Our esteemed colleague Alan Sepinwall is back, mate(y)! An Australian spin-off of an already banal cop-show franchise is maybe not the best use of his time, but we talked about NCIS-franchise stock characters, unmemorable TV for aging parents, and what happens when English actors try to play ugly Americans. Later, we went Around The Dial with The Curse, The O.C., and Murder One before wondering whether God is dead during Mike's The Leftovers Canon presentation. Alex P. Keaton won, Nickelodeon execs lost, and Game Time had us Quantum Leap-ing into TV characters -- all that and more on an all-new Extra Hot Great, oh boy!

👤 Alan Sepinwall

Lead Topic: 🐨 NCIS: Sydney

Tiny Triumph: 🌟 The Gilded Age

Around The Dial: 😱 The Curse

Around The Dial: 🍊 The O.C.

Around The Dial: 🔪 Murder One

The Canon: 🦁 The Leftovers S03.E05: It's A Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt World

Winner & Loser: 👍 Still

Winner & Loser: 👎 Unnamed Nickelodeon pilot

Game Time: ⚛️ Quantum Leaping 2

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🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 485 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

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😱 Alan's review of The Curse for Rolling Stone

🙀 And Tara's for Cracked

🔪 An entirely different Murder One at Exhibit B. Books

📷 Photo: Daniel Asher Smith / Paramount+