Dan Fogelman's (This Is Us) new show Paradise on Hulu has a head-spinning twist. Sterling K. Brown stars as Xavier Collins, the dutiful head of security for President Cal Bradford (James Marsden). When Bradford ends up dead, Xavier begins to retrace everyone's steps from the night before. Along with solving his murder, we also have to question who stole the extremely important iPad Bradford kept in a safe, what happened to Xavier's wife, and where the whole show takes place. Between all the flashbacks, personal politics, and snooping going on, we spend this podcast discussing some of our favorite and least favorite moments. Tune in to hear our rating. Welcome to Toady's Episode!

Sakamoto Days—the new anime adaptation of Yuto Suzuki’s hit manga is on Netflix. It follows Taro Sakamoto: once the deadliest assassin alive, now an unassuming, overweight convenience-store owner who just wants a peaceful life with his family. Too bad the criminal underworld will never let that settle! Across Episodes 1–3, we follow Sakamoto and his growing “crew” dodging (and dishing out) cartoonishly wild attacks. Join us as we break down the highlights, from the amusement-park bounty hunts to the bullet-blocking gumballs. Welcome to Today's Episode!

Apple TV+'s first drama of the year is Prime Target, a show promising mathematical mayhem and a lot of conspiracy. In this thriller, Cambridge prodigy Ed unearths the “secret power” of prime numbers—only to see his research torched, his professor dead, and a shadowy organization named Kaplar beckoning. Think A Beautiful Mind meets The Da Vinci Code. We break down Episodes 1 and 2, question the plot holes, and decide if this 'prime number' puzzle is worth solving—or just pretending to be smart. Welcome to Today's Episode!

Happy MLK Day. We’re taking a look at Shifting Gears, ABC’s newest sitcom from Mike Scully and Julie Thatcher (the minds behind The Pitts and Complete Savages) and showrunner Michelle Nader. Starring Tim Allen as a widowed auto shop owner who’s suddenly responsible for his estranged daughter and two grandkids, Shifting Gears leans on that old-school family-comedy formula—complete with generational misunderstandings and garage hijinks.

Tune in for some trivia, our breakdown, rating, and review of the reception. Welcome to Today's Episode!

Tune in as we discuss Netflix’s latest foray into the Wild West, American Primeval. Directed by Peter Berg and starring Taylor Kitsch, Betty Gilpin, and Jai Courtney, this mini-series plops us right into the path of the Mountain Meadows Massacre—where a lone drifter, a desperate mother, and a powder keg of frontier tensions threaten to explode at any moment. Like Under the Banner of Heaven, the unsettling echoes of history loom large, making for a gritty, dark drama with plenty of plot to mull over. Welcome to Today's Episode!

In HBO's new medical drama, The Pitt, Noah Wyle is back in scrubs as Dr. Michael “Robby” Rabinavitch, leading a chaotic 15-hour shift in a Pittsburgh trauma hospital—one jam-packed hour at a time. With an ensemble of interns, nurses, and execs, this show brings old-school intensity into the 2020s. In this podcast, we unpack the over-the-top injuries, the reviews, and inevitable ER comparisons. Tune in for our verdict, comparisons, favorite/least favorite moments. You're listening to Today's Episode!

Join us as we tackle FOX’s newest hospital series, Doc. Molly Parker (House of Cards, Lost in Space) stars as Dr. Amy Larsen, a super smart and sarcastic Chief of Internal Medicine in Minneapolis who loses eight years of memories after a car accident. Adapted from the hit Italian show Doc – Nelle tue mani and also based on a real person, this pilot explores the fallout of Amy’s fractured mind—both personally and professionally—as she struggles to rebuild her life. Tune in to hear our breakdown of the plot, our rating, trivia, and comparisons to see if Doc can stand out among TV’s overcrowded medical wards. Welcome to Today's Episode!

For our first comedy review of the year, we're taking a close look at Going Dutch, the brand-new FOX sitcom from Brockmire creator Joel Church-Cooper. The show stars Denis Leary as Colonel Patrick Quinn, a hotheaded and egotistical officer who’s exiled to a military base in the Netherlands. We discuss cast, comparisons, tropes, trivia, reception and more. Tune in for our thoughts and rating of the pilot. Welcome to Today's Episode!

We kick off 2025 with Missing You, Netflix's latest Harlan Coben adaptation. In the pilot, British detective Kat Donovan juggles three mysteries: a missing professor, unresolved questions about her father’s death, and the sudden reappearance of her ex-fiancé.

We break down the tangled web of plotlines, highlight some unexpected changes from the book, and discuss whether this series sticks to Coben’s usual playbook. Welcome to Today's Episode!

The dark passenger is back—sort of. On Today’s Episode, we discuss Showtime’s reboot-prequel-sequel hybrid starring Michael C. Hall (as narrator only). With its first three episodes—And in the Beginning, Kid in a Candy Store, and Miami Vice, this series revisits Dexter Morgan’s formative years in Miami during the early 1990s.

We’ll break down the show’s connection to Dexter and Dexter:New Blood, the casting decisions, comparisons, trivia, and how the show incorporates nods to Dexter lore. Tune in and enjoy!