Today's Episode

Based on a True Story is the latest True-Crime parody show that pokes fun at society's fascination with murders and serial killers. The comedy-thriller dropped all eight episodes of season one on Peacock Thursday, June 8th. The show takes place in LA and stars Kaley Cuoco, Chris Messina, and Tom Bateman playing the roles of a real estate agent, a former tennis star and a plumber.  Tune in as...

Stars On Mars is a new reality show on FOX that follows 12 celebrities facing off in a simulated Mars habitat where rations are scarce and the contestants must complete elimination challenges to stick around. “The Experiment Begins ”   is the title of the pilot, which premiered June 5th 2023. Tune in as we discuss the our thoughts on William Shatner's latest project. Welcome to Today's E...

Immediately following the Succession finale on May 28th, Barry concluded its own final season with a shocking episode that wrapped up the story Alec Berg and Bill Hader started developing in 2016. On this podcast, we cycle through the plot, the characters, our thoughts and ratings.  Spoiler warning for anyone who hasn't seen the show yet. Tune in and enjoy!

Platonic is a new comedy streaming on Apple TV+. The first three half hour long episodes center around Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen playing a married woman and a divorced man rekindling their friendship after a fallout years before. It premiered May 24th and has the same cinematographer as Cocaine Bear and Candyman . Tune in to hear our thoughts. Welcome to Today's Episode!

Join us as we dive deep into the exhilarating season finale of the critically acclaimed series, " Succession ." In this thrilling conclusion, tensions reach an all-time high as the Roy family comes together to take down the GoJo deal... Sort of. With explosive revelations, unexpected alliances, and devastating betrayals, the episode leaves us on the edge of our seats.  As we dissect the...

American Born Chinese is a new streaming show on Disney+ about a second generation immigrant in 10th grade named Jin Wong. It’s also the story of a shape-shifting monkey god who jumps through a cloud portal after stealing a legendary relic and disguises himself as one of Jin Wong’s classmates.  The first episode, "What Guy Are You,"  concentrates on introducing us to both characters. Tun...

Clone High is the first official new show on Max, HBO and Discovery’s spinoff streaming service. The revival series originally ran for one 13-episode season on MTV in 2002. The series follows clones of famous historical figures like JFK, Abe Lincoln and Joan of Arc, as they navigate the ins and outs of high school life. It’s creators Bill Lawrence, Christopher Miller, and Phil Lord have been able...

Today we discuss a little-talked about series on HBO called Spy/Master , which dropped its first two episodes May 19th. The series is an espionage thriller based on true events, about one of Romania’s top Intelligence Officers, Victor Godeanu, as he attempts to defect to the USA back in 1978 during the cold war. Besides giving our rating and dissecting the plot, we also play a trivia game and go o...

The Great is a dark comedy streaming on Hulu starring Elle Fanning as Empress Catherine II and Nicholas Hoult as Emperor Peter III of Russia. The series is set in the 18th century and was created by Tony McNamara, the screenwriter of the 2018 period comedy The Favourite . "The Bullet and The Bear," is the first episode of season three, and the focus of our conversation. Tune in to hear o...

Black Knight is a new live-action south korean sci-fi show on Netflix. It’s loosely based on the manga  series “Delivery Knight,” by Lee YunGyun, and features the same VFX team that produced Squid Game . The show is set in a dystopian future where the remaining 1% of humanity relies on specialized delivery drivers, "Knights", to provide oxygen and supplies to survive. Join us as we take...

It’s May 15th, and if you choose to tune in you'll hear our discussion on the first three, hour-long installments of City on Fire , a new show on Apple TV based off a 2015 novel, and adapted by the duo who developed Gossip Girl . The show is a whodunnit/mystery that centers around the lives of five distinct groups of individuals, all interconnected in various ways. It stars one of the kids fr...

A new limited series on Hulu just released its first two episodes May 10th. Class of '09 follows a class of FBI agents over three different timelines and features Kate Mara, Brian Tyree Henry, Sepideh Moafi and Brian J. Smith. The show was created by author Tom Rob Smith. While comparing the show to other crime shows, we break open the plot, play some trivia games, and give our ultimate ratin...

Apple celebrated Cinco de Mayo  by releasing the first two episodes of its dystopian series, Silo . The show is based on a group of novels by Hugh Howey, and is set in a world where generations of humanity have been quarantined from a toxic planet and live by one cardinal rule, never say you want to go outside. The premiere episodes star Rebecca Ferguson, Rashida Jones, and David Oyelowo. Tune in...

To kick off the third year of this podcast, we review Unicorn: Warriors Eternal. This is Genndy Tartakovsky's newest original animated series airing on Adult Swim and streaming on HBOMax. The steampunk fantasy had a two episode premiere titled The Awakening, which serves as our topic of discussion . In this podcast we examine the plot, talk some trivia, and give our review. Tune in and Enjoy!

White House Plumbers is a new political comedy on HBO Max starring Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux as Howard Hunt and Gordon Liddy, the two men responsible for directing the burglary of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate building the summer of 1972. The show shares many similarities to Gaslit, which premiered on STARZ in 2022. The pilot episode that we review is cal...

The show we discuss today is a modern reimagining of the 1987 psychological thriller, Fatal Attraction , about a woman who becomes obsessed with a man after a short-lived affair, ultimately leading to dire consequences. The new show stars Lizzie Caplan and Joshua Jackson and it premiered with three episodes, April 30th on Paramount+.  Join us as we delve into the themes, characters and summary of...

Today we get to discuss the most expensive television show ever produced, with a whopping $300 million budget. Citadel is a spy-thriller led by Robert Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas playing two special agent ex-lovers whose spy ring gets purged. The first two episodes: “The Human Enigma," and “Spies Appear in the Night Time,” came out together on Friday, April 28th. They are available to st...

" Love & Death" on HBO Max is a series based on the infamous story of Candy Montgomery, a suburban housewife in Wylie, Texas, who was accused of murdering her friend and neighbor Betty Gore with an axe in 1980. The case has fascinated True Crime audiences for years, and now that it's been given the Hollywood treatment in two different mini-series on two different streaming platf...

Today we’re discussing the first three episodes a of a new drama on Hulu, which dropped April 26th. Saint X stars Alycia Debnam-Carey, best known for her work on Fear the Walking Dead and The 100 . The miniseries is part murder mystery, part psychological thriller, with the whole thing based on a book by Alexis Schaitkin. Tune in as we run through the plot, compare it with similar stories and show...

Two separate political thriller series with the same title came out this April. Both center around a female protagonist trying to defuse an international crisis. On this podcast, we discuss  at the first installment of The Diplomat , the American TV show on Netflix created by Deborah Cahn starring Keri Russell, not the BBC series starring Sophie Rundle. Tune in and Enjoy!

Today we're discussing a wild new series on Peacock that satirically pokes fun at societies modern captivations. From AI, to religion, to conspiracy groups made up of wannabe Gigachads, Mrs. Davis promises nonsensical, yet funny, adventure.  The science fiction drama series was created by Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof for Peacock. The series stars Betty Gilpin and Jake McDorman. It debute...

This 2018 network-switching reboot of the iconic 1980s detective series, just released the ninth episode to its fifth season, "Out of Sight, Out of Mind." Set in Hawaii and starring Jay Hernandez as the titular character Thomas Magnum, a private investigator solving crimes with his pals, we play some trivia games, review the episode, and give our rating.  Welcome to Today's Episode....

On April 16th, SHOWTIME unleashed a follow-up to its hit 2018 Waco miniseries, which explored the events of the 1993 siege. Waco: The Aftermath ,  which brings back much of the original cast, continues the story in episode one,  "Truths and Consequences." On this podcast, we explore some of the crazy history, and break down the plot.  Welcome to Today’s Episode!

On this episode, we dive into the pilot episode of Netflix's newest series. The show follows ex-cop Mike Valentine, played by Édgar Ramírez, as he's forced to return to his home state of Florida to solve a case that becomes a twisted journey into family secrets and questionable morality. Join us as we break down the pilot and give our thoughts on the performances, writing, and overall pr...

So Bruce Wayne is dead, and now a plucky group of Gotham Academy students, led by the Dark Knight’s son himself, are out to clear their names and pick up the mantle of the city's new protectors. Tuning into episode five, "More Money, More Problems," we discuss our thoughts on the depiction of these new heroes and the citizens of Gotham. We also compare the series with others in the...