Today's Episode

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 criminals, probably going back in time to save his pet dog or something. Idk, you'll have to tune in to hear our explanation, our comparisons, and whether people liked it (they probably did).
Welcome to Today's Episode!

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 episodes, trivia, comparisons, and whether the finale stuck the landing. We also talk about how The Comeback evolved across all three seasons, the critical reception to the final season, and give our ultimate rating.
Plus games, news, and way too many things making a comeback. Tune in, and welcome to Today’s Episode!

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 series set between Seasons 2 and 3, with a new voice cast, the Duffer Brothers executive producing. On the podcast, we talk about how this got greenlit, the new villain and characters, what the internet is saying, critical reception, the Season 2-to-3 timeline, and what this reminds us of. Like it or not, tune in for our discussion and ultimate rating. Welcome to Today’s Episode!

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, and attempt not to give away too many spoilers. We also mention its contemporaries, like Magic for Humans and Matty Matheson’s Just a Dash, as well as whether we can guess what Galifianakis will do next. Tune in to hear our favorite vegetable and ultimate rating. Welcome to Today’s Episode!

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 Creasy in a different type story than we've seen before. On the pod, we talk characters, comparisons, the 1987 and 2004 movies, background trivia, the good, bad, and ugly, as well as our rating. Tune in and welcome to Today’s Episode!