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Special guest Luke "Fluke" Dahlgren helps us infiltrate the Deep State as we discuss the cult favorite spy comedy-drama Chuck. We get into the show's place in a very specific historical period, Zachary Levi's weird Christianity, the ubiquity of Cobrastyle in the mid-2000s, and much more.

We are now entering Shondaland and frankly would rather talk about college football, but we are forcing ourselves to discuss the terrible Grey's Anatomy spinoff Private Practice. Stephen has determined TV is bad.

Special guest Ally, aka Bleepy for long time listeners, joins us to discuss the beloved UK teen dramedy Skins. At least, the first episode is a beloved teen dreamed. The last one is part two of a terrible crime story. Lots of anti-British jokes ahead.

Ipsa dis! It's time for legendary cop procedural NYPD Blue, the edgiest show on network television of its era. We were blown away by its pilot, and blown away by how much worse the finale is. Many Chicago accents await you.

Matt's punishment pick for the week is the Lifetime series Drop Dead Diva, which somehow lasted six seasons and has mostly inspired us to talk about Cartesian Dualism and the mind-body problem, cryptids, and legal mumbo jumbo. Learn about cable's most existentially terrifying series here!

This week we're heading to classic WB with Keri Russell's starmaking turn in Felicity, the show that introduced JJ Abrams as a television auteur. It's a classic example of young adult drama, focused on a normal college girl who also abruptly learns how to travel through time in the final five episodes.

We dip back into the Showtime well for hopefully the last time for a while with the hit comedy-drama Weeds. Does the show have much to offer beyond its basic “MILF sells drugs” premise? Does Rilo Kiley hold up today? Was Kevin Nealon ever actually funny? Why does every Showtime show feel like this????

IT'S MORPHIN' TIME! We finally do an episode on the absolute television and merchandise phenomenon that was the OG Power Rangers. Learn a lot about Travis's childhood, Haim Saban, Buckethead, non-union acting jobs and more on this pod.

We're turning the clock all the way back to 1966 for our first ever soap opera, the cult gothic series Dark Shadows. We talk bizarre episode numbering, revivals, movie adaptations, flubbed lines, the moon landing, the Gulf War, and of course Metal Gear.

It's time to talk about Gotham, the crime drama that's definitely not about Batman and definitely doesn't have The Joker in it. Stephen does possibly the worst Eminem impression of all time in this ep.