Taking It Down

Ted Lasso is in its third and likely final season, and we answer if it is suffering without former show runner Bill Lawrence, and if so, how much (1:32). After that discussion, it's an analysis on how Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania was awful (13:56).

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The show begins with a movie recommendation since Ty is back on the show (1:37). After that, it's a breakdown of the fifth episode of the HBO show Barry and how many of its shots and scenes are worth a rewatch (2:23). We tell what to watch for and why.

After the break, it's a discussion of the first two episodes of HBO's miniseries White House Plumbers and explain how it maintains its hilarity through its display of history (26:40).

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We begin with a few brief thoughts on the writers' strike and what that may mean for television: just look at past strikes (1:36). Then, it's the fourth episode of the fourth and final season of Barry, which allows for a lot of its characters not only to carry the episode but also tell large parts of their story (6:36).

A listener gets a shoutout and thanks (17:50) before we give the hosts their hellos (18:27). After a break: a discussion on what's working very well for Love & Death on HBO Max (20:07). Finally, we get incredibly tickled on the outrageousness of the second episode of this season of Somebody Somewhere -- unless you watched, it may not be what you expect (35:17).

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Does the new stand-up special Baby J from John Mulaney live up to his previous work (1:40)? We explain why Somebody Somewhere on HBO is well done normcore television (15:54).

After the break, we have a quick audience question (28:26) before we dissect how Perry Mason does mystery right (28:56).

With so much TV, a lot of which is promising, we run down some ideas on what to watch (2:43). Then Natalie gives a few spoiler-free thoughts on The Challenge: World Championships (3:58). It's a lot of bemoaning when it comes to the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3 (5:07) as well as the planned series for Harry Potter (5:46) from HBO.

From there, the crew dissect what a bust the entire season of The Mandalorian was (6:35) before talking about the hits and misses of this third season of Ted Lasso as it enters its halfway point (22:26).

To end, it's plenty of analysis and laughs on how Barry may be the best thing on TV -- Donovan and Blaine discuss the first two episodes of the HBO show's fourth and final season (30:54).

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Most of the crew are taking a break, but Blaine is joined by special guest and staff writer for The Alabama Take, Ty Edmondson, who is here to talk solely about why Beef is one of the better shows of the year. This week's show is broken into thoughts without spoilers (2:11) and then analysis with spoilers for all ten episodes (17:22).

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On Taking It Down this week, the gang starts with the noise online with boygenius (2:26) before moving on to discuss the joy of the Apple TV+ show Shrinking and why you should watch the first season (4:49). After a break, Blaine and Donovan continue the Perry Mason investigation and bring some clues together that fans may have missed with episode four of its second season (27:25). To end, it's the AMC series Lucky Hank and why it may have to walk back some ideas from that second episode (39:48).

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This week, it's Blaine and Donovan discussing the varied plot threads throughout the second season of Perry Mason as they break down the third episode, "Chapter Eleven" (2:42). After a short break, they talk about how The Mandalorian is good, but has big problems (22:48). Lastly, they dissect the pilot episode of Lucky Hank, which stars Bob Odenkirk and airs on AMC each Sunday (34:02).

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To help us do a complete wrap on The Last of Us, we bring in host of This Song Sucks Josh Kavanaugh to talk about the show, the game, and if it all worked (2:57). Josh sticks around to help analyze the first three episodes of The Mandalorian and is surprised by The Book of Boba Fett in the process (31:26).

At the end of the show, Donovan and Blaine praise the first two episodes of the HBO show Perry Mason for taking it slow and casting Matthew Rhys (46:51).

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With even more laughs than usual, Taking It Down starts with ads that aren't ads at all as well as music announcements (1:30). From there, the group discusses a goodbye of sorts for Arrested Development, which turns into a lesson on digital versus physical copies (3:51). It all leads to a hilarious set of listener questions that involve spoilers and spoiler hatred (6:02), Point Break (11:23), albums that never get old (13:15), Cocaine Bear (17:05), doing our homework (18:02), an Ant-Man query (18:58), and stand-up comedy (19:33).

After the break, which is newly redesigned and you'll want to hear, Donovan and Blaine break down the beauty of the seventh episode, "Left Behind," of the HBO series The Last of Us and conclude that it is a retelling of Romeo and Juliet once again (23:31).

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