Today's Episode

Sparks of Tomorrow , is Kyoto Animation’s new steampunk anime based on the light novel 20 Seiki Denki Mokuroku . Set in an alternate early-20th-century Kyoto where steam power dominates and electricity is nowhere to be seen, the pilot follows a cynical young tinkerer and a sake brewer’s daughter as they uncover the mysterious Electrical Catalog. On the podcast, we discuss the pilot episode, “The E...

Today, we’re talking about My Two Cents , or Due Spicci , the third chapter in Zerocalcare’s Netflix run about Zero, his friends, his anxieties, and the armadillo in his head giving questionable advice. On the podcast, we discuss what makes this Netflix show distinct, what each of the main characters is faced with, the growth from short episodes to near-hour-long chapters, and the show’s messy gen...

It’s that time of year again: a popular 2010s animated show is revived and pushed out to the masses with the promise of nostalgia. Warner Bros. already has its plate full of Adventure Time content (with Fionna and Cake being a massive hit), which makes Adventure Time: Side Quests feel less like a surprise and more like an inevitability. On the podcast, we're heading back to the early days of...

HBO and Larry David are back in business with another pursuit of enthusiasm. Produced by Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground and co-created by David’s longtime collaborator Jeff Schaffer, Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America is not only a mouthful, but arrives on the precipice of the U.S. 250th anniversary. On the podcast, we discuss the half-hour pilot,...

Our favorite penguin is back for Season 2 of Apple’s surprise sci-fi noir, Sugar . Jumping into this season cold, we discuss the first episode, “Home Away From Home.” In the episode, Colin Farrell’s character buys Humphrey Bogart’s house, gets his car stolen, reveals his powers at a dog park, and throws last season’s cliffhanger out the window. On the podcast, we run down comparisons, trivia, char...

Crewmates/Beans unite. Six years after becoming the most downloaded game online, in the middle of the pandemic, during a time when many became obsessed with sneaking “sus” into every sentence — Among Us has finally been released on Paramount+. The 10-episode series is brought to us by Owen Dennis, who previously showran the acclaimed Infinity Train series and also storyboarded for Regular Show, wh...

What if Jack Reacher got a teaching degree? Teach You a Lesson is a new Netflix hit K-drama based on a webtoon with multiple names. On the podcast, we discuss the pilot. The premise is simple: what if there were a department authorized to take down bullies in schools? We follow Na Hwa-jin as he shows up unannounced to root out corruption and bad behavior. Along the way, we discuss facts about the...

Listed as a British “wrong-com,” the first episode of Alice and Steve covers the inciting incident that sets up the premise of this six-episode series. You probably already know Jemaine Clement and Nicola Walker, just like we knew Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne going into Platonic . The difference is that this one leans confidently British, with a plot that veers more toward sharp awkwardness than anyt...

Looking to retire to an adult community but don’t trust the people in charge? Check out The Boroughs. Taking place in New Mexico, home of Area 51 and one state over from Sun City, AZ, Alfred Molina is back fighting Spider-Men and the ghost of his ex-wife, played by Malcolm in the Middle alum Jane Kaczmarek. On the podcast, we run through who this show was made for, what it was based on, what makes...

If you don’t know Cape Fear, every generation seems to get its own version. A dangerous man strolls into town looking for revenge. In 1962, it was Robert Mitchum. In 1991, it was Robert De Niro. And in 2026, Robert Pattinson... jk, Javier Bardem takes the reins as the next grim reaper. With Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg executive producing, this version takes the classic story, fleshes it o...

NSFW is Mindy Kaling’s newest offering to the TV gods. This workplace-hallmate-coming-of-age sitcom takes place in the Big Apple among a group of five soon-to-be friends as they navigate their careers and feelings toward one another. Hulu released the first three episodes on June 2nd. On the podcast, we break down the main plot, the cast of stars from YouTube, Disney, and Anna and the Apocalypse ,...

Apple TV’s Star City sends us behind the Iron Curtain of the For All Mankind universe first introduced to us in 2019. Revisiting the space race from the Soviet point of view, the two-episode premiere, “The Eyes” and “A Bear on a Chain,” returns the story to its roots. With Sergei Korolev surviving, Alexei Leonov beating Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the moon, and Anastasia Belikova becoming th...

This wasn’t on my bingo card for 2026. The first live-action Spider-Man TV series since the 1970s stars 62-year-old Nicolas Cage in 1930s New York, doing a Humphrey Bogart impression. The show is available in both black-and-white and color, and it kicks off with “Step Into My Office,” introducing Ben Reilly as a down-on-his-luck private investigator who has retired his superhero identity, The Spid...

I get this is a comedy, but what's up with all the clickbait titles? Physical, Still-Up, Maximum Pleasure... Lesson's in Chemistry , Yeah! I count that too, Apple. This show stars Tatiana Maslany hulking mad when she’s blackmailed, harassed, and humiliated in the middle of a messy divorce. On the podcast, we discuss the first two episodes, “Magnets” and “YABA (You’re a Bad Ass… Harry Pot...

No one knows if animation is thriving or dying. Smiling Friends cancelled itself, Stranger Things '85 wasn't great. For every Invincible , there's a Kevin. If only there were a way for these poor networks like Cartoon Network to pick up a series they knew audiences would like. Introducing Regular Show: The Lost Tapes . Three episodes are out right now! Cartoon Network decided, in al...

Is this even technically a TV show? Eh, specials count. When Jon Bernthal isn't cooking on The Bear , he's cooking down the streets of Gotham... I mean Hell's Kitchen, right? I feel like Jon Bernthal is from, like, Long Island... Wait, just checked... California. Weird. Must be the angriest Californian I've ever met. Anyways, on this podcast we talk about him mowing down crimin...

Valerie Cherish is back for one final curtain call in Season 3 of HBO’s The Comeback . Lisa Kudrow and Michael Patrick King return with an eight-episode final season centered around AI encroaching on Hollywood, changing the way television is made. On the podcast, we review the season, discuss Valerie’s biggest moments and decisions, the show’s format changes, guest stars, funniest scenes, favorite...

So many people complained about the wait between Stranger Things seasons that Netflix made sure there was no way to escape its most valuable franchise, even after the main show ended. From stage plays to animated spin-offs to whatever else is lurking in the Upside Down, we return to Eleven and company before the corpse is even cold. Stranger Things: Tales From ’85 is Netflix’s 10-episode animated...

Completing the Hangover saga, Zach Galifianakis is at it again: interviewing kids, learning about vegetables, and sneaking between ferns in a campaign to find out if he can follow the likes of Nick Offerman and Jeremy Clarkson into the world of agriculture. On the podcast, we review the short six-episode docu-miniseries. We’ll let you know if it’s worth the massive hype, how well it stays on topic...

Denzel Washington is 71, Scott Glenn is 87, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is 39. Add them together and you get 197, a prime number. Coincidence? No way. Netflix’s Man on Fire resurrects John Creasy this time in a seven-episode action thriller starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as a traumatized Special Forces veteran whose life is shattered after a mission in Mexico City goes wrong. The pilot reintroduces...

Widow’s Bay is Apple TV’s new comedy-horror series from Katie Dippold, with Hiro Murai directing the opening stretch and Matthew Rhys starring as Tom Loftis, the skeptical mayor of a cursed New England island trying to drag his town into the 21st century. We cover the first two episodes, from the haunted inn to cursed fog, white eyes, cannibalistic town lore, and a cast of comedians playing it str...

Half Man is like A24’s 21 Jump Street . Richard Gadd’s latest kicks off its six-episode run with a queasy coming-of-age story. Episode 1 sets up two timelines, focusing on the relationship between a brother-esque duo as they navigate dysfunctional authority figures, warped bullying power dynamics, and the psychosexual chaos of adolescence. On the pod, we unpack, in lighthearted conversation, what...

Despite seven spinoffs and an eighth on the way, NCIS still found time to make a “Reboot” of sorts. Rather than rolling out the stars of yesteryear, Season 23, Episode 17 presents a long-overdue database update led by tech wiz Kasie. Naturally, a murder happens, people are kidnapped, and Gary Cole shows up with donuts... On the podcast, we break down our first impressions, what we were able to sus...

Has anyone ever made you feel small? Well, maybe check out The Miniature Wife and you’ll feel a little better. From Ronny Chieng’s self-absorbed billionaire persona, to Matthew Macfadyen doing his own gloriously narcissistic science-guy routine, to Elizabeth Banks falling victim to her husband’s invention gone wrong, in this episode we review the best and worst of the 39-minute pilot, “Lady Tomato...

Mr. Middle is back and now with grandkids! Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair is less reboot and more of a four-episode special as Hulu and Disney resurrect one of the biggest comedies of the post-Y2K era. On the podcast, we break down the long-awaited return of the dysfunctional, outlandish, and sometimes caring family. There is plenty of good and bad to go around, from the massive viewer...