David Tennant – The Toy Department

In Episode 320, Madden and Kolsky rush into things (because Madden has places to be!) so it’s right off the bat with:

The latest from The Challenge: Ride or Dies (1:15) where there was some TERRIBLE daily challenge strategy and some really interesting bigger game strategy to break down, plus the MVP and Burn of the week…
The Netflix film The Good Nurse (26:20) and how well it is executed… but also whether it’s worth the misery it induces…
The Stranger, also a film on Netflix (33:50), and how it is ALSO deeply depressing and largely a miserable time, though perhaps not quite as well-executed as The Good Nurse…
The return of HBO’s White Lotus (35:35) for a season two that has an awful lot of potential after an opening episode that’s heavy on set-up…
The BBC series Inside Man (39:40), which is available on Netflix, only four episodes long, and pretty excellent after two of them…
Homework for next Friday (41:10), including: the new sitcom Blockbuster on Netflix, the film Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (available FREE on The Roku Channel), the movie Causeway on Apple TV+, and OF COURSE the next episode of The Challenge: Ride or Dies…

In Episode 169, Derek Madden and Matt Kolsky once again threaten their plans for a short podcast with the broadcaster jinx, before speeding through:

HBO’s Deadwood movie (1:30) and how it ties a nice bow on one of the great under-appreciated TV series of all time, plus some discussion of Vulture’s all-time HBO show rankings…
The Elton John biopic Rocketman (10:20) and how it succeeds in many ways despite apparently fitting into categories neither host particularly enjoys…
The Amazon series Good Omens (21:45) and how it feels like the writers and creators failed to flesh out their elevator pitch…
The Netflix show How To Sell Drugs Online Fast (25:15) and how it turns out to be of German origin but not entirely terrible…
Netflix’s new rom-com Always Be My Maybe (28:45) and how charming it is despite being rather rote…
A wrap on the second season of Killing Eve (37:45) and whether the show still has the promise of its first season…
Some quick NBA thoughts (44:10) in the middle of a compelling, if slow-moving, Finals series…
Homework for next week (50:30), when there may or may not be a podcast, including: the new season of Black Mirror on Netflix, the return of Big Little Lies on HBO, AMC’s new vampire series NOS4A2 and the conclusion of Billions …

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