The Steven Nuke has finally come to a close, with a final full week of Steven Universe giving Noel and Kate plenty to dive in with in this truncated week in TV. Joining Steven Universe in this episode’s week in TV are the finales of Angie Tribeca and UnREAL, the penultimate episode of The Great British Baking Show, The Night Of, and a stylistically distinct Mr. Robot. Then Allison Shoemaker of Consequence of Sound, The A.V. Club, and of course, Podlander Drunkcast: An Outlander Podcast, joins us at the DVD Shelf to talk through HBO’s challenging, yet intriguing Carnivàle.
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DVD Shelf: Carnivàle with Allison Shoemaker (1:22:42)
Our Week in TV
Angie Tribeca finale (5:51)
Steven Universe (10:39)
The Great British Bake Off/The Great British Baking Show (46:35)
UnREAL finale (57:17)
The Night Of (1:03:52)
Mr. Robot (1:05:52)
Music Featured: “Love Like You” by Rebecca Sugar and Aivi & Surasshu; Carnivale Theme song
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I preferred the mythology on Carnivale to anything with the Dreyfus family, but I agree the show was too opaque. It also had one of my bugaboos: the long reluctant protagonist who drags their feet when we know the show will inevitably have them take up the mantle. This was also a problem for me with the first two shows Bryan Fuller created.