{"id":854,"date":"2022-03-04T17:56:22","date_gmt":"2022-03-05T01:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=854"},"modified":"2022-03-04T17:56:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-05T01:56:24","slug":"the-toy-department-episode-291","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=854","title":{"rendered":"The Toy Department &#8211; Episode 291"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Episode 291, Madden and Kolsky return from a Kolsky-forced hiatus to celebrate (or denigrate) all the pop culture they consumed while away, specifically:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The premiere of Top Chef Houston (2:25) and who the guys fell in love with in the first episode, plus thoughts on the first elimination and potential favorites to win&#8230;<\/li><li>The second season of The Righteous Gemstones (23:15) and how Madden is enjoying a slight shift in content&#8230; <\/li><li>The end of AppleTV+&#8217;s The Afterparty (24:55) and how ultimately it&#8217;s just a really good hang, even if it&#8217;s not always laugh-out-loud funny&#8230;<\/li><li>Season two of Euphoria (29:00) and how both hosts love this completely insane and wildly unbelievable show&#8230; <\/li><li>A quick take on The Girl Before (45:30) and how its particular brand of psychosexual melodrama is less than totally appealing&#8230; <\/li><li>A few thoughts on the Oscar-nominated film The Power of the Dog (47:00) and how neither host found it enjoyable, but for very different reasons than Sam Elliott&#8230;<\/li><li>Netflix&#8217;s new sensation Inventing Anna (52:15) and how it&#8217;s a very Shonda Rhimes show with some great acting and a fascinating story to tell&#8230;<\/li><li>The utterly &#8220;meh&#8221; Soderbergh joint Kimi (53:30) and how somehow it&#8217;s an empty enough effort to make both hosts indifferent towards Zoe Kravitz&#8230;<\/li><li>Potential future homeworks (55:30) Superpumped: The Battle for Uber and the Apple TV+ show Severance, directed by Ben Stiller; but those go on the back burner for now because we have&#8230;<\/li><li>Homework for next Friday (57:10), including: HBO&#8217;s Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, the Oscar-nominated movie Nightmare Alley, the return of the original Law &amp; 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