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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In this week's episode, Alan & Kathryn discuss the teen hit of the summer - Prime soap Sterling Point - including lauding the talents of Ella Rubin. Then, we look back at soap history to the early 2000s, through the lens of Josh Schwartz's opus The OC.
00:00 Introduction
1:07 Hayden Panettiere
04:40 Kathryn's throat, and various teams
05:30 Lanterns timeline watch
09:15 Every Summer After ain't no Sterling Point
10:23 Sterling Point
38:33 The OC
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The latest instalment in the DC Universe arrives this week, and Alan & Kathryn are here to share their thoughts on HBO's Lanterns. Then, a throwback tribute to a legendary superhero one-hit wonder, The Middleman.
00:00 Intro
01:09 September Patreon Poll Results
03:04 A Patreon Correction
03:58 Kathryn's Voice: Why Does It Sound Like That?
05:54 Alan's Audiobook
11:35 Swiss Bones
14:36 Alan's Watching Watchmen
15:51 The Bluey Years
19:09 Lanterns
41:23 The Middleman
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With the return of Apple TV's flagship comedy looming, Alan & Kathryn attempt to untangle the complicated road that brought Ted Lasso back for a fourth season. Then the pair compare sports comedies past and present with the Aaron Sorkin breakthrough Sports Night.
00:00 Intro/Foreign TV Is Good
11:00 Ted Lasso
36:55 Sports Night
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Alan & Kathryn take a tour through Furious, the new Hulu crime drama from Elizabeth Meriwether. Then, they discuss the history of her hangout sitcom New Girl through the lens of its exceptional second season episode "Cooler".
00:00 Intro/The Gilmore Girls Minute
04:16 Furious
35:01 New Girl
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August's special Patreon-exclusive episode sees Alan and Kathryn break down the historic course correction of The Leftover's second season, beginning with its premiere episode "Axis Mundi". But first, an important celebrity sighting.
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We've got spinoff fever this week, as Alan and Kathryn try to figure out the point of Stuart Fails to Save the Universe, the latest of the Big Bang Theory offshoots. Then, Kathryn celebrates the underwater clowns of The Brady Variety Hour while Alan tries to explain the potted history of Mrs Columbo. Lastly, the pair check in with the complete third season of The Vampire Lestat.
00:00 Intro/Housekeeping
04:40 Stuart Fails to Save the Universe
26:15 Spinoffs
54:03 The Vampire Lestat Spoilers
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Alan & Kathryn discuss the thrills and limits of Lucky, Anya Taylor-Joy's newest star vehicle, before returning to her breakout role in Netflix's The Queen's Gambit.
00:00 Intro
01:00 Important Bluey Research
07:35 August's Patreon Episode Revealed
09:28 The Hawk
13:27 Emmys Reactions
16:51 Lucky
36:23 The Queen's Gambit
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This week's newest show is the Netflix remake of Little House of the Prairie, which Alan and Kathryn compare against the classic HBO drama Deadwood.
00:00 Intro/Posterwatch
05:41 Little House on the Prairie
39:45 Deadwood
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Things are topsy-turvy at the office in this month's special Patreon-exclusive episode of TV Is Good, as Alan and Kathryn discuss one of the greatest series finales of all time: The Americans' "START".
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Starting with a discussion of the new Legally Blonde prequel series Elle, Alan and Kathryn examine the phenomenon of prequels in general before discussing one of their favourites - the NBC procedural Hannibal.
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