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**The Prestige TV Podcast**

The Prestige TV Podcast is your home for instant reactions, deep dives, creator interviews, and Hall of Fame retrospectives on the best television around. Join a rotating cast of Ringer personalities including Bill Simmons, Joanna Robinson, Rob Mahoney, Mallory Rubin, Van Lathan, and more as they break down the shows you’re binging and the ones you’re waiting to drop every week. Subscribe to The Prestige TV Podcast, check back weekly for our breakdowns, and most importantly, keep watching.

Latest Episodes:

‘Task’ Episode 5: The Best Episode Yet? Oct 06, 2025

Show notes

Jo, Rob and Bill dive into the quarry for what might just be the best episode of the season, so far.

(0:00) Intro

(1:19) The showdown

(12:26) Bad things happen at quarries

(15:06) The mole reveal

(21:51) Listener email: Who’s the deer?

(28:32) Perry’s villainy

(34:14) What happens to Maeve?

(36:38) Good people rankings

(38:34) Sister subplot

(44:02) Predictions

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Hosts: Bill Simmons, Joanna Robinson and Rob Mahoney

Producers: Kai Grady and Donnie Beacham Jr.

Additional Production Support: Justin Sayles

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The ‘Sopranos’ Episode That Got Us Hooked Oct 02, 2025

Show notes

On this episode of Hooked, Jo and Rob go to therapy with Van to talk through why "College" will make you obsessed with ‘The Sopranos’!

(0:00) Intro

(03:15) What is ‘The Sopranos’?

(08:06) When did Van watch ‘The Sopranos’?

(22:23) Season 1, Episode 5: "College"

(37:04) How were women treated in the show?

(55:10) What is the most ’90s thing about the show?

(1:00:21) Final thoughts

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Hosts: Joanna Robinson and Rob Mahoney

Guest: Van Lathan

Producers: Olivia Crerie and Ashleigh Smith

Additional Production Support: Justin Sayles

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'Slow Horses,' Season 5, Episode 2: In Communicado Oct 01, 2025

Show notes

Jo and Rob are back to breakdown a great early-season 'Slow Horses' episode and the important questions about kitchen implements.

Hosts: Joanna Robinson and Rob Mahoney
Producer: Kevin Pooler
Additional Production Supervision: Justin Sayles

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‘Task’ Episode 4: All Roads Sep 29, 2025

Show notes

Bill, Jo and Rob are still on the case in this recap of the fourth episode of HBO’s ‘Task’.

(0:00) Intro

(2:07) The daughter detour

(07:12) Let’s talk about Perry

(17:50) Has the mole been revealed?

(24:59) Listener emails

(28:17) Let’s talk about Cliff

(41:23) Predictions

(45:52) More listener emails

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Hosts: Bill Simmons, Joanna Robinson and Rob Mahoney

Producers: Kai Grady and Donnie Beacham Jr.

Additional Production Support: Justin Sayles

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Slow Horses,' Season 5 Episode 1: New Season, New Track Suit Sep 24, 2025

Show notes

Our favorite failspies are back. So that means Joanna Robinson and Rob Mahoney are back too. Join them as they return to the Slough House and recap the continued misadventures of Jackson Lamb and Co. in Season 5 of the great Apple TV+ series.

Hosts: Joanna Robinson and Rob Mahoney
Producer: Kevin Pooler
Additional Production Supervision: Justin Sayles

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‘Task’ Episode 3: Who’s the Mole? Sep 22, 2025

Show notes

Bill, Jo, and Rob head to Barnaby’s to recap the third episode of ‘Task.’

(0:00) Intro

(3:19) What we learned

(6:06) Why Eryn wants revenge

(10:50) The Dark Hearts vs. Freddy Frias

(20:05) The mole hunt

(25:43) Lizzie’s baggage

(45:12) The case for (and against) each of the task force members as the mole

(54:46) Predictions

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Hosts: Bill Simmons, Joanna Robinson, and Rob Mahoney

Producers: Kai Grady and Donnie Beacham Jr.

Additional Production Support: Justin Sayles

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The ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Two-Part Episode That Got Us Hooked Sep 17, 2025

Show notes

Hooked goes to space! Jo and Rob are joined by Mallory Rubin to break down the two-part first-season finale of the reimagined 'Battlestar Galactica' TV series.

(00:00) Intro

(02:52) Battlestar Galactica backstories

(11:28) **MINI-SPOILER WARNING** through season 1 finale

(25:21) A show under threat of cancellation

(43:59) Who won the episode?

(49:31) Most 2005-thing about the episode

(1:11:30) **BIG TIME SPOILER WARNING**

(1:20:19) Rob’s ‘Lost’ season 1 check-in

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Hosts: Joanna Robinson and Rob Mahoney

Guest: Mallory Rubin

Producers: Kai Grady and Donnie Beacham Jr.

Additional Production Support: Justin Sayles

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‘Task’ Episode 2: The Rat Theory Sep 15, 2025

Show notes

Bill, Jo, and Rob search for leads to recap the second episode of ‘Task.’

(0:00) Intro

(2:07) What Brad Ingelsby excels at

(6:08) Current plotlines

(9:58) Favorite thing about the show (so far)

(12:38) What happened to Robbie’s brother?

(15:14) The rat theory

(18:01) Will Sam make it out?

(30:06) Nitpicks

(38:30) Predictions

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Hosts: Bill Simmons, Joanna Robinson, and Rob Mahoney

Producers: Kai Grady and Donnie Beacham Jr.

Additional Production Support: Justin Sayles

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The ‘Lost’ Episode That Got Us Hooked Sep 10, 2025

Show notes

On this episode of Hooked, Jo and Rob land on a deserted island to make the case for why the two-part pilot is still the best place to start for those wanting to give ‘Lost’ another shot.

(0:00) Intro

(4:58) Personal relationships to ‘Lost’

(16:58) What makes the two-episode pilot such an effective entry point for the series

(33:59) The flashbacks

(37:15) Why “Walkabout” is a close runner-up

(41:24) The mystery monster

(52:47) Who won the episode?

(57:07) Standout scenes

(01:03:02) Single striking visuals

(01:06:53) The most 2004 thing about this episode

(01:12:17) Looking ahead to the rest of Season 1

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Hosts: Joanna Robinson and Rob Mahoney

Producers: Kai Grady and Donnie Beacham Jr.

Additional Production Support: Justin Sayles

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‘Task’ Series Premiere: HBO Sundays Are Back! Sep 08, 2025

Show notes

Bill Simmons, Joanna Robinson, and Rob Mahoney break out the binoculars to recap the series premiere of ‘Task,’ the brand-new HBO miniseries starring Mark Ruffalo.

(0:00) Intro

(12:17) Mark Ruffalo’s career

(20:16) The members of the task force

(30:32) Beat-by-beat episode recap

(45:11) Predictions for Episode 2

(47:28) Will ‘Task’ become a phenomenon?

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Subscribe to the Ringer TV YouTube channel here for full episodes of ‘The Prestige TV Podcast’ and so much more!

Hosts: Bill Simmons, Joanna Robinson, and Rob Mahoney

Producers: Kai Grady and Donnie Beacham Jr.

Additional Production Support: Justin Sayles

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