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Unintended consequences abound in this episode of The Newsroom, and Brian and Lex have much to abudiate. People act like babies, we can’t quite figure out the installed apps on Jim’s Mac, and we debate who’s at fault for what happened in Uganda. One intended consequence of listening to this episode is clear: We will delight you as you join us for this week’s episode of Sorkin’ In It. - Lex Friedman and Brian Warren.

The party is so busy judging a book by its cover they forgot all about the bloody child. Shemshime’s Bedtime Rhyme concludes, and there’s even a bit of falling action! - Tony Sindelar with Aleen Simms, Erika Ensign, Kathy Campbell, Rosemary Orchard and Tiff Arment.

Do you like fun? If you’re a fan of fun you’ll find some fanstatic photonic frequency flipping fun in this film. Find yourself entangled in our discussion of The Marvels: their familial, friendly, and firmly political relationships. (Featuring a flirty bonus round!) We’re off to outer space with a song and a dance as we cover The Marvels. - Dan Moren, John Moltz and Guy English.

Off we go for a discussion of rusty robots, long spaceships, creepy doubles, the merits of a U-shaped season, the two kinds of Russell T. Davies scripts, and our love of Bernard Cribbins! - Jason Snell, Erika Ensign and Chip Sudderth.

I hear that Alec Guinness made a couple of movies in the 1970s or 80s that you may know. This is not that. This is a classic Ealing Studios comedy in which Alec plays eight characters. Because it’s a British comedy, I was not surprised to find that it dealt with social class. Robert Hamer directs, and Dennis Price is the actual star. This episode is full of connections to other things we like. Everyone brought the trivia. - Shelly Brisbin with Erika Ensign, Randy Dotinga, Micheline Maynard and David J. Loehr.

Almost 100 episodes later, we reconvene (most of) our original panel to discuss season two of “The Wheel of Time.” How does it fit into the current set of big fantasy TV shows? Team Didn’t-Read-the-Books seems to be in agreement with Lady Dragonmount that it helps when a fantasy saga’s book series is complete before it’s adapted for the screen. - Moisés Chiullán with Kathy Campbell and John Siracusa.

It’s splitsville! “For All Mankind” explores rifts between supports of the old and new Soviet regimes, but there’s also an Earth-Mars dichotomy, the re-emergence of Cold War fault lines, the downstairs grunts versus the upstairs astronaut heroes on Mars, and even the Helios workers versus their billionare boss. Meanwhile, things are bad for Comrade Semonov, but Margo has finally found late-night coffee thanks to the washer from a cafeteria chair and—most importantly by far—a Soviet vending machine. - Dan Moren and Jason Snell.

Who the heck is Willie Pete — another new character?! We investigate that, while Will tries to figure out who leaked info to Nina. Jim tries to overthrow the Romney bus. And Maggie’s getting ready for Uganda. Meanwhile, Brian and Lex are still struggling to love the Genoa plotline. We’re trying. - Lex Friedman and Brian Warren.

Under the sea, Under the sea Magnum will see a ghost so spookily Higgins and T.C. Think Magnum’s strange discovery Is purely buncombe (Mom is a drunk-um) Under the sea! - Jason Snell, Philip Michaels and David J. Loehr.

The earworm-based curse continues to sow discord among the adventurers. They’re sorry for all of this. - Tony Sindelar with Aleen Simms, Erika Ensign, Kathy Campbell, Rosemary Orchard and Tiff Arment.