Thanks to the holiday weekend, a lot of TV took the week off, giving Noel and Kate time for season catch-ups! We kick things off with our week in comedy, including the first seasons of Danger and Eggs and GLOW, the third season of Playing House, another fun Younger, a dramatic The Carmichael Show, and a somewhat disappointing The Great British Baking Show. Next up is our week in genre and drama, including the perplexing Castlevania season one, the finale of Doctor Who, and new episodes of Wynonna Earp, Claws, and Queen Sugar. Afterwards, Noel and Kate catch up with a series they’ve been behind on for a while, seasons one and two of Channel 4 and Netflix’s Chewing Gum.
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Season Spotlight: Chewing Gum Seasons 1 and 2 (2:01:46)
Our Week in Comedy and Reality
Danger and Eggs Season 1 (27:56)
GLOW Season 1 (39:22)
Playing House Season 3 (49:16)
Younger (56:29)
The Carmichael Show (1:04:50)
The Great British Bake Off/The Great British Baking Show (1:09:14)
Our Week in Genre and Drama
Castlevania Season 1 (1:20:09)
Doctor Who finale (1:27:47)
Wynonna Earp (1:36:19)
Claws (1:47:10)
Queen Sugar (1:52:45)
Article Referenced: Tim Goodman’s piece for The Hollywood Reporter, “Critic’s Notebook: The Post-Review, Post-Premiere, Post-Finale World of Peak TV”
Music Featured: “Best Day” by Danger Twins; “Girls are Like Guns” as sung by Dominique Provost-Chalkley on Wynonna Earp; Chewing Gum Theme song
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Happy birthday, Kate.
Having finished my binge of Bates Motel last week, this will be my first week in a while where I don’t plan on binging any tv (excepting October when I decided to just watch horror movies), and instead just checked out a book I’d originally planned on reading years ago. I guess since Bates Mote was rather mediocre it’s easier to say I can do without tv (Twin Peaks excepted) for a week.
The AV Club (where Kate sometimes writes) drastically scaled back on freelancers, which a number of commenters there are unhappy about.