With the wave of recent finales has come a fresh batch of premieres, and one of the most anticipated of the year came last week. That’s right, this episode, Noel and Kate are talking Fleabag season two. Before we can dive in with Fleabag, Hot Priest, the beautiful bitchery of Olivia Coleman, and more, there’s a lot of other TV to discuss. We kick off our week in TV with the comedies, including the premiere of Archer: 1999, the finale of What We Do in the Shadows, and another interesting Jane the Virgin. Then we move on to reality, genre, and drama, including the finale of RuPaul’s Drag Race, a Vegas-themed Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD, more Elementary fun, and the finale of Killing Eve. Has Fleabag lived up to the hype for you? Take a listen, then reach out with your thoughts.
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Season Spotlight: Fleabag Season 2 (1:03:41)
Our Week in TV
Archer: 1999 premiere (14:45)
What We Do in the Shadows finale (20:51)
Jane the Virgin (24:54)
RuPaul’s Drag Race finale(29:12)
Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD (38:25)
Elementary (42:29)
Killing Eve finale (49:21)
Music Featured: “Edge of Glory” by Lady Gaga
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I agree that the characterization in Killing Eve made more sense than in Hannibal, but I’d note that Will Graham never actually went to the dark side. He even saved the life of Freddie Lounds, despite his hatred for her. He just winds up suicidal at the end.
Despite the lack of a strong “spine” at the center of it, I didn’t think this season was really worse than the first, which I didn’t like as much as most people (I binged both seasons). I don’t need the show to make a bigger deal of the Ghost’s M.O, what they did was enough.
There’s no way that Andrew Scott simply improvised that reaction. Phoebe Waller-Bridge writes the show, and she already had an internal reference to Fleabag’s asides when she sees the psychiatrist.
Both seasons were funny, but for me the Boo storyline elevated the first above the second. The priest noticing her asides was fine, but that was all for me.
I found Alex Tabarrok’s take on the show more interesting than what I saw:
https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2019/06/fleabag-and-killing-eve.html
I was just glad Brett Gelman was leaving the show, which should have happened much earlier. It didn’t make nearly as much sense to me as it did to you that it took so long. And Claire seems to have her own job (with a giant office) and no dependents, so I don’t think she financially depends on him to the extent that she needs him to be the one to leave.
I had no expectation that a third season would lack any asides.
I’m not sure if the cafe doing well is supposed to be a joke. Restaurants are notorious for having small margins and high failure rates, with their owner/operators having to put in a ridiculous amount of work to keep them running (something Fleabag plainly doesn’t do).