Crossing Streams

Craig Elsten is joined once again by Ryan Phillips from The Big Lead to go through the newest season of Black Mirror on Netflix. Which of the five episodes did the guys rank as the best and the worst? They go episode-by-episode through the series.

Craig Elsten is joined by Ryan Phillips to talk about the return of Justified! The guys start by discussing what they loved so much about the original show before digging into the limited series, Justified: City Primeval on FX/Hulu. Spoilers for the first two episodes of the series!

The second season of The Bear turns out to be one of the very best shows of 2023, and one of the top shows of the decade so far! Craig Elsten is joined once again by Jay Zawaski from CHGO and the "I'm Fat" podcast to talk about the second season as a whole, spotlight the very best episodes, ruminate on the show's links to existentialism and service, and much more!

Craig Elsten and Liddy Loree are back together with a ranking of each of their Top-5 streaming television shows for the first half of 2023. Both begin with a set of 3-4 honorable mentions before diving into their Top-5. What show would you have ranked #1?

Craig Elsten is rejoined by longtime co-host Liddy Loree to discuss the entire first season of Apple TV+'s sci-fi noir mystery series, "Silo". Find out how both hosts enjoyed a show that nonetheless had to work hard to keep the viewer's eye off the ball until the end.

Craig Elsten and Rick Romero finally get their schedules straight to review the final season of Bill Hader's remarkable HBO series "Barry", which is darker than ever in season 4. Both of the guys have thoughts about how the season went, but feel better about the season after talking it through!

Ted Lasso was a beloved phenomenon of a show in its first season, then grew into something bigger and different. In the end, did it try to be too much of a good thing? A bloated and overweight third season ended with a gigantic finale that might be the end of the show, or the start of a Lasso-less spinoff. Drew Steck joins Craig Elsten to talk through much of the third season including the finale, and to offer thoughts on the franchise as a whole.

One last time, we go FULL FUCKING BEAST with deep dive coverage of the Succession series finale! Join Craig Elsten, Justice Parman and Corey Stewart for a scene-by-scene recap of the supersized season and series finale, "With Open Eyes". Find out who won the series (and our preseason draft) and enjoy featured scenes and more!

Featured Scene One: Matsson and Tom
Featured Scene Two: Shiv Votes Yes

Craig Elsten, Justice Parman and Corey Stewart are back for their deep dive into the penultimate episode of Succession. Was this Jesse Armstrong's thesis statement on Logan Roy? We go scene-by-scene through the episode, present audio from three featured scenes, and award this week's #1 Boy, Best Insult and Biggest Move.

Featured Scene 1: Ewan's eulogy of Logan Roy
Featured Scene 2: Matsson, Shiv and Mencken square off
Featured Scene 3: Kendall and Roman, "You tried to Dad it"

Craig has always been a reality competition show junkie, and in a funny coincedence, his work world in pro soccer and the world of Horacio Gutierrez Jr, rookie star of MTV's "The Challenge", crossed paths in the past few months. Craig and Horacio sat down over Zoom to talk about the crazy life of a young man who has traveled the country and the world trying to forge a career in pro soccer, only to have a potential career in reality competition TV open up in front of him in surprising ways. We get into all of it in a wide-ranging interview that Horacio fans have to hear!