We approach the end... of the middle?

A smorgasbord of content. Barry hits a home run this week. Shining Girls gets on base. Then we break down the finales of both Moon Knight (again) and Ozark (thankfully over). Plus we lavish more praise on this week's Better Call Saul. Barry - Season 3 Episode 3 - ben mendelsohn Shining Girls - Episode 5 - Screamer Ozark - Finale Moon Knight Finale Better Call Saul

Sona and I discuss two very "middle" episodes which are definitely setting up the last two. I expect things will be getting kinda hectic, next week. Lalo is back... and he is up to something.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Barry Season 3 - limonada (HBO) Shining Girls Episode 4 (AppleTV+) Outer Range (Amazon Prime)

I have a conversation with my big sis and we talk Barry. Plus I recommend The Shining Girls on AppleTV+ along with Tokyo Vice, Slow Horses and We Own This City. There is just too much TV to watch. It looks like the downpour subsides a tiny bit in May. Maybe I can catch up on all these other shows. Here's hoping. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/needs/message

A significant improvement to the general quality of the show. It gives me some home that there was a reason to tell this story in this particular way. I have much more hope for the finale, now. But I still worry that there is too little time left to make this a satisfying season. For now, we do have ourselves a very solid episode, here. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/needs/message

First, I have a long list of Severance related recommendations. Next, Sona and I discuss the morality of Better Call Saul and discuss Season 5 (and the show in totality) as we prepare for next week's 2 episode premier. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/needs/message

Sona and I aren't huge fans of this trend of ending shows on cliffhangers but it seems to be the current way of the industry. We did really enjoy the episode and have so many questions about what is to come.  Plus, I recommend the very entertaining comedy/thriller show The Outlaws on Amazon Prime. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/needs/message

Episode 2 gives us exactly what we would expect after episode 1. I do wish they had moved the ball a bit further, in this episode, but next week looks to be the big shift in genre and tone that maybe we (I) have been waiting for. Plus I give a mini review on the available five episodes of Winning Time on HBO (hugely entertaining but uneven) as well as the bold and always-interesting new season of Atlanta, just returning after 4 years.  Then I catch up with my friend Nick and we discuss Moon Knight (and digress into bashing the DCEU) before considering what may be in store for the future of the MCU universe(s). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/needs/message

We get to see a bit of Irv in the outside world. Now we know why he has black under his nails. He likes Motorhead (wouldn't have guessed that). Helly and Mark kiss (!!). Is he cheating on his wife? Probably not, since he can't remember her anyway. Then we discuss the embarrassing spectacle that the Oscars are. I recommend The Girl from Plainville on Hulu (at least the excellent pilot episode) and the AppleTV+ drama, Pachinko. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/needs/message