 230, Madden and Kolsky compare themselves to playoff baseball before moving into the realm of popular fiction to cover:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The new Netflix show Sneakerheads (4:10) and how it just fails to distinguish itself in any way&#8230;<\/li><li>Showtime&#8217;s two-part movie The Comey Rule (9:40) and the hosts&#8217; drastically differing opinions on it&#8230;<\/li><li>The start of Season 4 of Fargo on FX (31:40) and how the show retains its signature charms&#8230;<\/li><li>Amazon&#8217;s new show Utopia (54:10) and what a creative and original project it seems to be&#8230;<\/li><li>A few thoughts on the NBA Finals (1:02:15) and the last couple weeks of NFL football (1:05:10)&#8230;<\/li><li>Homework for next week (1:13:45), including: Showtime&#8217;s new series The Good Lord Bird (starring Ethan Hawke), HBO Max&#8217;s original movie Charm City Kings (starring Meek Mill), AMC&#8217;s new series Soulmates, the new Netflix movie 40-Year-Old Version and the first couple episodes of The Comedy Store docu-series on Showtime&#8230; 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