In this week's episode of Taking It Down, we discuss the entirety of Stranger Things 4 and how it's better than the previous season (4:01). Then after a break, we talk about the The Challenge: All Stars most recent season now that it's wrapped and why it was fine (30:05). Donovan catches up on some movies and discusses the summer flavor of Top Gun: Maverick (37:12). Adam believes in The Bear on FX/Hulu (42:22) and Blaine briefly tries to sell the gang on another FX/Hulu show, The Old Man (49:38).

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