Stay ConnectedTV critics Alan Sepinwall and Kathryn VanArendonk get together once a week to talk about all the things they love (and some of the things they don’t) on television. They talk about new releases, old favorites, TV curiosities and whatever’s happening in the wide wide world of how people watch TV these days.
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Kathryn is joined by her Vulture colleague Roxana Hadadi to discuss the return of The Lowdown, Ethan Hawke's neo-noir. Can the excellent first season possibly be improved upon? Spoilers: yes! Then, the pair trade Tulsa for Stars Hollow as they re-examine the ups and downs of the beloved Gilmore Girls.
00:00 Introduction
01:28 Housekeeping: Alan's absence
02:02 Serling book event rescheduled
02:46 What's Roxana's deal?
07:35 The return of Girls
17:51 The Lowdown
44:21 Gilmore Girls
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With Alan out of action, Kathryn brings in The Hollywood Reporter's Daniel Fienberg to discuss a pair of future-focused legal dramas. First, Robert and Michelle King's latest legal drama Cupertino, featuring the return of Mike Colter, the grand arrival of Busy Phillips into the Kings universe, some typically delightful weirdo TV judges. Then they consider the long-forgotten science fiction procedural series Century City, which includes an aging boy band, biotech panic, and one fateful pair of nanopants.
00:00 Introduction
01:44 Housekeeping: Alan's absence
03:33 Postponed events
04:50 Introducing Dan
09:06 Cupertino
39:34 Century City
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Alan and Kathryn are discussing one of The Simpsons' classic Halloween anthologies this month on our special Patreon-exclusive episode. But first, some hot takes on the New York Times' latest list of superlatives.
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Alan and Kathryn return to discuss the highly anticipated East of Eden adaptation by Zoe Kazan starring Florence Pugh - but would you believe an even greater performance bowls them both over? Then the pair take a tour through the original Lonesome Dove miniseries and its many, many sequels.
00:00 Introduction
00:51 See Alan & Kathryn live
01:41 Treehouse of Horror on Patreon
02:50 Ninety seconds of Love is Blind: Boston
04:50 East of Eden
32:04 Lonesome Dove
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With the advent of fall TV upon us, Alan & Kathryn break from their format to run down several of the biggest shows on the horizon. Then, the pair are joined by journalist and author Lynette Rice to discuss her new book: "ER: The Oral History".
Purchase Lynette's book at https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250399588/er/
00:00 Introduction
01:20 Housekeeping: Alan wrote a book! Live appearances abound!
03:20 October's Patreon episode
04:40 Fall TV Preview
40:00 Lynette Rice Interview
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All characters great and small come under the microscope this week, as Alan & Kathryn reach first for Reacher (and the new Reacherverse spinoff Neagley) before hailing themselves a Taxi back to the 1970s.
00:00 Introduction
01:19 Housekeeping: See Alan & Kathryn live in New Jersey!
2:19 The Emmys: great winners, garbage production
11:01 October's Patreon episode revealed
12:36 Renewal news: P-Valley and Slow Horses!
15:35 Reacher
35:07 Neagley
44:55 Taxi
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With the return of Apple TV's Slow Horses, Alan and Kathryn discuss the show's willingness to kill beloved characters off as well as the dichotomy of running-spies and strolling-spies. Then the pair navigate the many twists and turns of J.J. Abrams' own spy show, Alias.
00:00 Introduction
01:15 October's Patreon episode
02:33 The Emmys, weekend one
08:24 Fleabag's tenth anniversary
10:00 Slow Horses
37:17 Alias
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This week, Alan and Kathryn's attention is briefly distracted by the return of Australian rom-com Colin from Accounts, causing them to unexpectedly veer into an impassioned discussion of the wonderful 90s PBS show Wishbone.
00:00 Introduction
01:11 The newest Patreon episode: Party Down
01:48 The Simpsons - Kathryn's blind spot
03:24 Colin From Accounts
27:10 Wishbone
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For our special Labor Day Patreon-exclusive episode, Alan & Kathryn revisit Party Down, one of the most underrated sitcoms of the twenty-first century, in a discussion that is both long and interesting.
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With the celebrated return of FX's Adults this week, Alan & Kathryn dedicate the episode to the sitcom's triumphant second season. Then, the pair sit down with Adults' creators Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw for an in-depth discussion on the things they love about TV.
00:00 Introduction
01:26 Next month's Patreon episode
02:30 The fall TV slate
04:14 What's Alan plugging?
05:30 Kathryn wants off of the Great American Road Trip
07:58 Sons of Anarchy's meta-sequel
11:00 Adults
31:29 Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw interview
For next week's episode, you can watch the two Wishbone episodes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V0XaODnKvA&list=WL&index=2 & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_ImiOm0ulI&list=WL&index=1
Read Alan at What's Alan Watching? and Kathryn at Vulture
Preorder Alan's Rod Serling biography & get the bonus essay
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