HBO has imported Gentleman Jack, a BBC dramedy based on the journals of 19th-century lesbian landowner Anne Lister, and we've invited Mark Blankenship to join us in getting way up under its skirts! Around The Dial takes us through the débuts of The New Negroes and Ramy; Losers; Fleabag; and The Good Fight. Jacqueline brings us an Extra Credit question about our teen BFFs. Mark presents the Designing Women episode "The Beauty Contest" to The Canon then we name the week's Winner and Loser. Loosen your corset and listen in!

GUESTS

👤 Mark Blankenship

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 👩‍🌾 Gentleman Jack

Around The Dial: 🚨 The New Negroes

Around The Dial: 🇯🇪 Ramy

Around The Dial: 😪 Losers

Around The Dial: 🪰 Fleabag

Around The Dial: 🥊 The Good Fight

Extra Credit: 🤑 Your TV Teen BFFs

The Canon: 🏆 Designing Women S01.E02: The Beauty Contest

Winner & Loser: 👍 Chaos

Winner & Loser: 👎 Michael Che

NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 247 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

🐦 Mark Blankenship on Twitter

🪑 The Blankenship Chair

👎 Tara on the rotten kids of Better Things at Decider

✍️ The Crime Writers On podcast

📙 Untitled: A Bad Teen Novel at Amazon