Peacock’s latest original series is a Rian Johnson-created Columbo-esque “case of the week” procedural starring a fugitive cocktail waitress/human lie detector played by Natasha Lyonne; Rolling Stone Chief TV Critic Alan Sepinwall returns to discuss it (and bring with him all his coverage from the magazine)! Around The Dial takes us through the start of a new season of Married At First Sight (yes, already), plus Shrinking, Russian Doll, Lockwood & Co., and a new season of 9-1-1: Lone Star. Jeff argues that he is NOT a crackpot for thinking so-called “bottle episodes” are wildly overpraised. Laura presents the Better Call Saul episode “Something Stupid” for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week’s Winner and Loser, we’ve got a lot of questions in Game Time. Sync the Bluetooth in your classic Barracuda and listen!
Guests
Topics
- Lead Topic 🃏 Poker Face
- Around The Dial 👰♀️ Married At First Sight
- Around The Dial 🧠 Shrinking
- Around The Dial 🪆 Russian Doll
- Around The Dial 👻 Lockwood & Co.
- Around The Dial 👨🚒 9-1-1: Lone Star
- I Am Not A Crackpot 🍾 Bottle episodes
- The Canon ⚖️ Better Call Saul S04.E07: Something Stupid
- Winner & Loser 👍 Carol Burnett
- Winner & Loser 👎 Judy Greer
- Game Time 🤷♀️ 19 Questions
Notes
- 🐦 Alan Sepinwall on Twitter
- 🪨 Alan's Poker Face feature at RollingStone.com
- 🔪 Alan's Rian Johnson Q&A
- 🕶️ Alan's Natasha Lyonne Q&A
- ⭐️ Alan's Poker Face review
- 🛋️ Tara on pop culture therapists at VanityFair.com
- 🐘 Alan on Mastodon
- ✍️ Alan's author page at RollingStone.com
- 📰 Alan's free newsletter
- 🛣️ Elizabeth Ashley's Actress: Postcards From The Road on GoodReads.com
- 🎶 The Record Of The Year showdown at Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs
- 🍾 "It's Time For A Departure From 'Bottle Episode'" by Kathryn VanArendonk at Vulture
- 📷 Photo: Peacock