Before they were the original co-hosts of The Great British Bake Off, Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins were comedy partners, and their new project Hitmen, imported from Sky to Peacock, returns them to their roots. Did it slay us? We'll talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through An American Pickle, Hard Knocks, and Star Trek: Lower Decks. For his Extra Credit, Taylor Cole -- inspired by The Great -- asks us to create our own heightened, quasi-comedic bio-series about a world leader of yesteryear. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's back to school for Game Time. Pop an extra-strong mint and join us!

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 🔪 Hitmen

Around The Dial: 🥒 An American Pickle

Around The Dial: 🏈 Hard Knocks

Around The Dial: 🚀 Star Trek: Lower Decks

Extra Credit: 🤑 World Leader Pretend

Winner & Loser: 👍 C.S.I.: Vegas

Winner & Loser: 👎 Taskmaster

Winner & Loser: 👎 Succession

Game Time: 🧠 It's All Academic: Second Semester

NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 315 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

🧢 Defector

🏈 Joe Reid on Hard Knocks at Primetimer

🏝 Sarah on Surviving Jeffrey Epstein at Primetimer

⛈ Sarah on Storm Over Brooklyn at Primetimer

🚀 Tara's Star Trek: Lower Decks review at Primetimer

🤔 The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show podcast